The Top ranked classified websites are the base in web industry. They keep the maximum market share in this industry. So these list is very important for web oriented people. Free classified websites have changed the notion of internet marketing. Free classifieds are now one of the prime source of internet marketing. Craigslist.org is the leader and model in this field. Being inspired by the success of craigslist, internet giants like google, yahoo, microsoft have also started free classifieds. Following is a list of popular free/local classified web sites like craigslist:
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Wednesday, July 9, 2008
Free Classified Websites( top ranked)
Sunday, July 6, 2008
Top 10 most viewed youtube videos
Youtube.com is the best video website of the world. Here we can upload, view and share video clips. Its bandwidth costs are estimated at approximately $1 million a day. It has millions of videos. In the month of January, this year nearly 79 million users watched over 3 billion videos on YouTube. Have you ever thought which are the most viewed videos on YouTube ? Have you seen those videos ? No. Then don’t worry today I am sharing the list of top 10 most viewed videos on YouTube (as on 3rd May 2008).
Evolution of Dance is the Most Viewed (All Time) Video, Most Favorited (All Time) Video on YouTube. This Evolution of Dance video is done by comedian Judson Laipply as he dances in various styles to clips of music from the 60’s to the 2000’s. In the video, Laipply dances to a soundtrack that plays through various popular songs ranging from Elvis Presley to MC Hammer and Michael Jackson. During its initial rise in popularity, it amassed over 10 million views in under two weeks and was featured on CNN, MSN, E!, USA Today, Good Morning America, The Today Show, and AOL. Now he is working on part 2 of Evolution of dance. You can visit its website for complete list of songs.
“Girlfriend” is one of the Avril Lavigne’s biggest hits in the United States, where it reached number one on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 songs whereas in UK it reached number two. Its music video is the most viewed music video on YouTube and is the 2nd most viewed video on the website after Evolution of dance, with over 82 million views as on 3rd May 2008.
“What’s the Altitude” is a track off the The Audience’s Listening album by Cut Chemist. Its music video is currently the third most viewed video of all time on YouTube with over 72 million hits. Cut Chemist is the performing name of Lucas MacFadden, a solo turntablist. He is a former member of the funk Latin band Ozomatli, and of hip hop group Jurassic 5. You can read the complete lyrics of the song from here.
What you want to hear is a short film starring Fatima Baeza. This video is in Spanish with more than 7 millions views. It is a love story about the relationship between fiction and reality. It is also the most popular spanish video on YouTube. In this video, Sofia comes home after a long day at work and chat with a friend and start preparing a dinner for her boyfriend. But something amazing happens as a result she is forced to choose between fact, fiction or something that is midway between the two.
Disculpa los malos pensamientos (Forgive the bad thoughts) is a famous rock song by the Mexican band Panda. It was released in March 2006 as the third single from the band’s third album, “Para ti con desprecio”. The song how much anger and bad thoughts can be caused by a girl’s actions. Jose Madero arrives to his girlfriend’s house. She is pulled and moved by him throughout the video because she is apparently dead. Once inside the house, they have a dinner during which he proposes to her with her parents, who don’t seem to notice she is dead. On the YouTube video the story is shown with the help of cartoon characters. Since the video was in Spanish so I am not sure whether it was telling the same story or not.
“Don’t Stop the Music” is a song by Barbadian pop singer Rihanna from her third studio album, “Good Girl Gone Bad”. It was the third single from the album in most of the Europe, the second single in Germany and Spain and the fourth single in the rest of the world. It achieved big success in several European countries.On December 6, 2007, “Don’t Stop the Music” received a Grammy nomination in the category of “Best Dance Recording” at the 50th Grammy Awards.
- My chemical Romance is by an American rock quintet. This video is not available in India. When I tried to watch this video, I got the message on YouTube that “This video is not available in your country. “
“Apologize” is a song released by OneRepublic from their debut album Dreaming Out Loud. The song is the biggest radio airplay hit in the history of Top 40 radio in North America, racking up an astounding 10,693 spins in one week, breaking the previous record by 370 spins. The song has charted strongly around the world, reaching number one in 16 countries.
“No One” is an R&B-soul song written and produced by American singer-songwriter Alicia Keys. It is Keys’ most successful song. It topped the United World Chart for two weeks and becoming the twentieth best-selling single of 2007. In this video, Keys is lying on a chair in an empty room and there is a musical instrument-decorated room in which Keys sings accompanied by a keyboard. Now Keys is shown alone, playing the piano on a rainy street, and she later finds herself surrounded with dozens of people. Then we see Keys is in a blue-lit nightclub. This video ends with a gear divided into four fractions, each showing previous scenes, and lying on the same chair in the same room.
“Bleeding Love” is a pop-R&B ballad written by Jesse McCartney and Ryan Tedder and produced by Tedder for Leona Lewis’ debut album, Spirit, where it is the opening track. You can find the complete lyrices of Bleeding love on LyricsMode.
Google trends in web industry
From abhisays.com, we found this latest post for Google trends. We learn many important tips from this post. follow this post and make comments-
You may be aware of Google Trends. It is an online tool from Google Labs that shows the most popularly searched terms from the beginning of 2004 to now. Google Trends chart shows how often a particular search term is entered relative the total search volume 
Let’s take and example. I am comparing the trends for Yahoo.com, MSN.com and AOL.com
It will also show the Regions where these websites are mostly visited, related websites, and related searches. Here you will have drop down where you can select Yahoo, MSN or AOL at a time and see their details.
Friday, May 30, 2008
You can earn website visitors
I find new articles in different website about website visitors everyday. Today I find this post which was summited in digg. I like this post because here is some important tips of SEO. Please follow the post-
The online marketers today do want to find new ways to get their website or blog some traffic, most people consider SEO as one of the main ways to get more traffic to your own website or blog. SEO does help to gain traffic to a web site or blog but it is important to complete other forms of online marketing to help make sure you get the best results for web traffic. I think one of the best truths in the online marketing is something I have been thinking about “ People seem to want to get web traffic to their website or domain, but don’t put a real effort into building their website.” Often I see webmasters who are looking to gain traffic, and they are not doing some of the most common things that you could do to help get yourself traffic. Some webmasters and internet marketers do not know what to do and for them I hope they are able to find this article as it will explain the gist of it.
