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A To Z About Quality Link Exchange

2009-03-02T03:36:00.000-08:00

For the benefit of our users and the Internet as a whole we provide this list of commonly used linking terms and their definitions. Some terms mean exactly the same thing as others and will be noted by the 'see also:' section. Check out the 'more information:' links for more detailed information on how terms apply directly to your link management campaign. Please use the left floating navigation to jump between different letters in the glossary.

1 way link - A one way link is where Site A links to Site B without the other site linking back. These links are typically just for the benefit of your visitor.
see also: one way link
The Truth About One Way Links

2 way link - A two way link is where Site A links to Site B and in return Site B links back to Site A. This is also known as reciprocal linking which is what the internet is built on.
see also: reciprocal link, two way links
Need help managing your 2 way link campaign?

3 way link - A three way link is where Site A links to Site B, Site B links to Site C, and Site C links to Site A. 3 way linking can be done successfully; however, it is frequently abused by black hat webmasters.
see also: triangular linking, three way links
3 Way Link: Traffic Builder Or Search-Engine Suicide

A

anchor tag - This is the HTML tag that will "link" to another site. Visitors clicking on the link will be directed to the other site. There are many options and opportunities to optimize this HTML tag.
see also: HTML link, hyperlink

absolute link - An absolute link is an anchor tag where the href= or src= a full url.
I.e. This is the opposite of a relative link.

add link form - A page on your site where visitors and potential link partners are able to submit their site to you for a possible link exchange. Using an add link form will help other webmasters in linking to your site.

affiliate link - These links are typically provided to you by the company you are an affiliate of. These links typically have some type of identifier that indicates anyone clicking that link came from you.
Can I add affiliate links to my LinksManager-powered links pages?

anchor text - This is the information between the anchor tags that users click to get to your site. This is commonly referred to as your Link Title or Site Name.
see also: link text

auto-rotation - This is the practice of rotating your links so that all will get an opportunity to be on the front page of their category.
see also: link rotation
more information on LinksManager's Auto Rotation feature

B

backlinks - A link from another site that is pointing to your site. Many search engines have options to find how many backlinks you have to your site.
see also: inbound links
more information on how to track your backlinks with our link checker

bad links - Any link to a site that is irrelevant, not beneficial to your end user and/or only intended to boost search engine rankings. Such links can have negative effects on your search engine rankings.
see also: irrelevant link

black hat - The term that describes companies, individuals or programs that engage linking in unethical ways or using unethical practices.

Blacklist - In your LinksManager account this is the feature that blocks specific webmasters from submitting links to your add link page based on information such as specific keywords, sitename, URL, description and email address.
See a sample of the LinksManager Blacklist Here

blacklisted - To be removed from a directory or search engine. Blacklisting will occur for violating a site's terms and conditions.

blog - A website or section of a website where entries are written in chronological order and then displayed with the most recent entries showing first.
see also: LinkBlogs
more information on linking and blogging here

C

chicanery - Deception of an individual or company by trickery.
see also: gamesmanship

click tracking - A method of tracking how many visitors click on a specific link on your site or tracking how many visitors came to your site from an online advertisement.
see also: Top Links List
What are Top Links Lists? more information on click tracking

cloaking - Cloaking is a black hat technique in which the content presented to search engine spiders or link checkers is different from that presented to the user via their browser.

CMS content management system - A Content Management System (CMS) is a software system used for managing the content of your website. CMS is deployed primarily for interactive use by defined users and/or visitors.

CNAME - A CNAME record or canonical name record is an alias of one domain to another. This is useful when your hosting company doesn't offer FTP. A CNAME record would allow your links pages to be displayed at an address like: http://resources.yourdomain.com.
We can help you setup CNAME and/or FTP

D

dead link - A dead link or broken link is a link that points to a web page that is permanently unavailable. The most common result of a dead link is a 404 error, which indicates that the web server responded, but the specific page could not be found.
see also: link rot
Automatically remove dead links from your links pages with LinksManager

deep link - Deep linking is making a hyperlink that points to a specific page on another website, instead of that website's home page. This in turn results in multiple hyperlinks pointing to different pages of your site.
Why Deep Linking Equals Deeper Pockets

directory - An organized set of web pages or links displayed by category and subcategory. This is different from a search engine, as a directory is not displayed as a list of sites by keyword search.
see also: LinkPartners.com

dynamic link - A dynamic link is generated at the time the page is requested. Typically cgi and other scripts generate links from a database dynamically upon request. These types of links are difficult for the search engines and web spiders to find.

E

editor-based - Requiring human interaction in that link requests are approved one at a time by a human in order to facilitate ethical and thoughtful linking
View our Code of Ethics for more information

external link - Any link that is pointed outside of your site.

F

FFA free for all - A Web site that consists of pages with long lists of Web sites, and allows anyone to add their own link automatically regardless of relevance.
see also: link farm
LinksManager cannot be used for FFA linking

FTP file transfer protocol - used to transfer data from one computer to another over the Internet, or through a network.
What are the benefits to using FTP?

full duplex linking - A fully automated system where links are exchanged between sites without the editorial discretion and action of a human.
see also: black hat
The Fantasy World of Full Duplex Linking

G

gamesmanship - The use of dubious (although not technically illegal) methods to attempt to inflate search engine rankings.
see also: chicanery
A Guide to How Relevant Linking for the End User Will Benefit Your Website

Googlebot - A Googlebot is a search bot used by Google. It collects documents from the web to build a searchable index for the Google search engine.
Google Patent Bears a Bit of Its Soul

Google SiteMaps - a google webmaster tool to inform Google about URLs on your website that are available for crawling. A Sitemap is an XML file that lists the URLs for a site that you want Google to index.
see also: sitemap

H

HTML link - A link in your website that points to another page of your site or points to another page on a different site.
see also: anchor tag, hyperlink

hyperlink - A reference or navigation element in a document that points to either another section of the same document or on another document that may be on a different website.
see also: anchor tag, HTML link

I

iframe - or inline frame, is an HTML element which makes it possible to embed another web page inside the main web page.
see also: include, SSI server side includes

inbound links - An inbound link would be a link to your site from another site. Inbound links were the primary means of web navigation prior to the emergence of search engines. Inbound links are still one of the factors in search engine rankings.
see also: backlinks

include - An include is used to insert the code from one web page inside the main web page. This is done on the server side before the page is shown to the visitor.
see also: iframe, SSI server side includes

irrelevant link - A link to another site that has nothing to do with your site's theme, focus, genre or visitors. Irrelevant linking is practiced by black hat webmasters and will negatively affect your site's search engine rankings. Even Google states clearly in their guidelines - "have relevant sites link to yours."
see also: bad link
A Guide to How Relevant Linking for the End User Will Benefit Your Website

L

L2L - The hyperlink on your home page and other web pages that lead your visitors, partners and the search engines to your links pages.
Sometimes It's Hard to See the Tree for the Forest - Improving Your L2L (Link to Your Links Pages)

link activation - The process of sending an email to a submitting webmaster to verify that they used a valid email address and that this person requested a link exchange.

link baiting - creating content or features within a website that somehow baits visitors to place links to it from their websites.

LinkBlogs - Combining the power of reciprocal linking and blogging, the LinkBlogs feature supercharges your links pages with dynamic, automatically updated content never before seen on the Internet!
see also: blog
LinkBlogs - Combining the Power of Linking and Blogging

link building - One of many optimization processes in which you build a directory of relevant sites for the benefit of your end user.

link checkers - Spiders and robots that crawl the Internet and store all the links they find per site in order to compile those urls and report back to the user the status of any inbound links on other sites.
What is the Reciprocal Link Checker and how does it work?

link expiration - The practice of expiring a link after a certain period of time. Links will display until that date and then be removed from the links pages.

link farm - any group of web sites that all hyperlink to every other page in the group without regard for relevancy. Although some link farms can be created by hand, most are created through automated programs and services.
see also: FFA free for all
more information on why LinksManager is not a link farm here

LinkLets - a powerful method for displaying links from your LinksManager account. Linklets allow for alternative publishing methods other than the standard "Yahoo"-style, categorized search engine directory including full customization and exciting new design possibilities.
Linklets are a powerful method for displaying links from your LinksManager account.

LMS link management system - A Link Management System (LMS) is a software system used for managing the links to and from your website. LMS is deployed primarily to help manage the time consuming process of linking with other sites.
LinksManager is the ONLY patented LMS system on the Internet

link partner - A link partner is any webmaster that you have an agreement to exchange reciprocal links.

