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Domain Deals

admin — Thu, 27 Jan 2011 23:07:36 +0000

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I’ll keep this short and sweet.
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SEO and Keyword density

admin — Sat, 27 Nov 2010 14:36:28 +0000

Website Search Engine Optimization (generally shortened to SEO) and attaining your desired search engine placement usually relies heavily on a sound keyword strategy.
A website’s success, or lack thereof, can be determined on choosing good keywords.
This article details some important information and common mistakes to consider while opimizing your website for search engines..

Author’s Bio: Jeffrey Gross is an Search Engine Optimization (SEO) Enthusiast who lives on Long Island, NY. Jeff’s SEO Company (nPromote) helps Long Island business owners (and business owners across the country) get their businesses to the top of the search engines. In his spare time Jeff teaches Search Engine
Optimization to small business owners and enjoys lecturing at local colleges and other venues as well.

Anyone with a blog, website, or who has even just been on the internet is likely aware that the way search engines like Google determine where a website will show up involves search engine optimization, or SEO.

There is however quite a bit of misinformation surrounding the relatively new field of SEO, and the web is flush with hacks, cons, and just bad practitioners of search engine optimization.

Perhaps the biggest misnomer is that simply spamming a word within the copy on your page will help you rank higher – it will not. And in fact if Google or other search engines find that the word being spammed is not relevant to the info on the page, there is a chance it could be “blacklisted” by these search engines. This, along with the fact that writing for search
engines, instead of the people who will be reading your page (hopefully) just makes it sound horrible, is good reason to really learn a bit more about the field and how to balance your search optimization with content readers will actually be interested in and enjoy reading.

When optimizing the content on a page (not the Meta tags and backlinks – that is another story) there are 3 primary concerns:

SEPS Keyword density – There can be several keywords. And your copy should not be too dense with keywords. It should fall within a percent of total content. Usually between 2-4%.
Main Theme Keyword Density – This is your one main keyword, and should be between 1-3%.
Main Keyword Prominence – This is where in the text the keyword appears, usually somewhere toward the beginning or in the title, and toward the end.

Too really get your page top rankings, there are a number of more technical tricks available, and usually you would need to hire someone who specializes in the field to get the most out of your SEO. The real trick though is balancing this with good content. The above tips are a good step that nearly anyone can use to increase ranking though.

And you don’t have to count each keyword. There are tons of free programs available online that let you check the status of your optimization. With the majority of these programs you simply need to copy and paste your content, and verify exactly which keywords you are looking for, and the program will come back with your percentages letting you easily
play with the content until it sounds good and contains the proper number of keywords.

Simply Google “Free SEO Software” or something similar and you should find several links to these free programs. Naturally hiring a professional will lead to greater results, but this is a wonderful start for anyone.

AV Arcade Sitemap Addon

admin — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 23:41:47 +0000

This script will generate a list of links to each page by fetching the information from the AV Arcade v4.x database.

Search engines love sitemaps generally for one reason: They can find every page on your site easily. That makes it faster and easier for them to update their information about your website and it’s links.

Users love sitemaps generally for one reason: They can get to any page on your website in two clicks!

This plugin will add a self generating sitemap page to your AV Arcade website to help improve user experience and SEO.

The sitemap will detect if the SEO setting is on or off in the Admin Control Panel and change the links accordingly.

The content it will index includes:

Pages
Categories
Games (Published Only)
News
Members
Members’ Comments

Simple Install

The simple install will simply get the AV Arcade Sitemap working on your arcade site.
It won’t look nice, but will still give benifits from the search engines.

Download and unpack sitemap.php
Upload it to your websites’ root folder (yoursite.com)
Link to the sitemap from your home page

Intergrated Install

The intergrated install will intergrate the AV Arcade Sitemap into the default or custom template.
It will look a lot nicer

Download and unpack sitemap.php
Download your templates index.php
Move the top 4 lines from sitemap.php to your template file (removing them in the process):

include ('config.php');
include ('language/'.$language.'.php');
?>
Search your templates index.php for:
include ('./content/content.php'); ?>
Replace the above code with the contents of my sitemap.php (Make sure you leave any other code there or you will break the layout)
Open modules/pages_horizontal.php and find:
echo ' .$site_url.'">'.TELLFRIEND.'';
Change it to:
echo ' .$site_url.'">'.TELLFRIEND.' | Sitemap';
Check the links are working ok and save the new sitemap.php to your server!

