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500 Internal Server Error on Localhost for Web.Developer Server Suite was pissing me off for a long time. The Apache error logs shows “RewriteEngine not allowed here”. Deleting .htaccess would fix the problem, but here is the fix. It’s a problem with mod_rewrite module and Apache’s AllowOverride configuration. Here’s how to fix it :
Firstly, [...]

Smart Pricing is a feature added by Google to give Advertisers value for money. Adsense publishers set up temporary, trashy and/or un-authoritative pages of content on topics that they know will get high paying adverts. Clicks on such pages are not really of good value for advertisers (really ?) The system, known as “smart pricing,” [...]

I was facing the Internal Server Error on my GoDaddy hosting after installing the WP-Cache plugin.
Givver has a post over at his blog that helped me fix the problem. So, if you are facing the 500 “Internal Server Error” on your wordpress blog after installing the WP Cache, have a look at GoDaddy 500 [...]

Best Practices for Speeding Up Your Web Site
Came across a good article over at Developer.Yahoo.com on the best practices to be followed for speeding up a web site.

The Importance of Front-End Performance

Make Fewer HTTP Requests
Use a Content Delivery Network
Add an Expires Header
Gzip Components
Put Stylesheets at the Top
Put Scripts at the Bottom
Avoid CSS Expressions
Make JavaScript and [...]

MooTools is a compact, modular, Object-Oriented JavaScript framework designed for the intermediate to advanced JavaScript developer. It allows you to write powerful, flexible, and cross-browser code with its elegant, well documented, and coherent API.

MooTools code respects strict standards and doesn’t throw any warnings. It’s well commented and has meaningful variable names: a joy to browse [...]