Posts by jay 11

For SEO - your gonna want to consider ...

• Keyword research
• URL naming conventions
• Optimized title, meta and alt tags
• SEO-friendly coding
• SEO copywriting
• Web analytics

For Social Media Marketing:

• Set up and manage social media accounts
• Network, friend, follow colleagues and groups within your industry
• Contribute compelling commentary and content that warrants follows and relevant citations within the community
• daily/Weekly micro-blogging

The quality of content and overall offering is far more important than obtaining inbound links. Websites that provide a worthwhile and compelling resource will naturally and rightfully earn web citations and attract many more qualified users than those who focus on artificially garnering links via article submissions or blog commenting.

What do you mean by "ranked on 7 for a particular keyword." Can you be more specific? Maybe we can help! :)

It does seem pretty cool. Really maximizes the potential of a web browser. You can add pretty much any file format to the wave and share. It also records everything in a timeline so if you are new to a wave or would like to catch up, you can just click "play" and watch everything unfold.

Glad to have helped! :)

I recently designed a website and was asked to optimize it! what is site optimization? How can i go about it? HELP

Hi WEPrimo, Welcome to DaniWeb. I believe you are referring to Search Engine Optimization (SEO). Ultimately you want to make sure your site is easy to read and navigate for both human visitors and search engine robots. There are many more SEO techniques being discussed over in the SEO section at DaniWeb - Feel free to check them out and post related questions...
http://www.daniweb.com/forums/forum45.html

Ah - no... those are suggestions. Google and other search engines will suggest search queries as you type into the search field. They base their suggestions on popularity. The more people search for a keyword phrase, the more likely it will show up as you type in the search field. Your domain will eventually appear as a suggestion but I really wouldn't worry about it. More importantly, Google is crawling, indexing and displaying your site in their search results. Keep focusing on creating a quality resource and optimize your on-site components.

"I try to limit my involvement whenever possible and reduce the noise"
noise can bring visitors and money:)

Yea.. if you are the one making it! :)
I was talking about reducing the amount of noise I am forced to listen to.

i see it indexed and returning in google.

Have you tried submitting it directly to google or bing?

I was just reading an interesting column that was discussing how to choose where to use certain keywords, whether it be in organic search efforts or PPC. While the authors present a hypothetical scenario of a company with mutiple products/business units fighting for ownership of certain keywords and how to approach the decision of who gets the keywords. I am curious to know if outside of large companies is there really an issue or can you easily use the same keywords for both organic search and PPC?

I'm not sure I follow. Are you talking about trademarked names as keywords? IE. Bidding on "Nike" keywords vs optimizing for "Nike" in search?

Wow! 209 PR Directories... Look at that

So what's the plan here? Post a non-topical or slightly agreeable comment and hope Google counts it as a relevant link?

Newsflash: Google gives little to no credit for comment links. They also trust sites less when they link to spammy sites or bad neighborhoods. They encourage links to good sites.

I dunno about anything else, but had a torrid time when they last had a PR update. Most of my websites didnt score much in that update... Sad on my part :(.

Is the update still going on or has it stopped?

Don't worry about what the PageRank says in Google's little toolbar. How are your rankings in the SERPs (Search Engine Results Pages)? Are you returning for the keyword phrases you are optimizing for??

yea - i don't plan on using one of these either as i think it defeats the purpose of using twitter from a personal standpoint. Quite frankly, I don't want to be following thousands of twitter feeds. It's just too much noise. Conversely, I wouldn't mind, as a business owner, to have thousands of people following me or my business.

While I certainly don't condone the use of one of these automated followers, I am more or less curious to learn how effective one of these could be. Specifically, what percentage of people follow you After you follow them?

Dani - these questions are DEEP! :)
Google says... "Both text and image ads will compete in the same auction to display on your pages, and we'll automatically display the ad(s) that we expect to earn you the most."
So it does sound like they optimize ad units based on performance but it also sounds like other variables are taken into account.. Like the number of relevant AdWords advertiser(s) that are in the auction? How much they are willing to spend? If they targeted your site specifically?

Looking forward to getting my hands on it as well. A co-worker of mine has an account and she showed me some of its features. From what I saw, I recon it will be very well adopted. Some are describing it as "email on steroids." I can see a lot of small-medium size businesses dropping their current collaboration software and hoping on the Wave instead. Not so sure it will be so well received by the general public. At least not at first...

Yep - AOL, 28k dial-up, and $4,000 computer with a 2GB hard drive. Oh Yeah!

Anyone with a Twitter account occasionally gets a random new follower. Some may be legit people just wanting to hear what you have to say, some may be cyber-stalkers :P, but MOST are just using some automated software that set's their Twitter account on "Auto-Pilot" and follows as many as people as possible. The goal is to hopefully get you to follow them back. I've heard that some "Twitter Friend Adders" can even target a specific group of people.

Does anyone have any experience with a Friend Adder? Have I even accurately explained how they work? If not, can someone please elaborate? And finally, are "Friend Adders" frowned upon by Twitter?

