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Free Graphics Editor Paint.net

Wed, 19 Nov 2008 23:35:01 -0500

I can't believe I never found this, but I sure don't want anyone else who needs it to miss out.

I use Photoshop Elements I got on Ebay for $20 in an older version and love it, but to some folks even that's more money than they want to spend.

Well visit http://paint.net and click the image on the right to grab this free.

Then do a search on YouTube for tutorials if you need help getting started.

I thought it was really great and easy to pick up on.

Enjoy!

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Thu, 13 Nov 2008 14:21:59 -0500

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Wed, 12 Nov 2008 18:50:24 -0500

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Webmaster Tools For Website Promotion

Mon, 10 Nov 2008 04:12:35 -0500

Significant webmaster tools have been born due to globalization, which has virtually eradicated all boundaries between countries and businesses alike. Travel is no longer necessary for meeting people or buying products on the other side of the world. Moreover, the internet
has made it possible for practically anyone owning an e-commerce business to generate higher revenues through partnerships or even finding secret algorithms of search engines. The web is inundated with web master tools used to increase online businesses, and our job as owners of these businesses, is to find the most useful webmaster tools for our e-shop.

Many of us own websites, and while our goal is to earn profits, most of us do not succeed. With the influx of information on the internet, it is difficult to filter through which web master tools are relevant for our online businesses. Today, you can find many webmaster tools that will allow you to increase your website's promotion and make more money. First, however, you have to decide which webmaster tools will suit your website's needs.

Today, the most commonly used web master tools are for keyword research, affiliate programs, email software, link reputation analyzers for link exchanges and spider software. These tools come in the form of software that can be easily installed on your computer and linked directly to your website. There are many web master tools that come in this form and labeled as useful webmaster tools, and so the question becomes, which are the right web master tools for my website?

Before purchasing anything that will supposedly promote your website, make sure you do your research. Below you will find a list of questions you should ask yourself for finding the relevant webmaster tools for your site.
How much targeted traffic will enter my website with the webmaster tools I choose?
Are there any reviews, articles or forum discussions about these specified webmaster tools?
Have the web master tools I have chosen received positive reviews?
Are there free trial versions, downloads or demonstrations?
For affiliate program web master tools - will the software allow me to find super affiliates?

The availability of web master tools has increased the chances our e-businesses will receive targeted traffic that eventually lead to increasing sales and conversion rates. There are hundreds of available products to help all webmasters perform the best possible marketing for their products and services. The key to success is to find use the webmaster tools that are most suitable for our sites, by researching, reading, contacting, trying and analyzing results. There is a lot of work to be done before a website becomes profitable, but with the many webmaster tools available today, the work has become less arduous.

Increase Your Alexa Rank With 20 Methods

Sat, 08 Nov 2008 05:14:10 -0500

Alexa ranking is a system I’ve not used much in my time as an Internet marketer. I honestly can’t really say why and there’s no reason why I haven’t, it’s just not a platform I’ve taken a liking too. My current Alexa ranking is 71,581, which is actually pretty darn good after I looked into it.

I decided to look around and was not surprised when I saw that DoshDosh had written a wonderful post on increasing your Alexa rank. The 20 methods that he talks about are:

