Advanced SEO tips to get your site to the top
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Being the first listing on Google can get as many as 55 per cent of all people who search for that term clicking on your link.
Put simply, SEO works. It’s simple, cost effective and delivers long-term efficiencies. You just need to make sure it works for you.
The world of SEO is becoming more [...]
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Stallman: “we still have a fight on our hands”
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25 years after Stallman first set the GNU project in motion, what have these ideals achieved, and what can we do to ensure the future of free software? Linux Formatspoke to him to find out.
While Linux Torvalds gets most of the plaudits nowadays for the Linux kernel, it was Stallman who originally posted plans for [...]
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6 best personal finance apps for Linux
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In the past, Linux was not overly blessed with decent budgeting software, and installing GnuCash was regarded by many as the epitome of a descent into dependency hell.
Thankfully, things have since changed, and anyone using a modern distribution could now have the software ready to go in just a few minutes.
This kind of software [...]
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How to mix live music with your Linux laptop
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Ask any DJ about the industry-standard tools of the trade, and it’s still a pair of the Matsushita Electric Industrial Company’s high-end hi-fi turntables from the early 70s, repurposed as club decks in the disco era and known to all as the Technics SL-1200s or 1210s.
Vinyl offers hands-on control, and because the traditional setup [...]
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How to use your PC to get fit and stay healthy
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From the introduction of the X-ray to the latest genetic-mapping devices, medicinal and technological advancements have always gone hand in hand.
Many of the everyday PC and general health technologies we take for granted are the direct by-product of technologies initially developed for the health professions.
But specialist clinics and hospitals are no longer the [...]
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The secrets of planning a successful website
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Many web designers give scant regard to planning.
Instead, they steam on in, basing a project’s cursory preparation on previous work, and hoping no problems will rudely smash them in the face along the way.
But as Andy Budd, creative director of Clearleft, notes: “Planning is integral to almost every project – it’s like asking [...]
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How to run Linux from a USB drive
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Nothing can beat having a great Linux distro installed on a super-fast hard drive, with all your favourite apps configured just how you like them and all your files at your fingertips.
But this has one major drawback: perfect as your setup is, it’s also just one machine, and sooner or later you’ll be forced [...]
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Beginner’s guide to upgrading Mac memory
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As technology has evolved with dizzying speed in recent years, one thing that’s not changed is the huge importance of RAM, or Random Access Memory, to the performance of computers.
RAM is where a computer holds information while it works with it. Data is read from the hard drive, but processors are capable of computing [...]
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“I want to build the next Yahoo! or Wikipedia”
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Jason Calacanis isn’t exactly the most popular online entrepreneur around.
In the past he’s called SEO “bullshit” and “a wasted industry” while speaking in front of thousands of delegates at search engine marketing conferences.
February’s Affiliate Summit keynote was less controversial, but Jason still pointed out that affiliate spam was polluting the internet and also [...]
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How to build your own Google Android app
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Google’s Android mobile development platform has rightly caused a stir.
Based on Linux and with built-in 3D, SMS and web browsing courtesy of WebKit, it’s an entirely self-contained and free mobile operating system.
Though there are only a few devices that currently support Android out of the box, it’s designed as an open, free platform [...]
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