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Anything of interest that I think I would need again or other people might find useful, I throw it down here. A bit of a jumble of things but it gets a few readers so it must be useful to some!

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  • Useful Software on Mar 27, 2009 in Software

    http://www.prnwatch.com/prio.html - give each system process a priority & have it saved permanently, e.g. if Skype is lagging, you can set the process to high priority and it will keep that saved for the next time Skype is used. Normally the proc...

  • Yahoo! Search Marketing Blocked Domains on Mar 12, 2009 in

    Did you know that the blocked domains feature doesn’t always work? There are several websites which PPC ads will still show on even if you block them. An example site is parkingspa.com. I have mentioned this to their customer support but can’t ge...

  • Orange Customer Support on Feb 24, 2009 in Life

    Got a problem with your Orange mobile? When you get through to support (07973 100 150 for pay monthly, 07973 100 450 for pay as you go) ask for Grant on extension 44796. Legend. So many times i’ve rung up with a problem and got some noob who p...

  • An Easy Way to Improve Keyword Quality Score on Nov 28, 2008 in Google AdWords PPC ads adwords Google pay per click

    A low keyword quality score is obviously a bad thing. It can lead to an increase in the keyword’s minimum bid, meaning it is no longer profitable. The method outlined below should give you a slightly higher quality score. It could be enough to...

  • Extensionless URIs on Nov 26, 2008 in Apache

    if you want your URI format to be website.com/about/ instead of website.com/about.php then put the following line in a .htaccess file in your websites root folder. RewriteRule ^(.*)/$ $1.php [nc] The php part refers to the extension...

  • Testing Websites in IE 6 On Vista on Jun 10, 2008 in Software ie ietester internet explorer

    IETester is some great software for testing websites on Vista. You can currently see how sites look in Internet Explorer versions 5.5, 6, 7 & 8 beta 1. VERY useful when you consider you can’t just download the IE6 browser itself and install...

  • Can You Get Something For Free Just By Asking? on May 28, 2008 in SEM fortune cookies

    http://seoblackhat.com/2008/05/19/to-make-a-fortune-cookie/...