Install the Alexa toolbar or Firefox’s SearchStatus extension and set your blog as your homepage. This is the most basic step.
Put up an Alexa rank widget on your website. I did this a few days ago and receive a fair amount of clicks every day. According to some, each click counts as a visit even if the toolbar is not used by the visitor.
Encourage others to use the Alexa toolbar. This includes friends, fellow webmasters as well as site visitors/blog readers. Be sure to link to Alexa’s full explanation of their toolbar and tracking system so your readers know what installing the toolbar or extension entails.
Work in an Office or own a company? Get the Alexa toolbar or SS Firefox extension installed on all computers and set your website as the homepage for all browsers. Perhaps it will be useful to note that this may work only when dynamic or different IPs are used.
Get friends to review and rate your Alexa website profile. Not entirely sure of its impact on rankings but it might help in some way.
Write or Blog about Alexa. Webmaster and bloggers love to hear about ways to increase their Alexa rank. They’ll link to you and send you targeted traffic (i.e. visitors with the toolbar already installed). This gradually has effects on your Alexa ranking.
Flaunt your URL in webmaster forums. Webmasters usually have the toolbar installed. You’ll get webmasters to visit your website and offer useful feedback. It’s also a good way to give back to the community if you have useful articles to share with others.
Write content that is related to webmasters. This can fall in the category of domaining and SEO, two fields in which most webmasters will have the Alexa toolbar installed. Promote your content on social networking websites and webmaster forums.
Use Alexa redirects on your website URL. Try this: http://redirect.alexa.com/redirect?www.imod.co.za . Replace imod.co.za with the URL for your website. Leave this redirected URL in blog comments as well as forum signatures. This redirect will count a unique IP address once a day so clicking it multiple times won’t help. There is no official proof that redirects positively benefit your Alexa Rank, so use with caution.
Post in Asian social networking websites or forums. Some webmasters have suggested that East Asian web users are big Alexa toolbar fans, judging by the presence of several Asia-based websites in the Alexa Top 500. I suggest trying this only if you have the time or capacity to do so.
Create a webmaster tools section on your website. This is a magnet for webmasters who will often revisit your website to gain access to the tools. Aaron Wall’s webpage on SEOTools is a very good example.
Get Dugg or Stumbled. This usually brings massive numbers of visitors to your website and the sheer amount will have a positive impact on your Alexa Rank. Naturally, you’ll need to develop link worthy material.
Use PayperClick Campaigns. Buying advertisements on search engines such as Google or Exact Seek will help bring in Traffic. Doubly useful when your ad is highly relevant to webmasters.
Create an Alexa category on your blog and use it to include any articles or news about Alexa. This acts as an easily accessible resource for webmasters or casual search visitors while helping you rank in the search engines.
Optimize your popular posts. Got a popular post that consistently receives traffic from the search engines? Include a widget/graph at the bottom of the post, link to your Alexa post or use Alexa redirection on your internal URLs.
Buy banners and links for traffic from webmaster forums and websites. A prominent and well displayed ad will drive lots of webmaster traffic to your website, which can significantly boost your rank.
Hire forum posters to pimp your website. Either buy signatures in webmaster forums or promote specific articles or material in your website on a regular basis. You can easily find posters for hire in Digital Point and other webmaster forums.
Pay Cybercafe owners to install the Alexa toolbar and set your website as the homepage for all their computers. This might be difficult to arrange and isn’t really a viable solution for most. I’m keeping this one in because some have suggested that it does work.
Use MySpace . This is a little shady so I don’t recommended it unless you’re really interested in artificially inflating your Alexa Rank. Use visually attractive pictures or banners and link them to your redirected Alexa URL. This will be most effective if your website has content that is actually relevant to the MySpace Crowd.
Try Alexa auto-surfs. Do they work? Maybe for brand new sites. I think they are mostly suitable for new websites with a very poor Alexa rank. Note that there be problems when you try to use auto surfs alongside contextual ads like Adsense. They aren’t also long term solutions to improving your Alexa Rank so I suggest using with caution.

Some lovely tips there, thanks to DoshDosh for putting this information out there for all of us!

Source: http://imod.co.za/2008/03/08/increase-your...ith-20-methods/

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Mon, 03 Nov 2008 01:17:26 -0500

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Wordpress Blogs Taken Down By Ddos Attack

Tue, 28 Oct 2008 01:08:46 -0400

Source:http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2333361,00.asp

It's the hosted blogging platform of choice for sites ranging from CNN to Scobelizer--so it's a big deal when Wordpress.com goes down. A number of sites using the Automattic-owned blogging service were taken down for a short while this morning when Wordpress.com was hit with a denial-of-service attack.

