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Bing To Pay News Sites To De-Index From Google
The fierce battle between Microsoft’s Bing & Google is getting fiercer. Ever since the launch of Bing in June 2009, Microsoft has been trying to capture the online search engine market share. Though Bing has come out as the fastest growing search engine in recent months, it still falls way behind Google. From online advertisements to cash back rewards campaigns, Microsoft has spent millions already to attract online surfers to use Bing. But now they have come up with a new strategy to garner more search volume. Read the rest of Bing To Pay News Sites To De-Index From Google Read more »
Giant List Of Ping Servers ~ Fast Track Your Google Notifications
If ping servers are a foreign concept to you, you probably won’t appreciate this list of ping servers. And since I value *appreciation*, let me explain exactly why you should care about ping services — first.
And no geeky-technical-only-your-IT-manager-will-understand-it jargon.
The term *ping* dates all the way back to the early days of computer networks – which pre-dates the Internet. It was a service on the computer that would allow network administrators to check to see if a connection was present.
Sort of like a bat sending out sonic sound waves, a computer would *ping* another, and record Read the rest of Giant List Of Ping Servers ~ Fast Track Your Google Notifications Read more »
A Custom 404 Page : An Opportunity To Impress* Your Visitors
(* By impress, I mean engage, wow and help your visitors)
When something goes wrong on your site, your visitors will land on a 404 page, or to their way of thinking, the Twilight Zone.
Most standard Wordpress blogs come handily equipped with a 404 Page. The problem is it is absolutely worthless for helping your visitor get back on track.
There could be a variety of reasons they landed there: Read the rest of A Custom 404 Page : An Opportunity To Impress* Your Visitors Read more »
SEO: The Side Benefit Of Good Content
I was talking with a blogging student a couple of days ago, and explaining the importance of publishing good content, that goes beyond the obvious and thought I would share those thoughts with you. Read the rest of SEO: The Side Benefit Of Good Content Read more »
SEO: Correcting A Misconception
Boy, I really hate it when this happens. Some *guru* will state something like “Install All In One SEO and you will be instantly found by Google”. What a load of horse-manure.
Let me correct this terrible misconception, before it destroys some small business blogger’s dream.
First and foremost, All In One SEO (AIE SEO) is a great plugin. I don’t want this post to sound like I am dissing the plugin itself. Only the guru’s accidental (?) misconception. Installing it is Step 1.
Step 2 is to… Read the rest of SEO: Correcting A Misconception Read more »
SEO Love With Internal Linking
This short video will show you click by click and step by step exactly how to build up your internal linking structure and vote on your blog yourself.
Just to recap a couple of basics first… Read the rest of SEO Love With Internal Linking Read more »
SEO: Inbound Links Without Asking Or Spamming
You have started your Search Engine Optimization education and have learned that inbound links count as *votes* for your site when Google ranks you website. Come on, everyone knows this right?
So, how do you get those coveted inbound links?
You can surf for blogs in your niche that have a page rank, and contact them. You can then beg, borrow or wheedle a link from them. Good luck with that if you haven’t already established a relationship with them.
You can comment on their blog, on the posts that are most similar to the content you are posting. A good idea, but somewhat time consuming since it’s important when you comment, to add value to the conversation.
Or, you can use a built in … Read the rest of SEO: Inbound Links Without Asking Or Spamming Read more »
Make Google Your Bit*h – errr – Personal Assistant
Google, an absolute mega-giant on the Internet is in business and making a boat load of money, by doing one thing, really really well. That one thing is matching a visitors search results to the content they are most likely searching for.
Let me break that down for you with an example. You visit Google.com and type in *quilting tips* and hit enter.
Now, what is it you are are looking for? Are you looking for how to grow mint in your backyard garden? No. Are you looking for how to make money on the Internet? No.
You are looking for tips from… Read the rest of Make Google Your Bit*h - errr - Personal Assistant Read more »
Can Google Help With Your SEO?
I know, it’s a little hard to believe, right? The search giant wants to help little ole me understand and leverage Search Engine Optimization for my small business?
In a word… Yes.
Google has created a new channel on another mega-giant… Read the rest of Can Google Help With Your SEO? Read more »
The Two Major Factors of SEO You Must Master To Get Found
SEO, or Search Engine Optimization, has two major factors which govern your success, or ultimately, your failure. Want your site to succeed? You need to master both.
SEO On Page Factors
The first major factor is really the simplest to master. But first, you need to know what those creepy little *spiders* look for when they come and *crawl* your site. Oh wait.. I didn’t tell you about the spiders?
Spiders (bots, robots, crawlers) are small programs that … Read the rest of The Two Major Factors of SEO You Must Master To Get Found Read more »
SEO Is A Process
In 2009, the population at large is connected via cell phone, iPod, PDA’s and personal computers. At any given moment, a digital device is close at hand to most of us. The Internet is home to more than a billion surfers daily. It has infiltrated our world to such an extent, that the act of looking something up has turned the name of one of the number 1 sites on the Internet, into a *verb*.
People say “I’ll just Google it“, and everyone knows what they mean. More importantly, everyone knows how to Google something. Well, okay… not your 2 year old niece or your 108 year old grandmothers, but pretty much everyone else. Read the rest of SEO Is A Process Read more »
If You Build It, They Will Come…Not!
For the next 4 days, I am opening up my case study to worthy Wordpress bloggers in a variety of niches.
If you want to be a part of the case study, and get your blog optimized by me, for free, then submit your details and let’s talk. I am only taking on 5 new blogs. Not everyone that wants to join in, can; there just isn’t enough time to effectively handle more than 5 right now.
So, pop in and leave me a comment about why I should consider you… Read the rest of If You Build It, They Will Come...Not! Read more »
