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Social Bookmarking And/or Social Networking – Which is Better for Your Internet Marketing Start-up?

admin — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 16:00:29 +0000

How to Create High-Quality Backlinks the Search Engines Will Love

admin — Sat, 31 Jul 2010 14:13:25 +0000

One great benefit of article marketing is the generation of
high-quality backlinks.

Simply put, a backlink is a link to your website from another
website. There is a difference in quality of backlinks, and
search engines know the difference. When marketers first learned
that search engines rewarded websites that had many links from
other websites, they began to establish link farms (they traded
links with each other) that were nothing more than pages upon
pages of links. Clearly, these links were not helpful, either
for someone looking to follow a link, or for the search engines,
who at first supposed all the links meant a high-quality site
was being linked to.

As search engines got smarter, marketers realized they needed
links to be contextual: that is, there should be a body of
content (at least a paragraph) surrounding the backlink. This
new understanding defeated the purpose of link farms, and
marketers began to understand and see the value in article
marketing: They could write one article, send it to 100 or more
article sites, hopefully have it reprinted several times, and
have contextual (high-value) backlinks from a number of sources.

Generating quality backlinks is one of the real values in
article marketing. But search engines have gotten smarter still,
and they now tend to see this as a form of link spamming (though
not as bad as the link farms).

So how can a marketer engage in article marketing to generate
backlinks without appearing to spam? By subtly changing your
content for every 20 or so submissions you make. Some marketers
change the context immediately surrounding their website link,
which is good, but I suggest you go a step further and actually
edit your article a bit. If you aim for a 300 word article, and
you write 350 words, pare it down to your original goal and
submit your article to 20 or 25 sites.

Then, edit your article (and resource box) by working back in
the extra 50 words and removing others to create a very similar,
yet different, article (you can keep the same title). Submit
again to another 20 sites or so. You can do this over and over
again, because each time you rework your article (and your
resource box), you will change the content enough that it
doesn’t appear as though you are link spamming.

This is how you generate quality backlinks that search engines
love.

How to Get Instant Results With Web Directory Submissions

admin — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 03:32:55 +0000

We live in the age of instant coffee and the equally instant World Wide Web. As a result most people expect things to happen instantly including success in online business. While in some instances this lack of patience can prove to be a major stumbling block, in other instances the very nature of the web provides for immediate results.

Take web directory submissions as an example. The reason why they have always been so popular is because they work rather well in giving any webmaster immediate results for their promotional efforts.

How Web Directory Submissions Work

There are literally thousands of web directories on the World Wide Web. Many of them have an option for free submission and another for paid submission. Now the really attractive thing about directories is the fact that they tend to have respectably high Page Ranks (PR). Secondly in most cases, when a link pointing to your site is placed at a web directory it will tend to last forever, meaning that it will also drive traffic in the direction of your site for the same length of time.

So it is highly desirable to have links in every web directory that you can find, pointing in the direction of your site because you will always end up with twofold benefits, namely immediate traffic and long-term traffic.

How To Submit Your Site To A Web Directory

Submission of your web site or blog site URL to a web directory can be done either manually or by using software.

There are a number of webmasters who have enjoyed amazing success and high traffic by constantly submitting their sites to web directories. What they usually do is to purpose to submit their sites to a certain number of web directories every day. Even with a target of ten per day, the numbers quickly add up and at the end of one month you will find yourself with 300 links. At the end of the year you will have a whooping 3,600.

Then there are those who rely heavily on software to automatically submit their sites to a high number of web directories. For example there is this software that will give you a staggering 750,000 links almost instantly. With a large number of links like that, it is hard to imagine you ever having a problem of inadequate traffic trickling to your site.

The Problem With Manual Submission

While it is true that many webmasters and bloggers have succeeded in the past with manual submissions, the truth is that it has a number of problems and obstacles, these days.

To start with the whole process is very cumbersome and extremely time consuming. The reality is that submitting even just to 10 web directories daily would take up a lot of valuable time from a webmasters day. This is the reason why software that undertakes this vital chore is so popular on the Internet.

