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Problem with YouTube Audio?

Sunday, March 23rd, 2008

A few days ago, a friend of mine from school told me his YouTube audio stopped working shortly after downloading the newest version of Flash player. I went over to his house and tried numerous ways of fixing it, but nothing helped. I then downloaded the newest version of Flash onto my home PC, and I had the same problem. All other audio works great, it’s just the audio from Flash videos (such as YouTube) that stopped working. Please note that the VIDEO itself works, it’s only the audio. If you have a Windows OS (tested with Vista and XP), this fix should work well for you. There are three possible fixes, so try them all. Here they are;

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More WordPress Tips and Tricks

Saturday, March 22nd, 2008

As a continuation of the previous post about The Benefits of Tagging Your Post, I’m going explain some hidden features of WordPress that you may or may not have known before. In this post, I’m going to cover “Alt + V” or the second WordPress Formatting interface, which is helpful for copy and pasting from MS Word or Notepad, or any other text editor. I’m also going to cover the usage of the <!–more–> tag.

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How To Convert Viewers

Sunday, March 16th, 2008

There are many ways to get traffic these days. Social media sites, paid advertising, self promotion, etc. What many people don’t realize though, is that a large amount of this traffic is useless. This following will explain why:

1. Someone sees your link somewhere.

2. They click it.

3. They look at your site for a few seconds.

4. They leave and continue on with their lives.

Now there are many ways to monitor and build your conversation rate. A conversion rate is of course the percentage of people, who after visiting your site become loyal in any shape or form. Whether they subscribe, visit daily, or promote your site; conversion is what makes a site popular.

Keeping the Viewer

Keep in mind that the average internet user doesn’t have a lot of tolerance. If they find anything wrong with your site, the chances are that they’ll leave. Here are some things that really bug a viewer, and that you should get rid of from your site:

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