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		<title>The top 1 Million websites</title>
		<link>https://stafferton.co.uk/top-1-million-websites/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Jan 2012 23:08:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Staffers</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Blog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SEO]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Web Analytics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[stats]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Top websites]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[May have to a bit of geeky number crunching on this data&#8230; not sure what I&#8217;ll find, but watch this space! http://blog.majesticseo.com/research/million/]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>May have to a bit of geeky number crunching on this data&#8230; not sure what I&#8217;ll find, but watch this space!</p>
<p><a title="Top 1 Millions Websites" href="http://blog.majesticseo.com/research/million/">http://blog.majesticseo.com/research/million/</a></p>
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		<title>Eliminate spam comments in WordPress</title>
		<link>https://stafferton.co.uk/eliminate-spam-comments-wordpress/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Dec 2011 09:29:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Simon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Blog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Wordpress]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[spam]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[wordpress]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[wordpress plugins]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[On many of the sites I am responsible for, increasing volumes of spam comments are becoming a bit of a chore to deal with. Akismet is all well and good, but they have a paid service for commercial websites, and in my experience many comments thatare clearly rubbish still get through. So I had to [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>On many of the sites I am responsible for, increasing volumes of spam comments are becoming a bit of a chore to deal with. Akismet is all well and good, but they have a paid service for commercial websites, and in my experience many comments thatare clearly rubbish still get through. So I had to bite the bullet and introduce a new &#8216;spam gate&#8217; on the higher traffic sites using WordPress. This isn&#8217;t a detailed review, but below are listed 5 anti-spam plugins that were tried, tested and rejected. They were rejected for being either incompatible with some themes, too convoluted to install (SweetCaptcha&#8230; great concept, but over complicated), or plain didn&#8217;t catch spam effectively enough for me. The one I ended up selecting is at the bottom&#8230; still early days, but so far so good!</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<ul>
<li>Antispam Bee  <a title="Visit plugin site" href="http://antispambee.com/">Visit plugin site</a></li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>Conditional CAPTCHA for WordPress <a title="Visit plugin site" href="http://rayofsolaris.net/code/conditional-captcha-for-wordpress">Visit plugin site</a></li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>Enmask Captcha <a title="Visit plugin site" href="http://www.enmask.com/en-US/Solutions">Visit plugin site</a></li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>Spam Free WordPress <a title="Visit plugin site" href="http://www.toddlahman.com/spam-free-wordpress/">Visit plugin site</a></li>
</ul>
<ul>
<li>SweetCaptcha <a title="Visit plugin site" href="http://www.sweetcaptcha.com/">Visit plugin site</a><strong><strong><strong><br />
</strong></strong></strong></li>
</ul>
<div>And the one that trumped all of the above, is plain and simple &#8216;<a title="Captcha" href="http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/captcha/">Captcha</a>&#8216;. It installs with ease, is compatible up to version 3.2.1 and not surprisingly has a 4.5 out of 5 rating in the WordPress Plugin directory. The way it works is presenting a simple maths question, mixing numbers and words &#8211; so for example 4 + three = ?. I personally can&#8217;t stand some of the captcha solutions you see, that are sometimes barely readable even by humans&#8230;. yeah Facebook &amp; Google you know what I&#8217;m talking about! You can any text you want before the question is presented (i.e. &#8220;we just want to ensure you are not a robot!&#8221;). The options screen is very simple &#8211; see below.</div>
<div><a href="https://stafferton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/Captcha-Options.png"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-483" src="https://stafferton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2011/12/Captcha-Options.png" alt="Captcha Options Screen" width="392" height="460" /></a></div>
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		<title>Get increased online visibility for your business</title>
		<link>https://stafferton.co.uk/get-increased-online-visibility-for-your-business/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Aug 2011 14:05:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Simon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[SEO]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[If you want to make your businesses website more visible, then you have come to the right place. SCL are experts in optimising Web Presence for business, meaning getting the right kind of visitors to your website &#8211; quality not quantity. This can be via a better social media presence, more focussed SEO or a [...]]]></description>
