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Archive for May, 2007


Google Adsense Preview, Tool for Webmasters

Google Adsense Sandbox, an Adsense preview tool by labnol.org, is a way to see what Google ads and affiliate ads will pop up depending on the keywords/url submitted.
I can see this being used to test out different possible ad setups before locking yourself into an ad setup. Seems as though Google should offer something of […]

How to Take Full Advantage of Your Post Timestamp in Wordpress

In Wordpress you can set the date for something into the future—think of it as a dorky sort of time travel—so that you can write (if you wanted to) weeks worth of posts in an afternoon. Wordpress will “update” your blog by posting your content at the time you specify each day.
Here’s how to do […]

How to Find Your Wordpress.com API Code

The famed Wordpress API code is their way of validating your copy of Wordpress so that you can use additions and features for the Wordpress platform. Think of it as your password. Don’t give it to anyone.
But more importantly: how do you find it? Follow these steps.
Note: For an official description, see the Wordpress API […]

Bathrooms and Using Wordpress Consistently

I was in a bathroom just today and experienced an amusing situation. The soap dispenser was automatic. So instead of pressing the front tab (as we’ve been trained to do for years) I wave my hand around in the air and it shoots soap at me. So be it. What’s interesting is that nothing else […]

Google Trends Helps Webmasters, Shows Wordpress Growing

Google Trends is a new tool from Google (well…duh) that will graph different popular search trends over the past few years (or isolated, if you so choose).
I see this tool as being an asset to any webmaster. For one thing, it can show you how to best guide your clients’ keywords for SEO. I suggest […]