http://www.grumpycoder.co.uk The hapless ramblings of an intoxicated web designer. Fri, 29 Feb 2008 15:27:47 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Today I watched this fascinating video from SEOmoz guru Rand Fishkin and thought I'd pass on my evolutionary thoughts on his concept. Keep reading for some useful tips. [youtube EW4FcmODg7g] Linkjuice river As this video suggests, Google aims to pass link juice up the river to its apparent source. If Google is therefore ... http://www.grumpycoder.co.uk/link-juice-strategy-seo-google-original-source/ There may be several PHP communities on the Interweb. However, where others coddle and then fade away, TalkPHP is the pinnacle of all PHP communities where members are a part of a community that is constantly moving forwards in great panda like steps. The great plus about TalkPHP is that it ... http://www.grumpycoder.co.uk/talk-php-an-outstanding-php-community/ As a web designer, I'm constantly pitted against the shortcomings of Internet Explorer. This is particularly the case for me, as my speciality is CSS. Often it feels like I'm burning the midnight oil so Bill Gates can line his pockets. Today I thought I'd have a bit of fun ... http://www.grumpycoder.co.uk/firefox-referral-adsense-ads-internet-explorer/ Today I thought I would discuss one of the lighter sides of search engine optimisation. Recently a friend of mine introduced me to a novel SEO tactic that I had, quite frankly, completely overlooked. Pink hat SEO is the practice of pretending to be a female in order to increase the ... http://www.grumpycoder.co.uk/pink-hat-seo/ In today's marketplace people seem to obsess greatly over pagerank. It seems you're nobody without pagerank. Today I thought I would put this misconception to the test using a simple experiment. Search engines use two tools to determine your SERPs ranking: pagerank and keyword density. In today's pagerank hungry environment the ... http://www.grumpycoder.co.uk/keyword-density-vs-pagerank-google-serps/ A friend of mine, Adam Timberlake, wrote this article for Grumpycoder a while back and I've had a few requests for me to repost it, so here you go guys: AJAX has become the talk of the town in recent months. Whole array of sites are using the new technology to ... http://www.grumpycoder.co.uk/7-days-in-heaven-with-ajax/ Here are just a few reasons why I use Stumbleupon every single day for my web browsing... 1. I love randomness I don't think I'm alone on this one. Many times I've sat staring at the google search window looking for something new. Sure, Digg and other bookmarking sites have some random ... http://www.grumpycoder.co.uk/stumbleupon-review-great-good-prefer-favorite-vs-digg/ Today I came across a new site that might spell the end of Digg and, quite possibly, for tales the end of social bookmarking altogether. Diggxchange is a new service that allows users to collaboratively exchange diggs with other users. All you need to do is register and send a ... http://www.grumpycoder.co.uk/diggxchange-stumblexchange-digg-stumbleupon-exchange/ Today I installed the dofollow plugin for wordpress by Kimmo Suominen. This popular plugin removes the default rel='nofollow' microformat from Wordpress visitor comment links. It's just one of a range of plugins available. Andy Beard, a leading supporter and member of the dofollow community, has kindly put together a comprehensive ... http://www.grumpycoder.co.uk/protect-blog-comment-spam-dofollow-nofollow-ifollow-nonofollow/ Ever suspected there was something very quantifiable about the way users viewed website content? Turns out there is. Studies have been conducted using retinal eye tracking equipment on average web surfers. This tells us exactly where people's eyes are focused, how long they are focused for and even the order in ... http://www.grumpycoder.co.uk/eye-tracking-web-site-design-user-behaviour-page-view/