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<p>If you want to make your businesses website more visible, then you have come to the right place. SCL are experts in optimising Web Presence for business, meaning getting the right kind of visitors to your website &#8211; quality not quantity. This can be via a better <a title="Social Media" href="http://stafferton.co.uk/services/social-media/">social media</a> presence, more focussed <a title="SEO" href="http://stafferton.co.uk/services/seo/">SEO </a>or a laser targeted <a title="Pay Per Click" href="http://stafferton.co.uk/services/ppc/">Pay Per Click</a> campaign.</p>
<p>We have the skills, experience and passion for website optimisation. We also limit the number of clients we take on, to ensure the best customer service possible.</p>
<p>If you want to make sure your website maximises its potential, give us a call now on 0844 8708791. Alternatively fill in the form below for a free no obligation consultation.</p>
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		<title>Cost effective Website Optimisation that simply works</title>
		<link>https://stafferton.co.uk/cost-effective-website-optimisation-that-simply-works/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Aug 2011 13:04:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Simon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Blog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[News]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SEO]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[If you are looking for help with making more of your current website, then you have come to the right place. SCL are experts in Search Engine Optimisation, and know what works and what doesn&#8217;t. We know that good SEO is about great unique content that cries out to be shared. We know that good [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>If you are looking for help with making more of your current website, then you have come to the right place. <a title="Stafferton Consulting Limited" href="http://stafferton.co.uk">SCL </a>are experts in <a title="SEO" href="http://stafferton.co.uk/services/seo/">Search Engine Optimisation</a>, and know what works and what doesn&#8217;t.</p>
<p>We know that good <a title="SEO" href="http://stafferton.co.uk/services/seo/">SEO </a>is about great unique content that cries out to be shared.</p>
<p>We know that good SEO is about making your site as relevant, as readable and as easy to use as possible, meaning your visitors will stick around, and come back often.</p>
<p>We know that great SEO relies on your online reputation, with naturally and virally created links from all kinds of respected and authoritative places.</p>
<p>We also know that simply creating/buying tonnes of back links to your site alone is no real help to anybody, and Google is much wiser to this following the most recent major update to it&#8217;s ranking algorithms - <a title="Google Panda Update changes SEO forever" href="http://www.seomoz.org/blog/how-googles-panda-update-changed-seo-best-practices-forever-whiteboard-friday">Google Panda</a>.</p>
<p>If you want to make sure your website maximises its potential, give us a call now on 0844 8708791. Alternatively fill in the form below for a free no obligation consultation.</p>
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		<title>New SCL Facebook landing page</title>
		<link>https://stafferton.co.uk/new-scl-facebook-landing-page/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Aug 2011 18:10:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Staffers</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Blog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Social Media]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Facebook]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The new SCL Facebook landing page is live! SCL had a Facebook Page since launch, but never a proper landing page until now. This Facebook Landing Page ensures visitors don&#8217;t just arrive on a wall, but on a purpose designed page that has branding and a marketing message. It is a relatively simple and non-flashy [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<h1>The new SCL Facebook landing page is live!</h1>
<h2><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 20px; font-weight: bold;">SCL had a Facebook Page since launch, but never a proper landing page until now. This Facebook Landing Page ensures visitors don&#8217;t just arrive on a wall, but on a purpose designed page that has branding and a marketing message.</span></h2>
<p>It is a relatively simple and non-flashy page, but has the &#8216;like gating&#8217; functionality, which means users see a different landing page if they haven&#8217;t liked the page, compared to those that have liked the page. This was simple to set up, with creation of a basic Facebook app, linking to a specially modified WordPress site, perfectly designed to fit into the Facebook canvas. It also has a trial of &#8216;friend gating&#8217; which means some content is only revealed once a user has liked the page, and at least a pre-set number of their friends have too&#8230; will see how effective the new <em>Facebook landing Page</em>  it is!</p>
<p>Check it out!<a title="SCL Facebook Page" href="http://www.facebook.com/SearchEngineConsultancy"> www.facebook.com/SearchEngineConsultancy</a></p>
<p><a href="http://stafferton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/fbpage.png"><img class="size-full wp-image-346 alignleft" style="margin: 10px;" title="SCL Facebook Page" src="http://stafferton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/fbpagesm1.jpg" alt="SCL Facebook Landing Page" width="350" height="282" /></a></p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<p>If you want a <strong>Facebook Landing Page</strong> like this for your company, we can build it for you in a very cost effective manner, and you will be able to edit the content at will. <a title="Contact" href="http://stafferton.co.uk/contact/">Get yours now</a>!</p>
