Author: rchapin

This is a good article that describes how the aforementioned relate to SEO and when to use each strategy.→ Continue reading “SEO: Root Domains, Subdomains vs. Subfolders and The Microsite Debate”

Here is a great article on SEOmozBlog about the relatively new canonical URL tag that helps search engines know which pages should be treated as copies of other URLs on your site.

Not to be confused with duplicate content on different URLs of your site, this tag is to be used to indicate to the search engines which URLs generate multiple versions of the same page and to which URL the engines should apply all of the link and content → Continue reading “The Canonical URL Tag and How it Helps Your SEO”

Here is a handy online SPF validation tool.

And here is information on writing proper SPF DNS records. → Continue reading “SPF Testing Validation Tool”

When we bring on a new client we typically point their domain to our nameservers and then wait until the DNS propagates to launch a new site.

Here is a look to a pretty cool tool that will keep an eye on a domain and send you an e-mail when the IP is updated. → Continue reading “DNS Propagation Watcher/Notifier: DNSPinger”

Following is a link to a SVN cheat sheet.? It is also posted to this blog entry as an attachment should the page no longer be available.→ Continue reading “Subversion Quick Reference Card”

Need an RSS icon Click here for the mozilla.org feed icon guidelines.→ Continue reading “Mozilla RSS Feed Icons”

Now and again, I’ll enable some sort of feature in CRiSP and not be sure either what I pressed or what I enabled.

If you ever find yourself with the big, blinking, square, cursor that overwrites and does not insert text just press Alt-I. → Continue reading “Big Square Blinking Cursor in CRiSP”

If you have ever wanted to use a SWF generated in Captivate in another Flash application, here is a good article on how to get Captivate to talk to a hosting Flash app.→ Continue reading “Captivate to Flash Communication”