September 2011 ~ Seo Curiosity

Friday, September 30, 2011

Infolinks Launches the First In-Text Ads Marketplace

7:09 PM atty. stacy

If you've been reading my blog posts, you've probably browsed through a couple of advertisements in bubble boxes called "Infolinks In-Text Ads". As you can see, its a great innovation from the traditional advertisements that the audience are tired of. Based on statistics, Infolinks delivers In-Text advertising campaigns across 250 billion pages of content reaching over 350 million unique visitors monthly. No wonder, it gained the latest buzz from various news reports such as Media Post, Website Magazine, Yahoo News, Brand Channel, Adotas.

Infolinks has recently launched the very first In-Text Ads Marketplace in the world. It offers advertisers the following benefits:

Easy, convenient and fast - You can set-up your ads in a matter of minutes just by simply following a few steps.
Relevant branding campaign - It gives you the option to select the proper keywords most relevant for branding.
Keyword Bidding Function - Allows you to segment the market based on geography and budget.

Real-time reporting - You can instantly monitor and customize your ads to make them more efficient.

Infolinks In-Text Ads Marketplace benefit both publishers and advertisers because it has smart algorithmns that place In-Text ads that are aligned to the targeted readers.

I suggest you visit Infolinks In-Text Ads Marketplace and check out their easy platform now and try it out for yourself!

FREE Directories to Submit Your Blog or Site

1:16 PM atty. stacy

Submitting your blog or site to FREE directories is a good idea to increase your traffic. Here's a list of FREE directories I have searched so far. If I missed any, please inform me so I can add it.
NOTE: Don't forgot to confirm your links via email sent

http://www.dmoz.org/
http://www.somuch.com/ - with reciprocal
http://www.txtlinks.com - with reciprocal
http://linkcentre.com/ - need to create a FREE account
http://www.viesearch.com/ -with reciprocal
http://www.exactseek.com/ -need to create a FREE account
http://directorywind.com - with reciprocal
http://www.freewebsitedirectory.com/ - with reciprocal
http://www.jayde.com
http://www.directory.ldmstudio.com/
http://www.directory-free.com
http://www.blogs-collection.com
http://www.wikidweb.com
http://www.turnpike.net/directory.html
http://www.netinsert.com-must insert metatag (can't get it to work with blogger)
http://www.littlewebdirectory.com - with reciprocal
http://www.infignos.com/
http://www.pegasusdirectory.com/ - with reciprocal
http://www.directoryarchives.com
http://www.webworldindex.com/

How to Submit Site Map to get your URLs indexed faster

10:31 AM atty. stacy

What are Site Maps?
Site Maps are ways for the web page to inform and invite search engines to crawl on their site contents. Before, Site Maps are submitted to search engines by filling out forms. Now, thorugh XML Sitemaps, Site Maps can be submitted directly or by waiting for search engines to find it.

Where to submit your Site Maps?
You can submit your to top search engines listed below:

1. Google - top search engine (64.8% market share as of August 2011)

Go to www.google.com/webmasters/
Verify your site through any of the given method
Go to Dashboard>Add a site>Continue
Added Site Dashboard>Site Configuration>Sitemaps
Click Submit a Sitemap
Enter the code below after in the box and click Submit Sitemap

If limited to 26 posts and below: (any)

atom.xml?orderby=updated
atom.xml
rss.xml?orderby=updated

For 1 to 500 posts atom.xml?redirect=false&start-index=1&max-results=500
For 501 to 1000 posts atom.xml?redirect=false&start-index=501&max-results=500
For 1001 to 1500 posts atom.xml?redirect=false&start-index=1001&max-results=500

2. Bing - From Microsoft, formerly MSN and Live (yahoo has now merged with Bing)

a. Go to https://ssl.bing.com/webmaster/SubmitSitePage.aspx

Log in with your windows live ID
Click Add Site
Input your site URL
Click Submit
Verify through any of the two options
Go to Crawl>Add Feed
Enter the code below after in the box and click Submit Sitemap

If limited to 26 posts and below: (any)

atom.xml?orderby=updated
atom.xml
rss.xml?orderby=updated

For 1 to 500 posts atom.xml?redirect=false&start-index=1&max-results=500
For 501 to 1000 posts atom.xml?redirect=false&start-index=501&max-results=500
For 1001 to 1500 posts atom.xml?redirect=false&start-index=1001&max-results=500

c. Go to http://www.bing.com/webmaster/ping.aspx?sitemap=www.YourWebAddress.com/atom.xml?redirect=false&start-index=1&max-results=500 (replace with you site address)

You should be redirected to a white screen that says "Thanks for submitting your sitemap."

