05 May 10 Great plug-in: Broken Link Checker
Today, I decided to have my site be integrated with at least one plug-in because it has been a while I added some useful plugins. Needless to say, I haven’t seen much better plugins than I am currently using, so it’s been really a while.
It is pretty hard because most of the plug-ins do not really impress me, but this one has got something that I would say “WORTH IT”.
To install plug-ins in wordpress has never been easier and all you need is to enter the plugin name in the text field search box, so this one is called “Broken Link Checker“. As soon as you installed and activated this plug-in, you will be able to see on your Dashboard as follows;
broken link checker plug-in
Once you click what the plug-in has found, you can see the following display, which is fantastically easy to edit, remove link or edit URLs that were no longer valid.
broken link list
For me, most of these are silly comments with their URLs, so it’s easy to take them out anyways. However, if you have several dead links, big search engines like Google, Yahoo and MSN will discount your website credibility because you have been hosting too many broken links.
Besides, this plug in will help you with your SEO because limiting useless outgoing links are just wasted on your site. Since I am actually using do-follow methods on my site, I have to be more careful with links incoming and outgoing.
So, the bottom line is, I recommend this Plug-in and am happy to use it. Have you ever used this plug-in or do you think you will use it in the future? What do you think?
Tags: broken links, do-follow, SEO, url
29 Apr 09 Top 10 DoFollow Social Bookmarking Websites
I am a big fan of do-follow sites, I also allow do-follow on all my websites because it is actually something we can give back to our valuable visitors for their time. So, if anyone comments, you will get one do-follow backlink to your site as long as they are not spams.
Usually, I like to format my computer every once in a while, because I like my computers fresh and fast. And I normally lost all my bookmarks since I frequently forgot to back up. 
Since online social bookmarking websites have started, it’s actually now much easier for me to have it kept. So, with this post, I will share 10 do follow social bookmarking sites I like.
1. Blinklist PR8
2. Mister Wong PR7
3. Backflip PR 6
4. BibSonomy PR 6
5. Spurl PR 6
6. Furl PR 6
7. Connectedy PR 5
8. linkaGoGo PR 5
9. Spotback PR 5
10. MyLinkVault PR 4
So, there you go, make use of it and make sure your blog/website is visible on these websites, that actually will create good backlinks as well as PR building. 
Tags: backlinks, blog, bookmark, social bookmarking, url, Website
18 Apr 09 Search Engines: On Page Relevancy
There are a couple of ways to initiate page relevancy for search engines. One could be on page optimization for relevancy.
It involves placing your keywords in tactical locations of the pages on your website. Remember, you always prepare for search engines, but always think of your audience first. I will not crazily use too many keywords but no information. Always keep in mind; human beings are the most important factor in success of your website, at the same time, you would love to get the job done for search engines as well.
So, what are on page relevancy and its optimization?
The significant ones are
- header tags
- internal links
- external links
- headline
- anchor text
- bold, underline, italic text
- image names, image description, ALT tags
- page name, page body, title, description and
- keywords
Well, everytime you create a page, you will probably want to rememer these tips to optimize, for example, as a blogger, you can actually develope a lot of thing in one post, different headers, URL linkages, even different headers and a little bit effort to tag and name image descriptions, of course, carefully considering page name, paragraphs, title and descriptions that can actually become a really good keywords for search engines.
Even bold color is pretty much helpful, so is italic text. These functions are not only available for differentiate, but also point out which part is imperative and what not. As we all actually scan and screen most of the known keywords if entire text is unchanged. For example, placing Ads on left hand side could attract more as people start to read from left to right in majority of languages.
Try them, and search some of your keywords yourself after you optimize, and share your experiences because it works for me.
Thanks for reading.
Tags: ads, ban, blogger, invalid, keywords, search, search engine, url, web, Website
20 Dec 08 All about Google – Easy, Simple and Effective Part 3
As a member of several SEO/Wed Development Forums, I’ve seen a lot of “Google Penalized” threads appearing all over the place. In fact there’s a couple, if I’ve counted correctly that just rocked up on DP today. I want to dedicate this entire post to explain to you on what grounds Google will/can/should penalize your site.
