WordPress Plugins from A to Z Podcast – F for Favicon & Feedburner

http://media.blubrry.com/wordpressatoz/www.johnoverall.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/Episode5-WPPlugins-A-to-Z-F.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedSubscribe to WPPlugins A to Z on RSSWelcome back to the WordPress Plugins from A to Z podcast. Today I am covering the letter “F” and for the letter F I am covering the following plug-ins, Favicon Generator and Feedburner Press. For Feedburner plugins you will need […]

How to Hard-Wire Your Site to Google

Until Bing turns into David and slays Goliath, the only search engine game in town is Google. While the other search engines can’t be ignored or forgotten, when it comes to online search, Google will deliver the majority of your quality organic traffic. For webmasters and especially for online marketers, having your website virtually hard-wired […]

The Google Duplicate Content Penalty: the Truth

The truth of the Google duplicate content penalty is quite simply that there is none! If that confuses you, then you have been reading too many misinformed forums or blogs where people get stuck on some popular term that they have no idea what it means, and then profess to be experts.

The only experts on the Google duplicate content penalty, and the only people who are qualified to define it, are Google, and in Google’s own words “There is no such thing as a duplicate content penalty”. This comes directly from Google’s Webmaster Central Blog.

That should be the end of this article, at precisely 96 words excluding title as I define my word count. But it is not. Why? Because even though this blog is operated by Google, and even though much the same has been stated by Matt Cutts, Google’s main software engineer, and other Google experts, people still argue and complain about the Google ‘duplicate content penalty’.

Your Meta Descriptions Now Affect Your Google Rankings Again

Meta descriptions (the text snippets of the webpage you see in search results) used to be an important ranking factor. Until not too long ago both Google and Yahoo! officially announced they no longer used Meta-descriptions in their search algorithms. But recent developments in Google’s search algo bring Meta description back to life as a […]

Building Online Communities With Joomla

By: Ron McNeil Developing an online social network is one of the latest activities on the internet that people have got into. You will find many people trying to keep in touch with other contacts by joining a lot of different forums or by joining lots of different kinds of social communities. These connections can […]

An Affiliate Marketer's Guide To Blogging

By: Bill Protresi Advertising your affiliate links may prove to be tricky nowadays, what with several points on the web loathing – if not entirely banning- the relocation of the said links on their pages. The best method to go is to have your own site which will encompass all of your affiliate links, and […]

7 Biggest Google Adwords Mistakes Made by Small Business Owners

In this article I wanted to share with you what I have found from consulting with dozens of small business owners on Google Adwords. During the last 6 years, we have consulted with small businesses routinely who have set up an Adwords campaign and have just about given up on this medium. Usually the complaints […]

Google Strikes Again! Why Your Links Are Now Worthless

By Margo Little It is no secret that Google shifted from content based ranking to link based several years ago. The way most people discovered this was by seeing their pages disappear from top ten placements overnight. Unfortunately that same lesson is being re-taught today as Google shifts from an “all link” model of determining […]

Knocking on Google’s Door? Twitter Incorporates Search

By Jeffrey Smith Google beware? Twitter has just announced that it is incorporating search functionality into its site. This means you can now easily acquire popular trend data for keywords and look deeper into what people are talking about in real time. So what is the significance of this? That of course is still up […]

Google Street View Continues to Raise Privacy Concerns

By Brian Cooper Google Street View, a Google Maps feature that lets users see images of streets and the surrounding areas, continues to generate controversy. Since its launch in May 2007, the feature has prompted questions about whether it constitutes an invasion of privacy, complaints about inappropriate images, and even a lawsuit. Aaron and Christine […]

Say Goodbye To Google

Author: Sean Templeton If you are a ClickBank affiliate take a look at this free ebook. It’s packed with great traffic generation strategies so there’s an eager audience waiting for it and you can profit from a ‘SuperLink’ which will earn you commission effortlessly on ClickBank products as you distribute the book. Oh, one more […]