"I think maybe a few blogs were down for just a little while this morning, but most of them were just running a bit slower," a spokesperson for Automattic told AppScout this morning. "We have three data centers. Our system is designed to lose a data center and keep running."

Service has since been largely restored to Wordpress.com, the for-profit hosted sister site to Wordpress.org, though the person we spoke to said that the company was still working on resolving the issues.

3 Simple Tips To Make Your Website User-friendly

Tue, 21 Oct 2008 05:08:58 -0400

The one assumption you need to make to follow along with me in this article is "People Buy People." It can be a hard concept for many people to understand and agree with. However, millions of spent dollars have proven this premise to me, so I consider it more of a law than a theory.

If you understand the rule that people buy people, then your website MUST have a pleasant atmosphere that allows the visitor to connect with you, your company and your products.
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By now, you've heard me talk about our Celebrity Branding philosophies, and the fact that you need your picture on your website goes without saying. But, there are some smaller, often overlooked, areas that shouldn't be forgotten.

Here are three simple tip to make your website user-friendly:

1. Navigation

The navigation on your site is probably its most important element. If visitors find your site confusing or cannot successfully navigate through it, they will leave. Make your navigation bar as simple as possible. One of the worst mistakes is using an expanding navigation bar that makes the visitor scroll over it in order for the menu to reveal their options. Most often, this type of navigation bar has too many choices; your visitor doesn't know where to go, so they get flustered and leave.

Navigation on your site is an art, and you should direct your visitors through a logical path to where YOU want them to go (not to where they think they want to go). One way to do this is through call to action buttons or CTAs. We use these buttons on all of our sites; a visitor will go to a main page, and then we can direct them to the parts of that site that we want them to be aware of. We use this method instead of an expanding menu, because we find that it is more logical for visitors. With this method, you can direct visitors to where you want them to go, allowing you to control the buying process.

Quick Tip: most "expanding menus" are created in Macromedia Flash. Search engines cannot read Flash, and therefore they will not pick up these links on your website. If the search engines do not pick up the links on the navigation bar and these links are nowhere else on your site, they cannot accurately crawl or index your site. This is search engine suicide, because without even knowing it, you are stopping search engines from understanding what your site has to offer and from driving traffic to you.

A good rule of thumb is that a visitor should be able to get to every page on your site with two clicks from your home page. Now, this is not realistic for very complex sites. If your website is complex, you can have a sitemap to help visitors navigate. Some sort of search function may also be a good idea for your site.

2. Page Load Speed

It's hard to believe that some people are still stuck using dial up. Even if you have entered the world of high-speed Internet, no matter what you do, some websites will load slowly. (If you're frustrated using high-speed Internet, imagine the frustration of those on good 'ol dial up!)

Page load speed is VERY important. I know that when I am surfing the Internet and I stumble upon a site that loads slowly, I get annoyed, frustrated, and don't browse the site for very long. If your website is loading slowly, you are probably losing out on valuable customers, no matter what business you are in.

In today's web world, we are seeing more and more images, audio files and videos. These things are useful, but you have to be careful that they do not affect the inner workings of your site (in this case, the time it takes for a web page to load). You want to be careful about the size of the images on your website. Both large-sized images and using too many images can cause your website to take too long to load, resulting in visitors leaving. Another tip is to convert videos into a jpeg (image) that only loads and plays the video when a visitor clicks on it. Yes, you may be adding more images to your website, but these are usually small image files; in the hierarchy of the web, a video will slow down your website much more than a small image.

Another factor that can influence the load time of your website is the amount of excess code you have on your site (that is a topic for another day - but ask your webmaster, and they will know what I am talking about).

3. Information

The number one thing that visitors look for is information. They are coming to your site to be educated about your products and/or services and, most of all, how THEY can benefit. With this in mind, it is critical for the information on your website to be accurate, complete and up-to-date. Visitors will leave your site in a split second if the information you are providing is old news.

