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Google PageRank Calculator Tool February 7, 2010

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Here’s another neat little tool on the Web that I’ve been putting to good use. It’s called ThinkBling, and it’s a Google PageRank calculator.

For those of you who are unfamiliar, a webpage’s Google PageRank provides a rough estimate of its “desirability” to the Google Search engine. Basically, the higher the PageRank that a webpage has, the more likely it will be to pop up on a keyword search done by someone using the Google Search Engine. There are a lot of calculator’s out there, but this one I’ve found to be the friendliest to use. You simply enter up to 50 webpage URLs and the ThinkBling PageRank calculator quickly determines the PageRank of each webpage, and returns those value to you. It couldn’t be simpler, and provides you with a great starting point on how your website is doing in the Search Engine wars.

Your Google PageRank is a great indicator of how easily people will be able to find your site. You may have built a great looking site with excellent content, but if no one can find it, it won’t do your business nearly as much good as it could. I liken it to building a grand casino or retail superstore in the middle of a cornfield, 100 miles from the nearest town and with no roads leading to it. That’s the real world analogy to an attractive website with a low PageRank.

You can use the PageRank calculator to determine what pages on your site need work, to appear higher in the search rankings. There are many things that go into getting your pages to have a high listing during a keyword search-applicable content is obviously important, as well as keyword density. But relevant links into a page is critical for a high PageRank, and something everyone should be working on, if they’re not already. The discussion on improving your site’s SEO is a long and somewhat complex discussion (way too complex and detailed for this article). However, everyone should become aware of its importance to their company’s business, and find out where they stand. Only by knowing where you stand can you then learn what changes can improve your rankings. The stakes of doing a good job on SEO are huge-and ThinkBling’s Advanced Google PageRank Checker is a great place to start. I recommend you give it a test spin!

I’ll be providing information on more Internet Marketing tools in upcoming articles. Until then, let me know if you find something that you think I should review.

Link Building & Best Practices January 19, 2010

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Link building is often termed as fishing which is logically correct in many respects. Just like a fisherman first hunt for a place where fishes are gathered and then tries to get their attention through bait. Same is the case with link building, in which one has to look from where heavy online traffic can be gathered and then comes the introduction of link bait in order to get the attention of the targeted visitors.

After the introduction of the bait, what you can all do is to wait for the bite. In the context of SEO, this process is called as Link Building. Link building can be done if you hunt for small and low-value links but it is of no use. Always go for high-value and trusted links that adds more trust and power to your website; hence giving your site better search engine rankings.

Link building is the most important factor in the success of a website and is often considered to be the most challenging as well. Remember; link building itself is not a challenge; link building using trusted link is a real challenge but it is a worth time spending task. So don’t hesitate in spending your time and efforts in building trusted links. There are various tricks or strategies that should be used by the webmasters for better link building. Although it should be noted that there are no particular tips and tricks for better link building practices. These usually depend upon the nature of the site and the targeted audience. If you ask ten webmasters about link building techniques, you might get ten different tips or tricks. All of them might be useful for your site or none of them might be useful for you. 

Some Useful Link Building Tips & Practices:

Without any doubt, efficient link building strategies helps in improving site rankings and popularity amongst search engines. Following are some of the tips that you can use for better link building:

· Try to Get One Way Links: Considered to be the most difficult type of link to be achieved; one way link building, if achieved, can be used as your main weapon. In one way links, you have to strive a lot because you are not returning any link to the site that links to you. So to get this sort of one way trusted links, the content of your website has to be too good. There are several ways of obtaining one way links. Some of the most common ways of obtaining one way links are

·  Blogs: Try getting knowledgeable bloggers that can write about your website. Bloggers may link back to your site when required. Always keep in touch with the bloggers that write about you or your site. Try to make blogs as an integral part of your website.

