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Jan 31st 11
Posts of the Week – Site downtime, ruby on rails installer, ad-sense
Its a new week so it must be time to look back at the blog posts and articles that have caught our eye. This week we some excellent advice from Google on how to cope with scheduled down time for your web service, a great rails installer for windows for those who are looking at... read more
Jan 24th 11
Simple Techniques for Search Engine Optimization (SEO)
There are many simple techniques you can deploy when it comes to Search Engine Optimization (SEO) but all SEO techniques have the same end product that is making your website more visible to people who are carrying out organic searches on search engines such as Google, Yahoo!, Bing and Ask Jeaves to name but a... read more
Jan 14th 11
Blog Permalink Structures For SEO – According To Google
Permalinks play a vital role in your blogs Search Engine Optimization (SEO) strategy and they do need consideration but exactly what structure should they take in order to maximize they’re potential? Some SEO experts will tell you that the Permalink structure should include categories whilst others see categories as unnecessary stating that such a Permalink... read more
Dec 24th 10
Designing for Search Engines
All search engines prefer well designed sites with good content, headings should relate to the content and the URL of the page should also contain your keywords used in your main body text and the page title. Just because your site looks nice built in flash you maybe be doing your self no favours and... read more
Dec 10th 10
Posts of the week – Twitter, WordPress, F Shape layout and a bit of fun!
Twitter cheat sheet We love twitter @monicowebdesign and this twitter cheat sheet from The Social Media Guide is now an ever present item on our desks and I’m sure it will be on yours as well! 10 WordPress Dashboard Hacks This wonderful post is a must read for all WordPress developers. The top trump here... read more
May 7th 10
Off page SEO keyword best practices
Off page anchor text (the text in links to your site from other sources) is one of the biggest components used by search engine ranking algorithms. You should ensure that, wherever possible, inbound links point to pages on your site with the appropriate keywords contained within your anchor text. Of course you cannot fully control the inbound link anchor text but you can keep a close eye on back links into... read more
Apr 13th 10
Take a screen shot or screen grab on the iphone
Whilst writing my blog post on Opera Mini for the iPhone I realised that quite a few people have asked me how to take a screen grab of the screen on the iPhone. Well its quite simple… Hold down the home button and quickly press the button at the top of the iPhone. The screen will flash and if your sound is on a ‘shutter’ noise will be heard and hey presto you will find your iPhone screen... read more
Apr 13th 10
Opera Mini for iPhone and Ipod Touch
Opera Mini was finally cleared by Apple yesterday and made it into the App Store overnight (Monday April 12th 2010). There has been allot of will they won’t they speculation surrounding Opera Mini on iPhone with Apple seemingly digging their heals in over recent months and for a while we all wondered if Opera Mini would be rejected from entering the App store. Opera Mini Tabbed Browsing Thankfully not... read more
Jan 21st 10
Use Safer Browsers Says France and Germany – Internet Explorer Exploited
Internet Explorer Microsoft have confirmed that Internet Explorer was used in the December cyber attacks on Google and some other outfits and this has led to calls from France and Germany to use safer browsers. However Microsoft has stated that Internet Explorer 8 is one of the ‘most secure browsers on the market’ these attacks exploited a security hole in Internet Explorer 6 however, Microsoft... read more
Nov 13th 09
How Google Ranks Pages
In the simplest term “PageRank relies on the uniquely democratic nature of the web by using its vast link structure as an indicator of an individual page’s value” So a link from page A to page B is a vote by page A for page B. This is a very simplified form and Google goes on to explain: “Google looks at more than the sheer volume of votes or link in a page. It also analyses the page that cast the... read more
This is always the worst bit isn't it? Well where can I start. My name is Robert Dicks, 33 (yes I will update my age every year!) from Cardiff.
I am also a freelance web developer (monicowebdesign.co.uk) working with html, CSS and php technologies and has gained considerable experience in SEO techniques including optimizing for local searches.
Away from work I am a Cardiff City Season ticket holder and a general sports fan! I also like to get away from the City and I especially like being by the coast especially if it means around the Pembrokeshire Coastal Path.