Below will be methods in which you can generate web traffic to your web site or blog:
Adding Unique Content To Your Web Site:
Unique content is something that helps to put your blog or web site into the search engine. The search engines use unique content as food for themselves and with this they are able to supply the searchers that use their search engine with what they are looking for. Unique content is one of the keys to success when using a blog the rule goes the more content the better and usually the higher the value overall of the web site or blog. Writing unique content can be a pain sometimes but just remember that you are able to share your views with the rest of the world through your own blog or website. People do not often realize that it is important to go into a niche that you would like to write about as this helps to create more unique content which will bring more traffic to your website or blog.
Generating Links:
There are many ways to go about getting links online. Before I go into the links that you should be looking at getting I will go into the links that I would not personally recommend that you get for your own website or blog as these links can damage your ranking or “sandbox” your site in the major search engines. Reciprocal links are something that you do not want to have on your website as this looks like you are just trying to push yourself and also pushing someone else’s in the search engines, this is not something the search engine likes for you to do. A good way to get around getting links by trading is doing a 3-way link trade, a 3-way link trade is when you trade a link from your website or blog to someone else’s. Then you will give the other person a link on a different website this is a effective 3-way link trade and is helpful and not harmful for you inside of the search engines.
Another form of link generation is to use an automatic blog finding software to help you find the best links that you could gain for your blog. I have recently use “Fast Blog Finder” which finds “Do-Follow” links for you which are something that help to pass PR to your website. I even found a rare gem inside of this as I have found a DO FOLLOW PR-7 link with the use of it. This PR-7 link is something that would of cost me $50-$100s of dollars a month and I was very glad to use this software and find these valuable links for free. If you are commenting in another way I would suggest that you try out the Fast Blog Finder as it is a great tool. I would provide you all with the PR-7 link here, but I do not like to put links out on my blog, so if you would like the PR-7 auto approving link just shoot me a MESSAGE at defyme21@hotmail.com.
Getting links from directories and social networks like Digg and Stumble Upon is also important when looking to get your website or blog noticed inside of the Google search engine and other major search engines like Yahoo & MSN. Directories often allow you to put links in for free, others require a reciprocal link I would suggest just go ahead and skipping any directory that tries to force you to place a link to them on your website. These directories are for people to look at and I believe directory builders should have to provide themselves with link building promotions on their own and often it is not effective to have reciprocal links as this can possibly damage your place inside of the search engine.
Submitting RSS Feeds:
Another great thing that you can perform for your website is to submit your websites or blog RSS feed it is has one to all of the major RSS readers. This helps to get the new posts that you write for your website or blog noticed by the search engines faster which is something that is helpful to getting more traffic to your own web site.
Submitting To All The Search Engines You Can Find:
Of course the most important search engine out there is Google, but Google does not have a problem finding your website this is why usually you will not have to submit yourself to Google they will be able to find and index you. The other search engines out there (as there are hundreds) you can submit to this will give you better exposure to the people that are using the less popular search engines for their own personal searches. Doing this will be sure to increase traffic as you are submitting your websites updates to other search engines that obviously are searched in.
Source-http://dev-news.com/news/how-to-increase-website-traffic
Top 30 Internet Websites Run by young & dynamic guy
The next time you hear someone say you’re too young to blah blah blah, tell them to shut up. Take a look at these web wunderkinds who are doing big things and proving that age ain’t nothing but a number.
Name [ Website ] Age - Company Revenue in Millions
- Mark Zuckerberg [ Facebook ] 23 years old - $700MM
- Andrew Gower [ Runescape ] 28 years old - $650MM
- Blake Ross and David Hyatt [ Mozilla ] 22 years old - $120MM
- Chad Hurley [ YouTube ] 30 years old - $85MM
- Angelo Sotira [ Deviant Art ] 26 years old - $75MM
- John Vechey [ PopCap Games ] 28 years old - $60MM
- Alexander Levin [ WordPress ] 23 years old - $57MM
- Alexander Levin [ ImageShack ] 23 years old - $56MM
- Jake Nickell [ Threadless ] 28 years old - $50MM
- Sean Belnick [ BizChair ] 20 years old - $42MM
- Kevin Rose [ Digg ] 30 years old - $31MM
- Robert Small [ MiniClips ] 24 years old - $23MM
- Ryan Block [ Engadget ] 25 years old - $20MM
- Aodhan Cullen [ StatCounter ] 24 years old - $18MM
- Tom Fulp [ Newgrounds ] 29 years old - $15MM
- Rishi Kacker and Matt Pauker [ Voltage ] 24 years old - $12MM
- Markus Frind [ Plentyoffish ] 29 years old - $10MM
- Catherine and David Cook [ myYearbook ] 17 & 19 years old - $10MM
- Fredrik Neij [ The Pirate Bay ] 28 years old - $10MM
- David Levich [ Iced Out Gear ] 25 years old - $10MM
- David Hauser & Siamak Taghaddos [ Gotvmail ] 24 years old - $8MM
- Jermaine Griggs [ Hear and Play ] 23 years old - $5MM
- Jay Westerdal [ Domain Tools ] 29 years old - $5MM
- Ashley Qualls [ Whateverlife ] 17 years old - $3MM
- Mario Lavandeira [ Perez Hilton ] 29 years old - $3MM
- Ben Way [ Rain Makers ] 27 years old - $2.2MM
- Lauris Liberts [ Frype ] 25 years old - $2MM
- Alex Tew [ Million Dollar Homepage ] 22 years old - $1.6MM
- Rob Benwell [ Blogging to the Bank ] 23 years old - $1.2MM
- Matt Wegrzyn [ Bodis ] 19 years old - $1MM
Hey what are you still doing reading this? Shouldn’t you be brainstorming your next million dollar idea?
Source-http://www.ploomy.com/2008/01/16/top-30-internet-websites-run-by-people-30-and-under/
Wednesday, April 23, 2008
Top 8 ways to promote new content on website
This post is very important for your web marketing professionals. You can follow this tips for more and more revenue earning.
After months of rebuilding your website - adding great content
filled with profitable, keyword-rich copy (all due to Dr Ken Evoy's
excellent 5-day Affiliate Masters e-mail course, no doubt) - your
site is now ready to be uploaded to the Internet!
But how do you go about promoting this new content?
Well, you need a plan!
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Just send a blank e-mail to mailto:tamsshopping101@sitesell.com
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WEBSITE PROMOTION PLAN
Yes, you need a website promotion plan! And you need a schedule
for that plan. And once that schedule's finished, you need another,
long-term plan - site promotion is never over! Some of the
activities that you should plan to do are listed below; you
can probably think of others, more relevant to your site: do!
