Monthly Archives: May 2010

A simple look at how changing the layout of a page can lead to remarkable site performance. Continue reading

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Lessons learned from a professional wrestler, a reality TV show and their application in life and careers. Continue reading

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Based on recent Forrester Research report about web analytics, there appears to be significant opportunity for businesses to improve their internet marketing performance. It starts with two things: 1) the right goals and 2) the right web analytics configurations. Continue reading

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For the longest time Joomla! suffered in my opinion due to a lack of Social Networking options (plugins, modules, ability to allow your members to create groups etc.) Over the months and years I’ve always been on the look-out for improved SM plug and play options. A valiant effort was started by some of the diehard Joomla! students but has since disappeared. Continue reading

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A look at the similarities between managing a PPC campaign and running a fantasy baseball team and five core principles that overlap both. Continue reading

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I was looking around for a nifty way of examining load issues on clients sites. I wanted some way of quickly pin pointing which images/files were causing the issue (or the delay was even being caused by site file sizes in the first place!). I discovered a cool little site called Pingdom that did the job. Continue reading

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Often people are confused about the functions of registrars and hosting providers. Both serve important roles in having a website and email accounts function properly. The former maintains the domain name registration and the latter hosts the website files. Continue reading

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Here at WSI-WebStrategies, we work with a plethora of really talented programmers both inside the company and outside as contractors. We try not to reinvent the wheel when delivering a Web based product as it keep costs down for our clients. From time to time however, clients will come to us with requests for slightly more advanced functionality that isn’t readily available “Off The Shelf” and this requires customization. Continue reading

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