SEO Security
Posted on | February 7, 2010 | No Comments
When it comes to all things, there’s a constant battle between security and ease of use. Search Engine Optimization is no different. The internet is about content. Search Engines are constantly improving to find the best content for a given search term. The idea being that, in the purest sense, the better the content, the better a website is optimized for search engine optimization. We all know that it is a little more complicated than great content. You have to make sure the search engines find your web pages and see the content certainly. However, in this article, we’d like to focus on securing your content.
It doesn’t do much good to have the best content in the world if it can be stolen, hacked, changed or cloned. Of course, people are always going to be able to read and paraphrase but you’re going to want to protect your databases from getting infected with viruses and certainly do not want them to spread a virus to your users. Whether it personal or business, you’re going to need some antivirus software to protect your information.
Does antivirus software and Encryption software slow your computer down? If your computer is not overloaded with data, it shouldn’t make a big impact. It really just comes down to necessity. Five hundred years ago, castles built walls and gates. It took time and cost money. It limited access. Why? Security! It’s really no different with your computer and your information. If you want to protect your castle, you’ll need these modern day walls and gates!
SEO Host Reviews
Posted on | December 12, 2009 | No Comments
If you are in SEO, then you have certainly thought a lot about where to host your websites. Well, let me take that back. If are into SEO, you need to think long and hard about where you host your sites.
Let me give you an example. Let’s say that you get a cheap hosting account at GoDaddy because you see that you can have unlimited URLs. Sounds great, right? Unlimited means that the more sites you have, the less the cost per site. Well, it’s not that simple.
It is true that many hosts allow unlimited, or perhaps large quantities, of URLs on a single hosting account. They don’t, however, offer unlimited IP addresses. So, you unlimited URLs all end up on the same IP address, which means that Google probably seems them as all being the same site. So, if they are all the same IP, you lose the full impact of links between your own sites.
See what I mean? Those of us who are concerned about SEO must think through hosting strategies. We need multiple IPs for our sites so that we can maximize the punch of using our own links. To make matters even more complicated, it isn’t just about different IPs, it is even better to have IPs that are on difference c-classes. The farther apart the ip address are from each other, the more impressive your links will look to Google.
If you are still with me, you are probably thinking that you need to do some research on hosts that offer various IP address packages. Research if you want, or go here for reviews of web hosting providers.
This site I found has great reviews and they really simplify things for you by having annual awards for various hosting categories. As an example, they review various providers of a dedicated server or vps hosting.
All I’m trying to say is that SEO is impacted by your hosting decisions. Do research and try to find an affordable way to host your sites with varied c-class level IPs. Of course if you only have one site, then the IP address is much less important. Get one that is dedicated, but you don’t have to worry about having more than one until you get the itch to launch site number 2!
Budget Moscow
Posted on | November 24, 2009 | No Comments
Let’s do a real life example of sizing up a website for SEO. Keep in mind that all search engines have different statistics. But let’s go through Budget Moscow step-by-step. First, we go to google.com and type in the search bar:
site:http://budgetmoscow.com
We find out that the website has 244 pages of content. That’s pretty good for a website that is promoting Moscow Hotels and Apartments in Moscow. It’s a full website with much content on Moscow, local aparments, hotels, museums, long term places to rent and the quality of the accommodations. Keep in mind that google is very slow to show their cards about what they see and how they are ranking websites. Take a look at the results from yahoo.
We type the same into yahoo.com (site:http://budgetmoscow.com) and yahoo shows the website to have 3492 pages. As far as in links, we like to look at the links to the “entire site” and links “except from this domain”. Budget Moscow, according to yahoo, has 569 in-links. Now, from all pages on the web, the site has 3135 links and that is because there’s a lot of internal linking.
It’s clear that this owner has spend a good amount of time working content on the website and building internal links. It all helps. We suspect that external links are more valuable (in the eyes of the search engines).
Bing, of course, is the new kid on the block and they seem to be as stingy as google with their information. They show Budget Moscow as having 216 pages and do not share what they show for links.
It’s a crazy and complex world full of algorithms. It’s all a little bit of trial and error but it’s not a complete shot in the dark. Focus your energy and money on targeted key terms and the traffic to your website will grow.
Bloggers Bar
Posted on | November 24, 2009 | No Comments
There are many ways to improve traffic to your website. In short, building traffic to your website requires focus from three direction. Content is critical. Website Optimization for the search engines is critical and link building is critical. Well, content is up to you. It’s elbow grease which requires writing, writing and more writing. Optimizing the website for search engines is more elbow grease. You have to write the page descriptions, write the meta words and take the time to write descriptions about the picture. So, how to you do link building? Well, sometimes content will get people to link to your website naturally but that can take a lot of time. In many ways, link building is a marketing expense. One of the ways to link build is to rent text links for a monthly rate. Directory listing also help build some low quality links. Ironically, networking with blog writers to do sponsored reviews are a very popular way to build links. There are many organizations that bring advertisers and bloggers together. Bloggers Bar is a new website on the street. It has some pretty cool features and is worth a look for Bloggers and Advertisers.
Turkey Time!