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For a long-term plan, and some long-term activities, read my
article called Promote Your Site Every Day!. You can find it :
http://www.shoptour.co.uk/webmaster-promote/promote-your-site.shtml
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1: TELL YOUR E-MAIL SUBSCRIBERS
Tell your e-mail subscribers! This is an easy first step to take,
to promote a site redesign (or new pages on your site). Subscribers
have been expecting an announcement, anyway, because you've been
referring to the redesign in earlier newsletters (haven't you?).
This is your best opportunity to really go into detail about all
the great ways your site has improved, and all the new benefits
your subscribers will find. You could even (cheekily!) run a
competition to encourage subscribers to visit your site, and
find those inevitable bugs, before the rest of the web does!!
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If you don't run a newsletter, this is one (of many) great reasons
why you should! Listbot, Topica, e-circle are just a few services
that provide free, ad-supported, newsletters:
- http://www.listbot.com
- http://www.topica.com
- http://www.ecircle-uk.com
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2: TELL YOUR FRIENDS, FAMILY, ANYONE
Tell friends, family and others who are (legitimately) in your
address book. Make your e-mail personal, and friendly. And better
still, just talk about how your site now benefits or involves them.
That is, just discuss:
* your new link to their site
* your promotion of their affiliate program
* their new article, now on your site
Even busy friends and family, need to be 'encouraged'! Always focus
on benefits, but *get them* to visit!
3: TELL THE NEWSGROUPS
Tell the newsgroups about your new site, but only do this if you
are a regular contributor. Simply announce your site - check
that site announcements are allowed, first! - with a few good
reasons why members should visit! Better still, contribute to the
newsgroup, and simply leave your URL as part of your 'signature'.
A great place to find suitable newsgroups is
- http://www.deja.com/usenet/ (now http://groups.google.com)
4: WHAT ABOUT SEARCH ENGINES?
DON'T just blast your new pages to all the search engines /
directories! This may seem like spam to them, and your new pages
(or even your whole site) may get banned. This is because some
search engines need to be told about new pages, others don't. And
directories generally just like to know about the main page on your
site (unless you've just added a lot of content on a completely
different theme).
Search engine policies change regularly, so find out from others by
visiting a search engine forum, or asking someone you consider to
be an expert. An excellent place to find search engine advice is
http://www.searchengineforums.com [HELP! and New Member Forum].
(So what did *I* do? I just submitted one new page to the major
search engines. This page has links to all of the other new pages,
too, so the search engine spiders should eventually index all of my
new content. I visited searchengineforums first, obviously!)
5: DON'T FORGET PAY-PER-CLICK SEARCH ENGINES!
Add more keywords to your various pay-per-click accounts. This is a
great way to make new content available, quickly. (You just have to
wait for keyword-approval by the pay-per-click administrators).
Choose profitable keywords (high demand, low supply), identified
when you began creating new content. But, as you pay for each
click, it's important that you only get clicks from your potential
customers; so choose your keywords, title & description carefully.
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Don't know what Pay-per-click search engines are? They are search
engines, like GoTo, that allow you to choose how highly your site
ranks for a particular keyword. So you make a bid on a keyword. And
if your bid is highest, your site features highest on that search
engine's ranking, for that keyword. And for each click your listing
generates, you pay the amount that you bid to the search engine.
Pay-per-click search engines are proving to be an excellent way to
get extra traffic. Especially when you consider that results from
GoTo, the main pay-per-click, feed into highly-placed sponsored
links on many of the major search engines.
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To learn much, much more about pay-per-click search engines visit
this excellent site: http://www.PayPerClickSearchEngines.com/
6: FIND OTHER PROMOTION SOURCES
Search engines are not the only way to promote your site. There are
webmaster resource sites, freebie sites, and even Britney Spears
fanclub sites, all of which depend on new content! You name it,
there's a site resource dedicated to it!
So use your favorite search engine to discover these resources,
and check out their linking policy. Then, if possible, get a link!
(You may even want to visit some of the links on the resource site,
and get links from those sites too!)
With some persistence, this should bring you a lot of well-targeted
traffic. (Free Sites, for example, get most of their traffic from
one such resource: The Free Site - http://www.thefreesite.com )
7: WRITE AN ARTICLE
Writing an article (like this one) is a great way to promote your
new content. There are so many sites willing to accept articles,
and so many editors willing to publish them in their newsletters.
Just write about your new content (but not about your site), making
it interesting and informative to a general audience. Then, in the
author-byline, refer to your new content, and provide a link to it.
For example, I found a great site, Find Sticky, just from reading
an interesting article about sticky content, written by the site's
webmaster. I enjoyed the article and checked the author bylines to
see who wrote it, then visited his site - http://www.findsticky.com
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Don't know how to write an article? Just write about what you
actually do, and the sites that you visit. Then read a few good
articles on 'how to write an article', and compose away! It *isn't*
difficult, and it can be very rewarding (not least because of the
contacts you make with those that actually publish your articles!)
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The following sites accept free articles for publication:
http://www.ezinearticles.com
http://www.ideamarketers.com
http://www.marketing-seek.com
http://www.certificate.net
http://www.web-source.net
http://www.theukmarketer.com
http://www.MakingProfit.com/articles
8: GET VIRAL
Viral marketing is that elusive creature that can literally,
*literally* create a STAMPEDE of traffic to your site; just on the
continued recommendation of others. Think Am-I-Hot-or-Not? or
Hotmail or Hampsterdance or ICQ or Napster...!
So how do you go achieve viral marketing?
Simple! Come up with a completely original, innovative, easy-to-
use, easy-to-talk-about Wow!-of-a website... OR
Try one of these more common easier-to-achieve approaches:
- allow visitors to create virtual greeting cards on your site
- create free ebooks that include content (or articles) from your
site, and then heavily promote the free ebooks
- put free e-mail on your site
- put 'recommend-this-site' links on your site
- etcetera
Back to the article from Find Sticky. I actually found that article
in a newsfeed from Moreover! It seems that if you write articles on
a weekly basis, then it's possible to get your articles syndicated
via Moreover. So, with no effort from you (apart from writing
regular articles) you can get a link to your site (and your
article) on hundreds, even thousands of other websites!
http://w.moreover.com/site/publishers/index.html
As for Moreover - the newsfeed company - a link to their site goes
on *all* syndicated content. Clever, eh!?
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Viral marketing brings more traffic to your site than any other
method! But it's a lot easier talking about it than doing it!
BONUS: WRITE A PRESS RELEASE
Writing a press release is a good idea, but only if your site
redesign *is* newsworthy - and only you know that! - your release
will be pretty much ignored, otherwise. If you insist on writing a
release, why not submit it to PRWeb (http://www.prweb.com). They
check the releases before submitting them to interested parties.