Google Penalization
Q: What is the “Google Penalty”?
A: It’s simple. When you try to cheat the system, or do something you’re not meant to Google will “punish” you and this will effect everything from the behavior of your visitors (to a lesser extent) to your monthly earnings (to a greater extent)
Q: How can the penalty affect me?
A: Well for starters, you will be deranked. Meaning you are likely to be completely kicked of the Google Search Engine if the committed “crime” is bad, i.e. using extensive blackhat techniques. However, alot of things can happen through this penalty which isn’t limited to anything from loosing SERPs to being banished from the G-Empire. It just depends how serious your crime was.
Q: What reasons can Google use to penalize me?
A: The answer to this question is mainly common sense. Much like this thread itself. Google will punish you if do the “wrong thing” but it seems that most of us, have trouble figuring out between wrong and right at times. So, let’s clear some things out! Below is a list of the most commonly used reasons behind the Google Penalization… it’s not surprising to see most of them in the list, like I said it’s just common sense.
~ Usage of BlackHat Techniques – Search the forums, and you’ll know what I’m talking about. BlackHat SEO Techniques involve “cheating” the system or finding loopholes and exploiting them. This will allow you to get great SERP boost but won’t last for long, they will find you out!
~Usage of GreyHat Techniques – Similar to BlackHat but the damage isn’t as bad. It’s like a less “bad” version of the BlackHat technique but you can still be penalized. Google will only accept WhiteHat SEO Techniques and you should stick to it too!
~ Content Duplication – This not only applies to Google and other search engines, but to us in general life too. If you copy/rip-off other peoples work, work they’ve spent time and effort to create you will be punished. It’s a form of stealing; you wouldn’t steal now would you?
~ Purchasing Links from other Sites – One of the most discussed “link building” techniques is this. People all around the internet purchase links from higher PR and niche-related sites to gain quick authority. However, the unspoken truth is that it’s against the Google TOS, so if they catch you – you will have to face the music.
~ Invalid URL Redirection – I talked about 301/302 URL Forwarding in the earlier FAQ and how important it was, well this is why. If you shift sites and don’t set up the redirection properly – when the incy-wincy Google spider comes along, it won’t realize the shift – resulting in your “new URL” to be treated as a new website al-together, loosing it’s backlinks, PR and authority!
~ Keyword Stuffing – Its name speaks for itself, if you stuff your website with keywords to please the crawlers, it will look bad to real human visitors, and eventually to Google as well. You should “sprinkle” your page with targeted keywords not flood it! Keywords are important, it helps direct the “right” visitors to your site and helps “target” your Adsense adverts. The more targeted the ads, the more clicks you will get.
~ Un-natural Link Building – This is the least of your worries, It’s true that there are penalties for websites building a lot of links in an “unnatural” way in a short time, but I don’t think it will effect normal and legitimate webmasters like ourselves 
. If you site contains real, unique content and a legitimate product, and should be able to build links naturally without any problems on the search engines. This “reason” mainly focuses on spammers, scrapers, or people who own a lot of domains and start “inter-linking”
Q: I just got penalized! Now what?
A: Well you can’t do much, just spend the time rebuilding and regaining the “mutual trust” between you and Google, which you once had. You can contact them, but unless your sites extremely popular, I wouldn’t bother cause neither would they.
Q: Can Google penalize me for using Auto-Surfers?
A: Obviously, it can’t be good. I’ve researched this question extensively but couldn’t find an exact answer. Then again, common sense will tell us it cannot do anything but harm. Surely “fake” views of Google Ads won’t be something to be proud of. Avoid them as much as possible, frankly you shouldn’t even be using them for anything – imitating “person’s” surfing can’t be for a good cause.
Tags: blackhat, content, duplication, engine, google, greyhat, invalid, keyword, penalty, redirection, search, SEO, SERP, stuffing, submission, url, whitehat
20 Dec 08 All about Google – Easy, Simple and Effective Part 2
Okay, previous post was long but I am sure it would have given you insight information that you really need for brining massive traffic to your site and Google related information.
