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Reflections on how Google rankings shape website content
I have now been running macintoshhowto.com for 10 years. Here is a graph of visitors over the last 10 years: You will notice that there are some turning points on the curve. Most of these changes...
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Facebook slow today
If facebook is not working well this week, don’t panic. It’s not you computer or iPhone or browser that’s causing the problems. Apparantly Facebook are having some problems. There’s no fix that I know...
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Make sure you are using strong passwords
News.com.au today published an article encouraging people to change their email passwords. The article begins “The email addresses and passwords of 771 million people have been published online during...
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I just wanted to let people know of a very interesting billing issue I had with Bluehost recently. I was overcharged for my hosting, but when I enquired into the billing problem they bullied me into...
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Monitor internet usage of individual applications in OSX
Have you ever wondered which application is using up all your internet data? We live out-of-town on a rural property and I’m on a plan that only has 60GB per month. Sometimes I am tracking along fine...
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How to lower the power output of your wifi router if you live in the US
There are lots of articles about how to increase the range of your wi-fi network, but there are reasons to decrease the range. Perhaps you are worried about EMF levels and their impact on your body. Or...
View ArticleSuper cheap hosting deal
I host macintoshhowto.com with Bluehost. Here’s a post I wrote 10 years ago raving about how good they are. Here’s a post from a year back complaining about their billing. In conclusion they offer...
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How to open a browser window that’s logged into a specified Google account
I have four different Google accounts and quite often I find myself in a browser in the wrong account. For example I might be trying to edit my church calendar, which resides in my work Google...
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How to open a URL in a certain browser.
One click on this icon in my dock and Google calendar opens in Firefox from my Dubbo.org G-mail account. This script has chosen the browser and the website and the account that I want to be logged...
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Tweaking your 4G internet speeds when your NBN is bad.
An apology to international readers – some of the details in this post apply specifically to Australia, although there will be principles here that you can apply. I live just 5 km line of sight from a...
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