WordPress and AdSense can be a little tricky, especially when you account for how much things can change with every new theme. We are going to show you a fool-proof way to get your AdSense code into your WordPress blog. (If you are looking for a really fool-proof way, check out the Socrates Theme, which comes with AdSense already built in.) Some of you will already know an easier way. The problem is, those easy ways only apply to certain themes. ...continue

Whether you have one website or one thousand, you need Google Analytics. Here is a quick tutorial for installing Google Analytics on your website or WordPress blog. Getting the code: 1. Go to http://www.google.com/analytics/index.html. 2. Sign in or create a new account. Setting up a new account is fast and simple; you just need a valid email address. 3. Add a New Domain. To do this, you simply need to add your URL, set your country and ti ...continue

What is a URL? URL is an abbreviation for Uniform Resource Locator. It is the method or technique by which information is obtained. Know Your Type! There are different types of URLs. http:// or absolute URL Example: http://infomediainc.com This is the most common URL you will see.  Often referred to as a link, absolute URLs are the location or address of information on a computer or server other than your own. File or relative UR ...continue

‘Bots and Spiders?? Oh my… When you perform a search with your Internet browser, you are almost immediately presented with a list of results from all over the Web. Have you ever wondered: How does the search engine find web pages matching my query and also determine the order of the search results? Search engines use ‘bots, also known as spiders, to “crawl” the Internet to index and catalog information about web pages. What is a � ...continue

Nothing is worse than spending months promoting and preparing for a launch, only to have the anti-climactic experience of your site not loading at the big moment. Picture it: The website is moments away from launching. We all stand in the conference room, ready to finally launch the site that we have been working on for the past six months. The anticipation in the room is palpable. The plan is simple. We will count down from ten, I will swap f ...continue

In measuring traffic, there are numerous classifications for the type of traffic that is measured. Traffic can have many names for the same classification depending on where the info is gleaned from. To avoid confusion, instead of using terms interchangeably, I will be using the terms that Google has used in their documentation for AdWords, AdSense, and Analytics. One such classification is Unique Clicks. What is determined as a unique click can ...continue

We’ve all heard it, and we all know about it, but what is it really and what is it really doing? RSS is an acronym for Real Simple Syndication. This .XML extension is the format used for distributing news headlines via the Web, which is known as "syndication." Merriam-Webster defines syndication as follows: “To publish simultaneously, or supply for simultaneous publication, in a number of newspapers or other periodicals in different pla ...continue

What is virtualization? Virtualization is the use of computer resources to accomplish multiple tasks simultaneously. The term virtualization may refer to platform, OS to desktop, or resource virtualization. Virtual hosting on a large scale is often used for internal purposes to provide a low-cost alternative for keeping several separate websites and databases, which may include customer extranet websites, employee extranets, internal intranet ...continue

Okay, so you have your forum up and running. You even have a topic or two in your forum, but how does it look? In this tutorial, I am going to walk you through the process of installing a theme. It should be pointed out that phpBB hasn’t decided if these style effects are called themes or styles. It seems that when looking for one to download, you want a style, but once it is installed, it is a theme. Find Your Style The first step is to f ...continue

Last time, we got our phpBB forum all installed on our websites. Now we're going to set everything up. To access the admin panel for your new forum, you need to log in and then click on the Administration Control Panel link found at the bottom of the page. Note: This link will only appear if you are logged in. Let’s get some topics in your forum; what good is a forum without topics? Click on the Forums tab located at the top of the Admin Con ...continue