So, Here is the part 2 of All about Google, You can read the Part 1 here - Easy, Simple and Effective Part 1. Once again, I sincerely want to say “Thanks” to MGTGamer who shares this fantastic information for everyone. This article is published with the content & consent of M3rC and his original post.
All about Google – Easy, Simple and Effective Part 2
Q:Does Alexa Rank affect Google rank?
A: No, Google ranks you according to your PageRank, Keyword Competition and the quality of your SEO work. Your traffic has no impact on your rankings, but doing well in the three “factors” will obviously generate traffic one way or another.
Q: My Search results return with nothing more than spam?
A: Umm, this happens. Happened to me a couple of times too. I’m not really sure what’s going on, but reading some of the resources – I’m aware of Google testing out some new algorithm of User-Submitted data instead of the typical crawler-work!
Q: User-submitted data? So, what’s the point of SEO then?
A: SEO will always be a factor in SERPs. Just think about it, Google is just testing this – you cannot expect a group of “trusted” users rank X,XXX,XXX sites now can you? It’s near impossible. So, work on your SEO as you normally do, it will always come back with good results. Nothing can replace SEO unless Google turns into a bigger version of DMOZ… that would be really stupid on Google’s behalf! That’s another argument for another day.
Google Adsense Related
Q: I earned $X,XX today! WOOT! Am I rich?
A: Umm, No. Congratulations on your earning and it’s always a personal milestone that we all go through but DP isn’t a place for every single publisher to boast and be radical about how much they get for every click! I mean, good on you but the world doesn’t revolve around your Adsense earnings…if the community can’t benefit from it, why bother telling everyone? I’m sure a handful of us can sleep better at night knowing you got $1 for a click . I’m not trying to sound rude or anything but please do understand.
Google PageRank Related
Q: My PR is N/A. What’s that?
A: N/A means “Not Available” and it differs from a PR0. PageRank N/A is another way of saying that Google hasn’t assigned you a PR yet, or you haven’t been around long enough for the PR Update. PR0 generally means no back links that have been tracked by Google, or a very few that carry no juice. So, Link building is pretty important.
Q: What are the effects of a 301/302 Redirect?
A: Redirecting is simple what the name suggests, when you enter a specific URL it will redirect to another URL. There’s two types of URL Redirection – 301(Permanent) & 302(Temporary). Obviously they are different, the 301 tells the crawling spider that the website has shifted to a new domain name, and once it identifies the 301 redirect, it will generally pass most if not all of the link juice. A 302 differs because the crawler knows it’s temporary, whether it been a routine update or a short-term fix for an error. It is recommended that you set up a URL redirection, if you shift domains.
Google Traffic Related
Q: How can I notify the “world” that I’ve added new content to my blog/site?
A: Simple, use PingGoat. It “pings” several key engines/directories and notify them that you’ve posted new content. Once you’ve submitted your details once, you can bookmark the URL and just visit that bookmark whenever you want to ping your site!
Q: Social Bookmarking, What is it?
A: Social Bookmarking is the relatively ‘new’ hype when it comes to “spreading the world about content”. The ideology behind SB sites came, as the same time as Web 2.0 and has been a relative success on a short-term basis. Usually the content is voted by users, like your self and the more positive votes – the more exposure you get! It’s a very good SEO factor and if used wisely, you can reap the optimum benefits.
Q: Hate submitting my content, site by site! Any easy way?
A: Yes! There is. Most bloggers and content writers here at DP and many other places use a little nifty web application called SocialMarker. I won’t explain it here, but take the time to register on all the Social Bookmarking sites and after that – you’ll thank yourself!
Q: How to track my website statistics?
A: Use Google Analytics, it provides you with comprehensive data and is the best stat-tracker out there, hands down.
Tags: alexa, google, keywords, link building, pingoat, redirect, SEO, SERPs, traffic, url
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