Posts by Dave Fogel
Google Launches Adwords Editor 11
Yesterday Google announced the latest version of Adwords editor, now version 11. This version has been completely re-written, which is a good thing because the old version felt like it was done for windows 95. For those of you not familiar with adwords editior, it is a faster way manage your adwords account than simply…
Read MoreWPML and Genesis Footer
Recently we worked with WPML and the Genesis Framework and had a very hard time getting the Footer to Translate correctly. The two things we needed to do was “Return to Top” and the credits for the site design. First we were using Genesis Simple edits to change the footer, but that did not work…
Read MoreWordPress “Add Media” button not working on 3.5 Fix
Though we have upgraded many sites to 3.5, this is the first time we have run into the problem of the “Add Media” button not working. When you click on it, nothing happens at all. But, don’t worry because there is a fix and it is very simple. You need to open your “wp-config.php” file…
Read MoreThree sites posted on StudioPress
We are proud to say that three of our recent designs on the Genesis Framework have been acceptable to be posted on StudioPress’s website showcase. You can see them here. Boomer Benefits Roof To Deck HDI Architect
Read MoreSetting up Rel Author
We might be a little late on this one, but it is worth setting up your rel author tags on Google plus. Google is very much looking at this type of information for rankings now, so it makes sense to get it done. There are several places to learn how to do this. Here is…
Read MoreAdding A Featured Image To A Page In Genesis
After looking around the web for a good tutorial, I really couldn’t find what that accomplished what I was looking to do. It sounds simple. I want to add a featured image to a page in Genesis. No problem right? Not exactly. Genesis doesn’t work like a normal wordpress site, but then if you are…
Read MoreDisable Auto Format in wordpress
This is a great trick I found today while working on a problem for a client. What was happening is that wordpress was wrapping her image in paragraph tags and causing it not to float right with text wrapping around it. The solution was to add this to the functions.php file. (note, make sure you…
Read MoreGoogle Penguin update. Making Google Worse than Ever.
Google has released a new update and this time its called Penguin. The days of Panda are over and SEO’s all over the world are very unhappy. Penguin seems to have gone too far making search results less relevant than ever. Goolge says these updates are aimed at cleaning up the spammy results from the…
Read MorePenality for ‘Over-Optimized’ websites
On the SWSX event in America, Google’s Spam team member Matt Cutt’s announced about the new changes in Google search results coming in Weeks/months designed to penalize the Over – Optimized Sites. This announcements give shock to the techies & SEO professional. After Spreading this news over the Web the response by the Matt cutt’s…
Read MoreGoogle Panda 3.4
Google recently used Twitter to officially announce the release of the latest update to its ranking algorithm, Panda 3.4. This update rolled out on March 24 andis targeting low-quality websites. The update was specifically a refresh to Panda 3.3, so it seems no new signals or algorithm changes were made. What this means is that…
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