Website crawler software kali linux
Spidering a web application using website crawler software in kali linux There are lots of tools to spider a web application (an companies which are based on this tech, eg…
Keyword research tools
Keyword research for organic SEO used to be easy. You didn't need any keyword research tools. Put up some content, let google index the content and watch in analytics as…
Google Analytics Author Stats
Not sure how I missed this one, but there is now a google 'Author Stats' section in google webmastertools: goto google webmastertools > labs > author stats you will now…
How to do a link audit on your competitors for fun and profit
First: why should you link audit competitors? Second: who are your competitors and how to find them. Third: doing the link audit. Fourth: use the link audit to build links…
How to submit your site to google using a sitemap
If you have a website, then you most probably want google to index your sites content. the easiest way to do this is to submit a sitemap to google, using…
Seomoz 96 seo checks you can do in an hour
Seomoz has lots of great information. I subscribe to their blog posts to make sure that I keep up to date on the latest findings and developments across the seo…
Google author tag
Google have released an 'author' tag. the author tag is what enables sites to have a 'byline' in the google search results. this post will show you how to setup…
Alternatives to yahoo site explorer
Since yahoo site explorer is now dead I have been looking for alternative ways to profile backlinks. to check your own backlinks and the backlinks of your competitors http://blekko.com search…
Some cool SEO tools for you to try out
Some cool SEO tools for you to try out - I'm always looking for SEO tools, the more tools I try out, the more I understand what the general consensus…
Linking your google webmastertools and google analytics accounts
This will show you how to link your google webmastertools and your google analytics accounts. when the two accounts are linked it lets you get some better stats in your…
Google basefeed new specifications go live tomorrow sept 22nd
Just incase you use google basefeed (google merchant, or google shopping) their new specifications go live tomorrow, sept 22nd 2010. basically you need to have a brand, a UPC /…
WordPress stats with jetpack plugin
This will show you how to enable the new wordpress.com stats in your self hosted wordpress blog :) they let you see pageviews per day, week, month. they also let…
Adding basecamp todos and milestones from email
Basecamp is an excellent tool to help manage projects. any type of project. they have an account that lets you have one project for free - this post explains adding…
Facebook thumbnail for shared page content
This will show you how to specify the image you want facebook to use when content from your site gets shared. you will need to add in the following meta…
Speed up wordpress by turning off inter-blog communication
This one will speed up your wordpress a little by turning off inter-blog communication it will turn off notifications about pingbacks and trackbacks. basically, it wont generate a comment when…
Identify and remove unused css across entire site
This post will show you a range of ways to detect and remove unused css from your site. removing unused css will help your stylesheets load faster which, in turn…
Fixing analytics bounce rate for wordpress blogs
This will show you how to fix google analytics 'bounce rate' if you have a blog. bounce rate is a tricky one - if you have an ecommerce site, then…
The best firefox addons for web development
There are lots of firefox addons for web development; here are the best firefox addons for web development I use on a daily basis. firebug Firebug integrates with Firefox to…
WordPress ultimate seo guide
Wordpress ultimate seo guide - This post is about making your wordpress perform better in search engine result pages. Wordpress is pretty good, but its not perfect. this will tell…
Using wordpress and twitterfeed to update social networks
Automatic facebook and twitter status updates from wordpress blog posts using your rss feed This will teach you how to setup your wordpress blog to send automatic status updates to…
Defining and implementing a solid technical social media strategy
Defining and implementing a solid technical social media strategy. this post is all about how to get your content to as many 'social media' sites as possible with minimal effort…
Howto remove wordpress category base with more automatic 301’s
since I changed the premalink structure of my posts the site has been getting a bit more traffic (I also put in some htaccess rules to stop certain bots getting…
Canonical urls are not as good as unique content
Why canonical urls are not as good as unique content and 301 redirects. I am incharge of a few websites (about 250), they are a mix of corporate sites and…
WordPress permalink 301 url rewrites for seo
Ive just changed the permalink structure for my entire site, with automatic 301 url rewriting from the old url to the new url. I used a plugin called ylsy_permalink_redirect I…
Making your site faster with Yslow and pagespeed
google is now using the speed of your site to determine your search rankings your site needs to be as fast as it can. Along with optimising your site for…
Some tips for your wordpress blog before you can optimise seo for search
Some tips for your wordpress blog before you can optimise for search: header tags make sure you have the proper header tags in your pagesdont make the title of your…
Using wordpress and ping.fm to update social networks
Update: ping.fm is pretty much dead. use the twitterfeed method here instead automatic facebook twitter myspace linkedin and other status updates from wordpress blog posts using your rss feed This…
Statistics for your blog – wordpress – analytics – feedburner, etc
ok, so here are a few ways to collect stats for your wordpress blog. pretty basic stuff, but very valuable google analytics - provides an excellent way to track all…
SEO seminar with Rand Fishkin
SEO seminar with Rand Fishkin - I work as a web developer. its a great job, and its great fun (especially since I'm a geek). One of the companies we…
Notifying multiple search engines about your stemap
I have been making sitemap generators. a little script that generates an xml file with every product, category, brand and combination thereof; along with every news article and static page.…