The Dangers Of Submitting To Directories With Software

Now even if you were to decide to submit your site pronto to web directories using software, you still need to be very careful. On of the reasons for this is that not all software you come across will be as successful in doing what you are told it is capable of doing. Not only that, some submission software could be designed to do things that upset site engines, meaning that you can easily find that instead of getting the high traffic that you had anticipated, you will get your site banned at leading search engines, thus effectively shutting down any traffic that you would have received directly from search engines.

What You Need To Do To Succeed With Directory Submissions

For you to succeed with directory submissions, you must first understand that this is a game of volumes. The higher the number of sites that you submit your URL to, the better the result. This means that the best option is to go for automatic software submission using software. However you also need to be very careful to deal only with very reputable sites when it comes to finding the right software for this vital chore.

By observing these rather simple rules, you will find yourself well on the way to success with your site and chances of finding really successful software for submission will be high.

Buy Hand Picked Domain Name for your Business

admin — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 21:50:37 +0000

A main Domain, an alternative domain or an additional domain for your online business must be a generic domain. While branding domain name for your business, Professional generic domain name acts as a representative for your product or service to the entire industry. For example: Loans.com , Books.com , Tv.com , Movies.com and Baby.com E.T.C. These are one word generics.

When you buy a generic domain to build your website, you are aligning your self as business leader of your sector either product or service. Researches from 2004 onwards showed that around 20% of daily global Internet users arrive at websites through “direct navigation” by browsing. Direct navigation means typing the URL [domain name] into a browser address bar / use a bookmark. 20% of the traffic for life long, just for a one time investment i.e Generic Domain Name that also a hand picked domain name.

Direct navigation traffic is possible if you own a Generic domain only. This type of high quality traffic is extremely valuable for the domain owner. Marketers and online businessmen have found out the value of type in traffic from direct navigation, they purchase generic domains at any cost even for millions for their online presence. Direct navigation will ensure that your visitors are actively interested and looking for the product or service related to your domain name, and will find your website without an agent.

More over such domains are hand picked and they are clear dictionary words. Words with numbers , hyphens and typo’s are not at all considered as Generic domains, It must represent a product, service in a clear manner. It is a goldmine if you own a keyword domain, Even if it is a three word domain it is valuable. Such domains are generally normal in length, easily memorable and sexy so once a visitor visits your site, the visitor may revisit with out any distraction i.e repeated high quality traffic is got without any floating expenses.

At present domain market is quite dull means sales prices are quite low and not up to our expectation , But soon it boom up,i feel with in two years and the prices of domains will hike up like a sky rocket it is not easy to find a Creative Generic keyword Domain name. It involves Creative thinking and a lot of worthful brain storming process to pick a Generic Keyword Domain name for your business or service related industry. Software searches wont provide worthy Domain selections, Hand picking is found to be the best from our experience. But it takes several hours to find a good quality Domain name.

Already best easily known keyword generics were registered by domainers, They acquired these domains few years back and renewals paid for more than five years with a knowledge in market trend. This foresight made them millionaires, because the Cost of Generic top level Dot Com Domain names is millions worth.

If you have a glimpse to few of the Leading Domain Seller Market places and Auctions, You may find even non Generics, bids up to hundreds and thousands of Dollars, Then the only way to acquire a high quality Generic Keyword Domain is to buy at after market. Learn the Market Trend and grab a Creative Generic Domain Name, before any one else.

some domainers say you can acquire good names from expired domains, please note it is just a bluff mostly all of them are just waste rags. if a good domain gets expired there is a bidding on that and softwares are available to find them and they are proxy bidded so the prices will hike up.It is almost worthless when it is open for public registeration. This is the situation for normal domains then how can you get a genetic key word domain. It is almost a tough game.

There is one more joke when you register domain names i.e up to 100 domains you will be just registering thats all, and after you acquire some 100’s of domains and if if you look back your domains, You feel that how foolish i am just registered so many worthless names. Even very good domainers feel like this. General concept is 4 out of 5 domains would worth less than the expectation , even if you work hard for 1 1/2 shift per day and collide with tons of key words to get a key domain for your product or service, you can find a real diamond from the junk, even now real gems are available. But most of them is over, As domainers scraped their heads for more than 10 years in this business.

