SEO Michael Gray (read him) had a video about WordPress and duping your content. A friend asked about robots.txt attributes and instead of typing it out I thought I’d share this WordPress SEO tip with all of you.

Creating your own custom flash slideshow is easy when you have a starting point. Real estate agents like these, they’re the greatest. Here it is. Download the flash slideshow template at the end of this post and start creating your own that you can incorporate into your web site and wow the world. Read the rest of this entry »

NOTE – This list is NOT current anymore, read the date;)

Powering… not the right word. I power this blog but I do use some plug-ins.

Yes, this blog is built on WordPress. I’ve been asked a few times what plug-ins I use so I’ll list them out and link to where you can get them.

Here’s what I use and what they do: Read the rest of this entry »

Sloppy and unethical SEO’s are walking a fine line between competitive SEO and committing crimes.

I’m getting a lot of queries for some terms that most wouldn’t see on this site for the posts containing those words are now deep inside.

I’m also getting a lot of hits from known ip’s that are watching and waiting for an opinion or observation about a current happening in the SEO world concerning a niche I don’t work within anymore – real estate.

Yes, I’m following it. Want my opinion?

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Yes, you can detect when an iPhone or iPod Touch is browsing your website, and direct them to an iPhone friendly version.

Just insert the following code in the header of your page and amend it to address your target (iPhone version) location.

UPDATED – As of iPhone Safari 2, the script isn’t accurate. The new Updated script is here.

Thanks to Chris Bailey at Used Boats for bringing this to attention and re-writing the script for us.

I’ve been irritated seeing websites that say “If you’re using an iPhone, click here” – C’mon, people don’t want to go through that and coders need to anticipate this. Seamless to users and polishes your project.

The collective wish of billions of searches.

Google Sets provides lists of what your users type into a search box to find – hopefully you.

So make your post/site/page relevant to what not only what YOU want it to be about, but those looking for you.

If I’m going to write a post that I want to rank for a given term, say… SEO – I need to Read the rest of this entry »

Many (very many) have used my iPhone web app template but I’ve added a few enhancements. Hopefully you come back to find it. It lists some tips for coding your site, corrects some paragraph layout bugs since version 1.1.1, adds custom web clips icons and is now quicker loading. It has examples built in to link to phone numbers and maps too. Oh, and audio/video files without flash.

Comments on this is closed, just refer to the original post.  Enjoy the template!

Remember, if coding is intimidating, you can use WordPress to build an iPhone website too.

Real quick iPhone and Touch developers.

If you want to have a custom icon shown on the home screen when someone makes a web-clipping of your site instead of a thumbnail of the page, it’s very easy. Not only does it polish off your efforts, it also makes the clipping more useful for your users.

It’s a two step process.

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I couldn’t resist.

You all know I develop for the iPhone as well as my “real job” – so here’s the predictable follow-up article for the color picker post below.

Apple accepted it – nice.

After presenting the color picker tool, I ported it to the iPhone. I thought it would be handy for client meetings, especially for those Read the rest of this entry »

Web designers, I’m offering a color-picker tool today. It’s linked over on the sidebar for easy reference if you want to use it later.

Web designers can add this to their site for their clients. If a client finds a color palette desirable for their web site, the three RGB numbers can be used to apply actual HEX values to the client web site, assuring a perfect match with the client wish.

Feel free to use it here, or use it in your own web site.

I was given a book called “Bullies Be Gone” a few days ago and told that It’s not fair that I get to have a monopoly on being a {you pick the expletive}. I did read it and yes, it’s a good book about managing hostile work environments, relationships and such. I learned I need to give thanks once in a while.

So, to my 2007 peeps that helped me grow, Thanks! That means you Russ, Ric, Patrick, Kim, Steve, Norris, Mick, Sarah, Brian, Eric, Seth, Bob, Chris, Barb, Barbara, Ben, Alan, Melinda, John, Jim, Judy, Mike, Jason, Cindy, Chrissy, Ed, Doug, Deborah, Eyvonne, Sal, Susan, Ilan, Linda, Cathy, the “never to be named” and the greatest real estate agent in the world.

Jimmy has been motivating me lately (I really need my beach), thought I’d share a great 7 min clip “Far Side of The Word” – a classic song with a great video track.

Huh? You wanted an SEO article? There’s one below this one. Relax! Jimmy will help.