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| bio | website | adaminfinitum.com |
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| location | Columbus, Ohio | |
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| visits | member for | 10 months |
| seen | May 12 at 22:14 | |
| stats | profile views | 17 |
Background in design, currently a front-end web dev/designer, Internet marketer (SEO, SEM), and entrepreneur...among other monikers.
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Apr 4 |
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Optimizing data downloaded via 'link' media queries and asynchronous loading I did all that before posting the question. When testing I used an emulator so it may not have been totally accurate but the emulator downloaded every file, regardless of conditional comments so I abandoned that approach. |
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Nov 27 |
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SEO impact on subdomain for full name and obscure ccTLD Noted, thanks for pointing that out. |
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Nov 13 |
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Optimizing data downloaded via 'link' media queries and asynchronous loading Thanks, I started out by combining the stylesheets into one but with Base64 Encoded images it was big. I'm trying a middle-of the road approach (my CSS is at this point is merely based on Bootstrap so using a pre-packaged CDN won't help--although I do use NetDNA for the .js). There are a few things which recur sitewide (like my font-icons) so I am using consistent URLs with long-expiration headers as suggested in HTML5 Boilerplate. |
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Sep 6 |
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Better Spam Protection than reCAPTCHA? Thanks for posting this reply. I knew the term honeypot (but not what it meant, exactly), and I knew of the technique but like burzum I was familiar with it as a CSS based solution. Clear and concise answer, +1! |
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Aug 22 |
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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. |
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Aug 22 |
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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. |
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Aug 21 |
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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. |
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Aug 21 |
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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? |
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Aug 21 |
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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 |
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Aug 21 |
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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. |
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Aug 21 |
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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? |
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Aug 19 |
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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). |
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Aug 19 |
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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. |
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Aug 18 |
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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. |
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Aug 18 |
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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. |
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Aug 18 |
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Optimizing (reducing) web font requests Sorry, got overwhelmed by the number of links, I'll do that now. |
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Aug 18 |
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Optimizing (reducing) web font requests Thanks for the detailed answer but I am going to admit a bit of frustration with the answers thus far. I realize it is impacting load time; I know about typography and web-safe fonts. I realize I could use an image (or image sprites) and alt text. However, those are last resorts for me. I could use a very safe font stack but that defeats the purpose of having web fonts (and even substitutes require an HTTP connection). Then you get into SEO, accessibility issues of font size adjust, translations, settings for the visually impaired, etc. If reasonable, I prefer to optimize my web fonts. |
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Aug 18 |
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Optimizing (reducing) web font requests @Christopher I'm glad you mentioned sprites, I guess you could say I am looking for a way to create a custom, locally available version of sprites in webfonts. |
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Aug 17 |
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Optimizing (reducing) web font requests I noticed you have a lot of respect in this community (and apparently practical experience). What am I looking at? I know http(s) requests each take time, but give me something to make an informed decision...are we talking 2 seconds or 2 microseconds? I am practical but having a background in design I am aesthetically oriented. Give me a way to make an informed decision, please. |
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Aug 17 |
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Optimizing (reducing) web font requests That had occurred to me, I just feel like if I say I can code with CSS3 a couple web fonts and a responsive design via media queries is probably wise. |