LinkPartners.com - a categorized directory of websites that are actively engaged in exchanging reciprocal links, link swapping, and link exchange with other relevant sites. LinkPartners provides you with an exclusive, editor-based resource for easily locating like-minded sites.
see also: directory
more information on LinkPartners.com here

link popularity - a measure of the quantity and quality of other web sites that link to a specific site. It is an example of the move by search engines towards off-the-page-criteria to determine quality content and is used by most all search engines today.
see also: PageRank, PR

link relevance - A measure of how another site's content compliments your site's content. Sites with similar themes and visitors are encouraged to swap links.
A Guide On How to Find Relevant Quality Link Partners

link request - An email from one webmaster asking another webmaster if they are interested in exchanging links.
see also:
Step Four - Write an Effective Link Exchange Request Letter/Mailer

link rot - the process by which links on a website gradually become irrelevant or broken as time passes, because websites that they link to disappear, change their content or redirect to new locations.
see also: dead link
Automatically prevent link rot on your links pages with LinksManager

link rotation - rotating your links on your links pages so each link has an equal opportunity to be displayed on the first page of it's category.
see also: auto rotation
more information on LinksManager's link rotation feature

link strategy - an overall plan or goal for your link exchange campaign. Knowing in advance how you are going to perform and solicit link exchanges is important.
Setting Proper Link Strategy Goals For Your Links Pages

link swapping - a mutual agreement between webmasters for their sites to link with each other.

link text - This is the information between the anchor tags that users click to get to your site. This is commonly referred to as your Link Title or Site Name.
see also: anchor text

M

meta tag - is a meta element used to provide information about a web page. These elements must be placed as tags in the head section of an HTML or XHTML document and are used to further describe the specific page.
"Silver Bullet Points" To Enhance Your LinksManager Experience

N

natural linking - building a link campaign over a period of time where the linking occurs at a natural rate. Search engines look at the rate which you obtain links and unnatural increases in your site linking will be noticed by the search engines.
see also: organic linking
Google And LinksManager Agree, Linking Should Be Done Naturally

natural search results - these are the results that are produced when searching any search engine that are not "sponsored" or paid for.

nofollow attribute - nofollow is a non-standard HTML attribute value used to instruct search engines that a hyperlink should not influence the link target's ranking in the search engine's index. This is used by many blogging programs to avoid spamming the search engines.
Does LinksManager let me know if one of my link partners is employing "nofollow" in any way?

O

oblique linking - linking with other sites in your industry's vertical markets. They may not be directly relevant to your business or visitor but would be vertically relevant.
The Fine Art Of Oblique Linking

one way links - A 1 way link is where Site A links to Site B without the other site linking back. These links are typically just for the benefit of your visitor.
see also: 1 way links
The Truth About One Way Links

optimization - improving your site for the benefit of your visitors and the search engines.
see also: SEO search engine optimization
"Silver Bullet Points" To Enhance Your LinksManager Experience

organic linking - building a link campaign over a period of time where the linking occurs at a natural or organic rate. Search engines look at the rate which you obtain links and unnatural increases in your site linking will be noticed by the search engines.
see also: natural linking
Google And LinksManager Agree, Linking Should Be Done Naturally

outbound links - Any link on your web site that points to a different website.

P

PageRank - A method developed and patented by Stanford University and Larry Page (cofounder of Google) to rank search engine results. PageRank gives a unique ranking to every page on the internet. The ranking number is based on the number and quality of inbound links pointing at a page.
see also: PR, link popularity
Google Page Rank and Linking - An Alternative View

paid links - Any link that you pay another webmaster to post on their site. These links are discredited by the search engines and can result in your site being blacklisted.
see also: bad links, black hat
Hard Times For Paid Link Hucksters

PPC pay per click - search engine marketing where the search engine charges your web site on a per click basis for advertising. Often, an auction is held to see who is willing to pay the most for users and win the advertisement until someone is willing to pay more.
LinkPartners Forum: Let's discuss PPC (pay per click)

PR - The abbreviation for Google's PageRank. This is typically followed by a number from 0-10. I.e. The official white house web site has a PR10 which is the highest possible.
see also: PageRank, link popularity
Is Google Really Planning To Put PageRank Out To Pasture?

R

reciprocal link - a link on another person's site that is pointing back to your site in exchange for you linking to their site.
see also: 2 way link, two way link
Why Reciprocal Linking Works

reciprocal link ratio - the ratio of reciprocating links to the total number of your active links. This ratio varies greatly based on industry and relevancy of the links. Anywhere from 30%-70% is a good ratio depending on your link strategy.
Interpreting Your Reciprocal Link Ratio

relative links - A relative link has an anchor tag where the href= or src= a partial url.
I.e. This is the opposite of an absolute link.

relevant links - A link to another site that has compliments your site's theme, focus, genre or visitors. Relevant linking is practiced by white hat webmasters and will positively affect your site's search engine rankings. Even Google states clearly in their guidelines - "have relevant sites link to yours."
Insider Information On Search Engines And Reciprocal Linking

ResponseRank - Our system for monitoring the time between when a link exchange request is sent to you, and when you respond either by reciprocating the link, or politely declining the link request. The faster the response the higher the ResponseRank number will be. Only LinksManager users can initiate the requests and have the request tracked with the ResponseRank qualifications. Click here to learn more
Introducing the latest innovation in relevant link exchange...ResponseRank

robots.txt - A file on a web site in the root directory that is used to control which spiders have access to which pages within a website. When a spider or robot connects to a website, it checks for the presence of a robots.txt file. Only spiders that adhere to the Robots Exclusion Standard will obey a robots.txt command file.
more information on how our link checker obeys robots.txt here

S

SEM search engine marketing - a form of Internet Marketing that seeks to promote websites by increasing their visibility in the Search Engine Result Pages (SERPs).
see also: SEO search engine optimization, SERP search engine results page

SEO search engine optimization - is the process of improving the volume and quality of traffic to a web site from search engines via "natural" search results.
see also: SEO search engine marketing, SERP search engine results page

SERP search engine results page - pages returned by a search engine in response to a search term. The results normally include a list of web sites with titles, a link to the page, and a short description showing where the keywords have matched content within the page.
see also: SEO search engine optimization, SEM search engine marketing

search term - The keyword terms used in a search engine to find sites relevant to that term.

sitemap - a graphical representation of the architecture of a web site. Either a document in any form used as a planning tool for web design, or a web page that lists all the other pages on a web site. This helps visitors and search engine bots find pages on the site.
see also: Google SiteMaps

spidering - the process in which a program or automated script browses the Internet in a methodical, automated manner.

SSI server side includes - used to insert the code from one web page inside the main web page. This is done on the server side before the page is shown to the visitor.
see also: iframe, include

subdomain - a domain that is part of a larger domain. In the URL http://blog.linksmanager.com the 'blog' part is the subdomain of the domain linksmanager.com. 'www' is the most common subdomain on the Internet.

T

text link - A hyperlink that is comprised of text, in comparison to an image link. Clicking the text will take you to the specified link's target.

three way links - A 3 way link is where Site A links to Site B, Site B links to Site C, and Site C links to Site A. 3 way linking can be done successfully; however, it is frequently abused by black hat webmasters.
see also: 3 way link, triangular linking
Three Way Links: Traffic Builder Or Search-Engine Suicide

three click rule - The principle that it should take no more than 3 clicks to access any feature or page of your web site.

toolbar - Toolbars for browsers are best known for adding functionality and ease-of-use options to the end user. The browser still handles basic navigation, and toolbars often add additional functionality to browsers depending on the toolbar programming.
Request Link Exchanges Directly to your LinksManager Account from your Internet Explorer browser window!

Top Links List - lists of the most popular links on your links pages. Link popularity is based on how frequently a link is clicked on by users visiting your links pages.
see also: click tracking
What are Top Links Lists? more information on click tracking

triangular linking - A three way link is where Site A links to Site B, Site B links to Site C, and Site C links to Site A. 3 way linking can be done successfully; however, it is frequently abused by black hat webmasters.
see also: 3 way link, three way links
Triangular Linking: Traffic Builder Or Search-Engine Suicide

two way links - A two way link is where Site A links to Site B and in return Site B links back to Site A. This is also known as reciprocal linking which is what the internet is built on.
see also: 2 way links, reciprocal links
How LinksManager helps you manage two way links

U

URL uniform resource locator - Your web site's address. URL's not only contain http:// for displaying websites but also include ftp, mailto and other web communication methods.

W

W3C World Wide Web Consortium - The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) is the main international standards organization for the World Wide Web and develops interoperable technologies (specifications, guidelines, software, and tools) to lead the Web to its full potential.
Why W3C Compliance is Important

web 2.0 - refers to a perceived second generation of web-based communities and hosted services to facilitate creativity, collaboration and sharing between users in a more simplified and organized format.

white hat - The term that describes companies, individuals or programs that engage linking in ethical ways or using ethical practices.

X

XML - Extensible Markup Language (XML) is a general-purpose markup language that allows its users to define their own tags. Its primary purpose is to facilitate the sharing of structured data across different information systems, particularly via the Internet.

