Wednesday, August 10, 2011

Let SEO people make your backlinks

How to get free backlinks...without work


Neat trick how to get more links easily.

1. Open up a guestbook that has dofollow links (commenting)

2. Wait until your site appears on SEO forums and blogs. You know those long link
lists people like to share. "Sites with dofollow links etc."

3. 301 redirect your guestbook to your blog/site

4. Enjoy high number of backlinks that SEO people just made for your...(and higher Pagerank too)

5. Your link will be making rounds for a long time...people ain’t gonna check if your link leads to your guestbook or not.


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Tuesday, July 12, 2011

Google PageRank and Google Toolbar

How often Pagerank on Google Toolbar gets updated?


Matt Cutts from Google gives answer to this question on his recent Google Webmaster Help video.



There isn't anything special. As usual focus on content and Pagerank will follow. If you are not follow Google Webmaster help channel on Youtube...Do it now!
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Wednesday, July 6, 2011

Wordpress 3.2 released

Wordpress 3.2 released - Faster, Lighter and BETTER


Finally something was done to Wordpress loading speeds. I'm using both Blogger and Wordpress blogs, and Wordpress has always been very slow. (Yes, I know that there are plugins that should speed up things, but I like to have less plugins.)

Wordpress 3.2 -  Changelog Highlights

  • Refreshed Administrative UI - Admin redesign
  • New Default Theme "Twenty Eleven" - Uses the latest Theme Features
  • Full Screen Editor - Distraction free writing experience
  • Extended Admin Bar - More useful links to control the site
  • Requirements Changes -
    • PHP 5.2.4 or greater (old requirement - since WordPress 2.5 was PHP 4.3 or greater)
    • MySQL 5.0.15 or greater (old requirement - since WordPress 2.9 was MySQL 4.1.2 or greater)
  • Enhanced Browser Compatibility -
    • Drop Internet Explorer 6 support
    • Start End-of-life (EOL) cycle for Internet Explorer 7
    • Browse Happy notify users of out-of-date browser
  • WordPress is Faster and Lighter -
    • Faster page loads -- We've gone through the most commonly loaded pages in WP and done improvements to their load time
    • Faster Upgrades -- The update system now support incremental upgrades so after 3.2 you'll find upgrading faster than ever
    • Optimizations to WP_Filesystem -- Updates over FTP are now much quicker and less error prone
    • Stream downloads to the filesystem -- Improves update times and lowers the memory footprint
    • Performance improvements for wptexturize()
    • Remove PHP4 compatibility including timezone support
    • More efficient term intersection queries
    • Some optimizations in the HTML sanitizer (kses)
    • Speed optimizations for is_serialized_string()
    • Cache the Dashboard RSS Widgets HTML output to reduce unnecessary Ajax requests as well as the memory footprint
    • And many other improvements and tweaks
Whole list of changes is available here.
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Friday, May 13, 2011

Blogger Down! Bye bye Adsense income!

Blogger down, Blogger up!


I got scared this morning that Google had removed my Blog posts, because I had some negative comments about Google. Hah...Like I had that sort of power. Not so much Adsense income today, because most of my blogs are by Blogspot/Blogger.

Hopefully the maintenace is soon over, and rest of my blogs will appear just fine.

This reminds me to take backups from my previous blog posts.
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Wednesday, May 11, 2011

Google Doesn't Give a Shit About Your Content

Why would someone set up a regular website?


If you want to gain visitors to your site. Only way to do so, is to add a blog. You can set a new blog up with few clicks. Then you need to make three crappy blog posts to get your site indexed.

Since 2004 there has been no reason to set up a regular website. Google doesn't give a shit about your website, or the content that you have on your website. You gain much more visitors by making a new blog post instead, rather than trying to update your old pages.

I have a PR2 website with hundreds of pages unique content, and it doesn't get nearly as much visitors as any of my PR0 blogs. Yes, my site has been optimized for search engines, and it's fast, and pretty much ad free. It also gets regular updates.

My blogs are filled with ads, not too many backlinks (about 20x less), and not much original content. Still my blogs gets much more visitors, and higher search results.

