Published on October 12th, 2007 60 appreciated comments »

Join me on a journey through my past website designs, where I showcase what used to act as my online graphic design portfolio. Be warned, as it’s a bumpy ride through the wonders of MS FrontPage, too many tables, and the tale of one man marketing himself as a large corporation.
→ Continue reading The 30 month evolution of my online graphic design portfolio
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Published on October 5th, 2007 150 appreciated comments »

Yesterday, through a large increase in visitor numbers to my website, I discovered that my Google penalty has been lifted. In this article, I’m going to tell you why I was penalised by Google, what I did to have the penalty removed, and how you can avoid a similar penalty for your website / blog.
→ Continue reading How I reversed my Google ranking penalty
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Published on September 25th, 2007 106 appreciated comments »

If you show advertising on your website / blog, or are thinking of doing so, this is something you need to know.
I’ve just removed what little advertising there was on my blog. The ads were shown below my category list, and included just four simple text link ads (two for print cartridge retailers and two for web template sites).
→ Continue reading Google search rank drop: advice needed
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Published on August 24th, 2007 48 appreciated comments »

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.
→ Continue reading Google Analytics: referring sites
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Published on August 4th, 2007 5 appreciated comments »

CollegeScholarships.org are offering the princely sum of $5,000 to the winner of their student web design contest.
→ Continue reading $5000 college web design scholarship
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Published on July 22nd, 2007 48 appreciated comments »

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.
→ Continue reading davidairey.com gets a new look
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Published on July 20th, 2007 25 appreciated comments »

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).
→ Continue reading One vital addition to any monetized blog
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Published on July 10th, 2007 83 appreciated comments »

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.
→ Continue reading Customize your WordPress login
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Published on June 29th, 2007 48 appreciated comments »

More and more of us are doing business without ever meeting our service providers 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 build trust online.
→ Continue reading 5 easy steps for building trust online
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Published on June 25th, 2007 31 appreciated comments »

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.
→ Continue reading Website Grader – free tips to improve your blog
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