Improve Web Site Rankings With On Page Optimization Techniques

Improve Web Site Rankings With On Page Optimization TechniquesOn-page optimization is where you should begin and SEO campaign. What you do on your web site and various web pages has a significant impact on search engine results. Even though off-page optimization is a critical component for higher rankings, on-page techniques are essential for building a strong SEO foundation.

Below are a few helpful search engine optimization strategies you can use right now to make your web site more accessible to search engines and as a result, improve your search engine rankings. Read more

Go Bing Yourself Google

Go Bing Yourself GoogleMicrosoft’s new search engine, or decision engine as they call it in the advertising, Bing was launched last week with some fanfare.  In addition, Microsoft has started an aggressive marketing campaign to get people familiar with it.  I for one was excited about it and ready for it to launch as I’ve been reading more about it over the past few month. Originally called Kumo, the launch of Bing last week was somewhat of a surprised, but welcomed.  The following are some of my thoughts about Bing, it’s search, and how it compares to Google.

In addition, I must say that I’ve now changed all of my default searches to Bing as I felt I was getting more of the Internet in a better way, than I was getting with Google and their controlled net.  I look at Google now the way I looked at AOL ten years ago. If you want to search the full Internet you can’t do it on Google, as they have restricted, blocked, and penalized any site that they didn’t like. Read more

Waiting For Wolfy and Kumo Search Engines

Waiting For Wolfy and Kumo Search EnginesThere has been so much hype on both of these new search engines that it’s getting to be too much.  I’ve been hearing about them for almost a year now, and yet, we still wait. Both engines are expected to be released this month, but there has been no official announcement and both sites are still not functioning.  To take a step back, let’s explain what they are, and why the hype.

Kumo – http://kumo.com

This is Microsoft’s next attempt at beating Google. They are redoing their Live search, and adding more features, as well as re-branding it into Kumo. Read more

Blogging For Dollars

Blogging For DollarsThis blog started over two years ago with just the idea of sharing some thoughts and expertise.  At that time there really wasn’t any clear ideas or paths to blogging success or the effective nature of a blog and how both companies and individuals can use them to make money.  However, over the past few years many people have learned more about blogging and how effective it is, as well as opportunities for both bloggers and companies to make money by utilizing the resources of each outlet so that both make money from the same web audience. Read more

Does Flagged in Google Local Lead to a Loss of SERP Ranking

Does Flagged in Google Local Lead to a Loss of SERP RankingI’ve been working on a project that has me trying to do bulk uploads on Google Local to get listed in tons of cities across the country. However, I was able to get one batch of a small quantity through, but ended up getting the next batches flagged, even though there were the exact same as the one that got through.

Now, I’ve read that getting flagged in their system is no big deal and to just make some adjustments and keep trying until you get your listing approved. Read more

Engines Can’t Search All Social Networks

Engines Cant Search All Social NetworksI recently read a great article talking about the change that is inevitably going to come to the search industry.  Right now the search engines are still only searching a small portion of the net, and with the abundance of information being generated everyday on social networks like Digg, Twitter, Facebook, and more, it’s impossible for them to keep up.  This means that until they can figure out a way to search the information faster, and be able to know how to get certain data and not other sensitive data, then there is no way for them to be able to really search the net. Read more

Does Google Adsense Video Ads Make Money or Good Content?

Does Google Adsense Video Ads Make Money or Good Content? Google Adsense announced earlier this year the beta of Google Video Ad Units.  There are several opportunities available and you can find out more about those on Google’s Adsense Video site.  However, I’ve been testing the Adsense for Video via Youtube on my fantasy sports blog to see if it would provide good content to keep visitors on my site longer, plus I’ve heard rumors that the eCPM is higher than their traditional ads.  I’ve been running the test for a couple of weeks and have made some observations about it, as well as took it off the site for now until I can better position the content by putting it more in line with the content on the page. Read more

MagicJack Product Review, Comparing Magic Jack to Skype

I’ve been seeing the commercials and ads all over MagicJack Product Review, Comparing Magic Jack to Skype the Internet, TV, and yes my own blog, so I thought I should review this product and compare it to Skype to see which one is better.  The following is my MagicJack product review and comparing Magic Jack to Skype.

Pros and Cons of MagicJack Read more

How To Make A Tag Cloud Page on WordPress

Recently I wanted to make a tag cloud into a page and I went exploring for a couple of options.  I found several choices and try each of them, but each were not each to use and implement or required more plug-ins.  I didn’t want to install any additional plug-ins, but still wanted a to have one easy code to copy and paste into my page template that would generate a tag cloud on a page.  The following code is my own creation and seems to work great for WordPress and makes a generated tag cloud page without needing to know any additional code, make any other templates, or install any other plug-ins.

How To Make A Tag Cloud Page on WordPress:  No Additional plug-ins, templates, or code knowledge required. Read more

Skype For Sale, Ebay Selling Skype

I was just digging post on Digg about why Ebay needs to sell Skype.  As an avid Skype user and often the unofficial spokesperson for them to family and friends, I’m a little concerned over the notion that Ebay selling Skype to a telecommunications company.  What would that mean to the services and features that we all love and cherish. Read more