What's that best way to provide up-to-date information on your website? The best way we suggest is through blogs and articles. By having a section on your website for blogs and articles, you can provide new, relevant and educational information to your visitors. Adding them is not only simple, but it is fast too!

So there are my three simple tips for the month on how to make your website user-friendly. Although this covered just the beginning of what your website should contain, don't worry, I won't leave you stranded-- I'll reveal even more tips in next month's article!

About The Author
Known as the "Online Celebrity Producer," Lindsay Glass helps her clients tell their stories in the online world. Lindsay began freelance writing in 2000 and soon after launched her own PR firm that thrived by offering an in-your-face "Guaranteed PR" that was one of the first of its type in the nation. She is now a founding partner of DNG Media Group, LLC. For more information, please visit www.dngmediagroup.com .

Illustration Or Cartoon

Sun, 19 Oct 2008 09:57:38 -0400

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For sample portofolio, visit my blog :

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The Benefits Of Internet Marketing

Wed, 15 Oct 2008 00:11:26 -0400

The Benefits Of Internet Marketing

� Let's say that you have an internet business but you don't have an advertising budget.
� Let's also say that you need to increase sales with this same business.

How can you get the word out? What are the benefits of internet marketing?

Let's take a look at what internet marketing can do for you and what the benefits of internet marketing are.

Internet marketing is the fastest way to get the information to your potential consumers.

You don't have months to wait to see the benefits from your marketing campaign. You need to get the sales rolling and the dollars coming in. One of the key benefits of internet marketing is that it can show results almost instantaneously. Well ok, maybe not THAT fast, but close to. You can have an article written and on the web in under an hour that will drive people to your site in droves. All for next to nothing!

Internet marketing reaches millions of people worldwide.

There is no other way to reach as many people as you can online. Today worldwide and especially in the western world, people are choosing the internet to find the information they need. That means if you have a website, a blog, an article, or any real presence on the web, you are more likely to reach the consumers that are looking for what you are selling.

How then can I get exposure on the internet?

You can reap the benefits of internet marketing much faster than with any other form of advertising and you can do this in a number of ways. You can get that article online, including a good density of the keywords that Google or the other search engines are looking for and pop up in the Top 10 results when someone searches for your product. It only needs to be 300-400 words and contain enough words that are commonly searched for and you are guaranteed to be increasing your sales with the growing number of visitors to your site. You can start a blog about your product and include links to your article, or articles - the more the better! You can start a forum and have a captive audience for what you are promoting, because they are guaranteed to already be interested in what you have. Email is used by 52 million US people 24/7/365 - why not have a customized signature that includes a link to your article that people can open at will?

The benefits of internet marketing are many fold but most importantly it costs little and the returns can be amazing!

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So What Should A Article Have In It?

Wed, 08 Oct 2008 14:03:07 -0400

Hi Forum,

This is actually a question I had, I have been reading a lot of the different ways to get targeted to your websites and Article posting seems to be a very reliable way. However I don't believe in just writing anything and slapping it up there and crossing my fingers . So my question is how should I structure my articles content? When,Where,and How should I pitch my opportunity? Thanks in advance

How To Put A Digg Button On Your Blog

Sun, 28 Sep 2008 06:34:17 -0400

By Solomon Rothman
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Believe it or not there is a right way and a wrong way to do this. Most wordpress blog templates use the content tag on the main index page, meaning it shows full posts unless you use a more tag. If you use a more tag it will truncate the post at that tag and give you a link to read the full article.

