Content scraping is a big issue on today’s Internet, and a challenge for search engines to get it right. It basically comes down to the question of attribution. Who is the original author of a piece of content and on which website was it published first. Search engines get that right most of the time. [...]

Categories: Web Development

One of the things that webmasters need to ensure is that third parties are not modifying code on one of their websites. Attacks that make this possible include code injection or brute force attacks to retrieve the ftp or database password of a website. The free software Websites Cop can monitor contents hosted on one [...]

Categories: Software, Windows

I’m usually not reviewing commercial services for obvious reasons, but I’d like to make an exception today. I was looking for an A-B testing service that would allow me to test web page variations to find out which variation worked best for a site that I own. I first thought about using Google’s Web Optimizer [...]

Categories: Web Development

One of the things that you need to make sure as a webmaster is support for various screen resolutions. The rise of mobile browsing, especially on smartphones but also on low resolution devices like tablet and netbook PCs, has made this step even more important. A website that is not offering optimized contents for popular [...]

Categories: Online Services, Web Development

One of the aspects of being a webmaster is to make sure that your web pages are compatible with the most popular web browsers. This requires some tweaking and hacks, especially if Internet Explorer 6 comes into the picture. Validating web pages is just one aspect of this. Most browsers handle invalid elements well so [...]

Categories: Online Services, Web Development

As a web developer, you have to make sure that your website displays fine for the most widely used screen resolutions. Doing so ensures that site visitors have a good user experience on the website. We have already covered several programs, like the Computer Monitor Hotkey Resolution Changer or the Resolution Changer, to change the [...]

Categories: Online Services, The Web, Web Development

Even the most experienced web developer has to look up HTML properties and CSS elements from time to time. Several websites like the official W3C website offer references online, and some web development tools have references integrated in the app. Codeburner, a free tool for the two web browsers Firefox and Opera, the Mac OS [...]

Categories: Firefox, Mac, Opera, Web Development

You might remember the Internet Explorer Collection which we reviewed some time ago. The web browser collection solved the problem of many web developer’s who had to test websites in different versions of the Internet Explorer. This was a problem as Microsoft only allowed one version of the browser to be installed at the same [...]

Categories: Browsing, Firefox, Web Development

Microsoft WebsiteSpark is a new program by Microsoft that is offering small web development companies the opportunity to join the program for free to receive web development software and server software coupled with support, training and business opportunities. Web design companies with less than 10 members are eligible to join the program for up to [...]

Categories: Microsoft