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Apologies for the RSS Spam
Many apologies for the momentary bout of RSS “spam” in tannerhelland.com feeds. I’ve been working on integrating my Twitter and WordPress accounts (which should eventually lead to more quality content both places). An unfortunate side-effect is that once everything got connected, a bunch of Twitter posts got sucked into WordPress, making it look like there were TONS of new posts…
Building a Better Blog
As you may have noticed, things have started looking a lot better around here. I thought it was worth taking a moment to mention some of the new features I’ve been working on – features that should make your experience on tannerhelland.com even better than it already is. This includes a totally revamped site search, iconified links, better downloads, minor aesthetic adjustments, and a whole lotta SEO. Read on for details!
Traffic ‘Round Here (2008)
As you can see from the above chart, the redesigned tannerhelland.com was visited by some 20,000 people in its first five months. One of my goals for 2009 is to double each of these stats. I’d like to see closer to 30,000 unique visitors in 2009, and it’d be great if the number of visits per visitor could get bumped closer to 2.0. Part of the way I plan to accomplish this is with a renewed emphasis on regular posting (which I hope you’ve enjoyed!) and a host of SEO changes, along with the continual addition of content from my old programming and music sites. It’s all a work in progress, but hey – at least it’s progressing! :)
T.H.I.S. 2.0
Well, it’s official: THIS 2.0 is live! As you can see, it’s quite a bit different than THIS 1.0. Here’s why. Kroc Camen – a long-time friend, master programmer, and web designer – built me THIS 1.0 from scratch. This was no small feat; back in the day, custom-built sites that allowed voting and commenting [...]
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