Category: General

What Does Google See When You Move Domains?

Ok, so I moved my site. I used to have a domain called serach-friendly-web-design.com, I moved all that stuff to here because I thought that the information I gave was benifical to other people and I should retain the pages. So basically, if anyone goes to an old page they will get to see what they are looking for.

So how does moving a site look to Google? First of all I should point out I have no commercial gain from this website apart from people hiring me for me services.

OK, so lets look at what happened.

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Run Facebook Messenger on Windows Vista

NOTE: This post is old and not relevant anymore. I have removed the link as it no longer works!

Facebook has just released its new messenger for windows but it only runs on Windows 7.

Prior to this there was a leaked version whilst in beta phase that ran on Windows Vista.

The new version may also run on Windows Vista but I haven’t bothered to try it out by downloading on a Windows 7 computer and installing it on another, I do know however that this version runs fine and there is no difference that I see from the latest version.

So if you would like to run Facebook Messenger on Windows Vista then download it from this link.

Enable Incompatible Addons in Firefox

If you have the beta test version of firefox then it can be quite annoying when you upgrade to find that most of your addons don’t work anymore.

I used to scour the internet for working versions that people had managed to pull from google trunk, but last night I discovered a must have extention which makes all addons work (I never said compatible!) with the latest version of firefox.

The reason addons stop working is the configuration file of the addon stating which version it is compatible upto. So how do they know if it is compatible with the latest version if it stops working as soon as the new version is released? The community of course! but how do they find out if it works?……

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The Facebook Like Button Never Picks Up The Right Url

Well, the google +1 works fine, the tweet this button is cool, but really…..FHTML is rubbish. Basically facebook never picks up the current url through fhtml, unless I’m even more stupid than I think I am. Here’s how to get facebook to take the right url for each page.

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Google Pagespeed for Firefox 4

Although not on the official page speed site, Google have actually released a version of pagespeed that runs on Firefox 4.

Why it’s not on the site I have no idea, I would imagine it would have something to do with pushing developers towards chrome.

Anyway, the link is here:

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How does Article Marketing Affect your Website?

I’ve been working for a search engine optomization company for many years now. I still see the whole process offered by many companies as a little bit shady.

At the end of the day, nobody can make a search engine do what ever they want. You can’t pay google to move you up higher in the rankings, nor can you know exactly how they work. In this way SEO is always experimental, so beware of any company that guarantee top 10 rankings. They cannot guarantee anything that they are not in full control over, if your site can move to front page searches in a matter of weeks then it’s likely that you can do it yourself with little time and effort.

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Activate Windows God Mode on Vista and Windows 7

I stumbled upon this yesterday whilst looking for something completely different…

In windows 7 and vista you can activate a hidden ‘god mode’ which creates a desktop control panel giving you direct access to many useful features.

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Menu Drop-Downs Falling Behind Flash Objects and Iframes

Placing a flash movie or Google map on your page can be useful, but not when menu drop downs fall behind the flash object or iframe.

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Facebook Chat not Working, Shows no Friends Online

Many people seem to be having this problem. Here’s 2 solutions I found.

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