Do You Tag Yourself?

May 16, 2008 | Filed Under Blog Relationships, Editorial, Guides and Tutorials, PageRank, SEO | 2 Comments

Do you tag yourself? Honestly? No, this is not a game.
With everyone back on the tag versus categories versus tags bandwagon, have you checked to make sure you are tagging yourself?
Inside of Lorelle on WordPress is the tag attribute that turns “Lorelle on WordPress” into a tag.
<a href="http://lorelle.wordpress.com/" title="Lorelle on WordPress" rel="tag">Lorelle on WordPress</a>
When […]

Localized Domain Names to Increase Local Traffic, the Next Big Thing?

April 25, 2008 | Filed Under SEO, Search Engines | 3 Comments

Darren Rowse spins off a question asked on Twitter, regarding if it’s worth it to get a local domain name to better drive traffic in your region. While he says he’s no expert, here’s the conclusion:
Search engines are focusing more and more on localized search and indexing and promoting local search results to users. While […]

New Version of Woopra Released

April 22, 2008 | Filed Under Announcements, Blog News, Blogging Demographics, Featured, Features, News, SEO, Technology, Tools | 1 Comment

The web analytics program, Woopra, that generated massive enthusiasm when John Pozadzides presented it at WordCamp Dallas, will release a new beta version on Friday along with thousands of requests for access granted.
“We are excited to be able to extend the Woopra Real Time Analytics service to an additional 10,000 users beginning Friday April 25,” […]

Google frees Website Optimizer from Adwords - launches free independent service

April 17, 2008 | Filed Under News, Professional Blogging, SEO | Leave a Comment

Yesterday, at ad:tech, Google announced that it has launched its Website Optimizer application as a separate independent service - no longer dependent on the use of AdWords in order to access the service:
Today at the ad:tech conference in San Francisco, Google Website Optimizer™ launched out of beta as an independent product. Formerly a feature within […]

Google releases guide on how to move your site

April 17, 2008 | Filed Under News, SEO | Leave a Comment

Many of us have moved our blogs to different domains or URLs in the past - in that process, we’ve taken some various steps in the hopes that Google will quickly pickup the blog at its new location and index it properly.
Rather than guessing on what the best practices are to move a blog - […]

If You Don’t Write With Keywords, Will It Hurt Your Blog?

April 14, 2008 | Filed Under Blog Marketing and Monetization, Blog Relationships, Blogging Demographics, Editorial, Featured, Features, SEO | Leave a Comment

Recently, I got the following comment on Lorelle on WordPress:
I just set up my blog and I am still trying to get everything in line. When I write original content, does it have to be about the subject of my blog? Will it hurt to have content not related to the title and keywords of […]

Business School for Bloggers: How to Make Money With Your Blog

April 7, 2008 | Filed Under Blog Marketing and Monetization, Blog Monetization, Blog News, Blog Relationships, Bloggers, Blogging, Events, Features, News, Problogger, Professional Blogging, Public Relations, SEO | Leave a Comment

I am frequently asked about how to make money on the web, especially how to make money with your blog. I find a wide variety of answers around the web, some of them get rich quick schemes, PageRank games, and SEO illusions, but there is only one answer that I want to shout to the […]

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Do You Tag Yourself?
May 16, 2008 | By Lorelle VanFossen | 2 Comments

A BIG Reason to Read a Pet’s Blog
May 16, 2008 | By Andrew G.R. | Leave a Comment

I’ve often taken a snarky approach when it comes to people who set up blogs for their pets. I barely want to read about humans’ mundane lives, let alone issues with litter and pooper scoopers. However, there might be a new reason to subscribe to Lucky, Fido or Buddy’s blog.
Animals’ ability to prognosticate […]

Yahoo Nabs Safari Plugin Inquisitor
May 16, 2008 | By Thord Daniel Hedengren | Leave a Comment

Inquisitor is a cool plugin for Safari, and now Yahoo owns it. The developer, David Watanabe, won’t be joining Yahoo, but will continue the development.
I look forward to assisting Yahoo! in refining and extending the Inquisitor user experience beyond where it is today. I truly believe that Inquisitor and its users can only benefit, both […]

YouTube Gives You Insight
May 16, 2008 | By Thord Daniel Hedengren | 1 Comment

Now you can get some more statistics for your YouTube videos, with the recently launched Insight tool, available in your YouTube account (under Manage my Videos, which is probably temporary). The new stats feature is described like this by Tracy Chan, YouTube product manager:
For example, uploaders can see how often their videos are viewed in […]

Google the New Number 1 in the US
May 16, 2008 | By Thord Daniel Hedengren | Leave a Comment

I thought they were already, but obviously not so. Google has been the leading search engine, but overall Yahoo is the most popular web site according to ComScore’s rankings. No more though, according to an AP report:
According to comScore, Google’s unique U.S. audience in April was 141.1 million, an 18 percent increase from the same […]

Blogging from the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
May 16, 2008 | By Thord Daniel Hedengren | Leave a Comment

Stephanie Stockman is a NASA contractor working at the Goddard Space Flight Center, which is cool by itself. What’s even cooler is that she’s blogging it, talking about rocketships in voice and text, as well as posting photos, something every space nerd should follow for sure. Her blog is Geosteph, which incidentally is her Twitter […]

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