random SEO Intéressants

Hiatus

2009-08-27T02:40:00.001+08:00

Been very very lazy. Admittedly, I've been focusing on other things. But you know what? I'm going to update this with something better. If there are 10 smart people and you're trying to squeeze into that pack, you gotta bring 110%. thus, i'll be racking my brains. meanwhile, i've just found this lovely FREE blogger template site. I took one of the templates for a food blog from them too..

Step-by-Step Image Guide to Blogger templates Part 4: Nitty Gritty of 3 Column Layout

2009-04-01T05:31:00.002+08:00

Understanding Blogger Templates would give you more control over your blog's layout. For part 4, we'll be changing the template from a 2 column to a 3 column. Lets start! As mentioned before, there are a few things that make up the structure of Blogger pages. Explain: < div id='outer-wrapper' > - the skeleton < div id='header-wrapper' > - the header < div id='content-wrapper' > - blog entry

SEO Interessant gets its first visit via referral through google search!

2009-03-30T20:37:00.002+08:00

I had almost given up on hoping google would list this site. from 24 indexes to just a mere 12 and now 7, it was rather 'depressing'. blogging about SEO (which were mostly things i've learnt from running hktwdramaonline) and blogger templates, i'm about to do 2 and 3 column tutorial. i'm asking myself why? when no one's reading at all. Why isn't anyone reading? Simply because: 1. there are

Step-by-Step Image Guide to Blogger templates Part 3: Include Latest Comments, Latest Updates panel (using New format in Blogger)

2009-03-29T14:03:00.010+08:00

In Blogspot, the Recent Entries, Recent Comments sections are added by default. But in Blogger, the settings has changed. Its now to be added manually via Gadget, add feed option. - using Feedburner's BuzzBoost - using blogger feed But there has been changes to the URL feed unlike those specified in blogger help. Lets start! To add a Recent Entries section, go to Layout > Page Elements As per

Does Blog URL play an important role to Search Engine Rankings?

2009-03-26T08:32:00.003+08:00

Is it true? yes, almost 60-70%. Just type anything you're interested in, for example, bunnies (don't ask why) and the ones that get top search rankings have the exact keywords in their URL. ~ results on search keyword 'bunnies' It might not rank your site tops even if your website was www.bunnies.com but it'll sure assist robots in categorizing your site easily. Why isn't it not 100%? For

Is it that serious? The Negative Responses Call for Possible Shutdown of Google Street View

2009-03-25T18:17:00.001+08:00

Google's Street View, barely after launch on 21st March 2009, had met with lukewarm response from Briton residences. First it was taking down photos displayed at Street View less than 24hours after launch, and how a resident was caught peeing while another was caught visiting a sex shop and now, a call to shut down after letters were sent to ICO and the many more recorded at British Blogs

Bye Bye Privacy - Twitterers are going to be very searchable, cos twitter tweaked page titles for better SEO

2009-03-25T08:11:00.010+08:00

Titles are important in optimizing traffic and thats why twitter tweaked its pages (mainly the way titles are displayed) to better perform for search engine searches. It'll get listed in search result pages easier, bringing more searchers on search engines such as Google, Yahoo, Altavista to users / celebrities / news / groups on Twitter. CNET article explains about 'Twitter tweaks page titles,

Step-by-Step Image Guide to Blogger templates Part 2: Add a Ad widget under Header

2009-03-24T21:25:00.007+08:00

By Default, the title area at the top (HEADER) of every blogger page carries only the name of the blog & the description. If you look at the Layout > Page Elements > Do you notice the words 'Add a Gadget' is available for the rest of the areas but not for Header? What if we want to add a large banner right under it? for Adsense ads? that means we need a widget. Lets understand Section &

Celebrities on twitter - aston kutcher & john mayer

2009-03-24T19:41:00.001+08:00

I like Aston, his show Punk'd was great too. He wrote on twitter. "watching my wife steam my suit while wearing a bikini. I love God!" 9:43 AM Mar 21st from TweetDeck Gossips here The Superficial - Ashton Kutcher Twitters photo of Demi Moore in a bikini Oh yes, John Mayer too. John Mayer twitters about his breakup from Jennifer Aniston & cnet article 'Mayer & Aniston breakup - Blame Twitter

Never too late to be addicted to Google Reader, my 1-stop newsstation

2009-03-24T19:13:00.004+08:00

As an newbie to web technology, it was only recently that i started using Google Reader. Previously, i had to head to Channel News Asia, click on Technology and browse through the dates just to find a few updates i'm not interested in and head on to another site, e.g asiaone news and redo all the steps to get to the tech section. it really wastes time and its troublesome. -pic of my reader

War of 'New & Improved' Browsers (IE8, Firefox 3.1, Chrome Beta, Opera

2009-03-24T18:51:00.002+08:00

Browser Wars article over at Zdnet. IE, Chrome, Opera & Firefox have all recently pushed out new browser versions. Microsoft Internet Explorer 8, Firefox with their beta 3.1, Google with their new Chrome beta and Opera has their new addon Opera Turbo. When browsing with MSIE8: i totally dislike the 'compatibility mode' when browsing pages, here's how you can disable it from constant prompting

Images when used properly does help in Traffic, Site Rankings & More.