I love Google.
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Tuesday, May 10, 2011

How I Made My First Million With Google Adsense

Now that's a topic I want to write about


I'm about 999 989 dollars short, but I'm getting there. Only few thousand years and I can leave my real job. I can't wait.

What is your retirement plan?
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Tuesday, May 3, 2011

How To Add BBCode Signature To Your Forum Profile

Adding BBCode Signature To Your Forum Profile


This is pretty much a note-to-self. As I always mess up my BBCode signatures.

[url="http://your_url_here"]Your juicy website link here[/url]

This is a much better way to add forum signature rather than just adding your url. You get some extra juice to your link by adding important keywords, also you will get better ranking to your site, and more likely people will click your link. It's the small things that counts....
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SEO logo - How To Make One For Free

Roaylty Free SEO Logo - How To Make One

SEO Logo - How To Make One (Photo)

I can't believe how many searches SEO Logo from Google. I don't know if there is an official one, but you can make one for yourself easily. It will take only few minutes, and it's royalty free...as it's yours!

Easy And Free Way To Make Your Own Logos:


Logo above was made out of "Post-It note", and newspaper behind it. Few strokes with coloured pencils, and SEO Logo is ready! Then take a photo of it, and add it to your favorite photo editing tool (Photoshop, Paint Shop Pro etc.) and add some effects with plugins. There are free trials for both of the software available.

If you are looking out for some cool photo filters, check out Filter Forge. (It also has a free trial) It doesn't require mad skills to use, and you can make your customized logos easily!

Of course there are tons of others ways to create Search Engine Optimization logo, but this method is what I use all the time. :)
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Thursday, April 21, 2011

Google Wordpress Plugin for Webmaster Tools verification

Google Site Verification Plugin - New Wordpress Extension


Google has released their own(?) Wordpress blog extension for Webmasters with self-hosted Wordpress blogs. You can now verify your Wordpress blog to Google's Webmaster Tools service by using "Google Site Verification Plugin". Plugin (extension) only works on self-hosted Wordpress blogs, not with blogs hosted on wordpress.com (aka free Wordpress blogs)

After you have verified your blog, you can access your blog statistics and information on Google Webmaster Tools.

Download: Google Site Verification Plugin (Wordpress Extensions)

Source: Google Webmaster Central Blog

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Wednesday, April 13, 2011

How to make a perfect blog post...

Blog post that is a search engine friendly


how make a blog post image
Real post-it note - Digicam photo. :)

I don't follow the latest SEO trends. I write about what I have seen that actually works. Google search algorithm has over 200 variables that will determine your PageRank, and every Search Engine Optimization expert can only guess what works, and what doesn't. You can call this blog post by my best guess about

How to make your blog post shine – 11 easy steps:


1. Focus on content, not about your article length. Some SEO experts claim that it's good to write 500-700 words, but it really doesn't matter if your article length is 50, 500, or even 5000 words. As long as your article is fresh and original.

I have a good example of this. I wrote about Google's Page Speed Online tool, right after when it was released (on my Finnish SEO blog). My blog post is currently ranked at number 4!, when you search "Page Speed Online" on Google.fi.  Numbers 1 & 2 are by Google.

It wasn't a long post, but the content was fresh and original. Pretty much this inspired me to write this whole blog post.

2. Choose a perfect title. I usually pick a title that someone would use as phrase to find my blog from search engines. If you really want to stuff those precious keywords to your title, make sure that they are at the beginning, AND make sure it doesn't look like your topic was written for search engines.

3. Add just one H1 title tag.. Once again some SEO experts say that Google doesn't pay attention to H1 tags. All I can say is....Thanks! More of these SEO experts and they make my blogs rank easier and higher.

4. Add H2 title tags (subheadings) between paragraphs. It helps a blog reader to find the content they want easier, and you to get more attention from search engines. This is what I call win-win situation. I don't read long blog posts without subheadings. Do you?

