If you're having trouble getting Google Maps marker clustering working on IE8, this little snippet may be of use. A client recently came to me with an issue whereby Google Maps were showing the clusters on all browsers except Internet Explorer 8, but it's usually [...]
Recently a client had a problem with a Google Map that had controls that were squashed and looked broken. Fortunately this is an easy fix, with a little CSS hack. Try adding the following to your CSS and the controls should look as intended. .gmnoprint [...]
From time to time it's nice to be recognised, and that's exactly what's happened as I was nominated and subsequently won a Scoot Headline Award for my work in the SEO industry, and in particular citing my article, The A to Z of SEO, as [...]
It would be fair to say that Google had a mixed year in 2013. In fairness there are a lot of things they did very well, Google+ being one of them, but when it comes to Google Search, the company has left a lot of [...]
Speaking personally, SEO implemented the white hat way gives you a great deal of satisfaction. And with a negative side to SEO also present, it almost echoes the old diametrics of good versus evil, right versus wrong, or if you're a product of the Star [...]
Google has seen some pretty drastic search system transformations in the past year, and Matt Cutts, the head of Google's web spam team is often the anchorman behind the breaking news and other important developments in the SEO industry. And through the Googlewebmasterhelp channel on [...]
If, like me, you've had the necessity to redirect WordPress tag pages to another page or pages for SEO reasons, you might have found a number of different methods to do this. It's actually a relatively simple process, but it's also one that's essential to [...]
WordPress errors can be extremely frustrating at times, but here's a little fix that should help those that are getting 403 server errors on WordPress sites. If you've seen the 403 internal server error You don't have permission to access / on this server and [...]
Do you want to become a web developer? If you're looking to become a good web programmer or web developer, like most things there are ordinarily two ways people will go about achieving this. As with learning any subject you have the option to: 1. [...]
As a web programmer, I'm often asked to fix the problems that others have, but when I see problems appearing on sites I've had a hand in, I'm infinitely more concerned. This is exactly what happened recently, when I custom post type I had provided [...]
Programmers in general are, and have always been a strange breed. I'm certainly not alone in thinking this, but more and more of late I've been asking myself whether or not society's perception of a programmer is actually correct. After all I'm normal, right? Right? [...]
Since Google's Hummingbird landed it would be fair to say that things have taken a very different direction where content writing is concerned. “Semantics” quickly became the new buzz word in SEO circles, but despite Google's new semantic methodology, things really haven't changed that much [...]
Web Programmer For Hire – Am I Talking About YOU? Good web programmers are and have always been difficult to come across. I've encountered a number of programmers in the past 18 years of web development and I can honestly say that not one has [...]
Much has been made of Google's Hummingbird and its all new “intent” methodology. Google claims it knows what you're looking for and it will evolve into something to behold. So while I can understand Google's optimism for a brighter search related future, I do have [...]
As many of you will know I'm a web programmer and without sounding egotistical or arrogant I consider myself a pretty good one. Google certainly thought so too, since it ranked me on page one for that search term for a good number of years, [...]
If you're interested in becoming a web programmer, a vital consideration is obviously which programming language to learn. Websites today aren't usually constructed using just one language and you'll find it's necessary to be versed in a number of programming languages to really make a [...]
The A to Z of SEO This article (updated December 15th 2013) contains what I consider many of the most important factors in SEO, from A to Z, from Authority to Zeitgeist, and is based on SEO information accumulated over the past two years, drawing [...]
The following infographic of how a Google search works (courtesy of the big "G" itself) breaks down the information into its most basic form, illustrating the individual steps of the search process, from before you click the search button, to calculating the exact rankings, to [...]
Finding a web developer that's able to turn the web design concept that's in your head into a reality can be a great source of frustration - after all, we're not all like minded and on the same page - and working through line after [...]
Web Programmers and Web Developers are NOT the same thing! Those of you following my previous posts may have concluded I have a slight issue with Google's new Hummingbird update. And you'd be right to reach that conclusion. Google named it Hummingbird because it's designed [...]
Hummingbirds, Penguins and Pandas - It's all Semantics Those of you that are here after following my 'How Paid Links Can Kill Your Rankings', and Hummingbird Recovery articles may have noticed I touched upon a subject that won't mean much to most people - semantics. [...]
Why has my Google ranking dropped post-Hummingbird and how can I fix it? If you're remotely interested in SEO you've likely already been shaken by the impact caused by Google's latest update, code name Hummingbird. Google claim this is their single largest update for [...]
Google's latest Penguin update exploded into action yesterday (October 4th), the fifth such update in the last 18 months. The update is said to affect around 1% of search queries to a noticeable degree, according to Matt Cutts, speaking via Twitter. https://twitter.com/mattcutts/status/386231794883780609 The Penguin evolution [...]
A common problem when you're moving a blog from one place to another, especially relevant after you've used WordPress' handy built in Import/Export tools to migrate content, is the common error: You do not have sufficient permissions to access this page. This can be extremely [...]
When people take a look at my business card, something that is often mentioned is the oversized black and white square pattern on the back of it. Of course, for those of you in the tech. savvy crowd, you'll know I'm referring to my site's [...]
If you like programming facts and you're a fan of Chuck Norris (I'd dare you to tell him you're not), you may like these. Just a little light hearted humour to beat the midweek blues. Programming Chuck Norris Facts When Chuck Norris throws [...]
Everyone these days claims to be an expert in SEO, but I bet there will be many of you who won't even realise that Google has discontinued one of the most useful and powerful tools in your SEO toolbox. Wondering what it is? I'm talking [...]
Am I A Web Programmer? This article will outline the differences between a website programmer and a web designer (web developer) and hopefully allow you to identify which category you fall into. While web programming and web development (web design) are two separate entities, [...]
If you're looking for Facebook integration on your website, there are many tools and plugins available to help. However, configuring these add-ons can be a laborious task due to the amount of information required and the lack of information explaining how you'd get it. Hopefully [...]
Jobcoachingforyou.com was founded in 2013 by Karl Dean, a native English speaker from Manchester but living in Nürnberg Germany since 2010. Prior to founding Job Coaching For You Karl worked in sales, language and communication training and essentially also specialised and also supply chain recruitment [...]
