Web Design

Google AdSense: Too Much Security Can Be Bad

Thursday, August 10th, 2006
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“Google AdSense is a way for website publishers of all sizes to display relevant Google ads on their website’s content pages and earn money. It’s also a way for website publishers to provide Google web and site search to their visitors, and to earn money by displaying Google ads on the search results pages.” As a web site publisher, you can display content relevant advertisements on your site and be paid whenever they are clicked.

In an effort to “ensure the effectiveness of Google ads for publishers as well as advertisers” Google has created a secret method of checking for “invalid clicks.” As many web site publishers know, this can be a good and bad thing.

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mysql_connect and mysql_pconnect running VERY slow?

Thursday, August 14th, 2008
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After doing much research I found a lot of people claiming to have solved the problem to a slow mysql_connect.  Unfortunately none of the suggestions worked for me.  I tried updated MySql Server, PHP, etc.  I tried adding lined to My.ini and playing with the php.ini buffer information.  Finally I found the solution.
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Top 6 Reasons Why Frames Are Bad

Tuesday, October 31st, 2006
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Up until the tern of the century frames were the greatest thing since HTML. Since then, they have become obsolete and more harmful then helpful.
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Validity of Web Sites

Friday, August 4th, 2006
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When utilizing the Internet as a means of research, it may become difficult to decipher truth from fiction, reality from idealism, and validity from illogical. This is especially true if you are researching a topic which you are unfamiliar with or updating yourself on an evolving subject. Some guidelines to consider include the origin, bias, currency, and overall accuracy of the information. “With the huge amount of information available, it is imperative that students and teachers learn how to critically evaluate a site (Schrock).”
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Wordpress 404 Internet Explorer IE Error Page

Monday, July 31st, 2006
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If you are like me and could not figure out why your custom 404 page was not working in Internet Explorer but was working in FireFox or other browsers here is the answer.
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