Today I started a test using Google Website Optimizer on WordPress. The manual way of doing this would mean you would need to create 3 different headers and input the correct tracking code in each. While it is not a ton of work, it is a pain in the butt. The better way to do this is of course a pluging. The problem is that most of the plug ins that I found do not work with WP 3.0 and above. Finally I found this one http://andreasnurbo.com/gwo-plugin. It worked well, but it is a little confusing to use. Instructions would certainly be nice. So I have it up and running. The data should start coming in a few hours so I will write a second blog to see if it is working properly.
Google Panda 3.3
Google released Panda 3.3 update in February. Though 40 updates were done, we haven’t seen any change in ranks for the website we do SEO for. What stands out the most to me is: Link evaluation. We often use characteristics of links to help us figure out the topic of a linked page. We have…
Google says SEO is not SPAM
Well, it’s official. Matt Cutts, the head of Google’s Web spam team, says that SEO (Search Engine Optimization) is not spam. This is not a big surprise to many of use that have been in the industry a lot time, but it helps justify what we do to clients who are not really sure if…
WP-Admin goes blank
This can be a serious problem and mean one of your plugins has caused a lot of problems with your site. It is a scary experience when you cannot log in to your own site. That being said, try this first. Look at your functions.php file and find any empty spaces at the top or…