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We simply give them what they want and they actually reward us for it.<br /><br />The critics (always people who make money from SEO services) say that it takes months to take a content site to the top of a niche.<br /><br />That is complete spin to keep us sucking on the teat of SEO firms who have everything to loose in Web 2.0.<br /><br />The way I build sites gets me into the top ten just as fast or faster than the SEO of yesterday. And I stay there as long as I want. 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Get a blog and be part of the discussion in your niche that will go on with or without you.<br /><br />The people taking advantage of interactive media are raking in traffic, rankings, and profits for their sites.<br /><br />The people arguing the semantics and whether there really is anything all that special going on are woefully out of touch.<br /><br />The fact that they cannot accept the writing on the wall and don't know there is indeed a monstrously sweeping change taking place on the web is proof they are lost at sea.<br /><br />Don't listen to the naysayers. Take advantage of the interactive web marketing that is available in your niche and create something powerful, special, unique, and profitable!<br /><br /><br /><br />Are you lost? Learn about all the techniques and issues above by subscribing to <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.jackhumphrey.com/">The Friday Traffic Report</a>. I'll help you understand all of this stuff!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606521388522258722.post-26217767242410589302008-06-29T12:40:00.000+02:002008-06-29T12:43:09.064+02:00How To Be A Successful Web 2.0 PuppetmasterOne of the key characteristics of Web 2.0 is participation, collaboration and moderation through the use of web applications. Web 2.0 sites derive their power from the human connections and network effects from this characteristic that is made possible, and grow in effectiveness the more people use them.<br /><br />The idea of "participation, collaboration and moderation" can take many forms. If you look back history, bulletin boards are one form, online forums are another, online multiplayer games, content management systems (e.g. Wikis, Joomla), dating sites and classifieds as well. If not for features that enable multiple users to create their own space within a website via registering accounts or at least leave a message (like a comment in a blog), the communication culture would have been one-way (from the webmaster to the visitors) and remain stuck in 1.0.<br /><br />Why would a webmaster want to go Web 2.0? We learned that social networkers want to expand their personal network of online friends. On the other hand, the webmaster desires to build up a core group of active participants who unconsciously help to sustain the 'liveliness' and therefore the longevity of the website and its agenda or interests while the overall database of users expand. In this manner, a lot of the effort that goes into building the database (or list) becomes very much hands-off for the webmaster. There's leverage. This is also where moderation comes in. The role of the webmaster naturally becomes that of the moderator, whose job is to maintain some semblance of order (but not to the point of creating a restrictive environment) and general site maintenance. It gets better when the webmaster can promote participants into moderators themselves, and more and more s/he becomes the "silent puppetmaster" behind the scene without doing much. It may not be easy, but the whole mindset of being a moderator is to gain confidence in just "letting it be" and letting his/her site runs by itself.<br /><br />Now that the webmaster's motivation is addressed, s/he must find ways to avoid competition by finding new twists to contribute to the Web 2.0 bandwagon. Much as new sites keep popping up in recent months, somehow no 2 sites are made the same and they certainly enjoy a good amount of traffic anyway. It would be better when you can boil down social networking to the context of a specific niche, like a site to exchange Mexican recipes or talk about Ferrari car accessories or business opportunities in Central Asia. You can better target the type of people you are looking for and it also gives them a sharper sense of purpose to engage with and within your site.<br /><br />At the end of the day, social networking is all about sharing valuable content and making friends. The successful Web 2.0 webmaster is one who knows how to tap on this human desire to the fullest and consistently encourages such a desire to grow within the culture of the social network he has created by offering further privileges for more prominent members. Really, there's no better way for them to build up credibility and make their personalities known than to be consistently 'alive' and 'happening' on the Net. 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Here are five of the most affected aspects of the internet since then. <br />It’s no secret that the internet has evolved in the last five years. After the seemingly devastating crash of the late 90s, everyone assumed the internet was done for. Unfortunately, the market has a habit of overreacting and assuming the worst from short term failures. If one looks at the sites and services that ultimately failed, it was less a matter of implosion and more a matter of not having a proper market. The internet sprung up fast and everyone was so excited that every minute idea was given a massive pay day by the public. Eventually, when everyone realized that not every idea with Dot Com attached to the end of it would make money, the boom crashed. <br /><br />But, the technology finally evolved and with it a burgeoning market for internet commerce, mostly in advertising. It took a while, but when a larger percentage of world citizens gained broadband internet access and millions started logging in every day to check email, news and the newest ping pong ball video on YouTube, everything sorted itself out and the internet started to make real money. <br /><br />Today, Web 2.0 describes any technology that allows users to directly interact and change the content of a web page or service. This includes anything such as blogs, social networks or digital forums such as YouTube or Flickr. These sites make vast sums of money for dozens of companies. <br /><br />And eventually, that money making caught the eye of the major industry and cultural players in America and now things have developed to the point of doing things it never did before. These five innovations are not just interesting new technologies, but changes to the way we see our lives on a daily basis: <br /><br />News and Politics <br /><br />News and politics have recently undergone their fair share of massive changes, largely in part due to the fact that news media has been making that steady shift for the past few years. Since the New York Times made the online jump a decade ago, everyone else has slowly been moving resources to the internet. However, with Web 2.0, the internet has become a central hub for the dissemination of news to the masses. Blogging changed how politicians interacted with their constituents and news is now presented in real time through a hundred different resources. Anyone with a computer can now learn about the goings on of a half a world a way and watch their local senator’s newest campaign message all in the same few minutes. <br /><br />Telecommunications <br /><br />The changes to the phone industry have been underway since VoIP first showed up a few years ago. This massive change to the landscape of telecommunications is a major change in the circuit board based industry. Digital phone calls are cheaper, easier and more customizable than traditional calls and with Web 2.0 technology more and more companies are hopping on board and offering services to enhance that experience. For example, VoIP users can now set up a switchboard from their computer to direct where calls are sent through services like Grand Central or send messaged directly through their friends’ blogs or social network profiles with the click of a mouse and cheap microphone. <br /><br />Entertainment <br /><br />Entertainment has long since been the cutting edge of new technology and while the major companies are actually starting to fall behind a little bit, the user generated entertainment industry has exploded in recent years, creating mega-sites like YouTube. Videos of ping pong ball tricks and skateboarding dogs are not the only changes in the industry though. Musicians now create their own home videos and utilize the internet to spread their music virally. Film companies create ad campaigns with which to spread their wares and television is now easily accessible from network websites and video gathering pages. Entertainment, as well as gaming has become as easily accessible as ever and continues to grow as the studios and networks that held out until now realize that this is the future of their industries. <br /><br />Socialization <br /><br />The most obvious change to the landscape thanks to Web 2.0 technologies is the growth of social networking and the interaction methods people use. With almost 200 million users on MySpace alone and millions more on Facebook, Orkut, Hi5 and Xanga, there are millions of users around the world tapping into the growing technologies presented in socializing online. This includes everything from blogging about one’s day to uploading personal profiles and comments or saving a dozen albums of photographs to the internet for friends and family to peruse. <br /><br />Education <br /><br />Education is probably the last place anyone might expect to find growth