They'll reject your release if it isn't properly written (or
newsworthy). They do all of this for free, too!
CONCLUSION:
You've worked so hard on developing your website further, with new
content or a site redesign. And now you need to work just as hard
to promote this new content! So get a promotion plan, and work
through it, and then continually promote, promote, promote!
Enjoy your journey
About the Author
Steve Nash is webmaster of http://shoptour.co.uk - a new-look UK
shopping directory: find shopping sites quickly AND save money. He
also edits a newsletter called Promote! Promote! Promote! Subscribe
by sending a blank e-mail to mailto:pppromote@getresponse.com
Friday, March 7, 2008
Top 40 unusual websites you must bookmark.
If you’re a long time makeuseof reader, at one point or another you may have seen several of these websites before.
We have covered lots of lists and round-ups but this one is quite different: it lists undiscovered webservices that are original, rather unique, unusual, useful, free, and must-be bookmarked type. You won’t find any collaboration, storage or ToDo service here. Enjoy!
1. BugMeNot - instantly get disposable login details for any popular website that forces you to register.
2. DailyLit - read your favorite books by email (on your PC, mobile, etc.).
3. FranceRadio - neat MP3 Search Engine that lets you Find, Play and Download favorite MP3s for FREE.
4. Google SMS - provides mobile users with a quick access (via SMS) to a wide range of practical information and tools (i.e. business listings (pizzerias, shops, etc.), weather, movie listings, driving directions, currency converter and lots more.
5. Podlinez - listen to your favorite podcasts from any phone. Just enter the RSS feed URL for the desired podcast and get a free-toll number to access it from a phone.
6. RetailMeNot - locate fresh discount coupons for thousands of web merchants and services right from your browser toolbar. Video demo.
7. SoLow - on a daily basis SoLow auctions 4 different items (iPhones, HD Screens, etc.). Anyone with a mobile/PC can participate in the auctions by placing their bids via text-messaging. The user with the lowest unique bid wins the auction.
8. TeleFlip - auto-forward your emails to your cellphone as text messages. Video demo.
9. UrbanDictionary - hilarious (and practical) 100% user-maintained dictionary where users provide and vote on definitions for urban words (slangs).
10. Yak4Ever - make free international calls from US, UK and Ireland to 50+ countries.
Mobile - related
11. Bitbom - schedule free text message reminders to your phone. Schedule online or using mobile. (Similar PingMe.)
12. Flurry - follow up on your emails (send, receive) and receive latest articles from favorite blogs/websites on your mobile.
13. Foonz - place group calls and send messages to multiple people for free (from your mobile or any other phone).
14. GameJump - lots of free games for mobile phones.
15. GrandCentral - single phone number for all your phones and a web-based centralized voicemail system. (Similar: YouMail, GotVoice)
16. IQzone - post your classified ad to a number of online and print classified networks directly from your mobile.
17. Jott - simple and convenient service for leaving yourself notes and ToDo reminders using your mobile.
18. Mosio - text any question from your mobile phone and shortly receive up-to 4 answers.
19. mShopper - instantly check up on the bargain deals for any product (or even order) right from your mobile phone. Video demo.
20. NoPhoneTrees - simple phone directory that lists direct human access numbers to support employees in hundreds of companies.
21. Nutsie - takes a copy of your iTunes library file and creates an online copy of your library. Access this library from PC or mobile phone.
22. Google SendToPhone - forward anything you find on the web (maps, address, text, etc.) to any mobile phone for free (US only).
23. Qipit - take quick document pictures and turn them into properly formatted PDFs. Save online, email, or fax documents right from mobile.
24. Soonr - handy application that lets you access your PC remotely using your mobile or any other PC (work, school, etc.). Video demo.
25. TelePixie - quickly schedule and receive daily (or one time) wake up phone calls, reminders, weather forecast calls, jokes, and more.
26. TellMe - free local directory service for business listings (Car Repair Shops, Pizzerias, Restaurants, etc.), maps, and directions.
27. PhoneZoo - convert your MP3s to custom-length ringtones and forward them to your phone. Plus 1000s of free ringtones from other users.
Others
28. BossBitching - fun and active community where people can bit*h about their bosses anonymously.
29. eSnailer - send free postal mail letters (to anywhere in the US) right from the desktop. From Canada? Check out EasyPost.
30. Yapta - get a refund (or credit) from the airlines on a purchased ticket in case its price drops.
31. ListenToaMovie - lets you ‘listen to a movie’, i.e. stream the audio part of various movies and some TV-shows.
32. OpenDNS - provides a safer, faster, smarter and more reliable way to navigate the Internet. More details + video demo.
33. PodioBooks - search, subscribe and browse through a variety of totally free audio books (100% legal).
34. PriceProtectr - tracks the price of items you bought online and notifies in case of price-drops, so you can request a refund.
35. RateMyDrawings - excellent place to draw, share your drawing creations, learn to draw, and watch other people drawing. Video demo
36. SwitchPlanet - cool and active marketplace where you can switch (or trade) used DVDs, CDs, Video Games and Books. Video demos.
37. Scribd- search, browse, rate, share various types of documents (jokes, facts, stories etc.). It’s like Youtube for text documents.
38. ViaTalk - make up-to 10 minutes long free phone calls to anywhere in the US and Canada. You don’t even need to sign-up.
39. VideoSift - popular Digg-like voting community for user-submitted videos.
40. Wordie - make lists of words (words you love, words you hate, or whatever) and share them with others.
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Tuesday, January 29, 2008
Web directories can really boost your traffic
I believe that web directories can help you a lot to drive traffics for your website. So it is important to submit your site to your desired directories.
If you did what I suggested above, your site should now be ready to be submitted to different directories. But how does this happen? Well, first you'll of course have to pick the directories you're going to submit to. The most important ones your site should get into are Yahoo and DMOZ, also known as Open Directory. You can, and should, read more about their individual features from their own sections on this site. 
What about the other directories? Well, there are a few other interesting ones you might want to submit to, but they are far less important than the "big two" above. Do submit to them if possible, but focus on Yahoo and DMOZ, since they provide way more traffic.
OK, now you know where you should submit to. But how do you actually submit? It is relatively simple. Nearly all directories consist of different categories and subcategories, each consisting of sites related to the name of the category. You'll just need to find the category (or more often, subcategory) that best fits the topic of your site.
This can be done by either browsing through the directory or by doing a search on the keyword that best describes your site - often the directory will return a few categories that are relevant to your site and you'll just need to choose the one that seems to be most accurate. Usually, it is best to submit to the most detailed category that applies to your site; if your site is about programming in C++, you should submit to >Computers>Programming>C++ instead of >Computers>Programming>.
