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WordPress Infographic

melanie@ftcchosting.com — Thu, 26 Aug 2010 05:00:00 +0100

Adobe Air Uninstall

melanie@ftcchosting.com — Fri, 09 Jul 2010 05:00:00 +0100

cd "/Volumes/Adobe AIR/Adobe AIR Installer.app/Contents/MacOS"
sudo ./"Adobe AIR Installer" -uninstall

OR (cd is dependant on new Air App folder structure)

cd /Volumes/Adobe AIR/Adobe AIR Installer.app/Contents/MacOS
sudo ./Adobe AIR Installer -uninstall

Twitter Share Bookmarklet

melanie@ftcchosting.com — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 05:00:00 +0100

The bookmarklet will:

Receive a short URL from the bit.ly API

Open up your twitter homepage in a new tab (Firefox) or in a pop up with the short URL and the page title included in the textarea

(Or take you to the twitter login page, which will then redirect)
To install just drag this link/button into your browser's bookmarks toolbar:

Tweet This

For IE-Users: [...]

Create A Bond With Customers Using E-mail

melanie@ftcchosting.com — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 05:00:00 +0100

It's amazing to see that companies still don't "get it" when it comes to customer retention. It's tough enough to get people interested in your product or service and to get them to visit your site. More than 50% of commercial websites do not include a way for visitors to provide their simple contact details to enable them to keep in touch. In our Internet market [...]

Small SEO Tip for the day...

melanie@ftcchosting.com — Sun, 19 Jul 2009 05:00:00 +0100

You can greatly improve your SEO game by using a technique that avoids the laundry list that comes in the form of social bookmarking. The name social media bookmarking is a bit misleading, but so is social media. Don't get it confused with a traditional bookmark: A bookmark typically means to save a web page address to your browser so you can quickly access and view it at a later time, however social bookmarking is, in a nutshell, the storing, organizing, searching, and managing of bookmarks onl [...]

How To Start Your Own Full Time Blog

melanie@ftcchosting.com — Mon, 22 Jun 2009 05:00:00 +0100

I am sure everyone can earn full time from blogging. It’s just the first steps that are difficult as is the same as any other businesses.
Here are my answers for your question.
1. Use blogger platform if you want to be listed in search engines fast.
2. Blog the topic you are expert in. If you have many topics, divide them into categories. Know what is the keywords you wish to focus on.
3. Always update with a lot of relevant content. I would say update it daily. Co [...]

Make Your Website Memorable to Visitors.

melanie@ftcchosting.com — Sun, 21 Jun 2009 05:00:00 +0100

What do you know?
Get this: write what you know. It's that simple. What does your online store sell? Write about those products and activities related to them. Otherwise, you're losing customers and returning blog readers - this diminishes traffic, which is like chasing people out of your store - cutting away at your image. The internet is all word of mouth. Granted, Google and other search engines are some of those mouths, but plenty of the sites you frequent have been recommended by a fri [...]

Google Analytics on your Blog

melanie@ftcchosting.com — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 05:00:00 +0100

Adding analytics to your blog can tell you things like:
Which referring sites send you the best trafficWhich visitors are most likely to subscribe to your email listWhich keywords have the highest engagementWhich articles have the lowest bounce rateWhich articles monetize best using AdSenseand much more.For more information about how web analytics can be useful for bloggers, check out Avinash Kaushik's post on useful goals for blogs.

Set Up Dynamic DNS

melanie@ftcchosting.com — Tue, 26 May 2009 05:00:00 +0100

If you have a home broadband connection, odds are you have a dynamic IP address -- one that changes every so often. This is fine until you feel the need to connect to your home computer from somewhere outside your house. Without a constant, static, never-changing IP address, you don't have a reliable way to find your home computer on the internet.

Why would you want to do such a thing? There are many possibilities. Maybe you want to make a Remote Desktop connection to your grandma [...]

13 Permanent One Way Links

melanie@ftcchosting.com — Tue, 26 May 2009 05:00:00 +0100

Link building is one of the cornerstones of ranking on the first page of Google, Yahoo, Microsoft Live and other search engines. Many directories and websites will give you a link in exchange for you linking to them a practice known as reciprocal linking. Although this works you can get more SEO benefit from a site that links to you without a link back which is known as a one way link. You may be thinking, oh great, another list of places to buy links but put your pocketbook away becaus [...]

Welcome to MyBlog!

melanie@ftcchosting.com — Tue, 26 May 2009 05:00:00 +0100

Welcome to Full Thought Computer Consulting, Inc.'s new website. Here I will post new information about the company, along with tips and tricks that will help you and your business.