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 | Re: Backlinking [QUOTE=sansuncore;1031885]Hi, I have +8 years of intensive experience in SEO/SEM activities. As a skilled SEO professional with outstanding technical background, with extensive experience working for all SEM activities with meeting exceptional ranking results and deviling some very positive online solutions. I am confident that I can help you to meet … |
 | Here's a recent rant from search journalist, Danny Sullivan, regarding link spam. This is a good read for anyone involved with SEO. [INDENT]"[I]...the core problem is that the web has people who think nothing of vandalizing other web sites. That’s what link spamming is. You’re not adding value to a … |
 | Ha - i just read an article about this yesterday. While I can see myself maybe adding a photo (already have a logo on there), I think i'm a little hesitant to add social components to my biz card. In theory, your going to give your business card to people … |
| | [QUOTE=madigital;1037862]Hi Try 'top psp accessories'. No.1 in yahoo but nowhere in google. Also if I try 'pspuser.co.u' with the k missing the site doesn't come up at all in google. There are loads of pages indexed in google but the site doesn't come up in the serps. Any ideas?[/QUOTE] It … |
| | Maybe make note of the "before and after" numbers for [I]bounce rate[/I] and [I]time spent on site[/I]. Also look at the traffic for internal pages. Have any dropped off significantly? Redesigns can sometimes throw off your existing users. It may take some time for them to get used to the … |
| | Personally, i think the best way to learn about a social media platform is to register with the network and get hands on experience. As far as external resources, I keep tabs on TechCrunch, Mashable, Sphinn, and the individual blogs from Twitter and Facebook. |
| | tiyabatra - I see that you [URL="http://www.google.com/search?q=%22people+looking+for+that+particular+service+or+product+can+see+that+you+too+are+there+offering+those+services+and+products.+Simply%22&sourceid=navclient-ff&ie=UTF-8&rlz=1B3GGGL_enUS242US242"]copy and pasted[/URL] this exact same explanation from other places on the web. We welcome your comments, but please try not to spam us. :)  |
| | Maybe look into buying advertising on various academic message boards and discussion forums? Maybe start offering your services in Craigslist? Put up fliers in Academic buildings? Set up a Facebook fan page? |
| | Aside from Reputation Management (which is a huge reason why businesses get involved with social media) i think the main marketing objectives companies seek are A) additional avenues for promoting time-sensitive material; B) SEO/Link-baiting; C) Branding |
| | Hi Karen, Thank you for this question. There is actually NO correlation between Google PageRank and web traffic. In other words, a site with high pagerank does not mean that it will get more traffic than a site with low pagerank. Ultimately, you really don't need to worry much about … |
| | [QUOTE=tadisaus2;1033531]Hello, I have changed all of my pages on my websites to SEO friendly URLs. I noticed the increase on Page rank on some pages... I have changed from /index.php?id=1234 to /index/i-like-this-forum/. So, my question is, does anyone notice the same thing? Does my SEO pages affect Google page rank? … |
 | RE: is authority of outbound links important for SEO? While linking to other websites can help search engines categorize your website, it really isn't necessary from an SEO standpoint. You should really only link to other websites if it makes sense from a user standpoint. |
| | Re: pay per click Ok.. here goes nuthin! :) In order to participate in Pay-Per-Click Advertising, you must sign up with Google AdWords, YSM, Microsoft adCenter or some other search network. Once you sign up, you can create ads and place bids on relevant search keywords. The higher the bid, the better the placement. …  |
| | Hi Isaac, there is a very similar discussion already at DaniWeb that may help you determine what to charge for advertising. Check it out here - [URL="http://www.daniweb.com/forums/thread230582.html"]http://www.daniweb.com/forums/thread230582.html[/URL] |
| | This makes sense. Unfortunately tho, I think corporate censorship will discourage a lot of the free thinking and unwieldy comments you see in these new social venues. I'm sure a lot of people will hold back, post less, or abandon social media all together out of fear of breaching some … |
| | Yep - some good advice so far. Think about your current users as well. What can you do to keep them coming back and searching for you? Also - what unique products and services could you promote (via social media, on-site or newsletter email) that could get people talking? Any … |
| | Re: AdSense and SEO [QUOTE=MktgRob;1026807]I have a client who is hot to start using AdSense to get some more revenue and he said that he heard that AdSense participation can provide an SEO boost. While I told my client that he should not expect a great deal of revenue I had never heard about … |
 | Offering prizes is a great way to increase exposure and on-site participation. It can get people blogging about your offer, linking to your website, and returning to see if you have any other offers. You should think about sending an email announcement to your opt-in subscribers, a follow up email … |
| | Re: Improve my SEO [QUOTE=veledrom;1016522]Ignore this thread because I used the link of my website. that link has been removed by Daniweb guys and replaced with 'SNIP'. Therefore. You have no change of seeing my website now. How useful it is, huh![/QUOTE] There are a lot of factors that go into optimizing a website … |
| | The six minute video clip is a bit hoaky (particularly Schmidt's attempts at humor) but there are some interesting takeaways from this interview, like: [LIST] [*]figuring out how to rank real-time info is "the great challenge of the age." [*]broadband will be comfortably faster than 100MB (at least for the …  |
| | if a website does not show up in the search results, especially for a query on the site name, then it was probably banned. |
| | [QUOTE=wq0;1027708]Advise the best hosting for shop movies[/QUOTE] I'm not sure I follow. Are you looking for a hosting company that can support rich media files and high bandwidth sites? |
| | have both facebook and twitter apps on my blackberry. I use Twitterberry for twitter and love getting updates from all the news, sports and industry pundits in my roll. BTW - Twitterberry tweets only load when i open the app - so its non-intrusive. |
