How is the health of your blog?
I have been using a free tool you can use to check how well you have organised your website to promote it online and return organic traffic.
The best thing I see this tool does is that it offers you a checklist. If you do not understand a term for example, you can simply google it for more information. By process of checked and done, you can stop worrying if you have created a blog which gets optimum exposure on the web.
It also provides some basic advice on how the website can be improved from a marketing perspective.
If you have not used it yet, I suggest you begin by entering your own website url. Generate a health report. Follow this link: free website grading tool.
Showing posts with label website. Show all posts
Showing posts with label website. Show all posts
Friday, June 5, 2009
Saturday, September 20, 2008
Get quality links through website directory submission!
Search engine optimization is getting more and more difficult by the day. The search engines are evolving at an incredible speed, making it harder for us SEOs to rank our websites highly.
The more quality links you can get pointing to your website, the higher you will rank, period. That is the biggest key to ranking well in Google, Yahoo, and MSN.
Doing this is easier said that done. One of the easiest known ways to get quality, one way links is by finding website directories and then submitting your website to them. This can be a very tedious process, but always a very rewarding process at the same time.
You can either submit your website to these directories manually, pay someone to do it for you, OR you can use one of the website directory submission programs out there. The best program for the money that we've found is a program called "Directory Submitter" created my internet marketing expert, Brad Callen.
This program allows you to submit your website to over 1600 website directories and can save you an incredible amount of time in doing so. You simply enter your website details into the software once, and then select the directory you would like to submit to. The software will then, automatically fill in all of the submission criteria for each directory and allow you to quickly submit your site.
Not only does this save you time in submitting your site, but it saves you an incredible amount of time in just finding the free directories online. I highly suggest grabbing a directory submission program if you decide to take advantage of one of the easist ways to get quality, 1 way links to your website.
You can learn more about Directory Submitter here:
Sunday, July 20, 2008
INTERNET GURU AND EXPERT
I am amazed how much people have misunderstood the meaning of 'gurus', especially in the western world. I quote from wikipedia,"
An "expert" (Audio (US) (help·info)) is someone widely recognized as a reliable source of technique or skill whose faculty for judging or deciding rightly, justly, or wisely is accorded authority and status by their peers or the public.
A guru (Sanskrit: गुरु) is a person who is regarded as having great knowledge, wisdom and authority in a given area, and uses it to guide others. .......In a further Western metaphorical extension, guru is used to refer to a person who has authority because of his or her perceived secular knowledge or skills.
In Malay, 'guru' literally means teacher. I am a guru of language and childhoodspeech. And I am also an expert by virtue of my teaching experience and qualification.
Expertise comes with experience and knowledge on a given discipline. To become an expert, you must have the technical skills to be able to give good judgment and decisions on issues that will affect another person's well-being, including his finances and health.
A guru will be able to guide you on techniques and skills which experts cannot because expert's special knowledge limits them from agreeing with fields of study not of his kind. An analyst of market trends for example may not agree with his colleagues opinion of global inflation.
A 'guru' can easily become an 'expert' once he chooses to focus a field of study. Yet not all experts want to become a 'guru' or teacher because it involves understanding what the student's needs and work from that point of need.
An expert talks about his field of study at seminars and workshops, but rarely interact with his audience. He imparts his knowledge and skill based on his understanding on the majority needs. When he is done, he attends to a few questions, clarifies doubts about his subject and leaves.
A teacher however, speaks to his students and discuss issues or problems the students are facing. Sometimes, a teacher can be a dictator because he believes his systems of understanding a process will lead to more positive results.
Before you start buying into products, ask specific question about you doubts, problems and issues. If you need a teacher, you do not buy from an expert because somewhere down the line, you will be left unattended. If you want an expert, you have to work in synergy with his professional position and not get emotional when you own opinions of doing things contradicts.
You need to understand that you have your own learning style. Pick from it and start from there. If you don't begin from yourself, you will just be wasting money and time investing on a person you thought would help you in your journey to success.
This post is written to address readers who have spent so much time and money on products and have since not received any results. When the going gets tough, the tendency is to jump into the marketplace and start buying the most popular expert guidebook.