3. Ask.com - (3% market share as of August 2011)

http://submissions.ask.com/ping?sitemap=http://www.YourWebSite.com/sitemap.xml (replace with your site address)
You shoud receive a verification "Your Sitemap submission was successful"

NOTE: I just don't know how to verify that it is actually being indexed.

4. AOL - (1.4% market share as of August 2011)

Submit through http://www.dmoz.org/
You have to narrow down the category before you can submit an URL

NOTE: Some are claiming that AOL and Google are the same.

Other sites to submit a sitemap:
For business blogs:
1. Moreover.com - a premier provider of real-time news and business information on the Web

Sites that generate and submit site to google:
1. http://www.webmasterserve.com/seo-tools/xml-sitemaps/index.php - not sure if this works

Sites that notify or submit your sitemap to search engines:
1. http://www.ongsono.com/submit_sitemap.htm - works except for Yahoo!

What is a Robots.txt file
Robots.txt file restricts search engine robots that crawl the web. They first check the Robots.txt file and skips those which are included in it.

For example my blog has 2,109 URLS restricted by blogger which I cannot edit.

NOTE: In case you want swtiched your blog from blogger to word press, it is still advisable to submit of your old sitemap to help search engines find your new blog.

SEO Image Tips: Image Titles , Image Alt Texts , Image File Name and Image Location

2:56 AM atty. stacy

I've been including images in my blog posts for quite some time. Most SEO experts have SEO Image Tips on Image Alt Texts but never misses out on Image File Names, Image Titles and Image Location. Why is that?

Image with Image Alt Texts with no Image Title

What are Image Alt Texts?
Alt Image Texts primary purpose us to display textual context when an image cannot be rendered or is not yet displayed. So you should describe what the image is about so readers might be interested in it. Only some web browsers like Internet Explorer shows the Alt text when you hover over the image. Google has confirmed that it mainly focuses on Image Alt Texts. Although Image Alt Texts should have your keyword focused description, it is not a tag so try to limit it and avoid keyword stuffing. Remember that it is only one among many SEO factors. If you think that your readers do not need to read any image description you can place Alt Text="" so the Image File Names will be read instead.

Matt Cutts on importance of Image Alt Texts

How to add Image Alt Texts?
Add Image Alt Texts after the image URL. See example below:
<img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-mOM_09UCkw4/Tn70F4q0dvI/AAAAAAAAB5E/NpUmqfylj5k/s1600/alt-text.jpg" alt="alt text"/>

What are Image Titles?
Although there are no concrete proofs of how Image Titles can improve searches, most web browsers display the Image Titles when you hover the mouse over an image. So your Image Titles can inform and aid you users in having more information about the image.

What are Image File Name?
Image File Names compose the img url and is therefore also important in improving your searches. It should describe the image so that it relates to your site content.

Image Location
For small to medium website, its better to have a separate image folders.
In my example below, my image folder is "s1600"
<img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-mOM_09UCkw4/Tn70F4q0dvI/AAAAAAAAB5E/NpUmqfylj5k/s1600/alt-text.jpg" alt="alt text"/>

For larger websites, it is advisable to have a separate image folder for each category.

In my example below, my image folder is "seo"
<img border="0" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-mOM_09UCkw4/Tn70F4q0dvI/AAAAAAAAB5E/NpUmqfylj5k/seo/alt-text.jpg" alt="alt text"/>

Image Tips:

Always apply more logical spelling (avoid _, - , etc.)
Always be mindful of harmonious site content
Separate keywords with dashes, not underscores
Place the image in the immediate vicinity of keyword-related content
Try to minimize the number of unnecessary images per page as low as possible (except for photo gallery or product search results)
Avoid using stopwords as keywords
Images include buttons, icons and bullets too

Got SEO Image Tips, Image Titles , Image Alt Texts , Image Titles and Image Location? Hope you can share them too.

