I recently wrote about Google not indexing my site. One can find johnnycoder.com through Yahoo! and MSN, but I’d really like for Google users to find me. Well, I thought I found a backdoor into getting indexed yesterday… As you may already be aware, Google now let’s us build Custom Search Engines. The idea is [...]
The 9Rules blogging network will open its doors to welcome submissions for Round 5 tomorrow. Over 700 sites were submitted last round and 111 of the sites were selected to join the community. As I understand it, there is an expectation that thousands of entries will be submitted this time around and I was still curious what 9Rules [...]
What is it? Well, WebSnapr 2.0 is a service which lets you capture screenshots of (almost) any web page. It allows your visitors to instantly visualize any web page before clicking. And it claims to “increase site traffic, click-through rate and site stickiness,” though I’m not sure how. I first saw it used on DotNetKicks and I thought [...]
Along with the SQL Server, Database, Username and Password, don’t forget to include the Application Name in your connection string. It’s an optional parameter, but it can be a lifesaver. Data Source=myServer; Initial Catalog=myDB; User Id=myUsername; Password=myPassword; Application Name=myApp; Consider this example: There are multiple .NET applications running on a single web server. Each application [...]
Are you indexed by Google? Well, JohnnyCoder.com isn’t. Here’s the thing. The URL was submitted a while ago, but it hasn’t made a lick of difference. But I shouldn’t be surprised since Google is very up-front about how they handle submissions. We add and update new sites to our index each time we crawl the [...]
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You may have noticed that I have already incorporated a number of plugins into my blog. I have added plugins for breadcrumb navigation, clean post tag displays, management of comment spam, display of recent comments, submission of threaded comments and to capture some site statistics. All of these plugins were freely available. All of these [...]
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I did a quick overview of Live Writer a few days ago. Since posting the article, I’ve continued to evaluate the product. It has started to grow on me — especially now that I’ve had a chance to further investigate the freely available extensions. Most of my time was spent working with the Insert Code [...]
Before you submit your next job posting, keep the end result in mind. If you are in the market for talented, interesting people who are accountable for producing quality work, you may wish to give your job listing a second look. Haacked.com discussed the Art of the Job Post today. The article shares where the [...]