I have collided my head with the four walls of my room, my computer , books ETC to build my small domain portfolio even best webmasters and SEO’s stunned when they visited my domain portfolio and mailed their congrats that ” most of your domains are very valuable and you will end up with potential end users who will be ready to pay up to six figures so you just wait for an end user to contact you, keep your mail up to date and respond properly when you receive a mail” I feel very thankful to those kind hearted friend who have spent their precious time to review my site and respond for my future endeavour. I personally feel that it is purely Gods grace, As almighty has his own power to activate each and every aspect of this mighty world

I place a humble request to all my friends and community members to make a review on my site and post their valuable comments to improve the site statistics. My domain URL is : www.collisiondomains.com if you are interested in the purchase of generic domains just mail me from my website.I also request to recommend my site if your friend, neighbour or cousin is in want of generic domains

I whole heartedly thank the webmasters as they mailed me to edit my article and resubmit to publish

What is Social Media Optimization | Affordable SEO Services | SEO Traffic Spider

admin — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 06:36:31 +0000

Social media optimization or SMO is yet another method for search engine optimization of your site. As the name implies, you optimize your site by advertising it through the social media sites, online communities and community websites such as blog sites, message boards, podcasts, wikis and vlogs.The methods for social media optimization involve the use of RSS feeds, social bookmarking, video and photo sharing, social news buttons and blogging etc. The basic idea is to drive traffic to your site without spending money on search engine advertising.The concept of social media optimization was introduced by Rohit Bhargawa of Ogilivy Public Relations. Originally, he enunciated five rules for social media optimization, but the list was expanded by other contributors.According to Rohit Bhargawa, “The concept behind SMO is simple: implement changes to optimize a site so that it is more easily linked to, more highly visible in social media searches on custom search engines (such as Technorati), and more frequently included in relevant posts on blogs, podcasts and vlogs.”In actual practice, social media optimization seeks to create links to the site by making it more visible through the social networking sites like Squidoo, Blogger, Hubpages, Face Book, Twitter, Digg, Delicious, My Space or search engines like Technorati.How does one go about social media optimization?Getting links for your websiteThe number of links your site manages to pull through decides its popularity with the search engines. It is like deciding the popularity of the leader through the votes he gets. In case of a website its popularity index is the number of links it gets from other websites. Tagging and bookmarkingTagging and bookmarking can be made easier by inducting content features such as buttons like “add to delicious” and other bookmarking sites. In addition to this, you can also include relevant tags to your pages besides the home page for the popular social bookmarking sites.Create inbound linksInbound links are considered important for the popularity of the site and its content in searching engine ranking. You should create links to the blogs or sites that contain back links to your site and increase its visibility.Make your content travelMake some changes in your site to enable your content to travel far and wide in your niche area. This can be done by including portable content such as PDFs, video and audio files and submitting them to your list members as well as sites related to your niche. This will help you to create back links for your site.Allow others to use your contentA glaring example of this practice is YouTube. You can download its videos to your sites to illustrate your content and make it more interesting. Another example is to use RSS feeds to syndicate your content so that others can use it for their benefit. This can help you to drive traffic to your website.Pros and cons of social media optimizationAs with other methods of driving traffic, social media optimization has become victim of spamming or link farming. While the noble idea behind social bookmarking is to include links to informative, useful and interesting sites, people bookmark – syndicate – their own sites in numerous bookmarking sites unmindful of the quality of their content which can be pirated, duplicate and cheap. It simply eats into the web space of the bookmarking site and creates a kind of content garbage making it difficult to sift grains from the chaff.

