“Ignoring what?”, you ask.
I love to read forums, and one question that gets asked very often is “Should I do this? Because all my friends/family/accountant seem to think it’s a bad idea.”
Before you give their considerations much thought, it would be better if you asked yourself if it’s better to ignore them.
Don’t get me wrong. […]
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3 Reasons why Ignoring is Bliss for Entrepreneurs
We don’t hate paid links, says Google’s SEO Strategist
Google’s SEO Strategist has confirmed what Matt Cutts said in an earlier post about paid links - Google doesn’t hate it.
The interview with Adam Lasnik clearly shows Google are against paid links that exist for the main purpose of juicing up PageRank.
From the article, “… our goal is not to catch one hundred […]
Del.icio.us as a Marketplace for WP Text Ads
10 July 2007 update
With the new release of WP Text Ads 1.1, the way to join the Marketplace has changed. Although it’ll still use del.icio.us, the steps are slightly different. Read the Marketplace FAQ for details.
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The biggest complaint I have received from WP Text Ads users in the last week is that advertisers cannot find […]
GPC Magic Quotes in WordPress is Compulsory
I just updated my Sticky Post and Post Footer plugins. A few people had told me that quotes in their text were backslashed.
That struck me as odd since I had done a get_magic_quotes_gpc() and stripslash() of all $_GET and $_POST variables.
What puzzled me even more was that their PHP magic_quotes_gpc option was […]
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Does Google hate paid links? Not really, says Matt Cutts
In his blog, Google engineer Matt Cutts tells us what Google thinks of paid links.
Here’s a summary:
Don’t sell links primarily to drive search engine rankings or game PageRank
This is the most important principle. Google absolutely hates sites that do that. Forget about increasing your PageRank if you sell links. That should never be your […]
View this blog on a Mobile Device
Thanks to Alex King’s excellent WordPress Mobile Edition plugin, this blog is now viewable on a mobile device.
There is no special URL to remember because the plugin detects if you are using a mobile device. If you are, then you will see a stripped down version of this blog.
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How to Price Software
I love to read the Business of Software forum, and a couple of questions that come up repeatedly are:
“My software currently costs $X. Should I lower it to $Y to boost sales?”
“How do I know if I’m charging too much or little?”
“How much can I expect my customers to pay?”
“Why are people buying from my […]
WordPress Plugin Syntax Checker
Have you ever uploaded and activated a new plugin, only to realize that it contains PHP errors? I have.
Did you find it a hassle to delete that file using your FTP client so that WordPress would start working again? I did.
So I wondered if it’s possible to check the PHP syntax of a WordPress plugin […]
Sticky Post on WordPress
There was a request at the WordPress Ideas page to make it easy to create sticky posts.
I think it’s a feature sorely lacking in WordPress. Not only would it be useful to have a particular post stay at the top of the home page, it would be great if I could post some sticky […]
