Latest changes to Google Places Pages
On July 21st Google announced further “Tweaks and adjustments” to its Google Place pages.
They have simplified these pages for mobile devices, which makes sense when so many people use Google Places on their phones.
If you are a regular Google user, you will already have noticed the changes they made to the layout of their search pages on 28th June. In line with this new look the Place Pages have also been simplified to make them more “focused, elastic & effortless”.
7 Basic SEO Tips
There are 7 areas of your website that are particularly important for search engine optimisation that you, the website owner, can influence and you should always bear these in mind when adding new content.
If you have a CMS website remember these tips as you add new content… it might take a bit longer to add the content to the web, but it really will make a difference to your chances of getting your website found!
Adding a bespoke wordpress blog to an existing website
Having a blog for your business is a cost-effective way of marketing your company and its services. To maximise its effectiveness you should have the blog added to your existing website, skinned to match your brand.
Adding the blog to your own site helps to drive traffic to it and thus can improve your ranking. There are many other benefits to having a professionally designed blog…
How much text should you have on a homepage?
The content on your home page is an important tool for search engine optimisation, but many site owners are reluctant to put too much information on this page. Many wish only to have graphical content and leave the text for inner pages.
So are they right? Google expert, Matt Cutts, responded recently to the question: “More or less content on a home page?”
Facebook enables facial reconition
Facebook has begun rolling out facial recognition in UK Facebook accounts and at the same time has made the default privacy settings in your account: “Suggest photos of me to friends”.
Facial recognition in Facebook was designed to make it easier for users to tag friends when they upload photos to their own account. Unless you change your account settings to disable face recognition, Facebook now automatically scans the faces in all uploaded images and tries to identify you within them. Friends are then encouraged to tag you in their photos.
Facebook settings to disallow face recognition
Facebook have recently rolled out face recognition on its UK accounts. This means when friends upload photos, Facebook automatically scans all the faces and is building a huge database of named photographs of Facebook users.
The privacy setting in Facebook is, by default “Suggest photos of me to friends” . If you do not wish to have your name suggested for tagging every time an image of you is uploaded, here’s how to change the settings:
Tips for using images on the web
When you upload photos to your website using a CMS system there are certain things you need to do first to ensure you don’t slow down your website.
5 Tips for uploading images to your website
Creating a text link in a Joomla! Article
Here’s a tutorial on creating text links and links on images within a Joomla! article using TinyMCE editor.
External links are a cinch, but Joomla! is not renowned for making internal links easy when you use the standard editor!
Adding Navigation to a Blog Layout
A standard Joomla! 1.5 website page will display one article. However, you can also display a number of articles together on one page using the internal menu link options:
Category Blog Layout or Section Blog Layout
Adding navigation for your Joomla! 1.5 page
Once you have created an Article page for your Joomla! 1.5 website, the next stage is to add a link to the navigation bar to allow visitors to see the page.
Here’s how to create a link on your navigation in Joomla!