How To Make Your Backlinks Count I

admin — Mon, 26 Jul 2010 14:25:19 +0000

I think that we all know now how important backlinks are for the search engine ranking success of our web site. I also think that we all know now that one way to get these backlinks is by doing link exchanges with other sites. (For the uninitiated, backlinks are links on other web sites that point to ours.)
But do we know that there are various things we need to check before agreeing to exchanging links with another web site? After all, the whole point of exchanging links with others is to benefit from the ranking of their web sites. It is therefore imperative that we investigate ahead of time as to whether exchanging links with another site is to our advantage or not.
I have thought about this whole idea of link exchange preparation and came up with a 3-step process that involves an analysis of 3 pages of the web site we want to exchange links with. The 3 pages are:
- the home page where we will need to check 7 things about that page,
- the directory page: this is the page that contains a list of categories that the site has put together in a bid to organize its link exchanges. We need to check 7 things here,
- the backlink page: this is the page that will contain our backlink. We also need to check 7 things here.
Note that in some cases, the ‘target’ web site will not have a directory page. In that case, our analysis will be a 2-step one rather than a 3-step one.
In this first article, of may be 2 or 3, we shall look at the 7 things (organized in 2 groups) we should check about the home page of the target web site.
1. We need to check what Google thinks of the site. This is done by looking at some things that Google is happy to report about a site. The idea here is to see if there are any problems with the site, from Google’s point of view, that would cause us to decide not to exchange links with them.
I suggest that we look at:
a) how many pages does the site have indexed? This can be done by using ’site:www.site.com’ in the Google search box,
b) how many backlinks does Google report for the site? This can be done by using ‘links:www.site.com’ in the Google search box,
c) is the site listed in Google’s index? This can be done by using ‘http://www.site.com’ in the Google search box,
d) what is the Page Rank of the site/home page? There are several ways of doing this. One way is to get the Google toolbar and visit the web site to see its PR. Another way is to use one of the many web sites on the Internet that enables us to find the PR of any web site. And still another way is to look for software that will tell you the PR of any web sites.
Although we will generally need to look at these 4 things together in a sort of table in order to decide whether the target site passes the first step or not, there are definite results that would cause me to decide straight away not to exchange links with a site:
- if the PR of the site is zero,
- if the site is not listed in the Google index,
- if the site does not have any pages indexed by Google.
You will note here that I am using Google as the first step in the preparation. In fact, we can use any search engine if we want to but given that Google is more fussy than others when it comes to backlinks, I would suggest using Google in the above first step.
2. I would then suggest that we look at 3 tags of the home page of the target site, in a bid to determine if the site has a theme compatible with ours:
a) its title tag,
b) its description tag,
c) its keywords tag.
There are several ways of checking the contents of a web page’s tags. If your browser, such as MSIE, allows you to view the contents of a web page, then you will need to visit the home page and click on the right menu command to view the contents of the page. Then you will need to scroll to the top of the page to view the contents of its tags. The alternative is to look for web sites on the Internet that enable you to view the contents of the tags of any web pages. There are many such web sites on the net.
The reason for this step is that Google takes into account the theme of web sites when looking at backlinks. This means that backlinks from a site that has a theme compatible with ours will be of higher value than one that comes from a site that has nothing to do with what our site is about.
As mentioned above, this preparation is on the home page of the target web site and is only the first step. There are 2 more steps: one on the directory page and one on the backlink page.
It is only when the target web site passes the 3 steps that we should feel confident about exchanging links with them in that the link exchange will be to our advantage. Needless to say that the target web site will also need to conduct a similar 3-step analysis of our site prior to wanting to exchange links with us.
Serge M Botans

VIOP Phone Systems for People and Companies

admin — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 03:45:44 +0000

VOIP phone systems have become incredibly popular recently and with terrific reason. They provide a large of advantages topeople that use Voice Over International Protocols for personal calls and also companies that utilize them as telecommunications solution.

Voice Over Internet Protocol makes it possible for individuals and companies to utilize the net to call out and receive telephone calls. Analog audio signals are transformed into digital data which are then transmitted online. Some phone carriers provide VOIP services, Vonage and AT &T are some of them.

There are varied ways that individuals can utilize VOIP technology to make a call. They includeATA, Computer-to-Computer and IP Phones.

ATA: This fomat is one of the more commonly used ways to utilize VOIP phone systems for communicating with others. An ATA is an analog telephone adapter that converts analog to digital. It makes it possible for people to hook up their phones to their computer and make telephone calls.

IP Phones: IP phones utilize a RJ-45 Ethernet connection instead of a standard RJ-11 connector. These types of phones are connected to router and are especially created to make dialing and accepting calls over the net possible.