There are many plugins that will insert digg badges into your posts and pages, but I've found many of them either slow down your site or are more trouble then they're worth and limiting in styling options (I like to be able to insert it EXACTLY where I want and not have to use proprietary plugin tags that could break my theme when I upgrade wordpress. If you're interested in using a plugin here are a few I've looked at before( diggZ-Et , digg widget , WP-EasyDigg ). I personally prefer to have a compact digg button placed nicely in a float box with the author image and link on my blog posts. Now the main reason I wrote this, wasn't to discuss matters of taste, but it's because if you add the digg button javascript directly to your template off the digg tools site you'll run into a VERY annoying problem that will GREATLY decrease the traffic to your site from digg.

Like I mentioned above, that most wordpress templates use the content tag to display full posts and most bloggers make use of the more tag at least occationally you'll notice that wordpress automatically appends #more-### to the end of the url when you click the link to continue reading the full post (where ### is the specific numbered id of the post). The problem is this URL is recognized as a separate and different url from the permalink without the #more-### appened to this. This means that if some digs the #more version by clicking on the digg button when viewing your site, it will not show up when the post is viewed directly or using any other link.

This means that many visitors may try to resubmit your blog post to digg and won't have an accurate number of how many digs it's received. This can cause frustration and less votes, resulting in less traffic. The fix is VERY simple. Digg allows you to specific which url to use directly in it's javascript. By default it will use whatever URL the user clicked or whatever is showing at that time in the address bar (which will include appeneded commands and extra info like the #more example above. To make sure that all the visitors to the page are digging the same URL you can use the wordpress permalink template tag to tell digg to ALAWAYS use the simplest direct url to that post.

In the simplest form the digg button with javascript has no paramenters. It looks like:

That will display a large digg button with no other options and use whatever URL is in the visitors address bar resulting in the problems listed above. To fix the URL issue add this parameter to the javascript digg button

digg_url = �';

So our button now looks like this:

I personally prefer to make the button compact and the link to open in a new window so I adjust my digg button to look like the following:

Now you can put this code directly into any template where you want the digg button to show up in. I personally use it only in the posts template, but you can play around with what you like and where you want it in the theme editor.

About the Author:
Solomon Rothman is an SEO consultant, web and graphic designer for Acclivity Inc. He co-authors the internet marketing blog Stir Crazy. He has created over 100 websites and conducted SEO campaigns for companies of all sizes; besides technology, his other passions include screenwriting and filmmaking.

Senuke 3.3

Mon, 22 Sep 2008 13:12:11 -0400

Here are some of the features of SEnuke:

* Instantly create a lens/wiki/hub/article/blog at 13 Web 2.0 authority sites.

* Instant video submission to the top 14 video websites on the Internet!

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* Instant posting of auto-generated RSS feeds to the top 16 RSS aggregators on the Internet!

* Get your submissions indexed within 10 minutes: One-click pinging of all lenses/hubs/wikis/articles/blogs at the top 15 pinging destinations!

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10 Quick Tips For Making Your Large Graphics Load Faster

Fri, 19 Sep 2008 09:13:38 -0400

By Heather Colman © 2008

There's nothing worse then having to sit and wait while the images are loading on your webpages. We've become a society of convenience with microwaves, instant soup and lightening fast servers. We want things in the blink of an eye.

Your visitors expect nothing less when they land on your site. You've only got a couple of seconds before they hit that back button.... and they are gone... to a faster site that will give them the information they want instantly!

Here are 10 quick tips for decreasing the load time on your graphics.

1. Use Height and Width (Size) Attributes.

Example: width="144" height="259"

Every time a browser loads a webpage it looks for the the height and width attributes (size) of each image in your html code so it knows how to lay out the text and the graphics on that page.

This all takes place instantly behind the scenes. When the proper attributes are used, the browser loads the text before the graphics. This is good. It's faster this way.

If you don't use the attributes, it causes a delay waiting for the browser to download the images first and then lay out the text. The browser has to play catchup. It can't load text onto the screen until it has figured out the exact size of the graphics.

Make sure to use attributes on all your graphics, even those little tiny ones, like buttons and bullets.

