I recently received an email from Duane Long asking a question about redirecting a domain name that he had recently purchased. He is trying to redirect the domain name so that he can get the proper link credit; so that the links from the domain name he bought is credited to his current, live website. Here is his email and my detailed response to him.

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If you send out a regular online newsletter and aren’t subscribed to your mailing list, you are making a huge mistake. Today I received a weekly newsletter from a well known website. I love their content and really enjoy getting their online newsletter. But here’s what I saw when I opened my gmail.

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Here’s another method of filtering your Google Analytics to show the actual search phrase and referrer domain. (ie. restaurant consultants Chicago – www.xyz.com/comment)This hack is from Search Laboratory, an SEM company.

This post outlines the method used to set up Google analytics so that you can analyze the search phrase and domain that traffic has come through while your account is linked to Google Adwords using auto tagging. Currently using auto-tagging hides the actual search phrase and referrer domain behind the SE keyword and the source ‘Google’.

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Over the last few months I’ve been debating about moving my sites from Wordpress to ExpressionEngine. I’ve really enjoyed working with Wordpress the last 4 years. It’s a fantastic CMS, but I always felt a little handicapped when it came to custom designs.

Hearing over and over again that ExpressionEngine is the designers’ CMS, I decided to give it a try. After wrapping my head around the completely different language and tags, it was pretty easy to jump right in.

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Whether you or I like it or not, social media is inching it’s way further in importance. The idea of social media isn’t anything new, but recent events have set into motion what could be heavy game changers for all developers. I’m of course referring to Google and Bing’s deal with Twitter and Facebook. While we don’t know yet what Google plans to do with these partnerships, Bing has provided a big hint as to what their plans for Twitter are.
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