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Are your site visitors fake? The pain of referrer spam

Posted: May 29, 2015 Updated: January 4, 2018 by Claire Brotherton
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I use Google Analytics to track my website visitors. I recently noticed that my Google Analytics were showing spikes in recent visits. Typically lately I’ve been getting 50-100 user visits a day, but the stats were showing nearly 200 on some days. My first thought was “Great! My traffic is going up!” But then I dug […]

Category: Websites Tags: google analytics, htaccess, referrals, referrer spam, SEO

12 things you need to know about screencasting

Posted: May 22, 2015 Updated: April 5, 2022 by Claire Brotherton
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I made my first screencast and published it a few days ago. It was a labour of love. I wouldn’t have started without the support and encouragement of Spence and Cheryl from 1wd.tv. I learned a lot about the whole process, from preparation to recording to editing, which I will share here. What did I […]

Category: Software & Tech Tags: screencast, Screenflow, video capture, YouTube

A useful new undo button for WordPress themes and plugins

Posted: May 14, 2015 Updated: January 4, 2018 by Claire Brotherton
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Have you ever had a plugin or theme update break your WordPress site? It doesn’t tend to happen often, but it has happened to me on occasion. Perhaps a new feature that the author has implemented is incompatible with your particular WordPress setup, or an updated plugin just doesn’t play nice with another plugin on […]

Category: WordPress Tags: Easy Updates Manager, plugin, theme, update, WP Rollback

Nifty Ways to Take a Full Page Screenshot

Posted: May 7, 2015 Updated: June 26, 2019 by Claire Brotherton
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The problem with web page screenshots…. One of the things I often need to do as a web designer is to take screenshots of web pages. If I’ve need to capture a shot of a full web page, up until now it’s been a tedious process: Press the Prt Sc key Paste the screenshot into […]

Category: Software & Tech Tags: Awesome Screenshot, Dropbox, screenshot, web page

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