Notes

You can rename delta-sitemap.php to sitemap.php if you are using the default AV Arcade template.
This add-on was put togeather quickly, so I havn’t really gone over the code except to make sure it works as intended.

If you have any problems or would like to make a suggestion, please let me know

5 Web Design Tips You Can’t Live Without

admin — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 22:41:46 +0000

The web design world is filled with excitement and experience, creativity and skill. Often, experienced web designers utilize a set of solid, proven techniques that others may not notice. Let’s take a look at a few of these techniques and how you can implement them into your own site quickly and easily.

1. Metatags make your site search engine friendly

Metatags are what search engines use to display your site when a user searches for keywords within a search engine. Usually, web designers include at least three metatags, title, description and keywords.

A great thing about metatags is they are easy to implement, directly within the and tags. Let’s take a look at what the three aforementioned metatags look like.

You can copy and paste the above three lines of code and place them within your HTML source code; simply type in your web site’s title, a description (or summary) of your web site, and keywords, usually separated by commas. Then, simply submit your web site to as many search engines as you can get your hands on, and watch your site’s hits improve.

2. Take the typography test

Our web sites are nothing without content, and most content is comprised of simple text. Many web designers neglect to pay attention to their topography, and it shows. Proper topography varies based on where the text is and what purpose it serves. Although there are no rules etched in stone, there are a few general techniques that should be followed. Although some of these tips may seem elementary, I find many of them are not followed.

Headings

Clearly, headings should be larger, by 1 or 2 font sizes, than your body text. You may consider bold, but be cognizant of the letter width. Arial Black, for example, may create letters too fat for your taste. When using colors, be sure the colors contrast well with the background color of your site. Black and dark gray do not contrast well, while black and white (or light gray) work quite well. Sometimes, even a simple color change can create useful headings.

Also be sure to cascade your headings. A main heading, for example, would be larger than subheadings. This effect creates a sense of emphasis and flow to the information.

Do not italicize your headings. Italics are meant to underscore particular content, but since the text is a heading and of larger size anyway, italics are redundant and often make the text difficult to read.

Fonts

The default is Times New Roman, which works fine, but many think it is boring. I have experimented with Arial, Georgia and Verdana, and have found Verdana the most readable font face available. This is a personal preference, but fonts should be restricted to the above four to ensure compatibility between all users of your web site. If your user’s browser does not support your font choice, their browser will revert to its default. Since browsers have increased support for CSS, or Cascading Style Sheets, whenever possible, use CSS to define your fonts, rather than HTML’s tag. Also, be sure to keep your font sizes large enough for visitors of all ages and eyesights.

Stress Styles

Avoid using all capital letters within your text, as it makes it difficult to read and implies you are shouting at the reader.

To stress words within your body text, decide on a format and stick with it. Some choose [b]bold[/b], while others choose [i]italics [/i]or [u]underline[/u]. My personal favorite is italics, but any of these can work well. Be careful when using underline, however, as it can be mistaken for a link. In addition, do not overuse these stress styles.

Entire body text should not be bold. Bold, like italics, is used to emphasis words, and usually an entire body of copy should speak for itself in regularly styled text. I like to use CSS to space my body text out a little to increase readability.

3. Combating Internet Spam

Often, a bony, lanky black spider will crawl around your web site, wiggle its little feet in excitement, gather up your e-mail address and store it near its pinchers. Then, when it returns to its master, it will religiously add all gathered data to a huge nest of e-mail addresses, then used as bait to sell to marketing firms.

Those little black spiders are software utilities that slither underneath your page’s surface, at underlying HTML code, specifically for a standard formatted e-mail address (name@domain.com). This can be the most effective method for gathering e-mail addresses and needs to be thwarted. There are a number of techniques web designers can implement to protect against these creepy crawly little annoyances.

Of the many, here are three that can work quite well.

1. Use HTML symbols. To disable spiders from grabbing your e-mail address, some formatting modifications need to be made to fool the software. All e-mail addresses use the at symbol (@), and spiders are taught to look for them. HTML symbols are written directly into the HTML code, but are interpreted by the browser into their actual meaning. The HTML symbol for the @ sign is @. So, how do we implement something like this?

All we do is replace the @ sign with the HTML symbol that represents it. We have a utility built that will automatically convert your entire email address to HTML symbols. This method, however, is sometimes caught by more sophisticated software. Although most are not quite as advanced, they do exist. How do we surpass this hurdle? Let’s try some Javascript.

