In a recent poll on, Digging into WordPress, results were unanimous when it came to preference between “www.” or no “www.” in URLs. Out of 434 votes 356 voted in favor of loosing the dubs. That’s 82% for those of you who are counting. Have an preference? Here is your chance to weigh in on the matter. Head over to the poll and let your preference be known. This debate has been Read More
If you login to your WordPress site today you'll notice a new version has hidden into town; welcome to WordPress 3.3. The folks at WordPress name this version “Sonny” in honor of the great jazz saxophonist Sonny Stitt. WordPress has had over 65 million downloads since version 3.0 was released, and in this third major iteration they have added significant polish around the new user experience, navigation, uploading, and imports. Here are Read More
It's that time of year again. There is a very noticeable chill in the air, with the promise of cold days again, but it's not too late to have some goulish fun. Have a Safe and Awesome Halloween!
The much anticipated WordPress 3.2 was released on July 4th! In just 24 hours, about 330,000 downloads of the free, open source web application had taken place. The update is being called "Gershwin" in honor of the pianist and composer. In no time at all, "Rhapsody in Blue" should be playing in the background noise of your head, to get you in the right mindset to appreciate 3.2, which, like Gershwin, "lets Read More
Google has been busy lately. Following a significant change to their algorithm Google has specifically targeted content farms and sites that offer low quality content. Many websites have dropped significanly in search phrases that they used to rank well for. This is good news for websites that offer useful information and for the users who are looking for them. Most of the web sites that are getting hit are those Read More
This release features a lightning fast redesigned linking workflow which makes it easy to link to your existing posts and pages, an admin bar so you’re never more than a click away from your most-used dashboard pages, a streamlined writing interface that hides many of the seldom-used panels by default to create a simpler and less intimidating writing experience for new bloggers (visit Screen Options in the top right to get old panels back), and a refreshed Read More
Forbes.com, the extremely popular magazine web site, has been notified by Google that they have been penalized for selling links on their web site. Denis Pinsky, the Digital Marketing Manager at Forbes.com, posted a Google Webmaster Help thread with the notification warning. As some of you know, Google now email site owners when they are participating in unnatural links and Forbes.com just received their email from Google. The email read: Dear site owner Read More
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