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Is Split Testing Bad for SEO? Only If You Make These Mistakes. Split testing and Search Engine Optimization (SEO) are two essential tools for any website owner. However, they can have an effect on one another – if you split test incorrectly, your site’s SEO can be damaged. This post will show you five common split testing and SEO mistakes, as well as how you can avoid them. Mistake #1: Not Setting Canonical URLs for Duplicate Pages Split testing works by creating two slightly different versions of the same page, then showing them to different users at random. Split testing software tracks metrics such as subscriptions, purchases, or click-throughs over time to determine which version of a page converts better. Unfortunately, this can make it unclear to search engines which version of the page they should index and display in search results.

You can avoid confusing search engines by making sure to set a ‘canonical URL’ for the two pages being tested. Normally, you’ll want to set the control page as canonical while running a test. Conclusion. How to Update WordPress Safely Every Time. Updating WordPress is essential to keeping your site functional and secure, but updates can interfere with customizations or even break your site. That’s why, in this post, we cover the five considerations you should bear in mind when it comes to installing WordPress updates. Follow these and you’ll be able to update every time without harming your site’s functionality!

1. Back Up Your Site Regularly (and Before Updating Anything) To avoid any worry of an update harming your site, make sure to back up your site before you install any updates. You’re spoilt for choice with options on this front. If you’re looking for perhaps the quickest and easiest solution, our first recommendation would be VaultPress. Speaking of remote backup solutions, that’s the only type we recommend. There are plenty of other solutions – both free and premium – and we’ve featured the most popular here. 2. According to the plugin’s WordPress.org description: 3. 4. 5. Conclusion. GetEvents Page for WordPress. Why GetEvents? GetEvents provides the largest global database of events of all kinds—business and recreational. Download the GetEvents WordPress plugin to create relevant events pages for your website.

From niche bloggers to major websites, GetEvents offers a variety of ways to create customized web pages that show only relevant events in your area, categorized exactly as your site’s visitors would like to see them. What GetEvents can do for your website An Events page gives website visitors a reason to stay longer, bookmark a site, and return often.

For hospitality and tourist sites, an appealing local event listing can be the difference between capturing a customer and having the customer visit a different location. Personalize and share events: Create an events page with your own events only or tap into GetEvents' database as wellRemove events that don’t fit with the theme of your websiteCustomize your events by setting location and keywords (music, tech, sports, New York City). Guide to CSS support in email. Version history 14 November 2017 Outlook.com and the Outlook iOS app added support for CSS background images and some related properties, as well as certain Flexbox and Grid properties. Also added iOS 11 Mail to the guide, with no noticeable differences from iOS 10. 22 September 2017 Microsoft updated the Outlook apps for iOS and Android with more consistent CSS support, including media queries. 13 September 2017 A complete rewrite and redesign of the guide, testing 278 different CSS properties and features across 35 email clients.

To accommodate the huge increase in content, we’ve added search functionality and the ability to link directly to individual the email clients and properties for easy sharing.Discuss this on our blog. 2 May 2014 Removed support for various selector options (E) in Gmail and added support for direction, vertical-align and list-style-type in Outlook ’07/’10/’13. 19 September 2013 30 January 2013 1 February 2012 background-image is now supported in Gmail. 10 December 2010. Illustrator Template Toolbox for Web, Mobile and App Developers. For today’s post we have an extensive selection of UI templates, all in Illustrator format, and all perfect if you are a web, mobile or app designer who prefers to use Adobe Illustrator rather than the more commonly used Photoshop.

It was mildly surprising how difficult this post was to put together, I really did expect to find a lot more. What is clear from this is that generally most designers would not even consider Illustrator for UI design, which was an even bigger surprise. So, if you are a UI designer who does prefer Illustrator over everything else, then you may consider this post as your treasure chest. iPad Wireframe Template (.eps) License: This file must not be hosted on any other site but you are free to use it. iPad Vector GUI Elements (.ai) iPhone Sketch-Like Elements (.ai) iPhone UI Vector Elements (.ai) Illustrator Template for iPhone Design (.ai) Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License”> iPhone 4 Vector Template (.ai & .eps) Touch Notation (.ai) Yahoo Design Stencils.

Gestures | Ubuntu Design. We use the following gestures in our apps. Bottom edge swipe For revealing hidden controls. Single tap To initiate an action or functionality. Double tap To initiate an action or functionality. Long press To initiate contextual menu (popover) or directly manipulate selected content. Scroll To view screen content. Swipe To move views or objects, scroll or browse. Drag To move or rearrange items within a view.

Pinch To contract view or zoom out. Spread To expand view or zoom in. How To Optimize Photoshop eBay Store Template Slices.