Social bookmarking is not only a nice way to get more traffic and links. That’s a most effective method to explore what people think about your site. By tracking your content popularity at social bookmarking sites you will be able:
to get an idea what people liked most of all in your post (to brainstorm for […]
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A while ago I posted a natural SEO piece talking about reciprocal linking and interlinking that was criticized for giving insufficient information on linking out in general. I did really say too little on the notorious ‘bad neighborhood’ that should be taking into account when linking out.
I did point out that most often it […]
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A lot has been said recently about different ways to keep your content hidden from search engines. Still there is much confusion regarding which method serves which aim. So I decided to make a quick easy-to-understand guideline of what should be done depending on what you need to achieve.
So mainly you might want a search […]
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What do I usually want to see in a good tool? Contrary to what you might think, I never expect a tool to do part of my job or give me some information I would be unable to find without it. The most important thing I usually look for is a convenient way to represent […]
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Viewdle technology is nothing new - in fact it was founded in 2006 but the real buzz started in 2007 after the company presentation at TechCrunch40 Conference.
What’s so exciting about the new emerging technology? What we’ve mostly seen until recently was video search based on keywords in titles, the content around the video, and on […]
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Where do my visitors land?
Google Analytics Top Landing Pages and Navigation Summary:
A common landing page is the one that has a high percentage of entrances.
Where did my visitors come from?
Google Analytics Entrance Sources will show you all page entrance sources and other essential info:
number of visits;
average time spent on page by each visitor;
bounce rate for […]
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1. StumbleUpon toolbar (for registered SU users).
Most useful features:
review, vote for and tag any page you visit;
search for pages submitted by your friends;
browse through submissions within a channel (e.g. Flickr);
quickly access your favorites;
see and analyze a page SU ranking withing search results.
2. SocialPhile - displays page Digg rankings withing search results:
Most useful features:
find pages that […]
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Like we all know, blogging is not only (or even not at all) about a blogger talking to his readers; it is primarily about communicating with the blog audience. This interaction is much more active if you keep your readers updated on your activities outside your blog: what are you interested in? what do you […]
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Launch a new site with SEO in mind:
1. Choose a relevant domain name - I am not saying “keyword based” domain as that’s getting more and more difficult, but “relevant” domain that will:
help your readers/customers associate your site with your niche;
ensure relevant backlink anchor text (people tend refer to a site using its domain name).
2. […]
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Obviously there are plenty of occasions where you would want to analyze your (or your competitor’s) internal pages strength. Most often these include:
you want to deeply analyze how strong your competitor is;
you plan to get a backlink to your site (note: I didn’t say ‘buy’ - how you are going to get it is up […]
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