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DMOZ, ODP, Link Juice, Page Rank and SEO
The Open Directory Project has a long and important history on the web. It (or dmoz to some) claims to be “the largest, most comprehensive human-edited directory of the Web.” The Open Directory Project’s main purpose has been to organize information on the web – by reviewing content (websites) submitted to it and listing these sites in the directory. Definitely helpful to users. But its usefulness has gone beyond users. Search engines have accessed new website data to index for their search results. And webmasters have used the ODP to create link power by having their sites listed in the directory. But is this changing? Is ODP as meaningful and useful as it once was?
[continue reading...]Search Engine Optimization
The SEO World Map Some SEO tactics are considered outdated. But I still use them – but for different reasons. Do you still use alt tags in images for SEO? Keyword metatags? What about submitting sites to directories?
Writing
Turbo Charge Your Writing – 7 Quick Tips for Web or Print How many times have you read something on the web or in print and you’ve had to go back and read it again? Sometimes two or three times? No, it’s not your shortened attention span. Sometimes the text is just badly written.
Other times, reading some text is pure pleasure. You grasp the point easily. No going back and reading the text again. Do you want to know why? The writer has used some simple techniques to make your reading experience article. Read on to learn techniques to make your writing stronger, clearer and more focused.
Social Media
Twitter and all that social jazz Last week, I was challenged by someone on Twitter, to update my blog, with the promise that he/she would drop by to visit once the blog was updated. I waffled back and forth between excitement that someone had taken the time to look at my Twitter profile and website and mild annoyance that someone was [...]
conversations
Listening in Difficult Conversations: Part II In my last post, I talked a bit about why listening can be difficult – especially when the conversation is a tough one; the stakes are high; we are feeling offended or we feel accused of something. This time, I want to talk a bit about some things we can be aware of or we [...]
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