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Using 301 Redirect To Optimize Your Site 2007-06-03 01:57:08 Do people visit your site through yourdomain.com, and are you sick of it? Do you want them to use the URL with the WWW prefix? Well, I’ve got a solution. You can use 301 redirect to force your visitors who are going to your site to use the URL with the WWW prefix.
This will let you monitor your PageRank better since the different URLs (domain.com and www.domain.com) have different PageRanks!
If you force your visitors to use the one with the prefix, you will only have one PageRank and you/your visitors will not be confused with your PR.
Here’s how to do it:
Open your htaccess file and add the following code to it.
Options +FollowSymLinks
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^tw3o.com [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.tw3o.com/$1 [R=301,L]
Note: You must replace the characters in red.
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5 Things That You Should NOT Do If You Want Traffic 2007-06-01 21:00:27 Of course all webmasters want their site to receive huge amounts of traffic. They do not want their sites to be hidden in the dark shadows of bigger sites. There are many things that you can do to increase your website’s traffic, but I have 5 things that you should not do if you want your site to be liked by other people.
Do not make navigation hard for your visitors. People today are very impatient. They want the information they need right away, and if you make it difficult for them to browse your site, they will surely leave.
Do not cluster your pages with ads. Web surfers, especially those with cash to spend (the visitors that you want) are very selective — they do not want crappy looking sites with too much ads that the content is already covered by banners and ad units. They want neat websites, and they will trust your site if it looks professional. If you want your site to look professional, check this article out.
Do not ignore your visitors’ suggestions. Without
How To Generate Returning Visitors 2007-05-31 19:30:49 Let’s see… your site gets 1,000 unique visitors per day, and you say it’s good. Sure, it’s good, but it doesn’t mean that your site is liked by all of them.
Try to analyze it more. Your site gets visited by a lot of different people daily, and you’re there looking at your site’s statistics and celebrating. But what you don’t realize is that those visitors stay on your site for less than 5 minutes and never come back again. Now that’s pretty sad.
You need to do something to get some quality visitors who are interested in your website, and you MUST make them visit your site frequently. We call this kind of traffic “returning visitors”.
What do you get when people visit your site often?
There are a lot of benefits that you get when your site generates returning visitors. You develop a relationship with them and you get more than one opportunity to sell your product to them.
By giving your visitors a high-quality service, y Read more:Visitors
Host Brains Review 2007-05-31 05:11:58 If you’re looking for cheap web hosting services, then you might want to try Host Brains
. Host Brains is one of the new players, but I can see that the web host has the potential. The website design is unique, it is very neat and simple yet all the information that you need can be gathered with ease. They have great hosting solutions at very reasonable prices. If you’re in a tight budget, be sure to check this host out.
Plans and Features
As said above, the cost of Host Brains’ plans are extremely affordable. They have offer shared hosting for small businesses and individuals, while big companies or people who want to have their very own web hosting services can make use of the reseller hosting.
For their shared hosting, their cheapest plan offers you 200MB of webspace with 10GB of bandwidth/month for $1.00 monthly, and you can even get a month of free hosting if you pay annually for the plans with more resources! Your site will be hosted on a top-of-the-line Dual Xeo
Link Building Tip: Quality Over Quantity 2007-05-30 20:20:22 I know that we, the webmasters, want a massive amount of backlinks pointing to our sites. A lot of us submit to a lot of free directories, and rely on them to give us the inbound links that we long for. What most webmasters do not realize is we also have to think about the quality of backlinks — not just their number.
Even if we have an immense number of inbound links from directories, MOST of them do not count since a lot of these directories are not even indexed by search engines. Don’t just focus on submitting to free directories, try building links which weigh more than links from web directories.
Get links from HIGH-QUALITY related sites. It is essential that the site which will link to you has solid content and a decent amount of visitors. It’s no use getting a backlink from an relevant site even if your topics are similar when that site is getting 0 unique visitors per day. Perhaps you should wait for some weeks to pass and just ask a link from that site when it&rs Read more:Building
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Ad Placement Tips 2007-06-04 20:30:41 Are you serving ads on your site? If you are, then remove that pride in yourself and show those ads! Don’t hide them in one lonely corner where no one gets the chance to see them, expose them to your visitors so you can earn more money.
You should place your ads where your visitors will most likely see them. Studies show that most surfers tend to look more frequently at the items on the left part of the page than the stuff at the right portion. Also, your visitors will not scroll down to your footer or bottom part of your content area just to see your ads! If they don’t like to read your content any more, they’ll just leave and you’ll miss the chance to gain some revenue.
