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5 Problems with MySpace

It has been reported today by comScore that MySpace has lost 10 million unique users in January and February alone! What must even be more disturbing to the folks at MySpace is that they have about 63 million users, down from almost 110 million users ...

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Optimizing Your Website for Speed: SEO for CSS and Javascript Files

Back in April 2010, Google posted an article to their blog that discussed how speed matters in web search rankings. Programmers have generally been obsessed with load times and efficient code, however the online marketing world has pushed websites to ...

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Youtube Star Rating vs Like System

Recently, I had noticed that the star rating system had kind of disappeared from Youtube. By kind of, it is still there in some places but it doesn't seem like you can give videos a rating anymore. What happened? Back in September 2009, Youtube post ...

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Import Website Updates into Your Facebook Page

Wouldn't it be nice to have your website updates automatically appear in on your Facebook page? If your website's news section or blog as an RSS feed, this is possible using the Notes Application in Facebook. There are some advantages to importing y ...

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Simple Viewer, FlickrViewer, and Flickr

Recently, I was asked to work on a project where the client wanted to have their photos on Flickr load on their website. I was given the following requirements for finding a solution: The client wanted to show multiple photos divided into a few dif ...

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Asian Characters in HTML Drop Down Menus

Including asian characters in drop down menus on websites can be a bit trickier than they seem and requires a step further than just including the Meta tag: <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /> If you are using ...

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Yahoo's Media Player

This week, I began setting up my new band's website and I wanted to find a media player to add to the site to play a few songs we had recorded as a demo. I started with the usual suspects: JW FLV Media Player, XSPF Web Music Player, Flash MP3 Player, ...

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Google Analytics vs Woopra

Since Google released its free analytics service, it has been dominating the web analytics market for hosted solutions. However, a few things have been lacking with Google Analytics which has allowed a window of opportunity for new competition to eme ...

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Embed Google Earth into your Website's Maps

Google has released a browser plugin which allows their popular Google Earth maps to be directly embedded into your website's Google Maps. The functionality works similar to the Satellite or Terrain maps as an extra button appears which allows visito ...

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Add Search Functionality To Your Website with Google

For larger websites with lots of information, it's always a good idea to include some sort of internal search that searches your site in case your visitors cannot find the information they are looking for. Google's Custom Search Engine offers a reall ...

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