September 3, 2007 at 7:20 pm by Kane · Filed under
We will soon be reworking the site so it is more based around web design and development, rather than being as broad as it is. The reason for this is because having such broad and varied articles detracts from a close knit community - not all of the articles are going to be relevant to a lot of people, therefore not many are going to return.
Therefore we are turning Speekgeek.org around and aiming it in a new direction - Web Design and Development. We will be focusing on areas such as blogging, freelancing, community aspects, coding, designing and more. So expect a number of changes in the coming week.
August 31, 2007 at 1:26 pm by Kane · Filed under
Even though Google’s algorithm is a well kept secret, noone knows exactly what works and what doesn’t. I guess that’s why there seems to be a number of myths going round which will not help optimise your website for search engines. Here are a number of them;
FALSE: The more traffic you get, the higher your ranking will be.
Google or any other search engine has no idea how much traffic you get. A high traffic website being at the top of a number of search page rankings is because it has been deemed the most relevant and I’m sure a large number of this traffic is coming from search engines anyway.
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August 30, 2007 at 10:03 am by Kane · Filed under ,
If you have a blog, I’m sure that you would like to increase your search engine rankings by having better Search Engine Optimisation in your blog.
Now there are many things you can do, but I’m going to focus on one of the most efficient; Pretty Permalinks.
Permalinks (permanent link) is a term coined to say the URL or address of a page. For example the permalink for the last article was http://www.speekgeek.org/web-design/using-adsense-use-these-tips-tricks-and-tools/ if you clicked or entered that into the address bar, that URL will take you to that article.
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August 29, 2007 at 9:57 pm by Kane · Filed under ,
A lot of people are using Adsense on their websites whether they be a blog, a forum, a community or even just a standard single page. But are they using it in the right way to maximise their income?
Maximise Traffic
The whole idea of Adsense is to display relevant ads on your site that, when a viewer clicks the ad or views it, you earn a small amount of money. Now this one person will not make you much, so ideally you need to generate a huge number of traffic in order to make some sort of beneficial income. Now their are many ways to get people visiting your site and one could write a book going into all of the details and methods, but there is only one guaranteed way - good and relevant content.
Whatever your site is about, make it the best. Include a fair amount of relevant text so that spiders will harvest your website and will help give your site a better listing for certain keywords and in time bring more visitors looking for what your website provides.
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August 29, 2007 at 2:27 pm by Kane · Filed under
Here is a collection of some of the best website design portfolios around at the moment. When it comes to creating a portfolio, everything needs to be of high standard to showcase your work and present it in a very aesthetic and working manner. These weren’t chosen for just the work included, but how the portfolio itself looks and performs.
1. Edwin Tofslie
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June 24, 2007 at 12:39 pm by Kane · Filed under
With the current generation consoles, new games can now allow stunning graphics, huge levels with hours of game play, ultimate realism and now thanks to Earth Defence Force, the chance to annihilate hundreds of oversized ants, huge spiders, Godzilla, mecha robots and UFOs with a monstrous array of needlessly powerful weapons.
In EDF you are the last line of defence against an incoming invasion from aliens intent on destroying the world. You play the role of a nameless soldier fighting alongside your squad to save the day – making your way through 53 vastly different levels using 200 different types of weapons to defeat literally thousands upon thousands of extraterrestrial bugs.
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June 14, 2007 at 9:29 pm by Kane · Filed under ,
Normal photos and images tend to be a boring square shape which can look very boring and bland when it comes to displaying them online.
Here is a little technique that is quick to do and makes a huge difference in creating a different looking image.
1) Open whatever image you want to edit in Photoshop.
I’ll be using a photo I took when I was in Paris of some entertainer.
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June 10, 2007 at 12:36 pm by Kane · Filed under
1. Mozilla Firefox (Internet Browser)
Although it’s not on par with the windows version, Firefox is still one of the best browsers available for any platform. Thanks to it’s vast community it has a huge number of addons that would be suitable for web developers, gamers or anyone from any background.
If Firefox isn’t your thing then I hope you settle for Opera.
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2. Adium (Instant Messenger)
This software supports almost all instant messaging clients such as MSN, AIM, Yahoo etc which makes life a lot easier if you use more than one client. Unlike most IM clients, Adium looks very aesthetic and even if you don’t like the look of it you can customize it to your taste.
If you’re looking to use the iSight for various webcamwhore adventures then Amsn is for you.
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March 15, 2007 at 4:08 am by Dennis · Filed under
Intype is a code editor for Windows that closely resembles TextMate, which is only for OSX.
Though Intype is only in the alpha stage of development, it is already a major competitor with other text editors.
February 17, 2007 at 1:06 am by Ex · Filed under
Hey there I just made a little tutorial on After Effects that I think you guys will like.
This is the first tutorial of the series of tutorials I will be doing on After Effects, I will try to make one every one or two weeks.
I have a terrible voice and a poor vocabulary so excuse me on that part.
Okay so enough talking just watch it if you like to know more about After Effects.
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