Archive for April, 2008
April 27, 2008
Filed Under (Technology) by philip
There have always been do-it-yourselfers succeeding at web promotion and search engine optimization. In fact, many of the established businesses offering web services today came from humble beginnings, perhaps nothing more than a college student with a laptop, an internet connection, and too much free time. The Web evolves as the result of the innovation and experimentation of individuals. The sharing of knowledge. The do-it-yourself attitude. As text link brokers and mass link networking decrease in value and use in social media increases, it becomes more important for companies to have an internal approach and awareness of search engine marketing. Don’t get me wrong; outsourcing to SEO firms is still a smart option. That said, making the most out of Web 2.0 usually requires some level of cooperation between SEO firm and site owner. You don’t need to be an expert to know the basics of good SEO practices, and that added knowledge will be a great advantage whether you’re working along side an SEO team, or promoting your own site in your spare time. So if you’re on a “need to know” basis with SEO, the following points should illustrate what an overall plan should include: 1. Create Search Engine-Friendly Content Unique web content is your most valuable asset, and ensuring search engines can read it is crucial. Text embedded in images or Flash cannot be read, so make sure you use important keywords, headings, and hyperlinks in plain text form. Instead of using images as navigation links, CSS (Cascading Style Sheets) makes it easy to format those links to look more like ‘buttons’, thus creating powerful anchor text as well as making it visually appealing. Use heading tags properly and don’t try to hide keywords or text by making it the same color as the page background or shrinking it so it can’t be seen. Make sure the keywords you wish to rank high for are used frequently in the page copy but within reason. Now that you’ve created good content, is it actually being crawled? Copy and paste a page’s URL into a search engine to see if it has been indexed. If you’ve just created the page, it may take a few days to show up. Aside from age, many factors can lead to web pages not being indexed by search engines, such as duplicate content (ie. a printer-friendly version of a page might be indexed and the normal version not, or vice versa); links generated by JavaScript instead of HTML; poor site architecture (ie. using too many sub-directories); lengthy, dynamically generated URLs using special characters; and orphaned pages. Check out these blogs. Kendall PC 10423 Blogging Alluba Barr Ier Blog Business Blog Noli Mirador Educational Blog Etech Infanta Travel Paradise Phils DJ Phingaz EA Websites EI Guides Eilohn EJE Blogging Darwin Another heathcote Irene Ramblings Subscription Online Games Tech Services Gadgets Tech Group Right advices Tech Men Ideas Creative Component Elk Ridge Fire Conservavine Getting Inside You Red Square Sagcol Malufet na Blog Noli Boy NIERP Brod Nancy Panlilio Adulaamin Rivermaya Nolism Kamikazee Villete Blogging in Red Lingayen Wordprezz Joaquin Bordado Election Phils Grace Soriano Maya Blogging Pinoy Idol ABSCBNGMA ICANN Org Info Net Com Radio Catte Shep Fam Metro Nano New World SNS Online IPS 2007 Brod Izzle Internet Works News Inspector Dimdim Stars online Power Shell Blog Make Money with Nick Hanig Family Your Web Online Money Granada business Lexi Commons 2. Choose Your Keywords Wisely One of the first steps of SEO, this one needs to be done properly the first time or all your future efforts and promotion could end up being wasted. Start by writing down general terms that describe your products, services or web content. Use keyword research services to investigate word and phrase variations. Wordtracker, KeywordDiscovery, and the Google AdWords suggestion tool are good starting points. The goal is to find those niche phrases that your target market uses to find sites just like yours and optimize your site for them. If the phrases do not get enough use by searchers, your profits from ranking for them will be low. At the same time, stay away from general terms that are tougher to rank for (ie. like “art”, “computers”, “business”, etc.) as a great portion of the traffic will be irrelevant and you’ll break the bank attaining such competitive phrases.
April 15, 2008
Filed Under (Technology) by philip
401k plans are an excellent way to save for retirement. A 401k is a great benefit that many employers are offering these days. You’re able to deduct 401k contributions from your payroll. This is a convenient way to dollar cost average. A lot of employers are offering a 401k match these days. This allows you out even more away in your 401k. If you have this benefit it’s critical to your retirement that you take advantage of a 401k retirement plan. If you don’t have a 401k plan to take advantage of, you can take advantage of an Individual Retirement Account, or IRA Account. An IRA account allows you as an individual to take your retirement into your own hands. You can get the similar tax savings as a 401k. The disadvantage with an IRA account as opposed to a 401k plan is that you don’t have as high of contribution limits and you won’t be getting an employer match. The important thing is that you start saving for retirement whether it’s contributing to an IRA account or a 401k plan. Qualified plans like IRA accounts and 401k accounts have certain specifics when it comes to withdrawals. In a traditional IRA accounts you must wait until you’re 59 and ½ before you can start taking income. You are required to start taking income at 70 and ½, this is called a Required Minimum IRA Distribution, or RMD. Required Minimum Distribution was put in place so that your pre tax dollars are withdrawn into post tax dollars. Basically, Required Minimum IRA Distribution insures that you ultimately pay your taxes on money you may have written off long ago. Required Minimum IRA Distribution’s will continue until death, or your IRA account or 401k plan is completely withdrawn.
April 14, 2008
Filed Under (Writing) by philip
April 14, 2008
Filed Under (Internet) by philip
April 13, 2008
Filed Under (Writing) by philip
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