Stop Word List

1:36 AM atty. stacy

Stop Word List to Avoid in making keywords

a
ii
about
above
according
across
39
actually
ad
adj
ae
af
after
afterwards
ag
again
against
ai
al
all
almost
alone
along
already
also
although
always
am
among
amongst
an
and
another
any
anyhow
anyone
anything
anywhere
ao
aq
ar
are
aren
aren't
around
arpa
as
at
au
aw
az
b
ba
bb
bd
be
became
because
become
becomes
becoming
been
before
beforehand
begin
beginning
behind
being
below
beside
besides
between
beyond
bf
bg
bh
bi
billion
bj
bm
bn
bo
both
br
bs
bt
but
buy
bv
bw
by
bz
c
ca
can
can't
cannot
caption
cc
cd
cf
cg
ch
ci
ck
cl
click
cm
cn
co
co.
com
copy
could
couldn
couldn't
cr
cs
cu
cv
cx
cy
cz
d
de
did
didn
didn't
dj
dk
dm
do
does
doesn
doesn't
don
don't
down
during
dz
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each
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edu
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eg
eh
eight
eighty
either
else
elsewhere
end
ending
enough
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et
etc
even
ever
every
everyone
everything
everywhere
except
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few
fi
fifty
find
first
five
fj
fk
fm
fo
for
former
formerly
forty
found
four
fr
free
from
further
fx
g
ga
gb
gd
ge
get
gf
gg
gh
gi
gl
gm
gmt
gn
go
gov
gp
gq
gr
gs
gt
gu
gw
gy
h
had
has
hasn
hasn't
have
haven
haven't
he
he'd
he'll
he's
help
hence
her
here
here's
hereafter
hereby
herein
hereupon
hers
herself
him
himself
his
hk
hm
hn
home
homepage
how
however
hr
ht
htm
html
http
hu
hundred
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i'd
i'll
i'm
i've
i.e.
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ie
if
il
im
in
inc
inc.
indeed
information
instead
int
into
io
iq
ir
is
isn
isn't
it
it's
its
itself
j
je
jm
jo
join
jp
k
ke
kg
kh
ki
km
kn
kp
kr
kw
ky
kz
l
la
last
later
latter
lb
lc
least
less
let
let's
li
like
likely
lk
ll
lr
ls
lt
ltd
lu
lv
ly
m
ma
made
make
makes
many
maybe
mc
md
me
meantime
meanwhile
mg
mh
microsoft
might
mil
million
miss
mk
ml
mm
mn
mo
more
moreover
most
mostly
mp
mq
mr
mrs
ms
msie
mt
mu
much
must
mv
mw
mx
my
myself
mz
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na
namely
nc
ne
neither
net
netscape
never
nevertheless
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next
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ng
ni
nine
ninety
nl
no
nobody
none
nonetheless
noone
nor
not
nothing
now
nowhere
np
nr
nu
nz
o
of
off
often
om
on
once
one
one's
only
onto
or
org
other
others
otherwise
our
ours
ourselves
out
over
overall
own
p
pa
page
pe
per
perhaps
pf
pg
ph
pk
pl
pm
pn
pr
pt
pw
py
q
qa
r
rather
re
recent
recently
reserved
ring
ro
ru
rw
s
sa
same
sb
sc
sd
se
seem
seemed
seeming
seems
seven
seventy
several
sg
sh
she
she'd
she'll
she's
should
shouldn
shouldn't
si
since
site
six
sixty
sj
sk
sl
sm
sn
so
some
somehow
someone
something
sometime
sometimes
somewhere
sr
st
still
stop
su
such
sv
sy
sz
t
taking
tc
td
ten
text
tf
tg
test
th
than
that
that'll
that's
the
their
them
themselves
then
thence
there
there'll
there's
thereafter
thereby
therefore
therein
thereupon
these
they
they'd
they'll
they're
they've
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this
those
though
thousand
three
through
throughout
thru
thus
tj
tk
tm
tn
to
together
too
toward
towards
tp
tr
trillion
tt
tv
tw
twenty
two
tz
u
ua
ug
uk
um
under
unless
unlike
unlikely
until
up
upon
us
use
used
using
uy
uz
v
va
vc
ve
very
vg
vi
via
vn
vu
w
was
wasn
wasn't
we
we'd
we'll
we're
we've
web
webpage
website
welcome
well
were
weren
weren't
wf
what
what'll
what's
whatever
when
whence
whenever
where
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whereas
whereby
wherein
whereupon
wherever
whether
which
while
whither
who
who'd
who'll
who's
whoever
NULL
whole
whom
whomever
whose
why
will
with
within
without
won
won't
would
wouldn
wouldn't
ws
www
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yes
yet
you
you'd
you'll
you're
you've
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yours
yourself
yourselves
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yu
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length

What, Why, When and How to Use rel="nofollow"

12:04 AM atty. stacy

What is rel="nofollow"?

It tells crawlers to map out links with rel="nofollow" out of your link graph and thereby stopping the distribution of page rank to it.

What does Matt Cutts say about rel="nofollow"?

Why and When to use rel="nofollow"?

Its clear that if its your internal links, you'd want page rank to flow all over. But with external links which you just happen to mention and don't really want to spread Google juice or page rank, then you can use rel="nofollow".

