Have You Added Sub-Keywords to Your Site?

How many of you make a concerted effort to ensure that you have the right keywords in each of your articles? I’m not even referring to keyword stuffing in your content, metatags, titles, headings, and so forth. I’m talking about just using the right keywords when appropriate, using good anchor … Related Posts on Free [...]

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WordPress vs. Joomla vs. Drupal: Who wins?

About a decade ago, I worked with an interactive agency and one of the add-ons to our offerings was what we called an admin tool. We sold these left and right because there was a need for business users to update content, such as adding copy/images or introducing a new product, and they didn’t want [...]

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Don’t forget about spreading the word when you meet people (yes, in person!)

How many times have you mentioned your blog or website to a family member, a friend, or a potential customer and didn’t have anything to give them as a take-away? We all know that you have to treat your site as a business but would you take any business seriously if the owner spoke to [...]

Who needs a low bounce rate anyway? I certainly don’t!

How many of you care about your bounce rate? Generally speaking, many bloggers and webmasters love looking at bounce rates with a high level of scrutiny. Personally, not only do I not really use it, I totally ignore it! Quick bounce rate explanation First, let’s make sure we know what a bounce rate is. If [...]

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Want to increase your PageRank? There’s only one thing you need to do!

How many of you wish you had a higher PageRank(PR)? Those of you who said yes, read on. The rest of you who think that Google PR is worthless, then feel free to continue to ignore the only search engine that matters. I’m not here to argue whether PR is useful or not, rather how [...]

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Gravatar: Why I want you to have one – and it’s not what you think

First, if you don’t have a gravatar already, please go to gravatar.com and get one. It takes all of five minutes. Now, let’s move on. How many comments are left on your site daily that don’t have a gravatar? I would say that no matter who you are, somewhere around 30-60% is pretty common. … [...]

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Google AdSense: text vs. image ads

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Those of you who have tried Google AdSense (let’s face it, who hasn’t?) had to make an important decision at one point — “Should I go with an all text ad or an image ad?” Ironically, many people start by letting Google choose by simply selecting the ‘Text and image ads’, which is the default [...]

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