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		<title>Sharing your Google Analytics reports</title>
		<link>https://stafferton.co.uk/sharing-your-google-analytics-reports/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Aug 2011 09:26:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Simon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Blog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Web Analytics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Google Analytics]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[If you have Google Analytics on your site, but are a bit over whelmed at  what it contains, or have never really delved into the various reports or understood what&#8217;s going on, then maybe I can help. One of the services offered by SCL is Web Analytics and whilst not the only solution out there, Google Analytics is a [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>If you have Google Analytics on your site, but are a bit over whelmed at  what it contains, or have never really delved into the various reports or understood what&#8217;s going on, then maybe I can help. One of the services offered by SCL is Web Analytics and whilst not the only solution out there, Google Analytics is a very comprehensive and critically free service that anyone with a website and a Google account can sign up to. There are a number of both free and paid alternative Web Analytics solutions, but for most small to medium and many larger businesses too Google Analytics (GA)  is ideal.</p>
<p>To add another user to your GA account, simply follow these six steps:</p>
<ul>
<li>Log into Google Analytics here<a title="www.google.com/analytics" href="http://www.google.com/analytics"> www.google.com/analytics</a></li>
</ul>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;"><img class="size-full wp-image-310 alignnone" title="ga-login" src="http://stafferton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/ga-login.png" alt="Access Google Analytics" width="231" height="110" /></p>
<ul>
<li>At the bottom of the page you should see <a title="GA User list" href="https://www.google.com/analytics/settings/user_list" target="_blank">user manager </a>(if you have more than one account you will need to click into your chosen account first)</li>
</ul>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;"><img class="size-full wp-image-311 alignnone" title="ga-userman" src="http://stafferton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/ga-userman.png" alt="Access Google Analytics User manager" width="240" height="80" /></p>
<ul>
<li>At the top right click on &#8216;add user&#8217;</li>
</ul>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;"><img class="size-full wp-image-309 alignnone" title="ga-add" src="http://stafferton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/ga-add.png" alt="Add Google Analytics user" width="176" height="80" /></p>
<ul>
<li>Enter the email address of the person you wish to share GA with (must be an email associated with a Google account)</li>
<li>Select the access type, commonly View reports only will be adequate, but if you wish to allow someone to do more advanced things such as setting up  custom reports, filters or goals, then they will need to be made an account administrator.</li>
</ul>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-316" title="ga-email" src="http://stafferton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/ga-email.png" alt="Enter email for Google Analytics access" width="373" height="88" /></p>
<ul>
<li>Finally, select the website profile you wish to share by adding it to the select website profiles box, and click save changes.</li>
</ul>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;"><img class="alignnone size-full wp-image-317" title="ga-select" src="http://stafferton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/ga-select.png" alt="Choose website profile for Google Analytics " width="402" height="164" /></p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<div>Now, the person you shared with will be able to access you website&#8217;s Google Analytics Profile. If you are interested in understanding more about your website users behaviour, please <a title="Contact" href="http://stafferton.co.uk/contact/">contact us</a>.</div>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
<div>This is obviously very basic stuff, but if you found this useful please let me know in the comments! More Google Analytics guides will be added over the coming weeks, check back soon or follow us on <a title="SCL on Twitter" href="http://twitter.com/stafferton">Twitter </a>or <a title="SCL on Facebook" href="http://www.facebook.com/SearchEngineConsultancy">Facebook</a> to ensure you don&#8217;t miss them!</div>
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		<title>Google updates mobile search interface</title>
		<link>https://stafferton.co.uk/google-updates-mobile-search-interface/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jun 2011 19:09:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Staffers</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Blog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Google]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[mobile]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[search]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[No doubt driven by the huge growth in web browsing on smart phones such as iPhone and Android, Google have updated their mobile search interface. It has top icons for Google web search, image search, Google places and News. There is a small expand icon on the left that gives you access to various search [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>No doubt driven by the huge growth in web browsing on smart phones such as iPhone and Android, Google have updated their mobile search interface.</p>
