Its taken a little while to get it organised but finally a date has been cemented or set I should say and it looks like our next “quarterly” irish webmaster meet up will be on Saturday the 9th of August 2008. Many people told us they missed the last one and would like to make it to this one so now is your chance.
Just a recap on the last meeting. Roughtly 20-25 people showed up and enjoyed a social night of Webmaster related talk. This is a good opportunity to meet others in your industry and make some industry contacts. Don’t be shy, you don’t need a tie. Come along and have some fun!
What: Irish Webmaster Meet Up
When: Saturday the 9th of August 2008
Where: Harbourmaster Dublin
Time: 7pm - 8pm (however this is still subject to change) - check back.
Here is the thread on the Irish Webmaster Forums so you can follow up on the progress and discussion. If your not a member yet. Sign up its a great little community.
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Its been a little while since I last posted here, mainly because I’ve been busy studying Drupal an excellent open source content management system. I have also been playing with Goals and Filters in Analytics and I’m waiting on some data to build up before I report on that, but for now I thought I would reveal some information on a recent experiment with a tool called Hittail.
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Understanding your website users is an important part of managing any website. You don’t have to be selling online either to benefit from web analytics as I will show in the following article. Understanding goals and funnels and why they are important should be a top priority for anyone who has invested money into a website. Even if its just a hobby site. (more…)
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Web User Stats in Ireland For March 2008
Recently on the Irish web master forums there was a question regarding web browser usage in Ireland. After having looked for data and not being able to find much, (except for this article, which is a few years old) I decided to share some data provided by some major Irish websites. You could assume that other markets will provide this information, however as we will see different markets can vary greatly. (more…)
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You have worked hard to establish your business, you know that hiring the right people is important but at the same time you sometimes need to outsource certain elements of your business because everyone else is just too busy to handle more work! You have heard a lot of hype about online marketing , but its all a bit murky. How do I avoid the snake oil salesmen of the industry and how do I know what’s best for my business? (more…)
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For those returning to the site, first of all I thank you :). Secondly you will probably have noticed a new design. If you can’t see it maybe you need to try a hard refresh in your browser. Just use shift+F5 and you should be ok. Anyway to give a run down on the redesign I put together a quick post.
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This introduction is meant to give you a quick and dirty understanding of Google Adwords. For those who have heard the hype but maybe lack a bit of fundamental understanding this should get you started.
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Not too long ago, I used to use phpbb a open source bulletin board software system. At that stage it was in the 2.XX version stages and to modify it required manually inserting lines of code at the right point in the right .php file. It was painful when updates would happen because that meant reviewing the code changes you made and making sure it didn’t conflict with updates.
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Considering I started the thread on the Irish Webmaster Forums, I guess it’s only appropriate that I mention it here.
Although mind you my blog is only new to the world and there’s not a whole lot of traffic here, but who knows it might spark someone’s interest or at least let one person know about the event. If that’s all it achieves I guess it was worthwhile.
I’ll definately be attending unless I’m suddenly stuck down by a mysterious tropical disease. Cross my fingers and hope not.
If you decide to come, please feel free to come up to me and say hi. Not sure if I’ll have any business cards yet but it would be great to meet some locals in the industry.
Details of venue and time are listed below:
Date: Saturday February 9
Time: 7.30PM till whenever
Venue: Harbour Master, IFSC
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Its a difficult position for anyone running a website, you have the costs of web hosting, domain names and development time. So how do you fill the gap and make some money off all your expenses? Many developers choose to compensate by running advertising on their website. Fair enough really, but is there such a thing as too much advertising and how do you know if you have over stepped the boundary?
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