2. Using Javascript, we will simply break up the e-mail address into four different sections, 1: name, 2: the @ sign, 3: domain, 4: extension. Here is a simple implementation of Javascript to perform this action.

The above code is fairly self-explanatory. We define three variables, name, domain and extension, and simply concatenate those variables within a document.write statement to the browser. Notice we use HTML’s anchor tags within the write statement so your browser will interpret the e-mail link correctly.

There is another problem with using this method…can you figure it out? Javascript is client-side, which means although spiders might not be able to interpret your e-mail address, browsers with Javascript capabilities turned off will not either, meaning your e-mail address will not be displayed to the user.

How do we fix this problem? Can we get away with refusing to display any e-mail address? Yes, we can, but we still must provide a way for the user to contact us. The solution is a rather simple email form.

3. The third might be the only full proof method of protecting yourself against spam spiders, and that is simply refusing to display your e-mail address. Instead, if your server supports server-side processing, like Perl, ASP, Cold Fusion or PHP, simply design a feedback form, and call a server-side script to process the data behind the scenes. Sorry boys, spiders can’t dig quite that deep.

I am a huge advocate of PHP, but choose whatever language that your host supports. Please note that if your server does not support any server-side programming language, you are out of luck in this regard. Chose between the two aforementioned methods, and stick with it.

4. Always provide a method of contact

Always, always provide some method of communication for your users. Many web developers will include e-mail links and feedback forms on their site. Doing this tells your users that you care about what they think of your site, and also suggests your encouragement for them to e-mail you are share.

Be sure, then, to check your e-mail often. There is nothing more frustrating then having to wait a week or more for someone to respond to your e-mail. Checking your e-mail ususally takes 2 minutes…do it as much as you can and keep your web visitors happy.

If your server supports a server-side language, like Perl, ASP, Cold Fusion or PHP, either design one or head off to a script repository and perform a simple search. Listed below are a few resources offering free scripts:

Hotscripts.com
Matt’s Script Archive
ResourceIndex (CGI)
ResourceIndex (PHP)

5. Design with the little guy in mind

In this day and age, all we think about are the bells and whistles, especially when it comes to slick new web designs. Not only are these new technologies often misused, it dramatically slows the speed of your site down, especially large animated .gifs and complex Flash programs.

Although there are more broadband users than ever, never design specifically for them. There are still 28.8 users out there, and designing your site so waiting time exceeds 10 seconds will send those users to a competitor’s site.

Web designers need to keep their sites simple. Far too many, especially newer web designers, have fixated their eyes upon the gold when they have not yet mastered the silver. Only use graphics where you need them. Never use .gif animations unless absolutely, unavoidably necessary, which is rare. Additionally, do not use large, intricate backgrounds on your pages, as they hinder the readability of your text and increase load time.

Design with the end user in mind. Assume the user is connected through a 28.8 modem with a 15″ monitor at 800×600 resolution using Netscape. Trust me, those visitors will love you (and support you) for it.

Wrapping it up

We have looked at 5 tips every designer needs to keep in mind when doing the work they love. Although communication is e ssential, steps can be taken to decrease the amount of spam in your little brown mailbox.

Designers also must make sure their topography is easily readable and logically designed. Moreover, search engine friendly sites are often popular sites, and those who design for the little guy greatly improve compatibility with all potential users.

Using these tips will lift your site to another level and ensure every visitor gets the content they are looking for.

SEO and Valid Code

admin — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 19:12:34 +0000

Let’s not beat around the bush.
One missing tag can cause several validation errors.

A few small tweaks to your existing code can produce great benefits from search engines.
You don’t need to make every page meet HTML 4.1 Strict conditions, but I think XHTML 1.0 Transitional is suitable. Some times you will have to forfeit valid code for functionality or appearance.

This tutorial covers some of the more common validation errors, and how to avoid them.

Search Engine Optimization and Valid Code

Search engines love valid code. It’s faster to crawl, easier to index and improves SERPs relevancy.

It’s a good idea to validate your page after creating or making changes to see if there are any major problems. This simple check can help in many ways:

Tag spell checker
Find invalid code
Find unclosed/unopened tags
Find badly nested tags
Prevent scripts crashing

You can Validate You Web Pages using these links:

So what did make our site different? Why would it rank so fast during the time of the Google “sandbox”? I had to ask myself: Is it content? Doubtful, as the site had less than ten pages. Was it links? No, the site had none as it was only 12 hours old. Was it domain age? Maybe partially as the domain had been purchased about five years earlier, but this would not explain why the site ranked in the top 10 for some main keywords. So what could it be? Am I just an SEO rock star that did not know it? Of course not! So I thought and thought and I developed a theory about these sites quick rise to the top: code matters! Still, I had to wait until the launch of my latest site to prove it to my befuddled brain.

