[frame align=”left”] [/frame]Starting up your forum doesn’t have to be as hard as most people think it is, but don’t think its something that will happen easily and over night. You will have to put in your share of work to build up your community and get people posting and visiting. First off understand that […]
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Proper Use of Heading, ALT & Title Tags
[frame align=”left”] [/frame]Improve web design and search engine performance all in one easy step! Believe it or not, it is possible, easy, and really straightforward. There are 3 extremely useful tags and attributes that most people overlook, or do not take advantage of properly. These are the alt tags, title attributes in links and heading […]
Bing Webmaster Tools Updated
This past week a slew of new features have been coming out for Bing Webmaster Tools – and today seemed a great day to showcase some of those changes. For starters Bing Webmaster Tools will now be showing you all inbound links to a given URL regardless of the heading. So anything listed under the 300, 400 […]
Make Money Blogging!
I often get asked a fairly common question: “how can I make money by blogging?” There are always advertisement programs like Google Adsense, Bidvertiser and Chitika – but is there another way? A more interesting way? A way that rewards you for doing what you love – writing blog posts? There is! Services like LinkFromBlog, […]
Google Updates Reconsideration Procedure
If your site isn’t appearing in Google search results, or it’s performing more poorly than it once did (and you believe that it does not violate Google’s Webmaster Guidelines), you can ask Google to reconsider your site. In the past you would receive notification that your reconsideration request has been received – with another notification once it was […]
Twitter Launches Web Analytics
[frame align=”left”] [/frame]Most businesses with any online presence, along with bloggers and webmasters, are aware of the benefits that Twitter can have on your business. There are SEO benefits, marketing and promotional benefits, and customer relationship benefits to name just a few. Fact is that you’re business or website has probably been mentioned on Twitter […]
Google Reworks Internal and External Site Links
Most of you by now probably utilize Google Webmaster Tools, and if not you really should be. For those who do use Webmaster Tools, chances are you have noticed that Webmaster Tools will only recognize internal links to your site if they exactly match your setup domain. For example http://www.rapidpurple.com links will not be displayed […]
New September Coupon from E-Releases
eReleases, a leader in press releases services for businesses, bloggers, and website owners, has released their September coupon good for $50 Off Any Press Release Order. For The Discount Use Coupon Code: Sapphire11BZ. eReleases.com ensures that your press releases will go out to the major news publications in the nation, such as: USA Today, The New York […]
Webmaster Central Hangout on Google Plus
Google has been quietly hosting weekly hangouts for webmasters allowing them to ask Google engineers various questions related to a specific topic chosen for each hangout. The next hangout is scheduled for Wednesday 31 Aug 2011 at 11:30am PDT for 1 hour, announced by Jenny Murphy earlier this morning. The topic for this hangout will be […]
Rapid Purple Link Exchange Launched
Every now and then I get a request for a link exchange from a fellow blogger or webmaster – and with the exception of trackbacks I really didn’t have anything in place to accommodate these requests, however I knew that in-time I would have to put up some sort of a link partnership/exchange program. After-all Next Designs […]
GoDaddy Integration With Google Tools Broken
[frame align=”left”] [/frame]A post by mcarter88 on the Google Webmaster Forums has brought to light an issue with the integration of Google Webmaster Tools and GoDaddy Hosting. Back in 2007 Google and GoDaddy formed an integration deal where Go Daddy users will see the Google Webmaster Tools link right in their hosting control center, and can […]
Google Adds Inline Friend Annotations to the Plus Button
Many of you who are using the Google +1 buttons on your site may have noticed that as of last week you can now see faces and names of friends and contacts who have +1’d you’re page. Their new addition to the code now allows these annotations to be displayed inline rather than in a […]
Learn About Business With Google!
Whether you are just starting your own business, taking over the management of one, or have been running a business for many years – there is always something new out there to learn about, and often times the biggest challenge is to find all that new information in a place comfortable enough to read through. […]
How Do I Get Listed By Ask.com
[frame align=”left”][/frame]We often focus on Google, Bing and Yahoo and forget about some of the other great search engines out there – like Ask.com – the Q&A search engine. However while the ‘Big 3’ have their own set of webmaster tools which allow you to easily submit your website and manage it – Ask.com doesn’t […]
Using The Right Words On Your Website = More Traffic
[frame align=”left”][/frame]There’s no doubt that having a website for your brick and mortar business is crucial, and even necessary these days. However it’s not enough just to have any old website. You need a website that will draw traffic, aka visitors, who are surfing the web. These are visitors you wouldn’t otherwise have and they can […]
Online Marketing – What’s This Lingo?!
[frame align=”left”][/frame]So you’ve purchased hosting, built and got your website up and running, and now you have started looking into online marketing methods and ways to increase the exposure your site gets. Adwords, Adsense, Analytics, Buying Cycle, Contextual Advertising, Monetize, Long Tails, Squeeze Pages – what does this all mean?! I agree jumping into online […]
eReleases Offers $75-Off & A Free E-Book
eReleases.com is a leader in press releases services for businesses, bloggers, and website owners. With more than 30,000 opt-in journalists, they’ll get your press release directly to the desktops of the appropriate media folks. Plus, they include newswire distribution through their partner PR Newswire, and proof of press release distribution with their exclusive WireWatch service is […]
Google Plus One ‘async’ Code Minified
Earlier on last week I had told you about the recent changes made to the Google +1 button and the launch of the new asynchronous button snippet. Thomas over at Web2.0Hub has taken the new ‘async’ snippet and minified it to make it even smaller. Not sure what that means? Essentially minification is the practice of removing […]
Google Plus Platform Preview Launches
In an attempt to keep everyone up-to-date, and to allow sufficient beta testing of new features, Google has announced the Google+ Platform Preview – allowing you to test updates to the Google+ button before they launch to all users on your site. When you’re logged into the account you’ve enrolled with and you visit a page […]
Click-to-Call Enhancements Announced for Google Adwords
[frame align=”left”] [/frame]On July 29th Google sent out an email to most Adwords advertisers announcing enhancements to their click-to-call functionality in AdWords ad text. This is important information to read and understand as an Adwords advertiser. Many businesses currently list their phone numbers in their ad copy – which isn’t a bad thing – however […]