2009-03-23T22:59:00.001+08:00

May I say, i told you so! Jenny Field, a Business Internet Examiner in Denver writer for the article "SEO Tip 2" on 22nd March, over at Examiner.com thinks the same way too. (she has a few more tips besides that..) In my previous entry How To: Create a Blog, Write, Optimize Traffic, Publish Ads & Earn Money way back, i noted that images uploaded to tinypic.com or photobucket often lead

Where can i buy fresh olives? 7,600,000 Search Results but only 1 Click.

2009-03-23T15:28:00.005+08:00

From twitter, i visited SEO Advisors and it lead to this: Focusing & relying on just Meta Tags, Keywords isn't going to help site rankings, site listings in search engines or traffic as mentioned in "Top 10 SEO Myths" article at SEO Advistor, from Oct 2008. i totally agree because it can only help that much. What does help, is a good title and a well written article. Its very useful to

Step-by-Step Image Guide to Blogger templates Part 1 - Introduction: layout

2009-03-23T09:08:00.013+08:00

I found it hard to understand the aspects of editing blogger template, especially the wordy one over at blogger scares me. So i threw myself in the open waters of bloggerdome and counter-attack all those lofty waters & hidden dragons called 'section' & 'widgets' and decided to post some how-tos in picture format. ok, lets get cracking. But before that, let's understand the Backbone basic of

Interesting figures of the browser market share

2009-03-23T03:09:00.002+08:00

Firefox lovers discuss over the statistics of visitors to their site, which estimates the general market share of browsers at Spread Firefox Community - Firefox, Internet Explorer, Safari, Chrome & Opera. Some even spotted visitors using playstation to surf the net. Over at Spread Firefox - discuss Browser stats. Here is mine for jazzieeaa & hktwdrama sites I suppose mine would be an estimate

Google's drive of Perfection 'Which blue is better?'

2009-03-23T02:23:00.000+08:00

Apparently, the Google company was built on perfection. Yes, it's true that a team at Google couldn't decide between two blues, so they're testing 41 shades between each blue to see which one performs better. I had a recent debate over whether a border should be 3, 4, or 5 pixels wide, and was asked to prove my case. I can't operate in an environment like that. I've grown tired of debating such

Why so long? Visitors don't like pages that load slow.

2009-03-22T20:29:00.000+08:00

Was playing around with this tool umion stopwatch that checks site loading time. Is your page loading slow? Are there too many pictures, javascript and lengthy css on the page? Visitors don't like starring at a page which loads half the page or hang the entire browser they're on. that's a no no and a bye bye. jazzieeaa - took 00:00:21:246 (many ads, images, plenty of javascript)

Why isn't my site listed in Yahoo, Google, MSN, Altavista or any search engines?

2009-03-22T19:50:00.001+08:00

Have a site but its not showing in the referrals to your page, such as in the statistics over at sitemeter? Firstly, give a check. see if your site is listed. - goto googlerankings, it shows if you're listed in google, yahoo, altavista. how many times you're listed, etc. - enter the following into yahoo or google: site:http://yoursiteurl.com keywordexample: site:http://

Google Chrome Beta, faster, better, smarter

2009-03-22T16:21:00.003+08:00

IE8 was really wierd. I was browsing and even though i was on Wifi, the pages seemed to appear at an instant. it was so fast, i didn't think i was browsing online...infact, i wasn't used to the speed. (it could be that it preloads before displaying to user) But now, Google announces their Chrome Beta is speedier too, by 35% (average) and better support to websites that uses javascript for 3D, 2D

Like Carla, I was skeptical of Twitter...

2009-03-21T23:29:00.005+08:00

Twitter - You know you got to try it,(if you hadn't) one day. Terms of endearment: twitterers - people who twitter. twittered - have twittered. twittering - writing a twit. twitterettes - young kids on twitter. personally, i love how i can be forced to summarise my lengthy blog entry into 140 words, which of course is automatically updated to my facebook status.

Darling, did you Remember the Milk?