It is wise to spend some time to search the most accurate category for your site, since submissions done to the wrong categories are usually just thrown out. In addition, the category you submit to will be the category you're going to be stuck with for the rest of your site's life, and getting stuck in the wrong category might cost you some heavy traffic.
The submission process
After you've found the right category for your site, it is time to move on to the actual submitting process. This is an even more delicate part than the last one, so keep on your toes. The first thing to do is to carefully read the directory's rules and instructions on how to submit. They are usually displayed when you are beginning the submission process. Read them over a couple of times and follow them to the letter.
Nearly all directories will ask you to give the title of your site and a description of it when you are submitting. Put some thought in creating these, because they can significantly boost or reduce the amount of traffic you'll get from the directory. When writing your description, don't stuff it with words like 'best' or 'cheapest', and don't use ALL CAPITAL LETTERS. Write a short (15-25 words) description that accurately describes your site, and try to make it sound like an impartial review.
It would be also a good idea to check how the descriptions of the other sites in the same category are written and use them as a model. If possible, make sure that one or two of your best keywords are included in the description, but don't just stuff them there. Your description should sound like it's a natural sentence. If the editor thinks your description is little more than a list of keywords, he'll reject it and write a new one that may not include even a single keyword. Having one or two of your most important keywords in your description often helps your site to be found when a user searches the directory instead of browsing it.
If you later decide that the description you entered the first time isn't good enough, it is possible to contact most directories and try to get your description changed to a better one. Unfortunately, it is usually very difficult and very time-consuming to get directories to change the description of your site at a later date. Thus, it is heavily recommended that you try and get it right the first time.
Your title should be brief, it is not a place to list all your products and services. If possible, the title should include your most important keyword in it and start with a letter that is near the beginning of the alphabet. 'Automobile World' is better than 'World of Automobiles', because many directories list sites in alphabetical order and getting listed near the top can boost your traffic from the directory.
Since the title MUST be the official title of the site and it must be used on your pages, this might require you to change the name of your site. In addition to this, the title must sound like it just happens to start with a letter near the beginning of the alphabet, or it will get edited. The actual title of this site is 'A Promotion Guide', but Yahoo listed me as 'Promotion Guide, A', since the Yahoo editor thought the 'A' was included just to get to the top of the list. The same rules that apply to the description apply to the title - no promotional hype, no all capital letters.
After you have entered all the information, remember to check it for any possible typos or errors in spelling. Be extra careful with your URL, since a typo in it would naturally result in your site never getting reviewed. Then, say a quick prayer (in the case of Yahoo, at least two prayers) and hit the submit button. Good luck!
You'll usually get an E-mail if your site is accepted, but rarely if it is rejected. It is thus sometimes hard to know whether your site has been reviewed and rejected or if it is still unreviewed. If you don't get an E-mail after a few days and your site has not appeared to the directory, don't panic. Wait a few weeks until resubmitting your site; many directories are flooded with submissions and will get annoyed if you don't give them enough time to process the submission.
Top 20 ways to get huge traffic for your site.
This article will help you a lot to drive huge traffic to your site. So I collect this article for my community members. I thank to the author, Penny C. Sansevieri, CEO and founder of Author Marketing Experts, Inc., is a book marketing and media relations expert whose company has developed some of the most cutting-edge book marketing campaigns. Please read this article very carefully and follow this tips. This will help to earn money from blogging by getting huge visitors.
1) Write articles: believe it or not this is an incredible tool for driving traffic. Well-written, relevant articles can net quite a bit of activity to your web site. Don't forget to add your URL in your byline. Articles should be 500 to 2,000 words in length. You can send articles to sites like: Article City, GoArticles, Submit Your Articles and Ezine Articles.
2) Social bookmark *everything* - and I do mean everything - you can bookmark each page of your site and each blog entry you post. While this might seem tedious, it's worth it. You'll see a strong increase in traffic if you social bookmark each page on your site and each of your blog entries.
3) List yourself in the best directories – you'll have to pay for this but since most people don't do this (since everyone's looking for a freebie) you could really enhance your traffic by getting a listing: dir dot yahoo dot com, business dot org, botw dot org.
4) Get yourself listed at: DMOZ dot org – it's not easy to get listed there, but worth the effort.
5) Review: if you can review hot new products or books within your market, head on over to Amazon and start positioning yourself as an expert. In order to do this effectively you'll want to create an Amazon profile and make sure and sign each review with a reference to your URL (your web site). You can also go to Epinions and Revoo to review products as well.
6) Offer a freebie on Craig's List: you'll be amazed at how much traffic you get from a single Craig's List ad. The key here is to send people to a page on your site and make sure they have to sign up for something (like your email newsletter) before they can grab their freebie. That way you're not just getting traffic, you're also building your list.
7) Create a "recommended by" list on your Delicious page – you can do this by logging on and creating an account and there and then tagging articles, blogs and other content you think is important to your readership. Then offer this page as a resource site. You can add a link to this page in your email signature line or on your web site.
8) And speaking of your email signature line... do you have one? If you don't, create one. Believe it or not, people do follow these links. You'll be amazed how many folks read email signature lines. I have one and change it several times a year, depending on what we're doing or promoting or what books I have coming out.
9) Lend a helping hand: you can be an answer person at Yahoo Answers – you don't have to spend hours on there, but maybe a few minutes a week. Make sure and include a link back to your site following your answers.
10) Set up a social networking site using Facebook, LinkedIn, or Squidoo. It's free and easy to do, just don't forget the all-important link back to your site!
11) Make sure your blog has an RSS feed so if you capture a reader you don't lose them if they forget to bookmark your site or blog.
12) Join relevant groups at Yahoo groups. You'll find everything from groups on growing your small business, writing books, finding your passion, even underwater basket weaving. I dare you to find one that isn't right for what you're promoting. When you do find the right group, join and participate as you can!
13) Podcasting is another great way to drive traffic. Start a podcast by going to Audio Acrobat. There are other programs you can use, but I love Audio Acrobat. You can record the podcast over the phone quickly and easily and then hit the "send" button on your computer once it's recorded and the system will syndicate it to 27 podcast directories including iTunes. It's a great way to let people know about you and your web site!
14) Start a blog and then once you do, start commenting on other people's blogs, linking to them from your site or adding them to your blogroll.
