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31Jan/100

Top 10 Twitter Tools

In the last several months Twitter has become more popular than ever. Twitter.com was the fastest growing Web brand in May 2009, according to data from Nielsen Online. Unique visitors to the site increased a whopping 1,228% year-over-year, from 1.2 million unique visitors in May 2008 to 18.2 million in 2009. More recently, events such as the Iranian elections and Michael Jackson’s death have brought Twitter to the forefront of the Internet revolution, making it one of the fastest ways to get real-time news from around the world.

Twitter, which began as a platform for friends and family to keep in touch, has evolved into a different product that the creators couldn’t have predicted.  Iranian protestors used it to communicate with one another by announcing protest locations and warning one another about police crackdowns. It may have saved hundreds of lives. In addition, businesses are turning to Twitter for marketing and branding.

If you are not on Twitter yet, now is the time to get on it and build your followers. The following is a list of Twitter tools which will help you use Twitter more effectively and allow you to quickly build your followers. If you need assistance with Twitter and would rather have a professional do the work for you, please visit our website and take a look at our premium Twitter services www.iclimber.com .

1.    Social Oopmh
(http://www.socialoomph.com/) (Previously called TweetLater)

Social Oopmh, which was previously called TweetLater, is my top pick in Twitter Tools. There are many tools that do just one or two of the features this tool provides, but Social Oopmh has many features in one app.

The top features of Social Oopmh are:

-          Create and schedule tweets

-          Track keywords on Twitter

-          Send automatic welcome DM’s to new followers

-          Uses bit.ly for shortening URL’s which in turn tracks your clicks

-          Follow those who follow you automatically

-          Unfollow those who unfollow you

All of the above features plus a few more are offered in the free version of Social Oopmh. However, there is a fee-based version that has even more features.

2.    Tweet Spinner (http://tweetspinner.com/)

The top features of Tweet Spinner are:

-          Create and schedule tweets

-          Schedule rotation of profiles and designs

-          Follower management

-          Location filtering

The free version of this tool allows you to perform some of the basic functions, while the fee-based version will give you much more functionality. The most useful part of this tool is the follower management. It allows you to follow users based on keywords they tweet about. You can also drop users that do not follow you and it will drop the oldest ones first.

Location filtering available on the fee-based edition allows you to limit following to only those users whose locations match any of the criteria you specify.

3.    Twitter Feed (http://twitterfeed.com/)

Twitter Feed allows you to use RSS feeds or ATOM feeds to post on your Twitter automatically. For example, you can automatically post Google news on a certain keyword to your Twitter account using Google RSS feeds. You can also specify how many posts you would like per 30 minutes or hourly basis.

4.    FlashTweet (http://www.flashtweet.com/)

Flashtweet lets you mass follow the followers of other users that you specify. You can simply pick someone that tweets about similar subjects to you and follow their followers.  However one limitation we have seen with this tool is that if you have over 2000 followers then the tool will not work. The creators of the tool told us this is because when you have too many followers, the tool will crash. Therefore, this tool is best for those just starting out that would like to quickly increase their followers.

This tool also allows you to mass unfollow your followers.

5.    TwittGeek (http://twittgeek.com/)

TwittGeek is a Twitter application that allows you to automatically follow up to 200 people based on keywords you specify! It is a simple app that you should not use more than once a day or Twitter may think you are spamming.  Too bad the app does not allow you to schedule the auto follows, so it would do it for you daily.

6.    TwitterMass (http://twittermass.com/)

This is mainly a fee-based application starting at $24/month that lets you do the following:

-          Follow by Keyword
Use this tool to follow people based on keyword or hashtag.

-          Local Follow by Keyword
Use this tool to follow people locally by keyword or hashtag.

-          Remove Unwanted Guests
Use this tool to unfollow anyone who is not following you back.

-          Clone Any Account
Use this tool to clone anyone’s followers.

-          Manual Follow
Use this tool to find the perfect candidates to add to your network.

-          Follow Friday
Use this tool to automatically tweet your top Follow Friday friends every week.

