How to make google only look at lower case url for sites hosted on windows IIS Server, fixes duplicate title tags in Webmaster Tools error

This method can be used to fix duplicate content errors and make it so google only indexes one version of your urls, which will prevent you from getting a negative modifiers.

In order to do this you have two options.

1. Use the proper canonical tags, for example place the following code at the top of your website:
   <link rel="canonical" href="http://(yourdomain).(tld)/Your-Special-Directory-With-Whatever-Case-You-Want" />
2. Use the following script to automate the process and only allow lower case urls to be viewed on your site, create a global.asax file and place it in your site's main directory. 
   <script language="C#" runat="server"> protected void Application_BeginRequest(Object sender, EventArgs e) { if (Regex.IsMatch(HttpContext.Current.Request.Url.ToString(), @"[A-Z]")) { // Lowercase url String lower = HttpContext.Current.Request.Url.ToString().ToLower(); // Redefine response HttpContext.Current.Response.Clear(); HttpContext.Current.Response.Status = "301 Moved Permanently"; HttpContext.Current.Response.AddHeader("Location", lower); HttpContext.Current.Response.End(); } } </script>

If you plan to use both methods be sure to use only lower case for your canonical tags or you will end up with problems.

How to fix google qps rate exceeeded error when using google jsapi

Update the if error section to retry after waiting for 1000ms, then attempt the request again, for example replace:

alert("Google Feed API Error: "+result.error.message)

with

function sleep(ms) { var dt = new Date(); dt.setTime(dt.getTime() + ms); while (new Date().getTime() < dt.getTime()); } sleep(1000); var thisfeed=(!result.error)? result.feed.entries : ""

How to target Safari only using CSS and Javascript while keeping your page W3 compliant and completely valid

Here is a neat little trick you can use to target Safari and make it behave while fixing cross browser layouts. This method will allow you to keep a page valid and it will allow you to only target Safari.

First thing you want to do is use javascript to inject a css file for all browsers that support webkit with this code: 

<script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ if(window.devicePixelRatio){ document.write('<link rel="stylesheet" href="http://blog.shawnhyde.com/css/safari.css" type="text/css">'); } /* ]]> */ </script>

Now, like I stated above this will target all browsers that currently support webkit and add support for it in the future so you cannot rely on only this. So now you need to create the css file and add some code that is Safari specific by using the double # method. Some people will ask, why not just include the double # to begin with? And the simple answer is that it will cause your CSS not to validate.

Here is the example css code that will target only Safari

/* Anything before this will target any browser that supports webkit */ ## {} /* anything after this point should only target Safari browsers */ #mystyle { top: 22px; }

Enjoy!