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WebPageTest: The little known but great webpage benchmarking tool.
When it comes to testing how fast a webpage loads, many of us are familiar with Firebug/Yslow tool (installable as a Firefox browser plug-in). Firebug/Yslow is a fantastic plug-in for Firefox, it gives a wealth of information about any webpage as your browser renders it. This is a must have for any webmaster’s toolbox. Unfortunately, [...]
In: Website Building/SEO · Tagged with: performance, webpagetest, website
Google ‘Wonder Wheel’ and new search features
Google has launched a new set of features to their search engine which they call “Search Options”. It bring a collection of tools that lets us slice-and-dice our search results to find what we want faster.
The new features includes the ability to filter a search by types such as Forums, Videos, Reviews, etc. We can [...]
In: Website Building/SEO · Tagged with: google, search
Google Anti-Malware Malfunction?
It would seems that Google is as fallible as the next company. Right at this moment (which is 31 Jan 2009, 3.15pm GMT) Google is labelling every site in their search result listing with a “This site may harm your computer”. And what irony, Google’s own Anti-Malware page is potentially harmful!
So, has Google been hacked, or is [...]
In: News, Website Building/SEO · Tagged with: google, malware, problem
Running your blog with SEO in mind
Awhile back, I wrote about what it takes to start your own blog. Unless your blog is only meant for your private circle of readers, in most cases, you’ll want people to read what you have penned down, and even make some money from it.
The most effective way to do that is to get it [...]
In: Website Building/SEO · Tagged with: google, guide, SEO
Google Chrome: One month later
It’s been a month since Google pushed out their Google Chrome browser. In that short time, the initial buzz about the shiny new browser has slowly being taken over by reports of crashes and security flaws.
NetApplications also just released a report that the market share for Google Chrome since the launch has dipped but [...]
In: Website Building/SEO · Tagged with: browser, chrome, google
Google Gadgets in your Blogger site
If you’re a Blogger blogger, you’re in for a treat. It’s now possible to add Google Gadgets straight into your blogspot site to spice things up.
In: Website Building/SEO · Tagged with: blogger, gadgets
Why your general email contact is important to your business.
Lately, I’ve been kind of swept up by this craze to own one of those ‘netbooks’, those ultra-portable and cheap notebooks. I was keeping my eye on getting an MSI Wind, and hoping to get in touch with various PC providers to find out when the product will be available.
So I went to check [...]
In: Website Building/SEO · Tagged with: email, webmasters, website
Webmaster tools I can’t live without
Designing and building a website is one thing, but maintaining the site is definately something else. I’ve met many website owners who thought that getting someone in to build up a website and turn it on is all there is to running a website.
What a hard lesson that was for them when it turns [...]
In: Website Building/SEO · Tagged with: tools, webmasters, website
Planning your blog site
It a real challenge to get your own website going these days, especially when you’re clueless about the website ’stuff’. Gone are the days of just creating some HTML pages, put in some graphics, and linking the pages around. These days you’ll be bombarded with so many acronyms and technologies you probably don’t even know [...]
In: Website Building/SEO · Tagged with: blogs, website
Headaches deciding Website quotes
The other day, a friend of mine told me that she’s looking to setup a website for her small business in adventure trekking. She asked me to help her look at some website quotations she received from a few local web design companies. Promptly after I agreed, 2 quotes and her to-be-website sitemap arrived by email.
In her [...]
In: Website Building/SEO · Tagged with: website