Computer-to-Computer: This is one of the simplest and least costly (it’s free in some cases) method to use VOIP phone systems. The software can be downloaded for free for very little money, online.

Business VOIP Services

Some companies have chosen to get in on this trend. business voip services and packages are available as well as an increasing number companies taking advantage of them. Voice Over Protocol for businesses works in much the same way that VOIP does for people. The primary difference is that business VOIP phone systems typically have a larger number of features and are more advanced. Conference calling, desk-to-desk calling, music on hold and automated attendant are just some of the perks available to companies that utilize this telephone operation system.

There are many great perks that utilizing VOIP phone systems provide for both home and business. It’s fairly inexpensive, simple to use and can be used for both personal and professional use.

Getting Patio Furniture, Tanning Beds A Candy Machine & Other Merchandise Over The Internet

admin — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 14:19:01 +0000

Having a house provides so many decorating options. It is conceivable to fill ones home with different types of furniture and luxuries. The internet makes it very easy and even cost effective to do it. The web connects persons in ways not available just fifteen years ago. Today, it is possible to view merchandise from another country and then buy it if they like it. Excellent pieces to think about buying on the internet include things like tanning beds, patio furniture and even a cool candy machine.

Sure getting the above doesn’t have to be for personal use, though it can. If you have a business, then purchasing these types of goods on the internet might save your company a ton of money. It will also likely make it possible to look at a larger variety of merchandise. Company owners or individuals that only buy locally might be missing out not just on great deals but on unique or at least not mass produced items.

A tanning bed might be a super investment for the individual that tans on a regular basis. Buying one can also make tanning a lot more convenient, this is especially true during the winter time. Buying one online, might also be a fantastic way for a tanning salon owner to add a much-needed piece of equipment to the shop.

People that have a vending machine route, might want to shop for a candy machine or multiple ones online. It is possible to get either newer and used ones. There is probably to be many more options for individuals online. Of course, a candy machine may make a fabulous addition to a persons home, especially an antique one for a person that appreciate some nostalgia.

Patio Furnitureis an additional way to decorate ones home and add some personal style. Beautiful, high quality furniture is perfect for chilling on summer and fall evenings and nights. It is also terrific for having people over and for throwing parties.

Finding the Right SEO Company for your Business

admin — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 03:26:28 +0000

Search Engine Optimization (SEO) is now a big business in the web world. Today, thousands of SEO companies have come up to tweak websites so that they rank top position in search engines. How to find out the right SEO firm in the market? Here are few tips to help you decide correctly.

SEO Firm Rank

A good SEO Company should work on the website design and content to make it popular among the target audience. It should get quality traffic, increase sales, invite prospects, get quality inbound links, and similar such proactive promotional results. To find out if the SEO firm is good at its work, check out the ranking of the SEO firm itself.

A start up SEO firm would not have a ranking. To a large extend it shows that this firm does not have the portfolio to show the work it has done. In short, if you find that the SEO firm does not have a good online presence in the search engines, don’t choose that firm to tweak your website.

Client’s Feedback

What effectively matters is the client feedback. As SEO does not have concrete steps to get be successful but requires a series of trials, edits, and changes to be thriving, it is important what the client feels about the website work it has done.

Testimonials show how well the firm has done its job. If you are looking for the right SEO Company for your website, read through the articles, discussion forums, social networking write ups, and blogs.

If you are an active member of a social networking site, don’t forget to ask your colleagues and other members about the SEO expert in the market.

Portfolio

An efficient SEO Expert firm would not hesitate to show the portfolio of the websites it has worked on in the previous assignments. You can get first-hand knowledge of their real performance. Check how well these websites have ranking in search engines.

An SEO team which has stayed in business for a long time would have a number of good websites to show. Check out the types of websites they have worked on. Was it content-centric or website design-centric? A good team would ideally show all the aspects of optimization and have notable websites to illustrate its skills.

Time, Project Deal, Tasks

It also matters to check the time for which the firm had been hired for the website. Was it on an hourly ongoing basis or was it a one-time project deal? Do check out the steps for the optimization procedure or the tasks that the firm plans to do for a particular amount of remuneration.