considering the time-wasting image that the internet exudes. However, for those in school or in the teaching industry however, the usefulness of blogging, forum posting and interactive websites is incredibly high. For a long time now, professors have been posting their syllabi and class notes on the internet and offering students a space to interact and discuss that class work. Now though, as more classes are growing used to the fact that a majority of research is done on the internet and students interact online more than ever, classes are moving to digital workspaces and teachers are creating blogs on which comments are required as part of a daily grade. The freedom and constant interaction that the internet provides for teachers and students means that future educators will surely utilize it to its fullest extent. <br /><br />Other Mediums <br /><br />The usefulness of something like Web 2.0 has made almost every industry rethink how they interact with the world. Businesses use blogs to keep their clients and employees updated rather than using memos; communications have changed to the point of being almost entirely digital, and eventually even more aspects of daily interaction will change due to the ability to create and edit content dynamically from anywhere in the world. It’s just a matter of the proper innovation and creativity to make it happen. <br />Article By Anthony ChatfieldUnknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606521388522258722.post-73779825705839079662008-05-07T06:32:00.001+02:002008-05-07T06:35:53.266+02:00Do Article Directories Still Rock In A Web 2.0 World?<em>The rapid rise of Web 2.0 and social media sites simply begs the question: Are Article Directories Relevant Anymore?</em> <br /><br />Just to be a spoilsport and ruin all the suspense and fun, I am going to answer the question posed by the headline right here. The answer is a resounding yes! And to preempt any whining and grumbles about how I ruined the surprise (at least I did warn you) here are the reasons why I killed said suspense: <br /><br />1) This ain't no thriller! <br /><br />2) People's online reading habits are generally limited to scanning. I couldn't take the chance that the puppet masters responsible for tugging at the article directory strings would take one glance at the header alone, scream a stream of invectives before simmering down to take the decisive and irreversible position of forever banning me from their directories! <br /><br />Okay, now that's out of the way, let's get back to the issue of categorically proving why article directories are still very relevant in a Web 2.0 world? After all surely you weren't going to just take my word for it...Come off it! This is the internet. Who can you possibly trust without proof huh? <br /><br />Most Article Directories Are Already Web 2.0 Ready <br /><br />The vast majority of article directories are in fact already Web 2.0 optimized and ready. This is quite obvious by the array of social media promotional buttons and comment templates usually found at the bottom of any article. In any case article directories are already mobile platform based and support dynamic website script language such as php. <br /><br />Article Directories Are Quickly Indexed <br /><br />Listen up if you have a newborn blog or website, because this aspect is of grave importance to the well being of that neonate website of yours. Article directories are updated massively and on a regular basis which means that they are quickly indexed and continuously crawled by the search engines. In other words, if you are desperately seeking to get your website/blog incorporated into the search engines index , posting a well written article of yours to a well established directory will very nicely cover that particular hurdle. <br /><br />Driving Web Traffic To Your Website <br /><br />Ah yes. This happens to be one of the strongest arguments for social media website proponents. Be that as it may, writing and posting articles to the various article directories strewn across the web is an excellent way to get your new site noticed and more importantly to get interested visitors to look over your website (note that website and blog are being interpreted as the same thing here, and the words are interchangeable). Although Web 2.0 aficionados claim that they can attain far greater quantities of web traffic to their sites, what they aren't so keen on publicizing is the quality of that traffic with respect to conversion; i.e., how good is that Web 2.0 traffic really as far as executing your most desired objective is concerned? <br /><br />Another aspect that isn't much touted is the fact that it actually takes a considerable amount of effort to promote one's article on a social media website to the point where it gets sufficient exposure to generate massive amounts of traffic. Such promotional work largely involves getting social media "friends" to vote for your article. In fact until fairly recently when various Web 2.0 hubs wizened up, some social media practitioners had perfected their web 2.0 promotional skills to the point that invariably their articles were appearing at the top of social media websites such as Digg. This they managed by gaming the system, but as one such disgruntled practitioner put it, "Digg Has Smartened Up!" <br /><br />Article Directory Traffic vs. Web 2.0 Traffic. <br /><br />As briefly mentioned in the immediately preceding paragraph, social media web traffic does not translate well into financial profit. The one saving grace is if you can get huge volumes of traffic to your site only then might you see any significant monetary gain! Oh and if by chance your blog or website happens to be about making money, forget it, you are automatically fighting 2 uphill battles; social media websites hate marketers! 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Although the term suggests a new version of the World Wide Web, it does not refer to an update to any technical specifications, but to changes in the ways software developers and end-users use webs. <br /><br />Web 2.0 is the business revolution in the computer industry caused by the move to the Internet as platform, and an attempt to understand the rules for success on that new platform. <br /><br />The basic concept behind Web 2.0 websites is to allow users to do more than just retrieve information, allowing users to run software-applications entirely through a browser. Users can own the data on a Web 2.0 site and exercise control over that data. These sites may have an "Architecture of participation" that encourages users to add value to the application as they use it. This stands in contrast to very old traditional websites, the sort which limited visitors to viewing and whose content only the site's owner could modify. 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When we talk about Web 2.0, we cannot stop discussing about the way people have welcomed its entry. <br /><br />With the entry of Web 2.0, there is no doubt that the dimension of business on the internet has changed completely and people have started using the technology to their convenience.<br /><br />There are many people who eat, drink and sleep on the internet but still not aware of the uses of Web 2.0 and the various Web 2.0 sites.<br /><br />The first Web2.0 conference that held in 2004 was considered the giant step towards making the Web 2.0 popular. This Web 2.0 conference was in a way the pioneer for many such conferences that followed.<br /><br />According to our experts there are lots of companies or products that embody these principles in their description of Web 2.0-ness.There are four levels of Web 2.0 applications. To start withLevel-3 applications, the most "Web 2.0 Application"-oriented, only exist on the Internet, deriving their effectiveness from the inter-human connections and from the network effects that it makes possible, and growing in effectiveness in proportion as people make more use of them. Some of the Web 2.0 sites that fall in this category are eBay, Craig list, Wikipedia, del.icio.us, Skype, dodge ball and Ad Sense. <br /><br />When we talk about Level-2 applications that support Web 2.0, we mean those Web2.0 applications that can operate offline but gain advantages from going online. Flickr is one such Web2.0 site, which benefits from its shared photo-database and from its community-generated tag, database. Next comes Level-1 applications that operate offline but gain features online. <br /><br />Writely (now Google Docs & Spreadsheets) and iTunes (because of its music-store portion). Level-0 applications work well in offline as well as in online. Map, Yahoo! Local and Google Maps (mapping-applications using contributions from users to advantage can rank as "level 2"). Non-web applications like email, instant-messaging clients and the telephone fall outside the above hierarchy. <br /><br />When we talk about Web 2.0 Technologies, Web 2.0 tend to foster innovation in the assembly of systems and sites composed by pulling together features from distributed, independent developers (a kind of "open source" development and an end to the software-adoption cycle, the so-called "perpetual beta"). Web 2.0 technology encourages lightweight business models enabled by syndication of content and of service and by ease of picking-up by early adopters. <br /><br />Web 2.0 marketing is nothing but getting the best out of marketing on the web. Some of the most common Web 2.0 strategies include social Book-marking, RSS marketing, video marketing and Blogging. It involves getting repeated viewers to one web site and this can only be done if we provide the users with quality content.