The free version of the tool shows you a nice statistic graph of your followers. Even if you don’t buy this tool, it is worth logging in to view your followers graph.

7.    Bit.ly (http://bit.ly/)

Bit.ly is a URL shortening service that offers tracking and stats. By using this service to shorten your URL’s you can see how many clicks your link is getting and even see some other stats such as location and referrers.

8.    TwittLocal (http://www.twitterlocal.net/)

TwittLocal allows you to find posts by location. For example, specify a city name and a radius distance and you get a list of all recent tweets based on your criteria. You could then follow those twitters if you like and hopefully they will follow you back, so you can build a local following, if that is something you are looking for.

9.    Twitbbacks (http://www.twitbacks.com/)

Twitbacks allows you to create a customized background for your Twitter account for free. If you are not savvy in graphic design or photoshop, then this is the app for you.

10.  Tweet Pro by Soxialize (http://www.soxialize.com/tweet-pro/)

Tweet Pro is an auto follow tool that is desktop based. It allows you to find followers based on keywords and follow up to 50 people at once. You can use the app for several twitter accounts. It is a fee-based app that costs $10 for first 30 days and $47 for each month after. The only benefit this provides over TwittGeek which we recommended earlier is that you can pick and choose which of the 50 people you actually want to follow, while TwittGeek will automatically follow everyone.

Source: http://www.visibilitymagazine.com/submit-express/pierre-zarokian/top-10-twitter-tools

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23Jan/100

Google recommendation about Search Engine Optimization (SEO)

SEO is an acronym for "search engine optimization" or "search engine optimizer." Deciding to hire an SEO is a big decision that can potentially improve your site and save time, but you can also risk damage to your site and reputation. Make sure to research the potential advantages as well as the damage that an irresponsible SEO can do to your site. Many SEOs and other agencies and consultants provide useful services for website owners, including:

  • Review of your site content or structure
  • Technical advice on website development: for example, hosting, redirects, error pages, use of JavaScript
  • Content development
  • Management of online business development campaigns
  • Keyword research
  • SEO training
  • Expertise in specific markets and geographies.

Keep in mind that the Google search results page includes organic search results and often paid advertisement (denoted by the heading "Sponsored Links") as well. Advertising with Google won't have any effect on your site's presence in our search results. Google never accepts money to include or rank sites in our search results, and it costs nothing to appear in our organic search results. Free resources such as Webmaster Tools, the official Webmaster Central blog, and our discussion forum can provide you with a great deal of information about how to optimize your site for organic search. Many of these free sources, as well as information on paid search, can be found on Google Webmaster Central.

Before beginning your search for an SEO, it's a great idea to become an educated consumer and get familiar with how search engines work. We recommend starting here:

If you're thinking about hiring an SEO, the earlier the better. A great time to hire is when you're considering a site redesign, or planning to launch a new site. That way, you and your SEO can ensure that your site is designed to be search engine-friendly from the bottom up. However, a good SEO can also help improve an existing site.

Some useful questions to ask an SEO include:

  • Can you show me examples of your previous work and share some success stories?
  • Do you follow the Google Webmaster Guidelines?
  • Do you offer any online marketing services or advice to complement your organic search business?
  • What kind of results do you expect to see, and in what timeframe? How do you measure your success?
  • What's your experience in my industry?
  • What's your experience in my country/city?
  • What's your experience developing international sites?
  • What are your most important SEO techniques?
  • How long have you been in business?
  • How can I expect to communicate with you? Will you share with me all the changes you make to my site, and provide detailed information about your recommendations and the reasoning behind them?

While SEOs can provide clients with valuable services, some unethical SEOs have given the industry a black eye through their overly aggressive marketing efforts and their attempts to manipulate search engine results in unfair ways. Practices that violate our guidelines may result in a negative adjustment of your site's presence in Google, or even the removal of your site from our index. Here are some things to consider:

  • Be wary of SEO firms and web consultants or agencies that send you email out of the blue.Amazingly, we get these spam emails too:

    "Dear google.com,
    I visited your website and noticed that you are not listed in most of the major search engines and directories..."

