Gary Eckstein

How to Resolve the FeedReader ‘gds software consistency check’ Error

Gary Eckstein — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 21:03:20 +0000

FeedReader, in my opinion, is the best RSS reader available (and it’s free). I have used it for many years without any problems at all … until recently; I encrypted my hard-drives and everything worked as expected except FeedReader. I was getting an error like ‘internal gds software consistency check (can`t continue after bugcheck)’. Image [...]

WordPress Statistics

Gary Eckstein — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 08:01:02 +0000

WordPress.com is hugely popular as a Blog host. Simply put, WordPress.com gives free hosting for Blogs using the latest release of the massively popular WordPress GPL software. For those wanting a Blog with a limited set of options then WordPress.com is an excellent choice. People or organizations requiring their own domain name, integration with other [...]

How to fix WordPress Display Problem

Gary Eckstein — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 07:17:00 +0000

I have installed WordPress hundreds of times. Besides the very occasional minor non-WordPress issue, the installs have always worked fine. Until yesterday … New WordPress but CSS gone CRAZY I had a domain name that forwarded to another but I decided I wanted to create a WordPress powered Site for the domain. I cancelled the [...]

How to fix a Vodafone USB that doesn’t Work

Gary Eckstein — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 09:25:05 +0000

I have tried Telstra and Optus 3G USB sticks and have had problems with both. I therefore recently purchased a Vodafone Mobile Broadband USB Stick (model K3765 and made by Huawei). I followed the instructions about installing the software however I kept getting an error when inserting the 3G modem: Mobile connection not possible. -Set [...]

How Google sees your Review

Gary Eckstein — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 07:13:00 +0000

Rich Snippets (the term Google uses for Microformats, RDFa and Microdata) is used by many larger organizations. Rich Snippets is essentially data that conforms to a specific standard so that machines may understand the data. For example, say that I want to write a review, then I may use the hreview Microformat standard to review [...]

How does Google Search work?

Gary Eckstein — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 21:00:57 +0000

Nice ‘simple’ example of how Google Search comes up with your Search results (in the Search Engine Results Pages): Infographic by PPC Blog