Technology and information blog

PageRank isn’t everything

PageRank is nice, it’s a good guide to how important Google thinks your blog is, but it’s not everything. Your goal should be to make the first page for terms that people are likely to use when searching for the topic your blog covers. Easier said than done. John Chow is actually doing an interesting experiment with the term “make money online” right now.

Make sure your <title> tags make sense

If every single page on your site has the same title then you’re making a huge mistake. Seriously. Huge. Chris Pearson wrote a great article that explains how to use WordPress code to make your titles change dynamically depending on which page your on. This will help tremendously with indexing and also getting people to actually click through to your site when it shows up in the search results.
The only thing you have to do next is learn to write great headlines.

Make sense of your permalinks

This is another really, really easy tip to follow through on. When you first install WordPress your URLs will probably look something like “http://www.domain.com/page/?id=6? or something along those lines. It’s useless. What does a page ID of 6 mean to you, your visitor, or a search engine? It means it’s the 6th post or page you added to the site. Great.
Why not edit your permalink structure so that it looks like “http://www.domain.com/03/2007/the-title”? This means a lot more. It means the post was written in March of 2007 and even tells me what the title is. This is - quite literally - a piece of cake. Login to WordPress, go to Options, and select the Permalinks tab. If you don’t feel comfortable customizing it, WordPress has a few great options and all you have to do is click the box you like.

Narrow down your topic

This is important for a number of reasons, but it also makes sense in relation to SEO. If you’re hoping to rank high for a term in Google, MSN, Yahoo, or any other search engine (are there any others?) it makes sense to have more than one page about that topic. What better way to create hundreds, even thousands of pages about a topic than to write a blog about it?
Each article in WordPress is considered another page by Google. Simply write about your topic and eventually Google will have all your posts indexed. When someone is searching for anything related to your topic, your blog has a better chance at coming to the top because of the number of posts you have about the
topic.

source : www.topseotricks.com

The constant evolution of information technology is considered as a good thing since it makes a lot of things easier and connects people all over the world. As people continue to embrace the advantages of information technology, they continue to develop and explore various aspects associated with technology including web design. Almost everyone, in all levels of society have their accounts on the internet. Therefore, there is really no reason as to why you should not consider creating your own website.

Website is easy and very cheap to set up. This collection of web pages has a great impact on the way how people look at things. In fact, there are numerous business owners have experienced such economical success though their concentration on their websites. On the other hand, some people set up their websites just for fun and there is nothing wrong with that. This article will give you tips and tricks on how to create an effective website.

A good and effective website can bring out numerous advantages. From young users to adults, anyone can simply use the Internet to search for all kinds of information. When it comes to business purpose, potential customers prefer a website that is user friendly and informative. A good website can help business owners in reaching a larger client base.

Starting your own website

Learn a programming language

Prior to setting up your website, you should think of a programming language that you can use in developing and maintaining the website. Keep in mind that a website consists of one or a combination of scripting/programming languages.

Most beginners use the basic, which is HTML. It won't take too long to figure out how it works. The language will allow you to create simple pages for your website. This language is considered as the base for others like PHP and ASP; however, if learned correctly, it can solely be used in developing full scale dynamic and functional websites. Moreover, an application which is called Dreamweaver is commonly used editing tool software that will allow you to create and edit your HTML pages while displaying your code and layout preview at the same time.

Use web templates

A simple web template is a pre-designed page that requires content and photos. It helps the users in creating their websites without hiring a professional webpage designer. You can find a variety of basic web templates on the Internet. However, other web templates are reasonably priced when compared to the cost of getting a web designer. Most website owners search for web templates that appeal to them by looking at images on the provider's sites. In selecting a web template, the owner will want to ensure that is functional, as these templates vary widely.

Choose an effective web design program

Do a research and look for the best web design software offered in the market today. Experts in the field of web design highly recommend using these web design tools such as Adobe Dreamweaver CS4 which is the best for coding and design pros; Adobe Photoshop CS4 which provides a better access to its unrivaled power through a more insightful user experience and better editing freedom; and Adobe Flash CS4 which introduces a faster approach to animation to create professional pages and develop attractive websites.

Most of us know that having a good and unique website to express your ideas or promote business is very important nowadays. Almost every household has an access to the Internet and some may have more than one computer. A unique and well-designed website should gain its audience trust concerning the company and its owner. It is important to let them know that the people behind a certain website is reputable and take their business seriously, serious enough to spend time and effort to make it look attractive.


source : www.seotrick.net

SEO and Conversion
Its like marriage. Really.
Having been married now coming up on 10 years with 4 children under 9 let me relate the two as  I would my marriage, or any marriage for that matter.
Lets just say SEO is the Man (of course, always trying to figure out a problem regardless of the outcome) and Conversion is the woman. (You know the one concerned about the bottom line - money)
So, SEO meets conversion. Each is equally convinced that their own agenda is the most important and ‘essential’ to the success of the ‘marriage’.
Mr. SEO says: “If I dont get your traffic you wont have anything to convert”
Mrs Conversion says “If all you do is focus on getting visitors to your crappy website they’ll just leave the site and do NOTHING!”
So, what gives?
Of course.. we know the truth.. any successful marriage only works when both sides ‘give’ and respect the others point of view and actually if you want to take it to the next level, you actually begin to thrive in the others agenda and thats where the magic starts.. you know, after dark normally.
So, again how does this work. I think you see the picture.
I really like SEO. In fact, I like it too much. It blinds me to the bigger purpose and that is to produce something that will last and that has a profit - whether its monetary or simply in reaching the goal for the site other than reaching my XXX,XXX,XXX th  visitor.
It really pains me to start playing around with my site(s) and moving things around, getting my designer to change an image. It really really does even after I’ve done it and proved that it made more money I’ll find myself obsessing again over my stats simply looking a the little bar graphs and wondering why it went down at a 7 degree angle for the DAY. I mean, its ridiculous.
The art of conversion is crucial.  I mean, think about it. Lets say you have a little new site thats getting 200 unique visitors a day and you can’t wait to get to 300 a day. Why wouldn’t I take the time to figure out how to serve those 200 customers before I get to 300?  I’m not sure,  but I know I do it over and over.
Take it from me. STOP and listen to your wife. She’s right - most of the time.

source : http://www.topseotricks.com 

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