Google Analytics: referring sites

Google Analytics David Airey

Google Analytics (the web statistics package) can tell you a lot about your website, and one of those things is where your visitors arrive from. This is where knowledge of your “referring sites” proves useful.

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$5000 college web design scholarship

College scholarship

CollegeScholarships.org are offering the princely sum of $5,000 to the winner of their student web design contest.

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davidairey.com gets a new look

water drops

Ever since I started publishing articles on this blog, I knew I had to launch my own WordPress theme, rather than using a modified version of someone elses. There will no doubt be some bugs and tweaks in the coming weeks, especially as this is my first ever custom WordPress theme design.

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One vital addition to any monetized blog

IDBI Bank advertisement

If you’re like me, you’ll be passionate about the subject you write about, caring less about any monetary gain and more about a genuine interest in the topic.

You’ll also want to cover the costs of your web hosting, and might place a few relevant ads across your site / blog (you can see how I do this in my right sidebar, under the ‘featured sites’ heading).

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Customize your WordPress login

WordPress admin screen

It’s the little things that make all the difference when you’re dealing with customers. If you’re launching a WordPress blog for a client I’d highly recommend making this small, yet important, inclusion. Here I show you how.

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5 easy steps for building trust online

Pinocchio

More and more of us are doing business without ever meeting our customers face-to-face. There’s one common stumbling block that can hinder any deal, and that’s the issue of trust.

Here are five simple steps that have helped me to build trust online.

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Website Grader – free tips to improve your blog

Website Grader

No matter what line of business you’re in, it’s vital that you can measure the results of your endeavours. If you spend any amount of time dealing with websites, you’ll understand the importance of statistics, and how they can track progress and provide pointers for improvement.

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What does your website say about you?

Pebbles

Your website opens doors to contacts you’d never imagine you’d meet. Now more than ever, millions of people have access to your online presence, and whether you like it or not, they’ll immediately judge you upon your site design.

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The importance of a quality web host

Web hosting

You’ve been visiting in record numbers and my web host hasn’t been able to cope (what’s a web host?). I’m in the process of improving my site’s server capacity so please bear with me and accept my apologies if you’ve received an error message. Here follows useful information about web hosting companies, and the importance of a good one.

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From nowhere to the first page of Google and Yahoo in 11 days

Graphic design Edinburgh

In my quest to learn and share the basics of SEO and keyword ranking, I posted a recent article titled: Graphic design Edinburgh and keyword search ranking.

Just 11 days on and I’m delighted to see my website listed on the first page of Google for graphic design edinburgh. Here’s how I did it.

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