5. Add keywords under your blog post (aka labels). With Blogspot you can add total of 200 characters (limit). Blogspot is owned by Google, so I think it's safe to add 200 characters with Wordpress too. Just make sure that those labels/keywords can be found from your blog post. Don't edit your blog post just to fill all those different keywords, or it will look spammy and stupid.

6. Add link(s) to your previous blog post(s). Just remember to stay on topic. Also edit your older blog posts, and add link to this new post. I do this all the time with great results!

7. Add picture(s) with descriptive alt tags. If you don't have a perfect pic to go with your blog post: You should think about making one. I made custom pic to this blog post in few mins. I simply wrote a text I wanted to a post-it note, and then took a picture of it with my digicam. Added few photo filters, and that was it! I'm gonna plan to make more of those. Simple, free and easy!

8. Fix your spelling errors with your fav word processing tool. Little things can take your blog to the next level!

9. If your blog post is long: Always split it to multiple parts, and publish them separately, and follow the steps 2-8, and 10-11. Never publish one long blog post! Or it’s just a wasted opportunity.

10. Now you are ready to publish your blog post

11.  Last step is to start linking. Add links to your blog post on social media sites like Facebook, Twitter, StumbleUpon. Just remember to write a different lead text to each link.


Remember to read my Top 5 blogger tips to maximize your blog visibility


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Friday, April 1, 2011

Google: Page Speed Online - New SEO Service Now Available

Get Better Google PageRank With Faster Web Pages


Google now offers a Page Speed Online web service via Google Labs. You can analyze your site and see how good your website is optimized speed wise. You get also tips how to improve your site.

Everyone who care about their page ranking should check it out. Faster pages = Better ranking. As always with good SEO "Keep It Simple, Stupid."

Site speed is one of the SEO factors that affects page ranking. Read more about it on Matt Cutts "Gadgets, Google, and SEO"- blog.


You should also see the "9 Other Free SEO Web Tools" I recently blogged about
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Thursday, March 31, 2011

9 Free Web Tools To Analyze Your Site

Best Free SEO Tools To Analyze Your Webpage



If you are serious about getting your site the best Internet visibility. You can't miss these free SEO tools. Some of these tools also gives your site a backlink, and all you have to do is to analyze your site.

1. Woorank - Website Analysis & Website Marketing

Superb website analysis. Including Visitors, In-Site SEO, Off-Site SEO, Usability. If there is only free tool you are going to use. This is it!

2. Pear Analytics - Website Analyzer

SEO Analysis. With simple "cloud" type of results. Really nice design, and useful
tips.

3. Website Grader - Website SEO tool

Grade and review your website and blog. There is also a "Improve your grade" service, which is Free for 30 Days. Haven't tried the trial yet. Let me know if you have tested it! .

4. GoingUp - Website Analyzer

Diagnosis about your site URL, Title, Keywords, Meta, HTML tags. Also Backlinks details and much more. Fast and clean UI (User Interface).

5. WebSiteOptimization - Web Page Analyzer

Great way to check how many objects your site has. HTML, Images, CSS, Javascript, Multimedia and others.

6. AboutUs - We Know The Web

Home Page Analysis (Title & Headings, Links & Images, Search Engine Friendliness) and Web Presence analysis.

7. Alexa

Free traffic metrics, search analytics, demographics, and more for websites.

8. ScrubTheWeb - Free Meta Tag Analyzer

Check your meta tag. Also Web Page Visibility Score.

9. Your Suggestion

Additions:


Google: Page Speed Online (blog post)



Always looking out for great free tools. Let me know your suggestion!


Links are all safe, and tested with MyWOT.com tool (Web of Trust). Anyone searching for SEO advice should install it.


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Tuesday, March 22, 2011

Best of SEO Links - Today's Picks

I've spend most of my day reading various tweets, and 99% of the tweets are all lies and marketing crap, but sometimes you land on to pages that are worth bookmarking.