<br /> <br /><br />Yehiel Carter is an Internet marketing expert and has several years of experience in Internet marketing. He is the founder of the website homebusinessonpc.com. You can learn more about web 2.0 secrets, tips and strategies at: <a href="http://www.homebusinessonpc.com/web2secrets" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://www.homebusinessonpc.com/web2secrets</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606521388522258722.post-89879742748920449052008-04-12T08:58:00.000+02:002008-04-12T08:59:40.775+02:00Podcasting - Another Web 2.0 ToolThe top word for the year 2005 was "podcasting," as selected by the New Oxford American Dictionary. 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If you cut through the marketing hype of this term, you're left with a simple concept: the web is no longer a static medium with limited or one-way communication. Fully utilized, static church websites, with little or no reach, can be transformed into community-building, self-propagating, communication powerhouses with enormous reach. Is this important to your ministry? No. It's not important; it's critical. Let me explain.<br /><br />A church, by its very definition, is a community of like-minded individuals who share and collaborate on a common belief and mission. More importantly, in Christian churches, the spreading of this message is accomplished by members of that community sharing their beliefs with others. By utilizing the communication vehicles currently associated with the term “Web 2.0,” you effectively replicate your physical church and mission on the web. Unlike your local congregation, however, the web-enabled version has instant global reach.<br /><br />Here's an example: as a pastor you give your sermon to your congregation on Sunday morning. The reach of this sermon is limited to the people present, and anyone with whom they may verbally share that message. What if that same sermon could be available globally, appearing automatically in subscribers’ podcasting software halfway around the world, within hours of the original? What if these same subscribers were to share that sermon with friends, the original propagating from MP3 player to MP3 player, around the world? Suddenly, your non-congregational reach is exponential. Not only is this scenario possible, it is readily available. Believe it or not, podcasting refers to only one vehicle of what currently constitutes “Web 2.0.” There are many other such vehicles, each with its own ability to reach separate web populations.<br /><br />Given the Great Commission all Christian churches are tasked with, utilizing these tools is critical, as any means of exponentially increasing your listener base should be. To follow is a short list of features which should be utilized in your current church website design, or used as a checklist for commercially available systems.<br /><br />Audio Library: Sermons are the most tangible commodity of a church, and subsequently, should get primary attention. An audio library, distinctly separate from the previously mentioned podcasting stream, allows you to make all recorded features, from sermons to music to instruction, available for online listening and download-capable for later use. This feature should be extremely easy to navigate for your users so that they can quickly locate specific recordings.<br /><br />Video Streaming: While still bandwidth intensive, video, like audio, can be a very effective medium for spreading the gospel. Where possible, audio should be used unless there are significant visual reasons to do so otherwise. Visual presentations and performances are better candidates for this than the typical Sunday sermon.<br /><br />Podcasting Feeds: A podcast feed is an audio subscription initiated by users who click on your feed link. If you have ever subscribed to a favorite television series with a Tivo, then you're already familiar with how a podcast works in conjunction with podcast software, such as Apple iTunes. By clicking on your podcast link, users are subscribed, via their podcast software, and subsequent sermons will download automatically for them, becoming instantly available for use on their MP3 players. This is a separate feature from your Audio Library, as podcasts should be regularly scheduled recordings, as a rule of thumb. You may have a great variety of recorded material available, but you may not want every recording linked as part of a regular podcast feed. Make sure any system that you are considering makes this distinction.<br /><br />Blogging: Blogging is the perfect online mechanism for your pastoral staff to reflect and provide guidance between Sundays. Pastoral staff blogs can help bring repeat visitors to your site and provide a platform for personal insight, that goes beyond the confines and structure of Sunday's sermon. Entire search engines exist for blogs and, because of this, ministries have an enormous opportunity to reach entirely new readers. The most effective blogging will involve having your own blog server versus a freebie account in a shared environment.<br /><br />Newsletter Management: Electronic newsletters simply cannot be ignored for effective ministry due to their viral nature. A commonly used marketing term, viral marketing refers to the act of one person sending or forwarding information, they found helpful, to others who they know might benefit from it. In other words, an effective newsletter not only finds its way to the subscribers, but they typically forward meaningful newsletters to others. Many factors influence the effectiveness of this method including subscriber management, the quality of the content, and the focus on gaining new subscribers.<br /><br />Forums: Adequately moderated, church website forums can provide the perfect means for developing a community around your online ministry. Topics can be discussed or debated, church classes can have their own forums for collaborating on teachings, and questions about the faith can be answered. While there are some obvious requirements for moderation, a good system will allow several layers of control that provide a balance of administrative control and management ease specific to your needs and abilities.<br /><br />Image Galleries: Image galleries provide far more than the obvious display of happy times within your congregation. A well-made gallery will allow optional user interaction, such as rating and voting, in addition to commentary. Most importantly, make certain your system has the ability to send pictures as e-cards. As previously mentioned, this feature is viral in nature, allowing users to send selected images as postcards with greetings to friends, again, greatly extending your online reach.<br /><br />Events Calendar: No church website design would be complete without a full-featured, fully searchable events calendar. Events can be the lifeblood of a church, and getting the message out, about those events, is mission-critical.<br /><br />User Polls: While sometimes overused in secular websites, user polls on a church website can be extremely effective for several reasons. Religion and politics have long been the start of many a debate and. as a result, most people are very willing to give their opinions on either topic. By providing effective, anonymous polls, you not only encourage user interaction, but you can gain a better understanding of the mindset of your site visitors. Many times, this can provide great material for sermons!<br /><br />Email to friend: This little feature should appear on every page of significant content throughout your church website. Its function is to provide a means for site visitors to email a specific page they think might be of interest to their friends. This feature, while seemingly small, is also viral in nature (one person receives it and sends to another) and can have a significant impact in your ministry’s reach.<br /><br />Search-Engine Optimization: Whether you are attempting your church website design by hand, or are using a commercial system, make absolutely certain that you don't overlook good search-engine optimization practice. Without going into a long description of the function of each, make sure that any system you use automates accurate meta tag creation, has a reciprocal link-management system and, if your site is dynamic (database- driven). that URLs are rewritten as search-engine friendly. Overlooking these items will result in decreased search-engine positioning, so pay close attention to these. As your site grows, the more important the automation or near-automation of these functions become.<br /><br />Multi-Lingual Page Translation: While there is no true 100%-accurate page-translation service available, there are some that do an outstanding job. Make sure that all your content pages have some form of multi-lingual translation capabilities. The more languages you can translate into, the more lives you are likely to impact on a global scale.<br /><br />RSS Feeds: RSS feeds provide a similar subscription method as podcast feeds do, but they are focused on textual content versus audio. These feeds can be established throughout your site and alert subscribers to changes in content, without them having to browse your site. Areas of your site that do not frequently change (like your statement of faith) are not good candidates for an RSS feed, while constantly updated content areas are. Forums, for example, are great places to deploy an RSS feed, as replies and responses to ongoing threads update frequently.<br /><br />About the Author<br />Brooks Patton is founder of The Church Site Project, an integrated, web-content-management system, and online church community suite, designed to meet the needs of modern <a href="http://www.thechurchsiteproject.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">church website design</a> standards.