Xlinks - The XML Linking Language is an XML markup language used for creating hyperlinks in XML documents. XLink is a W3C specification that outlines methods of describing links between resources in XML documents.
An Introduction to XLinks

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Chirag C Doshi
chirag.rikhav@gmail.com

A To Z Blogging Guide for Beginners

2009-02-26T05:58:00.001-08:00

Ask and thou shalt receive. In what I come to learn, the blogosphere has its fair share wonderful people who are always ready to offer their help and point you in the right direction if you need one. All you need to do is “Ask”

Backup your blog. Losing your data is one thing, being unprepared is another. I really can’t stress enough how important it is to back up your data and take precaution lest anything goes wrong. If you are not doing it yet, let WP Database Backup automate the whole process of daily backup for peace of mind.

Commenting is the way to go. No question about it, blog commenting is a great way to build relationship with other bloggers. It is the most effective of method of driving traffic to your site. If commenting isn’t your kind of thing, grab a copy of Ryan ‘the kid’ Mclean’s Make Money Commenting or Danny Copper’s Commenting Blueprint before you are out of the game.

Don’t fake it. Unless you are damned sure of what you are talking about, it’s smarter to write something you are knowledgeable about or at the very least have put into practice before. It’s never difficult to tell when a blogger is faking it. The blogosphere is too small for you to lose your credibility this way.

Entertain your readers. Facts and details are deemed to be boring, you need to pay attention that not only your article should be informative, it must also be entertaining. Jay from SuiteJ did it really well here with his video review. Tell me what you think about it (…mind ya it’s addictive).

Focus on your chosen niche. One of the key factors to blogging success is the ability to define your focus and stay on topic 90% of the time. It’s nothing wrong to write off-topic articles once in a while but unless you are John Chow, no one is interested to know where you had your lunch.

Google tools. Having the right tools such as Feedburners, Webmaster Tools, Analytics makes a whole lot of difference to your site. With all the information at your disposal, it’s easier to stay on top of the game.

Help fellow blogger in need. Your sincerity and willingness to help, no matter how trivial the issue is, will come in handy when you need help from one of them in the future.

Interaction with your readers, in whatever form, is an important part of maintaining a healthy community around your blog. In such an impersonal world of blogging, responding to your readers’ comments adds a little more personal touch to it. Use your blog to start a conversation.

Joining social sites helps to extend your blog exposure to a wider audience. However, it’s best to choose which social sites you’ll join before it turns into “social networking overload”. Personally, I find BlogCatalog, Twitter and StumbleUpon have all worked pretty well for me thus far.

Know your competitors and yourself, you will win every battle – Sun Zhu (the Art of War). Well, I’m not referring to a ’seek and destroy’ strategy here but rather spying on your competition to understand their strategies and learn what makes them more successful than you.

Link building is the art of building credibility in the eyes of search engines, thus placing your site higher in their search results.

For the uninformed, it’s the process of building inbound links pointing to your own site which can be achieved in general through reciprocal link exchanges, article marketing or commenting on dofollow sites. Either way, it helps in creating awareness, visibility and credibility of your site.

Marketing is the pillar to your online success. The best contents in the world won’t do you any good if you fail to market it to your target audience. As the blogosphere is getting more crowded, it’s much harder to stand out so having the right marketing mix ensure that you can stay longer in the game.

Networking is an integral part of your marketing strategy and building relationship with fellow bloggers should never be the last thing in your agenda. Whether you are looking to improve your blogging skills or increase your readership level, networking is the way to go. Don’t be alone in the blogosphere.

Optimize your site for search engines. The key to SEO success is persuading search engines that your site is relevant in any search query. For a start, let’s take a look at 15 SEO Tips for Beginners that will push your site higher in search results.

Passion is the single most important ingredient that keeps your motivation alive. If you don’t have a passion in what you do, there will come a point in time when blogging becomes a drag and is no longer a fun thing to do anymore. In the absence of it, usually the slightest setback opens the best exit door.

Quality Article. Write from your heart, proofread and speak to your audience through your writing. These are the obvious points yet pretty much overlooked by the majority of beginners. Just remember that it all comes down to quality vs quantity.

Read more. The more you read, the more ideas you will get. I simply can’t think of a better way to learn from success of others than subscribing and reading other people blogs. It’s simply a great way to improve your knowledge and give you a different perspective of what you have already known.

Speed up your blog. Apart from choosing the right hosting provider, it is also important to ensure that your site is able to handle sudden spike in traffic and WP Super Cache does it pretty well.

Here’s 5 possible ways to speed up your blog.

Tracking your stats is an essential part of managing your online presence. Knowing how many visitors you have, where they come from, on what search terms they arrive, which pages are more popular and using all these information is the best way to optimize your site for better results.

Understand your audience. They are the very reason why you blog in the first place. Listen to their feedback and provide the kind of stuff they want to read and not what you want to write. Don’ t be shy to ask your readers what they want more of.

Vote for others’ articles. I often refer to it as “link karma”. You see what goes around comes around eventually. When you link out to others, not only you are providing additional resources to your readers, you are exposing yourself to them in the hope that they will visit your site and link back to you. Let’s see who is reciprocating my love here…

Walk the talk. Practice what you preach. Don’t try to be someone you are not. Your honesty is probably the biggest asset you can leverage to gain more loyal subscribers. Again it’s more realistic to choose the subject you are passionate about.

Exchange link. If you just enter into the blogosphere, you are better off exchanging links with fellow bloggers within your niche as part of your initial link building exercise. The key here is to be proactive.

Yan can blog and so can you. Don’t let the fear of uncertainty leads you to inaction. If you are still contemplating to start your own blog, all the reading and learning will not do you any good if you don’t take the first step to just do it. When in doubt, let me hold your hands and help you in your journey. See #1.

Zoom to the top commentator list. It’s no longer a secret that the easiest way to get one-way quality backlink is to comment on other blogs that rewards its most active commenters with a piece of a valueable real estate on their sidebar. If you ain’t sure where to find one, here’s the best places to get quality backlink.

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Chirag C Doshi
chirag.rikhav@gmail.com

10 Sources of Traffic Generation For Blog

2009-02-26T05:08:00.000-08:00

This month I’m asking What is the Biggest Source of Traffic to Your Blog in our sidebar poll.

I’m finding the results so far interesting. It’s still early to draw too many conclusions although Google is a clear winner so far with 49% of the vote (in comparison to all other search engines with just 1%).

A number of readers have asked me to answer the question for myself - so I thought I’d do for both ProBlogger and Digital Photography School here in a post. Following is the breakdown according to Google Analytics of the Top 10 Traffic Sources - including the percentages of total traffic.

You can see a few obvious similarities between the two with Google an obvious winner again (although the mix is different in terms of percentages).

Top Traffic Sources to ProBlogger:

1. google / organic - 42.89%
2. (direct) / (none) - 17.59%
3. google.com / referral - 5.10%
4. stumbleupon.com / referral - 2.54%
5. yahoo / organic - 2.05%
6. twitter.com / referral - 1.87%
7. lifehacker.com / referral - 1.74%
8. del.icio.us / referral - 1.65%
9. bloglines.com / referral - 0.81%
10. technorati.com / referral - 0.79%

Top Traffic Sources to DPS:

1. google / organic - 30.54%
2. (direct) / (none) - 23.31%
3. stumbleupon.com / referral - 9.15%
4. google.com / referral - 6.22%
5. yahoo / organic - 2.20%
6. images.google.com / referral - 1.15%
7. mail.google.com / referral - 0.99%
8. lifehacker.com / referral - 0.97%
9. mibrujula.com / referral - 0.71%
10. flickr.com / referral - 0.62%

Traffic Source Ratios For Blog Success

2009-02-26T04:18:00.000-08:00

So I was thinking, is there a magic ratio for success based on where your visitors come from? I don’t know the answer to this question so bear with me as we talk through this together.

If you take a look at your site statistics, the visitors to your site come from three basic categories:

* Bookmarks/Direct (type address into the URL box)
* Search Engines (keyword and key phrase searches)
* Referrals (links from other sites)

My guess is, depending on what the goals of your site are, the optimal ratios would be different.

Business site - the goal of your company web site or blog is to build a trust and relationship between yourself and a potential (or return) client. The product or service you provide is targeted at a specific audience and while, search engine traffic is is good for brand awareness and just finding you, it will rarely seal the deal.

1. Referrals - 60%
2. Bookmarks/Direct - 30%
3. Search Engine - 10%

Monetized resource/consumer product site - Whether your site is monetized through direct advertising, affiliate links, Adsense, or you are trying to sell a consumer product, search engine traffic becomes much more important.

1. Search Engine - 50%
2. Referrals - 30%
3. Bookmarks/Direct - 20%

If you have a good idea as to what your end goal for your web site is, it does make it easier to allocate your time and resources into going after the type of traffic you wish to attract.

My question to you - am I just stating the obvious or do you think there is a formula for success? Or am I grasping at straws? I would love to get your insight, opinions, and if anyone can find links to other discussions on this topic, please share!

