Author: Trevor Ayers

How to Pay PayPal Credit Balance with Credit Card

How to Pay PayPal Credit Balance with Credit Card

There are many reasons that responsible individuals would want to pay their PayPal credit balance with a credit card. For one, PayPal credit is the default payment method and they may have wanted to select another funding source, but accidentally failed to. This was my situation. After this slip up I went to pay my PayPal Credit balance with a credit card and soon learned this was not possible. So I thought. Here’s how to pay PayPal Credit balance with credit card. 

How to Pay PayPal Credit Balance with Credit Card

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How to Add a Menu Item to Confluence XBMC (Kodi)

How to Add a Menu Item to Confluence XBMC (Kodi)

Confluence is the default XBMC / Kodi skin yet it is very robust and offers very few customization trade offs for those wanting the convenience of the default theme with robust UI functions. However, Confluence is very limiting in terms of the main navigation and your ability to customize within the XBMC / Kodi UI. This is a short tutorial on how to add a menu item to Confluence in XBMC / Kodi. This walk through will cover a Windows machine, but for all the different environments our there all you will need to do is change the file paths … Read More

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Moz Rank Tracking

Top 5 Rank Tracking Platforms

There are hundreds (thousands?) of rank tracking platforms that you can use, so I’m certain I haven’t tried them all, but of those I have used I wanted to provide my top 5 rank tracking platforms. These aren’t in any order because all have pros and cons. There are also no affiliate links here; I don’t make any money off this site. I’ve used some rank tracking platforms that have now been shuttered such as RavenTools, so hopefully this list is current to late 2014.

These Are My Top 5 Rank Tracking Platforms

  1. SEO Book Rank Checker. This is
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Top 5 Google Analytics Browser Extensions

Top 5 Google Analytics Browser Extensions

Troubleshooting and validating Google Analytics can be a pain. Google Analytics browser extensions are meant to help troubleshoot and debug Analtyics and can be a huge help. There are a number of useful Google Analytics browser extensions, but I wanted to outline what is in my opinion are the Top 5 Google Analytics Browser Extensions.

 

My Top 5 Google Analytics Browser Extensions

  1. Google Analtyics Debugger. Google Analytics Debugger browser extensions is available for Google Chrome. This Google Analytics extension will load the debugger version of the Google Analytics Javascript. Google Analytics DebuggerTo use simply download install and click so that the
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How to Hook Up Wireless XBox Controller to PC

How to Hook Up Wireless XBox Controller to PC

**These instructions are old. If you’ve installed the Windows 10 August 2020 update follow the instructions in this video**

Unfortunately, when I was looking into how to hook up a wireless XBox controller to a PC it was far less than intuitive and there were limited and varying resources. These steps for getting your wireless XBox controller connected to PC will work for Windows 7 and 8.1 guaranteed. The screen shots will be for a Windows 8.1 machine.

What you Need to Hook Up Wireless XBox Controller to PC

  • Wireless XBox 360 controller (there are no drivers nor adapter
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Redundant Hostnames Notification Google Analytics

Redundant Hostnames Notification Google Analytics Fix

Effective October 14, 2014 Google Analytics started providing Webmasters with the Redundant Hostnames, Property http://www.domain.com is receiving data from redundant hostnames:

Redundant Hostnames Notification Google Analytics

 

The good news is that there is a quick fix to the redundant hostnames notification in Google Analytics. The better news is that the fix to the redundant hostnames will help your site perform in automated, bot, reviews including those of Google when determining your organic rankings.

Why Did I Receive the Redundant Hostnames Notification in Google Analytics?

The redundant hostnames notification in Google Analytics will appear when two or more variations of your website pages are returning … Read More

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DirectX Encountered an Unrecoverable Error - Advanced Warfare

DirectX Encountered an Unrecoverable Error – Advanced Warfare

This DirectX encountered an unrecoverable error fix for Call of Duty Advanced Warfare and Ghosts is really more of a workaround than a true fix, but it will make this game completely playable.

I’m certain there isn’t anyone reading this that’s uninitiated with the DirectX encountered an unrecoverable error, but as a quick overview this error fires on compatible machines with compatible software and completely prevents these titles from opening. The “DirectX encountered an unrecoverable error” is a bug. An annoying bug.

 

DirectX Encountered an Unrecoverable Error - Advanced Warfare

 

If you’re like me, the above error brings pain and frustration. I first want to isolate … Read More

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Image Alts Still Work

Do Image Alt Attributes Work for SEO

With the increasing complexity of search engine algorithms it is difficult to know what has been devalued or gained in importance in terms of on-site optimization. There is often debate on the importance of image alt attribute, and many wonder if image alt attributes still work for SEO. I can say with confidence, and provide examples below, that image alt attributes do indeed still work for SEO. In fact, they are arguably one of the most important on-site elements you can optimize because they open your website up to a new vertical in search engine results for “image” searches.… Read More

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Migrate and Host iPhoto Library from Network Storage

Migrate and Host iPhoto Library from Network Storage

Below are quick direction to migrate and host iPhoto library from network storage such as a network area storage (NAS) device. I personally host my iPhoto library from a network storage, but there are negatives.

 

Pros and Cons of Hosting iPhoto Library from Network Storage Device

Pros:

  • Bulk storage, which is necessary with the proliferation of SSDs in primary devices
  • Single storage and iPhoto library for access across devices
  • Single iPhoto library, or shared iPhoto library, can be accessed from multiple devices – using OSX as this is an iLife applications
  • Functionality reflecting keeping your library local

Cons:

  • Network
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Associated Website

Add Associated Website to YouTube Video Annotation

I’m going to quickly describe how to add associated website to a YouTube video annotation. This will allow you to link to applicable content on a site you OWN via the annotation.

What you need before you add the associated website to your YouTube video annotation:

 

Here’s how to add associated website to a YouTube video annotation

  1. Enable monetization of your channel: In YouTube click your top right avatar and then “Creator Studio:”
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