Search Engine Optimization Tips
Search engine ranking and your web sites traffic are directly influenced by four main areas:
Content: The more unique, well-versed content a site has, the better it will rank. Content primarily consists of the text on your site, but also includes images, videos and anything else the users come to the site for.
Links: Mainly concerning inbound links, but also includes outbound links and internal links. The more, quality, inbound links a site has, the better it will rank.
Popularity: The more people that know about your site the better it will rank and the more traffic you will receive. Popularity is often measured by the number of inbound links to a site.
Reputation: Popularity alone is worthless without a good reputation. If a site is known by many to be of poor quality or of little to no use to the users it will not rank well.
First Friday script updated and simplified
NOTE: The latest version of this script can always be found here: http://github.com/PHLAK/first-friday/blob/master/first-friday.php
With this update I have drastically reduced and simpified the code to produce the same results. I did some rigorous testing of my own to make sure this script will calculate the correct date, but that doesn’t mean it’s bullet-proof. If you find a bug, please email me so I can fix it.
first-friday.php
// Calculate next Friday for ($x = date('d'); $x <= (date('d') + 6); $x++) { $timeStamp = mktime(0,0,0,date('m'),$x,date('Y')); if (date('w',$timeStamp) == 5) { $nextFriday = mktime(0,0,0,date('m'),$x,date('Y')); } } // Check if next Friday is the first friday of the month. if (date('d', $nextFriday) <= 7) { $firstFriday = $nextFriday; } else { // Calculate first Friday of next month for ($x = 1; $x <= 7; $x++) { $timeStamp = mktime(0,0,0,date('m')+1,$x,date('Y')); if (date('w',$timeStamp) == 5) { $firstFriday = mktime(0,0,0,date('m')+1,$x,date('Y')); } } } // Echo next first Friday echo date("F j, Y", $firstFriday); ?>
BlackBerry Storm Unboxing
I went to the Verizon store at 10am the day of release and they said they had sold out ~2 hours before I got there. I was able to order one and they were nice enough to write off the rebate right away and overnight me a Storm directly from the factory. By noon the following day I had my Storm and the following are photos of the unboxing. I know this is rather late, but like they say, better late than never.
Beginers Guide To Search Engine Optimization
The following is a quick list of optimizations that, in my years of web development, I have observed will help increase your sites search engine ranking. While none of these processes are guaranteed to make your site #1 in Google overnight, I can promise that by implementing all (or even some) of these items, in time your site’s rank will rise.
The following items are clean, honest ways to optimize your site. I do not condone, nor solicit, any form of “black hat” search engine optimization and frown upon it greatly. If that’s what you’re aiming to implement, I sincerely hope that Google blacklists your site tomorrow. Please don’t send me any emails asking how to get your sight listed as #1 tomorrow.
Now, onto the list.
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How Geek am I?
So, Gizmodo had a list of 50 skills every geek should know. Seeing as I choose to don the title of “Geek” I feel obligated to see how many of these skills I posses.
Skills marked in Bold are skill I have and have used, or have all the essential knowledge to perform without reference. My notes are [encased in square brackets].
View the original article @ http://gizmodo.com/5078829/the-50-skills-every-geek-should-have
Check out the list after the break.