Archive for February, 2006

Measure Map, Free Easy Stats for Your Blog

February 15th, 2006

Measure Map Free Easy Stats for Your Blog

Measure Map helps you understand what people do at your blog, and what influence you are having on the world.

  • Easily navigate the numbers that matter
  • Track links to see who sends you traffic
  • Find out what people do at your site
  • Setup is a breeze — it only takes a minute
  • www.measuremap.com

    WordPress 2.0.1

    February 2nd, 2006

    I was just about to write a post on the release of WordPress 2.0 and they’ve already beaten me to the publish button with version 2.0.1

    WordPress 2.0.1 fixes a lot bugs from 2.0

    • An upload directory can now be user-specified for images.
    • It now works with some older versions of PHP.
    • Imports use less memory.
    • A few fixes and cleanups with the WYSIWYG

    And a few other fixes.  For more information and to download this new version you’ll need to visit WordPress.org 

    Guaranteed #1 Ranking on Google

    February 2nd, 2006

    Earlier this week I received an email from a company that claimed they could guarantee me a number one ranking on Google for a mere £1,200, then a few days later I receive yet another email from another company offering me a guaranteed search engine optimisation package (whatever that means, in English!).  Neither of these companies got the reply they expected and for good reason to. 

    No one can guarantee you a #1 ranking on Google.  

    SEO stands for Search Engine Optimizer and in the internet industry we have what are called SEOs (Search Engine Optimisation experts).  These are the individuals and organisations that provide a range of services and resources to allow website owners to improve their site architecture, content (copy) and so on.  Unfortunately there are also a handful of rogue SEOs who whether knowingly or unintentionally are causing massive damage to the  SEO industry and their client sites.  Some tactics used by these rogue SEOs can get you banned from major search engines such as Google.  So please be careful. 

    For more information and some simple guidelines visit:
    http://www.google.com/webmasters/seo.html