Tactics

Find out the White Hat techniques followed by the firms and ask what they have to say on tackling the dubious techniques. Instead of being banned by search engines, your website should get promoted by the SEO experts in a way that it maintains its top ranking position in the market for a long time to come. Check these aspects, steps they plan to do against the price they charge, and type of monitoring they plan to do, before finalizing an SEO company.

Who Has the Lowest Domain Prices

admin — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 21:57:02 +0000

Recently, domain registries VeriSign, Afilias, and Public Interest Registry (PIR) notified all ICANN-accredited registrars that they will be raising their wholesale prices. As a consequence, consumer domain prices will increase about 50 cents at most public domain registries such as Enom and Godaddy.com. Who has the lowest domain prices? We checked 10 different ICANN approved registrars in the US and got the following results –

Registrar, .com Price/yr, .net Price/yr:

BestBulkRegister, $7.60, $6.491&1, $6.99, $6.99Estdomains, $7.19, $5.89(promo)Domain Name Superstore, $7.85, $9.45Hostway, $7.95, $7.95aPlus, $8.40, $7.95NameCheap, $9.29, $9.29Yahoo! Domains, $9.95, $9.95Active Domain, $9.95, $9.95Go Daddy, $9.99, $10.99

Depending on what services you want, what extension you are looking for (.com, .net, .org, country extensions, etc.), and what domain name you wish to register, the prices will vary among registrars. The prices listed are for registering one .com and .net domain name for one year. Some registrars provide different services which means a variation in prices. For example, buying more than one domain name at a certain site can give you a special deal on prices. Some sites, such as Go Daddy, offer domain names for as low as $1.99 if you purchase a non-domain product or service from them (i.e. web hosting, SSL Certificate). Certain extensions will cost more than others, with .tm and .travel on the pricey side as you can see in the chart below. Registrars also often have sales and promotions on domains. Search around and see what services and sites best fit your needs.

The table below shows average prices for various TLDs

Extension, Average Price:

.WS, $14.11.SH/AC/IO, $61.64.TM, $157.53.US, $16.24.HK, $24.66.INFO, $7.67.NAME, $8.63.WS, $14.11.TW, $30.14.TV, $40.55.CC, $35.34.MOBI, $15.48.TRAVEL, $177.53.ASIA, $18.95

Some sites cater specifically to those looking to buy in bulk, such as eNom and BestBulkRegister. At BestBulkRegister.com (http://www.bestbulkregister.com), you will find the lowest non-promotional price for a .net domain at $6.49 each. eNom offers different packages for those looking to resell domain names. eNom’s setup fees range from $195 to as much as $1,595 depending on the level of reselling. The sites listed above also have different prices for buying in bulk, but may not offer reselling tools and services.

Claiming and registering domain names can be inexpensive, and as the availability of domain names becomes more limited, the price of domain names on the resale market can be huge. JupiterRealEstate.com, a relatively ordinary domain name, recently sold for $17,500. Investors have taken note of the potential ROI on reselling domain names as some companies now offer financing for domain name purchases. Domain Capital, for example, claims to be “the first and only financial services company to offer financing to businesses based on the inherent and recognized value of premium domain names.” Financing is extremely helpful for those without the resources to buy high-priced domain names or a large number of domain names in bulk to resell. Scott Fish writes a good blog about reselling different types of domain names (http://www.scottfish.com/domain-prices-are-going-up-and-down/). In his article he explains his take on the market for Generic Domain Names, International Domain Names, Typo Domain Names, and other factors such as financing and the dissemination of knowledge.

Most .com domain names that have potential for high value, however, have already been registered. But there are other potential markets for investment, such as the new .asia TLD. Experts predict that the Asia-Pacific region will soon be the largest Internet market in the world, and the .asia TLD gives access and exposure to that market. As opposed to country code domains, the .asia is a TLD that gives exposure to the general region as a whole and separates country and political associations, thus making the domain generally more appealing for businesses. Prices are relatively cheap for .asia domains. BestBulkRegister (http://www.GoBBR.com), mentioned earlier, sells the .asia extension for $18.95 or less depending on volume. As such, .asia has the promise that .com’s previously had, but more knowledgeable investors and the option of financing blows the game wide open.