Archive for March, 2010

New Fitness Links page added

It’s a work in progress (as with most of this site) but I’ve added a new Fitness Links page to the Links section of the CODY1 site. There’s only a few links on there right now, but it’ll hopefully develop over time and grow to include new links and additional posts in this latest category addition.

Online surveys and online questionnaires

Online surveys and online questionnaires are an increasingly popular way of surveying customers, potential customers, web site visitors, clients, employees, etc. – pretty much anyone in fact. However, knowing the best way to go about conducting these isn’t always straightforward.

Besides the problems that any researcher needs to consider – such as sample size, sampling methodology (probability, non-probability, random, simple sampling, etc.), quantitative vs qualitative – there are lots of approaches that need to be considered. I may yet write an article or two about this, but the purpose of this post is to consider the online survey tools that are available.

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Finish what you started (joke)

Some doctor on the TV this morning said that the way to achieve inner peace is to finish all the things you have started.

It sounded like a good idea!

So I looked around my house to see things I’d started and hadn’t finished…

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UK file sharers targeted – what to do?

There’s an article on the BBC web site today (HERE) commenting on how O2 have condemned the fact that lawyers are targeting alleged file-shrers.  Apparently, thousands of controversial letters are being sent to alleged illegal file-shared in the UK. Many online sources are particularly concerned that the letters represent little more than apparent legal bullying, although the firm ACS: Law denies this.

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Another good plugin: Google Analyticator

Here’s another good plugin that I’ve come across, installed and already have found it to be a very useful addition: Google Analyticator. It’s an incredibly useful plugin for WordPress, especially if you’re trialling different themes, building multiple blogs or managing multiple sites. It does all the hard work or you of adding the necessary code so that Google Analytics can start tracking your site. It also ncludes a handy dashboard feature for displaying visitor and site stats right there on your blog’s dashboard. Of particular interest to me is the ability of hiding Administrator visits from the stats to give a truer representation of visitor numbers – and there are a host of other features that build on this invaluable Google tool.

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LinkedIn Super Guide

I’ve been researching LinkedIn as part of another project and came across this great resource billed as a LinkedIn Super Guide that includes Tutorials, Tips & Advice, and Tools links to different web sites and blogs. It’s definitely worth checking out:  HERE (published 12th May 2009).

How to get your site or blog indexed by Google quickly

There are loads of different web sites out there promising number one listings and rapid submissions to various search engines, some free, whilst others attempt to charge you for this service.

The best way to start, however, is by addressing the issue of being indexed by Google, quickly; after all, the search giant accounts for a huge proportion of the search market so it’s essential that you comply with their rules and guidelines about how to get listed and indexed.

There are many different tips and tricks related to getting indexed, some of which I plan on featuring at a later date – but for having your blog indexed there are four essential steps you should look to carry out first.

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Weird, but funny web site!

Not that I particularly endorse this web site, but it makes for some ‘interesting’ and entertaining reading! Facts about Poop is well worth a visit – especially the Survival Guide for Taking a Dump at Work and the Poop Definitions!

Escaped convict joke

A man escapes from prison where he’s been locked up for the last 15 years.

Breaking into a house to look for money and guns, he finds a young couple in bed…

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URL problems with WordPress solved with phpMyAdmin

Every now and again it’s sometimes necessary to change the folders, domains or hosting of your WordPress sites and in doing so, it can be quite a headache because the settings within WordPress try to help, but don’t quite go the whole way in terms of doing it all for you and making everything seamless.

On more than one occasion, I’ve had to revert to using my host’s integrated c-panel to access phpMyAdmin to manually change the information about the site myself. It sounds daunting, but a little searching with Google shows there are plenty of advice sites out there about how to do it.

The way, I did it, is as follows:

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