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606521388522258722.post-4755527709707337072008-04-08T13:46:00.001+02:002008-04-08T13:49:06.503+02:00Web Traffic: Thanks To Web 2.0 It Has Gotten Easier To Get<strong>Web 2.0</strong> and the vast array of social media sites has made it much easier to get traffic to your site, but the gnawing question remains...how useful is that traffic really? <br />You've possibly heard the saying that without web traffic you're nobody online! Unfortunately that saying is true, because online traffic is a euphemism (translates) for visitors. Without visitors to your site you're never going to make the sale. It is clearly illustrated by this scenario; you may have the world's best invention or product that could literally turn the world upside down overnight but if nobody knows about it, nobody cares about it! Business folklore is peppered with tales of geniuses who died penniless and in squalor (all the while sitting on a goldmine of an invention) just because they couldn't get the public interested in their product. <br /><br />As an online entrepreneur you are somewhat in the same dilemma, getting people to that great site of yours: <br /><br />In a nutshell you need web traffic or your online business is as good as dead! Here's why: <br /><br />Traffic = Visitors to your site or blog <br /><br />Visitors = Potential Buyers <br /><br />Active Buyers = Profit <br /><br />Profit = Successful Business <br /><br />The Various Types of Traffic <br /><br />There's web traffic and then there's web traffic! <br /><br />Social Media Web Traffic <br /><br />Fortunately recent changes in internet trends have made it a lot easier to get internet traffic. These changes are due to the widely adopted transition to Web 2.0 and the explosion of social media sites. Web traffic from social media sites is far easier to get than internet traffic from the search engines but the downside is that this type of traffic is not as targeted as online traffic that originates from a typed query into a search engine. <br /><br />So what exactly do I mean when I say that it is not as targeted? <br /><br />Well if you're are to consider a prospect who arrives to your website via a particular keyword query typed into one of the search engines such as Google, that particular action means that such a person is actively seeking more information concerning that topic. Such a visitor to your site is in what I consider a proactive mindset related to that keyword! In other words they are prepared to act upon information associated with that keyword. <br /><br />Curiosity Prospects <br /><br />In comparison a visitor arriving from your site from a social media website was most likely drawn there by incidental curiosity. What that means is that that particular visitor probably noticed an intriguing article or post title of yours, with an equally intriguing summary which linked to your site. It was curiosity that led them to your site. Such visitors are what I term Curiosity Prospects! Curiosity Prospects land on your website by accident rather than through active query-word engagement on their part. Such a visitor is less likely to purchase whatever you're selling because they didn't arrive with that mindset. This explains the strange phenomenon of link bait pieces that draw hundreds of thousands of visitors with very little conversion rates (i.e., few become buyers). <br /><br />The Numbers Game <br /><br />The driving force powering social media websites is captivating information! Riveting articles that literally grab people's attention by the scruff of the neck! Thus getting any meaningful conversion rate from such Curiosity Prospects depends on a massive flow of traffic! The bottom line is that social media web traffic is a numbers game revolving around link bait; an art that some internet marketers have perfected to precision. <br /><br />There's a definite science to writing great link bait pieces, however just like any other article, success of that aspiring link bait piece hinges on the title or headline! When one thinks of social media websites the word that immediately springs to mind (or at least it should) is BUZZ! <br /><br />BUZZ <br /><br />A great link bait article has to generate a lot of buzz. In order to do that, the article should: <br /><br />Stir controversy; <br /><br />Be Breaking News of significance in whatever field; <br /><br />Be well written; <br /><br />Be polarizing; <br /><br />Captivate or educate the reader; <br /><br />Be witty or funny; <br /><br />Be shocking (not disgusting mind you, there is a difference): <br /><br />Be well formatted; <br /><br />And lastly, the body text of the article should follow through on the premise of its title in a logical easily graspable step-by-step fashion. <br /><br />Buzz Transferring Positive SEO Influence <br /><br />So what, if anything are you getting from that Web 2.0 traffic, if those vast numbers of social media Curiosity Prospects don't convert into purchasers? Well the plain fact is, the sheer volume of traffic flowing to your website is soon going to get noticed by the search engines which in turn will increase your ranking and positioning on those very same search engines. By its very nature that increased positive attention from the search engines is going to get your website much closer to the holy grail of any online business…tons of web traffic from the search engines! <br /><br />Organic Search Traffic! <br /><br />From experience and to my manner of thinking, this is hands down the best kind of web traffic but it is also by far the hardest to attain or get. When I say the best I mean as far as conversion rates go! So what exactly is organic internet traffic? This is that online traffic that originates from a search query conducted on the search engines. Say for example you're a prospect who is looking to start an online home business what online actions could you take to find out such info? Well it is highly likely that the first thing you would do is query the search engines (such as Google, Yahoo, MSN or Ask.com) with a keyword term that might be any of the following: internet business; internet marketing, home business or online marketing, etc. The returned results for that query are what we refer to as organic listings;which are the websites listed in the Google Index (and the various other search engines). Obviously the higher the website is listed on the Google Index or SERPs (search engine rank pages) the greater the chances of that website being picked by a searcher for the queried keyword they typed into the search engine. <br /><br />In reality you'd want your website to be listed on Page 1 or Page 2 of Google (as the largest search engine Google shall be used as the default term for all the search engines). And why would you wish to be on Page 1 or 2 of Google? Well pause a moment and consider how often do you search deeper than the first two pages for any online query. I'm guessing rarely if ever do you go beyond Page 2,that's why you should aim to get your website listed no deeper than Page 2. Ideally however the best position to have your site listed for any particular keyword is the 1st listing on Google Page 1. However that is in a perfect world; but truth be told, once you are on Page 1 of Google you are made or at least your site/blog is! <br /><br />Getting organic traffic is priceless because the person who typed in that keyword which ultimately led them to your site (via your listing on Google) is a deadly serious prospect. They are actively searching for whatever subject your website is about. Such a person is the most likely candidate to purchase. An added bonus is that such an individual is quite likely new to that subject matter which led them to your site and they obviously wish to increase their knowledge on that particular topic. This type of prospect is the best kind of visitor to get to your site because there is a very high probability they have not yet been tainted by the profusion of other sites out there covering the same subject matter as yours! <br /><br />Traffic From Article Directories <br /><br />Submitting well written articles to article directories is another fantastic way to get web traffic. The upshot to this method, as compared to social media (Web 2.0) website submissions, is that you can avoid the time-consuming hassle of aggregating votes in order to get your articles sufficient exposure on those Web 2.0 sites to draw significant amounts of internet traffic. Not only do consistent article directory submissions build your reputation (assuming your articles are indeed worthy) you can build up quite a following. In fact some online marketing businesses have found remarkable success based solely upon article submissions to article directories! And finally another way of getting online traffic is participating in online forums targeting your intended market. <br /><br /><a href="http://www.internetbusinessmart.