Archive for January 2008
How I simplified my RSS habits and saved an hour a day
Today I’d like to share a few simple steps that could potentially simplify and destress your RSS reading habits.
Categories, filtering and thinking become a thing of the past, replaced with an almost zen like NEXT button and good ole Stumbling… Read the rest of this entry »
Do-follow on Comments
I’m so supremely confident that comment spam aint happening here, that I’ve elected to install the Dofollow plugin.
So if you feel like leaving a comment – there’s some free link-lovin to be had!
How to keep greasy scrapers and harvesters off your content
Ever had comment spam on your blog? Ever had your content stolen? If so – it was more than likely a bot, rather than a person with too much time on their hands.
Black hats of today have more tools in their toolbox than Bob the Builder; those of concern to us are mostly bots and web crawlers. Whilst some are making great progress, it is by definition, impossible to keep every grubby automated spammer out of your website.
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The Sign Up Page
As pointed out by Guy Kawasaki,
“A site’s signup page is the second most important page on a site (the most important is the home page itself) because this is where you’re asking for committment.”
A sign-up page should be suitable as a landing page for AdWords campaigns, mail-out campaigns and potentially any other marketing campaigns.
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What is OpenID?
According to OpenID.net…
“OpenID eliminates the need for multiple usernames across different websites…”
Earlier in the week I stipluated User Identity and Account Management as requirements for a CRM.
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