How to Count Words, Characters, and Sentences Quickly Let's talk about the one, single question that every single writer, from a first-grade student to a best-selling novelist, has to ask themselves constantly: "How long is it?" Whether you are a university student who is desperately trying to hit that 500-word minimum for an important essay, a marketer who is trying to squeeze a powerful message into the tight character limit of a tweet, or a professional novelist who is trying to track your daily progress towards finishing your next great...
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How to Add a Flag Counter to Your Website Quickly Let's take a quick, nostalgic trip back in time to the early, slightly wild west days of the internet. Do you remember what websites used to be like? They often had some wonderfully cheesy, flashing text, some questionable background music that would start playing automatically, and, almost without fail, a simple little "hit counter" proudly displayed at the bottom of the page. It would tick up, one by one, showing off how many people had visited the site. In hindsight,...
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How to Check SSL Certificate Validity Online Let's talk about the simple, universal act of trust in our modern, digital world. You're about to make a purchase on an e-commerce website, or maybe you're logging into your online banking portal. You glance up at the address bar in your web browser, and you see it: that small, reassuring, little padlock icon. And in that moment, you feel… safe. That little padlock is the visual symbol of an active and a valid SSL certificate. It is the technology that encrypts the...
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How to Analyze Keyword Density in Articles Quickly Let's take a quick and slightly embarrassing trip back in time, to the wild, wild west of early search engine optimization. Do you remember what SEO used to be like back in, say, 2005? If you wanted to get a page to rank on Google, the strategy was often brutally simple, and the writing was absolutely terrible. You would just repeat your main keyword, over, and over, and over again. You’d see articles that read something like this: "Welcome to our Colombo...
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How to Generate Strong and Random Passwords Online Let's start with a slightly scary, but very real, question. What is the one, single, and often very fragile, thing that is standing between all of your most private and personal information your emails, your bank account, your private messages, your entire social media identity and a determined hacker who might be sitting on the other side of the world? It is, of course, a password. Now, think about what most of us actually use for this incredibly important and crucial digital...
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How to Change Text Case Quickly for Any Document or Project Let's talk about a small, simple, but incredibly frustrating mistake that I guarantee every single one of us has made at some point. You've just typed out a long and a very important headline for an article, or maybe a passionate comment on a social media post. You look up at your screen, and your heart sinks. You had the Caps Lock key on by mistake. And now you are staring at a long and obnoxious sentence that looks...
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How to Optimize Images for Faster Websites Quickly Let's talk about the heart and soul of a beautiful, modern website. What is the very first thing that grabs your attention and makes you say, "Wow"? It's almost always the images. A stunning, full-screen hero shot on a homepage, beautiful and crisp product photos in an online store, or engaging and colorful images in a blog post. Visuals are what bring a website to life. But these beautiful, high-resolution images have a dark side. They are, by a huge margin, the...
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