Ferrit SEO their site properly - sort of?
I have been in the process of writing a SEO article all about
www.ferrit.co.nz[1] - a multi million dollar website with more SEO and
web development mistakes than a drunk illiterate kid with Microsoft
Frontpage could make.
My article covered what you don't want your website to look like
after spending a reported[2] NZ$15 million on it.
IT'S CHANGED!
But I now notice Ferrit have done some...
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Spaces, Underscores & Dashes - how to name files
Many people have opinions on how files should be named on the web, and
specifically how words should be seperated. Do you use a space, an
underscore or a dash?
Here's another opinion, with some rationale behind it.
SPACES
Spaces are generally a bad idea with anything website related. Often
spaces in URLs will be encoded as %20 (which looks ugly) or will cause
some browsers to misinterpret...
> articles/50/spaces-underscores-and-dashes-how-to-name-files/
PHP 301 Redirects
The preferred way of redirecting a page that has moved is by a 301
redirect. In PHP, 301 redirects are not the default (a 302 redirect is
the default). Whenever you move a visitor to a new location, you
should use the PHP 301 redirect, which involves one extra line of
code.
In PHP, a 302...
> articles/33/php-301-redirects/
Redirects - the good, the bad and the ugly
Redirects are an important part of a well maintained site. As pages
are deleted or moved, it's common courtesy to sent the visitor to the
new page, or at least apologise for the inconvenience.
TYPES OF REDIRECT
Redirects come in several flavours. Redirects can be done by the
server, or by the...
> articles/6/redirects-the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly/
Writing decent URLs
Site URLs are important for a number of reasons. The leading Blogging
programs and content management systems produce well structured URLs,
and this should be a KEY decision in designing your site.
GET INDEXED
Many search engines are unable to deal with dynamic URLs, that is a
URL containing a...
> articles/5/writing-decent-urls/


