Tag Archives: ping

What do fluctuating subscriber numbers mean?

Posted on February 5, 2009 by Nico

I recently helped David, who runs a nice recipe site at ChefPla.com, setting up his blog feeds with FeedBurner. The problem with his rss feed was the lack of reporting available in standard website statistics software. When using something like … Continue reading →

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Embrace the power of pings

Posted on December 4, 2008 by Nico

Search engines have their bots roaming the internet, looking for new and changed website pages. There’s no telling when the bots will visit your site and indexing new pages on your site can take anywhere from minutes to days or … Continue reading →

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10 must-have WordPress plugins

Posted on November 27, 2008 by Nico

WordPress is a great software package. One of its greatest features is the plugin engine that enables programmers to easily add new functionalities or change existing ones. Many people have created great plugins, so you don’t have to. Currently there … Continue reading →

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