I just spoke to a newbie who has paid US$100/- for an ebook to build his website. Now he is stuck on how to manage and organise his website because the so-called expert author has no time to teach.
How about those who have attended workshops and seminars of internet 'gurus'? When you raise your hand to ask a question, he says, "let me attend to you later during the break," instead of saying, "if you have any questions, please note them, I will attend to them before you leave, in the meantime, here is how you can reach me" The worst kind of expert is the kind that leaves you with a no-reply address.
If you are here to become successful, understanding the difference between guru and expert will help you make better choices and save you lots of time and money.
An "expert" (Audio (US) (help·info)) is someone widely recognized as a reliable source of technique or skill whose faculty for judging or deciding rightly, justly, or wisely is accorded authority and status by their peers or the public.
A guru (Sanskrit: गुरु) is a person who is regarded as having great knowledge, wisdom and authority in a given area, and uses it to guide others. .......In a further Western metaphorical extension, guru is used to refer to a person who has authority because of his or her perceived secular knowledge or skills.
In Malay, 'guru' literally means teacher. I am a guru of language and childhoodspeech. And I am also an expert by virtue of my teaching experience and qualification.
Expertise comes with experience and knowledge on a given discipline. To become an expert, you must have the technical skills to be able to give good judgment and decisions on issues that will affect another person's well-being, including his finances and health.
A guru will be able to guide you on techniques and skills which experts cannot because expert's special knowledge limits them from agreeing with fields of study not of his kind. An analyst of market trends for example may not agree with his colleagues opinion of global inflation.
A 'guru' can easily become an 'expert' once he chooses to focus a field of study. Yet not all experts want to become a 'guru' or teacher because it involves understanding what the student's needs and work from that point of need.
An expert talks about his field of study at seminars and workshops, but rarely interact with his audience. He imparts his knowledge and skill based on his understanding on the majority needs. When he is done, he attends to a few questions, clarifies doubts about his subject and leaves.
A teacher however, speaks to his students and discuss issues or problems the students are facing. Sometimes, a teacher can be a dictator because he believes his systems of understanding a process will lead to more positive results.
Before you start buying into products, ask specific question about you doubts, problems and issues. If you need a teacher, you do not buy from an expert because somewhere down the line, you will be left unattended. If you want an expert, you have to work in synergy with his professional position and not get emotional when you own opinions of doing things contradicts.
You need to understand that you have your own learning style. Pick from it and start from there. If you don't begin from yourself, you will just be wasting money and time investing on a person you thought would help you in your journey to success.
This post is written to address readers who have spent so much time and money on products and have since not received any results. When the going gets tough, the tendency is to jump into the marketplace and start buying the most popular expert guidebook.
I just spoke to a newbie who has paid US$100/- for an ebook to build his website. Now he is stuck on how to manage and organise his website because the so-called expert author has no time to teach.
How about those who have attended workshops and seminars of internet 'gurus'? When you raise your hand to ask a question, he says, "let me attend to you later during the break," instead of saying, "if you have any questions, please note them, I will attend to them before you leave, in the meantime, here is how you can reach me" The worst kind of expert is the kind that leaves you with a no-reply address.
If you are here to become successful, understanding the difference between guru and expert will help you make better choices and save you lots of time and money.
Tuesday, July 15, 2008
Learning Website Building
The most challenging part of writing posts on my weblog childhoodspeech is still without a doubt, understanding wordpress. For the first 3 months, I literally struggled to understand html. There was an occassion when I actually had to contact the theme designer to help me. It was a very frustrating day for me then.
I happen to be a person who loves working with layout and design (a bit like moving furniture around house!). Without previous experience with website design, I had to take it one day at a time until I am now finally confident to make some adjustments with the layout. I mean, blogging is essentially a very private affair, like jogging. It is always good to learn the basics on your own.
Here are some pointers which I hope will benefit you on getting organised:
1. Do not choose black colour as background. It is a fact that when black background is used for children, they have more difficulty retaining the knowledge of the images and text they see. The rule applies to adults as well.
2. I love to write and therefore working on a theme with 3 columns is better for me. It allows me more freedom to add more information.
3. The post area is the work area. This is the most important part for me, so learn all the rules associated to that work area. The way to know how much you need to understand is by staring at a blank page before you create.
