http://www.visualfuture.com/davetech If technology was easy and always worked right the first time, you wouldn't be reading this. Wed, 19 Aug 2009 14:35:36 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en A friend of mine who works for Sprint asked me through Facebook today how I liked my Palm Pre. It's been two weeks and one conference since I bought it, so here's what I told him. This is directly copy/pasted from my comments on FB. If I'm inclined, ... http://www.visualfuture.com/davetech/2009/08/18/my-quick-and-dirty-review-of-the-palm-pre/ Thanks to @aimclear for being quick to post the info on this scam. Here's an email that I wrote to all of my AdWords clients based on the tweets that @aimclear posted with the text from the email he received. Feel free to copy and reuse for your clients. -------------------------------------------------------------- Dear Client, I've ... http://www.visualfuture.com/davetech/2009/04/08/google-adwords-email-phishing-scam/ 1-12 ounce jar marinated artichoke hearts 40 ounces frozen chopped spinach 1 large onion, chopped 5 tablespoons butter 4 eggs, beaten 1 cup sour cream 2 teaspoons garlic salt 1 1/2 cups Parmesan/Romano grated cheese 2 to 3 tablespoons lemon juice 1 cup fresh bread crumbs Preheat oven to 350f degrees. Lightly spray 9x13 glass casserole with non-stick spray. 1. Defrost ... http://www.visualfuture.com/davetech/2008/12/26/spinach-and-artichoke-casserole/ [caption id="attachment_118" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="Merry Christmas from everyone at VisualFuture"][/caption] http://www.visualfuture.com/davetech/2008/12/24/merry-christmas-and-happy-new-year-from-the-burkes/ [caption id="attachment_120" align="aligncenter" width="300" caption="Grandma Leona's Shortbread"][/caption] 3/4 c sugar 3/4 lb butter (3 sticks) 4c flour Using the paddle attachment on your mixer, cream butter and sugar thoroughly until light and fluffy. Add flour one cup at a time and mix well. Switch to dough hook if the mixer has a hard time. Press ... http://www.visualfuture.com/davetech/2008/12/23/grandma-leonas-shortbread-recipe/ For more on the entire Tynt issue, see Eric Lander's blog post on Tynt. If you're on an Apache server with mod rewrite & want to prevent Tynt from displaying your site here are some rules that may help: RewriteCond %{REMOTE_ADDR} ^204\.244\.109\.(2(4[0-7]))$ [OR] RewriteCond %{REMOTE_ADDR} ^204\.244\.120\.(1(7[6-9]|8[0-3]))$ RewriteRule ^(.*)$ ... http://www.visualfuture.com/davetech/2008/09/10/un-tynt-your-website-for-apache/ If you're running an AdWords campaign that serves multiple countries, you may want to see how each country is performing individually. I came across this again recently when discussing AdWords performance with one of my e-commerce clients. In his campaign, he is running ads in both the US ... http://www.visualfuture.com/davetech/2008/08/28/country-adwords-statistics-using-analytics/ Note: A link to instructions for Mac users is at the bottom of this post -s I started reading up on how to develop a FireFox Extension and one of the first recommendations is to create a separate FireFox profile. The second profile is recommended so you don't have to ... http://www.visualfuture.com/davetech/2007/12/13/creating-a-second-firefox-profile-for-seo/ For all of you asking for notes from the SEO Tools presentation, here are the links to (most) of the tools mentioned: Derek Vaugn, Techpad Agency http://webceo.com/ Keyword rank checking; like WebPosition. Downloadable Windows software that runs in the background. Long lists (~200+ Keywords) can take several hours to run. IndexTools: Last 100 ... http://www.visualfuture.com/davetech/2007/12/08/pubcon-2007-tools-of-the-trade-session/ If you manage websites of any decent size, you're probably familiar with Xenu Link Sleuth for PC. It's an incredibly powerful tool that allows you to check links on your site for errors. Well, bummer for me, it's Windows only and I'm on a Mac. I've pretty ... http://www.visualfuture.com/davetech/2007/07/09/integrity-link-checker-for-mac-can-i-do-without-xenu/