Before I start this article, I would like to ask one question to you, How many HTTPS links do you see in first page of Google search result? Generally, I get more than 50% for my search queries and major top links belong to HTTPS. It is self explanatory how important HTTPS and SSL is. As SSL is mandatory for safely processing transaction e-commerce website, but here I am not going to talk about security and safety, my concern is SEO. The web is moving toward using HTTPS encryption by default and it is encouraged by Google with announcement HTTPS as a ranking signal in 2014. Chrome and Firefox browsers started to display warning for HTTP (Non secure) websites. So you decided to move on HTTPS. Hold a minute and see the challenges. you will get many examples on Google saying huge drop in traffic after moving HTTPS if not implemented properly. So you must aware of the challenges. In this post, we will move a WordPress website to HTTPS, Setup free SSL and update dependencies to meet SEO guidelines. It is assumed Apache server is used in Ubuntu server.
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MS Office and common app tricks
Chrome Developer Tools: Inspect JSON path and extract data quickly
Do you want to query JSON document, extract data, select sub sections or testing a query quickly? This articles explains to do it using Chrome Developer tools. I am using Google Chrome Version 60.0.3112.113. But it should work for all recent versions.
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A Better Way to Add Google Custom Search to WordPress/PHP Site
Tracking Clicks on The Links in Email Using Google Analytics
Are you sending bulk emails having links to promote your product or service? Do you want to track the traffic generated via this Email campaign? This post explains how to track user clicks on the links in Email using Google Analytics. It is helpful to calculate the ROI of email campaign.
Windows 10 Tips, Tricks and Tweaks
Windows 10 has already been installed on more than 50 million devices, It looks a good start. Let us checkout some of the most useful Windows 10 tweaks, tricks and tips I’ve found.
Copy DropDownList Data from a Website: Chrome Developer Tools/Firebug Tip
Saving SkyDrive Excel Survey Data To Sql Server Database with ASP.NET MVC
SkyDrive provides the excel survey feature which allows you to create online surveys and analyze results using the free Excel Web App or Excel on your desktop. You can display the survey results by embedding the excel in a web page. ExcelMashup.com allows you show a workbook directly in your website. It also lets you easily sort, filter, and interact with the workbook as in Web Excel with powerful Javascript API. We will create a sample survey and save result data to database using ASP.NET MVC and Entity Framework.
Linux Servers vs. Windows Servers
There has always been a debate between Linux and Windows users about which platform is better. Linux, being an open source platform, promises better support apart from the fact that it is free while Windows users would argue about the user friendliness and the number of applications supported by it. Let’s have a look at both platforms so that we can decide which platform will suit our needs and requirements best.
Moderate Google Docs Forms Data and Share Filtered Data Only to Public
If you are using Google Docs for Forms or Surveys, You might be getting lots of fake (spam) form submissions. The situation becomes more critical when you are sharing data, survey result or summary report to public and It would mislead the objective of forms or surveys. By default, Google forms doesn’t support Captcha to stop spam submission. But you can’t block spammers. In this case, you want to moderate the data and share approved/ filtered data to public.
Happy Holi
Happy Holi (A festival of Colours) to all TechBrij’s readers.
The world’s Lathmar Holi of Braj has its own identity but also the colors of Bikaner in Rajasthan has fun, frolic with the particular style. The festival of Holi means not only with water balloons, pichhkaris or water guns, gulaal, bhang and mithai but also mutual love and unity in society.
Received Google Adsense Cheque
Happy New Year to all TechBrij Readers !!! Hope, you are going well to fulfill your new year resolutions. I am happy to announce that I have received my Google Adsense Cheque. I am a big fan of Google Adsense and have written some tips and placement experiments. It motivates me to write a lot more and share experience.
Google Adsense: Leaderboard (728 x 90) vs Link Units as Navigation Menu
In my recent post, I shared my Google Adsense placement experiments. I have updated my theme several times to make it more user friendly and focusing on content and to experiment Adsense placement. Ads shouldn’t irritate the user, so I decided to keep one of Ad Units (Either Leaderboard or Link Unit) in header. I used Link unit as navigation menu with theme colour combination and supposed to have Good CTR and LeaderBoard unit just below the menu as in following image.
How to Add Your Facebook Page To Your Profile
It’s not about copy and paste Facebook page link into profile options. I see some Facebook profiles having their page list in left side bar. So, I decided to add my TechBrij page to my profile in left side bar. If you are a Facebook page owner and want to show or hide your Facebook page link with your profile, See following steps:
Fix Google Adsense Blank Ads Issue
A few months ago, I faced this problem and figured it out. I would like to share my experience so it might help you. See following steps to figure this issue.
Download & Install Religare RacePro(Trading App) on Windows
R-Ace-Pro is a trading terminal provided by Religare Securities Pvt. Ltd. for its clients for NSE/BSE transactions. It has Charting, Realtime feed, indicators and AMO features.