If Content Is King – Valid code is it’s pince! is a great SEO article, which is very relevant to this post.

Common Validation Mistakes

There are some things which get made priority over others. For example: Getting a web site up and running can often mean forgetting to target, or even add, alt tags for each image used.
My experience has been, these small errors build up. Before you know it, you have 150 validation errors!

150 validation errors could mean only 10 mistakes. So don’t get too worried if there seems to be a lot when you validate your code.

Below is a list of common HTML validation errors:

Deprecated HTML tags

Older HTML tags and attributes that have been superseded by other more functional or flexible alternatives (whether as HTML or as CSS ) are declared as deprecated in HTML4 by the W3C – the consortium that sets the HTML standards. Browsers should continue to support deprecated tags and attributes, but eventually these tags are likely to become obsolete and so future support cannot be guaranteed.

These are a few common tags, which should be avoided:

Missing alt tags

Every image should have an ‘alt tag‘. This helps to increase keyword relevancy and crawlability by image searching services.
Even if the tag is blank, it’s best to have one in place. It’s easy to be tempted to fill every image with the same keywords in an attempt to spam. I don’t think it would make much difference and prefer to think the variety in keywords is a better way to use the space.

It’s also worth remembering that if the picture can’t be found, the alt tag will be displayed instead of the picture. So try to keep it appropriate and short if it’s a small picture!

Examples of good use of the alt tag:

Escape slashing single tags

There are some tags which are singular and don’t require a closing tag. These should have a / added before the closing bracket.
Below are a few example tags:

Incorrect tag nesting

Some tags are required to be placed within other tags to be displayed correctly.
Below are a few example tags which should be placed in div tags…

Unclosed tags

Keeping track of how many tags you have open can help prevent multiple errors for one mistake.
A common error is having nested or generated div tags, but leaving one or more open.
This is easy to spot when validating the page.

Closing Notes

In my opinion, it’s best to try to keep as many pages valid as possible. It’s good practice to remember the tags needed and validate the code during or after any changes (even small ones, as spelling mistakes can be overlooked!).

As mentioned before, it’s nearly impossible to keep every line of code valid to html 4.1 strict standards. Just consider the benefits and drawbacks before using non-valid code.

If you’re not sure where the validation error is, start from the top. Validate the page and fix the top error. Re-validate the page and more errors will have disappeared. Rinse and repeat as required.

5 Basic Tips to Increase Backlinks

admin — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 23:12:04 +0000

We will learn how to make money from blogging
Here are some link building tips and tricks.

In my blog you can see many SEO Tips, SEO Tricks, Blogging tips and more.
We have learned and had many articles on link building and increasing backlinks here.

In this article I am ready to give out only 5 basic tips for acquiring more backlinks.

These tips are helpful to increase your pagerank which means increase your blog’s money, also it will help to acquire a better Pagerank !

So lets start,

1) Commenting on others blogs (No spam please)

When you add a comment on a blog, they get indexed and you get a backlink.

In the comment field, enter your name, website URL, email address and comment. Please DO NOT include a link in the comment or it will be marked as a spam by akismet or the administrator. Comment on useful blogs and not on all blogs which you find. Comment something useful rather than commenting “wow thanks”, “nice tips” , “thanks nice post” ..

2) Directory Submission

Submit your site to directories and free directories, they might cost a bit, but they are good, find some free and paid directories here

These directories better your PR and increase your backlinks

3) Link Exchange

If you are new to the term Link Exchange then please read this post about Doing link exchange

4) Participate in Forums

Use your site link with a nice anchor text on the signatures of Forums. Keep posting on forums and they would probably increase your backlinks. Don’t make them spammy as they would be deleted by the moderators there at the forums.

You can search for forums or I know a few of them:

You would be interested in finding more !

5) Bait your link

This might be a new term for you, Link baiting means creating a controversy and an interesting post in your site and telling about it to others on forums, this will help in increasing backlinks and also other will talk about your blog, so backlinks keep increasing !

[ Original Post From TopSEOTricks ]