Update: Android 4.0.2 for Galaxy Nexus rolling out again, today for GSM-Version

Android 4.0.2 on GN

After a short break, Android 4.0.2 is rolling out again. The phone promted a notice today in the morning. However, still no 4.0.3.

The update itself says it includes several bugfixes. However, Verizon released updates note about 1-2 months ago. If you would like too see the full changelog, please click read more and hit the via-link.

PHP - VIES VAT number validation (European VAT-ID)

VIES vat number validation

If you are hosting a webshop or an adminsystem to manage your customers contact details, you might collect the VAT-ID of your commercial clients. Usually you would like them to enter valid ids. Moreover, in some cases you have to check this number.

First of all, you can check the number manually at this address:
http://ec.europa.eu/taxation_customs/vies/

However, it would be perfect, if the system could validate the VAT-ID every time, a new customer creates an account on your website, automatically, for example. Well this can be done. You will find the PHP-Code below the break.

Workaround: Link to Google+ Page HTML5 valid [rel=publisher]

Google+ Pages

Google recently introduced the Google+ brand pages. Pages include a reciprocal linking feature. What does this mean? Well, first you'll have to set up your brand page, next you'll have to add a tiny line of code to the head-section of your site.

However this line of code is currently not a standard-HTML5-markup, therefore the W3-validator will return an error. After a few weeks of thinking I found a solution - which is more a quick workaround than a real solution - however it should be enough for now.

Read how to solve this problem after the break...

Google PageRank Update

So, it seems Google just updated their PageRanks. This time, about 80 % of my sites were affected.

The update came quite fast if you keep in mind, that the last update is just about 1-2 months old.

SEO Checklist

Aaron Wheeler posted an interesting video explaining a seo checklist on the SEOmoz Whiteboard Friday. However I feel it was incomplete. When I used this checklist for a new customer, I found several points were missing. So here we go: based on the video tips, you will find a more complete checklist after the break.