Category Archives: Technical Aids

This section provides a place for issues I run across in various situations. It’s more of a misc are to house these solutions

Google Analytics, Technical Aids

Google Analytics: ‘Old Version – Reporting’ Link Isn’t Working?

Not able to get back into the old version of Google Analytics anymore?

It appears that it depends on your login
(and most likely disables the “Old version – Reporting” after a certain # of logins)

If you use GA alot, then it will eventually time out disabling the old version reporting located on the bottom (which takes you right back to the new version instead)

I discovered this as I tried different logins , some of which disabled the old version “Old version – Reporting” (ones I frequent more) and some which still enabled me to still use the old version of GA. Continue reading Google Analytics: ‘Old Version – Reporting’ Link Isn’t Working? →

Google Analytics, SEO, Technical Aids

New Google Analytics – How Many Keywords? – Where is it?

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Where are they?

PREVIOUS:
TRAFFIC SOURCES—>KEYWORDS

NEW:
TRAFFIC SOURCES—>SOURCES–>SEARCH–>ORGANIC

It appears that you may have to re-adjust a few new changes in Google Analytics. Previously when looking at the “Keywords” it would list a nice overview phrase such as:

“Search sent 134,239 total visits via 53,902 keywords ” Continue reading New Google Analytics – How Many Keywords? – Where is it? →

Technical Aids, Wordpress

How to Stop Known Scrapers from Accessing your Blog?

Scrapers are web sites that syndicate your content into their blogs (stealing) and in some cases end up outranking your site in the search engines for articles), it requires a 2 step process. First, who is it? and then 2nd how to block them in the future.

Readers should also know that this is usually done automatically using a plug in or script that “imports” your content into theirs upon postings. Google changes have helped prevent this on some levels but still its a big issue that is not fully combated. If you have a WordPress blog, there are already plugins that will do this function for the offending blog site.

How do I know if I’m being Scraped?
Usually you will discover this when doing searches for your own published articles and seeing them appear elsewhere, with same title, same content and even you same links (that usually link back to your own site as posted). You might even discover this thru Google Analytics. In short, eventually you’ll see “your complete articles” appearing in searches that are not coming from your web site

Why is Scraping an issue?
Offending Sites have been known to outrank the original sites with their own content Continue reading How to Stop Known Scrapers from Accessing your Blog? →

Google Analytics, Technical Aids

Google Analytics Qualification Test – How To Pass Test?

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INTRO TALK:

Before taking, I knew that there would be a fair amount of studying to do. I am like most Marketers, who maybe have used GA in smaller capabilities over the years. If you are completely new, then you need to spend a few hours “dinking” around in the program, so you are familiar with where things are.  Now the difference between those who use it for marketing and those who are “qualified in Google Analytics”, can be a bit of night and day. As most use GA simply as an over complex hit counter of sorts.

Google Analytics can do alot more, and alot more than can get you better and faster answers about your data.

To sum things up better, once you’ve went thru the process of learning, taking the test and being able to proclaim certification….you will have an understanding of – Segments, Event Tracking, Campaigns, Filters, Expressions (to some extent), Regex, Site Search, Goals, Advanced Segments and Cross Domain Tracking to name a few

Most users of GA – Open it up, check the dashboard readings and move on (aka – over complex hit counter of sorts)

All that “stuff” may sound intimidating off the cuff, but trust me…..1 step at a time, go thru the lessons…and read all the links and suggestions. You’ll come out a winner Continue reading Google Analytics Qualification Test – How To Pass Test? →

Technical Aids, Wordpress

WordPress: Move “Author Archive” Bio to Bottom of page?


01- Open up the file “author.php”

02- locate the code
(looks like this or similar)

<?php
// If a user has filled out their description, show a bio on their entries.
if ( get_the_author_meta( ‘description’ ) ) : ?>
<div id=”entry-author-info”>
 <div id=”author-avatar”>
  <?php echo get_avatar( get_the_author_meta( ‘user_email’ ), apply_filters( ‘twentyten_author_bio_avatar_size’, 60 ) ); ?>
 </div><!– #author-avatar –>
 <div id=”author-description”>
  <h2><?php printf( __( ‘About %s’, ‘twentyten’ ), get_the_author() ); ?></h2>
  <?php the_author_meta( ‘description’ ); ?>
 </div><!– #author-description –>
</div><!– #entry-author-info –>
<?php endif; ?>

03 – cut and paste right BENEATH CODE Continue reading WordPress: Move “Author Archive” Bio to Bottom of page? →

Inbound Updates, Technical Aids, Wordpress

WordPress: How to add a “Grab My Code” button area to Sidebar?

This has often been a question asked especially in regards to WordPress Blogs. I found this great site, that takes care of the whole coding process for you. Once complete paste this code into one of your “text” widgets in your sidebar

http://www.mycoolrealm.com/sandbox/gbgen/

Example code used for client http://mommasays.net/  (below)
The code I generated has been listed below (in case the site listed above is no longer active)

<div align=”center” style=”padding: 5px;”><img src=”http://mommasays.net/images/mommasays-button.png”  title=”MommaSays.net” alt=”MommaSays.net” /></div><textarea style=”background:#f0f0f0;border:solid 1px #999999; color: #777777; font-size: 90%; height:45px; margin:auto; text-align: left; padding: 2px 0 2px 5px; display: block;  width: 90%;”>&lt;div align=&quot;center&quot;>&lt;a href=&quot;http://mommasays.net&quot; title=&quot;MommaSays.net&quot; target=”_blank”&gt;&lt;img src=&quot;http://mommasays.net/images/mommasays-button.png&quot; alt=&quot;MommaSays.net&quot; style=&quot;border:none;&quot; /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div></textarea> Continue reading WordPress: How to add a “Grab My Code” button area to Sidebar? →

Technical Aids, Wordpress

WordPress Fatal error: Allowed memory size of 134217728 bytes exhausted

A recent error that occured when opening up one of my WordPress pages (that uses a specific plugin)

wordpress Fatal error: Allowed memory size of 134217728 bytes exhausted (tried to allocate 42 bytes) in

This means a memory error, usally caused by a plugin taking too much RAM frrom the sever.

A quickfix can be implemented per this:

1- Open wp-config.php

2- add the single code line of Continue reading WordPress Fatal error: Allowed memory size of 134217728 bytes exhausted →