tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29777318406573692882011-07-08T12:32:31.590+08:00Articles on computers, Internet and Search Engine Optimization (SEO)Adminnoreply@blogger.comBlogger121100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2977731840657369288.post-36078486629391642092010-08-03T19:28:00.002+08:002010-08-03T19:43:29.839+08:00

All of you probably already know that Search engine optimization (SEO) is the process of improving the visibility of a web site or a web page in search engines in the hope of getting more "natural" or un-paid ("organic" or "algorithmic") featured links in search engine search results.However, it is important you distinquish between ethical white hat SEO and unethical black hat SEO.SEO may involve

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The World Wide Web or Internet is a wonderful invention, one I consider the invention of the century made more useful by its inventor, Sir Tim Berners-Lee insistence that it be free. When I first started using it, especially the search the Web function for my real work research, it was practically useless, giving me all kinds of irrelevant links. Now with search engines like Google, you can be

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If you are environmentally conscious, or hates waste, don't ever buy the Benq LCD monitor in the photo on the left. That was the LCD monitor I bought, and regretted. Why? Whenever you switch off power to the monitor, either via the built-in switch on the monitor or externally when you shut down the monitor or via the switch on a power strip (Wikipedia says this is also referred to as a plug board

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Above the FoldWhat exactly is meant by "above the fold". Easy to explain. The first time you land on this website (blog), what do you see? To make it clear, I will take a screenshot (before this post is published and click to enlarge):The part a visitor first see without having to scroll down using the vertical scroll bar is called the "Above the fold". The term came from the newspaper. The

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I received a comment in my main blog Blogger Tips and Tricks where the reader complained he found the spacing of the words to be too small and he have difficulties reading the post. However, visitors are of all ages, some young, some old. I am 58 and for very small fonts, I can't read them as I used to be when I am younger. However, I cannot change the default font size or spacing for just one

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You may get emails supposedly from reputable organizations like banks, eBay, Paypal, email providers like Yahoo and gmail, etc. The email may look genuine and ask you to provide personal details like names, password or something bad may happen to you (your account may be cancelled for example). The "From" field of an email can easily be altered - it is not a reliable indicator of the true origin

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You may come across the situation where you need to insert special characters into your word documents, Powerpoint presentation, Excel spreadsheet, blog posts, etc. One way is to use special codes to display the special characters as shown by Displaying special characters.Another easy way is to use the Character Map. To get the Character Map, hold down the Windows key, and press the R key. This

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Advanced Uses For Myspaceby: David RieweMySpace members can generate a website quickly through templates. These templates enable users to create a generic website in very little time. For those who are just interested in making new friends or keeping in touch with old friends, this may be all the member needs. However, those who want to offer more on their website or those who simply want to

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SEO Tips: Link Building by: Will Spencer This article is a follow-up to an article I wrote about On-Page Optimization (SEO tips on page optimization). On-Page optimization enables each of your web pages to make the most out of the mojo that they have -- but you need inbound links (Search Engine FAQ) to create that mojo in the first place. I use the term "mojo" as a generic descriptor for the

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25 Simple Blog SEO and Traffic Tips by: Jeremy Steele This is a nice concise list of 25 ways to greatly increase your blog's traffic and search rankings. 1) Content is king! 2) Submit your site to as many search engines as possible. After the initial indexing I would recommend resubmitting every 6 months. 3) Comment on as many blogs as possible. Make your comments thoughtful and not spammy. 4)

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Designing a Search Engine Friendly Websiteby: Wendy SutoUltimately, the Internet users are the people who are going to purchase your products and services, not the search engines. This is typically where the problem initially lies, because online visitors will not be able to find your Website if it is not constructed with both the visitors and the search engines in mind. Just because you may have

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Blogging from Writely to Blogger Beta is currently not supported. Someone who have migrated his blog to beta asked if it would work if a classic template is used. This blog is created specially to test that as I don't want to revert my Testing Blogger Beta to the classic template. I will do the testing here and report the result there. I may also used it for testing other similar things with the

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