Blog of the Week Looking for a blog to feature kids' stuff for the summer? See Amanda's blog chalk full of kids fun things to do, and let your readers in on this nugget. Visit Impress Your Kids. How to Speed Up Your "Internet" Most people still use Internet Explorer for their internet use. But there are far better options. Why better? Because Internet Explorer has its own set of rules … [Read more...]
A neat little FREE Keyword Tool – Good Keywords 3
Just found this very cute little site - just a couple programs for download. And the free version - is really free - not just a trial. To use it, you install it on your computer, then you'll need to use the Google Keyword Search tool to download some CSV files (there's a button toward to the bottom of the keyword search results page). The program will upload them all at once. The bottom … [Read more...]
Tracking Visits Within WordPress
Welcome back to Search Engine Finesse. Since we have a full week of giveaways and many posts to whip out this week, today's lesson is going to be a quicky. What we really need(ed) is to know if all our efforts and finessing is getting us any closer to the goal, right? Recommended programs for tracking FEEDS and site VISITORS You should have two things going on your blog already - feedburner integration, … [Read more...]
Search Engine Finesse – What are Keywords and Do they Matter?
Is your increased traffic a result of hard work or coincidence? I got a few extra comments this week since I installed the SEO plugins from last week's lesson. But I'm not really sure if that is a coincidence - perhaps the subject of SEO is popular right now (perhaps! ha.) and this has nothing to do with google searchers finding me. I've been reading several websites and books this week with … [Read more...]
Search Engine Finesse – Installing SEO Plugins for WordPress
Update - June 19, 2010 Added suggestions and edits are in blue text below. Our focus for the Search Engine Finesse series (see the intro here) will be on writing content of interest to our readers, including terms that will help our readers(& search engines) find us, and creating a quality user experience. From the horse's mouth itself: Webmasters who spend their energies upholding the … [Read more...]
Time to Hit the SEO Bandwagon
Okay girls (& guys), its time we figured out a thing or two about how to get our blogs to show up in Google searches. Personally, I've postponed, avoided, dreaded, and dabbled with it, but haven't simply done it. And now we've arrived at a new year, the internet is buzzing louder than ever, and there is more information than one girl can ever get through. So I have a proposition for you. I'll … [Read more...]
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