Category Archives: Blogging

Blog Comments Now Pass Juice – No More `nofollow`

After lots of back and forth, I have decided to make comment links dofollow (removing nofollow); meaning that links users have in their comments will be followed by search engines. This adds value to the recipient’s site. Please note: If … Continue reading

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WordPress Comment Form 404 Error – Now Fixed!

Disabling the Cookies for Comments plugin broke the comments form. On the recommendation of Matt Cutts, I added the Cookies for Comments plugin to this blog, and also added their recommended .htaccess modifications: RewriteCond %HTTP_COOKIE !^.*XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX.*$ RewriteRule ^wp-comments-post.php – [F,L] … Continue reading

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Denver SEO Blog Hits 100,000 Visitors

I launched this blog in January 2008 – only 19 months ago. Since then, the blog has seen 100,000 visitors. I look forward to creating more posts that you find interesting. Last year at this time: The blog was averaging … Continue reading

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Integrate Blogger Into your PHP Website using Includes

PHP includes for Blogger Before writing this post, I looked online to see if others have written about this same topic. This might as well be Michael Gray’s “Integrating Blogger Into Your Website: Part II”, which he never wrote — … Continue reading

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How to embed a private video on your blog

Embed videos that won’t be indexed by Google or viewable by the public. You might want to create a video and put it on your website, but you don’t want the rest of the world to find it via search … Continue reading

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SEODenver.com is new home of Denver Web Design & SEO Blog

I’ve taken the plunge: the katzwebdesign.wordpress.com site is now mapped to seodenver.com, a domain I purchased last year. I’m not sure what the long-term plans are for this domain, but at least I’ll be building links to my own domain, not … Continue reading

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This blog has great PageRank!

So I’ve been working on creating great content for everyone out there, which happens to include Google.  Well, it turns out that the Denver Web Design & Denver SEO Blog has been given a PageRank (their system of measuring the quality of … Continue reading

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Encouraging clients to write often…or using a blogging service?

I’ve been working with the WordPress platform for a little while now, and I’ve been a regular blogger since January (though I had been promoting blogging for years earlier, and had my first blog in 2000 [yes, I’m a bit … Continue reading

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How to increase online exposure through social bookmarking

Are you having the exposure blues? Do you write articles that few people read? It may be because they aren’t finding your article! Writing on your blog is not enough when you’re starting out. It’s important to spread the word. … Continue reading

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How to get more comments on your blog

I was asked a question by a potential client about blog comments.  She was concerned that some of the blog designs I’ve created have little user interaction.  She wrote (emphasis added by me): I have been looking at the blogs … Continue reading

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