I asked Gemini the same question ten times and got three different number-one answers. That volatility is the surface an entire industry now sells small businesses weekly "AI-visibility" dashboards to track. Here's what actually changed in AI search, the six things worth doing this quarter, and what to stop paying for.
As part of the 17th digital analytics meetup, which I’m hosting in Thessaloniki, I held a talk on how to use common digital analytics tools to optimize the online experience of visitors. I wanted to show ways a digital analyst can utilize commonly used tools/services in smart ways, which go beyond what is advertised by the vendors. A mature, professional website starts its development cycle several months before its publication, but many may do not know that its development is completed shortly before it is replaced by its replacement (usually several years later). During its “life” there are constantly technical...
You may want to restrict the development site from search engine or from direct access. One of the popular way of doing so is to use Apache2 Basic Authentication. Here we will be discussing on how to password protect your development site using Apache2 Basic Authentication which makes a use of .htaccess & .htpasswd files. Steps: 1. Create & upload .htaccess file to the root of your dev site with the following content: AuthName "Authorisation Required" AuthUserFile "/path/to/.htpasswd" AuthType Basic require valid-user ErrorDocument 401 "Authorisation Required" Notes: If .htaccess file already exists then you can add the above code on the...
This article presents all the SEO improvements that a site should have in order to appear high in the search results. The SEO improvements checklist below will help you offer your sites the attention you wish. On-site SEO improvements Checklist These SEO techniques can influence the entire website. Accessibility Page access: If a search engine can’t reach a page, it’s impossible to have it indexed. Make sure that the robots.txt file or robots meta tag isn’t accidentally blocking important pages. Block inappropriate pages: On the other hand: some pages should not be indexed, for example incomplete pages or confidential pages....
Instead of using an ugly custom link that points the visitors to your iTunes application now you can use a new proprietary meta tag from Apple that displays a smart app banner on the top of the page. The meta tag triggers a uniform advertisement for a vendor’s iOS app within mobile Safari. Smart App Banners vastly improve users’ browsing experience compared to other promotional methods. As banners are implemented in iOS 6, they will provide a consistent look and feel across the web that users will come to recognize. Users will trust that tapping the banner will take them to...
You don't have to use WordPress plugins every time you want to use some kind of social network functionality for your blog. Just follow this guide.
A quick fix that let's you bypass the Cheatin Uh error in WordPress 3.4 installations when uploading new media.
In case you encounter any problems with your site's cufonized fonts try to update you rendering engine to the latest version. On October 24 they released released version 1.09i, which is the same as 1.09 but IE9-compatible. Keep in mind that you do not need to convert your font generated files again, just replace your old cufon-yui.js with a new one and you're good to go.
When someone clicks outside of the lightbox area, it is closed by default, this can cause a lot of frustration to a visitor, if you are thinking of opening a series of pages inside a lightbox. The following short tutorial describes how you can disable the closing of the lightbox window when someone clicks outside the lightbox area.
The following guide describes the steps that need to be followed in order to trigger javascript code successfully when the Facebook like button is clicked. Using the following implementation you can also track all the clicks on the like button of your site by triggering the Google analytics tracking code.
I've worked in tech for over 15 years, mostly on digital analytics and automation for large enterprises. My work usually lives at the intersection of business problems and technical implementation — cloud architecture, data engineering, analytics consulting, and the project management that holds it all together. Over the years I've shipped a fair number of complex projects, the kind that take a quarter of patient work before anyone sees the result.
I lead a team of analytics developers, and most of what I've learned about leadership is that it's mostly listening, removing obstacles, and being honest when something isn't working. I like mentoring, I like watching people grow into harder problems, and I'm usually the one trying to turn a tangle of technical detail into something a non-technical stakeholder can actually act on.
