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Here are some tips from newbie to newbie, with problems and their solutions as I came across them whilst testing the cakePHP framework. Read more... (1 Comments)

Suchmaschinen optimierte Domainname für die Baubranche

Vor kurzem habe ich den Domainnamen bau-spezialisten.de registriert. Aus Suchmaschinenoptimierungssicht ist dieser Domainname gerade für Betriebe im Baubereich eine echte Goldgrube. Ich kann mir gut vorstellen, dass sich der Domainname auch für einen Handwerksbetrieb eignen könnte. Die Treffer, die ich dort in nur einer Woche verzeichnen konnte, waren sogar für mich, der sich seit längerem [...]Creator: Sun, 16 Aug 2009 14:29:07 +0000
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Encrypted Email Address with PHP and Javascript

Anybody in the know worries about posting their email address anywhere without encrypting it first. In my opinion using email “encryption” techniques like person[at]domain[dot]com aren’t going to stop a lot of bots nowadays. If you have PHP and Javascript possibilities, you can go a lot further. This is a little PHP script that I use [...]Creator: Sat, 15 Aug 2009 19:23:14 +0000
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SEO-Optimierte Domainnamen für Business Software

Letzte Woche war ich sehr überrascht als ich nach ein paar Domainnamen geforscht habe. Viele Suchmaschinen-optimierte Domainnamen (Keyword Domains) waren noch nicht registriert. Insbesondere wunderte ich mich, dass Domains mit Begriff und zugehöriger gängiger Abkürzung noch verfügbar waren, so z.B. Enterprise Resource Planning und seine Abkürzung ERP. Domainnamen wie enterprise-resource-planning-erp.de oder erp-enterprise-resource-planning.de sollten doch für [...]Creator: Tue, 11 Aug 2009 19:12:17 +0000
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Setting up multiple databases with cakePHP

Yet again I been pleasantly surprised at how easy cakePHP handles things. This time it’s the use of multiple databases. The current setup of our system has data stored in 4 databases. For our example we will presume our multiple databases are setup as such: We have a users database (which contains everyone we have [...]Creator: Fri, 07 Aug 2009 05:54:51 +0000
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Adding search engine friendly URL’s (Slugs)

I was looking for a quick way to add search engine optimised URL’s to my cakePHP application and was amazed at how fast it was setup. These are the (extremely simple) steps that I took. Add a slug field to my database table ALTER TABLE `the_table_name` ADD `slug` VARCHAR(255) NOT NULL; Update our table to [...]Creator: Wed, 05 Aug 2009 12:03:01 +0000
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How I increased Page Impressions (PI’s) by over 1400% in under 3 months

With the aid of some simple keyword analysis and a few basic Search Engine Optimisation tips (which I will go into later) I managed to increase the average Page Impressions (PI’s) from 3500 to over 50000 in a little over 2 months. These are the tools I used for the SEO and other parts of [...]Creator: Tue, 04 Aug 2009 19:38:59 +0000
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