Archive for November, 2006

Strange Google Update

Wednesday, November 29th, 2006

I've seen a lot of strange Google updates this year and this latest one is very weird. On Monday, a lot of new traffic came in, and now on a few select websites I see traffic way down. This is now completely typical to me. You can ...

Netscape’s Traffic Plummets

Monday, November 20th, 2006

I guess just about anyone could see this coming. Valleywag calls this post the Calacanis Effect and shows some leaked internal traffic numbers that show the re-designed Netscape has gone straight in the crapper. I guess there was no question that such a mediocre website, which pushed out ...

Software That Figures Out Names In Google Search

Monday, November 20th, 2006

These Japanese researchers have come up with something interesting concerning how to determine proper names in Google SERPs. The software tool, developed by researchers at the University of Tokyo in Japan, picks apart the results of a search engine query, identifying unique identities within these results. For example, it can tell ...

failed to open stream: no suitable wrapper could be found in - Solution

Sunday, November 19th, 2006

Okay, I got this message when I upgraded PHP to version 5.2. The cause was a few includes that linked to remote files. I couldn't easily find the answer, so I solved it after doing a bit of research. The solution is quite simple. Find your php.ini file ...

Being Complimented While Being Comment Spammed

Friday, November 17th, 2006

One thing about comment spammers. They are a polite group, after all. Who else would take the time to compliment you before dumping 100 urls into a comment? Only a super-polite comment spammer. "Nice site." I know I love it. I figure, hell, at least ...

Blog Search Traffic Picking Up

Wednesday, November 15th, 2006

You can get a decent amount of traffic from blog search, provided that you write about popular subjects. With more obscure keywords, there's no reason to expect great success. But if your write about a subject that generates a lot of interest, you can expect pretty decent numbers ...

Big Changes In Google Adwords/Adsense

Wednesday, November 8th, 2006

If you haven't heard the news yet, there's some pretty big news you should read concerning changes made at Google. Here's where you can find the information: Google explains the changes - A word on quality - read this for overview of changes Landing Page Quality Update - explains the ins and outs Affiliate ...

Pretty Stable Google Results These Days

Wednesday, November 1st, 2006

I know it can change in minutes, but the results have been stable for a few days. I'm still noticing the strange blinking on and off Pagerank for my one site, but I've decided to ignore it. Odd occurences are nothing new in Google. Lately my main ...