Internet Technologies: The Archives
Hacking Simple Machines Forum For SEO
The Simple Machines Forum is a great free php forum system. Unfortunately, out of the box it’s the most poorly search engine optimised piece of rubbish you’re likely to ever experience. But then, most forumware is.
When I installed the Unreality TV Forum, the first thing I did was to make the layout fixed-width for better [...]
Posted in Internet Technologies, Search Engine Optimisation on Monday, March 17 2008 | Leave a comment »
Some Useful Yahoo! Shortcuts
After getting frustrated with the search results that I was getting from Google, I decided to spread my wings a little bit and start using different search engines.
Currently, I’m using Yahoo! for my everyday searches, supplemented by Microsoft’s Live.com.
One of the biggest benefits of using alternative search engines is seeing different results. I’d gotten tired [...]
Posted in Internet Technologies, Search Engine Optimisation on Thursday, November 8 2007 | Leave a comment »
Managing RSS Feeds
If there’s one problem with RSS, it’s that you can subscribe to feeds too easily. This post looks at ways you can cut down on RSS clutter in your feed reader and two different techniques for reading feeds.
Posted in Internet Technologies on Thursday, April 26 2007 | Leave a comment »
How To Configure Sitemap Autodiscovery For Your Website
How to add support for sitemap autodiscovery to your website. Now that Google, Yahoo! and MSN have added support for autodiscovery, you can add a simple line to your robots.txt file that tells the spiders where the sitemap is located.
Posted in Internet Technologies, Search Engine Optimisation on Thursday, April 12 2007 | 1 Comment »
Client Guide: Understanding Web Hosting and Domain Registration
For the newcomer to website hosting, the terminology can be confusing and difficult to understand. In this short guide, I try and explain the roles that web hosts, domains and even ISPs play in the process.
Posted in Client Guides, Internet Technologies on Wednesday, March 7 2007 | 3 Comments »
RSS Will Hit Mainstream In 2007
Although RSS has been around for a few years, its not yet managed to gain widespread adoption from the general public. Now, with the release of Microsoft’s latest version of Internet Explorer, RSS is about to get a whole lot easier to use.
Posted in Internet Technologies on Tuesday, October 17 2006 | Leave a comment »
Dvorak On Internet Explorer
John Dvorak launches a tirade against Microsoft’s Internet Explorer browser and suggests that they might be better off cutting their losses and ceasing development of the browser once and for all. With the release of Internet Explorer 7 imminent, it’s not likely, but it is fun to speculate!
Posted in Internet Technologies on Tuesday, April 25 2006 | Leave a comment »
The End Of The Internet?
There’s growing speculation that the “Big Four” US Telecoms Carriers are planning to start charging for bandwidth, effectively creating an Internet Tax. Concern is growing over this move and the potentially disasterous effects it would have on Internet freedom, where smaller sites cannot afford to pay for optimum service and find their sites choked.
Posted in Internet Technologies on Tuesday, April 25 2006 | Leave a comment »
Another Great “How To Get Started With RSS” Article
Do you want to start playing with RSS, but don’t know what software to use or how to subscribe to an RSS feed? This article will show you how to set up RSS readers for a number of free programs.
Posted in Internet Technologies on Monday, November 14 2005 | Leave a comment »
Opera Goes Free
Opera has ditched the subscription model for it’s web browser software, so no more adverts cluttering up the top of your screen! This article looks at some of the useful features in Opera that might persuade you to try it out!
Posted in Internet Technologies on Wednesday, September 21 2005 | Leave a comment »