Here is a list of sites I've found worth bookmarking


Top 5 Mistakes to Avoid on Your Company Blog


10 Tips for Posting on Your Brand’s Facebook Page

109 Ways to Make Your Business Irresistible to the Media

SEO Checklist: 60 essential checks before launching a website

10 Reasons Your Site Isn’t Getting Enough Traffic (and How To Fix Each)


I'm still not a Twitter Fan. See my related post:

Twitter promoting is a joke - No SEO Value

Always looking out more people to follow on Twitter. Also taking suggestions who to follow.

Thanks again for reading my blog.
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Twitter promoting is a joke - No SEO Value

I've been on a Twitter all day to find out some new quality tips & tricks how to improve my sites. To be honest: There is absolutely no value with Twitter...or maybe I just don't get it?
 
I thought that the content was the king?
 
Still I see constant spam from the so called “SEO Experts” & “SEO companies”. I wouldn’t buy a service from a spammer? Would you?
 
I thought that with honest way you build up a name and trust?
 
Why does some add this to their SEO guide, if they have no plan to follow it?
 
I thought spamming was against Twitter rules?
 
Still I see dozens of bots sending out exactly the same tweets. I hide my Facebook friends if they update their status too often. I will hide and ignore any company that send out messages more than three times a day. I can bet, that I'm not the only one.

I thought marketing is about getting real contacts?
 
Do you send out robots to get your real life contacts too? Wasn’t it enough that you’ve sent out the auto generated crappy blogs that doesn’t make any sense, and nobody want to read? 
 
One more story about how to get rich on Twitter and I’m gonna lose it. I swear it.
 
Please prove me wrong, and give me a sign that there is a life on Twitter. 
 
Help me with who to follow. Thanks


Oh, and please read my guide how to get $1000/day on Twitter!  (just joking) :)


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Monday, March 21, 2011

How To Pick Up The Best Domain Name

Publishing your website and picking up the domain name

Before going online with your new website. Make sure you have the right name for it. Right domain name is a crucial part of search engine optimizations, and with these simple tips you can't go wrong:

Good domain name is a keyword rich

Domain name should contain at least few keywords related to your website/product/business. Just make sure that the keywords and the domain name makes sense. My blog has two keywords: Money and SEO + It also contains a sentence that someone would type in to Google "Money with SEO". It's short, it's simple, and makes whole lotta sense. Very effective. Of course the word "with" itself is not a very effective, but try "money with" or "with SEO" and your possibilities are endless. Some keywords get a higher value when used in sentence.

Make it easy to remember

Very long website name can be descriptive, but also going to be very painful to remember. If you do offline marketing, you want to keep your domain name short, simple and easy to remember. If you are doing your business mostly on Internet (no offline marking at all), and most of your visitors come from search engines. You can keep the domain name little longer. Good rule with everything is "K.I.S.S" (Keep It Simple, Stupid).

What domain name extension?

I would go with .com if the site is International (English), if you are doing local business (foreign countries), use country extension like .co.uk, fr, fi....etc. You are getting much more attention from search engines that way. Also remember to use a meta language tag to get better local visibility.

Doman Registration Time

How long registration period you would choose? I'd say at least 2 years. Some search engines give more value to domains that will be around for a longer period of time. It's also cheaper to buy domain & hosting for a longer time. Saving money and time is always a good thing.

Before going online with your new website

Very important last questions: Would you click your own website address?
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Sunday, March 20, 2011