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Web Traffic</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606521388522258722.post-9701921478997851502008-04-04T09:13:00.001+02:002008-04-04T09:17:09.671+02:00How To Boost Website Traffic Instantly With Web 2.0 MarketingBefore we go into the details of how to boost website traffic, first lets try to understand what Web 2.0 is. There is not a clear definition to what exactly Web 2.0. But it has got many faces and some of them can be used to drive traffic to any website old or new. <br /><br />I this phenomenon a community of users share the content at a website and other users comment on the content developed by others. It's a win/win situation. if your content has a unique angle or creativity you end up receiving traffic in thousands in a very short time. <br /><br />The content creation is normally in 4 media types. <br /><br />1) Text <br />2) Photos <br />3) Audio <br />4) Video <br /><br />If you visit Alexa.com and go to "Traffic Rankings" section you will see a list of "Global Top 500" most visited websites, you'll notice that many are community websites where people gather in thousands everyday. All you have to do is use your brain, develop unique content in the form of text/photos/audio/video and you get tons of traffic in a very short period. <br /><br />* If you are good at writing articles, you can submit them to technorati.com or digg.com or del.icio.us where people are looking for new information. You will receive votes (good/bad) from other members. Depending upon the number of votes you receive, your text will be read by all other member (usually in thousands) making your article a "hot" topic <br /><br />* Are you good at taking photographs/sketches/digital art/3d art, you can submit this to flickr.com and will be seen and appreciated by tons of other artists and art enthusiasts. If done well can generate great business 100% free without a dime on advertising. <br /><br />* Do you have a video series that's funny or educational, you can submit this to youtube.com or Goggle video website and will be seen by thousands with their own comments to make you a hero in a few hours. <br /><br />So the bottom line is getting your message in front of a big crowd with little creativity and you can boost your website traffic instantly. <br /><br />Copyright Shrinivas Vaidya <br /><br /><br /><br />About The Author <br /><br />Shrinivas Vaidya <br /><br />Learn How I drove 1,000 Unique visitors to my website in less than 24 hours using a secret technique, that anyone without any experience can follow. 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These icons will automatically put visitors at your required area. <br /><br />Number of columns reduction<br /><br />The clarity or visibility of your website varies with your used number of columns at your website. As much fewest numbers of columns is used, the simplicity increases simultaneously. Infusing too much columns on your webpage is always a bad deal for web 2.0 style. <br /><br />Separating segments<br /><br />In web 2.0 design style, you are able to use fluorescent color segment to separating different important parts of your web page. From visitor’s point of view, it increases easiest readability of different sections of your web page. <br /><br />Simple Looking<br /><br />As it has a lot of new features, it can help you to take away from several hazards and put into the innermost purpose of designing. The design looks simple and comfortable for the users. 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Web 2.0 designs are taking a step ahead with its modernized features by capturing viewer concentration from rest of the world design styles. <br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Joanna Gadel is working in a reputed Sydney web site design company (<a href="http://www.vnsinfo.com.au/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://www.vnsinfo.com.au/</a>) and her writing as a web design professional (<a href="http://www.websites4u.com.au/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://www.websites4u.com.au/</a>) helps her readers to gather fabulous information about latest website design styles.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606521388522258722.post-39329080403264338592008-02-29T08:48:00.001+01:002008-02-29T08:49:57.678+01:00Building Your Own Web 2.0 Wordpress ThemeSo you have setup your wordpress blog and installed a great web 2.0 wordpress theme on it. But now you want to make your blog different from other blogs using that same theme. You want to give your wordpress theme a totally unique identity that matches your content and personality. There is good news for you. Although a bit of technical know-how is required for modifying the template files associated with a theme, the task can be accomplished easily enough. And it is not really as difficult as it sounds with all that talk of CSS, PHP and HTML!<br /><br />But Why Should I Build My Own Wordpress Theme?<br /><br />You may come up with this question and say that you are perfectly happy with the free theme you downloaded from the internet, exactly as it is. But what if you suddenly come across a friend’s blog with the exact same skin on it? Same images, same fonts and colors, same functionalities on the side bar! Won’t you feel like marking your wordpress blog theme with your own special identity, even if the basic template remains the same? Customizing your web 2.0 wordpress theme can have several advantages.<br /><br />1. First, of course, it gives a unique look to your Wordpress site.<br />2. Secondly, you can take advantage of the existing templates, template tags, as well as the Wordpress loop, for the generation of different kinds of web page results and looks.<br />3. With customized themes, you can create alternative templates for specific site features; for example, the category pages, search result pages and static content pages.<br />4. You can provide for a theme or style switcher, so that your users can easily change the look of your site or quickly switch between two different site layouts.<br />5. You can even design your own <a href="http://wordpressthemes.weblogs.us" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">web 2.0 wordpress theme</a> and release it to the public so that others may also enjoy your design. <br /><br />Important Wordpress Template Files<br /><br />1. header.php – This is the file that takes care of the way the top section of your blog appears. This is the file from where you can change the header picture and add Meta tags.<br />2. footer.php – This file stores the HTML code for the bottom section of your blog, and gets reloaded each time a page or post in your blog is accessed.<br />3. sidebar.php – The section on the side of the page, which usually takes care of the site navigation through various links to archives, previous posts, blogroll and latest posts, depending upon the basic web 2.0 wordpress theme being used.<br />4. index.php – This is the main template file in a wordpress theme. It determines what a visitor gets to see when he lands on the homepage of your blog or site. If you want to display your web space as a website instead of a blog, then this is the file wherein you need to put some static content.<br /><br />Apart from these files, a web 2.0 wordpress theme also has some other template files meant for specific purposes, like the “archives.php” file, that would display the previous posts in your blog, and the “search.php”, that can be used to customize how to generate search results from your site. <br /><br /><br /><br /><br />Richard Bulla share his views about <a href="http://wordpressthemes.weblogs.us" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Wordpress Theme</a> and its features. For more information on Free Wordpress Theme, please visit <a href="http://wordpressthemes.weblogs.us" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">www.wordpressthemes.weblogs.us</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606521388522258722.post-86704357160144363332008-02-20T07:38:00.002+01:002008-02-20T07:45:52.862+01:00Postgrad SEO - using Web 2.0 instead of article marketing to promote your bookJust too good an idea to pass up. <br />Health keeps coming up as some outrageously searched-for keyword. Helps that 'Boomers are getting older (and Europe/Japan have worse problems than ours) and so they are all interested in extending their health and lives. <br /><br />Search <strong>Google Trends</strong> for "health, life, nutrition, diet, fitness". See what I mean? The things that would save their health and improve their lives (good food and exercise) are lower ranked than the goals themselves - which makes sense once you think about it. (But if you want to check for a sheep mentality, look up "life insurance" or "health insurance" - which are completely solutions for the after-the-fact-problem of losing your health or losing your life.) Health and Life are re-active scenes - the people who are proactive are more the minority. <br /><br />But - searching various keyword programs for "life health" gives low response. Few people search for this combination. <br /><br />So you wouldn't use that combination as anything on your pages or link text. (I can think of some catchy book titles with these two, however...) <br /><br />However, your mini-web could use various versions of these above in the page titles in order to capture those niche Google-search positions... <br /><br />And I have a ton of PLR articles which are useless for article marketing, but prime for ebooks. <br /><br />Of course, this is all old-hat stuff. <br /><br />Enter <strong>Web 2.0</strong> <br /><br />The test is if videos can replace articles. Now, I don't have a great deal of video sites like YouTube. Frankly, like my tests in article marketing, it doesn't much pay to submit to very many to get the key effects you want, which is people finding and buying your book. <br /><br />Now, the recent research (and it worked for me, too) is that videos and social bookmarking, as well as blogging, get to the top of Google faster. <br /><br />With TTS, and these short PLR articles, I could conceivably produce a video a day, based on the content of that ebook. You'd then become some sort of expert on health-related stuff. Sort of. Just like article marketing - on steroids. <br /><br />Sequence is to create the ebook first - post to Lulu. (My clickbank is bugged, this would be preferable, since you could sell the book via affiliates and increase your sales.) <br /><br />Take the text articles, add