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For those of you that need to know how much traffic your Blog links in Twitter and Facebook bring back to your site, it is important that your Google Analytics software is catching every link you provide to your Twitter/Facebook feeds. But, what if you use bit.ly or one of the other Link Shorteners? Now your addresses are taking a bounce to a different address before coming to your site. This is actually shown in Google Analytics as Direct Traffic. (more…)
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What are Blog Tags and How Should They Be Used?
Jan
28
I recently had a client ask me to remind him what tags are and why they are useful. Tags are something you will find in blog software like WordPress, Blogger and even content management software like Joomla and Drupal.
When you write an article, you place it in a category. A category is a general concept that the post fits, such as healthcare or IT. A tag is more specific and helps people find hot or popular topics…such as Apple iPad, hospital care, influenza…etc. In programs like WordPress your tags will actually create pages titled with this tag keyword…and showing only stories related to that keyword…great for search engines and for giving people a way to scout hot topics.
Check out the tags I used on this article and see how this could be useful for you and your readers.
A great tool for making a privacy policy
Jan
14
In today’s world of interactive websites, its more important than ever to have a privacy policy for your website. But where to you start?
UPDATE: What once was, is no more. Apparently the organization that owned this content has decided to block it off to membership only. Our apologies.
This form is quite handy and can get you off to a good start. Remember though, an air tight privacy policy is best reviewed by your attorney. This might be a good way to get him or her started, so you can save some money.
How to send to Hotmail accounts if they block your email address
Jan
14
A question I hear occasionally from people is, what do I do if I get the following message when sending emails to a Hotmail or MSN account?
Permanent Failure: MAIL FROM: <youremail@yourhost.com> 550 REPLY: 550_SC-004_Mail_rejected_by_Windows_Live_Hotmail_for_policy_reasons.
_A_block_has_been_placed_against_your_IP_address_because_
we_have_received_complaints_concerning_mail_coming_from_that_
IP_address._If_you_are_not_an_email/network_admin_please
_contact_your_
Delivery last attempted at Thu, 14 Jan 2010 17:43:07 -0000
If you get this, you can write to Microsoft and explain your situation and ask them to reinstate you. They actually will take action on this without charging you…unlike if you have a computer problem.
http://windowslivehelp.com/community/15.aspx
Hope that helps!
Best Way To Get Blog Posts Automatically On Facebook
Jan
8
Wow, sometimes you have to jump though about 100 hoops to find the best way to do something in the web world.
All I wanted to do was have Facebook automatically import posts from my blog. At first, I thought this was going to be easy. I found the instructions on this site but I ran into some problems. The Facebook page I want the updates to go onto is a Business page (Fan Page), so the “Notes” technique is a bit more convoluted. Then, it posts the items to your Notes in Facebook rather than pointing you to your blog pages. Not what I’m trying to do. (more…)
Greenville’s Journal Watchdog New and Improved
Jan
7
One year ago, Hannush Enterprises was charged with helping the Community Journals (publisher of the Greenville Journal, etc.) develop a new Watchdog website for the Greenville, SC and surrounding market. In a little over a month, we developed the basic website, filled with reports and general information.
Greenville's Journal Watchdog
Today we launched phase two of the site. A new and improved interface that gives more news with less clutter, larger photos, room to grow more news content, space for additional watchdog reports, and great interactive tools like comments, blogs, Facebook and Twitter sharing and more.
We invite you to take a look at the new and improved Journal Watchdog (http://www.journalwatchdog.com)
Make Sure To Track Outside Links In Google Analytics
Dec
30
One of the least used features of Google Analytics is the Event tracker. Are you running a cost-per-click campaign in something other than Google AdWords? You can track that. Are you placing banner ads on other websites? You can track that too. And if you’re sending out email newsletters with links to articles on your site, you can track that too! (more…)
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