2. Size Your Image Correctly

Lets say you're trying to place an image with a file size of 30k and height & width attributes of 300 pixels wide by 400 pixels high in a spot on your webpage that is designed to hold an image sized at 200 pixels wide by 300 pixels high.

To accomplish this you've changed the height & width attributes in your html code to 200 x 300.

You may think that since the image will be displayed at the lower size (200x300), the file size will be smaller and the image will load faster.

Not true. Regardless of what size attributes you use, that file size is still 30k and it will load at the same speed any other 30k image does.

Use an image editor to change the size of the image to the correct dimensions first. Then use the correct size attributes in your html. By resizing the image before you plug it into your html code, the file size will be smaller and the browser will load it quicker.

3. Animations

Animations are attention getters, but they quickly become annoying. They also slow down the loading of your page.

Limit the number of animated graphics on your page and set your annimation at a specific number of repetitions rather than allowing them to loop endlessly.

4. Use the Correct Image Format

If your image is simple with a small number of colors try converting it to a gif format. Good choices for this are clipart, bullets, buttons, charts and such.

A word to the wise. Not all images are suited for the gif format. Complex images, photos or those with enhancements such as reflections and drop shadows don't display well in this format.

The jpg format is suitable for complex images with lots of color variations. A good example of this is a photograph.

The png format can be used for either. The high end png format (png-24) produces a beautiful transparent image and maintains any enhancements you've included. The file sizes are generally higher so if you're at all concerned about load time, you may not want to consider the png format unless you have the software and skills to slice your images. (See Tip #5)

5. Slice Those Images

Image slicing is a technique used to breakdown a large image into smaller pieces to make it load faster.

I use the image slicer feature in Photoshop but there are also many options available to do this if you don't use Photoshop.

Search for "Image Splitter" - without quotes in your favorite search engine for l�st of resources for slicing images.

6. Limit the Number of Graphics you Place on Each Page.

If your pages are loading too slow, consider removing some of the images. Keep only those that absolutely necessary.

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7. Use Thumbnails

Use a java script to display a thumbnail and load the larger image only when the reader rolls their mouse over the thumbnail.

I use this technique when I have a lot of images I want to put on one page, but the page would be too big if I included them all at normal size.

I got this script from Dynamic Drive. As long as you keep their copyright notice in the html code you can use their scripts for free.

8. Browser Cache

Graphics and text are stored in what's called cache on your hard drive. This makes it easier and quicker to load files that are displayed in your browser. It loads them from the cache rather than over the net each and every time, if it's available.

To improve your visitors experience, take advantage of their browser cache. The best way to do this is by not putting identical images in more than one folder, subfolder or directory on your server. If the browser always calls the image from the same folder, it loads much quicker.

9. Optimize Your Images

Optimizing your images is a great way to reduce the load time. I generally optimize images I make for my clients to about 60%. I've found this to be the magic number that reduces the file to a reasonable size yet doesn't compromise the quality of the image.

I caution you on optimizing further. Greater percentages of optimization may leave your images blotchy with speckled blocks of color. It will often make your colors look washed-out and you may lose some of the fine details.

10. Progressive Optimization

A sneaky little trick I've learned is to select progressive settings when you're optimizing your images.

This doesn't really make your images load faster, however, they do load first at a very low resolution and continue to load progressively, with more detail, until they are fully loaded.

Your visitor at least has something to view and content to read while the loading process finishes up. This technique works with JPG, JPEG, PNG and GIF 89 file types.

In Conclusion

As we progress into the Internet future there will come a time when our connection speeds are so fast the speed at which webpages load won't be an issue. News information and graphics will flash across your screen at record breaking speeds. We'll get there. Maybe not in the next few years but eventually we will. History has already taught us that the technology is here. It's only a matter of time before we see it.

But until that happens how quickly our webpages load is something we need to take responsibility for.

About The Author
Graphic Designer Heather Colman helps virtual assistants, coaches, and other professionals online bring visual impact and depth to their products with custom 3d images and website graphics. Visit her site at: CustomDesignGraphics.com .

