Tag Archive for 'News'

Problems with WordPress 2.9: Pings Failing to Alert the Google Blogging Service

WordPress 2.9.1 just released, and it fixed some minor bugs from WordPress 2.9. This is just a theory, but I think that the reason my blog posts weren’t being indexed in Google as quick as they usually were was due to a glitch in the WordPress update, causing certain server configurations to fail when attempting [...]

Google’s Slow Indexing Rate for Blog Posts Resolved… Kinda

Last night I posted an article about Google’s slow indexing rate for my latest blog posts. Usually my articles get indexed within minutes, but recently it has been taking over 12 hours before Google gets around to adding my posts to their search results.
I did some research and found that others have had that same [...]

Google Slow to Index Blog Posts

By using Google’s site operator, you can quickly see a list of pages that Google has indexed on any given website, or even directories or subdomains within a website. For example, performing a Google search for site:www.JoeMajewski.com, you will retrieve a full list of all pages that Google has found on my (this) website.
Usually, my [...]

Google’s PageRank Update

Google is in the process of performing PageRank updates today. I recently opened up my web browser and was surprised to find that my PageRank went from a pitiful PR0 to a respectful PR2. This update has really boosted my morale, as I worked very hard for that PR.
I’m going to keep on doing what [...]

The World of Warcraft Information Database :: My First Content Management System

I finally finished up my very first PHP and MySQL-based content management system known as the World of Warcraft Information Database, which can be found here. I started this project over the summer this past July, and today I wrapped it up by finishing the leaderboard page, category page, and the right sidebar, as well [...]