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Interesting Google watch site : http://googlewatch.eweek.com/index.html
Provides information on Google developments and other Google issues.

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thesitemapper is a Windows based application that runs on your PC, creates an xml site map for search engines and an html site map, both of which can be automatically uploaded to the web server when generated.
In addition, it can test which type of Google analytic code you have on each page.  It creates a [...]

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The following is a list of some of the more interesting WordPrss plugins.
* http://akismet.com/ Akismet – Kills spam comments, dead.
* http://www.1pixelout.net/code/audio-player-wordpress-plugin/ Audio player – An easy to embed audio player (possibly for use with podcasts)
* http://semperfiwebdesign.com/portfolio/wordpress/wordpress-plugins/all-in-one-seo-pack/ All in One SEO Pack – All your search engine optimization needs in one package
* http://jamesmckay.net/code/comment-timeout/ Comment Timeout – [...]

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Google is always coming out with some great web site enhancements.  One new tool they are providing for free, for any webmaster out there to use is the NewsShow Wizard.  It allows you to embed your own Google News widget into your web site on any topic you might have in mind.
All you need to [...]

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I have had some problems in the past in linking Google AdWords and Analytics.
There are two steps to ensure that AdWords and Anayltics are linked :
(1) In your AdWords account, go to My Account > Account Preferrences.  Click the ‘edit’ link next to Tracking.  Select the box that says ‘Destination URL Auto-tracking” and click Save [...]

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If you want to track the PHP-eSeller template driven shopping cart pages using Google Anaytic Javascript code then the best place for the code is in the file ‘footer.htm’ which is located in the /templates/ folder.
Just make sure that the Javascript code goes between the <patTemplate:tmpl name=”footer”> and </patTemplate:tmpl> and not outsite of those tags.
You should [...]

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Google has released its new Keyword Tool which generates accurate traffic data for keyword terms. See :
https://adwords.google.com/select/KeywordToolExternal
With the new Google tool you can search for any keyword or keyword phrase and see the estimated traffic.
The first column shows Advertiser Competition. The bar graph represents the number of advertisers that are bidding on each of the [...]

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When it comes to SEO, most people understand that a Web site must have content, “search engine friendly” site architecture/HTML, and meta data such as title tags, meta description, graphic alt tag tags and so on.
However, some web sites totally disregarded the robots.txt file. When optimizing a Web site, don’t disregard the power of this [...]

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thesitemapper can be run using the Windows scheduler as an alternative to the built in scheduling system.
Setting up a schedule in Windows XP and Windows Vista is quite similar.  The only issue is that the schedule task will ask for a username / password so that the task can be run when no one is [...]

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If you wish to track downloads or individual clicks on files such as pdf, or word files you can do so using Google analytics.
Adding a small piece of JavaScript to any link will tell Google to track when someone clicks on that link. This works for pdfs, Word documents, email addresses and external links.
It also [...]

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