· Press Releases: In order to make your website more visible to the online world, distribute your own news through various online press release services. But, for that you must have something that others don’t have. Your news should be worth releasing. Online press releases can generate and direct unbelievable traffic towards your site and eventually it helps in better ranking too.

· Bookmarking: Try to get your site named in various sites that rank other sites. This is one of the ways of introducing yourself or making audience familiar about your website. 

· Videos: One of the easiest ways of one way linking is to post your own videos that link to your site.

· Directory Submission: Quality directories help in getting quality links. Today, there are thousands of web directories available today, but you should always select the one that worth it.

· Viral Link Building: This is also sometimes called as link baiting in which you attract users with the help of unique and excellent site contents. This can be achieved through feedbacks, comments, blogs etc.

· Reciprocal Link Building: Although not so common today; reciprocal link building, if done responsibly, can result in better Search Engine Optimization by linking to sites of similar themes.

These were some of the most common link building practices that can be used by almost all sites of any nature. Link building is one of the most integral parts of SEO effort. It should always be done with care and in accordance with the contents of the website. The more you spend time in better and trusted link building, the more successful you will be in your search engine rankings.

Ten Of The Internet’s Best SEO Tips! January 19, 2010

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A good tip is a great gift to those who are in need of advice, I love the quote “give a man a fish, you will feed him for a day – teach a man to fish, you will feed him for a life time! If the tips are on SEO, they are bound to attract attention. So, we’ve compiled a list of TEN of the best SEO tips to be found on the Internet. Don’t believe us? Find out for yourself now!!

Let your content drive your website. Content is the king, the absolute truth and nothing but. Well-researched, authoritative and unique content that uses the keywords strategically to obtain top rankings, and attract inbound links is a MUST! Never compromise with the quality of your site’s content.

Another royalty you can’t do without are Links! Focus on building a network of the best quality backlinks for your website using your top keyword phrase(s) and your website name. Only link with sites that can offer you something substantial to chew up on. If it’s not good, don’t bite the bait!

Are you suffering from Pagerank obsession? Don’t! Pageranking, despite what many SEO experts say, are just a small part of your SEO plan. The ranking algorithm is complicated; believe us when we tell you, a lower pageranked site can actually surpass a higher ranked site. So get a good night’s sleep and rethink your SEO strategy. Pagerank is a great determination of a websites popularity, however, it won’t be the major factor in gaining website traffic.

Stay fresh and update regularly. Yes, if you want to climb higher on search rankings ladder, make sure your site has fresh and useful content. Regularly updating your website’s content is the best way to catch the eye of the search engine robot.

Dig for top search phrases instead of single keywords. The search phrases used by people and incorporated in your content will make it easier for your website to show up as a relevant search result.

Getting localized is also a very important SEO tip that few may share with you. When developing the content for your site, make sure you keep ‘localization’ in mind. This helps you win brownie points with the local users and the cherry on the top is that you get local customers. We recommend creating state and city specific pages to attract website traffic that would have previously never visited your website.

Always use text links on your website pages if using Javascript for image maps, image links, or drop down menu. Since spiders don’t follow Javascript properly, text links are crucial from a SEO point of view.  If your navigation links are images, place text links somewhere on your pages as well.

Always keep SEO in mind when designing your website. More importantly, your website designer must be an expert at Organic SEO. Try to design a simple website that doesn’t have heavy Flash. Less graphics will give you better crawl-ability and trust from the search engines. This is because search engine robots crawl the text rather than images or Flash. Also ensure that your pages load quickly, we believe this will make a positive impact for the search engines.

Use search friendly URL’s and meta tags, this will help to improve your rankings. If you change your URL’s for sub pages, consider using 301 redirects to fix the file names and transfer page value.

Finally, proof read your all your content including taglines, copy etc. and make sure all the links are working before you go live with it. Always provide quality information on your website, getting the visitors is a hard and time consuming process, so make sure your website visitors like what they find when they visit your website!

My opinion is this, a great website is an always evolving and improving website. So work hard, and reap the benefits over time!