Need Plumber & Electrician

Thu, 18 Sep 2008 09:58:21 -0400

Anyone know of a super quick delivery service? I want to send a card to someone in China but I'd like it to arrive by Thursday (ideally) or by Friday at latest.

I couldn't find anything on a Google search.

It's probably impossible but thought I'd ask here for some ideas... cost isn't an issue.

Rumor: Dmoz Selling To Botw

Wed, 17 Sep 2008 05:12:01 -0400

Source: webpronews

Jeremy Shoemaker, of the popular Shoemoney blog, posted that the owners of Best of the Web Directory are in talks to buy Dmoz from AOL and that a "deal could be reached fairly soon."

Editor's Note: This is still currently a rumor but it's buzzworthy nonetheless because of Google's traditional hard-line stance on paid links comes into direct conflict with Google's heralding of the community-edited Dmoz directory. What will this mean for Google, for search marketers, for webmasters? Tell us what you think in the comments section.
It is unknown whether a sale would change Google's use of Dmoz for its own directory or would prompt Google to reconsider how much weight it gives the sites linked within Dmoz. For those who don't know, Google is still relatively cozy with Dmoz in that it maintains a Google Directory that is a duplicate copy of the dmoz.org content. Dmoz also is still considered a great place for your site to be listed to gain premium Google link power that helps your PageRank.

Over the last year Google has made it clear they don't like the selling of links from anywhere, especially directories. Google has also made clear that it considers the selling of inclusion in a directory tantamount to selling links. Many directories have experienced a severe lowering of their PageRank that have effectively made links (and inclusion) less valuable to potential buyers.

Since Dmoz is a free directory with moderators who decide whether a site is included or not, Google still gives their coveted Google juice to sites listed in Dmoz.

A listing in BOTW.org is not free. It charges a hefty $249.99 review fee which is a prerequisite for inclusion. BOTW makes the point in bold font that their review for inclusion is not a guarantee of inclusion in their BOTW Submit Terms of Service. Apparently Google believes there is enough editorial value in these reviews because BOTW.org still has good PageRank within its categories.

However, Google has penalized many other directories that charge for inclusion reviews. Many website owners feel that even the appearance of selling links leads to PageRank reduction. BOTW is an old, established directory with lots of quality listings similar to Yahoo, which also sells inclusion reviews and suffers no repercussions from Google either.

A few questions ...

- If BOTW buys Dmoz, will it merge the directories and charge for inclusion reviews?

- Will Google continue to mirror the Dmoz results for its directory?

- Will any of this impact the Google juice your sites get from Dmoz?

One thing is certain, the concept of volunteer editors that Dmoz uses is flawed. BOTW and its paid editors may be exactly what Dmoz needs to turn its quality around.

About the Author:
Rich Ord is the CEO of iEntry, Inc. which includes WebProNews and numerous other vertical and community sites.

How To Get Your Articles Listed In Google In Less Then 10 Minutes !

Tue, 16 Sep 2008 18:19:58 -0400

A friend here on DTM posted How To Get Your Articles Listed In Google In Less Then 1 Hour

and i bet i can make my articles listed on google less than 10 minutes after write them. ( i made a record on 2 minutes )

I will not do nothing, just write and post them on my blog

The 4 things you must do is

1. Use Wordpress ( yourname.wordpress.org or your owndomain using wordpress script )
2. Post unique content
3. Use Automated Ping Services from your wordpress blog
4. Use some wordpress Plugins like xml sitemap generator and ALl in one SEO pack

this is all

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Secrets Your Web Designer Isn't Telling You

Sat, 13 Sep 2008 03:48:09 -0400

Secrets Your Web
Designer Isn't Telling You
By Kalena Jordan © 2008

If I was to ask you right now "Are you absolutely certain that your web site is optimized for high visibility in search engines?", what would you say?

