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Capsule CRM

admin — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 23:19:08 +0000

http://capsulecrm.com/?referrer=RKHFXF

Key word Frequency | On Page SEO Explained

admin — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 19:24:15 +0000

Keyword Frequency is the measure of the number of times a keyword appears on a page, or in a particular region of a page. Search Engines place importance in the number of times a keyword is listed on your page. In general, the more times a keyword appears on the page, the more relevant it will be to that search. However, search engines will penalize you for keyword spamming if they feel you were excessive. A standard recommended repetition of each keyword is 3-10 times.

Color Scheme Designer | What colours go well together?

admin — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 19:18:41 +0000

Quite often I find myself in a position where I need to determine what colours go together. Having no formal training in color theory, except for a memory of color wheel from elementary school art class, I have been forced to learn from observation. The fact is, we are surrounded by examples of what colours go well together. Book covers, cereal boxes, soda cans – people are paid big bucks to come up with these colour combinations, aren’t they? So, why not try and learn from the best?Well, the problem is that this technique can only get me so far. Sure, I can get some great ideas by taking note of posters at the community center and bilboard advertisements, but when the time comes to build a client’s website – how do I apply all of those ideas? About six months ago, I came across Color Scheme Designer.

This jquery web-app is a fantastic resource for generating color schemes. Take the situation where a client has a logo but wants a website. I can scan his business card, retrieve the hexadecimal value of one of the elements from the card and plug this value into Color Scheme Designer. Then, it will generate different color schemes for me on-the-fly. It even generates dummy web pages so I can see the virutal color palette in action. This is a very helpful tool for anybody who works with colours.

How to reset admin password in Joomla

admin — Sun, 04 Dec 2011 00:22:59 +0000

Have you locked yourself out of your Joomla installation? Follow these instructions to let yourself back in.

1. Browse your Joomla database (phpMyAdmin or other) and select the jos_users table

2. Edit the record with your desired username (typically admin)

3. You will notice that passwords appear encrypted.

a) If the password appears encrypted but does not contain “:”, it is likely just an MD5 encryption. In that case, type in the text string version of your new password, select “MD5″ from the drop-down menu and click “go” or “update”.

b) If you see a “:” somewhere in the password, this means it has been encrypted with an MD5 has + salt for added security. Use this link to generate an encrypted password with Joomla salt. Copy it and paste it into the password field in your database entry. Click “go” or “update”.

4. Login to Joomla with your new password.

Adjusting image size in osCommerce

admin — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 19:59:35 +0000

In osCommerce, the size of the category and subcategory images is stored in the “configuration” table in the database. To adjust the size, simply open up the table and type in the new size you would like. It is that easy.

What fonts go well together?

admin — Sun, 27 Nov 2011 18:45:37 +0000

Here is a link to a great article by Douglas Boneville which I came across when researching what font combinations work well together.

19 top fonts in 19 top combinations

Let Go and Let Google

admin — Sun, 27 Nov 2011 18:43:49 +0000

All too often I hear “SEO Experts” claiming to be able to offer the highly sought after first page placement in Google’s SERP for specific keywords — or better yet, all industry-related keywords. This is quite a feat, and my hot is off to those of you who can in fact produce the results to back up such a claim.

I prefer an action-based agreement rather than a result-based agreement. I am more comfortable signing a contract in which I am required to take specific actions such as keyword research, meta-tag optimization, and setting up social networking than I am signing one which promises the golden #1 spot on Google.

I am willing to believe that this is merely a reflection of my relatively recent expedition into the SEO world, and therefore a natural apprehension to promising outstanding results when I only recently discovered the Google Keyword tool myself. However, I think it also raises in an important question: How can an SEO promise a particular ranking on Google when Google determines a site’s page rank?

Such an SEO sound a bit like a defense lawyer promising that if his services are employed, his client will not go to jail. How can a lawyer promise a verdict when it is not up to him? Surely, he can make a strong case for his client, just as SEOs can optimize a page to Google’s liking, but he cannot sell his services based on a result that is out of his immediate control.

Online KEI Calculator

admin — Sun, 27 Nov 2011 18:39:49 +0000

check out my online KEI calculator

kei-calculator

This is an essential tool for any SEO campaign. Unlike the popular Wordtracker tool, this one is FREE! This tool shows the number of Google search queries for a particular keyword/phrase/term. By default, it also suggest alternative words/phrases/terms to the user based on your initial entry. This is extremely useful for the initial brainstorming phase of keyword research. The Google Adwords Keyword Tool allows me to easily and efficiently discover new terms and gauge their potential effectiveness by using the Monthly Search Volume value in conjunction with my method for generating a word’s KEI value. You can learn more about KEI here.

Keyword Efficiency Index KEI

admin — Sun, 27 Nov 2011 18:31:30 +0000

Measuring and comparing the demand for your keyword or key phrase against the number of web pages that include it (your competition) is a recommended approach to detect the most efficient keywords to use throughout a website.

The resulting ration value is deemed the Keyword Efficiency Index, or KEI, and it provides a rough idea of how effective a specific keyword or key phrase will be.

The forumula for KEI is as follows:

KEI = (MS/30)²/C\r\n

Typical KEI ranges from 0 to over 400.

The higher the KEI ratio, the more popular your keywords are (more people are searching using those keywords), and the less competition they have (fewer websites that would come up as relevant results in search engine results pages).

Keywords with the highest KEI combine the most popularity with the least competition.

Staying Motivated

admin — Sun, 27 Nov 2011 01:27:36 +0000

Every so often when I am hanging out with friends, the fact that I run y own business from home comes up in conversation. Shortly after this comes up, it inevitably illicits a response to the effect of, “I don’t think I am disciplined enough to work from home”. So, why am I any different? How have I managed to successfully start, grow and maintain a buinsess from home? How do I stay motivated, focused and engaged in my work when it can often seem overwhelming, uneventful and frustrating?

Exercise

Regular exercise has been crucial for my success. I am a guy who at one time loathed the idea of exercising. Now, I look forward to my mile runs. Often when I am face with a challenge and I am having no luck figuring out a solution on my own, I head out on my route and the answer will come. After my run, I am able to focus and work with confidence. The solutions come and I can think clearly. I cannot stress the importance of this enough.

Routine

I have a morning routine and I very much “go to work”.

Regular Meals

Clean workspace

On top of finances