Archive for February, 2009
Server Problems
We are having some difficulties here on our server. The front end side is fine so our sites are appearing and working as they should. The problem is authentication for the users who are in our jail directory. This all started to happen after Dave upgraded the server’s software from Etch to Lenny so he’s in charge of finding out what’s wrong and fixing it. Server management can be a pain in the butt but I’m glad that I’m not the one to deal with it in this case.
Spruce up your 404 page
404 pages are probably the number 1 reason why people are leaving your site. Sometimes your users are reaching 404 pages because you have a bad link that needs fixing on your site and other times, it’s from old search engine caches. You should be glad that people are clicking on your pages from search engines, it means that the content you have/had interested them. If that is the case, you should offer them a reason to stay on your site instead of hitting back and go to a competitor’s site.
Switched over to Wordpress
I finally caved in and converted my blog over to Wordpress. Symphony was getting hard to maintain. Symphony is still a great piece of software and I learned a lot from my adventures discovering its potentials. For right now, I just need a simple blogging software with some page management features. Wordpress is a little bloated but it’s easy to configure to my liking.
SEO Tip: Forcing “www” in Your Domain Name
Did you know that Google and most other search engines treat your domain ‘twinarrow.com’ and ‘www.twinarrow.com’ as separate sites even though most of your set-ups show the same exact site? If you didn’t already know, search engines frown upon sites with duplicate content. Since they consider both or your domains as separate entities, your site might get flagged with duplicate content.