Category: Internet

Are You Getting the Basics of Analytics Right?

April 16, 2014 / Paul / 0 Comments

Posted by: Paul Boag On Tuesday, 15th April, 2014

Monitoring website analytics is an important part of evolving your site. Unfortunately many of us aren’t monitoring enough and look at the wrong things.

Content Strategy Short Audio Tips: The estimated time to read this article is 4 minutes Subscribe to these quick tips using iTunes or RSS | Download Audio I think if we are honest most of us are floundering around when it comes to website analytics. We know they are important, but are not quite sure what to do with the data we collect. After opening the default dashboards a few times we give up and don’t check our analytics for months at a time. At least many of us are like that. Others are…

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Are you getting the basics of analytics right?

How to Build a Billion Dollar SEO Empire

April 16, 2014 / Paul / 0 Comments

A few weeks ago I was one of the tens of thousands of people who enjoyed reading a blog post on Priceonomics about “The SEO Dominance of RetailMeNot”. It was an absolutely fascinating read because, being a total SEO geek, I rarely find information in this space that hasn’t been repeated 100 times before. I knew about the company already, but I had no idea about the scale in which they were absolutely annihilating their competitors. For the thousands of popular search terms that are out there in the coupon world, you’ll see RetailMeNot as the number one search result for the vast majority of them. The Priceonomics article was a great read, but it’s clear that a number of their readers were disappointed…

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How to Build a Billion Dollar SEO Empire

How to Create Stylish CSS Buttons

April 16, 2014 / Paul / 0 Comments

Get Source View Demo Out with the old, in with the new. We’re in a day and age where we need to simplify our stylesheets and lighten our page loads to be efficient across all devices on all connections. There’s a balance between simplicity and beauty though. We of course want to be functional and progressive, but also want to be aesthetically pleasing. There was once a time when graded images with shadows, hover states, and active states were used as buttons. It added some user-friendliness to our forms and whatnot. Nowadays, with CSS3 in the fold and a more compact, minimal style taking precedence, we can achieve stylish CSS buttons. The reason for switching to pure CSS is twofold – It’s a lighter …

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How to Create Stylish CSS Buttons

Google Updates its Terms of Service to Explicitly Say it’s Analyzing Your Emails for Tailored Ads

April 16, 2014 / Paul / 0 Comments

Google has updated its terms of service to reflect its email scanning practices that are carried out to provide users with customized search results and tailored advertising, as Reuters first spotted. In the latest version of its terms of service, Google adds a paragraph explaining that email scanning is done automatically when the content is being delivered and when it finally sits within its servers: Our automated systems analyze your content (including emails) to provide you personally relevant product features, such as customized search results, tailored advertising, and spam and malware detection. This analysis occurs as the content is sent, received, and when it is stored. A Google spokesperson tells TNW that the rationale behind the update is to make it clearer for users:

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Google updates its terms of service to explicitly say itâ€™s analyzing your emails for tailored ads

Amazon.com: Synology DiskStation 4-Bay (Diskless) Network Attached Storage DS412+ (Black): Computers & Accessories

April 15, 2014 / Paul / 0 Comments

Capacity: Diskless Product Dimensions: 8 x 6.5 x 9.2 inches ; 4.5 pounds Shipping Weight: 7.9 pounds (View shipping rates and policies) Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S. ASIN: B007JLE84C Item model number: DS412+ Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (163 customer reviews) Amazon Best Sellers Rank: <! .zg_hrsr margin: 0; padding: 0; list-style-type: none; .zg_hrsr_item margin: 0 0 0 20px; .zg_hrsr_rank display: inline-block; width: 50px; text-align: right; ]> #7 in Electronics > Computers & Accessories > Data Storage > Network Attached Storage Date first available at Amazon.com: March 12, 2012 Would you like to update product info, give feedback on images, or tell us about a lower price?

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Amazon.com: Synology DiskStation 4-Bay (Diskless) Network Attached Storage DS412+ (Black): Computers & Accessories