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Chirag C Doshi
chirag.rikhav@gmail.com

Search Engine Optimization (SEO)

2009-02-24T21:42:00.000-08:00

SEO is an acronym for "search engine optimization" or "search engine optimizer." Deciding to hire an SEO is a big decision that can potentially improve your site and save time, but you can also risk damage to your site and reputation. Make sure to research the potential advantages as well as the damage that an irresponsible SEO can do to your site. Many SEOs and other agencies and consultants provide useful services for website owners, including:

* Review of your site content or structure
* Technical advice on website development: for example, hosting, redirects, error pages, use of JavaScript
* Content development
* Management of online business development campaigns
* Keyword research
* SEO training
* Expertise in specific markets and geographies.

Keep in mind that the Google search results page often includes paid advertising and free organic search results. Keep in mind that the Google search results page includes organic search results and often paid advertisement (denoted by the heading "Sponsored Links") as well. Advertising with Google won't have any effect on your site's presence in our search results. Google never accepts money to include or rank sites in our search results, and it costs nothing to appear in our organic search results. Free resources such as Webmaster Tools, the official Webmaster Central blog, and our discussion group can provide you with a great deal of information about how to optimize your site for organic search. Many of these free sources, as well as information on paid search, can be found on Google Webmaster Central.

Before beginning your search for an SEO, it's a great idea to become an educated consumer and get familiar with how search engines work. We recommend starting here:

* Google Webmaster Guidelines
* Google 101: How Google crawls, indexes and serves the web.

If you're thinking about hiring an SEO, the earlier the better. A great time to hire is when you're considering a site redesign, or planning to launch a new site. That way, you and your SEO can ensure that your site is designed to be search engine-friendly from the bottom up. However, a good SEO can also help improve an existing site.

Some useful questions to ask an SEO include:

* Can you show me examples of your previous work and share some success stories?
* Do you follow the Google Webmaster Guidelines?
* Do you offer any online marketing services or advice to complement your organic search business?
* What kind of results do you expect to see, and in what timeframe? How do you measure your success?
* What's your experience in my industry?
* What's your experience in my country/city?
* What's your experience developing international sites?
* What are your most important SEO techniques?
* How long have you been in business?
* How can I expect to communicate with you? Will you share with me all the changes you make to my site, and provide detailed information about your recommendations and the reasoning behind them?

While SEOs can provide clients with valuable services, some unethical SEOs have given the industry a black eye through their overly aggressive marketing efforts and their attempts to manipulate search engine results in unfair ways. Practices that violate our guidelines may result in a negative adjustment of your site's presence in Google, or even the removal of your site from our index. Here are some things to consider:

* Be wary of SEO firms and web consultants or agencies that send you email out of the blue.

Amazingly, we get these spam emails too:

"Dear google.com,
I visited your website and noticed that you are not listed in most of the major search engines and directories..."

Reserve the same skepticism for unsolicited email about search engines as you do for "burn fat at night" diet pills or requests to help transfer funds from deposed dictators.
* No one can guarantee a #1 ranking on Google.

Beware of SEOs that claim to guarantee rankings, allege a "special relationship" with Google, or advertise a "priority submit" to Google. There is no priority submit for Google. In fact, the only way to submit a site to Google directly is through our Add URL page or by submitting a Sitemap and you can do this yourself at no cost whatsoever.

* Be careful if a company is secretive or won't clearly explain what they intend to do.

Ask for explanations if something is unclear. If an SEO creates deceptive or misleading content on your behalf, such as doorway pages or "throwaway" domains, your site could be removed entirely from Google's index. Ultimately, you are responsible for the actions of any companies you hire, so it's best to be sure you know exactly how they intend to "help" you.

* You should never have to link to an SEO.

Avoid SEOs that talk about the power of "free-for-all" links, link popularity schemes, or submitting your site to thousands of search engines. These are typically useless exercises that don't affect your ranking in the results of the major search engines -- at least, not in a way you would likely consider to be positive.

* Choose wisely.

While you consider whether to go with an SEO, you may want to do some research on the industry. Google is one way to do that, of course. You might also seek out a few of the cautionary tales that have appeared in the press, including this article on one particularly aggressive SEO. While Google doesn't comment on specific companies, we've encountered firms calling themselves SEOs who follow practices that are clearly beyond the pale of accepted business behavior. Be careful.

* Be sure to understand where the money goes.

While Google never sells better ranking in our search results, several other search engines combine pay-per-click or pay-for-inclusion results with their regular web search results. Some SEOs will promise to rank you highly in search engines, but place you in the advertising section rather than in the search results. A few SEOs will even change their bid prices in real time to create the illusion that they "control" other search engines and can place themselves in the slot of their choice. This scam doesn't work with Google because our advertising is clearly labeled and separated from our search results, but be sure to ask any SEO you're considering which fees go toward permanent inclusion and which apply toward temporary advertising.

* What are the most common abuses a website owner is likely to encounter?

One common scam is the creation of "shadow" domains that funnel users to a site by using deceptive redirects. These shadow domains often will be owned by the SEO who claims to be working on a client's behalf. However, if the relationship sours, the SEO may point the domain to a different site, or even to a competitor's domain. If that happens, the client has paid to develop a competing site owned entirely by the SEO.

Another illicit practice is to place "doorway" pages loaded with keywords on the client's site somewhere. The SEO promises this will make the page more relevant for more queries. This is inherently false since individual pages are rarely relevant for a wide range of keywords. More insidious, however, is that these doorway pages often contain hidden links to the SEO's other clients as well. Such doorway pages drain away the link popularity of a site and route it to the SEO and its other clients, which may include sites with unsavory or illegal content.
* What are some other things to look out for?

There are a few warning signs that you may be dealing with a rogue SEO. It's far from a comprehensive list, so if you have any doubts, you should trust your instincts. By all means, feel free to walk away if the SEO:

o owns shadow domains
o puts links to their other clients on doorway pages
o offers to sell keywords in the address bar
o doesn't distinguish between actual search results and ads that appear on search results pages
o guarantees ranking, but only on obscure, long keyword phrases you would get anyway
o operates with multiple aliases or falsified WHOIS info
o gets traffic from "fake" search engines, spyware, or scumware
o has had domains removed from Google's index or is not itself listed in Google
o requests your FTP account information or root access to your server

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Chirag C Doshi
chirag.rikhav@gmail.com

How Many CMS In The Web World

2009-02-23T21:02:00.000-08:00

People ask Always - How Many CMS Do You Think There Are In The World? So Recently I Went To All The Major Directories To Copy And Paste Their Current Listings Into A Spread Sheet. I Found A Total of 2941 CMS Listings. Of Course There Was A Lot of Redundancy, So I Ran A Regex Filter Plus Manual Removals And Found 1785 Distinct Names.

I Am Sure There Is Still Redundancy, Since Some Directories List Product Names, Others Vendor Names. Many Of These Are No Doubt Withdrawn Or Acquired, But I Am Quite Sure Many More Are Simply Not Listed.

Anyway, We Now Have A Rough Number To Quote, Nearly 1800 Listed In The Major Directories. There Is Surprisingly Little Agreement On What Is A CMS. Of Yahoo's 170 Listings Under Content Management, More Than Half (89) Are Not Listed In Any Of The Other Dozen Or So Directories.

If Anyone Wants A Copy Of The Raw Data Spreadsheet, Email Me And I Will Send It To You. For Those Who Just Want To See The Names (To Help With Naming Your Own New Cms Offering!), I Paste In The Alpha List Below.

