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Archive for August, 2006

How to create SEO Friendly Redirects

Thursday, August 31st, 2006

IIS Redirect

  • In internet services manager, right click on the file or folder you wish to redirect
  • Select the radio titled “a redirection to a URL”.
  • Enter the redirection page
  • Check “The exact url entered above” and the “A permanent redirection for this resource”
  • Click on ‘Apply’ (more…)

Getting Freelance Web Work

Thursday, August 17th, 2006

The latest web site to be added to various quality portals is “programmer meet designer”.

http://programmermeetdesigner.com/

PMD helps programmers and designers partner up to make websites and web applications that look and work great.

We shall see if its any good in a few weeks after scanning the quality of leads. I dont tend to get much work from sites like these, but the user interface is clear and I think it may attract the more discerning and skilled developer/designer/programmer.

One way of judging this is by the price of the jobs, there doesnt seem to be many “myspace clone for $200″ deals here

Google Map Mashups

Thursday, August 17th, 2006

This is the best link I have found so far for Google Map Mashups

http://bluweb.com/us/chouser/gmapez/start.html

Before you can start this, you must get a key from Google Maps API
http://www.google.com/apis/maps/

18 ways to stay focused at work

Monday, August 14th, 2006

A great article over at davecheong’s website

I agree and use many of these practical tips when working from home.

It makes work of better quality, boosts productivity and gives you the ability to blend the liefstyle you have chosen as a freelancer between work and pleasure.

Tools for Log File Analysis

Wednesday, August 2nd, 2006

Let me give you a best of three tools for analysing server log files.

One of these would definately suit your needs:

1. www.analog.cx – analog cx
2. www.mrunix.net/webalizer/ – webalizer
3. www.weblogexpert.com/lite.htm – weblogexpert

All tools are free, small programs, yet give good results and are FREE!..

A good online version of web analytics covering most of the functions covered by the tools above is statcounter.com

Of course you can use subscription based tools to give you more comprehensive web analytics, like Mint and MeasureMap (for your blog). And if you are patient enough a Google analytics account.

We will have to see if some nice Ajaxy type control panels come along to make the task of analysing results less tricky.