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How to protect your Google Analytics data against Ad Blockers

Published May 9, 2020 (Updated May 13, 2020) by Daan van den Bergh · Leave a Comment

Ad Blockers block Google Analytics. ~30% of your visitors use Ad Blockers and this number is growing. By the end of 2020 ~50% of internet users will be using Ad Blockers.

What does this mean for you as a website owner and what can you do about it? Let’s find out.

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How to make Google Fonts GDPR compliant

Published April 4, 2020 (Updated May 5, 2020) by Daan van den Bergh · 1 Comment

What the F~~ries~~ does a Burger have to do with GDPR and Google Fonts? Well, you’re about to find out!

I can’t believe I missed this, but since the introduction of GDPR, using Google Fonts has become a bit tricky. Let’s see what we can do about this.

6 Signs you’re Not a Good Web Designer

Published March 7, 2020 (Updated May 5, 2020) by Daan van den Bergh · Leave a Comment

Being a ‘web designer’ (or web developer) is like being a surgeon, or a mechanic.

Not many people can critically assess your work. As long as the heart is beating, or the engine is running, most people have no choice but to assume you did a good job.

With this post I hope to change that. Consider this my attempt to set a bar and educate people of what makes a good web designer.

How to add Date Last Updated to WordPress Posts

Published February 29, 2020 (Updated May 5, 2020) by Daan van den Bergh · 2 Comments

Most themes show the Published Date above each post. What most themes don’t show (for some reason) is the Last Updated (or Last Modified) Date/Time. This sucks, because no one (including Google) will be able to fully appreciate the work you put into your blog!

Luckily WordPress already saves this information for each post and it is pretty easy to integrate into your theme using a plugin. Today I’ll show you how.