15) Inbound links: don't squander your time (or a perfectly good link) on smaller low-traffic sites. Instead spend your time going after high traffic, high quality sites. Good sites should have a PR (page ranking) of 4-6 depending on the market. You can find out what a site's page ranking is by downloading the Google toolbar which comes with a PR feature built in.
16) Start an email newsletter: while it may not seem like a newsletter that you email can drive traffic to your site you'd be surprised at the effectiveness of this type of promotion. If your newsletter (like your articles) is interesting and relevant to your audience, you'll find that it has a huge pass-through factor, meaning that it is passed from one email subscriber to another. Also, if you have an email newsletter you should never, ever go to a single event without your handy signup sheet. Yes, you can even use offline events to drive traffic to your web site.
17) And speaking of offline efforts: if you're ever quoted in a magazine or other publication, make sure and mention your URL as it's appropriate to the topic. Don't be too pushy about this, but do not forget to tell folks you have a web site that may be a great resource for the topic of your interview.
18) If you have products to sell, why not get a store on eBay? This site gets a tremendous amount of traffic and on your sales page you're allowed to list your URL. It's another great way to get an inbound link and a way for people to find you.
19) Load a video on YouTube and 57 other video sites (the rest listed on my Red Hot Internet Publicity blog).
20) While this isn't a tip per se, it's still important. If you're going to go through all the trouble of getting traffic to your site, make sure your site is converting this traffic into something. Get folks to sign up for something, your newsletter, the RSS feed on your blog. Whatever it is, getting their email address will help you remarket to them when the time is right. Studies show that visitors landing on a site often don't buy the first time. That's ok! You want to get them into your marketing funnel so you can market to them again and again – not in a way that's obtrusive, offensive or downright annoying, but in a way that is helping them with their own mission.
Tuesday, January 22, 2008
Top 21 websites in Web industry
Here I publish the top 21 websites in web industry which will very effective to learn information about your life and culture of others. These lists are so important that you can join here free and use their different items of services in internet. You also make money from internet by using these sites.
1 - Facebook - Facebook allows you to reconnect with old and new friends. In the case of Lori Haas, facebook helped Lori reunite with her son that she gave up for adoption when she was just
2 - Myspace - This is the most popular social network on the web, even though it has the most spam. Some absolutely hate myspace, but others have used it to launch their careers. Many singers and musicians have achieved “overnight” success using the network. Like facebook you can connect with friends but myspace makes it easier for networking with people you don’t know and create new business contacts.
3 - Digg - many will agree with this choice, while others will strongly disagree. But Digg can open you up to a whole new realm of news. You can visit the homepage once a day and instantly become up to date on what’s going on in the world. You can use Digg to your advantage, find the latest trends in business or find articles on improving your life.
4 - Kiva - Kiva is a lending site that helps entrepreneurs in developing countries finance their ventures. It doesn’t take much to help someone out. By changing others you can change yourself.
5 - Lifehack.org - Lifehack can help you get things done. This blog has in depth articles on all things that do with productivity.
6 - YouTube - If you want to work in the entertainment industry, YouTube is a great way to get your feet wet and at a very low cost. You have an audience of millions of people at your disposal.
7 - Google - This is an obvious one. I really don’t know how we lived without Google in the early days of the internet.
8 - Twitter - Twitter may someday save lives by people quickly alerting others of dangerous situations to avoid. During the California fires, people used Twitter to let friends know that they were safe. You can also use Twitter as a way to help with your business networking by knowing where your business contacts are at.
9 - eBay - eBay can save you a lot of money but can also bring you immense opportunities. You can easily create an online business that reaches millions of buyers. Many people have very successful million dollar enterprises using ebay.
10 - Ancestry.com - This website can help you piece together your family history. By understanding the past your can change the future.
11 - Zen Habits - This blog is similar to Lifehack.org by offering simple productivity to get the most of your life.
12 - Craigslist - You can find almost anything on Craigslist. It’s a simple site but can simply change your life.
13 - Post Secret - The Post Secret project shows you that we’re all very much the same. It can also show you that others may have worse problems than the ones your facing.
14 - LinkedIn - You can use LinkedIn to network with professionals from all areas of business including Fortune 500 companies.
15 - TED.com - This website is full of various videos from TED conferences and has biographies on some of the greatest thinkers of present time. Presentations from successful people such as Tony Robbins, Richard Branson, Jeff Bezos, Bono, Seth Godin, and Jane Goodall. Most videos are a few minutes long but can empower you for years to come.
16 - Wikipedia - Not everything on Wikipedia is accurate but there is so much information on almost every topic possible. Don’t know about something, just look it up on Wikipedia and within a few minutes you can be informed.
17 - The Fastlane to Millions - This is a relatively new and small forum for those who are or aspire to be entrepreneurs and millionaires. The members are very positive and want to help each other get the most out of life.
18 - Second Life - This virtual world may seem like a virtual waste of time but some people such as Anshe Chung have found opportunities limitless on Second Life. Anshe has become a millionaire by buying and selling virtual real estate.
19 - Quoteland - You can visit Quoteland and read hundreds of quotes that will give you a fresh perspective and change your life in minutes. If you have an open mind.
20 - 43 Things - 43 Things can be a great way to achieve your goals. You can post your dreams and aspirations for all to see. Having that type of pressure can be very positive for you, helping you continue till you reach your goals.
21 - Stumble Upon - This has been requested by readers to be added to the list. Stumble Upon can change your life and help you discover so many new websites you would never be able to otherwise.
These are the top sites that can change your life as well as your career in IT industry.
How to change the world through the Internet
This is very important link of web those are informed you how to change the world through the internet. I think , these are helpful to you.
FreeRice.com - A web game which donates rice to feed the hungry and improve English at the same time!
Global Fund for Women - An organization championing women’s rights around the world -
Plan USA - Helping the poorest children in the world
Mercy Malaysia - Malaysian rapid medical response for the assistance of communities affected by disasters be it local or international -
RedApes.org - Dedicated to saving Orang Utans from extinction -
TheHungerSite - For a few clicks each day you can earn money to help a variety of causes -
The Water Project - Helping those with lack of access to clean water -
Katine Project - Improving the lives of the 25,000 inhabitants of Katine, a village district in Uganda -
Alliance for International Monasticism - Provides financial support that helps monasteries get projects going within the community -
World Community Grid - Donate spare CPU cycles to help research programs for AIDS/HIV & cancer -
World Vision Australia - Sponsor a child and help them get their basic needs
Sepilok Orangutan Appeal - Help preserve Orang Utans in Borneo -
Tzu Chi Foundation - Buddhist relief organization -
Kiva.org - microfinance site helping poor entrepreneurs -
Bubel Aiken Foundation - helping young people with special needs -
PhilAbundance - Food bank in Philadelphia -
Heifer - Helping to build sustainable communities in needy nations worldwide -
Saturday, January 5, 2008
Copyrights, Trademarks and Patents, from sitepronews
If you start a new business in web industry , you have to know about the copyright, trademark,patents etc. These are very important for your long term business. So you should read this article carefully and gather important knowledge about these topics.
