Page Load Testing – Background vs Inline Images

I was recently working to speed up a website and was getting horrible load times for relatively small images (50k) off of a large amazon ec2 server. I decided to create two simple pages and test if using background-images was making a noticeable difference.

Switching to Facebook Comments

I recently decided to switch to facebook comments for this blog. As a result all old comments are being discarded. Sorry for the confusion.

Track IP Addresses In Google Analytics

Now that Google Analytics allows multiple custom variables it is much easier to track your users ip addresses. Simply insert the following code in your analytics tag: pagetracker._setCustomVar(1, "IP", "<?php echo $_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR']; ?>", 2); To break down each variable: SLOT – 1 refers to the Index or “slot” – you can have up to five [...]

Minview: Minimalist Mobile Browsing

Today I’m announcing a rapid prototype I’ve been working on for the past few days called Minview. Mobile browsing has come a long way since the dark days of the blackberry browser, but despite the recent advancements made by the iphone, palm and android devices – mobile browsers are still left wonting. While android and [...]

Lower Your Bounce Rate With One Line of Code

While reading through the Google Analytics Event Tracking Guide, I came across this nugget: In general, a “bounce” is described as a single-page visit to your site. In Analytics, a bounce is calculated specifically as a session that triggers only a single GIF request, such as when a user comes to a single page on [...]

SEO Friendly Split Testing

I’ve recently been spending most of my time split testing the designs across many of the sites I manage. The question is always raised – how will this effect my seo?

Firefox Keyword Research Addon

A simple firefox search engine addon that makes it faster to do keyword research. This script passes your keyword research query to seobook’s keyword research tool.

PHP & MySQL Keyword Rankings Script

I’ve been working on a Google keyword rankings script that scrapes Google search engine results pages and stores the values in a mysql database. This video shows it in action.

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