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SliceHost VPS, NGinX – Performance Outcome SEO Reporting To Come

OK, a few weeks back I blogged here that I’d moved my sites to a SliceHost account, installed the OS from scratch (Ubuntu Hardy), installed NGinx as the webserver etc. I’ve been fairly busy coding and haven’t updated here and I wanted to take the opportunity to both thank and recommend a service that certainly [...]

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Running On A SliceHost 384 Meg Slice Under NGinX – Impressed!

his post is the first one for this blog running under SliceHost. It’s been quite a month. I’m fed up – frankly – with webhosts!!

Now, it’s no secret that shared hosting is a busted ass for anybody getting more than 5 visitors a week and a couple of HTML pages. But it seems to have gotten worse. Indeed I’d argue at this point that the vast majority of the hosting industry is an enormous joke perpetrated in a manner to create endless sign-ups of new fodder – but not designed for anybody to stick around.

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Spread Thinner Than Vegemite On Pita Bread

Spread Thinner Than Vegemite On Pita Bread

A highly recommended read for start-ups from 37 Signals, the people who brought us Basecamp and Ruby. Called “Getting Real”. The links on this article BTW contain no affiliate codes. You can read the book online free or order it as a paperback: Click Here

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Bloody Hell!  Meta Descriptions And Meta Keywords Are Back?

Bloody Hell! Meta Descriptions And Meta Keywords Are Back?

Those of you who’ve been marketing on the Internet since the 1990’s will remember the hazy far off days when “meta descriptions” where SEO magic, the biggest news on the news sites was somebody called Monica and a mysterious Presidential stain on her dress, and Linux was going to take over the desktop within 12 to 18 months.In 2010 things are different, right? Meta descriptions are out, nobody remembers Monica – or her dress, and Linux has taken over the desktop.

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Short 2010 SEO Checklist For ISV’s

There were a number of changes in how the search engines deal with our web sites in 2009. What follows is a brief list of some of things that may warrant attention by ISV’s in 2010.

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