Why you shouldn’t align html justify

Have you ever wanted to align the text on your web pages so that it spreads across each line, just like in newspaper columns? You might think this looks good, but here are a few reasons you might want to reconsider

Why you shouldn’t specify align=justify for your website text

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How do I comply with the EU Cookie Directive?

The EU Cookie directive comes into force for UK-based websites on 25th May 2012. This directive came into force for some other countries in the EU a year ago, but the UK government gave website owners here an additional year to make their sites compliant, whilst at the same time hoping that the directive itself was clarified. Everyone seems to be waiting to see what everyone else will do, but just in case you want to be one of the first, here’s a solution for your website

More about the EU Cookie Directive

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WordPress post edit area is blank (displays white text on white background)

Have you recently updated WordPress and noticed your post area looks blank and the icons don’t display when you edit existing posts or pages?

Here is a solution to fix the white text on white background problem in WordPress that could improve performance too

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How do I get more people to read my blog? Step 4 – Getting strangers to spread the word

How do you get complete strangers to share your blog content? Want a few hints and tips?

The 4th in a series about getting more visitors to read your blog

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How do I get more people to read my blog? Step 3 – Tell friends, fans and followers about it

You’ve got some search engine traffic and links from other websites. How do you go about letting your own network know about your content?

Find out how to tell your friends, fans and followers about your site

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How do I get more people to read my blog? Step 2 – Get found from links on other websites

As part of your overall website or blog traffic strategy you should be getting links from other websites. There are effective and ineffective ways to do this.

Here are some guidelines for getting links from other websites

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How do I get more people to read my blog? Step 1 – Get found by the search engines

First of a series of articles answering the question… “How do I get more people to read my blog?”. This article explains how to get more search engine traffic.

Start boosting your blog visitors by getting more search traffic

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Forex Ninjas in your Analytics? – You have Referrer Spam!

Have you checked your Google Analytics traffic stats recently and noticed a bit of traffic from some unlikely sources? When checking your referrers (which sites have sent you traffic) have you spotted sites such as www.forex-ninjas.com and www.rock.to? If so, then you have had some referrer spam.

This traffic is no good at all to you, and isn’t actually the result of them visiting your site at all. Confused? Read on…

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Know what people are saying about you on social media?

It’s important to know what people are saying about you, your company, and your products on Social Media platforms such as Twitter. I had a gripe on Twitter some time ago, and it looks like Brittany Ferries are on top of their Social Media tracking…

A good approach to Social Media monitoring

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Spam – Whose problem is it really?

Spam is a problem for all website owners. Captcha works to some extent, but might also be preventing many real visitors from contacting you. Here’s a solution that might be better for your conversion rate whilst still cutting out most of your spam…

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