by lawmacs |
27. September 2009 16:08 Filed under: Seo
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Back links or one way linking is one of the major boost for any website designers or bloggers when it comes to website design and Seo but how can we do this and what are the best practices firstly i must warned you i am nota SEO expert i am just trying to share my knowledge and the understanding i achieved or the years in regards to search engines.One thing to point out here your website benefits more from quality incoming links than out going ones and again remember content is king
Content
The single and biggest technique for gaining natural organic back links by this i mean writing killer contents that get index in all search engines especially Google which as ware quite aware has become the giant of all search engines.So getting your website index in Google will generate natural back links to your website.Stick to the basics of producing lots of good quality original content related to your website topics and get as many quality incoming links as you can. There are lots of hungry readers out there just waiting for you fresh contents.
Comments
Leaving comments on other blogs will get you some back links there are drawbacks to this some blogs uses no-follow links and many believes that search engine like Google doesn’t value or count this as a genuine back link this may be true as we as bloggers does this to preserve our own page ranks we can argue if this is true or not my reason for saying this is that websites like Digg is said to be one of the big guns that doesn’t uses no-follow links yet its has a page-rank of 8 and again when you leave a comment on some one else's blogs you also introduces yourself to other bloggers this is free marketing.
Another great way to get back links to your website how often you receive an email in your inbox saying “I have found your great website on Google offering link exchange and would like to exchange links with you and your link is place here at this address” i have received dozens of these request as bloggers you cannot throw caution to the wind choose your site carefully be conscious of the website you are linking with no there is no benefit for your website which promotes Seo to be linking with a website which promotes selling weapons.
Guest Post
This is another valuable source to gather back links on like article submission where your post is submitted in a specific category and some times to find it you have to search through hundreds of article to find it a guest post appears on the front page of the blog the post is written for. it this blog has lots of traffic then this can form a domino effect and leads those visitors to your website.
Try some of these tips and see which one works best for you change the ones that doesn’t and stick with those that works and improve on these ones good luck with your back links leave your comments and let us hear your views.
by lawmacs |
17. September 2009 22:11 Filed under: Web Design
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Designing your first website as an amateur may seem very hard however they may seem there are software out there that will allow even the novice to build a website without no knowledge of web design are coding. From my personal experience every web designer should have some knowledge about the basics of hand coding a website this gives them the opportunity to correct errors if and when the need arises. Two of the most important factors to consider when designing are
Repetition and Clarity
A web user should never have to figure out how to use the navigation on a well design website, navigation should look and feel the same on every web pages this gives the visitor the idea that they are still on the same site. By repetition I meant keeping certain visual elements in the same place Logos - recent survey shows that about 90% of logos are placed on the top left hand corner of all website if this is where your logo is on the main page keep it that way throughout the entire site having site navigation links and certain visual images in the same place on your site in the same order maintain the similar look and feel throughout. One very cheap and easy way to promote your website and is increase link popularity is by linking to other website with high traffic volume. Do some research surf the web find some sites with the same are similar contents as yours and request a link exchange. One popular site is link Metro this site offers you to put a members' link on your page then request they do the same.
However for good search engine ranking the relevancy of you link exchange must be of relevance that means linking with site of similar contents as yours so remember that providing information for your visitor is of more important that just a good page ranking Add quality contents to your web site, a page with good contents attracts search engines and encourages visitors to stay create pages for feedback let them review your site give their ratings ask a friend to review your site content before publishing look at the site from a customer point of view and remember that when you publish your site it goes globally.
Find a topic that you are good at and write an article about that topic publish it to other members website with a link back to your site this will encourage visitors to your website at this point your may be able to convince them to stay, make your paragraph short and straight forward try avoid too many lengthy paragraphs chose the colour and font size of your text carefully make sure that they blend in.
If you try these methods and nothing works try altering the layout of your website Just Remember if you try 99 times and fail tell yourself I have not failed i just find another way not to do it
Research Keyword Phrase Search for keyword phrase to optimize for by using some tools such as Keyword Discovery or you can use Word tracker Google ad words or yahoo search marketing
Link Popularity Link popularity works best when the two sites exchanging links has some thing in common e.g. site A - lawmacs Web Design linking with Gary web design Studio this would work best because both web sites are promoting web design services therefore web design is the common factor in this case
by lawmacs |
15. September 2009 13:59 Filed under: Blogging
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If you are New blogger and wants to start writing your first blog post then get your pen and paper or your editor up and running this could either be notepad or Microsoft word, i choose to use window’s live writer the reason been after finish writing i can use it to post straight to my website the editor you uses is a choice of yours the one you feel comfortable with.
The next step is to choose a topic that you are good at and start writing some contents for your website but try to keep your content inline with your site for example if your site is about web design try write something about web design and remember the old saying “goes a writer must always have a pen and a piece of paper”. You may come upon an idea while travelling to work or while in a meeting make a note of it research it write about it. Depending on your ability you make want to outline points first by writing each one down and then adding the facts
As a new writer never forget to share yourself with the readers add make your writing outstanding try to be a bit different from other writers do not let your readers feel they had read this article before,by allowing your readers to trust you by making your point clear write in simple terms concise and easy to understand you. Write for your readers it is them you want coming back to your blog.
Writing can seems very hard when you are writing your first post as a new blogger so you will have to understand there will be some frustrating times but do not give up keep writing and remember unless you are a born writer or you had been professionally trained then it will be have to be a learn as you go situation.
After you have finished writing read it through preferably aloud some one else can hear you and correct any mistake you might have made, ask a friend to read the article and proofread it get on the computer run a spell check and a grammar check with Microsoft word or some other word processor make all the necessary adjustment that may occur as friends for their criticism and never failed to listen to comments and suggestion.
As always before you decide to submit your articles to any directory make sure there is link back to your site this will help to drive traffic back to your website if possible give a little background information about yourself create a feedback form for your site so visitors can leave their comments about your article this can only help you to improve so Go on Get addicted, keep the articles coming it is not rocket science success comes sometimes at a price.These are just some Tips that i used when starting out as a new blogger Google the web there lots of information to get any new bloggers who wanted tips and advice.