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Background in design, currently a front-end web dev/designer, Internet marketer (SEO, SEM), and entrepreneur...among other monikers.


Aug
22
answered Possible click fraud?
Aug
22
comment https (SSL) instead of http for mobile users
While the answers in this thread have all been quite good, I do want to note that in the last couple days I started to learn about the SPDY Apache settings (handlers? protocols?). That speed up, and from my understanding compress, SSL connections. So if you come across this down the road, you should look into it.
Aug
22
accepted https (SSL) instead of http for mobile users
Aug
22
comment Confirm if trailing slash is acceptable for a file, rather than a directory
Hi all, sorry for my--in retrospect--poor wording, as the people who have answered this question figured out, when I said "file" I really meant page as in 'mypage.html.' While my phrasing was poor, I did realize that other file types (for instance .pdf) should be designated as such. Sorry for the confusion.
Aug
21
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Aug
21
comment Confirm if trailing slash is acceptable for a file, rather than a directory
Yeah, anything above my web root is definitely staying as is. Sounds like we're on the same page, thanks.
Aug
21
comment Confirm if trailing slash is acceptable for a file, rather than a directory
After processing a bit more (the /pages/ folder in your example threw me off)...I was thinking about how I don't explicitly set the file path. Since I'm on shared hosting my entire account resides in a directory that is a directory above my /public_html/ folder (my site). If I am interpreting all this correctly, my folders and files are arbitrary (to the server) and are themselves canonical names that I have designated for wherever the file actually resides. Which explains why a trailing slash wouldn't really matter and why empty folders don't FTP (they are meaningless). Once more: Correct?
Aug
21
comment ads for a gaming network
Without a doubt, test your alternatives. Be it via A/B split testing (i.e. the Google website optimizer) or by designating certain pages/positions each. I don't play video games so I don't have much point of reference. I do know as an AdWords advertiser it gives me great control, text only ads, image only ads, animated, family-friendly, topic, interest, site, time-based (video, games) or not, and in mobile apps too. Even URLs, frequency, and more (which can be overwhelming). Speaking as a marketer: I know of sites that spent the 1st year ad free to build a loyal following--don't alienate users
Aug
21
comment Confirm if trailing slash is acceptable for a file, rather than a directory
I also noticed in the Apache FAQ that you cannot make a url case insensitive, but I also noticed the "[NC]" flag, I interpret this as you can make the matching to what you'd use on the web match (the canonical link) any case but not the path the the file. Is this correct?...Last but not least, if I create a canonical rewrite rule, is it safe for me to skip adding one to the header of my html documents? I think, I got it, just want to be sure because this is brand spankin' new to me.
Aug
21
comment Confirm if trailing slash is acceptable for a file, rather than a directory
OK, I read all of the above, and a fair amount of the apache docs on mod_rewrite for the version my server uses. MIME types and the basics of a server I was familiar with, and much of the MIME type configuration is included by my host (I am also using HTML5 Boilerplate). So let me summarize, clarify, and ask...While the file on my server will always have a file extension (and therefore a MIME type), I can use mod_rewrite to point a URL without a file extension and with a trailing slash to exactly where that file resides, correct?
Aug
21
answered ads for a gaming network
Aug
21
asked Confirm if trailing slash is acceptable for a file, rather than a directory
Aug
19
comment Optimizing (reducing) web font requests
By locally available I mean that a copy of the font (in multiple formats) is downloaded and in a folder on the site. Looking into it, I am reconsidering the number and specifics of the fonts but, the 'advanced' options of the Font Squirrel font face generator allow me to do what I needed to do (see above).
Aug
19
comment Approx 52% of Google SERP clicks goes to slots 1-10, but where do the other 48% go?
I had the same problem, but didn't actually feel like trying to sort out exactly what 'incremental' meant. I will note that some "keywords" are more likely to convert. Like the term 'web design' is more likely to be someone trying to learn about doing it themselves and something like 'ecommerce web designers city state' is probably someone ready to hire (buy). There's good hints to this on the AdWords "Traffic Estimator" where you can see how competitive different terms are.
Aug
18
comment Approx 52% of Google SERP clicks goes to slots 1-10, but where do the other 48% go?
Further down the Google MSRP comes a March 2012 post from Google on their AdWords blog, that discusses this very topic.
Aug
18
answered Approx 52% of Google SERP clicks goes to slots 1-10, but where do the other 48% go?
Aug
18
awarded  Scholar
Aug
18
accepted Optimizing (reducing) web font requests
Aug
18
comment Optimizing (reducing) web font requests
You were right, sorry for my impatience (it is actually the second link he gives). Details self-hosting, TypeKit, Google, font-squirrel (somehow I missed thinking of trying the advanced option of the @font-face generator), and even an analysis of different methods in different browsers. For those who comes across this down the road, it answered all my questions.
Aug
18
comment Optimizing (reducing) web font requests
Sorry, got overwhelmed by the number of links, I'll do that now.