2009-03-21T16:11:00.003+08:00

Remember the Milk - a task maker, a note maker, a reminder maker, a forget-me-not notepad. basically, your mom. pic from RTM Its lightweight, running on the internet through the browser, integrates seamlessly via addons into IE or Firefox, Gmail (Labs), Google Gear, the PDA (blackberry, WM), now iPhone. All synchronised & carried around be it offline or online; reminding you of your to-do list

GE Energy's got the coolest 3D Hologram advert ever.

2009-03-21T12:15:00.003+08:00

from TechCrunch's twitter update, he shared this coolest ad GE was having for Solar Windmills. you have got to see it. GE Uses Digital Hologram To Advertize Windmills Relevant Reads: Singularityhub - The Next Generation in Human Computer Interfaces Awesome Videos

Undo Send, Did You Know About Mail Goggles?

2009-03-21T11:51:00.006+08:00

After introducing Mail Goggles - which basically prevents drunkards from sending emails by enforcing senders to answer 5 mathematics questions correctly before Gmail agrees and send them out (oh pleaseee, of course its customizable..) Google now official introduces 'Undo send' - it shows an 'Undo' when you click send which gives you about 5 seconds to stop that mail before it really gets on the

Just 24hours after official launch, Privacy Complaints made Google remove Street walker Phtos

2009-03-21T11:08:00.000+08:00

Just prior, my entry wrote about Google's Street View launch, but within 24hours after its official launch in Britain, residents complaints over privacy; some of the panoramic images on street views, close to nearby homes have been taken down. AFP reports Google removes street images over privacy complaints Relevant Articles: Google car spotted in Charleston, South Carolina USA, Feb 2008 -

Internet Explorer 8 and Chrome must have been separated at birth.

2009-03-21T05:58:00.002+08:00

Internet Explorer 8 here are some screenshots at NST - IE8 First Look Screen shots Gallery Noteable Points 1. available to XP, vista, windows 2003 & 2008 servers. Download, 13.3MB 2. Faster - accelerators which allow you to select words, pictures, and it brings relevant articles e.g. maps, live search, ebay all with a click. 3. Neater, Cleaner look. rounded edges. (so chrome..) 4. Bookmarks &

Google Street View launched for Britain, so Where's Wally?

2009-03-21T05:18:00.000+08:00

Not long ago, Singaporeans were spotting the google mobile Cameras fitted atop a car and cruising around singapore on the streets was a curious case of 'what that?' - as reported on asiaone & Cnet - Google Street View car spotted in Singapore, oct 2008. Here's the google mobile spotted: -pic from cnet.com Its being launched in Britain today, as curious visitors can peer into the streets of

clickTRUE, a Singapore Company is Nominated Authorised SEO Consultant for Google in Southeast Asia .

2009-03-20T23:21:00.002+08:00

"clickTRUE Pte Ltd, a subsidiary of SPH Magazines, is a Pay Per Performance online marketing company specializing in services such as Online Media Planning, Search Engine Marketing and Optimisation, Web Analytics Consultancy and Landing Page Optimisation. Relevant Articles: Asiaone - Google appoints clickTRUE clickTRUE - clickTRUE is first in Singapore and Southeast Asia to be named Google

Njouba - Search Engine For Everything! for web, mp3, torrent, pictures, videos, books..

2009-03-20T23:21:00.000+08:00

Njouba, the Search Engine for Everything! hmm..found it by accident while checking referral links. here's how it looks: http://www.njouba.com Things i Noted: MP3 - I tested the mp3 search, it doesn't allow you to download the music (perhaps due to piracy) but it does give a whole list that you can click and listen, full track. here's a screenshot, i searched for 'smash mouth' & 'britney'. * i

How To: Meta Tag - Be noticed by search engines e.g. google, yahoo & msn

2009-03-20T23:19:00.001+08:00

Meta Tags * help search engines pick up relevant sites * to easily categorize your site. * your site might likely show in their search results Although search engines are now more intelligent in picking up sites, this tag is still helpful to them. Here's How: The following sentences will do:

What Is: SEO - What, How, Where and the Do Nots Guide.

