Archive for February, 2008

Is dofollow a bad idea?

Top 9 Reasons DoFollow Can Hurt Your Blog
At first, this may seem like a great idea and a way to get more comments on your blog as well as get more community involvement, but it also has some very damaging flaws. Here are my nine reasons why joining the dofollow movement can hurt your blog.
Now, [...]

Top 9 Reasons DoFollow Can Hurt Your Blog

At first, this may seem like a great idea and a way to get more comments on your blog as well as get more community involvement, but it also has some very damaging flaws. Here are my nine reasons why joining the dofollow movement can hurt your blog.

Now, I’ve got dofollow on several blogs in several niches. I don’t receive anymore spam than I did before. I don’t get people linking out to bad neighborhoods. In short, I haven’t had any of the 9 problems the post lists.

Any thoughts?

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Etsy, and what it might mean to you

Etsy, eCommerce With a Focus On The Unique
 All of the products are hand made and are unique, unlike the mass produced commercial products are sold. Think back a few years, this wasn’t possible, hand made items would be generally limited in distribution to local stores, craft shows, or maybe some type of catalog.
Etsy is definitely [...]

Etsy, eCommerce With a Focus On The Unique

 All of the products are hand made and are unique, unlike the mass produced commercial products are sold. Think back a few years, this wasn’t possible, hand made items would be generally limited in distribution to local stores, craft shows, or maybe some type of catalog.

Etsy is definitely something to watch.

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Giving people room to speak their minds

A True Story About a Chair
So, she plopped down two chairs in the heart of this busy corporate campus and put a sign over the two chairs calling out a topic for the day. She occupied one chair and then waited. And waited. And waited for another employee to sit down and discuss the topic [...]

A True Story About a Chair

So, she plopped down two chairs in the heart of this busy corporate campus and put a sign over the two chairs calling out a topic for the day. She occupied one chair and then waited. And waited. And waited for another employee to sit down and discuss the topic she had posted. No technology. No motives. Just a person genuinely interested in her co-worker’s thoughts and feelings.

What does this mean for us in marketing? By inviting people to talk about something that’s on their mind, not yours, you can pull them into your space. By putting off your needs until you’ve met theirs, you can build a loyal customer or visitor base that listens to you when it’s your turn to speak.

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Those words search engines ignore

What are Stop Words?
 Other search engines store every word, but just don’t “stop” to search on those words. Therefore, speeding up the time to deliver your search results (eg: 0.22 seconds).
Each search engine has their own list of stop words.
I’d never really thought about not only including keywords but also trying to use as few [...]

What are Stop Words?

 Other search engines store every word, but just don’t “stop” to search on those words. Therefore, speeding up the time to deliver your search results (eg: 0.22 seconds).

Each search engine has their own list of stop words.

I’d never really thought about not only including keywords but also trying to use as few “stop words” as possible. Interesting.

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ShowYourAdHere affiliate program opens

ShowYourAdHere.com Affiliate Program
You will earn 10% of every dollar an advertiser you refer spends.  If you refer and advertiser that spends $1000 per month, you earn $100 per month.  As long as the advertiser keeps spending, you keep earning.

ShowYourAdHere.com Affiliate Program

You will earn 10% of every dollar an advertiser you refer spends.  If you refer and advertiser that spends $1000 per month, you earn $100 per month.  As long as the advertiser keeps spending, you keep earning.

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Free link from PR9 domain

Free Backlink from Apple.com
Apple.com has a PageRank of 9, so you can expect it to carry a lot of great link weight. And to do it, you just need to create a Web App made for the iPhone and then submit it to their directory. You can even create something basic and simple (but I [...]

Free Backlink from Apple.com

Apple.com has a PageRank of 9, so you can expect it to carry a lot of great link weight. And to do it, you just need to create a Web App made for the iPhone and then submit it to their directory. You can even create something basic and simple (but I would suggest useful). Here are the steps to making your iPhone web app and securing a nice permanent link from Apple.com:

Click over for the rest.

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