Yesterday, while fixing some browser compatibility issues of my new theme, I was surprised to know that my homepage was over 400 KB in size and took more than 30 seconds to completely load with my DSL connection. More than 80 files, including images, javascript and css, were embedded within the page. I decided to [...]
Today Kevin reported an error with Local Analytics. The plugin was spitting a warning on accessing a page from a RSS feed. Though I wasn’t able to exactly replicate the error, this version should fix that error. Also I have added some more changes to the plugin, especially in the admin section. As before, you [...]
For the past few weeks, blogosphere is teeming with posts on Google and its latest PageRank update. The recent update has raised a lot of hues and cries against Google, as a large number of popular and high ranking websites lost their PR by as much as -2. The action was part of Google’s plan [...]
If you are into blogging seriously and hope to become a professional blogger, then you should analyze your traffic regularly. Regular traffic analysis helps you a in knowing what kind of effect your posts are making on your readers. It helps you in understanding the topics your readers are interested. A keen observation and wise [...]
Today I got a mail from Paypal informing that they now supports direct withdrawal of funds into an Indian bank account. This is surely going to be a great relief to all Indian Webmasters. Previously fund withdrawal had been a headache for most of the Indian Paypal users. One had to request for a check [...]
Today I am releasing my first WordPress plugin – Local Analytics. Though this is not the first plugin I have started working on, this is the first one to be released. The first plugin I started working on was WapPress – a plugin to make your blog Mobile Friendly. Local Analytics is based on a [...]
Ever since reading on some of the popular blogs about the effect of the latest PageRank updates on their blog, I too have been waiting eagerly to know Google’s decision on my blog. Hurray! Google has showered some blessings on me too. Yes, the PageRank of JoyceBabu.Com jumped from PR0 to PR3. Well, this may [...]
Microsoft recently introduced a new feature to its Windows Live accounts – the ability to link your different Windows Live Accounts together, so that you can switch between your different accounts in just two clicks. This is a feature I have been missing very badly in my Google Accounts. I have over 10 Gmail and [...]
Update: Thanks to the wonder idea by Carl Mercier, the script is now available as a WordPress pluging. Please try Local Analytics. Google Analytics is one of the best web traffic analysis service available. The best thing about Google Analytics is that it is FREE, while most of the similar services requires a premium membership [...]
The Desktop team of the worlds fastest browser, Opera, has announced that the beta version of the latest version, Opera 9.5 (code named Kestrel) will be released on October 25. I am really excited by this announcement. Opera has been my favorite browser ever since I started using it a few years back. I love [...]
Sometimes you might want to view MySQL queries as and when they are being executed. This is possible with the MySQL General Query Log. In this post, I try to explain how to use query logging feature to view live running MySQL queries.
Every webmaster wants their websites to have 100% uptime. But the truth is that not even Google is able to ensure that. So the next best thing we can hope for is to be informed whenever a website goes down, so that the necessary actions can be initiated to bring it back online. Unfortunately, it [...]
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