May28
I've spent the last couple of posts talking about Search Engine Optimization, providing some necessary background, and offering up some tactical tips around optimizing content together with a proper backlinking strategy to rank high in the publicly-facing search engines. This post discusses SEO from a different perspective, from the internal perspective.
When Microsoft released Microsoft Office...
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Friday, 28 May 2010 10:13.
Apr26
This is the second post in a 2-part series to act as a Search Engine Optimization Primer. In my previous post, we provided the foundation for learning about SEO (Search Engine Optimization). We talked about the history and evolution of search engines and how we have come to rely on this magical number called PageRank. In this post, I am going to venture away from the theoretical and into the t...
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Monday, 26 Apr 2010 09:54.
Feb18
This is the first posting in a 2 part series to act as a Search Engine Optimization Primer. I have received a number of questions recently about Search Engine Optimization (SEO) and how it relates and can be applied to SharePoint externally facing websites. As a colleague of mine astutely noted, "SEO Optimization is about 10% technology and about 90% consulting." This statement could...
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Thursday, 18 Feb 2010 06:59.
Nov11
One of the best enhancements Microsoft made with SharePoint from 2003 to 2007 is the inclusion of Content Management Server as part of the suite. Microsoft also renovated search as part of MOSS as well.
I had the pleasure of attending a search deep dive training session back in 07 and we went deep into relevancy and, as consultants, how to optimize the environment for search.
There we...
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Wednesday, 11 Nov 2009 03:11.
Nov11
This is a quick tip for those of you using SharePoint Designer for your master page, page layout, JavaScript, XSL, and anything that's advanced with SharePoint design.Pretty soon after using SharePoint Designer, you'll notice some quirks. One quirk is that sometimes, when you try to use the "Insert" menu option, most of the options are grayed out. See the image below:You will use the ...
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Wednesday, 11 Nov 2009 03:08.
Nov11
One of the best features of SharePoint and has been for a while has to be the DataView Web Part. This powerful web part allows the user to query for information and display in a whatever way that XSL will allow.
I use this web part when it's cousin, the Content Query Web Part won't do the trick. Very soon after starting to use it, you will notice that XSL is the power engine behind the disp...
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Wednesday, 11 Nov 2009 02:58.
Nov11
Much of my job as a SharePoint consultant working in the Web Content Management discipline is the configuring of web parts. One of the most popular web parts has to be the Content Query Web Part. This web part allows you to roll up different kinds of content at the site collection, site, or list level and have full control of the styling of the rollup list through XSL.
Although the Content Qu...
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Wednesday, 11 Nov 2009 02:48.