The "Know" SEO (Search Engine Optimization) Toy

Note! Owing to major changes in the OmniKnow encyclopedia page formats, versions of this tool below 1.00 will no longer return results correctly.
You must use the latest version to proper results!

In general, it is important to always be using the latest version--I do not issue new versions without good reason, or for just minor tweaks (which I save up till a new version is needed).

Upgrading is very simple-- just replace the old php file with the new--so do not stay with an outdated version!

What is a "Fresh" Page (and Why Does it Matter?)

One of the points on which there seems to be general agreement in the SEO (Search Engine Optimization) community is that search engines--and especially Google^®--like to see fresh content--which is to say pages whose content changes frequently.

There are some tools on this site-- Weather, Rates--that can provide you simple modules you can paste into any of your "regular" site pages, and that then automatically provide on those pages frequently changing content of a sort actually at least interesting and possibly useful to your site visitors.

But suppose you want something very small and simple, and that "goes" with any page content or theme? Well, how about something like this (perhaps down near the bottom of your pages):

Warning: Division by zero in /usr/www/users/owlcroft/seo-toys/omniknow-topic/know.php on line 22
What do you know about ?

What in the world is that? Click the link and see!

Back now? Reload this page and look again. Repeat.

This toy is small, it's simple, it's unobtrusive, it's fun--rather cute, it teases and tantalizes without distracting from your page. And, while it's a link to elsewhere, the link opens in a new window, so your page is still there when your visitors close the target.

It's comically easy to install. And it is, of course, completely free.

System Requirements:

There are only two: your site's server must be capable of running PHP, which virtually all are; and it must either have PHP's "safe mode" Off or provide cgi wrapping for PHP scripts, one or the other which situations is the case on almost all servers.

Change History:

1.00: small but crucial mods to accomodate newer OmniKnow file layout

0.40: trifling mod to accomodate newer OmniKnow file layout

0.32: trifling mod to include a few extra topics being missed

0.31: trifling mod to stop rare calling of files that don't exist

0.30: modified to match major change in OmniKnow page formats

0.21: modified to match further slight change in OmniKnow page format

0.20: modified to match changes in OmniKnow page formats

0.10: initial release

To link to this page, please copy and paste this exact code:
<strong><a href="http://seo-toys.com/omniknow-topic/know-toy.shtml">the "Know" SEO Toy</a></strong>

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    Weather for the Moses Lake/Grant Co, WA area: Area is on 700 Latitude: & Longitude:      Conditions as of Jul 2 2009, 6:52 pm PDT Fair Temp: 92.0 Humidity: 10% Wind: 6.9 MPH from the West Heat Index: 88° F. Wind Chill: ° F. Barometer: 29.84 inches Visibility: 10.00 miles Dewpoint: 27.0° F. Coded by the SEO Toys site

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    exchange rates for (almost) any currency versus (almost) any others--   this is just a sample of what it can look like:

    To convert values in U.S. Dollars to foreign currency: To get:   Multiply USD by: EU Euro 0.7142 British Pound 0.61 Japanese Yen 95.93 Canadian Dollar 1.1628 Mexican Peso 13.2245 Swiss Franc 1.0842 To convert values in foreign currency to U.S. Dollars: Multiply:          by: EU Euro 1.4002 British Pound 1.6393 Japanese Yen 0.0104 Canadian Dollar 0.86 Mexican Peso 0.0756 Swiss Franc 0.9223 (Code by SEO Toys)

    
    

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    make sure the searchbots know that your pages are fresh

  
  

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