Geekology

Since 22 January 2009 Geekology published 200 posts and had 390,000 visits from 210 countries. Visitors posted 700 comments, and since May 2009 I’ve received my first AdSense Cheque with the second one on its way!

geekology.co.za uses a custom jQuery plugin to load ga.js and track pageviews & events. This plugin has been updated to also track views and events on subdomains.

Google recently announced that that they’ve translated their Search Engine Optimization Starter Guide into 40 different languages.

Many thanks to Heinrich from Artificial Studio for the rocking new Geekology design!
Geekology’s new look features a redesigned content layout, more prominent RSS and Twitter links, a simplified interface, speedier load-times, a Google Custom Search Engine for article searches, and some yummy jQuery goodness.

Artificial Studio is a small super-efficient web development team based in the [...]

The 2009 South African Blog Awards ceremony was held in Cape Town last Friday (the 3rd of April), and Geekology achieved a runner-up position in the Best New Blog category.

Using Python’s pycurl (cURL) and re (Regular Expression) libraries, it’s possible to write a script to check Google rankings for specific domains and search terms.

The Acid3 test was designed by the Web Standards Project to test browser compatibility with DOM and JavaScript web standards.

Quirk eMarketing released a 300 page online marketing textbook and an accompanying website for eMarketing lecturers and students.