Category Archives: Software

Any beneficial software or tools that I would recommend will be available for review here with links to the downloads or websites of the original creator of the software.

Canonical URL Plugin for WordPress

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Canonical URL Plugin for WordpressI think  bloggers will be very interested to read about the new canonical tag and the plugin developed by Joost de Valk now available to download and installable ahead of time!

As per usual Joost has been on the ball and ahead of the game in explaining the reasons for and the solution to canonical issues and again provides us with this cool little plugin so instead of waffling on about it I will pass you over to him so you can read and download his new Canonical Plugin for Woordpress.

Also by doing this it means I can get back to installing it…stop reading this and go get it. (And while your there make sure and leave him a nice comment, he gets all giddy over things like that.)

TouchGraph Google Browser

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A Powerful Visualisation Solution

Visual Came across this interesting software on Touchgraph which has been integrated by Google via the API and serves to produce a visual representation of a specific keyword or URL (web address).

To quote Touchpad itself:

TouchGraph’s powerful visualization solutions reveal relationships between people, organizations, and ideas.

Explore the wealth of information in today’s growing data collections with our intuitive visual interfaces.

It is truly stunning to see the way the various sites are all interlinked and cross referenced visually, something that has not been done before and it can serve you will in understand at a glance just what you are connected to, in what way and how relevant it may be.

Check the Touchpad Google Browser site and follow the simple instructions. Enjoy the result!

Visitor Map Plugins and Social Network Mapping

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I came across a blog recently with a lovely WordPress plugin that displays the current location of the site visitor via their IP on a world map.  Thinking this was quite interesting I looked into a little further and came across a complete set of plugins and addons I thought I would share.

These plugins need to be tested to make sure you don’t slow the site down to much but could prove to be an interesting addition to your blog.

Visitors Map IP Plugin

WordPress Guestmap Plugin

Cluster Maps

Whos Amung Us – Live Map Plugin

They also have a range of other cool little plugins on the showcase page.

This final one isn’t exactly a plugin but rather a social map network.  I registered and have logged in and the interface is pretty extensive but uncluttered.  If you feel like it give it a try, cant do any harm!

Platial Maps

As always, feedback is more than welcome so let me know what you think and how you get on.