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Add your WordPress blog posts to another web site

Thursday, May 22nd, 2008

I’ve been looking for a way to add links to my WordPress blog posts, including excerpts, to a separate standard HTML web site.  The way the static web site is set up I can’t use PHP to get the job done.
The problem has been knocking around in my head for a month or so.  [...]

Google Sites makes setting up a multiple author or group Web Site dead easy

Thursday, May 22nd, 2008

As if I needed a new toy to play with.
Google has opened up Google Sites to anyone and everyone.
Google Sites is an easy to setup up, simple to customize, and most importantly free way to get a site on the web quickly.  You can make your site collaborative by submitting the email addresses of [...]

Google Site Links for your blog - don’t hold your breath

Tuesday, May 20th, 2008

For a long time I’ve been seeing those neat little site index links showing up in Google search results for particular web sites.  They really make your site stand out from the crowd.
It took me a lot of searching to find out what they are actually called.  They’re Google Site Links.  Google automatically assigns [...]

Google Adsense for search code doesn’t pass XHTML validation

Monday, May 19th, 2008

I found it pretty odd that the web 2.0 company on the bleeding edge of coding uses a web form that doesn’t pass W3C validation.
A big part of the Google Adsense program is the Adsense for search box you can add to your web site.  Your readers put in some search terms, click the [...]

Validate your blog’s HTML for SEO and a performance boost

Sunday, May 18th, 2008

I validated my WordPress blog’s HTML today, and it was nothing short of traumatic.  I’ve been meaning to run the W3C markup validator on my site for a long time.  My procrastination and distaste for the task made it seem like an IRS audit.  I kept putting it off and found myself accepting some [...]

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