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Using jQuery, Javascript and HTML 5 Blob Object to Save HTML and Form Data

Published: 12/20/2018 11:34 AM

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Found a solution to save a HTML document with form data and full HTML from a page using the HTML 5 Blob object, jQuery and some JavaScript.

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Bryan Myers - "The Web Guy"

Advanced Digital Channel Engineer

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Google Analytics Annotations API

Published: 12/20/2018 11:12 AM

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After finding out last night that the mobile version of Google Analytics doesn't have a readily available way to access annotations, I thought I would look into the possibility of an automated update via an API. Google doesn't seem to support this nor do they appear to want to.

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Bryan Myers - "The Web Guy"

Advanced Digital Channel Engineer

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Google Analytics Mobile App Missing Annotations

Published: 12/20/2018 2:08 AM

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Wanted to keep my Google Analytics reports updated with the website updates. Using the annotation feature is invaluable for this purpose. Why is it missing in the mobile app?

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Bryan Myers - "The Web Guy"

Advanced Digital Channel Engineer

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Issues with AMP breadcrumbs and Related Articles

Published: 12/20/2018 1:38 AM

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Implemented some fixes to the related articles system and must have missed a couple of test cases. Also found some breadcrumb issues in the amp articles.

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Bryan Myers - "The Web Guy"

Advanced Digital Channel Engineer

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Testing out the ability to post NEW articles

Published: 11/29/2018 2:30 AM
Last Updated: 12/16/2018 3:57 AM

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Finally got back around to working on the site after two months off. The gap in updates was partly due to a major crunch deadline at work where a 'simple' reskinning of a website turned in to much more than that. Additionally, I paused development to see how well Google would index the site. Well... it's all good.

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Bryan Myers - "The Web Guy"

Advanced Digital Channel Engineer

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SEO Presentation and SEO Writing Workshop in Germany

Published: 12/16/2018 3:43 AM

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Looks like the first month of 2019, I will be doing my first international flight. Destination? Germany. While I am there I will be combining an SEO presentation and an SEO Writing Workshop.

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Bryan Myers - "The Web Guy"

Advanced Digital Channel Engineer

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The-Web-Guy.net Domain Purchased

Published: 12/16/2018 12:22 AM

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When I first started this site, I didn't put a lot of thought into the name of the domain that I selected. Using my own name seemed like a pretty cool idea. Since that time, I the idea in the back of my mind that I would address it again at a later time. That time has come.

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Bryan Myers - "The Web Guy"

Advanced Digital Channel Engineer

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JSON-LD vs Microdata for Structured Data

Published: 12/10/2018 12:09 PM

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Taking a second look at JSON-LD vs Microdata for structured data format. Google identifies JSON-LD as the recommended format, but that doesn't make sense to me. Here is why.

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Bryan Myers - "The Web Guy"

Advanced Digital Channel Engineer

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Google Adds Q&A and Livestream Structure Data Types

Published: 12/10/2018 11:54 AM

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In my recent search results on Google Search I noticed that there are some new rich results showing up. Specifically, question and answer results are popping up in the regular SERP data. Thought I would look around for some official information on the topic.

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Bryan Myers - "The Web Guy"

Advanced Digital Channel Engineer

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Google Analytics for Power Users on Google Analytics Academy

Published: 12/10/2018 11:19 AM

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Google Analytics Academy has released a new course for Google Analytics focusing on power users. I just recently took the course and passed. I thought I would share my thoughts on the experience.

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Bryan Myers - "The Web Guy"

Advanced Digital Channel Engineer

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