5 tips to keep your site exciting to visitors

5 tips for converting visitors to actions on your website

Author: wendy sutherland

So – your SEO and ads are working and you've got visitors coming to your site. How do you keep them there and get them to take action: contact you, leave a comment or buy your product?
  • 1. Make your site attractive. You have an average of eight seconds to grab your reader's attention before they skip off to another site, so you have to make your site compelling. Use images, lay the text out invitingly, and don't use too much text per page: 300-500 words is fine, but don't pad it out if you don't need to say that much. Keep the feel light and easy, even if you're dealing with really serious stuff. Have one page per "idea"; don't confuse people.
  • 2. Be personal. Think from the reader's point of view: picture your ideal customer in your mind (age, style, what s/he likes doing, where s/he lives, etc.) and write as though you're talking to him or her over a coffee Offer them ways to comment and stay in touch via social media. Make them feel they are important to your website and you value their opinion. After all you want them to come back or tell others about you.
  • 3.Tell readers what they want to know, and tell them fast. Your visitors have a problem they need solved, an itch they want scratched, an issue they require resolved. They don't want to know that your company was founded in 1923 and has served the citizens of Trentington-on-Sea faithfully through four reigns. They want to know whether you stock the product they're searching for or can give them the advice they need. Don't make them work for the information or they'll go elsewhere.
  • 4.Use good image descriptions If you have pictures of your stock on your site, make the descriptions attractive. Don't say exactly the same for (say) every pair of sheepskin boots you carry. Would you buy from a site that said "Sheepskin boot" or from one that said "Mid-calf sheepskin boot, available in brown, black, red and green. Slip your feet into a pair of these and you'll never want to take them off"? If it takes you over 500 words/page, don't worry: with lots of photos the page won't feel clunky.
  • 5. Offer something for free If you're trying to build a mailing list, and you should be, offer a freebie for their contact details (first name, surname and email as a minimum). Have a free report, a catalogue or something that they can download once they've registered. It doesn't have to be a big thing, but it does have to be something that people will want and preferably related to your business.
  • 6. Make it easy for your visitors to do what you want them to do. Put your contact details everywhere, not just in the small print at the bottom of the page. Have a link to your contact or order form on every page. Use phrases like "Click here", "Contact us today", "Order now" – strong action words that get results. It sounds really simple but you will be amazed how many websites you have to search to find contact information or can quickly grasp what the site is about. If you have the visitors coming to your website but are not getting much from them it might be time to re-visit your website designer and think about a redesign to help achieve more after all your competitors might be doing it already.
Article Source: http://www.articlesbase.com/seo-articles/5-tips-for-converting-visitors-to-actions-on-your-website-4435933.html
About the Author

Wendy Sutherland is an experienced Trainer, Web Designer, Social Media Marketer. Currently running her own business and supporting customers to achieve more with their online presence.
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Tuesday, March 15, 2011

Follow Up - 5 More Ways To Use Old Blog Posts

Another 5 Good Reasons To Use Your Old Blogs Posts

I promised yesterday on Twitter to add 5 more tips how to use your old blog posts to get more visitors. I got some nice tips from other users as well.

Social Media

Maybe you wrote something before joining the social media sites. Share your older posts on Twitter, Facebook etc too,. I’d say never post your article more than once per social media site. I will personally ignore all sites that spam their article more than once. You will only hurt your reputation by spamming same links, and people will stop following you.


Link To Other Blogs

Did other blogger made a similar post. Write a comment and add link to your blog. He will more likely to allow your comment, or even edit his/her blog to include your link. This is a great way to create new contacts. Never use automated comment generator. You will only lose your money, and reputation.

Or you could do a pingback to his/her blog, by editing your older post. It is always cool to add links to other blogs too. Other bloggers use Search Analytics as much as you do, and If you bring them enough traffic. They will link back to you..


Use Titles and Subtitles


These are crucial and make sure you make them interesting, and remember to add keyword or two to the title. I’d always go for interesting rather than keyword filled.

Top lists

Create top lists from your older blogs. This is fast, easy and works 99% of time. People love top lists. Of course you need to have enough previous blog posts to create such lists.

When was the last time you wrote more than one interesting article a day? Would you follow an user that post dozens of messages a day?


Fresh Ideas

Read your older blogs and see if you can find fresh ideas. Maybe you could extend one article and do a follow up part? Create a video, and same time expand your blog to new media (Youtube)...


See my other 5 reasons to edit old blog posts - and why it's good SEO wise

Do you have even more good ways how to use your old blog posts? I'm listening.

Monday, March 14, 2011

Learning SEO on Twitter! Follow me!

