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Archive for July, 2006

Quicksearch bookmarks in Firefox

Thursday, July 27th, 2006
Quicksearch bookmarks are something that I just assumed everybody knew about. Apparently not! Stu and a few others in the dabs office hadn't heard about this so I decided to blog it just in case you missed it too. Since as long as I can remember, Firefox has supported keyword shortcuts in its bookm… read more

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IE7 to rollout via Automatic Update

Thursday, July 27th, 2006
Internet Explorer release imminent... Hold onto your hats boys and girls. Everyones 2nd favourite web browser is due an upgrade - and the upgrade is mandatory!. Microsoft plans to rollout Internet Explorer via its automatic update system as a 'high-priority' update. In other words, most punters wo… read more

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Google’s accessibility search…

Sunday, July 23rd, 2006
I've picked up on a couple of articles this week discussing Google Labs 'Accessible Search'. Bill Slawski posted this earlier in the week on SEO by the SEA and The Register have also posted this today covering the specialist Google search. The search tool, developed by blind Google employee TV Ra… read more

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On page optimisation – keyphrase placement priorities

Thursday, July 20th, 2006
What's the most important place on a page for keyphrases in SEO? This is a question I am often asked regarding on page optimisation. When a search engine algorithm ranks a page, where are the most 'powerful' places the search phrase can appear? In order of importance, this is a list of what I belie… read more

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The SEO approach to site architecture…

Friday, July 7th, 2006
Structure your site design around search engines, not your homepage Conventional wisdom dictates that when planning or mapping out a website, we should start with the homepage (or, god forbid - a splash page) and then create branches and leaves out from this until we have all the required informati… read more

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Feeling the pinch from BigDaddy? Kinderstart.com are!

Monday, July 3rd, 2006
Have recent Google algorithm shake-ups got your pages dropping like flies? Then why not sue Google? Kinderstart.com are trying to do exactly that. Out-Law.com is reporting that the US Start-up is attempting to sue Google because their PageRank was reset, causing a 70% drop in traffic and a subseque… read more

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10 Months Later and I’m just getting into Antony and the Johnsons!

Sunday, July 2nd, 2006
Its been 10 months since Antony and the Johnsons won the Mercury Music Prize and only now am I starting to pick up on the odd track. I listened to the album at the time it won, but dismissed it as some kind of gimic album - yeah, the guys got gender issues and warbles quite a lot - big deal! I've … read more

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