Monthly Archives: November 2009

Dress Up Your WordPress Theme In Under 5 Minutes Using jQuery

Sometimes it’s the subtle things that count in regards to making your site stand out from the rest, and with that in mind… jQuery can be your best friend. There are a few light weight jQuery based scripts I tend to use over and over again when developing new WordPress themes. These are very simple techniques that can be applied in under five minutes to just about any theme. Continue reading

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Social Media FAQs

Social media is still in the early stages of development, and with that comes many questions. Continue reading

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Go to SES Chicago for 12 bloggers blogging

Search Engine Strategies Chicago gets underway next week at the Hilton Chicago. During the past 11 weeks, I’ve shared 11 important reasons for going to this must-attend event Continue reading

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Ron Jones Measuring Success 101, Part 2

Last week, we looked at how to develop a successful measuring strategy on a strategic level. Now let’s drill down a bit further with more methods for setting up success metrics. Continue reading

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Everything About Breadcrumbs & SEO

Last week I came across amazing words describing how you should treat your website usability: A website is not like a house – people do not only come in through the front door. They come in willy-nilly, through the roof, the sewer system, the windows and the walls. This IS the nature of the web and you succeed more easily if you create a site that flows with that reality Continue reading

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Amazon is the Most Visited Website on Black Friday

Now that Black Friday is over and everyone is in the U.S. are probably busy finding the best Cyber Monday deals online , it’s interesting to note which online retailers made it to the top of the charts during Black Friday’s shopping craze. And according to Experian Hitwise data it was none other than Amazon – their second in a row. Continue reading

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Michael Jackson Tops Bing Searches in 2009

Although a little earlier than usually done by other search engines, Bing has released its top trending topics for 2009 . Continue reading

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Xenu’s Link Sleuth – More Than Just A Broken Links Finder

There are literally a bazillion SEO tools on the internet (literally!), this post discusses just one such tool; Xenu’s Link Sleuth. Many people in the SEO industry are already aware of this tool but many people I’ve spoken to only treat the tool as a broken link finder Continue reading

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SEOmoz’s First Ever PRO Webinar Dec. 10th

SEOmoz PRO is launching our first ever webinar on Thursday Dec. Continue reading

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Google Translation Bar

One of my favorite bookmarklets translates the current web page into English using Google Translate: you can find it here . Unfortunately, Google Translate doesn’t handle properly web pages dynamically generated using JavaScript Continue reading

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