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Improving Website and Wordpress Performance with Hard-Coded Share Buttons

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The problem with most of the share badges out there is that they load a Javascript file from an external source which can take several seconds on a bad day. Javascript calls are an easy way for Facebook and StumbleUpon to put their links on your page but most networks also have a way to share through a URL. Thanks for the comment!

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SMCLA: Google Analytics Recap and Video

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Set aside 5 minutes, get your cut and paste skills ready and prepare to collect analytics data via the 2 lines or so of JavaScript provided by Google with your account. Where they go wrong is focusing on the goal behaviors such as “collect an email” or “add an item to the shopping cart” all the way to “spend $10.00 to buy my eBook”.

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Should You Blog? (yes, and here’s how …)

Both Sides of the Table

The disadvantage is that you can’t install a lot of additional tools that use Javascript. The obvious starting point is to email a few friends and let them know you have a new blog. Don’t be overbearing – just an email saying, wanted to let you know about my new blog. At least that’s true in Wordpress.

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How to Block Unwanted Bots from Your Website with.htaccess

SoCal Delicious

Not all bots are benign however.Some bots go through your website looking for web forms and email addresses to send you spam. You can learn of new articles and scripts that are published on thesitewizard.com by subscribing to the RSS feed. Simply point your RSS feed reader or a browser that supports RSS feeds at [link].You

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Why Startups Need to Blog (and what to talk about …)

Both Sides of the Table

The disadvantage is that you can’t install a lot of additional tools that use Javascript. The obvious starting point is to email a few friends and let them know you have a new blog. That way people who want to get your blog by RSS and/or email can do so. Hell, I often can’t even get to email during the day.

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