Text ads (links) in the footer area are not really noticed by most people and are often ignored. Why? Those footer links are so tiny that people won’t bother to click them or even look at them.
It will be best if you blend your ads to your site’s theme and mix them with your content Read more:Placement
Exposing Your Site Through Newsletters, Bulletins And E-mails 2007-06-03 21:20:41 There are many ways of promoting your website — online traffic programs, web forums, instant messaging and more. There are web promotion techniques which are better than others, and I will talk about them in this post.
Newsletters
, bulletins and e-mails can reach a lot of targeted audiences. There are many methods on how to use these things to your advantage. You can write one article and send it to a lot of people, let your friends spread the word or hire someone to do the work for you (this costs some money).
Tips on How to Write a Good Promotional Message
Keep it short and clear. To attract people to visit your website, your message should be organized, well-written and concise. Also remember that you are trying to get the attention of impatient web surfers so be sure that your message is straightforward and to the point. Writing 3000-word essays is a no-no.
You MUST sound like a professional. You’re promoting your site, something that you’ve worked hard for. So do y
The Writer is Out… Sorry! 2007-06-08 22:19:04 Hi to all of you! Sorry for not updating for too long (4 days). I’ve been doing a lot of things recently so I guess the blog didn’t get much attention hence the lack of updates.
I’ll be posting some new stuff on the 11th of June, 2007 (GMT+8) so please check back soon.
Thanks a lot.
Juggler
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The Title is The Key! 2007-06-10 22:45:27 Are you wondering why your website (which you think is better than the others) is getting some low search engine rankings? Are other people’s sites pissing you off because they’re on the top 10 results and yours is not? Well, you might have some problems in your TITLE tag.
The TITLE tag is very important because search engines use it to determine what your website is about. It helps the search engines show the best search results and deliver the most relevant sites to the surfers.
To further optimize your site, your TITLE tag must be given some importance. Here are some tips to use the TITLE tag efficiently when it comes to SEO.
Don’t forget to put it. A site without a title is like a book without a name. If your site’s title is simply “Untitled-1″, then it just means that you are not serious with your site and you just want your site to be one of millions of sites which are not known.
Make it unique. Your title should be unique. It should be used t Read more:Title
How To Announce Your Site 2007-06-15 06:22:13 Many people can make elegant and attractive websites but unfortunately, most of them do not know how to spread the word and get some visitors to their sites.
Once your site is up and running, you’re now ready to launch it and have a grand opening. It’s time to show the world your hard
work and efforts. Don’t be shy and timid, you want to broadcast your site’s opening, right? Well, it’s time to execute your site promotion skills that you’ve developed.
Lost in the world wide web? Check these tips to know what to do to let the people know about your site without too much hassle.
Be sure that you’re prepared. Before you announce your site, please make sure that it’s free of errors, typos and the like. Avoid broken links too as they WILL send your visitors leaving.
Send some e-mails to your colleagues. Tell your friends about your site, and tell them to pass the word if they like it. It is likely that your friends and their acquaintances will
How To Write A Good E-mail 2007-06-15 20:00:55 There are several factors that can make an e-mail good or bad. No, it’s not just the content, you also have to think about the other elements that make up a good e-mail. Read through this article and you will learn how to construct an acceptable e-mail.
Make your subject catchy. Before your visitors can see what you’re offering, they’ll have to look at the letter’s subject first. If they’re not interested, then you’re one of the unlucky solicitors out there. You must make your subject attractive, but don’t use a subject which is not related to your product. It’ll be most likely considered as spam. Something like these will do well:
• Holiday Offer from MyCompany - 50% Discount on DVDs
• Top Ten Tips for Making Good Web Designs
• Summer’s coming! Can you stand the heat?
• Best keywords which attract money like magnets
The introduction is your key to a good e-mail. When you begin your letter, be sure to start it in an interest Read more:Write
5 Stuff That You Should NOT Do/Have If You’re Serious About Your Site 2007-06-19 06:10:05 Many people think that fancy stuff are so cool that they add too much to their sites. What they don’t know is that those shiny add-ons are just overrated (by them) and are hated by many — especially by serious professionals.
Here are 5 things that your website should not have (or you should not do) if you want your layout to look neat.
Do not automatically play background music. BGMs are hated by many. Why? If workers/employees visit your site and your super funky BGM plays, their bosses might reprimand them. Also, some people just like to have some peace and quiet in their working place so please give them that.