"web to date"
1000grad BACKSTAGE
123soft, WEH GmbH
13 Colonies Software
13amp
1G-content,
2flex
2MC (2 Manage Content)
3clickweb
3Gnius
4Steps2Web
540 Interactive
8T88s CMS
A2i, Inc.
a3 systems GmbH
AAP Raga
Abacus E-media
abaton[CMS]
ABC CM
AbsolPublisher
Absolut Engine
Academic Portal
Access Town Hall
AccessDB.net
Acclipse Web
Accumedia
ACE-Solutions
ACM
Active Data Exchange
Active Publisher
ActiveCells by Site Signal
ActivEdit
ActiveWeb CMS
activeWeb contentserver
actSite CMS
Acuity CMS
Ad. Wright
Adaptive Website Framework (AWF)
add.min
Addendat
Additor
Adenin Technologies
Adepteo
admin.tool
Adobe GoLive (2)
ADXSTUDIO - ASP.NET CMS
Aegir CMS
aeNovo
Affino
Agent Interactive Ltd.
AGPCMS
AIOCP - All In One Control Panel
AISware
Aiyoota!-CMS
Akmin Technologies
Aktar
Aktualisierer Internet GmbH
Alentus ASP.NET
AlexScriptEngine
AlphaZeta, Inc.
Alpine Internet Solutions
Altimate OpenEDMS
AME Web-tools CMS
Amplify
AngelineCMS
ANNIE internet
Ansa Solutions
Ant-Edit
AO International
Apache Lenya
Apache Slide
APC ActionApps
Appian Corporation
Applify
applix.net
Appolis Inc.
AppWrap
Apsiva
Aptrix
Aptus Solutions Ltd.
APUS
Aquanuke
Aquifer
Arbortext
arcadiaOne, Inc.
Arcoma
Arconics
Arena4
Ariadne
AriaMedia
Arp.Site Free
Artery Solutions
Article Manager
ArticleLive
Artiloo
ARTISANbench
artplan21
Ascribe
AskMe Corporation
ASP Content Management
ASPapp
ASPBite.com
Aspen Leaf Software, Inc.
ASPNuke
Aspnuke
ASP-Nuke
Asseem
AssetNow
Astalavista IT Engineering
Astoria Software
AT Contenator
Atex Prestige Web
Atex: Content Management for Web and Print
Atlas Works LLC
Atomic Penguin News
Atomz
Atozed Software Ltd.
Author CMS
AuthorIT
AuthorSmith
Autom-8 pty
Automne
Autopublish
Autothemes.com.
AutoWebBuilder
autowebcms
AvantShop
avenit AG
avisma
AVSMaker Pro
AWF
aWIZ Paysite Manager
AxCMS.net
Axelon
Axentic
Axinom
Axis - IDS
Axon
AXON-E
Axoni
Axtream
Axyl
AZcontent
b content
b2
b2evolution
Babelcon
Back-End
BackStream
BarClaey
Baseline CMS
Basisschoolweb.nl
BCWB
Be independent
Beehive
Beepublish
BeYourOwn.net
Biass.web
Bie SiteManager
Big Blog Tool
Big Medium
Bitflux
Bitrix
Bitrix Site Manager
Bitskits
Bitweaver
B-kin Content Manager
blackJester
B-Lex
Blocks4You
Blog Organizer
BLOG:CMS
BlogFace (for Zope)
Blogger
BlogWorks
Blosxom
B-Media
BoastMachine
BolinOS
BolinOS
BookCMS
Boomtchak
BouncingFish
Bowstreet
BOX6 Networking
Boxcar eContent Factory
Bravosito
Brevier
Brick technology
Bricolage
Bridgemedia Communications Group
BrightPlanet
Broadband Publisher
BroadVision
BrowserCMS
BRYX
BuildItOnline
BuildPAL
Buxus
BxCMS
BymySite
ByteManagers
C:1 Financial Services GmbH
C1
CacheWare
CadinalWare
Callisto
Camaleonte
Cambrient
Campsite
Canvas Dreams
Caravel
C-Arbre
Cardonet, Inc.
Caret Web Content Management
Carsten Euwens
Cascade
CASM
CASO Electronic Document Management
CastManage
Catalog Maker
CathDesign CMS
cBase
CCI Updater PRO
CCMS
CDI Solutions
CentricMinds
Cfdev.com
ChakraWeb
Changer
chaseMe CMS
Chico Digital
Chrystal Software
Chuckwalla
Ciamos
Ciamos Base
Cimple
Cinexis Solutions
Citecast Web
CitiWiki
City Business Logic
CityDesk
Civic Computing
ClanWeb
Clarinet Systems Ltd
Clarity Content Manager
Claromentis
C-Latitude Ltd.
Clay Tablet
ClearStory Systems
Clever Copy
ClicBiz SiteManager
Click and Build 4 You
Click Online
Clickability
ClickFrog
CLiki
cm3
cm4u.net
CM-Assist
CMS
Cms di Dave Addey
CMS Encore Pro
CMS Enterprise platform
CMS Genie
CMS Info
CMS InterRed
CMS Ionas
CMS Made Simple
CMS Master
CMS Matrix
CMS Power
CMS.link
CMS42
CMSconnect
CMScontrol
CMSexpert
CMSformE
CMSimple
CMSimple
cmsInfo
CMS-Master
CMS-Québec
CNCat
CNet
Coastdigital Limited
CocoBlog
Cocoon
Coe-Truman Technologies Inc.
Coextant Systems International AG *
Cofax
Cogran Systems
Cohera
Coherence
Collaborate Technologies
Collage
College Publisher
Collexis
Colony
ColorStudy
Columbus Community System
Commas, Neusta GmbH
COMMbits DOME
CommerceFS
CommerSel Studios
CommonSpot
CommPro
Communiqué
Community Enterprise
Community Scripts
Community4you
CommunityWeaver
Company Studio
Complete Site Manager
CompleteContent
Componence
Composite CMS
Composite Netsystems
Compoz'it
Computer Associates
COMS
ConCoach
Concrete Content Management System
Conductor
CONET AG
Conflator
ConnectSite
connedata GmbH
ConPresso
ConQuest
conrad://
Constructioner
Contabra
Container
Contegra Systems
Contelligent
Contenido
ContenidoContentor
contenite
Contens
Contensis
Contensive Content Management
Content Control X
Content Injector
Content Manager
Content Technology Solutions
ContentBox
Contentdokter
ContentEd
Contentix
ContentKit
ContentM
ContentMadeSimple.com
ContentMaxx
Content-ON
Contentor
Contentpapst
ContentS
ContentServ EMMS-Suite
ContentServ GmbH *
ContentTrakker
ContentX
ContentXML
contentXXL
Context Media Inc.
Cont'N'Shop
Contract Management Software
ContRay
Contrexx®
CONTROLSITE
Conversant
Conviveon SiteConnect
Conviveon SiteConnect Server
conX
CoolWebsiteBuilder
Cooperativa Anastasi
Coranto
Coravue
CoreMedia
Corinis
Cornerstone Technologies
CoronaWare
Corporate Site Factory
Corporate-Publisher
Cougar
Cougar Content Management
CPG-Nuke
CPS
cre8MAXX
Creativyst
CreatorPro
Cross Worlds
Crossbow Media
CrownPeak
CU E-Business Server
Cubika
Cubika Internet Technology
Curo
CurrentStock
Customizer
CustomPublish
Cuyahoga
CVA
cy:con
Cyberglue
Cyberteams
Cytura
D++CMS
d4cms
Daisy
Dalysco
Darren Brown's Desktop Solutions
DASAT
DASystem
Databake
Datalink
Daxko
Day Communiqué
Day Software
Day Software GmbH *
Day Two B.V.
Day Two Web-CMS
DayPoint
dbCanvas
DBPrism
DCP System
DCP-Portal
Decos Document - web edition
Der Contentmanager
Der Dirigent
Deskmaster
DEV web management system
DEV WMS
Devcreator
Devel CMS
DE-Web
DHTML Remote File Explorer
Diamond Wiki
DIAS (Digital Informations and Archiving System)
Die Informationsgesellschaft mbH
Dieselpoint Search
Digi
Digimaker
DigiPortal
Digital Creations, L.C.
Digital Junction Australia
Digital Jungle
Digital Scribe
Digital Workroom
DigitalPoint
Digital-Word Ltd
Direct News
Discovery Server
Dispatch
Dittmann Marketing
Dixit
Diy Web Kit
DNNPortaal
Documentum
Doklet
dotCMS
DotNetNuke
dotWidget CMS
dotWidget for Content
Dozing Dogs ASP.NET CMS
Dream Team Technologies
DreamAccount
DROW WCMS
Drupal
DTemplate
Duplo | CMS
DutchBrite
DXM Multilingual
DXTribute
DynaContent
Dynamic Digital Media
DynamicWeb
dynamix content
DynaPortal
Dynasite
Dynasquare
e|context
e107
e107
e107
E107
e2website
Easisites
easo CMS
Easy Publisher
EasyCMS
EasyConsole
EASY-OBJECTS
EasyPress
EasyPublish CMS
EasyPublisher
EasySite
EasyWebsiteService
eazyCMS
Ebiss
eBSolut
eBT
EC
ECC
ECMSuite
Ecom Enterprises
ecomas
E-Commerce SIBOX CMS
eContent
Ecop
Ecordia
Ecosystems
Ecstra
Edeptive
eDirectHost
Edit My Site Online
ed-it von IDEC
Edit.com
Edit4all
editHere.com
Editize
EditLive!
EditMe.com
E-dito
Edit-X
eDocLive
eDreamers
Edsyndicate
EduLink
eduplone
Efactive
eGo
EGO7
EgoCMS
EGOTEC
eGrail
eGrasp
Einsof
Ekkon Technologies
Ektron
eLauncher
element25
elemental Site Maker
ElementalCMS
ElevenProspect
Elite CMS
Ellion
EM3
Emagine
Emerald Media
eMeta
Emojo
empolis
Empowerosity
Enable
eNdonesia Portal
eNetwizard
Enfinity Suite 6
ENID
Enonic
Ensight
Enterprise Wizards CMS
ENTERPRISE-OBJECTS
enVivo!soft
eNvolution
eo Networks
Ephox
EpikNuke
ePilot
EPiServer
Epistar Content Manager
EPIware
EPIX
Eplica
Eprise
e-publish
E-publish
eQuercus
Escenic Content Engine
e-Spirit Company GmbH *
Esselbach Storyteller