    Reserve the same skepticism for unsolicited email about search engines as you do for "burn fat at night" diet pills or requests to help transfer funds from deposed dictators.

  • No one can guarantee a #1 ranking on Google.Beware of SEOs that claim to guarantee rankings, allege a "special relationship" with Google, or advertise a "priority submit" to Google. There is no priority submit for Google. In fact, the only way to submit a site to Google directly is through our Add URL page or by submitting a Sitemap and you can do this yourself at no cost whatsoever.
  • Be careful if a company is secretive or won't clearly explain what they intend to do.Ask for explanations if something is unclear. If an SEO creates deceptive or misleading content on your behalf, such as doorway pages or "throwaway" domains, your site could be removed entirely from Google's index. Ultimately, you are responsible for the actions of any companies you hire, so it's best to be sure you know exactly how they intend to "help" you. If an SEO has FTP access to your server, they should be willing to explain all the changes they are making to your site.
  • You should never have to link to an SEO.Avoid SEOs that talk about the power of "free-for-all" links, link popularity schemes, or submitting your site to thousands of search engines. These are typically useless exercises that don't affect your ranking in the results of the major search engines -- at least, not in a way you would likely consider to be positive.
  • Choose wisely.While you consider whether to go with an SEO, you may want to do some research on the industry. Google is one way to do that, of course. You might also seek out a few of the cautionary tales that have appeared in the press, including this article on one particularly aggressive SEO: http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/businesstechnology/2002002970_nwbizbriefs12.html. While Google doesn't comment on specific companies, we've encountered firms calling themselves SEOs who follow practices that are clearly beyond the pale of accepted business behavior. Be careful.
  • Be sure to understand where the money goes.While Google never sells better ranking in our search results, several other search engines combine pay-per-click or pay-for-inclusion results with their regular web search results. Some SEOs will promise to rank you highly in search engines, but place you in the advertising section rather than in the search results. A few SEOs will even change their bid prices in real time to create the illusion that they "control" other search engines and can place themselves in the slot of their choice. This scam doesn't work with Google because our advertising is clearly labeled and separated from our search results, but be sure to ask any SEO you're considering which fees go toward permanent inclusion and which apply toward temporary advertising.
  • What are the most common abuses a website owner is likely to encounter?
      • owns shadow domains
      • puts links to their other clients on doorway pages
      • offers to sell keywords in the address bar
      • doesn't distinguish between actual search results and ads that appear on search results pages
      • guarantees ranking, but only on obscure, long keyword phrases you would get anyway
      • operates with multiple aliases or falsified WHOIS info
      • gets traffic from "fake" search engines, spyware, or scumware
      • has had domains removed from Google's index or is not itself listed in Google
  • One common scam is the creation of "shadow" domains that funnel users to a site by using deceptive redirects. These shadow domains often will be owned by the SEO who claims to be working on a client's behalf. However, if the relationship sours, the SEO may point the domain to a different site, or even to a competitor's domain. If that happens, the client has paid to develop a competing site owned entirely by the SEO.

    Another illicit practice is to place "doorway" pages loaded with keywords on the client's site somewhere. The SEO promises this will make the page more relevant for more queries. This is inherently false since individual pages are rarely relevant for a wide range of keywords. More insidious, however, is that these doorway pages often contain hidden links to the SEO's other clients as well. Such doorway pages drain away the link popularity of a site and route it to the SEO and its other clients, which may include sites with unsavory or illegal content.

    What are some other things to look out for?

    There are a few warning signs that you may be dealing with a rogue SEO. It's far from a comprehensive list, so if you have any doubts, you should trust your instincts. By all means, feel free to walk away if the SEO:

Source: http://www.google.com/support/webmasters/bin/answer.py?answer=35291&cbid=-ff34otxn73ov&src=cb&lev=answer

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24Nov/090

Blogging Tutorial

I. Overview of Topic

How to blog is a question on many people's minds these days. Blogging has taken the world by storm. Since 2004, when it first made its appearance, this popular medium of having your own little corner of the world to express yourself has turned into a veritable deluge. Today there are more than 120 million blogs that are currently tracked by the Tecnorati blog search engine. No wonder then, that owning and maintaining a blog has become almost a fashion statement, especially in the U.S.

