If you use iWeb, you already know that when you type in your website’s URL, once you are taken to your page, the URL in the address bar will forward to your domain name, followed by the site name that you gave in iWeb while publishing, followed by your page’s file name. It will look something like this;
What we will show you in this tutorial is how to shorten the URL so it only looks like this;
http://www.mydomain.com/page-name.html
The steps to do this are actually quite simple and if you are already using iWeb SEO Tool there really isn’t much more to it. It does require that you have a real web host with an FTP server, but if you are serious at all about your website, you should have one already.
We have just posted a long awaited update to Macintosh Explorer bringing the application to version 5.0. This new update adds support for Quicklook, improves support for Snow Leopard, and fixes many minor bugs and issues with the previous version.
Macintosh Explorer 5.0 is a free update for all registered users.
We have just released a new update to Sitemap Automator, the easiest way to get your website listed in all major search engines.
This update will now show you any broken links on your website and where they can be found on your site. Just double click a broken link and Sitemap Automator will take you to the page that contains that link.
Broken links can negatively effect both your search engine rankings and your website visitor’s experience. Ensuring all your links work correctly is the starting point of a professional website.
iWeb SEO Tool the free search engine optimization tool for iWeb based sites, has been updated to version 1.9 and adds the two most request features.
It will now work properly with iWeb blogs that use commenting and with iDisk Syncing enabled. Loading a website from your iDisk will also work much faster than before.
We have a few important updates currently being beta tested. First and foremost, Macintosh Explorer, our file browser for Mac OS X has some new features including a new tabbed interface, support for Quick Look on Leopard and a few more enhancements.
We also have an update to iWeb SEO Tool which improves on some long standing issues. You can now properly use iWeb SEO Tool when you have MobileMe syncing enabled. You can also now optimize blog pages for search engines.
Just create a free beta testers account at the above site and you will see both products listed. Try them out and please submit your feedback and any problems you encounter so we can fix them ASAP.
Google recently updated their analytics code for a number of reasons. The most important reason is so that the code can run asynchronously while your website loads. This means your website load time should be faster and tracking should be more reliable.
In order to take advantage of the new Google Analytics code, we have added the ability to enter code into the head section of your website in iWeb SEO Tool. This means in addition to adding Google Analytics you can add custom javascript, favicons, meta tags or just about anything else you need to enter within the
and tags.
To take advantage of this feature, open your iWeb site in iWeb SEO Tool. Your existing Google Analytics code will be in the ‘Footer Code’ field. Remove that code and login to your Google Analytics to get the new code snippet. Copy and paste this snippet into the ‘Head Code’ field. The following video tutorial explains how to add Google Analytics to your iWeb site with iWeb SEO Tool.
This new update also lets you quickly open the modified website folder when pressing the Export button. You have a third option to show your website folder in addition to publishing to your MobileMe or FTP server. Now if you have to you can use a third party FTP client to publish your site or use another tool such as WebCrusher to optimize your iWeb site for faster loading times.
You can download iWeb SEO Tool for free and use it on your iWeb site today.
We are happy to announce a major update to SERank 2.1, the most powerful search engine rank checker for Mac OS X. With SERank you can check where your website ranks in over one hundred search engines around the world, track your changes and even create PDF reports for yourself, clients or customers.
SERank 2.1 adds the ability to check multiple websites at once as well as faster, more search engine friendly rank checks, important fixes for Google and Ask and more.
SERank 2.1 is free for anyone who currently still has a valid upgrade plan. All purchases for SERank come with one year of free upgrades. You can purchase the full version of SERank, or renew your license, by visiting out secure online store.
We look forward to hearing your feedback and are here to answer any of your questions.
We are very excited to announce the first beta of MailShoot, a powerful newsletter and subscription management software. MailShoot will let you instantly create an online subscription form for your website, no programming skills necessary, where your visitors can subscribe to your newsletter. It even works with iWeb websites hosted on MobileMe.
From there, you can quickly and easily keep your visitors up to date with periodic email updates keeping them coming back to your website.
We have released the first beta version on Trybeta. Users who submit valuable feedback will get a free license when the final version is released. Just sign up as a beta tester to Trybeta below;
Domainer 1.9.6 has just been released with important fixes for importing domains from CSV files and syncing domain expiration dates with iCal.
Domainer is the fully featured domain management tool for Mac OS X. Providing the ability to track and manage domain details and important SEO stats for an unlimited number of websites.
Domainer comes with a free trial and costs just $39.95 USD for the full version.
We are extremely proud to introduce WebDesign 3.0, a major update to our web authoring and html editing software for Mac OS X. In development for a few years now, WebDesign 3.0 includes many new features including a redesigned user interface, over 20 professionally designed website templates, live side-by-side website previews and much more.
This release of WebDesign is the biggest yet. We focused all of our attention on making it easy for beginners to design their first website while giving power users the features they need to create and edit their existing sites. By providing website templates, users now have a starting point to base their websites off of so they can get their site up as quickly as possible. The live side-by-side web page previews show you exactly what your website will look like as you build it.
We wanted to create a tool that provided a great transition between a web builder like iWeb or RapidWeaver to an HTML editor that didn’t require you to be a coding expert. All the essential tools are now available to you to create that professional, fast loading website.
Check out the free, fully featured trial version and get your website up and running today.
