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A Better Way to Stop IFrames From Covering Site Elements
Not long ago I discussed the solution I had painstakingly found to the problem of drop-down menus hiding behind YouTube videos. Less than two weeks later, esteve posted a link in the comments to a better solution to Fix YouTube iFrame Overlay and Z-Index Issues. Interestingly enough, I notice that the original problem appears in Internet Explorer 9 and Google Chrome 12, but not Firefox 5. I have tested the following solution successfully in all three browsers. Simply take the normal YouTube embed code, for example: <iframe width="280"...
read moreHow Important is PageRank in SEO?
“PageRank” is not the same as Search Engine Results Page (SERP) Rank. The latter refers to whether you show up as the first result in response to a specific Google query, or the fifth, or the twentieth, etc. The former, PageRank, is one of over 200 factors Google uses to rank pages. PageRank has many flaws, but in general is a complicated formula to determine a web page’s reputation based on the number and quality (as judged by PageRank) of pages linking to it. Matt Cutt’s post on PageRank Sculpting gives an overview of...
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