Using the WordPress post slug for SEO

WordPress makes it easy to have friendly URIs. Under the Options -> Permalinks tab you have several options. Of the options, I would suggest using one with %postname% as part of the URI.
But why?
If you read any web design blogs or forums you know that the words in the URI are important for [...]

Something better than CoComment?

I’ve been using CoComment to keep track of comments on other people’s blogs for about a year now, and I really like it. The interface they have on their web page is fairly slick and the fact that I don’t have to do anything extra to keep track of the comments makes it easy.
But [...]

Inserting AddThis.com widget in Simple Machines Forum

After finding the AddThis.com bookmarking widget and installing the WordPress plugin here I decided I needed to add the widget to my photography forum.
What I wanted to make sure would happen is that if a visitor bookmarks a page they bookmark the first page in the thread instead of bookmarking a later page in a [...]

Content Analysis added to Google Webmaster Tools

The Webmaster Tools at Google have a new feature - content analysis. It lists potential problems that were found while Google was indexing your site.
It lists potential problems as issues with the title tag, duplicate meta description, short meta description, long meta description, and something called “non indexable content issues”. The only problem that showed [...]

Google speaks on the meta description tag

If you frequent web design forums you will see threads going back and forth about the value of the meta description tag. Some say it’s critical, some say it’s outdated and worthless. Now Google has published a post on their blog explaining how important this particular tag can be.
From the article:
Why does Google [...]