If you really like to have a BGM, just put a small play button so your visitors can freely choose if they want some music or not.
Do not use glittery images. Most kids and/or teens find them cool, flashy and eye-catching. The truth behind those glittery images is that… *drumroll* THEY’RE SUPER ANNOYING. Most professionals hate the twinkling stars and shiny
20 Tips On How To Gain Traffic 2007-06-25 06:47:35 Are you thinking of ways on how to expose your site? Well, here are some things that you should try to get more visitors. I have a list here of some traffic-building tips, some are for real, some are weird and some are even hilarious — hey, we all need a break from serious traffic-building methods, we should relax and have fun!
These Traffic-building ideas came to my mind a while ago, and I really had fun imagining how to do the following stuff. So read them now and enjoy! Remember, all work and no play makes Jack a dull boy!
1. Submit to directories.
2. Submit to social bookmarking sites.
3. Send a bulletin to thousands of people.
4. E-mail your URL to your friends.
5. Print your URL on your favorite shirt.
6. Put your link in your forum signature.
7. While you’re enjoying in a beach, write your URL on the sand.
8. Print some brochures (with your URL in it) and give it to people for free.
9. When in a party, go to the stage (if any) and sing a song about your website.
10. Incl
Boost Your Affiliate Program Income 2007-06-24 21:35:12 Are you earning a small amount of money from all the affiliate programs that you’re participating in? Do you think that they’re not worth it? Fear not, because I will give you some tips on how to boost your affiliate program income dramatically.
I have written an article before that talks about the basics of affiliate programs, and how to get some cash from them. If you haven’t read the article, you may read it here.
In this post, I will not talk about the basics. Instead, I will discuss some techniques on how to further optimize your revenue from affiliate programs.
Using Online Classified Ads
There are many sites which offer free classified ads for you to use. You may use them to your advantage by setting up a classified ad and using your affiliate link as the URL. Be sure to select the right category for your product!
Some of the best sites which offer online classified ads are Craigslist, Gumtree and Oodle.
Take a look at the image on the left. It’s an examp Read more:Boost
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Get Your Links On The WWW Observer! 2007-06-23 21:12:28 Want backlinks for your site? Well, we’re offering some backlinks for you guys so that we can help with your search engine rankings!
So, what’s the catch, you say? Ummm… we’re not going to try to trick you or whatever, so we’ll explain the catch.
We need you to write a review/testimonial of this SEO blog (it must have at least one link to TW3O) and post it on your website. The length is up to you, you may have one paragraph or maybe you could make it as brief as two sentences. In exchange, we will give you the privilege to have a maximum of two (2) links on our Links Page.
Here’s a sample review:
I came across a blog called The WWW Observer
and I must say that the posts are really informative. Not only do they give you some tips on how to optimize your site and get traffic, they also tell you what NOT to do so that your website will not be considered as a useless place on the net.
I recommend TW3O to all new and experienced webmasters since there ar
Want Traffic? Offer Freebies! 2007-06-30 22:02:28 If you really want traffic for your website, why not offer some free stuff to your visitors so that they will visit your site frequently and check for more freebies?
When offering free stuff, you must keep in mind that most of the people who get your freebies are NOT willing to spend. So, do not expect them to buy your products after they claim your free offers. It is possible to turn them into buyers, but it’ll take a lot of time and effort to do so.
After you read this post, you will learn how to effectively offer freebies in order to get traffic, site exposure, and hopefully, some buyers.
Know what to offer
There are many stuff that you may want to offer to your visitors, but there are some things that they will absolutely like and they will probably send to their friends.
To know what to offer, you must learn what your visitors’ interests are. If your site is about video games, most probably your visitors are kids or teenagers who play those games. Try to offer free gam Read more:Offer
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Relevant Keywords as Your Anchor Text 2007-07-05 05:31:42 Hello everyone, how are your link building works going? Are they doing good, or not so good? Well, I’m going to give some tips on how to effectively build backlinks and get higher rankings on search engines.
Before you start your link development campaigns, you have to decide which words to use as your anchor text. For those newbies out there, an anchor text is something that you use as your link in place of your URL.
To take advantage of anchor texts, you must know how to manipulate them so that they can support your site in terms of search engine optimization. The best thing to do in order to let them help in your website’s search engine optimization is to use relevant keywords as your anchor text. Here are some tips on how to do this.
