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Twitter has come a long way in such a short space of time. Why one program becomes a huge success compared to others, who knows, however, what we do know is that Twitter, it’s followers and Apps developers have contributed largely to it’s success.

There are literally 100’s of worthy Twitter applications and we have only named a dozen here and in no particular order.

Tweetwasters – As the name suggests, it shows you how much time you have wasted / invested in Twitter.

Twittervision – A visual look of tweets around the world.

Twitter Search – See what’s happening right now.

Tweetscan – Tweet for a particular subject or heading for example: SEO, Golf, Dancing etc. A great way to focus on a particular group of Twitters.

Mr Tweet – Mr. Tweet looks through your extended network to assist you in building effective relationships on Twitter. Read the rest of this entry »

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Spoke with a customer this morning and it was during this conversation that the question was asked, what does SEO mean ? What is a backlink ? What is a Blog ? and what the hell is Twitter ?

It is so easy to believe that everybody knows and understands what seo is, or a backlink and not to mention Twitter and more importantly what it can do for you. But alas poor Yorick, that is not always the case and with that in mind, we now pressent a brief Glossary of SEO Common Words.

This Glossary is by no means complete and final and is given purely as a guide.

AdSense – is an effective way for publishers, regardless of size or experience, to display relevant Google Ads within their website’s content pages. The ads are related to your website content and as such, appeal to your website visitors. This helps in monetizing your website. 

AdWords –
Google’s advertising service for displaying Ads of your website as paid inclusion.
More details can be found at http://adwords.google.com/

Algorithm – is an operational program rule that determines how a particular search engine, like Google, Yahoo and MSN, indexes content and then displays it accordingly.

Alt Tag -
A tag that provides alternative text for visually impaired users.
Search engines may pick this text instead of graphical images.Anchor text
Anchor text is the visible text in a hyperlink.
Search engines may pick this up for ranking, although this in itself is no guarantee of a higher search ranking.

Backlink
– As the name suggests are inbound links from another web page, pointing to your website.
 

Blog -
Blogs are also known as weblogs. An online Diary with the owner posting random comments, promoting products, services, or information. Posts are made on a regular basis and are increasing in value to both the users and the search engines.

Crawl
– When a search engine visits your website and extracts your content for search results.

External links
– A link that forwards to a website outside the home domain name (third party).

Flash Intro – An animated short introduction. The website sits behind the Flash Intro and visitors can skip them as a general rule.

Internal links
– An Internal link is a link that points to another page within the same website or Domain. Interal Links can also be utilised for navigation purposes.

Javascript
– A script language that can be embedded into the HTML of a webpage to add functionality.

Link Farm
– A set of interlinked web pages or websites that have been built for the sole purpose of increasing the number of incoming links to a web site, thereby with the aim of increasing link popularity and search engine rankings. TO BE AVOIDED AT ALL COSTS.

Meta Tag -
A special HTML tag that provides information about a Web page.
Generally used for search engines to describe your website. Please read more about Meta Tags and their Hidden Advantage

PageRank (PR) –
Google’s method to determine a webpage’s relevance, popularity and importance through the quality of sites linking to it.

Referring Page – A Website visitor clicks a link from another website and is directed to your website. The originating website is called the referring page.

SEO –
An abbreviation for Search Engine Optimisation (Optimization). Involves strategies to optimize and promote your website in a proven technique, all with the aim of improving your search engines ranking.

Spam -
Excessive manipulation to influence search engine rankings.  TO BE AVOIDED AT ALL COSTS.

The above is by no means complete and there are numerous good sources for more detailed explanations.

We trust you have found the above of some benefit.

Until Net Time …
Happy Blogging

SEO Steve
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Hosting Impact normally holds a Business Groupie meeting, every month or so, to discuss where we are going, where we have been and where we would like to be in due course.

I was proud to stand up before the assembled mass and let it be known that I had taken their words of wisdom, from the last pow wow we had and had developed a “Blog” and had joined “Twitter” and was enjoying it. So much so, that if I don’t add a new Post every day or two, I start to get withdrawals. I have actually met fellow Twitts in person and I have liked it.  There must be something to this internet thing.

Anyway, back to the matters at hand…I finished singing the praises of both the Blog and Twitter and how comfortable I now was with my two newest bestest buddies and that I intend to continue “Blogging” and “Twitting”  and then it happened…..

One of the Groupies then innocently asked if we had done anything with Face Book, Squidoo, or another dozen Social Media Networks that she rattled off.

Simple answer…No, of course not, I’m doing two that’s enough, isn’t it.  Needless to say, that we spent the next hour + discussing the various Social Networks and what they do and don’t do.