You are a business owner with a web presence. During a routine Google search for your page ranking, you discover something disturbing. There is another company out there with a name very similar to yours and almost identical content on their website. What do you do? Is your company name and website content automatically protected by copyright law? Should you have registered your company name as a trademark? Can you demand that they change their name and dismantle their website immediately?
Intellectual Property can be a confusing topic, and one that all business owners should know about. Sadly however, many entrepreneurs simply don't. Intellectual property is in very simple terms an idea that legally belongs to somebody, be they a company or an individual. Only the owner of that idea, or somebody the owner has a legal agreement with can use the idea. Generally, the owner of the idea is usually its creator unless someone paid them to create the idea, in which case the idea's owner is the person who paid for the idea. There are different kinds of intellectual property, but for the purpose of this article, we will focus on copyright, patent and trademark.
Patent – A patent protects the creators of new inventions. An invention can include anything from a new product or business method to a recipe. If you decide to patent your invention, there a few things you should know. First, you will need to apply for a patent in every country where you would like your invention to be protected.
Secondly, getting a patent is going to cost you a pretty penny. You will have to pay thousands of dollars to patent your idea and it will take a minimum of 2 years (probably more) before you are granted a patent. Also, your precious invention will no longer remain a secret since your patent application will be made public once your application is submitted. If all of this wasn't enough bad news, patent protection generally only lasts for twenty years from the date of your application. Phew! On the up side, once your patent is accepted, you can sue anyone who tries to manufacture or sell your invention.
It's worth mentioning here that another method to keep your invention protected is to keep the method of manufacturing it a 'trade secret'. If you choose this process, of course, in order to manufacture your product, you will have to tell somebody. You would have to have anyone who would learn your secret sign a confidentiality agreement. Consult a lawyer if you plan to use this method.
Trademark – Trademarks are the marks used to distinguish one company's products or services from another's. They can include a product name, a slogan, and any other mark that is deemed to be unique to a company such as a logo or unique packaging. As a rule, you can't trademark descriptive words, geographical names or a person's name. You also cannot register a business' name. You can however, register part of a name used to identify a product or service. For example "Kellogg's Company" is the owner of the "Kellogg's" trademark and the "Rice Krispies" trademark. You cannot register a trademark similar to one that is already in use by another company.
Beware; a trademark does not have to be registered in order to prevent others from using it. If a company is using an unregistered trademark in your geographical area, they can still prevent you from using it. You could perform a search in a trademark database and find later that you are using another company's unregistered trademark. If you find another company in a completely different industry using your unregistered trademark, you probably won't be able to do anything about it if they are not your competitors or if they are not in your geographical vicinity. Protection of a registered trademark however, is much stronger than an unregistered one, and once you have a registered trademark, you can prevent competitors from using it, or confusingly similar ones anywhere in the country in which your trademark is registered.
Copyright – Any written text, artistic work, or computer program is automatically protected by copyright. Anything you or I write, be it published, online text or unpublished, handwritten text, is copyrighted. Also anything we draw, paint, photograph, film, or compose is also protected by copyright. Copyright can be registered, but it doesn't have to be in order for it to be illegal for individuals to copy someone else's work. Copyright also lasts for an extremely long time. Usually it lasts the duration of the author's life plus fifty years at which point it becomes a part of the public domain and can be used by anyone.
Factual information cannot be copyrighted. For example, this article is based on fact. Although you cannot copy my article and claim to have authored it yourself, you can take the facts included in the article and use them in your written material. If you would like to use a very small portion of someone else's written work, this is usually acceptable as long as you credít the author.
Finally, what do you do if someone uses your work without your permission? Your first step should be to contact the individual. You can usually either go to the contact page on the offender's web site or go to WhoIs.com and enter the offender's domain to find contact information. If your initial communication doesn't get results, you should then send a 'cease and desist order'. For sample orders, just perform a search on 'cease and desist orders'. Finally if still no action is taken by the offending party, contact their web host and advise them of the situation and finally, contact search engines and make them aware of the situation. These actions should render the offender's website useless or at the very least give them enough trouble to convince them to remove the copied material.
For more information on intellectual property in Canada, visit the Canadian Intellectual Property Office, for the U.S., visit the United States Patent and Trademark Office and for Europe please visit the European Patent Office.
About The Author
Kelly Sims is a Virtual Assistant and President of Virtually There VA Services. Please visit her website to sign up for her free monthly newsletter providing useful information that enhances and simplifies the lives of busy entrepreneurs. => http://www.virtuallythereva.com .
Tuesday, December 4, 2007
Website is an Asset Or a Liability, Take a look
Website is an address on world wide web. So noboby denys its importance in presents.
Websites were the wave of the future, and the dream of transitioning to conducting business onlíne filled our heads with visions of a revolution in the way commerce was conducted. With a website, a company could reach clients and interact with potential customers on a global scale. A website was indicative of a company's technological prowess, symbolic of the desire to innovate and evolve with developments in the industry.
We all know that we need a website, but many of us think that simply having one is enough. In fact, there is research indicating that many firms with an online presence haven't touched their websites in years. They haven't spent any time improving functionality and appearance, and they have yet to consider the basics of website usability and the inherent potential of search engine optimization. Of course, we all recognize by now that having a website is an essential business asset, if it's done correctly. It's easy to see that if your site is an outdated eyesore, it becomes a liability that hurts you more than it helps you. Conversely, a well-designed site can make all the difference. It's the first place users go to research your products and services, serves as a lead generator, a CRM tool, and even to make purchases.
So this must leave you wondering: Is my website an asset or a liability? By answering the following questíons, you can find out if it's time for an overhaul or just some simple changes. Or maybe your site doesn't need any work at all. Ready to find out?
Home Page
Can visiting users tell immediately who you are and what you offer?
Is your site organized in a clear fashion that promotes navigation?
Is your home page an information destination or just a messy landing page?
Does your home page give a good first impression that entices users to clickthrough your links?
Performance Issues
Do your images, videos, and pages load quickly?
Does your site utilize clean, un-bloated code?
Does your site have a "search" function? If so, is it fast and useful?
Have you performed quality assurance testing to ensure your site looks the same across different browsers?
