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Re: Checking Java version and installing via batch file/command line

Hugo — Tue, 06 Sep 2011 14:42:11 -0000

Very nice post!
I was looking for something like this today and there it is!
Thanks!

Re: Tracking Email Signature click throughs

paulwehle — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 14:57:51 -0000

I feel it is more convenient to convert all those links into bit.ly links so only nice short URLs appear in the email - especially for the text-only version those long conversion tracking links seem a bit overkill.
Through some shortening service you'll still be able to track the same things + it looks less suspicious (at least at the current point of time)

bit.ly e.g. has a simple API in case you would want to auto-generate those links.

Re: Adjusting Google Chromes default search to English

Paul — Thu, 01 Apr 2010 15:40:50 -0000

you may set your homepage to http://www.google.com/ncr in order to permanently enjoy that

Re: SEO analysis for dummies: links

alex — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 05:32:33 -0000

I should have been more specific with the title, I've updated it now. This was an edited bit of advice I sent to a friend who manages his own website, and as I had wanted to put something on here about SEO I decided it was easier to start with something I had already written...

Re: SEO analysis for dummies: links

SeoKungFu — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 02:43:39 -0000

I think such basic SEO audit should start from onsite characteristics like titles, descriptions, web copy, semantics, interlinking and then move on the backlinks, popularity etc offline factors.

Re: The problem with using the Google Maps API for UK addresses

alex — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 17:26:21 -0000

Managed to get a chance to test MultiMap Postcode lookup on one of there API pages. It handles Postcodes very well from what I can see. Looked through most of the demos they have, and although they have some showcasing routing, none show point A to point B using postcode inputs which seemed odd as that is surely the most common usage? I'll try and make something from the API and post the code in another post

Re: The problem with using the Google Maps API for UK addresses

alex — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 09:07:19 -0000

Hi Zed,
Thanks for the feedback, always appreciated :)

I've not used MultiMap before, at least not via their API, I did check out Microsoft Live Maps (which now redirects to MultiMap, which seems odd, see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bing_Maps#United_Kingdom). I will try it out in the next few days as if the limit is 50,000 transactions a year, and the functionality is good then it will serve most small/medium businesses perfectly.

Thanks for the tip :)

Re: The problem with using the Google Maps API for UK addresses

zed — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 08:14:10 -0000

Hi Alex
Thanks for the article. It helps explain why google's API does not give accurate results when using full postcode.

Multimap seem to also offer free embedded maps (limit of 50,000 transactions/year). Have you tried their service? do you think results will be accurate when using full postcode? or is the problem linked to the PAF uniform across all free mapping platforms?