Essemble
Estrada
Esy
Etellus
e-tempest, Ltd
Etomite
eTouch
e-Trolley
Etronica, Inc.
Everything Development Company
evoArticles
Evocative Commerce
EW-ICT
eWOCK
Exclamation Content Management Inc.
eXo Platform
Exolog
E-Xoops
Explid
Exponent
expressCMS
ExpressionEngine
eyeKIT
eZ Publish
eZ Systems
EZAdmin
eZContents
Ezi Web
Faq-O-Matic
FarCry Open Source CMS
Far-PHP
Fastcm
fastpublish
FatWire Content Server
FatWire UpdateEngine 6
FeedStream
FEROX Content Management Systeem
Ferret CMS
FileCMS
FileNET
Finalsite
fipsASP
first-CMS
FIRSTspirit
Flatout CMS
Flexcmp
FlexCMS
Flexphpsite
Flexx3
Flip
FLUiD CMS
fly CMS
Fly Page Updater
flying dog software
Flyspeck
Fog Creek Software
Formatt
formelCM
Fort Hill Systems
Fortibus
FortyTwo
FoundationWare
Frameworkers
FrameWorks
Free Content Management
Free-Conversant
Freestyler
FreeWPS
Friendly Content Management Plattform
FrontPage Web Hosting Network
FrontStream
FTB ConMan
FUJITSU Enabling Software Technology
FullXML
Fur Content Management System
Future Tense Solutions
Gapi
Gauss
GAX
Gazatem Technologies
gee! Web Tools
Gee! Web Tools
Geeklog
Genie builder
GENU
GeoDocs
GF-admin
G-forces
GiiCorp CMS
Glimworm
Global Moxie
Global Web Software, Inc.
GlobalSCAPE, Inc.
GoControl
GooCMS
Google PageRank
Goss Interactive
Go-Topic
gPACKAGE
Gportal
GraphicMail
Gravity Max
Grey Zone
Greymatter by Noah Grey
GroupIT Engine
GT WebPublisher
Gunther
GuppY
GX WebManager
GYO
Hablador
Hannon Hill
HardCore
Harmonise
Harpia
hazeCMS
HBG e-Business Solutions
Heartsome
HelpWorks Professional
Hemingway
Hilfeseiten zu Drow WCMS
Hippo CMS
Hippo Webworks
Holometabolous
Home
HomepageTreiber
Honeycomb Archive
Hot Banana
HotDoc
HTML Page Guard v2.6
HTMLeditbox
Hummingbird
HuurEenSite
hyperNOC, Inc.
Hyperwave AG
I S Productions
I Should Koko
i.Doc
i2ools
IBAS
iBlobs
iBlurbs
IBM
Ibuildings -Ebusiness platform
IceWEB CMS
iCMS
ICMv2
icogs
icoya
icoya OpenContent
ID Communications Limited
Idaho Dynamic Web Creation
idbase CMS 3.5
Idetix
Idetix Web Content Application Management
iDev Software Development Studio
IDG News Updater
Idios
IEdit
If-CMS
iLevel Software
ImageSquirrel
I-maj
I-Make
imCMS
Imixs Software Solutions GmbH *
immediaC
Immediacy
Imperia
IMS SiteManager
imsNUKE
InContext Systems
Incordia Web Services
Index Data
Indexu
Industrial Medium
Infinitum
InFlow
Infochallenge
Infodata Systems Inc.
InfoDynamics: Intact
InfoGlue
Infonautics
InfoNow (Nasdaq:INOW)
Infopark
Information Architects
InfoSite
InfoSquare Corporation
Infraweb
Ingeniux
InleadMedia
Inmagic
INNN
Innodata Isogen
innolino CMS
Innovate Solutions
Innovation Gate
Innovative
Innovedo, Inc.
InsightBuilder
insign Content Management System
InSite Software Solutions
Instant
Instinctools
InStranet
Integrace
Integro
Intellisite Content Management System
Interact Network
Interactivetools.com
Intergage
Interlucent CMS
intermediate
InternetMR
InterRed GmbH
Intershare
Intershop
Intersim sitevision
Interspire
Interwoven
IntisSoft
Intra.Net
IntraNet Solutions
inxire
Iosphere Web Manager
iPlicity
iPortal X
Iprosite
IPROX
iRacer
I-Rater
iRedakt
i-retail SMS
IRIS software
Irokez CM
IronPoint Content Management
ISCAPE Internet Consulting
Isens Evolution
ISIPortal
iStream CMS
ISy.Net
ITmaxx
Ittrium
iUpload
iWare
i-Web Suite
Ixiasoft
J3S GbR
Jadu
Jadworks
Jahia
Jalios
Jamecs
Jamkit
Jaws
JBK Content Management System
JBKnowledge Content Management
JCMS
Jcorporate
Jetbox
JK Internet
jNetPublish
Job Board Software
Josephine
Journal Maker
JPETo
JPublish
JSPWiki
Jump-CMS
JUSTcms
JWEB
K&K Internet
K3CMS PRO
Kalibrate WCMS
Kamelehost
Kanri
Kapow Technologies
Karora Technologies
Kawin Newscast
KCScripts.com
kdh
Kentico
Keydocs
KEY-TEC
Kiesler.at
Kindergarten
Kinecta
Kinetik
Kitsite
KMT
Knallgrau
KnowledgeBase
Knowledgeview
Komodo
Komplete
Kontentor
Krang
Krysalis
K-services.net
Kumera
Kuro5hin
kVentures, Inc.
Kwiki
Lame Node System
LAN-Admin
Land Down Under
Lantern 3
Laurin
LayoutLooks
LEB
lemoon®
Lenya
Level9 Medienproduktion GmbH
Lexi
Libertas
Librios
Life CMS
Lighthouse
Lightspeed Astoria
LinearCMS
Liquid Site
LiquidBit Solutions
Liquify
Lithium
Little Devil Media
Littoralis
LiveJournal
Livelink
Livenet3.web
Livepro
liveSTORYBOARD
Livingxchange GmbH
Lodel
Logicom Content Management
LogiCreate Web Application Server and Content Management
lucidCMS
Lumeon Software Corporation iCMS
Lutece
Lynkx Contentmanager
M2 CMS
Macromedia Contribute
MadTek
Maestro CMS
Magellan
MagnitSite
Magnolia
Mahaiwe Web Engine
make it online
Makerweb
MakkelijkOnline
Mambo
MammonBase
Managee
Man-a-Site
Manavell Solution
Manifest
Manila
Mark Logic Corporation
MarketShare
Marotori
Marqui
Mars Site Templating System
MartSoft Corporation
Marwel
Mason
Matoma Internet Consulting GmbH
Matriarch
MaxWebPortal
MaZiSOFT Informatik AG
mCubes
MD-Pro
MediaClay
MediaMine
Mediassocies
Mediasurface
MediaWiki
Mega E-Services
Melmedia
MemberGate
Merant
Mercury CMS
Merge CMS
MeshCMS
Metacanvas
MetaDot
METAjour
metaQueue.NET CMS
MetaStar
Metateque
Metaverse
MetaWiki
Metrex Systems Consulting, Inc.
Metro
Microsoft
Midgard
mijnCMS
mikrogroove
MillScript
Mind Your Own Web Site
Mindbridge Software
MindCoders
mindflower GmbH
Mini CMS
miniPortail
Miraserver
mi-site
MKDoc
MKM
MMBase
mmprove
MNPnexus
Mobius
Modix
MoinMoin Wiki
Monaural Jerk
Mondeca
Moodia Internet Solutions
Moodle
Moreover
Moshen Media
Mountain Publisher
Movable Type
movatis GmbH i.L.
MozBlog
MServerSuite
Multilingual Internet
multineo neOS
Multi-Support Deutschland AG *
MWI
MXR
My Community International Inc
my Internet department
My Web Pro
MyCataFLOW
myCMS
myEDIT
MyGenesis
MyHeadlines
myPHPNuke
MySource
MyXOOPS
Naber, Daniel
Nadmin
nanoCMS
nBranch
NCompass
Near-Time Flow
Nectil Publishing Suite
Nemein Solutions
NeoGeo
NeoMedia Technologies, Inc
Net Snippets
Net Toolbox
Netautor Professional
Netcentric Content Management Providers
NetContent
NetConteX
Netdoc
Net-It Central
NetManager
NetObjects
NETON8
NetPotential CMS
NetPublisher
NetQuest NQcontent
Netsential Website Developers
Netsite
NetSoft24
Netsystems Consulting
netUpdater CMS
netVillage.com
Netway Solutions AG
Netwise Technology
Network Design GmbH
Network World RSS Feed
New Paragraph
NEWS
News Script
Newsfix
NewsPHP
Newswyre
Nexcerpt
nexNamic
neXT
Next Unit Web Content Management Solutions
NextEdit
NextGenCMS
Nexus CMS
Nimbus Solution
Nodevision
Nodez
NOEO OHG
nooBase.com
Norvax
Novadeck
Noxum GmbH
Noxum Publishing Studio
NPDS
NPS
NQcontent
NQL
nTreePoint
NTS
Nua
Nucleus
Nucontroller CMS
Nukes on JBoss
Nuke-Themes
Numotion
NuRelm NuContent
Nuxeo
OAS Corp. Products and Services
Objectify
Obliquid
Obtree
ocPortal
Octopussy
OCULA Limited
OfficeCMS
Olefa
Olive e-Business
OmegaCMS
OmniUpdate
One Hand Content
One2Publish
OneCMS
OnePlug
OneXt
onison (International) AG
Online Content Management
OnlineBizBuilder
onlineoff cms
Only-online
Open Book Systems
Open CMS
Open Publisher
Open Text
Open Text Corporation
OpenACS
OpenCMS
openContent 1.5
OpenEffect
openEngine
OPENi
OpenIMS
Open-medium CMS
OpenPages ContentWare
OpenPHPNuke
OpenPortal
OpenPortal CMF
OpenRat
OpenShare
Opentext
OpenWiki
Openworx
Opus
Oracle Portal
Orb Spinner Desktop CMS
Orbis Softwares
Orbital Ltd
Orisis Software, L.P.
Oudenniel Interactive
Ovidentia Community
OwenProCo
Owtanet
Oxcyon
Oxford Computer Consultants Ltd
P8 Web Content Manager
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Chirag C Doshi
chirag.rikhav@gmail.com