audio headers and footers - create the TTS audio (save in own directory). <br /><br />Build your master mini-web, using your main keyword phrase you selected. This promotes the book. FTP that up and getting running. <br /><br />Take time here and set up your opt-in page for that subject. Plug in some articles to your autoresponder sequence. <br /><br />For each MP3 audio, make a video using clipart and stock photos. (Camtasia...) <br /><br />Post the videos on YouTube and the MP3's on Internet Archives. <br /><br />As you post each video, create a new mini-web which links to the first one (and gives it all the pagerank). Each media file links to your Lulu product, but has individual keyword niches (where most of your geek time will be spent, other than making the videos.) Each mini-web also invites people to opt-in for more information on the subject. <br /><br />Social bookmark each video and MP3 and mini-web index page as you post them. <br /><br />Blog each video and link to the MP3 and mini-web. Social bookmark that blog-entry. <br /><br />What you are doing is creating a buzz for each of these inter-related keyword niches. You rise to the top in each of these niches - which in turn give their pagerank over to your main mini-web, which promotes the book (as do all the sub-webs on your mini-net). <br /><br />And all that should add up to a nice set of Google Page Rank which plops viewers to your main mini-net page and sells books. Plus it should give you a number of subscribers to your list, where you can interest them in other related products. <br /><br />Just to add frosting to the cake, sign up with some affiliate programs which pay you per lead for insurance policies. Put these links prominently on your site and rake in some extra income. <br /><br />It's simply a test of video's and article marketing <br /><br />This is a test just to see if you can get faster response than the months it takes to get some volume out of article marketing. Certainly you wind up at the top of Google faster - but does it translate to sales? Sure, there are lots of factors present. And TTS is a cheesy way (perhaps) of making soundtracks for videos. <br /><br />But it would be an interesting concept-test. Definately worth a test drive... <br /><br /><br /><br />Robert C. Worstell, PhD, has published over three dozen books and numerous articles. His current research is how Internet Marketing has made and makes millionaires. A beta edition is avilable of his latest research - <a href="http://www.lulu.com/content/1328345" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://www.lulu.com/content/1328345</a> <br /><br />To apply these latest results in your own life - Sign up for your free newsletter (and bonus!) at <a href="http://onlinemillionaireplan.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://onlinemillionaireplan.com</a> <br /><br />Also, check out his latest book release - "Genius: How to Be one, How to Live with it." at <a href="http://www.lulu.com/content/1716492" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://www.lulu.com/content/1716492</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606521388522258722.post-8049347555691722492008-02-13T09:40:00.001+01:002008-02-13T09:43:07.940+01:00Web 2.0, Internet Marketing, The Easiest Way To Generate Massive ExposureIf you’ve ever been involved in a small business, or possibly even a home-based business then you’ve most likely hit the brick wall, just as many people do. No, I’m not talking about start up capital, or operating expenses, because starting a home business is actually one of the most affordable ways for the average person to break into the world of business, and break out of the world of 9 to 5 slavery. <br /><br />The brick wall that I’m referring to is that of creating exposure for your products and services, and generating traffic for your web sites, presentations, and business briefings. In fact, one can very quickly find themselves pulling out their hair with shear frustration and confusion. <br /><br />What once was a world of duplication, manipulation, and old school marketing, has in a matter of a few short years been swept aside by those on the cutting edge of the Internet landscape. The cutting edge of what has become the world of web 2.0. Unfortunately, despite the trends, most people really do not know what web 2.0 really is. <br /><br />Of course, it’s cutting edge, it’s now, it’s happening, but are you using it? <br /><br />Don’t get me wrong, web 2.0 Internet Marketing is not rocket science, but you do need to be armed with the basics. Just putting a few video clips on your site, or tossing up an audio file or two that people can access or download does not make your site a web 2.0 experience. In fact this has been done for years, but what does make it web 2.0? <br /><br />Here are a few things to consider before jumping head long into the world of web 2.0 Internet Marketing, and possibly a few suggestions that may make your transition into this world a bit easier. <br /><br />Architecture of Participation <br /><br />The first element of a well-designed web 2.0 experience is something called the Architecture of Participation. You might also hear things like RIA (Rich Internet Applications), or even SOA (Service Oriented Applications). <br /><br />Despite the use of fancy buzzwords, this simply refers to the user experience. Is the site pleasing to the eye, easy to use, and most importantly does the site make it possible for visitors to participate in the content of the web site? <br /><br />This could best be demonstrated by taking a look at sites such as YouTube.com, EzineArticles.com, as well as social networking sites like MySpace.com. Each of these examples has a very well planned Architecture of Participation. <br /><br />Mash Ups & Integration <br /><br />The next element of a true web 2.0 experience is often called the mash up, or content integration. This is actually quite simple. Again, going back to sites like MySpace.com, you’ll see that participants can implement many different sources of web content. You’ll not only see video and audio, but you’ll also see blogs, comments, and networks of friends. Many sites will also integrate content from multiple sources or sites onto a single, new web site that generates fresh content on the fly, ready for eager site visitors. <br /><br />Mashing multiple streams of content onto a new web site is where the term Mash Ups actually came from, which here again, is not rocket science when you determine what content your visitors might like to see, hear, or read. It’s simply a matter of pulling the appropriate content and mashing it up into one convenient place. <br /><br />Social Networking <br /><br />Finally, social networking is a big part of web 2.0. Of course, it’s deeply routed in the Architecture of Participation, and it almost always implements the mash up to create unique content, but the unique factor in social networking is that it’s designed to bring like minded people together. <br /><br />Networking is the key to building successful long-term business relationships, but if you’ve ever hit your friends and family up with a business opportunity, you’ve probably discovered that they’re not always as like-minded as you might have originally hoped. <br /><br />Tapping into such social networks can put you, and your business or opportunity in front of literally millions of potential prospects and future business partners, and because you are networking with like-minded people, you’re not forced to go old school when it comes to pitching your opportunity or product. <br /><br />Over all, web 2.0 is a major departure in traditional marketing, and is light years beyond the days of mass mailing and classified ad submission. It is a whole new mindset in terms of building relationships, by simply rethinking the design process of your next web site, and oh yeah, the best part is that web 2.0 will cost you absolutely nothing to implement into your business. <br /><br />Basically, the key to web 2.0 Internet Marketing is in the user experience. Gone are the days of sit and stare web sites. With a little creativity, and a touch of web 2.0, it’s now possible to turn a one way experience into a two way stream of communication, which is the key to any business success. <br /><br /> <br /><br />Troy Berlin has been actively involved in the home-based business industry for nearly 15 years and has been a stay at home dady for the past 10 years thanks to his home business. He now helps others develop their own online home business incomes so that they can enjoy more time freedom as well. Learn more about the Prosperity Cast Network, and Troy Berlin at <a href="http://www.ProsperityHomeNetwork.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://www.ProsperityHomeNetwork.com</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606521388522258722.post-44421634698004028522008-02-12T05:36:00.000+01:002008-02-12T05:41:25.125+01:00Web 2.0 – A Social PhenomenonTo many, the phenomenon known as <strong>Web 2.0</strong> is as abstract as a Miro painting. His paintings make perfect sense if you understand each of the elements, language, social implications and context. Surprisingly those exact elements identify the key to understanding how Web 2.0 and the nature of social causes have grown in unison.<br /><br />The common goal behind all social causes is to raise awareness or consciousness surrounding a particular issue, motivating thought and taking action. In order to be effective, it requires committed people with incredible focus and an interested audience. In the past, these movements burned an incredible amount of time simply reaching out, trying to spark interest, educate and usually exhausting resources preventing asking for the support required to further the cause.