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A colleague IMed me earlier today. She was wondering why her .xlsx document was downloading as a strange .zip file. She had uploaded it into the content management system correctly, but when she tried to test it out, the file looked corrupted. Albert did some digging around and figured that the Microsoft Office 2007 files extensions were not recognized by Apache. So downloading files like .xlsx, .docx, .pptx, etc. will translate to file .zip instead. I did some further browser testing and noticed this problem only appears in IE browsers. It works perfectly in Firefox, Chrome, and Safari. To fix this problem, you would need to add the extensions to the Apache config file. Step 1: Make sure you back up your configuration file (httpd.conf in Apache) or (apache2.conf in Apache2) Step 2: Search for the section with the AddType keywords. Step 3: Add the following lines: # MIME type fix AddType application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheet .xlsx AddType application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document .docx AddType application/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.presentationml.slideshow .pptx If you load other Microsoft Office 2007 files on your Apache web server, you may want to add additional file extensions . Thanks for figuring it out Albert ! That solved the mystery behind two work tickets today. Sources: Albertech.net , MS Office 2007 File Extensions at WebmasterWorld

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Here is an interesting post from Search Engine Land: News About Search Engines & Search Marketing:

From this article, overall, it looks like click-fraud is slowly on the decrease, that’s got to be good for everyone in this game. I was very surprised however, to find out that aside from Russia (which was expected) the biggest 2 contributors to click fraud were the UK and France. I can’t speak for the French but I have to wonder what’s causing this in the UK..? Is it organised crime; or is it lax security measures of the UK’s internet users allowingt he establishment of bot networks; is it even simply down to the mess the UK’s ip allocation infrastruture is in; or is it soemthing else entirely? Who knows? It will be interesting to see if this drops off when the UK is moved to to using IP v6 (assuming the handout of addresses is managed correctly). Click Forensics has released their estimated 3rd quarter click fraud numbers that they track. The numbers remain pretty much the same, at least as it pertains to the overall estimated industry average click fraud rate. The rate is now 16.0%, down from last quarter’s 16.2%. The main change…

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PHP Bay is a great set of PHP scripts for managing Ebay Affiliate campaigns and quite conveniently it also comes as a wordpress plugin.

You can manage everything from a small RSS list to a whole site based on Ebay content easily and depending on your particular niche it can pay for itself very quickly.

It also gives the ability to manage ads from other affiliate networks such as TradeDoubler, Mediaplex and Affilinet, and if you are a programmer yourself you can extend the functionality of it in custom ways.

There is an active and useful support forum and community behind the product which always a bonus!

If you visit the website it will explain all the main features of the product in a clear and concise way so I’ll not go into depth any further here aside from re-iterate the general features list and say that of the plugins of this type I have found to date phpBay is one of the most complete and easy to use out there!

Features:

• Add real earning potential to your site with Ebay listings.
• Keyword rich content to please search engines and drive traffic.
• Easily integrates into Wordpress 2.x as a plugin.
• Requires PHP 4+ with CURL Support.
• List items by keyword(s) and category number.
• Works with EPN, TradeDoubler, Mediaplex and Affilinet.
• Support for 16 different countries.
• Display listings in columns or rows.
• Now features paging.
• Geo IP Targeting.
• Specify a min/max number of bids.
• Specify a min/max price.
• Exclude items by keyword(s).
• List items by zip code.
• Find items by a specific seller.
• Video tutorials to walk you through installation and options.
• Comprehensive manual with complete documentation.
• Mask affiliate links and images with SEO URLs option.