How To Start Your Own Blog

2009-02-17T21:18:00.000-08:00

1. Find a free blogging service, such as blogger.com

2. Register a catchy yet philosophically deep name for your new blog: "lifesucks"; "All Things Me"; "Lifehacker"; "Playing With Matches"; "The Internet Slacker", "I Stalk David Hasselhoff".

3. Consider one of the many pre-made website templates offered by the blogging service, or one created by you.

4. Turn your nose up in disgust at the thought of using a pre-made template for your blog.

5. Spend the next seventeen hours creating a functioning website from scratch. If using Microsoft FrontPage^TM, relocate all children and elders to a safe area out of your "profanity zone".

6. Complete your self-made blog template by clicking on the "Publish Website" command in Microsoft FrontPage^TM.

7. Watch in shock as the aforementioned seventeen hours of hard work gets permanently deleted off your hard drive by Microsoft FrontPage^TM.

8. Swear so loudly all dogs within a five block radius begin running in circles and howling.

9. Declare "Screw It" and choose from a pre-made template. Always choose one with lots of kittens and flashing animated gifs.

10. Make sure the template is ready for your first blog entry. You can do this by going to your new blog's URL address and seeing if the page loads properly. It will have no posts yet, of course, as you have not actually written your first blog entry.

11. Click on the "Create Post" selection. The window will reload with a box for you to type text in.

12. Put fingers to keyboard in preparation to type your first blog entry.

13. Realize in horror that you have absolutely no idea what you're going to write about.

14. And you've got a whole blog ahead of you.

15. Stand up and get an alcoholic beverage to calm you.

16. Pace back and forth while racking your brain for a great post.

17. Cast resentful looks at your computer monitor while drinking the alcoholic beverage.

18. Come up with a touching yet funny childhood memory you can write about, like when you and all the other fat kids in the neighborhood used to take down the ice cream man not unlike a pack of lions ravaging a wounded gazelle.

19. Or, make your first post about how much you love pets. Remark on the fact that you let your pet pit bull out of the house every night to get some freedom and exercise even though the sirens from the ambulances tearing through your neighborhood constantly interrupt your sleep.

20. Or, make a heartfelt confession about how guilty you feel that you could never be a vegetarian because you salivate every time a nature documentary appears on the television.

21. Sit back down at your computer desk with your great idea.

22. Complete your first post.

23. Experience a fleeting sense of satisfaction that you now have a blog with an actual entry, even though it details your sexual attraction to Yoda.

24. Immediately phone all your friends and family to tell them the URL. Remind your grandmother that 'stiffwoodysdiary' in your blog's address is spelled "all one word".

25. Reload your blog incessantly every two minutes to see if anyone has made a comment.

26. Become enraged when the very first comment made on your very first blog entry is "yuo are teh sUxx0r!" from Anonymous

27. Go outdoors to calm down and get some fresh air, since you've spent twenty-two hours now working on your blog.

28. Tell every person you encounter - jogger, police officer, frantic paramedic - your blog's URL.

29. Head back home when an idea for a blog entry comes to mind, such as the rudeness of paramedics who can't be bothered to talk about your blog because they are busy helping some whiner with pitbull bite wounds on his throat.

30. When back at your computer, immediately refresh your blog's page to see if any more comments were made while you were gone.

31. Grip the edge of your computer desk when the second comment reads

32. Click on the "make new post" button on your blog.

33. Realize with horror you've totally forgotten the good writing idea.

34. Stand up and get another drink.

35. Sit back down at your computer desk.

36. Write your second post: how people who make dumb comments on blogs should be strung up by their genitals with barbed wire.

37. Complete the second post.

38. Stand up and get a third drink to calm you down from the blogging experience.

39. Watch TV while thinking you shouldn't watch so much television since experiencing life would probably make for a blog that's actually interesting to read. By going out more, you'll be able to continue to spread the address of your blog to bemused strangers, too.

40. Accept phone call from your grandmother asking you to change 'stiffwoody' in your blog's name to something more polite.

41. Refuse and hang up phone.

42. On the way back to the television, refresh your blog's page again to see if there are any more comments.

43. Experience relief when third comment is a non-abusive one. Become incredibly depressed when you discover it is written by a fellow blogger asking if you ever fantasize about wearing lederhosen while flailing midgets with kielbasa sausage, and if you'd like to meet up with him for same.

44. Stand up and get a much larger, stronger drink.

45. Consider making your third post. Repeat verbal declaration made in step #9, forget blogging for now, go to bed.

46. Just before you fall asleep, realize with horror you'll need to repeat steps #11 to #45 daily to keep your bragging rights about owning a blog (which, ironically, nobody reads).

47. Slip into an uneasy nightmare about being forced to type the word "sUxx0r" on a flaming keyboard while chained to Jabba the Hutt, who keeps demanding "More! Blogga Dooie! More!!!"

48. Wake up in the morning. Scream.

49. Read the new comments posted on your blog. Scream again.

50. Repeat for the rest of your life.

51. Welcome To Blogging!

It's Important For Beginners, Always Select Proper Niche For Your Blog Like Automotive & Aviation, It's Best For Your Blog.

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Chirag C Doshi
chirag.rikhav@gmail.com

50 Factors For Ranking In Search Engines

2009-02-17T03:22:00.000-08:00

I have been asked this question many times and all the time I provide the same answer. The question asked is “What are the major search engine factors?” So, what do you think are the factors which decide the ranking of the website in the search engine ranking?

Here are some of the factors (in no specific order) which can help gain your website a better ranking. Just make sure that you are not missing any of them.

This is the list of 50 such search engine ranking factors. These is the list which came to my mind right now. I may have missed on some of them. So, if you know of any and can add to the list, please comment it. I will add it in the list.

50 Search Engine Ranking Factors
1. Keywords in the title of the page
2. Keywords in the headings of the page (h1, h2, h3, etc.)
3. Keywords in domain name ( Eg: jet airplanes )
4. Keywords in the file names of the pages, images or any other content
5. Keywords in bold, italics and underlined text
6. Keywords in alt text for the images
7. Keywords in the text of different color/size
8. Variations of keywords on the page (Eg: eat, ate, eaten, eating, eater, etc.)
9. Keyword density on the page
10. Appearance of the keyword in the above half of the page
11. Keywords in the description meta tag
12. Keywords in the keywords meta tag
13. Uniqueness of title, description and keywords with other pages of the site
14. Age of the domain
15. Age of the page
16. TLD of the domain (Eg: .in domains will rank better in google.co.in domain)
17. Hosting Location
18. Page rank of the site
19. Quality of the content (well written, informative, not duplicate)
20. Number of back links
21. Quality (PR) of the back links
22. Anchor text used for the back links
23. Title text (if any) used for the back links
24. Age of the back link
25. Where the back link appears on the page (top of the pages, bottom of the page)
26. Is the link in-content or exists with other links (pointing to some other site and separated with some specific text [like “,” or “|” ])
27. Number of total links on the page which is linking to you
28. Is the theme of the linking page is same as the linked page
29. Relevance of the keyword with the primary subject of the overall website.
30. Website load time (server response time and the size of the page)
31. Availability of the server (those 99.99% up time things)
32. Outgoing links (to whom are you linking? Are the related?)
33. Number of pages in the site
34. Website navigation and accessibility (reach-ability of all the pages easily)
35. Links to the internal pages (yes, this will improve the ranking of the main page as well if the navigation is correct)
36. How many people come back from the site to the search engine after searching for the keyword (my be Google tracks this with toolbar)
37. Number of internal page links on your pages (not more than 100)
38. Number of external links on your pages (try to minimize)
39. Back links from .gov, .edu links (some thinks, its not a factor)
40. Using “-” hyphen (and not “_” underscore) in your file names wherever space is needed.
41. How often the site is updated
42. Duplicate content from other sources (negative effect)
43. Linking to bad sites (called bad neighborhood) (negative effect)
44. Keyword stuff on the pages or over optimization (negative effect)
45. The speed by which new links are building up for a site. Is it consistent over a longer period?
46. Back links from DMOZ and Yahoo directory are considered quite valuable.
47. Avoid session identifiers (SID)
48. Deletion of the pages (dead links on the site) without proper 301/302 redirect (negative effect)
49. HTML validation of the document (I am not sure how much effect it makes)
50. History of the domain (did it do anything bad in the past?)

