Diary of a Network Geek

The trials and tribulations of a Certified Novell Engineer who's been stranded in Houston, Texas.

11/2/2007

Odd

Filed under: Criticism, Marginalia, and Notes,Fun,NaNoWriMo,Red Herrings — Posted by the Network Geek during the Hour of the Rooster which is in the early evening or 6:47 pm for you boring, normal people.
The moon is a Third Quarter Moon

Today, someone found my website using the search terms “proofing the sponge”.

And, what sort of sour, un-American kind of person doesn’t like ice cream enough to put “none” as a flavor?  Why, you’d have to be a damned inhuman …  Oh, right.
Never mind.

Oh, and I know I’m off to a dismal start on NaNoWriMo, but I did some research today and actually have a plot all of a sudden, so I have high hopes that my word counts will start to improve.  Of course, as I write this, I’m stuck at work, so, we’ll see.

Google Sitemap Creators and Validators

Filed under: Criticism, Marginalia, and Notes,Fun Work,Geek Work,The Network Geek at Home — Posted by the Network Geek during the Hour of the Tiger which is terribly early in the morning or 5:23 am for you boring, normal people.
The moon is a Third Quarter Moon

When I optimize a site, I do it with Google in mind.

Over the past two years, or so, Google has slowly introduced a new site-search protocol called Sitemaps. Basically, it’s a special XML-based index that lets Google more efficiently catalog your website, which theoretically increases your PageRank. Now, there’s a public specification for the Sitemap protocols, but, well, it’s kind of a complicated thing to make by hand. Luckily, they’ve got links to tools to make Sitemap files for you: Google Code – Sitemaps Third Party Programs.
And, of course, if you use WordPress like I do, there’s the Google Sitemaps Plugin. Some people say it’s a resource hog, but I like it!

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