Only use the most important keywords. Three to four keywords will do; do not use your site’s description as your anchor text. If your site is about travel tips, just use “Travel Tips” as your anchor text. NEVER use “ Read more:Relevant
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HotFlair Directory Review 2007-07-03 06:19:18 So… are you guys building some backlinks lately? Well, here’s a directory which will surely help your PageRank! It’s called HotFlair Directory
, and it’s been around for some time now. Here’s my review for this excellent directory.
Quality and Standards
HotFlair Directory is a human-edited quality web directory which has very high standards. Its web design and layout can speak for that — the website is very neat, organized and pleasing to the eyes. The categories were carefully selected and added to guarantee that YOUR website will have a place in it.
To further support this claim, all submissions are manually reviewed, one by one, to ensure that only deserving websites are listed in the directory.
Unique Offers
Many premium directories are coming out these days, so what makes HotFlair Directory unique? Well, buying a listing in this directory will not only give you a backlink for life, but you will also get a permanent blog post which will have some key
How To Effectively Serve Ads 2007-07-10 06:36:55 Ad serving is one of the most effective ways to generate income through the internet. A lot of webmasters put advertisements on their site to earn some bucks, and most of them are unsuccessful in doing this. What are the reasons? Here are SOME of them:
They concentrate too much on the ads, and in effect, they tend to ignore their content and products for the visitors.
They put too much ads on the site that no one wants to visit it any more. Some people are immune to ads already, they often avoid sites which have been “bombed” by banner and text advertisements.
Now, I know that one of your online goals is to earn some money through the net, and I think that you know that ad serving plays an important role in getting this goal done. But how can you earn if no one is actually interested in the ads that you’re displaying? It is time that you learn how to effectively serve advertisements, and I will give some guidelines and tips on how to do it.
Choose a good ad network. Read more:Effectively
DNseo Review 2007-07-09 06:15:59 If you are having problems with SEO, worry no more because there is a site which can help you with SEO and breeze you through it. The website is DNseo, and it’s been around the web for a couple of months now.
DNseo offers SEO tutorials for newbies and pros, and I must say that the tutorials are very thorough and effective. The tutorials are step-by-step, so the budding webmasters will really be breezed by them. Not only that, they are very informative as well so they are definitely worth your visit.
Aside from SEO tutorials, there are also free SEO tools for webmasters who are monitoring their sites’ status. From PageRank checkers to keyword suggestion tools, DNseo’s webmaster tools will aid every webmaster in their campaigns and other stuff.
That’s not all, the site also gives you some free WordPress themes that you may use to customize your website, a few web monetizing tips and a whole lot more. There are also marketing and advertising tips and tricks that y
Logo Design Team Review 2007-07-08 06:48:43 Every website (or business) needs a good logo to establish itself a “name” in the world. Some logo designs are too common that they fail to serve their purpose. If you’ve got a problem with your logo, don’t fret any longer — a professional logo designing team with years of experience can help you, and you won’t have to pay a large sum of money!
Logo Design
Team has been in the market since 1997, making the company a big player in the field. High-quality logos and excellent service are the main specialities of more than 75 professional logo designers of Logo Design Team. The designers are well-trained to do the job for you, and they have innovative design ideas which will make your business stand out.
In each design that they make, there are 3 to 4 designers who work on the logo to ensure that variety is present. You may choose your logo’s style — from industrial to kid design, you have the freedom to do so! They can present 4 logo design concepts
The Big List of SEO-Friendly Blog Directories 2007-07-07 20:20:51 Got a blog? Here’s a list of SEO
-friendly blog directories which will help you get higher rankings!
Page Rank 7
http://www.blogpulse.com
http://www.blogcatalog.com
http://www.blogflux.com
http://www.blogdigger.com
http://www.blogrankings.com
http://www.blogarama.com
http://www.bloghub.com
http://www.getblogs.com
http://www.blogstreet.com
http://portal.eatonweb.com
Page Rank 6
http://blogs.botw.org
http://www.lsblogs.com
http://www.blog-search.com
http://www.britblog.com
http://findingblog.com
http://www.weblogalot.com
http://www.globeofblogs.com
http://www.blog-directory.org
http://www.bloguniverse.com
http://www.top100bloggers.com
http://www.delightfulblogs.com
http://sportsblogs.org
http://www.diarist.net/registry
http://www.bloogz.com
http://www.bloghop.com
http://www.blogsweet.com
http://dmoz.org/Computers/Internet/On_the_Web/Weblogs/
http://www.bloggernity.com
http://www.bloggeries.com
http://www.blogtoplist.com
http://blogs.botw.org
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