What does Matt Cutts say about when to use rel="nofollow"?

How to Use rel="nofollow"?

Just add rel="nofollow" (no space in between)

<a href="http://seosemblog.byethost14.com" rel="nofollow">Seo Blog</a>

In summary, rel="nofollow" can increase or decrease your page rank depending on how you use it. Remember to be mindful so you don't exert too much effort in it and end up not having good page rank results.

FREE Online Site Map Generators List

11:21 PM atty. stacy

There are quite a number of site map generators available all over the net. Which one of these do you think is the best?

1. http://www.xml-sitemaps.com/

FREE maximum 500 pages

2. http://www.freesitemapgenerator.com/

cannot spider more than 5,000 URLs per site

3. http://www.xsitemap.com/

FREE maximum 500 pages

4. http://www.ongsono.com/sitemap_generator.htm

FREE maximum 500 pages

5. http://www.makeasitemap.com/

FREE maximum 500 pages

6. http://www.sitemapdoc.com/

FREE maximum 500 pages

7. http://www.zitemaps.com/

FREE maximum 2,000 URLS

8. http://www.web-site-map.com/

9. http://www.check-domains.com/sitemap/index.php

FREE unlimited URLS

10. http://www.rapidsitemap.com/

FREE maximum 2,000 URLS

How to insert or embed pretty code snippets on blogger

1:05 PM atty. stacy

Sometimes, we want to share and blog about code snippets but unfortunately blogger doesn’t offer this function.  Good thing there are a lot of ways to insert or embed code snippets on blogger.


1. Classic method of wrapping the codes in tags and pasting them in post HTML view such as:
<pre> </pre>
<blockquote> </blockquote>
Your code with just be acceptable to blogger for publish but in plain text
2. github:gist
Simply log in to github:gist to sign up
Paste your code and choose Language
Click Create Public Gist button
Click on Embed
Copy the Script
Paste Script to blogger post HTML view (Note you won’t see the code until you publish)
You code will be presented within a code box with colorful text codes for easy identification
3.  SynthaxHighter
Go to Blogger Dashboard>Design>Edit HTML
paste the following code either below the “]]></b:skin” or above </body> (NOTE: always back up template first)
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<link href='http://alexgorbatchev.com/pub/sh/current/styles/shCore.css' rel='stylesheet' type='text/css'/>
<link href='http://alexgorbatchev.com/pub/sh/current/styles/shCoreDefault.css' rel='stylesheet' type='text/css'/>
<link href='http://alexgorbatchev.com/pub/sh/current/styles/shThemeMidnight.css' rel='stylesheet' type='text/css'/> 
<!-- Add Current JS scripts -->
<script src='http://alexgorbatchev.com/pub/sh/current/scripts/shCore.js' type='text/javascript'></script>
<script src='http://alexgorbatchev.com/pub/sh/current/scripts/shAutoloader.js' type='text/javascript'></script> 
<!-- Add Current Brushes -->
<script src='http://alexgorbatchev.com/pub/sh/current/scripts/shBrushJava.js' type='text/javascript'></script>
<script src='http://alexgorbatchev.com/pub/sh/current/scripts/shBrushJScript.js' type='text/javascript'></script>
<script src='http://alexgorbatchev.com/pub/sh/current/scripts/shBrushCSharp.js' type='text/javascript'></script>
<script src='http://alexgorbatchev.com/pub/sh/current/scripts/shBrushXml.js' type='text/javascript'></script>
<script src='http://alexgorbatchev.com/pub/sh/current/scripts/shBrushSql.js' type='text/javascript'></script>
<script src='http://alexgorbatchev.com/pub/sh/current/scripts/shBrushCss.js' type='text/javascript'></script>
<script src='http://alexgorbatchev.com/pub/sh/current/scripts/shBrushCpp.js' type='text/javascript'></script> 
<!-- Call SyntaxHighlighter -->
<script language='javascript' type='text/javascript'>
    SyntaxHighlighter.config.bloggerMode = true;
    SyntaxHighlighter.all();
</script>
when posting you need to add the <pre> tags still and identify the class after “brush:”see list of class
This offers more functionalities like being able to view source,copy to clip board and print.  The code lines are also identified by numbers.
4.  Google Petrify
 Go to Blogger Dashboard>Design>Edit HTML
paste the following code above </head>
modify <body> to <body onload=”prettyprint ()”>
 when posting you need to add the <pre class =”prettyprint” > tags
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your code here
</pre>
Your code will be presented within a code box with colorful text codes for easy identification similar to github:gist
The method you choose depends on your preference.  I prefer github:gist for convenience but it you like your code to be prettier then better