Google Tutorials
MSN Live Search Result Grabber
Within the last month, I've created two popular SEO tools: Google Grabber and Yahoo Grabber. Each grabber goes to the respective website and retrieves the number of pages a specified domain has indexed in the search engine. Having the indexed number of pages so quickly and easily is invaluable and a great sales tool.
Fun With Google Code Search
As programmers we've all had days that don't go well. You found out the hosting provider switched a setting that blows up a customer's website. That piece of code that you swore worked fine yesterdays in now causing you fits. Your coworker accidentally wrote over the code you just finished. We've all been there.
Initiating PHP Sessions Without Sacrificing Your Page Rank
This post was authored by Mark Sanborn. To learn more about Mark, click here.
Google Grabber — Using PHP to Find Out How Many Pages Your Domain Has Listed in Google
Most bloggers make an effort to get as many pages listed on Google as possible. Benefits of being listed in Google may include:
No WWW Using .htaccess
There are some clear benefits to removing the "www" from your URLs:
(Ab)Using Google To Find Free MP3 Files
I'm not one for posting hacks to illegally attain warez, mp3s, and eBooks, but a coworker showed this to me and I wanted to share it.
Generate Search Engine Friendly URLs with PHP Functions
Generating search engine friendly (SEF) URLs can dramatically improve your search engine results. There's a big difference between "/post.php?id=2382" and "/great-php-functions/". Having search engine friendly URLs also gives the user an idea of what will be on the page they are clicking on if the link text isn't adequate.
Thank you, Google!
Google is finally picking up on my old domain's .htaccess file (its 301 redirects) and changing all of the old site's article URLs to this new domain. It's about time! Took about two weeks, and there are plenty of posts still over there, but I'm happy to see that.
Secure (SSL) Google Analytics
Google Analytics is a tremendous tool, especially when your customer wants an eCommerce website. Analytics is even more powerful when your customer uses Adwords to drive in traffic.