<br /><br />In the past many grassroots efforts were reduced to door-to-door strategies, calling people at home or soliciting outside sympathetic storefronts. Results do vary, but more often than not, an eye roll or an apology was the response rather than a smile or handing over cold-hard cash. For the larger, better-funded social causes, the vehicle became traditional media, fighting for the attention of the would be philanthropists among a saturated sea of competing messaging. Reality was, most of these efforts invade inconveniently upon a persons day and going in for the “ask” is less effective without the common interest. It can be hit or miss, really.<br /><br /><strong>How has the gap been bridged? Web 2.0, of course</strong>.<br /><br />Web 2.0, the second generation of web interactivity includes the rise of social networking, collaboration tools, enhanced connectivity, content creation platforms and a vehicle for mass distribution. People have been able to form communities unlike never before, giving strength to the old saying “untied we stand”.<br /><br />Every day, I log into three or more different websites whose main purpose is bringing like-minded individuals together. Far from being simple communication tools, the online social platforms allow users to create public persona that express likes, dislikes, goals, ideals and values with the intent to connect with others with similar perspectives. Requiring no introduction, the top social networking destinations defined the manner in which we interact with each other online today. MySpace, LiveJournal, http://Tribe.net, and Facebook are among the more addictive Web 2.0 locations, providing individuals and organizations alike the opportunity to correspond with one another through forums and discussions groups on any topic imaginable. Perhaps the most powerful tool on any one of these sites is the search field. With just a few keystrokes one is instantly connected with countless PEOPLE who together form communities of like-minded individuals, share interests from everything from microbrews to machinima, from synchronized swimming to saving the world. These connections are as real and meaningful as if they were in real life.<br /><br /><strong>Thanks to Web 2.0, virtual is real</strong>.<br /><br />People have been coming together to make a change in response to social causes and to create movements surrounding issues throughout history. Today, coming together no longer takes place exclusively in the three dimensional or “real” world. Virtual communities are just as real with real tools and applications to support any cause.<br /><br />Take the wildly successful example of Kiva, which was founded in order to facilitate peer-to-peer connections between investors and entrepreneurs. Kiva was built as an open platform to allow anyone with $25 to invest in a small business in a developing country. Partnering with microfinance institutions in developing countries, Kiva managed to lower microfinancing as a whole, creating more transparency, thus greater interest. People helping people regardless of their geographical location.<br /><br />Let's think bigger, now. Really big. How about UNICEF? Many years ago, their first website comprised of a series of pictures, testimonials alongside a mailing address of where to send donations. Reflective of the early web, a passive experience, to say the least. Now the UNICEF site fully integrates Web 2.0 strategies through interactive games, videos testimonials and features plus the ability to engage with others across the planet on various topical issues. Fully integrated social networking and built in accountability is what makes their current site such a success. Granted, present on every page is the ability to choose your method of contribution, but that's not all you see. You see the faces of others who are doing their part. You see familiar names and not so familiar stories. You see the accumulated results and how people just like you have made a difference. These strategies make a difference in the countless other success stories pertaining to social causes, both large and small.<br /><br />The Web 2.0 trend has changed the face of giving and has created new rules effecting all social change from the largest not-for-profit organization to the solitary person with a vision, benefiting both philanthropists and the beneficiaries alike. This is the golden ticket for social entrepreneurs, politicians and grass roots activists. Voice is empowerment. Empowered people create movements. Social movements cause change.<br /><br />Social movements are happening now, both online and off, strengthened through the language of Web 2.0. This is the context within a new paradigm of interaction and the implications are borderless. However, like an abstract painting, one does not have to truly understand it in order to appreciate it and receive genuine benefits simply from its presence.<br /><br /><br />Author of this article is Lainie L. Visit herwebsite <a href="http://jungle8.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Jungle 8</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606521388522258722.post-13853741008010921782008-01-28T07:48:00.000+01:002008-01-28T07:51:21.232+01:00Domain Name Do’s and Don’ts<strong>Domain names</strong> are classed as the building blocks of the internet. Having the right domain name is key to your site. It is also important to name your site the same as your domain name. The simple reason behind this is that people will remember your site by its domain name, not by its URL. <br /><br />Domain names can be of any length up to 67 characters, however the shorter the domain name the easier it is for your site to be remembered and the less susceptible it will be to people making mistakes when typing it in to their internet browser. <br /><br />However it is proving more difficult to get short domain names now as most have already been taken. As well as avoiding long domain names you should also avoid the use of hyphenated names. There are several reasons why hyphenated names should be avoided as domain names that are hyphenated are difficult to remember and hard to type. If someone recommends your site to another person they will only remember the words used, not the fact it is hyphenated so that person would then search for your site based on the words and end up at another site, which could possibly be your competitor. <br /><br />If you are in the business of selling pens you can rest assure that the domain name pens.com has already been taken. You have to be imaginative when it comes to choosing your domain name. If you are selling pens why not try the domain name pensworld.com or worldofpens.com. You should always make sure that your key word, i.e. the item you are selling is featured in your domain name this way if someone search’s for your site via a search engine, such as Google, msn or yahoo, your site has more of a chance of showing up.<br /><br />As well as featuring your keyword in your domain name it is important to remember that the more your keyword appears in the text on your site, the more of a chance your site has of being listed in search engine results. Being listed in search engine results means that your site has more of a chance of people choosing to buy off you as oppose to your competitors. <br /><br />If your website is focused on providing an accident claim service then the keywords that you need to include throughout the text on your site are things such as accidents, claims, personal injury, no win no fee and compensation. By including a range of keywords throughout your site you are increasing your search engine ranking and your site will have more of a chance of appearing on several different search engine results.<br /><br />Another aspect that has to be taken into consideration when deciding on your domain name is whether you are going to have a dot com or a dot co dot UK. The answer to this really lies with whether you want international business branding or just UK business branding. If you want to focus your business internationally then a dot com domain will work best for you as you can appeal to a global market. However if you want UK business branding then a dot co dot UK will work best. <br /><br />If you are hoping to register a domain then hurry or your idea will be snapped up by someone else and all the good domain names will be taken. <br /><br /><br /><br />Author of this article is Helen Cox. She is the web master of Article Alley, home of all of your <a href="http://www.articlealley.com/domain-name-registration-articles-0_120.html" target="_blank">Domain Name</a> needs. Please feel free to republish this article providing this resource box remains intact with a working hyperlink to our site.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606521388522258722.post-48933935373569269462008-01-24T16:20:00.000+01:002008-01-24T16:40:52.220+01:00Very Simple Web 2.0 Template 005This SEO friendly web 2.0 Template is similar to the last one I have published . Background colour is changed from black to green. Navbar and footer have gradient black background instead of gradient green. 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Now you may already be familar with it so you don't need to read on. But, I received over 100 emails from people who did not know what it is and many thought it was a software program. So, I want to clarify what Web 2.0 is.<br /><br />I want to keep this simple. My definition of Web 2.0 is any website, blog or forum that allows you to interact, too leave information, especially a link to your website. They are social sites.