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August 4, 2017

How to Reset Website File Permissions from Command Line

If you have ever worked on a website, there is a good chance that you have had problems with file permissions. In this article, I’m going to walk you through how to reset file permissions on your whole site to the recommended standard file permissions via linux command line. The first step in this process …

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June 6, 2017

What is Local Search?

The next lesson in Honest SEO Basics is here! This week, we start the conversation of local searching and why it can be a big deal. Hi I’m Vi Wickam and this is Honest SEO Basics for Social Edge and the Get Listed Program. Now, one of the questions I get asked a lot is, …

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February 4, 2010

Improving WordPress Performance with HTACCESS

This post outlines a simple, and smart update to the default wordpress .htaccess file configuration that should improve the efficiency of the rewrite functionality which wordpress uses for creating search engine friendly URL’s.As many of you already know, page load speed is very important to your visitors’ user experience. I’m looking forward to quantifying the …

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January 5, 2010

Securing Your Website with HTACCESS

This is an excellent tutorial on how to utilize .htaccess files to secure your web hosting, and hopefully also save a little bandwidth. Dr. Neal Krawetz recently presented on htaccess, and I was thoroughly impressed by his knowledge and enjoyed the presentation. http://www.hackerfactor.com/blog/index.php?/archives/342-Better-Than-Nothing-Security,-Part-IV.html You may also find this HTACCESS/mod_rewrite cheat sheet useful: http://www.addedbytes.com/cheat-sheets/mod_rewrite-cheat-sheet/ Posted via …

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January 4, 2010

The Yellow Pages is DEAD

I have been saying this for the last 5 years. The paper yellow pages are gone. They are a dead duck – or a freight train that has been running out a fuel since 1995. Google, and other local search engines are the “Yellow Pages” of today. If you can’t be found online, you can’t …

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November 30, 2009

BarCamp / CityCamp

This looks pretty cool – a government 2.0 unconference. Geeks teaching local politicians and government how to use the internet properly to communicate with the community (in both directions), and hopefully to decrease costs in the long run.   http://barcamp.pbworks.com/CityCamp Posted via email from Vi Wickam’s posterous

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September 3, 2008

Google Chrome EULA – What is Google Thinking?

I have been playing with Chrome most of the day, and I think that Chrome is wonderfully fast, but there is a serious issue with the Chrome EULA that needs to be addressed before I will make it my primary browser. http://tapthehive.com/discuss/This_Post_Not_Made_In_Chrome_Google_s_EULA_Sucks I hope that Google addresses this EULA issue soon, because I do like …

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September 2, 2008

Google Chrome Browser Released

I sit here typing this blog post using the new browse that Google just released. I must say that I am quite impressed so far. The internet is abuzz and with good reason.  It is the fastest loading easiest to use browser that I have used so far. I will comment again after using it …

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