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Archive for October, 2007

DEVTRENCH Rises from the Ashes of the Google Nuke

Oct
30
2007

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While others are reeling from the aftermath of the latest Google pagerank update, DEVTRENCH rises out of the ashes adding 4 points to it’s pagerank. Sure we were at 0 before the update, but I’ll take a pagerank of 4 for this site! This is one [...]


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Posted in: Announcements

Harness the Raw Power of StumbleUpon – Three Simple Tips

Oct
26
2007

If you have a keen eye you might have noticed that the post on Monday has a few more page views than most of the posts on this site, something like 8,000 more. I promise I’m not fiddling with the database to push up my numbers, rather, this is the result of 1 stumble [...]


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Posted in: Marketing

Did You Pass the BlogRush Test?

Oct
23
2007

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Yesterday I got an email from the BlogRush team congratulating me that I passed their strict quality test:
You are receiving this update because your blog has passed our strict Quality Guidelines and criteria — we believe you have a high-quality blog and we [...]


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Posted in: Marketing

How to Code a Simple Zip Code Locator in PHP

Oct
22
2007

This tutorial is now out of date since Yahoo has changed the map API. I’ll try to make a new tutorial using the new Yahoo AJAX API soon.
Why pay hundreds of dollars for a commercial zip code locator when you can make your own in a few hours? This post is a start to [...]


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Posted in: Programming

Links from the Trench #8

Oct
19
2007

Here we go…

Great CSS tricks for Custom Bullets
MODx had some FUD thrown at it this week so I wondered, “What is FUD?”
Squidoo: This has been around for a bit, but I just signed up. You should too if you haven’t yet.
Commission Junction: I also signed up this week for this. I’m learning all [...]


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Posted in: General

The Best Web Development Software IMHO

Oct
16
2007

Since 1997 I’ve used quite a few different programs to develop websites, and here is the cream of the crop as far as I am concerned:
BBEdit
I used this software on the Mac from 1997-2004 and it was great back then (and I assume it still is). If I used macs on a regular basis (which [...]


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Posted in: General

John Chow Reads Devtrench!

Oct
15
2007

If it wasn’t for a ton of work that got dropped on me last week, I would have blogged about this sooner, but last week this site was graced by the presence of John Chow! As you can see, his MyBlogLog avatar is still in the sidebar (if it’s not you can see it here).
This [...]


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Posted in: Announcements

Fun With SEO – Ranking for Waxed Meat

Oct
10
2007

I was kind of in an odd mood this week and I thought it would be a fun experiment to try to rank for an odd keyword. I’m pretty much an seo n00b, so I thought this experiment would help me bit to find out what works when trying to rank for a keyword. [...]


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Posted in: Marketing

The Secret to Finding Out What Sites are on Your Shared Host

Oct
8
2007

Have you ever wondered who your neighbors are on your shared host? I wondered this for quite some time before I found this useful site that will tell you all of the host names that are on your server.
By using the Whois and Reverse IP service offered at whois.webhosting.info, you can find [...]


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Posted in: Programming

Links from the Trenches #7

Oct
5
2007

It’s time for another round of links. I found some really cool design sites this week…
Photoshop Tutorials from psdtuts.com
This is a great Photoshop tutorial site and just a cool site all around. First of all, the tutorials are written really well, and secondly, if you want to write a tutorial they’ll pay you [...]


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Posted in: General

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