Content Is King
Is your content written clearly and persuasively? Does it speak to your target market?
Have you included useful and relevant resources like case studies, white papers, articles, or links?
Does your content effectively describe your products, services, and benefits?
Is your content keyword focused to cater to users and search engines alike?
Links & Navigation
First and foremost: Do all your links work?
Are your links clearly marked?
Do your links utilize descriptive and enticing anchor text?
Is your navigation menu or framework consistent throughout your site?
Does your navigation menu provide access to your entire site?
Critical Pages
Is there a top-level page that describes your products and services?
Do you have an "About Us" page to describe your company?
Is the "Contact Us" page clear, informative, and thorough?
Do you have a page where users can ask questíons or answer their own?
Do you have a Testimonials section?
Do you have a blog that you update frequently?
Do you have social bookmarking buttons to take advantage of Web 2.0 technologies?
Usability
Is your site organized so that information is easy to find?
Do you have a site map that wireframes this organizational structure and links to all your pages?
Is your site "user-friendly?"
Is your type scannable, easy to read, and written for the web?
Do you utilize bullets, headlines, and other stylistic elements to organize and present content?
Do you have calls to action that prompt users to take desired actions?
Are you using Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) to control the layout of the site?
Search Engine Optimization (SEO)
Is your site search engine friendly?
Have you optimized your site for specific and relevant keywords?
Have you acquired a network of high-quality, relevant links?
Have you utilized online PR or social media marketing for its SEO benefits?
Does your navigation menu provide access to your entire site?
Now that you've answered all of these questíons, you need to decide what to do next. Start with some competitve analysis to see what your competitors are doing and what you need to do to catch up. Then, survey users to see what they think and act upon that feedback; don't wait, evaluate and reciprocate.
So make as many changes as you can to improve your website, turning it back into a business asset instead of a liability, and watch as your web presence creates leads and ultimately sales that impact your bottom line.
This article is written Mr. Nick Yorchak who is an SEO expert and Search Engine Marketing Specialist at Fusionbox
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Tuesday, November 27, 2007
20 Things You Need to follow Before Optimizing a Web Site
This article is very important for the seo specialists. I think, you will read this and make comments.
One of the most important aspects of a search engine optimization project is also one of the most overlooked – preparation! There are some important steps to take in advance of optimizing your site that will make sure your SEO is successful.
Before You Start
Before you start any search engine optimization campaign, whether it's for your site or that belonging to a client, you need to answer the following questíons:
1) What is the overall motivation for optimizing this site? What do I/they hope to achieve? e.g. more sales, more subscribers, more traffíc, more publicity etc.
2) What is the time-frame for this project?
3) What is the budget for this project?
4) Who will be responsible for this project? Will it be a joint or solo effort? Will it be run entirely in-house or outsourced?
Answering these questíons will help you to build a framework for your SEO project and establish limitations for the size and scope of the campaign.
Ready: How Search Engine-Compatible is the Site Currently?
Something I find very useful before quoting on any SEO project is to produce what I call a Search Engine Compatibility Review. This is where I carry out a detailed overview and analysis of a site's search engine compatibility in terms of HTML design, page extensions, link popularity, title and META tags, body text, target keywords, ALT IMG tags, page load time and other design elements that can impact search engine indexing.
I then provide a detailed report to potential clients with recommendations based on my findings. It just helps sort out in my mind what design elements need tweaking to make the site as search engine-friendly as possible. It also helps marketing staff prove to an often stubborn programming department (or vice versa!) that SEO is necessary. You might consider preparing something similar for your site or clients.
Steady: Requirements Gathering
Next, you need to establish the project requirements, so you can tailor the SEO campaign to you or your client's exact needs. For those of you servicing clients, this information is often required before you are able to quote accurately.
To determine your project requirements, you need to have the following questíons answered:
1) What technology was used to build the site? (i.e. Flash, PHP, frames, Cold Fusion, JavaScrípt, Flat HTML etc)
2) What are the file extensions of the pages? (i.e. .htm, .php, .cfm etc)
3) Does the site contain database driven content? If so, will the URLs contain query strings? e.g. www.site.com/longpagename?source=123444fgge3212, (containing "?" symbols), or does the site use parameter workarounds to remove the query strings? (the latter is more search engine friendly
4) Are there at least 250 words of text on the home page and other pages to be optimized?
5) How does the navigation work? Does it use text links or graphical links or JavaScrípt drop-down menus?
6) Approximately how many pages does the site contain? How many of these will be optimized?
7) Does the site have a site map or will it require one? Does the site have an XML sitemap submitted to Google Sitemaps ?
8) What is the current link popularity of the site?
9) What is the approximate Google PageRank of the site? Would it benefit from link building?
10) Do I have the ability to edit the source code directly? Or will I need to hand-over the optimized code to programmers for integration?
11) Do I have permission to alter the visible content of the site?
12) What are the products/services that the site promotes? (e.g. widgets, mobile phones, hire cars etc.)
13) What are the site's geographical target markets? Are they global? Country specific? State specific? Town specific?
14) What are the site's demographic target markets? (e.g. young urban females, working mothers, single parents etc.)
15) What are 20 search keywords or phrases that I think my/my client's target markets will use to find the site in the search engines?
16) Who are my/my client's major competitors online? What are their URLs? What keywords are they targeting?
17) Who are the stake-holders of this site? How will I report to them?
18) Do I have access to site traffíc logs or statistics to enable me to track visitor activity during the campaign? Specifically, what visitor activity will I be tracking?
19) How do I plan on tracking my or my client's conversion trends and increased rankings in the search engines?
20) What are my/my client's expectations for the optimization project? Are they realistic?
Answers to the first 10 questíons above will determine the complexity of optimization required. For example, if the site pages currently have little text on them, you know you'll need to integrate more text to make the site compatible with search engines and include adequate target keywords. If the site currently uses frames, you will need to rebuild the pages without frames or create special No-Frames tags to make sure the site can be indexed, and so on.
This initial analysis will help you to scope the time and costs involved in advance. For those of you optimizing client sites, obtaining accurate answers to these questíons BEFORE quoting is absolutely crucial. Otherwise you can find yourself in the middle of a project that you have severely under-quoted for.
The remainder of questíons are to establish in advance the who, what, where, when, why and how of the optimization project. This will help you determine the most logical keywords and phrases to target, as well as which search engines to submit the site to.
For those of you optimizing web sites for a living, you might consider developing a questionnaire that you can give clients to complete to ensure you tailor the web site optimization to their exact needs.
So you will benefitted to follow this topics.
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