Archive for the 'Web Sites' Category

The “U Comment, I Follow” Revolution

Monday, January 7th, 2008

Recently I became aware that the default installation of WordPress marks all comment links with the rel=’nofollow’ tag. The effect of this tag is that search engine spiders such as GoogleBot will not follow the link to your site, thus the only effect of the comment is if a human follows the link.
The origins […]

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Win 500 Entrecard Credits

Saturday, January 5th, 2008

Recently I joined the free Entrecard service in order to attract more traffic. An Entrecard is an online business card of sorts and is used to “drop” on other bloggers websites who also participate in the service. Whenever you drop a card you, and the person receiving the card, are given an Entrecard […]

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Improve Wordpress Performance

Friday, January 4th, 2008

Whilst cruising around the Entrecard member sites dropping cards I often find some great articles and tips. The latest little gem is a real corker. It is the How Fast is your Wordpress Blog. It came in very handy for me as I was noticing increasingly slow load times on SCHWOIT. […]

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An Unexpected Nugget

Thursday, December 20th, 2007

Whilst looking for a web site for Rockdale Plaza I found a federal government funded web site that had me asking why? The web site in question is the National Public Toilet Map.
Now on first glance I had a chuckle and was questioning why in the hell would a country be in need […]

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A New Look and Focus

Monday, December 10th, 2007

Over the past few months I have been largely devoid of interest in the usual topics covered by SCHWOIT. As a result the site was easy to ignore, knowing it was running along happily in the corner and was not getting over run with nefarious activities. During that time of complete disinterest, and […]

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