When first embarking on a blogging journey, there are some knotty questions that usually beset one's mind regarding how to blog. Let's start with the basics.

What kinds of topics can be the subjects of blogs?

Just about anything. Simply put, a blog is an online personal diary on just about any topic you care to write about, ranging from politics to sports and fitness to religion, health, freelancing, literature, or whatever suits your fancy. But picking a subject you have solid experience in will enable you to write meaningful content that will pull in an audience for your blog. Without an audience you'll soon tire of your blog and it will join the millions of abandoned blogs lost in cyberspace.

How are blogs categorized in blog search engines?

Blog search engines like Technorati and IceRocket categorize them by subject. The most general categorization, though, is personal vs. business-oriented blogs. Yours will probably fit into the former of these categories.

Are blogs only text or can they have other features as well?

Though basically consisting of text, many blog users make their web pages more attractive by adding pictures, audio and video files.

How can I make my blog easy to navigate and attractive to readers?

A successful blog usually follows a clear simple format with its articles plainly delineated, archives (in a sidebar), and a place at the bottom for visitors to leave comments. Some also include blogrolls, which are just lists of links to other similar blogs. The best bloggers are usually people who are able to connect with their visitors' emotions, by means of artistic expression in many cases. To learn how to blog with the winners your number one teacher is other blogs - read and study a lot of them before starting your own. A good place to research blogs on your topic is Icerocket.com.

What are some tips for setting up a blog?

- First, remember your blog is a reflection of your personality. Pick a theme or a topic close to your heart or one you know something about. Correction, one you know a lot about.

- Be consistent. If you want your blog to get really popular you need to connect with your visitors on a regular, predictable schedule. Plan on publishing at least twice a week. If that sounds like too much work, once a week is the absolute lowest you can go, say blog gurus.

- Connect/network. Connect with other blog writers by leaving comments on their posts and by providing links to their blogs on your website. This kind of networking will do wonders for your traffic.

- Keep it simple. Don't clutter up your blog with meaningless details. Select a simple clean appealing design. Use fonts and colors which increase text visibility. Add videos, audios, photographs and music files only if these make your blog more attractive and/or useful.

- Don't stick your neck out - or not too far anyway. Blogs can get opinionated, which is fine, but don't put yourself at risk of a heavy-duty defamation suit. It's fine to express your opinions - so long as you make it clear they're just that, your opinions -- and always be sure that your blog is not defaming somebody, divulging sensitive information, or giving away corporate secrets.

Okay, I get the feel about how to blog. Now where do I go from here?

To get started, you first need to select suitable weblog software. This is necessary in order to create and manage your blog. There's quite an assortment of blogging software out there. Some offer ease of design and development while other programs offer more elaborate features, for example, allowing you to add discussion forums, message boards etc. Some weblogs can be downloaded and installed directly on your system. Freeware and open source software are available, though these programs are not as feature-rich as some of the paid proprietary software. Here's a rundown of the most popular blogging software:

Wordpress

Wordpress is the number one blog publishing software. Why? -- because it's freeware, easy to install, and has a minimal learning curve. Its extensive documentation and step-by-step installation guide make it a cakewalk even for a novice user. Among its most salient features are --

Easy installation - Even a newbie can get Wordpress up and going in 5 minutes. Moreover, web pages are generated dynamically by using thousands of built-in templates thereby greatly reducing your time and effort.

User Management - Restricts access to users while you're making modifications in your weblog. So in effect you have separate access for readers and administrative users.

Saves precious bandwidth through its Gzip feature, which reduces blog transmission size.

Enables you to place RSS feeds into your blogs and also aids in inter-blog communication by providing features like pingback and trackback.

Comes with lots of plugins making it possible for you to incorporate any feature you want. You can also integrate Wordpress with Akismet, a popular anti-spam software program used to protect blogs from spammers.

Other useful features include a database of visitors, capability to save previous drafts, blog previews, and easy formatting.

