The text that is used in the links that point to your website has a major effect on the position of your website in Google's search results.
For example, if many people use the text "buy blue widgets" to link to your website, then it is very likely that the linked web page will get high rankings for the keyphrase "buy blue widgets" in Google's search results.
Twitter’s API allows for external web services to use the platform. This has led to a host of applications that help make managing your Twitter account easier – whether it be for business or personal. Here’s a few worth looking into:
Where’s the Kindle? Vertical Measures will hide a Kindle on its website and you can win it if you find it first!
May 16, 2010 -- Vertical Measures, an internet marketing company based in Phoenix, AZ., is conducting a “Where’s the Kindle Contest?” due to kick off on Monday, May 17th, 2010. They are well known throughout the digital marketing industry for their great blog contributions, quality services such as link building, search engine optimization, local search, content marketing strategies, social media marketing, as well as for running fresh and exciting contests and promotions periodically.
One of the things you can do to promote your website is to submit it to the directories on the Internet. This way you can get visits directly from the traffic those directories may send you and, simultaneously, let search engines know of the existence and reputation of your website, improving its search engine results. This point has some importance given that most search engines take links to your website as votes or recommendations.
AXIGEN (http://www.axigen.com), the professional messaging solution vendor, is pleased to announce a free, live webinar entitled ‘Taking the road to Virtualization’, scheduled for May 25, 09:00 GMT and May 27, 16:00 GMT, 2010.
Join this 40 minute on-demand online event to learn:
How to use virtualization to your full advantage as SMB or Service Provider.
How to optimize your IT environment for significant cost-savings, improve service availability, security & management.
In an online forum, webmasters discussed their experience with Google's latest ranking algorithm update that has been given the name Mayday. If your website gets fewer visitors from Google, the update could be the reason for that.
International-seo.co.uk is a brand new offering from the team at SEO Junkies. The many years of experience gaining high search ranking results for a whole host of clients have helped them build up a reputation for getting the best out of a website. Their search engine optimisation credentials have not only been confined to the British search engines but ranking results on search engines around the world.
May 10, 2010 -- Successful businesses are always on the lookout for new, exciting opportunities to sell their product or service to as many people as possible. Whether it is via traditional marketing methods or through emerging technologies, successful businesses always have their finger on the pulse to find the best way to outwit the competitors. Many of these excellent business opportunities are abroad, which means that the company needs to be able to communicate and appeal to international markets. If the service on offer is ideal for a particular international market, then it is a necessity for the website to appear on those search engines for the particular keywords that relate to your service; SEO is a necessary evil.
One of the ways to promote your website is by providing fresh content regularly and announcing it by the use of feeds. Feeds are a very useful way of distributing fresh content to your visitors and attracting their attention when new stuff is added. They consist of a file (or more) in which you put a summary of the latest content on your website, using a specific format (the most used are RSS and Atom), that allows you to add more information like icons, dates of addition, summaries, URLs, etc. All this information can be read by feed readers, which will alert their users when the content has been updated.
Bucharest, Romania, and Msida, Malta - May 4 2010 – AXIGEN (http://www.axigen.com), the professional messaging solution vendor, announced today the signing of their first reseller agreement in Malta, with 4sIghT Consultants (http://www.4sightconsultants.com). The new partnership is aimed at introducing AXIGEN’s reliable and secure messaging and collaboration solutions in the Maltese Islands’ market.
From my admittedly limited vantage point, I’ve noticed a subtle but significant shift in what’s coming out of the respective campuses of Microsoft and Google. And it’s not so much the innovations, although it certainly resonates there. This has to do with attitude and culture. This is the touchy feely stuff that I chalk up to gut instinct, with no empirical backing. So, take it for what it’s worth, but I will say that my gut has a pretty good track record.