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Alexa Rank, Visitor Count & Country Popularity – Accuracy Problem
What is Alexa Ranking? How Important is it?
In order to compare websites and evaluate their popularity there are several tools on the Internet which generate comparison information. One of the most well-known is Alexa Rank.
Alexa is a subsidiary...
Website Traffic Report: Soccerwidow / Fussballwitwe – October 2013
It is not just website owners who are interested in how their site performs or how much traffic their website receives.
Concrete information about website traffic, visitor numbers, and page views is also particularly interesting for agencies...
Observations of EPL Football Mania in Uganda
The Start of it All:
In early January 2011, this article was one of the first ever written in the Soccerwidow blog. I remember it clearly; another hot, sunny day on the verandah of our residence in Lugala, towards the end of our 2-year stay...
How do I Hide or Disguise my IP Address?
Sometimes, it may be necessary to hide or disguise your IP address. Why?
Perhaps you need to access blocked sites (e.g. Betfair, BBC, Facebook, etc.) that are temporarily or permanently not accessible due to your location, or maybe you need...
Soccerwidow Match Preview Pause in Betfair German Blog
Unfortunately, this announcement is not good news for those of you who like to follow Soccerwidow’s regular match previews published in the German Betfair blog: With immediate effect, there will be a pause until further notice.
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How Long Until My Blog Reaches 1,000 Daily Visitors?
This is a question confronting many bloggers and whilst some achieve this goal faster than others, many never do. However, it certainly depends a lot upon the topic of the blog and how much time is put into it.
One observation of mine is that...
Google Adsense Clickers Must not Return to Source!
Although paradoxical, your Web site has to do everything possible to ensure that visitors who click on your Adsense adverts do not push the back button immediately, thus returning to your Web site. If they do this the advert click is wasted...
The Challenge of Predicting Individual Events
Why is it so awfully difficult to predict single events accurately, when the synergy of multiple events aggregated together seems far easier to guess?
Many people are able to predict how things will develop in their personal lives over a period...
Multilingual Ad Targeting & Positioning in WordPress
C’est facile, n’est-ce pas?
This blog is not only a bilingual German and English site, but most of the adverts on it also fit the article topics and display in the correct language. For example, if you press F5 and reload a page...
Management of External & Affiliate Links via Redirection Scripts in WordPress
Hopefully, as your Web site grows and prospers, inevitably, the number of external links will grow too. However, from the very start of your Internet project, it is crucial to be aware that Web pages on third party Web sites have the annoying...