Want to see some popular blogs that use Wordpress. Two to start with are: Ilovetypography and Problogger.

OTHER WEBLOG SOFTWARE

Typepad

Created and owned by Six Apart Limited, Typepad is a blog hosting website currently used by many large organizations in the US, such as Sky News, BBC, and MSNBC for hosting their weblogs. Launched in October 2003, Typepad today can boast that it's the number one paid blogging service worldwide. Available in multiple languages in different parts of the world, users have three different subscription options: $4.50/month for a basic subscription to $14.50/month for the pro edition. Among its features: The software enables you to associate each article in your blog with a URL, and easy uploading and sharing photo albums from multiple authors have made this a vox populi among professional bloggers. So if writing is your passion and you want to make it a profession, you can start by signing up for Typepad.

Movable Type

The first blogging system developed by Six Apart Limited in 2001, Movable Type hosts some of the world's top blogs, such as Huffington Post and Boing Boing. Developed using Perl, Movable Type supports LDAP protocol for efficient user management and automatic provisioning of blogs. This blogging system is extremely useful if you want to run multiple blogs using a single installation. The system is enriched with all possible features you could possibly think of, such as a customizable template library, ability to create categories and sub categories of articles, efficient user management directory servers and hordes of independent plugins that can be used to support different services, like creating discussion forums. This blogging system is an attractive choice if you have a technical bent.

Text Pattern

Developed by Dean Allen as an open source content management system, this is one of the simplest blogging systems available today. The most useful feature of Text Pattern is textile that helps in converting simple text documents into stylish HTML web pages using built-in style sheets. Text Pattern has a built-in CSS editor that simplifies the task of changing your web site's designs, fonts, position of the text and the background color. You can also password-protect certain sections of your blogs and keep regular track of visitors and their comments. The date and time stamp of each article is adjustable and you can save drafts of your blogs for future publication. What makes it most attractive is that Text Pattern provides a built-in search engine and the users can also link XML feeds into their blogs. The simplicity of Text Pattern is its USP. For most beginners choosing this service is almost a nobrainer.

Blogger

Developed by Pyra Systems and bought by Google in 2003, Blogger is one of the most popular blogging systems to date. Google subsequently acquired Picasa in 2004 and integrated the latter's photo sharing feature 'Hello' into Blogger. Alexa ranks Blogger as the 9th most visited site worldwide, indicating its enormous popularity. Blogger offers multiple author support allowing the user to create group blogs. Bloggers can even earn revenue from Google AdSense by integrating it into their blogs. Another interesting feature provided by Blogger is a free add-in for Microsoft Word called "Blogger for Word" that helps blog users save their blogs directly in Blogger from their Word document. Bloggers can also customize their blog templates as per personal preferences. For users having a Google email account, it is a pretty simple matter to link to Blogger and then start writing and maybe earning some extra income.

In addition to the above five blogging systems there are a number of up-and-coming lesser-known blog systems which include all the aforementioned features but don't require any plugins for extending their feature list. Some of the best of these second-line blogging systems are:

Habari

Habari, meaning 'news' in Swahili, is one of the most promising new blogging platforms and one of the finalists in the 'Best New Projects in 2008' Sourceforge Community Choice Award. Habari allows the user to launch multiple blogs using a single installation, supports multiple writers and has a modular structure for easy extendibility. All these features will make Habari a formidable competitor in blog publishing.

Symphony

Created for ultra-serious bloggers, Symphony has been developed in XML and XSLT. This is a blogging system for web developers and has an MVC architecture which gives the blogger full control over their website. An extremely versatile system, Symphony can be customized to a high level making it popular among bloggers who want to keep a tight grip on all aspects of their website.

Pixie

Positioning itself as a small, simple website maker, Pixie is also a great blogging platform for all of you who are new to the world of blogging. Ease of installation, lots of creative CSS themes, search engine optimized clean URLs for your website, spam protection, a file manager which supports tags for easy sorting of files and a small memory requirement of just 1 MB are some of the features which explain
Pixie's fast-rising popularity.

That's it, our ten minutes are up (okay, maybe eleven or twelve). Below are additional resources on How to Blog.

II. FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Following are additional research resources on "How to Blog."

Tumblr

Tumblr is a popular micro-blogging site where users create and share small posts of about 140 words or less. What makes these micro-blogs, popularly known as tumblelogs, all the rage is their ease of customization and the freedom they provide for posting everything from photos to quotes, to emails, and even links. Moreover, signing up for Tumblr really does take only about 10 seconds. More and more people are attracted to micro-blogging due to its capability for posting short, incisive and hopefully witty messages about the poster's latest doings, inventions, discoveries, observations, misadventures, etc. Tumblelogs even make it possible for people to post their art works and music audios and videos for public viewing.

Clubmom

If you are a homemaker who loves sharing recipes, health tips, beauty secrets and child care advice and also love getting similar words of wisdom from others, Clubmom is the place for you. It's a blogging site/forum where moms can meet and share their experiences while at the same time having a chance at winning exciting gifts. From family anecdotes to home remedies, careers to kids, this is a bonding place for moms of all age groups. Joining Clubmom means connecting with individuals at a personal level and sharing information which benefits all.

Source:  http://www.ezinearticles.com/?Blogging-Tutorial&id=1754298

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16Nov/090

My site’s been hacked – now what?

All right, you got hacked. It happens to many webmasters, even despite the hard work you devote to prevent this type of thing from happening. Prevention tips include keeping your site updated with the latest software and patches, creating an account with Google Webmaster Tools to see what's being indexed, keeping tabs on your log files to make sure nothing fishy's going on, etc. (There's more information in the Quick Security Checklist we posted last year.)

Remember that you're not alone—hacked sites are becoming increasingly common. Getting hacked can result in your site being infected with badware (more specifically malware, one type of badware). Take a look at StopBadware's recently released report on Trends in Badware 2007 for a comprehensive analysis of threats and trends over the previous year. Check out this post on the Google Online Security Blog which highlights the increasing number of search results containing a URL labeled as harmful. For even more in-depth technical reports on the analysis of web-based malware, see The Ghost in the Browser (pdf) and this technical report (pdf) on drive-by downloads. Read these, and you'll have a much better understanding of the scope of the problem. They also include some real examples for different types of malware.

The first step in any case should be to contact your hosting provider, if you have one. Often times they can handle most of the technical heavy lifting for you. Lots of webmasters use shared hosting, which can make it difficult to do some of the things listed below. Certain tips labeled with an asterisk (*) are cases in which webmasters using shared hosting will most likely require assistance from their hosting provider. In the case that you do have full control over your server, we recommend covering these four bases:

Getting your site off-line

  • Take your site off-line temporarily, at least until you know you've fixed things.*
  • If you can't take it off-line, return a 503 status code to prevent it from being crawled.
  • In the Webmaster Tools, use the URL removal tool to remove any hacked pages or URLs from search results that may have been added. This will prevent the hacked pages from being served to users.

Damage Assessment

  • It's a good idea to figure out exactly what the hacker was after.
    • Were they looking for sensitive information?
    • Did they want to gain control of your site for other purposes?
  • Look for any modified or uploaded files on your web server.
  • Check your server logs for any suspicious activity, such as failed login attempts, command history (especially as root), unknown user accounts, etc.
  • Determine the scope of the problem—do you have other sites that may be affected?

Recovery

  • The absolute best thing to do here is a complete reinstall of the OS from a trusted source. It's the only way to be completely sure you've removed everything the hacker may have done.*
  • After a fresh re-installation, use the latest backup you have to restore your site. Don't forget to make sure the backup is clean and free of hacked content too.*
  • Patch any software packages to the latest version. This includes things such as weblog platforms, content management systems, or any other type of third-party software installed.
  • Change your passwords - https://www.google.com/accounts/PasswordHelp

Restoring your online presence

  • Get your system back online.
  • If you're a Webmaster Tools user, sign in to your account
    • If your site was flagged as having malware, request a review to determine whether your site is clean
    • If you used the URL removal tool on URLs which you do want in the index, request that Webmaster Tools re-include your content by revoking the removal.
  • Keep an eye on things, as the hacker may try to return.