Finally on Twitter!
I'm excited to see how Twitter helps my blog. I’m hoping to get more great contacts and help. If you have some nice Twitter stories to share. Let me know.
Follow Learning SEO Blog on Twitter, and submit your tips:

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5 Good Reasons To Edit Old Blog Posts SEO Wise

Good Reasons why editing old blog posts is good for Search Engine Optimizations


Many times people stop blogging, because their blog didn’t get much of attention in first place. Reason of this is simple: Search Engines doesn’t rank your first posts too high, and sometimes Google and other search engines misses your posts entirely. It’s a shame, because most of the bloggers has put most effort on their first posts.

Just keep writing and you will get rewarded, here are some tips that will improve your ranking by editing your older topics.

Let's start with the list shall we...

1. Keep your posts updated:


Don’t forget to update your old blog posts. Some of the topics (technology) might get old fairly quickly, and using just few minutes of your time, you can make them new again. Usually you don’t have to edit the whole post, just need to add couple of additional lines, and that’s it! Fresh content with just a fraction of time you used on the original article!

2. Add Pictures


Pictures can make a huge difference. Not only they add extra coolness, they make Facebook links much more interesting (You gain much more viewers when you have a picture on your blog post). You also get more viewers via Image search (Google etc.), just remember to add “alt attributes” to your photos.

3. Link to your old posts


Remember to link to your older posts everytime you get a change. Just don’t over do it, or your posts starts look spammy. Linking to older posts can help Google to index them better, and better indexing is crucial to SEO.

4. Keywords and Labels


If your older posts don’t have any labels –> add them now! Some people say that Google ignores these, but I have found that your labels are indexed faster than your entire blog post. If you blog about “hot topics”, you want to add labels/keywords. With hot topics you need to act fast, and adding labels is something you don't want to miss.

5. Spelling


Correct all the spelling errors you can find. There are tons of spell checkers out there. Windows Mail software has built in spell checker, or you could use free office software like OpenOffice or LibreOffice. I doubt many people will link to your posts if they are filled with spelling errors.


Let me know your tips! :)


Follow up: 5 More ways to use your old blog posts
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Monday, March 7, 2011

Top-5 Blogger Tips - Maximize Visibility

How To Get More Love To Your Blog


Five easy steps that will help your blog to get more love from search engines. This guide works best on Blogger (Blogspot), but all of these are relevant with Wordpress and other blogs too.

1. Blog Title - Short, Sweet and Simple


Title should be around 60 characters (Search engines usually show only up to 60 characters) and to contain keywords that your blog has. Title is one of the most important search engine search terms, and title "Welcome to my blog" isn't the most used search term.

You can edit your blog title from design –> Title (Blogger)

2. Blog Description - Make it interesting!


Write a short description what your site is about. Don't go over 160 characters. Write the description to humans (not for search engines) and don't fill it with nonsense. Nobody wants to click your site, if it has description that doesn't make any sense. You can write more about your blog to About Me section...See next point


Design –> Description (Blogger)

3. About Me


It's usually a good thing to tell something about yourself and goals of your blog. After all readers want to know that there is a real person behind your blog.

4. Blogroll - Extra value

Find other blogs that are similar to yours (topic wise) and add them to your Blogroll. With Blogroll you get a better pagerank (thanks to backlinking). I wouldn’t add famous blogs, focus on smaller blogs and you will get your site to their Blogroll much easier. Avoid adding autogenerated sites and blogs that are not on same the topic. You get extra value when using "preview snipped" on. Your site can be found from those keywords too!

Design -> Page elements -> Add a gadget –> Blogroll or Blog links (Blogger)

5. Labels - Never too late

If your older blog posts doesn't contain labels. You should add them now! Labels work as keywords to most search engines. They also help user to find similar topics from your previous blog posts more easily.



Remember to read my Blog post about "How To Make a Perfect Blog Post"
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Tuesday, March 1, 2011

Easy to find Page Rank, Social Bookmarks, Backlinks and more...

There are tons of free website analyzers and today I landed on one very cool analyzer:

http://xinureturns.com/


You can easily find Page Ranking details, Syndications, Social Bookmarks, Validations, Indexed pages, Backlinks and Diagnosis of your domain.

Best of all....It's free!

