Category Archives: Excel blog

It’s the end of the school year — the perfect time to grade your website. Today I tried the free analysis tool, Website Grader, to see how well Contextures would do. It’s easy to do — just fill in the … Continue reading →

On the Google Analytics dashboard there’s a world map, that shows where my Excel blog readers are located. Not surprisingly, most are in the USA, and the rest are concentrated in a swath of English-speaking countries, from Canada to New … Continue reading →

On Twitter today, someone mentioned www.genderanalyzer.com, and reported that it guessed her blog was likely written by a man (59%). So, I decided to test my website and blogs, to see how they’d be assessed. Here’s the description of how … Continue reading →

Just like you, I get a fair amount of spam and other junk in my email inbox every day. There are regular requests for Excel help too, that I’ve written about before. Some of those Excel help requests come with … Continue reading →

Occasionally I check the Google Trends page, to see what’s the hot news of the day (or hour). If you’re stuck for a blog idea, or dinner conversation topic, you might get some inspiration there. It’s not too surprising, but … Continue reading →

For my desktop computer, I have two monitors – a 22” widescreen (that seems to be dying), and a 20” square. It’s easy to forget that other people don’t have as much screen real estate, and they’re reading my site … Continue reading →

Akismet blocks most of the spam comments on my blogs, which is great. I check the list of blocked comments, and have only found a handful that were incorrectly marked as spam. Most of the flagged comments are obvious spam, … Continue reading →

Yes, I have a new microphone but don’t worry, I’m not using it for singing. The injuction that the neighbours filed is probably still in effect. I’ve been making Excel tutorial videos for a while, and posting them on my … Continue reading →