Answers to other questions you may be asking:

Q: Is it better to take my site off-line or use robots.txt to prevent it from being crawled?
A: Taking it off-line is a better way to go; this prevents any malware or badware from being served to users, and prevents hackers from further abusing the system.

Q: Once I've fixed my site, what's the fastest way to get re-crawled?
A: The best way, regardless of whether or not your site got hacked, is to follow the Webmaster Help Center guidelines.

Q: I've cleaned it up, but will Google penalize me if the hacker linked to any bad neighborhoods?
A: We'll try not to. We're pretty good at making sure good sites don't get penalized by actions of hackers and spammers. To be safe, completely remove any links the hackers may have added.

Q: What if this happened on my home machine?
A: All of the above still applies. You'll want to take extra care to clean it up; if you don't, it's likely the same thing will happen again. A complete re-install of the OS is ideal.

Additional resources you may find helpful:

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12Nov/090

Search engine optimization (seo) tips

Search engine optimization (seo) is the technique by which bloggers optimize their blog in such as way that visitors are referred from search engines to their blog. In other words bloggers make their blog search engine friendly by seo.
Search engine optimization (Seo) tips
Use of Meta Description tag:
In meta description tag write a good and clear short description of your blog post.
Use keywords in Title
For search engine optimization (seo), use of keywords in Title is very important. Your blog title should explain the contents of the post. Use a keyword or keyword phrase in the title. Also use these keywords and key phrases in sub-titles in the blog post.
Keywords in Headings
For better search engine optimization (seo), use keywords in headings but make sure that the keywords used in the Headings are relevant to your post.
Keywords at the start
To get full benefit from keywords for proper search engine optimization (seo), it is important to place your keywords at the beginning of the post because in searches search engines give priority on the earliest words in a post so if keywords are near the start of the page title then your blog is more likely to be ranked high in searches and has more chance to get clicked on.
keywords in the Body
keywords or keyword phrases should be used as much as possible in the post, but for better search engine optimization (seo) one should not get carried away with use of keywords and should use key words or keyword phrases in the Body only at places where they fit, because Google will penalize those bloggers who do keyword stuffing.
Keywords in ALT tags
The Google crawler is unable to read image scripts and therefore in order for your images to be indexed by the search spiders and show the google crawler what the image is refering to, give full info to images (TITLE tag, ALT tag Description)
Keywords in Anchor Texts
For good search engine optimization (seo) anchoring links with your targeted keyword text is very important. In linking to popular posts within your blog category you should anchor those links with your chosen keywords because Search engines consider the keyword in the anchor text link from another site as approval from that site. Therefore its essential to link to popular blogs that are relevant to your blog category and use correct anchor text in your posts.
Site Accessibility
A site or blog cant be indexed if any page on it is not accessible due to broken links, 404 errors, password-protected areas etc.So make sure every page of your site is accessible which is essential for search engine optimization (seo).
Include a Robot.txt file
Another tip for better search engine optimization (seo) is to include a robots.txt file at the root directory of your site or blog because this command will convey any spider to feel free to crawl every page of your site or blog. Type "User-agent: *" in any text editor such as Notepad. Then save the file as robots.txt and upload it to your root directory on your domain.
Make your site or blog Google bot friendly
The search engines are unable to read JavaScript links and menus and can't interpret Flash and graphics, so make your site or blog google bot-friendly and provide alternate means of navigating your site by using html  (preferably) text links.
Sitemap
Submission of a Sitemap is essential for good search engine optimization (seo). Sitemap is XML file that contains URLs for a site along with all info about each URL. Sitemaps are an easy way for webmasters to inform the search engines about pages on their sites that are available for crawling, therefore it is important to get a Google webmasters account,generate a sitemap and submit it.
Frequently updated unique content
Original and unique content is a real plus for your blog’s rankings and its seo. Frequent changes are necessary therefore always try to constantly add new content without making too many changes to existing content.
These are the very important search engine optimization (seo) tips which will help your blog get a high ranking in search engines results.
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