Here’s a few that they ran past me and suggested that I look at and join.

Squidoo
Facebook
12seconds
30boxes.com
Bebo
Delicious
Digg
Flickr
Furl
Kwippy
Linkedin
My Blog Log
My Space
Stumble Upon
Technorati
Tumblr 

and of course You Tube…

Yea, No problem, I will put my life on hold and sit in front of the computer all day, every day, to regularly add a comment, post or blog to each and every single social media network going. If you will excuse the profanities, I will become a Social Media Whore.

Where does it stop… and is there anybody out there that can provide any suggestions to me and I am sure there are 1 000’s of others like me, who want to know, how do you find the time and secondly, how do you do it.

Is there a one post that fits all and if it does, how does that go towards duplication content penalty.

Any suggestions, assistance or ideas would be greatly appreciated.

Until Net Time …
Happy Blogging

SEO Steve
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Australian Website Design Professionals

1. Update the pages on your website frequently. Stagnant sites are dropped by some search engines. More importantly, update with fresh, relevant content.

2. Allow customers to ‘opt in’ to get discounts and special offers. Place a link on your site to invite customers to ‘opt in’ to get a monthly newsletter or valuable coupons.

3. Include a ‘Book Mark, Add this site to your Favorites and a link to your Social Media sites such as Twitter‘.

4. Add a link ‘Recommend this site to a Friend’ so that your website visitors can email your website link, with a prewritten title, “Thought you might be interested in this”, just by clicking on it.

5. Brand your website so that visitors always know they are on your site. Use consistent colors, logos and slogans and always provide a ‘Contact Us’ link on each page. Click on the following links as an example:

Main Website: www.hostingimpact.com

Sub Domain:  http://www.sydney.hostingimpact.com/

Bonus 2 Tips

a. Create a FAQ page which addresses the most commonly asked questions about your Products and Services. 

b. Ensure that each page on your website is optimised correctly and has appropriate titles and keywords so that your customer can find their way back to your site.

We trust you have found this post of benefit and please feel free to contact Hosting Impact for additional information or assistance.

Until Next Time …

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Happy Blogging

SEO Steve
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Website Traffic is the most essential thing for a website to become a successful internet based business. Aside from ensuring that you have great products and services to sell,  you do need traffic, quality traffic, to be successful. 

If you already have a website and yet think that you’re not getting the traffic that you want to have or should have, then it’s maybe time to review, your current website. 

You should always be on your guard and be ever mindful of your competitors websites and review how they are achieving their results. Is it becasue of traffic and if so, How, Where, Why, When.

Generating traffic or more quality traffic to your website, is not as difficult as you might imagine. However, what may be difficult for some webiste owners, is the fact that they may need to do it themselves or engage the services of a company to assist. It is no longer a case of I have built my website, where are my customers. Does not work that way and I seriously doubt it ever did.

Here are three ways to increase your traffic starting from yesterday.

1) Viral Marketing 

Viral marketing is a cute little buzz word being thrown around at the moment, however, this cute little buzz word effectively allows you to spread the word about your company and product with minimal cost. This is a marketing method that can be used intelligently, whereby you can attach your company’s name, signature, product or link to any available media such as a You Tube, Twitter, Face Book, Linked In or Community Forum etc…. If used correctly, your website will generate additional traffic as your post, input, video or thread is passed from pillar to post. 

2) Correct keywords or keyword phrases for your website

Search engines look for certain keywords that they then display in their results page. So it naturally follows that by having the right keyword and relevant keyword phrase is a high priority for ranking high within the search engines. Case in point: Client wants to be number 1 for the term “Real Estate” however, after much convincing the term “Port Stephens Real Estate” is used, as it is a much better selection ofa keyword, plus, it certainly is not as competitive. End result, the customer is satisifed with the results and they also get a better understanding of why and how relevant keywords work.

3) Write Articles that can lead traffic to your site

Consider submitting articles to websites that contain the similar subjects to yours. For example, you sell car parts, then write press releases and articles about cars and car parts. Include your website description and services at the end of the article. Please remember to include your link. There are a number of Article Submission places that encourage you to write and submit articles on your area of expertise. These articles are then used by other websites on the proviso that the article remains in tact, complete with your link.

End of the day, it comes down to the same rules, if you like and that is that you need to take full responsibility for your website and it’s results or lack of. Don’t have the expertise, that’s ok, contact a company that does, but either way, you still need to do something.

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Doing something and attempting something is far better than not doing anything and expecting results and or changes.

Until Next Time … 
Happy Blogging

SEO Steve
Hosting Impact – Australian SEO Specialists