<br /><br />For instance, if you visit someones blog and they allow you to make comments and leave your web address, that's basic Web 2.0. If you visit a forum and make a comment and can leave a link to your website, that's Web 2.0. Myspace.com and FaceBook.com are Web 2.0 and other sites like Squidoo.com, gather.com, hubpages.com, clipmark.com, digg.com and scribd.com are all Web 2.0 sites.<br /><br /><strong>Now why is Web 2.0 important?</strong><br /><br />Because the search engines are starting to give authority rankings to many of these Web 2.0 websites. In other words, they consider these sites to be important. Because of this, they give links from these websites importance. One link from a prominent Web 2.0 site can be worth 100 links from regular websites. Plus, these are one way links. You do not have to link back from your website.<br /><br />Because these websites are interactive, you are able to set up accounts and post information and give links to your websites. Google spiders these websites often, as often as every minute. If you have posted relevant information and included a link to your website and used keyword phrases that are not too competitive, its possible for your listing to be ranked in the top ten of Google within hours.<br /><br />Someone sees this link, clicks on it, goes to the Web 2.0 site, clicks on your link and ends up on your website.<br /><br />So, the main advantage to these Web 2.0 sites is that they can send a lot of targeted traffic to your website and help you in your search engine listings and page rank and its free.<br /><br />There is a lot of information on Web 2.0 on the Internet. I will also be covering this subject in my Coaching Club.<br /><br />You are going to start seeing more and more listings in a Google search from Web 2.0 sites. They will soon crowd out the other websites. If you are depending on organic search engine listing for traffic to your website, you had better get real familar with Web 2.0 quickly.<br /><br />Already, when you search on Google, you will see Wikipedia listings, news listings, maybe a video from youtube.com, which is also a Web 2.0 site. Google refers to this as Universal search and will fully take over by the end of this year.<br /><br />To stay up with this, you will need to post videos on youtube.com, set up lenses on squidoo.com, submit images to flickr.com, use Google Base, etc. <br /><br /><br /><br />About the Author: Michael Gravette is a successful entrepreneur and ex-Air Force Intelligence. He is the founder and president of Safety Technology, the largest provider of <a href="http://www.safetytechspy.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">wholesale personal protection products</a> and <a href="http://www.safetytechspy.com/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">wholesale surveillance systems</a>.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606521388522258722.post-25495795869556194032008-01-24T16:07:00.000+01:002008-01-24T16:09:53.903+01:00Web 2.0, Is it Just Legal SPAM<strong>Web 2.0</strong>, everybody is talking about it. If you want a lot of traffic and the opportunity to make money then sites like MySpace, YouTube, Facebooks, Flickr, and everything Web 2.0 is what you need. I just logged into my MySpace account and I was surprised at how many SPAM comments that were there. Is this technology just a way to legalize SPAM? You can turn off the option allowing people to post comments but then nobody will be able to post.<br /><br />Every marketer and authority is talking like this is new technology. Sites Like Yahoo have had MyYahoo for almost a decade now. The same goes for AOL. If this wasn't Web 2.0 then it must have been at least Web 1.5. Have you seen the navigation on these new Web 2.0 sites? MySpace is somewhat easy to get around but I have tried many times to get around Facebook and Squidoo but I must be missing something. I hear that these sites are getting a lot of traffic but am I the only one who is having trouble trying to get around in these sites?<br /><br />If you are a marketer there are so many experts telling you to market on these social networking sites like MySpace. Obviously this is not something the owners of sites like MySpace advocate. Two of the most popular programs out there that helped you to be able to market to the MySpace community have recently been shut down by MySpace. Badderadder and Spacepromoter were both victims to this latest craze that the MySpace heads are doing. Who's next?<br /><br />A few years ago everybody was saying that we had to be blogging in order to make it, now that has changed. I hear that blogs are not as popular as they were at first. They are still important because anybody who visits a blog is free to leave their comment to one of the postings. Static pages are a thing of the past. In todays world you have to allow visitors the option of being able to add their comments, pictures and videos. Videos are the next big thing. Everybody is doing it. Look at the giants like Google and Microsoft.<br /><br />I have had a site for the last ten years and I've never had more than a few thousand visitors in one month. My son, Jake, with his MySpace profile has had over 40,000 unique visitors in one month already. He is trying to teach me how to do this but so far I have not mastered getting more than 3,000. Technology is changing so fast these days. What is hot today will be outdated and on the way out in less than a few months. <br /><br /><br />About the Author: Jeffrey has over 2 decades experience in the business world. When he writes he blends his unique wit and humour into every article which if you rread his blog you can see all of his many works. <a href="http://www.nosugarcoating.info " target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://www.nosugarcoating.info </a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6606521388522258722.post-59740089774777352942008-01-24T16:02:00.000+01:002008-01-24T16:05:58.833+01:00Is web 2.0 about to change the way we schedule?Until recently, digital calendars and scheduling tools were just copies of the diaries, organizers and day timers that still compete for desk space with cell phones, laptops, desktops, and our other digital lifestyle accoutrements. Nothing seemed capable of replacing the big handwritten reminders in red and black, but new innovations in web 2.0 technology might have the answer.<br />Despite the explosion of digital tools, we still waste up to 30% of our time on mindless tasks like trying to schedule appointments. Without email, cell phones and some kind of calendar, it would be near impossible to schedule a basic conference call. First we pick an appointment timetable, send out an email and then follow up with phone calls. Now comes the hard part; Smith can only make it one day, Johnson the next day, Cohen the right day, but only at 3 pm, etc… The real timewaster comes from trying to resolve the schedule so that everyone can agree on a time. <br />Maybe the online services like Yahoo calendar, Google calendar, 30boxes, and Hipcal can help? With them, you can post all the information on a shared web calendar and everyone can check the schedule without you having to send out reminders. That’ll save you a few emails, but it won’t help you resolve the core problem. Some collaborative calendars let people edit the content, allowing them to change the time based on their availability. Great, now every contact is moving the calendar to fit his or her schedule and you’re still no closer to fixing the appointment or timetable for everyone. So it’s back to the phone calls and email tag while you try to juggle everyone’s preferences until you find a compromise. <br />So far, not so good. Online calendars and scheduling tools, despite their well-publicized technological advances just aren’t improving on the old method. But it’s not all bad news on the tech front, there’s one newcomer who might be heading in the right direction. WikiTimer is a little digital assistant cross scheduling tool that took a different view. Rather than simply try and digitize or improve appointment books and calendars, WikiTimer decided to focus on the real problem of resolving the schedule. It’s got the collaborative calendar that lets you and your contacts highlight your available times, but behind that it’s got an algorithmic problem solver who uses the information to actually schedule the appointment for you. While you sit back, the WikiTimer communicates with your contacts and politely engineers them toward a compromise. Without any stress or wasted time, the automatic scheduler has resolved your appointment. It’s like having your very own intelligent digital assistant.<br />If the WikiTimer is a sign of things to come, then it’s fair to say that we’ll be chucking out the old and welcoming in the new at long last. For business people, the home employed, freelancers, and those of us who get forced into arranging family reunions, this kind of tool will take the pain our of getting things done. That said, until I can convince Great Aunt Alice and her sisters to go online, web 2.0 isn’t going to solve every problem. <br /><br /><br />About the Author: Edmund Read is independent business consultant with a specialization in new technologies. Lead consultant to innovative new companies like <a href="http://www.peerio.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://www.peerio.com</a> and <a href="http://www.talkingdates.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">www.talkingdates.com</a> . Most recently a senior consultant to the Futurist Fund, <a href="http://www.futuristfund.com" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://www.futuristfund.com</a> . Spare time spent as a freelance copywriter, fiction ghostwriter, compulsive reader, and self proclaimed gourmet.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0