This morning I met with businesses in Chisago County (MN) to talk about Understanding Websites that Get Found. Really is was a talk on elements you might want to include in your business website. Thanks to Chisago County HRA – EDA for inviting me. Here are the topics we addressed: Get found by Google Answer … Continue reading
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Free website malware check
I know I just wrote about Sucuri in January but I just found their free website scan: http://sitecheck.sucuri.net/ The tool will scan your site for malware, blacklisting, injected spam, defacement and a firewall. It will also give you basic details of a site – like the hostname, server, IP address, links and scripts. So if … Continue reading
Online Forum Policies
Today’s Byte is pretty specific but I hope a few folks will it useful. For a more general tip…After my last Byte John in Hibbing had a good suggestion for a fax to email tool: Faxaway: http://www.faxaway.com/ A couple of people lately have asked me about policies for online forums. You want the flexibility to … Continue reading
Adding Twitter Feed to Blog sidebar
Sorry I’ve been terrible about the Byte of the Week lately. I’m back in Ireland – but only for 6 weeks. You can see what we’re doing here: http://10qs.wordpress.com/ Sticking with the Twitter theme I started a while ago I wanted to end by talking about how you can add your Twitter feed to your … Continue reading
Get paid to search
Microsoft is offering cash back for shoppers using their Live Search to find products: http://search.live.com/cashback/howToUse So you sign up for the service. Then you use their search to find products and you collect credit that you can turn into money. The credit range seems to vary from 2-30 percent, depending on the product and vendors … Continue reading
MyContactForm test form
This is a test to see if MyContactForm works within a WordPress page. Please feel free to help us test. What is your favorite season? Winter Spring Summer Fall E-mail Address: * * Required Continue reading
Thing 7 Communication Tools
OK I have a little time today and I’m back trying 23 Things on a Stick. Thing 7 is communication tools. There is a list of communication tools to try, videos to watch and articles to read. Then the assignment is to talk about how we use those tools in the library, so I’m going … Continue reading
Quick WordPress Instructions
Below are a few quick instructional videos for folks who are looking to post article to the Blandin on Broadband (Bob) blog. The information is general enough to applicable to any WordPress blog. Each BoB author will receive an email from WordPress inviting them to become a member and become an author. To sign up … Continue reading
Hello world!
Welcome to WordPress.com. This is your first post. Edit or delete it and start blogging! Continue reading
Buying Keyword Ads
search engine Google and you’ll see what I mean. Google sells ads on the right hand side of the page and above the “regular” search results; they are labeled as sponsorships or paid ads. These spaces aren’t always taken, but they are available to the highest bidder. Today we’re going to talk about how keyword … Continue reading
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