Posted on | November 24, 2009 | No Comments
Making the perfect Thanksgiving dinner requires patience and organization. Honestly, it’s a lot like search engine optimization. Everyone gets off of work on Wednesday. The kids get out of school. The anticipation for a great day of eating, drinking and celebration is near. How do you pull it off? How are you going to prepare your turkey? Have you considered trying a deep fry turkey? Maybe you’re going to try to brine which soaks into your turkey for the perfect roast turkey recipe. It’s a very different timeline between preparing a deep fry turkey and roasting a turkey in the oven. On the one hand, a 15 lb deep fry turkey takes 45-55 minutes where as roasting a turkey takes about 4 hours. On the other hand, roasting a turkey creates a nice flavor filled broth that makes a great turkey gravy. Then again, when you deep fry a turkey, you open up your oven for Thanksgiving Appetizers and side dishes. To be honest, even though I love the turkey and I love the drumstick, I really love all of the appetizers and snacking that goes on Thanksgiving morning. It’s just the best day of the year for eating! It’s a feast and that is how Thanksgiving got started anyway. It’s always good to review your Thanksgiving History on Thanksgiving. Understanding Thanksgiving or, at least, the “First Thanksgiving” gives great insight into many of the founding ideas and principles of our nation. The Plymouth Colony was hard working, discipline and organized. They had a basic framework for democracy in the Mayflower Compact. Brush up on your history so you have a few little factoids to throw out on Thanksgiving Day. If you have kids, you’ll need to brush up on your history so you understand what they are talking about! Of course, Thanksgiving is about laughter, family and celebrating life. After all, only half of the people in that Plymouth Settlement survived that first year and when the fall of 1621 arrived, I have to believe the survivors were celebrating life. So we encourage celebrating life. Do what you can to leave the day-to-day hustle and bustle behind? Only you know how to do that best but a few corny Thanksgiving Jokes might give everyone a laugh or two! Have a very Happy and Safe Thanksgiving!
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Don’t know how to build a chicken coop? Let’s learn
Posted on | September 22, 2009 | No Comments
I have always been fond of learning new things and I wanted to learn something new. My mother suggested that I learn how to build a chicken coop as she wanted me to build one in her backyard. I was glad and I started learning through some site on the internet. I built the coop but I was not really convinced that it was strong enough to hold the chickens. When I let a few chickens in, the coop gave in and almost killed the chickens. But I saved them from death.
Then, I looked more into that particular website and realized that the details in the website were insufficient and was bad. When I browsed some more on the internet, I found this website that was amazing and had a lot of news that was actually satisfactory. Then, I built the chicken coop from scratch with the details and I got a strong and sturdy coop that could hold even more than it actually looks like it could. My mother was really happy with the coop and I was happy that I had done a good job. The major reason why my mother is proud of me is because of this website and for that I am really glad.
Experience or explore adventurous activities
Posted on | September 10, 2009 | No Comments
My nephew who finished his masters’ degree in business administration from a reputed university in Canada and found a job in a multi national company in Toronto, got married recently in India, the largest democratic country in the world. When I enquired my nephew about the destination for their honeymoon, he told me that he is planning for adventurous activities and asked my suggestion. Immediately inca trail trekking, one of the most famous adventurous activity struck in my mind and I suggested Peru as the destination for his honeymoon. When my nephew heard about the inca trail, he started asking me more details about that place because he was very much thrilled when I described the adventurous activities involved while taking part in trekking.
Sensing the eagerness of my nephew in taking part in trekking, I promised all arrangements for his honeymoon trip to inca trail peru and asked my private secretary to arrange the same. When my wife heard about my plan, she also started asking me to take her also to that place. I assured her that I will plan another tour with some of our family members to experience or explore some adventurous activities in that wonderful place at a later date.
White hat versus black hat
Posted on | August 19, 2009 | No Comments
Search engine optimization is a very important part of a website. Building a website needs coding and designing and of course, seo or search engine optimization. This is how the website is built and if you want random users of the internet to visit this website, you should use seo to promote your website and help the search engines rank your website or blog in the top pages for the relevant search. There are two types of seo. They are black hat and white hat. There are many optimizers who might tell that they could help your website rank in the top pages in few days. It is not actually possible and those people are the ones who use black hat.
They actually add the keywords in irrelevant places and the contents are not really good. This is called the black hat method and it is really inadvisable to use it. Most people employ seo’s who guarantee white hat because it is the right way and it is only ranked by the search engines in the right way. Usage of black hat method might even lead to your website being banned. It is also a good idea to learn seo yourself, if you don’t want to entrust the future of your website in the hands of some other person.
Scuba diving is a great sport
Posted on | August 13, 2009 | No Comments
My son came one day and told me the he wanted to take up scuba diving lessons, I was really surprised because I had no idea as to what scuba was and because I was scared of water, I immediately refused. He kept on persuading me, but I didn’t listen to him, but after few days seeing that he was very depressed, I asked him if he really wanted to take up the class. He told me that he did and he also showed me this particular website and told me scuba had an apparatus that you wear underwater and was absolutely safe.
Finally with much hesitation, I enrolled him scuba diving class and now my son has successfully completed his training in scuba diving. After seeing my son doing the daredevil art, I have also become very interested and told my son that I also wanted to learn scuba diving. My son was astonished, but then he and my wife were scared as well, still he convinced my wife and I have also started taking up the class and I quite enjoy the sport. I was thinking if I had learnt it in teenage days, I would have definitely had lots of fun with my friends.
Learn to fly and acquire your license
Posted on | August 3, 2009 | No Comments
Flying is a desire for most people. Small kids would look at airplanes and pretend that they were pilots and my sister was one such kid. She was really passionate about flying, which led her to persuading our father to let her learn to fly. She was really successful in it and she earned her private pilot license with ease as she was really good at what she did. Our uncle was a pilot and he had promised that he would get my sister a job that she would love as she would be able to fly airplanes as her profession.
But unfortunately, our uncle died in a plane crash and our mom forbade my sister to continue in that line in spite of her having completed her private pilot training. My sister was really dejected. But later my mother changed her mind and soon my sister got a job doing the thing that she loved the most. I was also on the lucky side because the airlines that employed her gave me free tickets to where I wanted to go whenever I wanted to go through that airline. For more than one reason, I am really proud of my sister.
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