http://www.jexanalytics.com Web Analytics, Web Consulting and Search Engine Optimisation Wed, 28 Jul 2010 14:02:58 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en ...in short, is a Giant Pain in the Ass. I'm a pretty sharp guy, and not a lot of things confuse me for too long because I either figure them out or stop caring about them. This one though, has me utterly perplexed. Google Analytics and Google AdWords are Two MAJOR features and ... http://www.jexanalytics.com/articles/web/connecting-google-adwords-to-analytics/ I Know!  Woulda thunk it? Search Engine Land has an article on some data that a mob called "Chikita" has run on their assorted sites. While I am usually loathe to chime in on such a ridiculously obvious concept as "#1 in Google is better than #2 or #3" I do love ... http://www.jexanalytics.com/articles/seo/turns-out-that-1-spot-in-google-really-is-important/ Plugin Name: Jex Image Upload Page for Members Plugin URI: http://www.jexanalytics.com.au/plugins/jex-member-image-upload-plugin Description: Folks that are logged in to a WordPress site can upload images to a general page of the admin's choosing (by placing "[jex_member_image_upload_form]" on that page.  The image gets stored in the "uploads" folder and the Admin then gets an ... http://www.jexanalytics.com/plugins/jex-member-image-upload-plugin/ Part of blogging, as an SEO anyway, is to pretty consistently be experimenting with different terms, their complexity, their competition level and how fast you can rank for 'em. I suppose it's a way of flexing my optimisy muscles, but there's this thread on Port 80 that's sparked a rather funny ... http://www.jexanalytics.com/articles/ticklespot-finder/ This article made me giggle: Deadly Sins Against SEO: Part 2 specifically because it mentions SEO tools and warns against them. This on the heel's of the launch of my own SEO Tools & Services site (grown from this site) is funny to me.  Mostly because I agree with what they're ... http://www.jexanalytics.com/articles/seo/sins-of-seo/ It’s Official: Google Now Counts Site Speed As A Ranking Factor an article from Search Engine Land makes me genuinely wonder if they're somehow not allowed to write articles on things that they speculate on or theorise and instead have to wait for Google to corroborate anything before they write ... http://www.jexanalytics.com/articles/seo/site-speed-and-seo-sins/ I'm stoked and have finally taken that bold step and launched Jex Solutions - SEO Tools & Services. In what's a bit of a departure from the somewhat corporate-sounding and formal copy on this site (well, except the blog... heh) I've written all of the copy on the Jex Solutions site ... http://www.jexanalytics.com/latest-news/jex-solutions-is-here/ The only thing worse than realising that I haven't updated this blog in more than a few months is seeing that the most recent item in the "Latest News" section is the LAST time I redesigned the site.  Poo. Well, I've done it again, and I've done it myself this time, ... http://www.jexanalytics.com/latest-news/another-redesign/ One of my favourite's over at Search Engine Land is Jill Whalen, a gal who's sentiments echo my own so often that she has been known to come to my rescue in a forum or two when I haven't communicated my point properly. She's done it again, with something that hits ... http://www.jexanalytics.com/articles/seo/seo-success/ Jill Whalen's article titled, "85 Reasons Why Website Designers/Developers Keep SEOs in Business" actually had me laughing quite heartily, but some of my laughter was in that slightly sad way that wonders why people can't just learn some simple lessons that will ultimately improve their business. Meh, we all live and ... http://www.jexanalytics.com/articles/seo/actually-quite-funny/