An .edu domain can’t just be bought outright by anyone. These domains are reserved primarily for educational institutions located throughout the world. In order to buy an .edu domain the owner of the website has to be accredited by an agency working for the Department of Education in the US, a... Read more...
If you have a website, whatever its purpose, you want it to be seen. Whether it’s a blog you write for fun, an affiliate marketing site you use to make money, or a commercial site for your business, it’s not doing you any good if nobody knows about it. In the bad old days, people used to rem... Read more...
When you run a website, it can be easy to get a little bit obsessed with the stats relating to it. In the early days of posting a new blog post, you probably can't help refreshing the stats at least every two minutes for a while afterwards to see if your tweets about it or links to it are doing thei... Read more...
Many webmasters are still unsure about the effect that outbound links can have on an SEO strategy. Is it in your best interests to link to websites in order to add value to your website and your content? Does the number of links you have make any difference when it comes to your search engine ra... Read more...
If you have been designing websites for a while it’s likely that you already know what a UNIX timestamp is. If not, it’s likely you haven’t got a clue which is why we at Pingler will hopefully be able to give you the lowdown about UNIX and why it’s useful. We will also give you some info... Read more...
Most websites are set up with the aim of selling goods or a service but if no-one can find your website you will never reap the success that you dream of. Choosing the best keywords and key phrases for your site is one of the most important things that you will do as a webmaster as this is the not... Read more...
Have you ever wanted to send an e-mail to someone but didn’t want it to be traced back to you? There are lots of reasons why you might want to do this. Maybe you want to prank a friend or declare your love for someone but aren’t sure how they will respond. Maybe you want to report abus... Read more...
If you regularly use social media sites like Twitter and Facebook to get the word out about your site, it’s likely that you have used URL shorteners or in the very least seen someone who has. But do you know how good shortened URLs are when you use them as part of an SEO strategy? That’s wha... Read more...
Internet users are on the whole impatient people; they don’t want to be sitting around waiting for one webpage to load, especially when they are used to getting what they want, when they want it. Do you know how fast your website loads? Do you know how many customers quickly click off your sit... Read more...
If you are new to SEO you may have heard numerous things about meta tags and their importance. Hopefully today we will be able to shed some light on the matter. What are Meta Tags? Meta tags are basically tags that are contained within the <head> section of a HTML document. In the pa... Read more...