Go for twitter friend adders it is easy and results are 100%.

Hi Angela - what do you mean by "results are 100%?" Are you suggesting that 100% of your twitter followers will visit your site?

I use 'Custom Ink.' They are flat out awesome. You can design your shirts online. Prices will range based on volume, quality of fabric, type of shirt, and amount of text/images that are to be printed.

yea - i have been noticing the same. Typically - those 'text book definitions' are just copy/pasted content they are spamming forums with. If you see something like this - try copy and pasting a blurb from the post into a search engine, throw some quotes around it, and see if you find any exact matches. If the post proves to be duplicated spam - please report it as "bad" and we/I will review and remove accordingly.

As far as opening up a separate forum for newbie posters, I think that kind of steers away from the community aspect of DaniWeb. I'm not sure we want to give off the impression that beginners should play in their own corner. Besides, we would still need veteran posters to help inform the newbies and steer them in the right direction - which is kind of what we are already doing.

Ultimately, I think this is more of an issue with Signature Spammers. The ones that you mentioned above and the ones that come in to a thread and just repeat what you say or ask the same questions that were already addressed - just so they can drop their link. These guys are thread stoppers. They add little to no value to the discussion and unfortunately - I am not sure what we can do to combat this. :(

Personally - i only join groups or become a fan if I have a specific interest in the topic or person. There are some people that will just join because you asked them to - or see that you joined and they just want to be a part of the community. Nowadays - there is so much information, email, and social media being crammed down our throats, I try to limit my involvement whenever possible and reduce the noise.

How to get followers from twitter friend adders I mean which is the best way for doing that? Thanks for the help in advace

Write compelling and witty comments (proper spelling and grammar helps too). ;) Use keyword #Hashtags to help categorize your tweets. Network within your industry by following other twitters and re-tweet what they say or tweet about them using the "@" tag. For example, "@Angela12 posted an interesting question over at DaniWeb inquiring about how to attract more twitter follower."

Also (and quite important) - use an interesting and/or attractive looking profile photo.

Hello, I'm sure this topic has been discussed a countless number of times, however I have a website with pr 5 and I would like to get higher pagerank.

what can i do ?

Will posting my links in forums work at all? I visit a lot of forums so would this help at all?

Thanks for all the help guys!

Try not to focus so much on PageRank. It really holds no value in terms of how your website will appear in search results. Instead, focus on creating a useful and influential destination. Aim to enhance the content on your website and optimize it for the search engines. If you have a site worth using, the links (and coveted pagerank) will pretty much take care of themselves.

Is the following meta tag appropriate for a site that sells books? <meta name="Keywords" content="books,publish,reading,author,genres,cover,novel" />

Sure that's fine - but keep in mind that Google does Not use the keywords meta tag for any type of web ranking.

Can anyone give quality website who receiprocate their links for computer or hardware Links.?
awaiting reply.

Hi Marc - we were actually just debating whether or not it is worth trying to reciprocate links. Most seem to think that you are better off focusing on more important things, like:

...your content, your internal linking structure, your optimizable web page components. You'll never waste one second while spending the time to craft a good Title.

You can, of course, search the engines for relevant sites that don't mind trading links, but lots of people have experience in reciprocal link schemes - and it has proven to do very little for a site's rankings and traffic.

Ha! Too true.. when's the last time you've heard... "You've Got Mail!"

I think a 301 redirection would not have negative effects on your sites and it is also recommended by search engines.

I agree. A 301 (permanent redirect) tells the engines you "permanently" have a new destination.

In addition to setting up a fan page, I once set up an actual facebook account for a company. We had about 50 friends before FB caught wind and banned the account - stating something like "not a real person."

Lame :)

When it comes to asking question of the internet, I take the laziest path possible...Type into google, submit and if I don't like the answer I rephrase the question. If it takes me to quick answer sites I view them with a little doubt as they seem to read like the content in Wikipedia that has the label that the content needs verification.

I'm in this camp. Type into Google, view results. Refine my search and try again. I've never directly posted on, or searched an 'answer' site. I think I would generally feel more comfortable posting to a discussion forum. They're more communal and if you post in the right niche, your bound to get better results.

I imagine it is different for every company. Keeping your customers happy and retaining clients is important. Businesses that heavily depend on their client retention will most likely spend a larger percentage on account management and post-sales strategies.

A Link should be considered as a "vote of confidence." Something you give someone who deserves it because they are a good resource. A resource worth referencing. If your entire link strategy is based on Exchanging, or Reciprocating votes (aka "links"), you are spinning your wheels and wasting your time. Contrary to what is displayed above, You will see:

1. No significant change in traffic
2. No improvement in search engine visibility
3. No added resource or authority to your site
4. Complete waste of time and resources

Accurate analytics in any capacity can be instrumental in determining how users are engaging in your product or service. It is important to specify though, that these guys gather and report data on facebook games and applications only. They do not provide metrics from fan, profile, or group pages. Still, if I were developing an app, I could see myself using a third party to track down this sort of stuff.

