- Sep 16 20112
Remove meta name=”generator” content=”WordPress 3.2.1″
From the 2.5 version of Wordpress the meta tag generator that displayed the version of Wordpress you were using was removed from the template file to become a core function. This meant that you could not simply remove the tag from the template file anymore.
To remove meta name="generator" content="WordPress 3.2.1" [...] Read more
- Sep 08 20113
Write great PPC Adverts for AdWords
Successful search engine marketing (SEM) requires an understanding of what potential customers are trying to achieve. PPC adverts that are relevant to their queries will drive higher click-through rates (CTRs), better quality scores on Google, lower costs per click (CPC) and ultimately more sales.
To be successful in your SEM approach [...] Read more
Tags: google adwords, search engine marketing
- Sep 06 20114
Get more from your user-generated content
Most brand and retailer sites have some function for collecting user-generated content, but many of them miss out on business benefits by not using that content fully. This is a huge lost opportunity, as user-generated content can put you in touch directly with consumers of your products and services and [...] Read more
Tags: google adwords, ugc, user-gernerated content
- Sep 04 20115
3 New resources for Web Designers
Color Rotate
Web www.colorotate.org
Price Free/$9 for Photoshop plug-in
Coming up with a colour scheme for sites that's both coherent and individual can be lot harder than it might first appear. Color Rotate gives you a chance to look at the problem in three dimensions ("The same way as your brain", apparently).Whether that [...] Read more
Tags: resources, web design, web designers
- Aug 14 20116
non-www to www
When it comes to optimising your website duplicate content is always an issue but much overlooked. Many webmasters do not even realise that Google may be inadvertently looking at 2 versions of there home page.
Thats because if you havent redirected your non-www version to your www version (or vica versa) [...] Read more
Tags: duplicate content, htaccess, uk web hosting, www
- Jul 17 20117
Search Engine Optimisation (SEO)
Umbrella web Studio offers Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) based on years of continuing research by our in-house experts. We use an ethical approach to optimizing your web pages ensuring that you don't get penalized by Google or worse blocked completely..
The key is to understand that SEO is useless unless your [...] Read more
- Mar 16 20118
Increase traffic to your website
Nominet has written this great guide with tips for increasing traffic to your web site. We thought we’d pass it on to you for inspiration.
So you’ve got your new web site up and running. How do you get maximum exposure for it and ensure that you get a constant [...] Read more
Tags: domain names, domain registration, natural search, natural seo, Search Engine Optimisation, seo
- Mar 15 20119
Optimize Your Site With GZIP Compression
Bandwidth control is an important task to be followed when your traffic is increasing. With limited monthly bandwidth hosting, your site may run out of bandwidth and thus result in increase in down time. Hence it is very much advisable to compress your websites response with GZip and then serve [...] Read more
Tags: compression, gzip, web design tips
- May 31 201010
7 Firefox Plugins for Web Developers
1. Flash Switcher
Flash Switcher is a must have for Flash Developers, it lets you choose between different versions of flash so you can be sure your code is compatible with all existing versions of Flash.
View more info on Flash Switcher
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2. Firebug
Firebug allows you to edit CSS and HTML and any [...] Read more
Tags: firefox, firefox plugins