Google hijacking 404 error pages
Posted on February 26, 2008 by Ben Cecka
It was interesting to see some action on the Google Toolbar taking over the standard 404 error page on a website. I guess some web developers out there are a little up in arms, but hasn’t Internet Explorer been doing this for years? Any 404 page under 512 bytes is taken over by the browser, […]
10,000 Records
Posted on December 17, 2007 by Ben Cecka
This is purely a self-congratulatory post that signifies my very first ever database now has a single table surpassing the 10,000 record mark.
It’s a sales tracking table that has only increased at a rate of about 10 records per day, but after a few years that really adds up! Thanks to a nifty caching system […]
The Machine is Us/ing Us
Posted on October 7, 2007 by Ben Cecka
If anything on the Web is ever to be considered sexy, this is it (sorry for the repost for anyone that got this on my family blog):
W3C Web Standards & SEO
Posted on August 15, 2007 by Ben Cecka
I’ve seen many discussions about whether abiding by W3C standards or not shows a better return on search engine placement and targeted keywords. There’s obviously going to be varied responses across the Internet on this, but my short answer is: Yes.
While search engines will pick you up regardless of content, by following standards and semantic […]
Web Development vs Application Development
Posted on August 7, 2007 by Ben Cecka
As I gear up for new feature requests at work and begin digging into more obscure code on my screen, I often get asked by co-workers if what I’m doing is any different than when a software company writes applications for Windows. My short answer is typically: No, it’s not.
An even better answer can be […]
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