| | It looks like Twitter Lists have arrived - Hallelujah! I just signed in to my account and got the following: [QUOTE]"New! Lists. A great way to organize the people you follow and discover new and interesting accounts. (BETA) Lists are timelines you build yourself, consisting of friends, family, co-workers, sports … |
| | Facebook COO, Sheryl Sandberg, confirmed to the Telegraph UK, that their updates will go live on Bing within two months. She also addresses the privacy concerns for Facebook users, saying that they will only be streaming updates of those members who have set their privacy settings to allow viewing by … |
| | [QUOTE=GordonUK;1014883]If you put 300 different comments with backlinks on a website would these all be counted as genuine backlinks or is there a danger that you could be blacklisted by Google? Many thanks.[/QUOTE] Most, if not all links would probably get filtered by Google. When ranking and categorizing websites for … |
| | [LIST] [*]Sign up for AdSense. [*]Get AdSense code from Google. [*]Place code on your website. [*]Google will then display ads that are relevant to the content of your website. [*]When someone visits your website and clicks on one of the AdSense Ads, you will earn money. [*] You will earn … |
| | Ha! That's pretty funny and... [I]clever[/I]. Times square during the holiday season is a mad house. Popping up some branded doo doo stations and getting five bloggers to talk about your product for five weeks could prove to be worthwhile. |
| | Interesting. I wonder why they want that? If the employees are acting as an extension of the company you would think that what goes for the office, goes outside the office as well. Maybe suggest that employees have separate handles (user accounts). One for personal use, and one for work … |
| | it may have leveled off a bit but i think we will see another surge once Google and Bing start mixing in social media updates into their serps. |
| | Mere hours after the Microsoft/Bing announcement, Google announced that they too will offer Twitter updates in their search results. [URL="http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2009/10/rt-google-tweets-and-updates-and-search.html"]Here is the article[/URL] posted by Google VP of Search Products and User Experience, Marissa Mayer. The question now is whether or not Google will include Facebook updates as well. The … |
 | [QUOTE=Wasser;1019179]See, we have been talking for a while, even Google don't want us too obsessed with the PR![/QUOTE] Exactly - this is because Google is always updating it's algorithms - making the current PR out-of-date or inaccurate... And more importantly, there are other factors to consider when looking for the … |
| | Nice! I was going to say to stick with the plan of trying to contact them via Social Media. Twitter is a great way for making waves and getting the attention of "higher-ups." Glad to see they did the right thing and made amends in public fashion. |
| | Re: Do you use Tags? Tagging not only helps Search Engines crawl your site but it is really meant for helping users find the information they seek. I use tags on just about every program or interface that enables them... For example, CentralDesktop, Salesforce, Delicious, Twitter (#Hashtags), Flickr.. |
| | A few months ago, one of my colleagues from California tweeted about how he was looking for a web designer for a new site he was launching. I quickly told my friend who happens to be a freelance designer in NY and introduced the two parties via LinkedIn. My friend … |
| | [QUOTE=MktgRob;1013237]Does anyone know the status of Facebook stopping the use of member photos in ads? The few times I have been on in the last few weeks I have noticed some of my friends photos still popping up in ads.[/QUOTE] Check the following when you are signed in to Facebook... … |
| | Info link? The Wordpress Plugin? The hosting company? Can you be more specific? |
| | Ha.. i see these all the time... "panel of experts" put together a class and charge a premium fee to attend. The premium fee actually increases the perceived value of the class - so there are some people that wind up paying... Tho - it's usually only a small classroom … |
| | you can do all the "social bookmarking" you want but you are not going to build a following unless you provide compelling content to a niche audience. |
| | Updating the Meta title and keywords will definitely help the search engines find your website - especially if the name of your company website is unique... BUT this alone will not always get you indexed. You can try submitting your website directly to Google [URL="http://www.google.com/addurl/"]here[/URL]. As well as submit your … |
 | Wow - that's pretty cool.. and very smart of Ch. 4... should prove to be huge for their distribution and branding. More public networks should and will do this.. |
| | [QUOTE=christophercomp;1004370]Does posting on forums or commenting on blogs related to your website really boost your Google Page Rank? Of course you have to provide a link in your signature or for the comment, but I though that this type of promotion didn't really work?[/QUOTE] I wouldn't worry too much about … |
| | [QUOTE=MktgRob;1012595][url]http://www.digitaltonto.com/2009/chaotic-social-networks/[/url] I found the blog linked above and thought I would share it to get everyone's thoughts. The author basically says that the chaotic nature of social media si the secret behind its success. What do you think?[/QUOTE] Nice find Rob - i enjoyed reading. The author does a nice … |
| | I think it depends on your reasons for getting involved... [I]Social Media[/I] can be a powerful tool for branding, announcing new products/services, promoting special offers, and it could act as a medium for you customers to contact you - as well as share positive (or negative) experiences with others. If … |
| | I just read today that Twitter's traffic grew [URL="http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Search-Engines/Facebook-Sees-Nearly-200-Visit-Boost-While-Twitter-Traffic-Also-Soars-794088/"]over 1,100%[/URL] from Last Year. Additionally, there has been some talk about Twitter rolling out some new features like "geolocation API" and "Lists." Personally, i think Twitter is a great tool for aggregating all the news, information, and people I am interested … |
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