mooSocialize update

The mooSocialize script has been updated. It now takes the url correctly, as there have been an issue when more than one “&” has been in the query string. This bug has been fixed now and the mooSocialize works as expected.

Please re-download your copy here: mooSocialize or get your wordpress plugin here mooSocialize wordpress plugin

Google search results drop - feeds kicked

Google announced, that all feeds are being removed from search results - they want to prevent users to stumble over different feed variants of the original source, namely the website.

That explains the extraordinary fluctuation in the last days regarding search results for specific tags ( here for example “artViper”, which yielded over 300.000, now dropped to 33.500 results ).

If this has some serious impact on real world search results must be seen in the next weeks, same goes for sites that use feeds for their link strategy and if these pages will be punished or not.

tagCloud generator revamped

It’s been about time, so the new tagCloud generator went online today.

We’ve upgraded the creation process, added some stop words, included the possibility to save the clouds and retrieve it later on again. The last 10 clouds are shown as a link on the main page, which are clickable to get the cloud back again.

Of course we’ve cheered up the whole design, as it was only a beta version before, in which we did not put much effort into the design process. Guess this one’s a lot better now, brighter colors, bigger fonts. Options for your convenience have been added:

• Where to link the single tags
• Define your own css style sheet
• Define minimum amount of word occurence
• Select the stopword language ( german / english )
• Define the output size of the div

Of course you do not have to define all of that, if you are statisfied with the standard output, you can simply enter the domain which should be tagged and go.

If you feel there’s some options you’d like to have included, don’t wait and drop in a mail. We’re always open for suggestions.

Give it a try!

SEO - replacing headings with images but keep the text for spiders

Maybe you sometimes wanted to replace your headlines on a site with images, but didn’t dare, as these headings are still an important part for search engine optimization.

Now, if you’re favouring using ajax, you can simply replace your headings but still show the text to the search engine bots.
With a small snippet ajax code this can be done easily. Tests with search engine like bots or our own websitecheck proves, that the search engine still recognizes the h1 and h2 tags and their contents.

Want to see it in action? Here’s our next artViper website, still under development, but with even this effect implemented. Just switch off javascript for a moment and look at the page then - or run the websitecheck test over that page. SEO meets style.