What if I was to ask "What position in the major search engines does your site appear in for your target search terms?" Or how about "Does each page of your site have tailored Title and META Tags?"

If you would answer "No" or "I don't know" to any of these questions, you would be amongst the 60% of web site owners whose web sites are missing out on traffic because they are not designed for search engine compatibility. Has your web designer optimized YOUR site for your target keywords? Have they made sure it is visible in Google and the other major search engines? More than likely, you don't know because they haven't told you. Ask them today!

But what exactly is search engine optimization? Simply explained, it is the technique of attaining a high ranking in search engines and directories via changes to your site code to make it more search engine compatible.

In my experience, web designers keep a lot of secrets. One of the biggest ones is that they have no clue about what makes a web site compatible with search engines. Another is that they like to build expensive, flashy sites and so convince their clients that an attractive web site never uses a lot of text.

So your web designer may have included target keywords and phrases in your Title tag and META tags (in the HTML code of your site). They may even have explained to you that these are very important references that search engines use when ranking web sites for search relevancy. I've met many a web designer who claimed that this was all it took to optimize a web site.

But did you know that you need to tailor your Title and META tags for each page of your site? Did you know that optimizing your site meta tags is only a tiny fraction of the job? Did you know that search engines actually need to find target keywords within the visible body text on your site pages in order to find it a relevant match for related search queries? Did you know that they also need to find those same keywords and phrases used within the text links that help people navigate your pages?

It's true. For search engines to rank your site highly for particular words or phrases that you would expect potential visitors to type in, each individual page of your site MUST be built with those words and phrases in mind.

For example, if you are a Miami florist, you should have logical search phrases such as "flowers", "Miami florists", "bouquets Miami" and even target search terms such as "Miami weddings", "Valentine's Day gifts" etc integrated in your title and meta tags, as well as in the visible text of your site. Better still, build and optimize a page for each product or service that you offer. That way, if anyone types in those phrases in a search engine, your site is more likely to appear higher in the search results.

Can you honestly say your web designer has built your site with your target search terms in mind? If not, it might be time to schedule an appointment with them.

So why wasn't your site optimized for search engines when it was built? Depending on who developed your site and how it was built, you'll find a million different reasons for this. Many web developers believe it is the site marketer's job to ensure the site is found in search engines and vice versa. Most don't bother checking that your site is found in the important search engines, assuming you or your marketing department will do it. Or perhaps it wasn't discussed in your original development budget.

Not many web design firms know how or have time to optimize a site successfully, no matter what they tell you. They might feel it is outside their core business, or they might believe it is not part of the "design process". Consequently, your site can be launched for many months without the search engines having any idea it exists.

Some web development firms don't include even the most basic META tags in your site code when building it. Or those that do include META tags without close consultation with you, resulting in the wrong search terms used and poor performance. This is quite typical! Remember that search engine optimization requires both client interaction and constant monitoring to be successful.

The bottom line? If your designer can't show you substantial search engine traffic they've achieved for other clients, chances are they won't be able to optimize your site properly. Search engine optimization (SEO) specialists have sprung up to fill the need for these services. Many SEO's will work either directly with you or with your web site designer to ensure your site gets the exposure it deserves in the most popular search engines and directories. My suggestion is to pay a little more for a specialist with a good track record and reap the rewards.

Remember, search engine users generally only explore the first 10 or 20 search results. If you site isn't in the top 20, you won't be found, it's as simple as that. Always include search engine optimization into your marketing budget or your site could be as effective as a billboard at the end of a dead end street.

About The Author
Article by Kalena Jordan, one of the first search engine optimization experts in Australia, who is well known and respected in the industry, particularly in the U.S. As well as running a daily Search Engine Advice Column, Kalena manages Search Engine College - an online training institution offering instructor-led short courses and downloadable self-study courses in Search Engine Optimization and other Search Engine Marketing subjects.

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Mon, 08 Sep 2008 14:28:25 -0400

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