2009-03-20T23:15:00.000+08:00

So, Who is SEO? Search Engine Optimization. Its the efficiency of a website to be listed when search engines such as Google, Yahoo, MSN & others run through the WWW and search for a page that has the relevant information to any topic for example 'money'. Search Engines are based on indexing, whereby crawlers run the internet for pages and bookmark all the relevant pages which is then stored in

How to: Google Web History & Other Tools (new adsense, igoogle, friend connect)

2009-03-20T23:14:00.000+08:00

Topics: Understanding Google's Web History Control Web History Adsense new updates Google Friend Connect widget, iGoogle, Google Sketchup, Picasa... Understanding Google's Web History You might be happily doing your searches with the favorite search engine, Google. you type your keywords and everything, thinking no one's gonna know. but no it isn't. You might have Gmail, Blogger or Adsense

Wyzo: Its firefox + torrent search & downloading + SEO tools, 3 in 1

2009-03-20T23:07:00.000+08:00

Before you read on, here's a checklist: * Do you like Internet Explorer? If No, proceed * Do you like Firefox? If Yes, proceed. * Do you have bittorrent or any other tools for torrents? If Yes, proceed. * Won't it be neat to easily check incoming links, site statistics, SEO & etc instantly? hmm... * Wouldn't it be great to have it All-In-One? 'Oh yeah baby!' - Austin Powers. I've used Wyzo

How To: Create a Blog, Write, Optimize Traffic, Publish Ads & Earn Money

2009-03-20T22:53:00.008+08:00

* Updated 20 March 2009 Who Should Read: * bloggers with existing sites * keen to increase ads on website * keen to increase incoming traffic / visitors * keen to find alternatives to adsense Popular Ad Sites used by Bloggers: - in random order. - all provide statistics on your site. very useful in monitoring 1. Adsense - limited to 3 ads per site, users can place more but it'll be

UBS Technical Glitch reveal client info - Somebody's gonna get hurt real bad

2009-03-20T22:47:00.002+08:00

As Russell Peters would say it, SOMEBODY's gonna get hurt realllll bad. while in this case, somebody's gonna get fired. could be the database administrator, could be the web analyst or the programmer.. "A TECHNICAL glitch at Swiss bank UBS gave its wealthy customers in Singapore and Hong Kong a shock last week when they logged on to their online accounts. The private-banking clients found

What Is: MS 2003 and SCCM 2007 R2

2009-03-20T22:47:00.000+08:00

SMS 2003 - Systems Management Server, version 2003, SP1,2 to R2. SCCM - System Center Configuration Manager, version 2007 & 2007 R2. What are the differences between SMS 2003 and SCCM 2007? - technet tells you Basically, SMS 2003, after SP3 came out it was renamed & replaced by SCCM 2007. Both manages enterprise Servers, XP & Vista desktops, Asset control, software updates by integrating WSUS

Email Spam - Roberto wants to marry me! He wants me to get with him in Paris!

2009-03-20T22:45:00.001+08:00

Received an email from Roberto about 2am, 3rd March 2009. here's what he wrote: "Reply back if interested in my proposal of a marital life abroad with me in Paris in your actual life. Roberto See my full letter here: http://mae.blogsarena.com/328/en.html" yes, sure, do i look dumb or something? I ain't even gonna click that link. number of possiblities: 1. multiple windows that won't stop

I can't find my Desktop Icon!! - don't worry, here's the answer

2009-03-20T22:44:00.001+08:00

then there's the missing desktop icon that users often encounter. open notepad: copy the above into notepad. [Shell] Command=2 IconFile=explorer.exe,3 [Taskbar] Command=ToggleDesktop save as desktop.scf drop into: C:\Documents and Settings\username\Application Data\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Quick Launch\ it'll appear in the user's quicklaunch toolbar again.

What kind of Forumer are you?

2009-03-20T22:43:00.000+08:00

found the necromancer term amusing. a fellow forumer quoted it when another forumer breathed life into an aged thread of 1 year old. i quote: "...Necromancer will unexpectedly exhume the thread’s rotting corpse, and strike horror in the forum as its grotesque form lurches into the discussion...." Oh my..I could just be the Acne. i quote: "Acne constantly whines about how, like... his life and

Firefox 3 - Download the Foxkeh Theme

2009-03-20T22:42:00.000+08:00

Firefox 3: Theme : FoxKeh this Foxkeh theme for firefox 3 is the 'cutest thing ever!' as you're browsing the little fox runs (animated) Foxkeh, is the mascot for Firefox Japan. i like how cheerful it looks. great for a girl. you can see i make full use of the bookmark function in firefox. especially how my icons are all right-aligned. get it here Foxkeh's home/blog (SO KAWAIII NE!) remember to

Spyware: Macro Antivirus 2009 / Smart Antivirus 2009 Pop-ups.

2009-03-20T22:40:00.000+08:00

Macro Antivirus 2009 / Smart Antivirus 2009 Free Porn! Fake Security Alerts, Fake Virus Scans - read How to Avoid/Fix this new Sept 08 spyware/trojan) image from: Bharath's Security Blog, the post was on June 28th 2008, notice the fake scanning and detection. FAKE!) Symptoms: 1. icons of a sexy lady licking on the desktop with links to Free Porn! (wow!) 2. pop-ups of fake Malware alert. best