You may have noticed that the Parameter Handling feature disappeared from the Site configuration > Settings section of Webmaster Tools. Fear not; you can now find it under its new name, URL Parameters! Along with renaming it, we refreshed and improved the feature. We hope you’ll find it even more useful. Configuration of URL parameters made in the old version of the feature will be automatically visible in the new version. Before we reveal all the cool things you can do with URL parameters now, let us remind you (or introduce, if you are new to this feature) of the purpose of this feature and when it may come in handy.

 

When to use URL Parameters helps you control which URLs on your site should be crawled by Googlebot, depending on the parameters that appear in these URLs. This functionality provides a simple way to prevent crawling duplicate content on your site. Now, your site can be crawled more effectively, reducing your bandwidth usage and likely allowing more unique content from your site to be indexed. If you suspect that Googlebot's crawl coverage of the content on your site could be improved, using this feature can be a good idea. But with great power comes great responsibility! You should only use this feature if you're sure about the behavior of URL parameters on your site. Otherwise you might mistakenly prevent some URLs from being crawled, making their content no longer accessible to Googlebot.

 

For more information check this link out:
http://googlewebmastercentral.blogspot.com/2011/07/improved-handling-of-urls-with.html?spref=fb

Adobe has started offering monthly subscriptions in addition to selling their regular software packages and upgrades.  

 

One thing you must know about the subscription service is everytime you launch an application you must be logged onto the internet to verify your subscription is valid.

 

Problems you may run into:  Once you download the software it will open up; but once you go out and come back in, it will not verify your software.  In my particular case it put an extra code in the host file and in order to verify the software you will need to remove the code from the host file.

 

IMPORANT   You cannot save or rename the host file in the WINDOWS folder; you must be in Windows Safemode in order for the change to occur.  See the attached file for instructions on how to update the hosts file.

 

 

Click on the link for more information.

Turn Your Copywriting Dream Into Reality 

AWAI’s 2011

and Job Fair

October 26-29, 2011
Delray Beach, Florida

I am happy to announce I joined National Association of Photoshop Professionals today.  I will be sharing tips and tricks in Adobe Photoshop, so stay tuned.