<p><a href="http://stafferton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/20110628-200912.jpg"><img class="alignnone size-full" src="http://stafferton.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/20110628-200912.jpg" alt="Google mobile search site" /></a></p>
<p>It has top icons for Google web search, image search, Google places and News. There is a small expand icon on the left that gives you access to various search options previously reserved for the full desktop site. This allows you to limit results by time, locale etc. Additionally there is a &#8216;more&#8217; link top right that gives you direct access to the majority of Googles most popular services, including YouTube, Apps, Shopping and Maps.</p>
<p>It seems to operate very effectively using Atomic on the iPhone, and is a decent improvement over the previous mobile view. Let me know of you like their new mobile site or not, or if you experience any difficulties on your mobile device.</p>
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		<title>Top 10 crucial wordpress plugins</title>
		<link>https://stafferton.co.uk/top-10-crucial-wordpress-plugins/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 27 Jun 2011 11:39:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Simon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Blog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Software]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[plugins]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[wordpress]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[There are literally thousands of wordpress plugins out there, with developers the world over coming up with ideas for plugins to fill another tiny gap in functionality in wordpress, or improve different aspects such as SEO or ease of use. However 99% of the time many of these plugins don&#8217;t really add much value to [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>There are literally thousands of wordpress plugins out there, with developers the world over coming up with ideas for plugins to fill another tiny gap in functionality in wordpress, or improve different aspects such as SEO or ease of use.</p>
<p>However 99% of the time many of these plugins don&#8217;t really add much value to your wordpress blog. After years of developing sites with wordpress, and downloading and using countless plugins, I&#8217;ve put together a list of the top 10 plugins that I swear by, the ones that I&#8217;ll always install on any new wordpress site to maximise its potential.</p>
<p>Please let me know through comments of your experiences, good OR bad with these plugins.</p>
<p>One word of warning &#8211; make sure you don&#8217;t go crazy and add tonnes of plugins &#8211; they may clash, and end up not working or breaking your site. If you want to understand this further, or have me look at a problem you currently have, please get in touch.<br />
I present to you:</p>
<h2>Top 10 crucial wordpress plugins</h2>
<p>1 All in one SEO pack: http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/all-in-one-seo-pack/<br />
As the title suggests, and my number one plugin. Highly capable and essential plugin for enhancing your blogs presence in the search engines. Very easy to use, but with plenty of options to eliminate duplicate content, customise titles on pages, posts, even 404 page, manage your meta tags and more.</p>
<p>2 Google XML Sitemaps: http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/google-sitemap-generator/<br />
This is an excellent plugin to help your SEO. It will generate an XML site map of your blog automatically, and despite the name the result can be read be Bing, Yahoo and Ask as well.</p>
<p>3 Ultimate Google Analytics:</p>
<p>http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/ultimate-google-analytics</p>
<p>4 Popularity contest<br />
5 Akismet<br />
6 cforms<br />
7 Permalink Redirect<br />
8 Related Posts<br />
9 DBC Backup<br />
10 Duplicator</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
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		<title>Stafferton Consulting Limited</title>
		<link>https://stafferton.co.uk/stafferton-consulting-limited/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 May 2011 23:05:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Simon</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Blog]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[scl]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[stafferton consulting limited]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[web presence consultancy]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Welcome to Stafferton Consulting Limited. SCL is a start up website optimisation company, with the following mission: &#8220;Stafferton Consulting Limited aims to help local business become more profitable, and leaders in their markets, through targeted and cost effective optimisation of their business presence online&#8221; &#160;]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Welcome to Stafferton Consulting Limited.</p>
<p>SCL is a start up website optimisation company, with the following mission:</p>
<p>&#8220;Stafferton Consulting Limited aims to help local business become more profitable, and leaders in their markets, through targeted and cost effective optimisation of their business presence online&#8221;</p>
<p>&nbsp;</p>
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