Print it out using printscreen. Then circle each area you know or think you need help with. As you build your website, take time to learn from other bloggers who have written about it by making a search for the correct topic you want.
For instance, I had a problem with a simple html command to wrap text on my images on my wordpress. It did take me an entire day before I found a site which actually explains to me in plain terms that I can understand. I learn from this experience that it is not always the top ranking sites that can provide the best answer. In this case, it is Preblogging.com.
4. Always save your lessons or html codes on your desktop notepad and file them accordingly. Give the filename exactly for the type of layout that html code represents. So if it is myBloglog, use 'myBloglog.htm' and so on. This is for you easy reference next time.
I find that over a period of time, I was learning tha pattern in the html codes and what they represent. I update them regularly to make sure I do not have duplicates as this will confuse me later. And if I don't need them at all, I just chuck it (delete). Now I have the ones that I regularly use.
As soon as I learn something new, I update my notepad. I do not wait till the next day.
6. I strongly recommend not to follow tutorials based on the popularity of the sites, because every post has a unique message and may require very different html codes. I search on a need basis.
I leave a comment to say thank you once I have taken a tip from the owner; if I do not feel I should enter my comment, I do search on his site as part of my contributions to their earnings before I leave. Ohter bloggers work hard just like me, I do not have to fork out a cent to just search on their pages; they did all the work, I do my part as an internet user.
7. Widgets are blogger's best friend. I love widgets. I mean whoever came up with this name should earn the noble prize. Just copy and paste. Ahh! You can upgrade yourself to become widget pro, because they are basically html commands. If you are truly afraid of making mistakes on your work (post) area, use the widgets as a way to learn html commands. Widgets essentially remain on the widget box, so mistakes you make will not affect the layout of your posts.
I happen to be a person who loves working with layout and design (a bit like moving furniture around house!). Without previous experience with website design, I had to take it one day at a time until I am now finally confident to make some adjustments with the layout. I mean, blogging is essentially a very private affair, like jogging. It is always good to learn the basics on your own.
Here are some pointers which I hope will benefit you on getting organised:
1. Do not choose black colour as background. It is a fact that when black background is used for children, they have more difficulty retaining the knowledge of the images and text they see. The rule applies to adults as well.
2. I love to write and therefore working on a theme with 3 columns is better for me. It allows me more freedom to add more information.
3. The post area is the work area. This is the most important part for me, so learn all the rules associated to that work area. The way to know how much you need to understand is by staring at a blank page before you create.
Print it out using printscreen. Then circle each area you know or think you need help with. As you build your website, take time to learn from other bloggers who have written about it by making a search for the correct topic you want.
For instance, I had a problem with a simple html command to wrap text on my images on my wordpress. It did take me an entire day before I found a site which actually explains to me in plain terms that I can understand. I learn from this experience that it is not always the top ranking sites that can provide the best answer. In this case, it is Preblogging.com.
4. Always save your lessons or html codes on your desktop notepad and file them accordingly. Give the filename exactly for the type of layout that html code represents. So if it is myBloglog, use 'myBloglog.htm' and so on. This is for you easy reference next time.
I find that over a period of time, I was learning tha pattern in the html codes and what they represent. I update them regularly to make sure I do not have duplicates as this will confuse me later. And if I don't need them at all, I just chuck it (delete). Now I have the ones that I regularly use.
As soon as I learn something new, I update my notepad. I do not wait till the next day.
6. I strongly recommend not to follow tutorials based on the popularity of the sites, because every post has a unique message and may require very different html codes. I search on a need basis.
I leave a comment to say thank you once I have taken a tip from the owner; if I do not feel I should enter my comment, I do search on his site as part of my contributions to their earnings before I leave. Ohter bloggers work hard just like me, I do not have to fork out a cent to just search on their pages; they did all the work, I do my part as an internet user.
7. Widgets are blogger's best friend. I love widgets. I mean whoever came up with this name should earn the noble prize. Just copy and paste. Ahh! You can upgrade yourself to become widget pro, because they are basically html commands. If you are truly afraid of making mistakes on your work (post) area, use the widgets as a way to learn html commands. Widgets essentially remain on the widget box, so mistakes you make will not affect the layout of your posts.
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