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Google Indexing Javascript / AJAX?

seangw — Fri, 18 May 2012 12:15:02 +0000

Saw a post this morning, Google Bot now crawls arbitrary Javascript sites. Seems like not only is Google indexing javascript files, but executing them as if they were an actual user clicking (thus firing off related javascript calls properly). Google Indexing Javascript / AJAX? is a post from: Sean Walther's Blog

Google Indexing Javascript / AJAX? is a post from: Sean Walther's Blog

Google Analytics: Find your Social Media Activity, a Tour

seangw — Mon, 14 May 2012 14:06:27 +0000

Google Analytics does a lot for us, and it does so much that we can’t always find some of the cooler functionality. I recently discovered some VERY useful information regarding social media linking in Google Analytics. Google Analytics will let you review the social media discussions and events (+1, Like, Bookmaarks, etc) and do the [...]

Google Analytics: Find your Social Media Activity, a Tour is a post from: Sean Walther's Blog

Help: Uploading MP3s on WordPress doesn’t work

seangw — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 18:44:53 +0000

Today I ran into a minor issue with WordPress. When uploading an MP3 file (in my case, although I’m sure many other file types) — I was getting an “HTTP Error” or “Internal Server Error” depending on how I uploaded the file. The file wasn’t even that big, just a 150K test file. There were [...]

Help: Uploading MP3s on WordPress doesn’t work is a post from: Sean Walther's Blog

Google’s HTML/CSS Style Guide

seangw — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 23:20:15 +0000

Sorry for the deluge of posts today. This next one is a must read for web developers. I’m not sure when it was first posted, but I just came across it today, the Google HTML/CSS Style Guide. There are some useful reminders in there, and also some curveballs (beyond “Use Valid HTML where possible”): Omit [...]

Google’s HTML/CSS Style Guide is a post from: Sean Walther's Blog

Google’s Matt Cutts on White Hat SEO Tactics

seangw — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 20:48:05 +0000

SEO professionals argue day in and day out about whether or not to use Black Hat SEO tactics. For those of you not aware of the difference between White Hat and Black Hat tactics, here’s a few bullets… White Hat Techniques Improve usability of site Generate Content Improve site speed Marketing the site legitimately Technically [...]

Google’s Matt Cutts on White Hat SEO Tactics is a post from: Sean Walther's Blog

Firefox 12 Released

seangw — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 20:45:05 +0000

Finally Firefox has migrated to the “silent update” that has kept Chrome browsers updated. Mozilla announced Firefox 12 today. You can download it at mozilla.org. The big changes with this update are the auto-update functionality, and the improvements mad to Developer Tools. You can check out some other improvements such as: Multitouch on Android support [...]

Firefox 12 Released is a post from: Sean Walther's Blog

Google Drive is Live

seangw — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 20:13:54 +0000

Today Google announced their newest offering, Google Drive. Everyone gets 5GB of storage free. Other price points are: $2.49/month – 25 GB $4.99/month – 100GB $49.99/month – 1 TB (yes, 1000 GB) Sure to be a major competitor to DropBox, as their prices beat out any competitor that I know of (if you know otherwise, [...]

Google Drive is Live is a post from: Sean Walther's Blog

WordPress 3.3.2 Released

seangw — Sat, 21 Apr 2012 14:48:16 +0000

Yesterday WordPress released version 3.3.2. Included are some minor security fixes, and maintenance issues. Not database changes were made. WordPress 3.3.2 Released is a post from: Sean Walther's Blog

WordPress 3.3.2 Released is a post from: Sean Walther's Blog

Chrome beats IE Usage on Sundays

seangw — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 14:15:31 +0000

Google’s Chrome browser has been beating out IE usage on weekends since March 18. People are choosing Chrome for their home browser, while being forced to use IE at work during the week. Source: StatCounter Global Stats – Browser Market Share Due to Chrome’s automatic updates, more people are using Chrome 18 now, than any [...]

Chrome beats IE Usage on Sundays is a post from: Sean Walther's Blog

WordPress 3.4 Beta 1 Released

seangw — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 12:12:41 +0000

This morning it was announced that the WordPress 3.4 Beta 1 was released. If you are a web developer who develops custom themes and/or plugins, you should be watching the next release as there are changes very relevant to your work. Here’s some of what’s new: Theme Customizer with Previewer Flexible Custom Header Sizes Selecting [...]

WordPress 3.4 Beta 1 Released is a post from: Sean Walther's Blog