Engine Optimization

As most of you probably already know, WordPress is expanding far beyond a blogging platform, towards a complete Content Management System (CMS). In simple words, this means that the WordPress open source software can be used to build virtually any type of website, including blogs, company sites and online stores. One of the features that WordPress introduced to walk in that direction was the ability to be able to use a static front page. You just need to click on “Settings” and then “Reading,” and select which of your pages should be displayed as the static homepage. It is a... [Tags: blogs, cms, content management system, engine optimization, exact copy]

Google Developer Kevin Marks Talks Open Social, Data Portability, Friend Connect and more —   I was sent this great interview with Google developer Kevin Marks from Theme-Zoom and The Technology Goddess.  Kevin gives us some great insight into the big G. Here are a few topics covered: - How many Open Social applications exist at Google? - Why is the concept of “data portability” a misnomer? - How does Social Graph work with the publicly declared connections, XHTML friends networks, XFN markup and FOAF (friend of a friend)? - What are Google’s plans for XFN and FOAF as it relates to Search Engine Optimization? (This has been heavily debated and Kevin puts this... [Tags: big g, branding and advertising, controversy, conversion, engine optimization]

Search & Social Launches X-Browser SEO Tool — Search & Social announced the launch of the X-Browser SEO Tool last night. Co-Founder of Search & Social Jordan Kasteler and myself are very excited about this tool. X-Browser SEO Tool is a bookmarklet that can be utilized in either Firefox, Google Chrome, Safari or Opera, on both Windows and Mac operating systems, to find information vital to search engine optimization. The tool was built in collaboration with developer Cooper Harris and will continue to be developed to help SEOs. (more…)... [Tags: amp, bookmarklet, co founder, collaboration, engine optimization]

iWeb SEO Tool 1.0 optimizes search engine results — Rage Software has launched iWeb SEO Tool 1.0, a utility that optimizes a user's website for search engines. In addition to search engine optimization, it offers the ability to add title pages, metatags and alternative image text, all without delving into HTML code. Rage claims that Apple's iWeb-based pages are not designed to rank high on search engines like Google, Yahoo or MSN/Live, and the SEO ...... [Tags: apple, code rage, engine optimization, google, image text]

MarkUp4u.com - PSD To HTML Services — Why it might be a killerThose who want to spruce up their blogs or present web contents in a better light will find it very useful.What it doesMarkUp4U caters for a very specific purpose, namely converting designs into xHTML or CSS semantic markups or a WordPress theme. This service is implemented as follows: the user submits his design in any conventional format and this design undergoes a markup process handled by the company’s CSS experts. The MarkUp4U team prides itself in paying special attention to search engine optimization, and a lot of thought goes into accessibility and semantics. The site... [Tags: accessibility, conventional format, designers, drop down menus, engine optimization]

Strange place isn’t it? (Read this first for context) The Internet is the only place short of Hollywood where your average person can become loved or hated by tens of thousands of people without ever having to put on pants. Want to be Bill Gates? Mark Zuckerberg? Steve Jobs? [1] Lots of us do, few of us will. It’s a “power law” problem and we’re on the losing end of it. Why? Well, there is a lot of junk on the web. I don’t care if you are looking for design tips, entrepreneurial advice or a guide to search... [Tags: average person, bill gates, content production, diet, double cheeseburger]

24 Free Ebooks For Your Blogging Needs — I have read a lot of ebooks over the past couple of years that are suppose to help bloggers. So here is my list of ebooks that have been most helpful to me and may be helpful to you too. Authority Black Book 2.0 A Primer in Social Media The Zen Of Blogging The New Rules of Viral Marketing Beginner’s Guide to Search Engine Optimization BLOG Bash Dive Into Web 2.0 Handbook for bloggers and cyber-dissidents Make Money Online With John Chow Unleashing the Ideavirus WEB STYLE GUIDE, 2nd edition Wordpress SEO for Beginners How to Start a Business Blog... [Tags: art and science, bigshot, blogger templates, blueprint, dissidents]

Link Building - SBM Unleashed — by David Wallace Need links? Of course you do! In order to rank well and successfully promote your online business, you need an effective link building program as part of your over-all SEO strategy. Link guru Debra O'Neil Mastaler of Alliance Link walks attendees through the world of links. She reveals why search engines rely so heavily on links, where to find links and why a good link can send sales through the roof. Debra starts out talking about why links are valuable. Links connect sites like threads in a web. They also provide a path for search engine spiders... [Tags: algorithm, algorithms, anchor text, arpanet, attendees]

SEO Rehab & Intervention — [Okay, kids. I present you with all the craziness that occurred at the SEO Rehab session. Read it at your own risk. The session quickly ended up being less about dealing with your SEO addiction and more about talk of chocolate cake, Twitter bashing and Kevin Ryan trying to get everyone to follow him on Twitter. Take it for what you will.] Kevin Ryan is here moderating with bad boys David Naylor (Bronco), Michael Gray (Atlas Web Service), Greg Boser (WebGuerrilla) and Andy Atkins-Kruger (WebCertain Europe Ltd.). The lights just got dim. It's romantic now. Kevin spends way too much... [Tags: addiction, amp, atkin, atkins, atlas web]