This may be an old article, but pagerank is still as relevant is it was a few years ago-- despite the new school of thought that pagerank doesn't mean diddly squat. Nothing could be further from the truth. Although achieving pagerank is no longer the yellow brick road to getting high volumes of traffic, it is still a great benchmark to determine for yourself what pages are worthy of linking to. This is important in acheiving a cohesive network of useful information.

Is it really that great of a benchmark? Would you avoid linking to a relevant or useful page just because Google's little toolbar displays 'PR0?'

I agree with Bob. Concentrate on providing a useful and meaningful destination and the 'backlinks' will take care of themselves. Promoting your site in the search engines is obtained through keyword research, good URL naming conventions, optimized title, meta and alt tags, sound coding, and quality content.

Since we are constantly adding new pages to our site, we typically update our sitemaps once per day. We actually built a way to automate this. It's fine if you want to update your sitemaps more than once per day but it's probably not necessary. If you are constantly making changes to your website, you might just want to wait until the end of the day or the next morning to update your sitemap. Just for sanity's sake. :)

Nice - i'll have to check it out and put it to the test ;)

I think a good & attractive website can do it better.If your website is attractive & give a useful Information then it will also help you to increase your business.I am telling this as I am also into web developement & projects which I've done for some firms has really helped in their business to grow.

Everything depends on the presentation of business, How is your website presenting your business.

I agree that the presentation is important (and probably even more important is usability). So let's say you have a very attractive and useful travel website for Mauritius. How would you advertise and promote this website in order to get more traffic and drive qualified leads?

Backlinks are links of your site that appear in other sites and this is what search engines use to rank your site. For me, the best way to get backlinks for your site is article marketing.

*slams head on desk*
by 'article marketing,' you of course mean creating well-written and highly informative articles that are related to your respective industry and worthy of publishing on established venues for possible distribution among your peers - yes??

Can anyone translate above? I wonder what the post is saying about social media and business cards. I think its Russian. Maybe if I google those keywords and russia I might find some interesting new technology about this. Who knows...

It was self-promotional spam about some SMS tracking service. [DELETE]

interesting... i just thought that those people were less involved and/or turned off their news feed notifications. I couldn't find anything on Facebook confirming their use of 'pokes' and emailing as a way of 'ranking' friends for you. Have they confirmed this in the past or is it just known or heavily speculated?

Perfectly said Fred... This concept should be required reading for every seo.

"Zoinks!" - Shaggy (from Scooby Doo)

My mother still uses AOL... and, believe it or not, she still pays $10 a month for their "services!!" I explained to her numerous times that since AOL accounts are now free, she is throwing $120 a year down the toilet but she "is comfortable and likes how everything (AIM and email) is accessible through the AOL software."

Facebook uses pokes to adjust their algorithms. Thus, the more you poke your friend, the more news you get on your friend. So my question for you is "Do you poke?"

Really?? Is this true? I had no idea Facebook uses 'pokes' as a way for ranking friends in your news feeds.

Yea - i'm not saying you *should* employ dynamically generated title/descrip's. In fact, it is probably best to avoid this method and instead, tailor each one yourself. But if you have a ton of pages and you feel that this could help save some time - then by all means, go for it. Just make sure that they are unique and make sense from a grammatical standpoint (which isn't going to be easy).

With regards to ranking for your domain without the 'k,' i'm not sure if anyone but you is running this query - so I wouldn't worry about it too much. More importantly, you want your site to return for a query on the full domain - which it does.

And with this under your belt, you can now focus on enhancing the quality and content of your site.

Hi
Try 'top psp accessories'. No.1 in yahoo but nowhere in google.
Also if I try 'pspuser.co.u' with the k missing the site doesn't come up at all in google.
There are loads of pages indexed in google but the site doesn't come up in the serps.
Any ideas?

It sounds like your site just isn't ranking well. Using the info above, I was able to find your site and from the looks of it... there isn't very much unique content. Try updating the content on your home page, as well as re-writing your product descriptions so that they are original and have something different to say (and hopefully better) than what everyone else (aka Amazon) is saying. Also consider your meta title/descrips. Are they being dynamically generated to be the same as everyone else's? Are they unnecessarily long?
Additionally, the content in the drop down at the bottom of each page ('More About <SiteName> and <Products>') shouldn't be the same on every single page. If you are going to have that there, at least make it unique for each page. It's a lot of work but it takes a lot of work to get better rankings. :icon_smile:

Hey DaniWeb peeps, I am curious as to what factors make a shopping cart "seo friendly?" In other words, what do you look for in a shopping cart that makes it easy to optimize for the search engines??

Other than looking at the CTR, what are other factors or KPIs you look into to determine if your campaign was successful or not?

I look at the cost-per-conversion and compare that to the average cost of my product. Ultimately, I want the campaign to be profitable but I also recognize the inherent value you get from branding... so even if there are campaigns or keyword groups that are less than profitable (in terms of cost-per-conversion), you can still justify the spend.