TechieDan

For those bloggers hosting on their own domain and using Wordpress from Wordpress.org, here’s a brand new update. I am sure for those using the previous version Wordpress 2.3.1 will have this on their site.

Now this is what I was talking. For those that are still using 2.3.1, the word ‘A new version of WordPress is available! Please update now. Now why change? Why upgrade?

Here are the reasons why one should upgrade. Well, you remember all your drafts that are planned to be revealed at a later time. People can still access it even if was in draft mode. So version 2.3.2 has so called hide it. Another important feature this version has is the cover up for DB errors being parsed out onto the page.

Well, what do I mean by DB errors?

Imagine if your wordpress template, you added a php code and suddenly it goes wrong, it’ll come out a message depicting the error on the screen. Now Wordpress Version 2.3.2 now helps cover that message up by redirecting to an error page. So it’s more like a 404 page but this is more for DB (database) errors.

If you need to read more about this version and how to upgrade, why not visit Wordpress site and learn to upgrade and keep your blog safe and secure from these loopholes.

Mozilla is proud to annouce that they are launching Mozilla Firefox 3 in the coming future. Well, who knows that there might be a surprise official launch at the beginning of the new year.

Mozilla Firefox is a web browser where it’s claimed to have better security issues and also with better involvement with developers. As of now, current version of Mozilla Firefox is Firefox 2.0.0.11 for Windows.

Click below to download Firefox 2 if you’re aren’t using it yet!

How about Firefox 3 then?

Yes, after giving a small description about Firefox 2, what’s all the hype about firefox 3? Well, with newer browsers, there is bound to be some improvements. With sources saying that there are add-ons could be easily added with fewer clicks, for example add-ons like firebug is so efficient for developers.

Another thing is that installing Add-Ons for Firefox 2 required restart of browser, Firefox 3 aims to disregard that process.

Well, but what can I say about it?

Aside from the interface changes, if there’s any, I think Firefox 3 if it doesn’t take up lots of computer memory compare to other browsers, I will go for Firefox 3. tndeed after looking through my system resources, found out that Firefox took up more memory than Microsoft’s own Internet Explorer.

For those that can’t wait to get your hands on Firefox 3 in it’s beta stages, it’s now available for download. I will test on the beta and most probably review it once more.

This is how I worked in my home when I write my blog for readers and web-surfers out there. Look at the messiness. This post is good for photography under PhotoHunt and here is the techieDan doing his stuff!

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Creating meta tags for your blog must be very defined. Some sources say that meta tags aren’t that much of a use with the bots crawling all over the place to search for your sites and index it.

Well, basically having meta tags is bound to help spiders and bots to crawl your webpage/blog easier. Why is it so? These tags allow better indexing by robot-driven search engines, such as AltaVista, Infoseek.

So What Does a Meta Tag Looks Like?

Some sites just explained the reason why meta tag was needed but didn’t really give an example of a meta tag format. Well, currently I am doing a Meta Tag Generator for your usage (may take some time), but if you’re lazy to wait here is a sample Meta Tag Generator for you people out there. While there’s also a Meta Tag plugin for Wordpress , which you can insert as a plugin for your wordpress blogs.

Speaking of which how does a Meta Tag looks like… Here’s an example from a blog.

<meta name=”generator” content=”WordPress 2.3.1″ />
<meta name=”keywords” content=”weird, danielctw, travel, perth, redang, blog,photo, food” />
<meta name=”description” content=”daniel blogs about his travels, reviews and findings of his weird weird surroundings” />
<meta name=”author” content=”danielctw” />

This is just a simple meta tag format. Another meta tag from another blog.

<meta http-equiv=”Content-Type” content=”text/html; charset=UTF-8″ />
<meta name=”distribution” content=”global” />
<meta name=”robots” content=”follow, all” />
<meta name=”language” content=”en, sv” />
<meta name=”author” content=”Amitabh Shukla - www.ygosearch.com” />
<meta name=”Theme URL” content=”YGoSearch - www.ygosearch.com/seoblog ” />
<title> satkuru.com</title>
<meta name=”generator” content=”WordPress 2.3.1″ />

Well, if you’re good in programming, one can generate the meta tags according to page, archives and page title. Meta Tag Generator is still under progress, so adding a few final touches to help in creating the meta tags.

So you’ve started a new blog or a new site! Is it worth the wait? Well, after a week you still don’t see your webpage being indexed by Google thus not displaying on their search Engine?

If you really wanted to start indexing your page, for Google you can submit your web link to google themselves. Instead of waiting for spiders /bots to come crawling your page later, submitting your blog is like a sure way for them to crawl. Personally, it wouldn’t matter if one didn’t submit at all. Though time might be the factor. If you really wanted to submit to more sites, how about submitting to Yahoo too.

As in most blog engines, for example Wordpress. Wordpress submits your URL automatically unless one disabled it. With things like RSS feeds, one can submit and ping other search engines using PingoMatic. This not only help your blog to be updated with the latest post but also ensure that it’s faster available to the public.

In other words to gather a strong search engine site searching, one needs to submit his/her url by registering with a site. Another way of doing this is by ‘claiming’ your blog on Technorati. So here you have it, one of the easiest way to do it.