Did I missed on something? Add them in the comments and I will add it here.

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Chirag C Doshi
chirag.rikhav@gmail.com

What Kind Of Mistakes Newbies Make

2009-02-17T03:04:00.000-08:00

Here are some of the biggest mistakes newbies make. If you are a newbie and making any of these mistake, its time to take your lesson.

This post is for people who are just planning to enter into an online business and want to make money online. With the economy going south and the more and more job losses everyday, this post can be helpful for those people.

So, have a look:

Not believing that money can be made online.
Assuming that making money online is very easy.
Giving up too early (actually, at a time when you are just going to make it).
Starting a “how to make money online blog.”
Buying all those “make quick money” ebooks for $10 to $100 each on digital point forum.
Starting many things together and loosing enthusiasm in completing them.
Creating an e-commerce site (based on BANS etc.) of hundreds of pages and assuming sales will come.
Entering into a niche which they know nothing about. Just entered because it is a profitable niche.
Targeting very generic niches like automotive , aviation and not giving much attention to long tail keywords like "use used helicopter for sale" use small tell keyword like " military aircraft " .
Not having anybody for their help (its not their mistake, but still).
Not willing to spend any money or actually spending too much money (without know that it will produce results or not).
Assuming that they are clever than search engines/advertisers and breaking their TOS.
Using those link farms to get easy links.
Spamming social networking sites and then getting banned.

These are the few which are coming to my mind right now. Do you know some more and would like to add here, please add them.

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Chirag C Doshi
chirag.rikhav@gmail.com

Shopping For Aircrafts

2009-02-05T05:43:00.000-08:00

When you fly airplanes there are a lot of pieces of equipment that you may need personally or items that you may need to make sure that you maintain the ultralight aircraft that you fly in. There are a lot of items that are fun to buy and use while others are simply to maintain the aircraft or even your hearing. You may be a bit overwhelmed when you begin shopping, but there are some items that you want and some places or providers that you can shop with that will make shopping much easier. If you are going to be flying regularly you want to make sure that you purchase a David Clark headset.

The reason for this is that these headsets are everything that you need. Not only do they protect your hearing, which is important when you fly because even the quietest boeing aircrafts are quite noisy, but it will also allow you to hear in crisp tones at normal volume levels. Many pilots even say that these headsets are preferable because they are more comfortable, which is something that you want to consider because comfort is important so you are not distracted while you are in the air. There are a few different David Clark headsets to choose from, so make sure that you shop around a bit to determine which one is right for you.

These headsets have a great reputation because they have been around for a long time, but there is still a lot that you need to consider when buying because everyone has different preferences. Check out all of the options, you are sure to find one to your liking so that you are able to hear with ease while flying while simultaneously protecting your hearing, which is something that all pilots need to consider. If you are new to aviation there are a lot of names and brands that have been thrown your way. Your head may be spinning and you may be wondering which brands and resources will give you what you need.

One brand that you will definitely want to take notice of is Aeroshell. This is one of the most well respected brands in aviation and you will find that they can offer you much of what you need. Aeroshell products are made by Shell, which is also one of the most respected names in the fuel and lubrication business for vehicles. If you are looking for premium lubricants and more, you'll find that this is a brand that you can trust regardless of how often you fly. They have a wide variety of products for you to choose from, ensuring that you will have all of the products on hand that you need to take good care of your antique aircraft.

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Chirag C Doshi
chirag.rikhav@gmail.com

Boeing Aircraft

2009-02-03T04:02:00.000-08:00

Continental Airlines has many new Boeing aircraft on order. The Boeing 787, B-777, and the Boeing 737. As a B737 First Officer, we are qualified to fly all the 737 versions that Continental operates. This includes the B737-300, -500, -700, 800, -900, and the newest -900ER. Over the past two months, we have started taking deliveries of the B737-900ER.The B-737-900ER is big for a 737. In fact, this airplanes actually holds one more person than the Boeing 757-200! It's long, heavy, and fun to fly. It has lots of new technology and I had the opportunity to fly it for the first time yesterday. Tail number N37413.

My first impression was it's exactly like the B737-900. However, after sitting in my seat, I noticed quite a few differences. The most noticeable was the standby instruments. They are now integrated into one electronic display instead of 3 separate instruments. The autopilot had more functionality as we were now given control over altitude and speed intervention during vertical navigation climbs and descents and one of my favorites is the ability to see a profile view of your flight plan and the terrain underneath you.

Our flight yesterday took us from Newark (KEWR) to Ft. Lauderdale (KFLL) and back. It was a nice day to work a day trip to Florida as the weather from the previous day in EWR had moved out and there was a break before thunderstorms were to move into EWR for the evening rush hour. Our departure early in the morning and I was flying with a captain who recently turned 60 and was taking advantage of the new FAA regulation that allows pilots to fly beyond the mandatory retirement age of 60 that used to be the norm.

I flew the first leg to KFLL and the route of flight took us over land until we reached Wilmington,
North Carolina and then over water until we reached KFLL. It was an uneventful takeoff and climb out. The airplane flew great and responded quickly to my inputs. After studying about the new technology the company provided us, I was anxious to put it to good use too. It worked as advertised and was a welcome addition to our cockpit resources.

My first experience with the B737-900ER was wonderful. It was smooth and responsive and the new technology was outstanding. As we prepared for the flight home, I commented to the captain that it was a great plane to fly.

Newarks weather had cleared up and on the descent it was cloudy with winds gusting up to 35 mph. It was perfect weather conditions to test the aircrafts ability to fly such a heavy load in very gusty wind. These conditions are challenging for any pilot, but a new aircraft and a heavy load added to the stress of this arrival. This flight also found us holding for 20 minutes for volume and gusty winds so air traffic control could space aircraft out further due to the weather conditions.

We finally turned and lined up with runway 22R in EWR and were given clearance from air traffic control to land. The captain did a fantastic job and the aircraft flew as expected . The touchdown and rollout were excellent despite the heavy winds. We taxied to our gate and cleaned up the aircraft for the next crew. This plane was headed back to KFLL for another turn this evening while the captain and I went home for some much needed rest.

The new technology of the Boeing 737-900Er is a welcome addition to the Continental Airlines Fleet. While we fly mostly new aircraft, the privilege of flying a brand new airplane that is still under warranty is always exciting. Thanks for reading, check back often!

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Chirag C Doshi
chirag.rikhav@gmail.com

Used Cessna 172 Aircraft

2009-02-03T03:20:00.000-08:00

Many new pilots who are looking for their first airplane to purchase turn to the plane that they used for training. For many pilots that plane would be the Cessna 172. It is probably the most common airplane that is used for training in the United States and perhaps the world. With the popularity of this single engine plane it is no wonder that new owners set their sights on buying a Cessna 172. The new pilot will often look for a used Cessna 172 as their first purchase.

Because the Cessna 172 is the most popular ultralight aircraft manufactured there is a great inventory of the pre-owned Cessna 172 on the market. And although the resale value has remained high for the plane there are many fine bargains that you can find by searching and investigating. The used Cessna 172 has a great service record and certainly parts are readily available for any replacement needs. For the new owner the used Cessna 172 offers the opportunity to find a great plane at a good price. It is also an aircraft that you will be able to have confidence in to fly. You can search the internet for photos and specific information on the used Cessna 172 of your choice.

The Cessna 172 Skyhawk is a single engine plane with a unique tricycle landing gear. The reliability of the plane and the reputation of the plane are well documented. It is still in production today for owners who would like the pleasure of buying a new plane. It is a simple airplane with simple systems. That is why it is often used as a training aircraft for new pilots. This is why new owners like to buy the Cessna 172 as their first aircraft purchase. It is a simple plane that you can be happy with as you "fine tune" your piloting skills and log hours of flying time.

As the AOPA Air Safety Foundation has indicated the Cessna 172 is as safe as any plane can be. If a pilot maintains good skills and avoids big judgment errors, your used Cessna 172 will bring many happy hours of flying time to your life. You will enjoy the journey and the adventure of owning and flying a Cessna 172. It certainly is an icon of the small aircraft industry and remains that way today. Make your search for a used Cessna 172 a happy adventure. Good hunting!

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Chirag C Doshi
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