Only minus side is that there is no subdomain support. format: example.com
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Friday, February 25, 2011

SEO - Pick Of The Day - Blogger HTML Hacks

Blogger is much more harder to optimize for Search Engines than Wordpress, but Blogger allows much better blogging service (Ad revenue) for free.

It's kinda funny that you need to hack Blogger to get better page rank, as Google owns Blogger, and you would think that it would help your site to rank better...Wrong!

Check out The Original Blogger Tips and Tricks

to stay up on latest Blogger HTML hacking news.
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Thursday, February 24, 2011

Is 100 links or less still valid?

Latest Google Webmaster Help videos is up. Discussing about if the less than 100 links per page is still valid.



Another SEO myth busted. Still...who wants to add more than 100 links to one page? or more than 20?
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Wednesday, February 23, 2011

SEO - Pick of the Day - PDF Optimizing

Once you have finished updating your blog or/an website to the max. You should start to optimizing your files too.

I have searched some blogs today to find new tips how to optimize my pages, and for some reason I landed to PDF optimizing blog post.  5 Ways To Optimize Your PDF For SEO

Plenty of other interesting blog posts too. Gonna take some more coffee, and continue reading. :)
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Ping Services For Your Wordpress Blog - Essential To Any Blogger

If you have a Wordpress blog. You WANT to know more about Ping Services. Ping Service automatically notifies sites when your blog has a new content. You can add list of ping sites to your Worpress, and you don't need to worry about it anymore. There can't be much easier way to get more visitors.

How to add ping services to your Wordpress blog?

Here is a recent guide that helps you setting out your Wordpress ping settings + Has a nice list of ping sites you can add:

How To Ping Your Blog Effectively In Wordpress

Using Blogger/Blogspot and want to ping your blog too?

No worries. There are ping websites that allows you to automatically ping many blog search sites for free. Of course with some extra cash you usually get more places to ping.

Here is a list of free ping services:

Pingomatic
Blogbuzzer
Pingler
Pindevice


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Tuesday, February 15, 2011

SEO: How To.... or How Not To? Black Hat SEO

Black Hat SEO and Google

Google has attacked strongly against Black Hat Search Engine Optimizations (SEO) lately, and latest "bust" has been J.C. Penney:

The company bested millions of sites — and not just in searches for dresses, bedding and area rugs. For months, it was consistently at or near the top in searches for “skinny jeans,” “home decor,” “comforter sets,” “furniture” and dozens of other words and phrases, from the blandly generic (“tablecloths”) to the strangely specific (“grommet top curtains”).

Read rest of the story at: The New York Times - The Dirty Little Secrets of Search

Finally black hat seo got some major attention, and pretty sure that this will scare some of the dirty competition away...

If your site got banned from Google. Make sure you use Webmaster's tools, as it has a page for a "Site reconsideration", in case you go wrong. Of course you need to fix your page to fit the rules.

More about Google spam penalties and how to deal with them:


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Friday, February 11, 2011

Matt Cutts, Man Against Spam

Matt Cutts - Google's Webspam Guru

Just wanted to let you know about one of my fav blogs: "Matt Cutts: Gadgets, Google, and SEO". Matt is the head of Google’s Webspam team, and his blog gives you nice info about how Google is fighting against spam, and how he feels about SEO, Gadgets and many other things.

Any other good SEO blogs out there?
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Thursday, February 10, 2011

Bing - Webmaster Tools - True SEO value, Finally!

Bing and Webmaster Tools - Finally Worth Using!

In past few weeks Bing Webmaster Tools has finally gotten more love, and it's actually usable now. It's not good as Google's Webmaster Tools, but at least you can do thing or two with it.

The site has been redesigned to be easier to use, with an intuitive design organized around three key areas: crawl, index and traffic.  New features, such as Index Explorer and rich charting functionality, provide a comprehensive view into how Bing crawls and indexes your sites. 

I don't know if it's just me, but the whole Webmaster Tools thing is also much faster now.

See it yourself: Bing - Webmaster Tools

Make sure you also sign up for their blog for Bing SEO tips.

With SEO business you always want to be one step ahead.
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