Netpaths Guide to SEO & Web Design

Social Media Properties for Link Building

CVOS — Wed, 16 May 2012 15:39:01 +0000

Social media and web 2.0 properties are great places to submit content and acquire links. They have authority, a large user base and have very focused niches that work well for topical websites.

When submitting content you must follow these rules:

Content must be unique, not republished from another website
The social media page or site must be related to your target website
Backlinks must go to varying pages on your website, ideally not the homepage
Links must not have the same anchor text, and should use descriptive words in the link

A list of social media websites that accept links

wordpress.com – pr9
blogger.com – pr8
tumblr.com – pr8
typepad.com – pr8
weebly.com – pr8
tripod.com – pr8
jimdo.com – pr7
posterous.com – pr7
yola.com – pr7
squidoo.com – pr7
multiply.com – pr7
webs.com – pr7
angelfire.com – pr7
officelive.com – pr7
salon.com – pr7
rediff.com – pr7
wikidot.com – pr7
webnode.com – pr7
edublogs.org – pr6
webspawner.com – pr6
soup.io – pr6
ucoz.com – pr6
travelblog.org – pr6
gather.com – pr6
springnote.com – pr6
webstarts.com – pr6
moonfruit.com – pr6
journalspace.com – pr6
blog.de – pr6
onsugar.com – pr6
quizilla.teennick.com – pr6
areavoices.com – pr6
freeblog.hu – pr6
blog.com – pr6
blogtext.org – pr5
freehostia.com – pr5
zoomshare.com – pr5
flixya.com – pr5
webgarden.com – pr5
ohlog.com – pr5
livelogcity.com – pr5
snappages.com – pr5
sosblogs.com – pr5
visualsociety.com – pr5
insanejournal.com – pr5
blogdrive.com – pr5
hazblog.com – pr5
freeflux.net – pr5
blog.com.es – pr5
350.com – pr5
beep.com – pr5
devhub.com – pr5
blog.hr – pr5
blinkweb.com – pr5
ewebsite.com – pr5
hpage.com – pr5
alivenotdead.com – pr5
flukiest.com – pr4
iseekblog.com – pr4
inube.com – pr4
blurty.com – pr4
bloghi.com – pr4
wallinside.com – pr4
getjealous.com – pr4
fotopages.com – pr4
bloggum.com – pr4
freeblogspot.org – pr4
hipero.com – pr4
spi-blog.com – pr4
2itb.com – pr4
wikipages.com – pr4
mytripjournal.com – pr4
blogreaction.com – pr4
doomby.com – pr4
blogge.rs – pr4
mywapblog.com – pr4
yousaytoo.com – pr4
myblogsite.com – pr4
blogster.com – pr3
weblogplaza.com – pr3
spyuser.com – pr3
bcz.com – pr3
iblog.at – pr3
honmag.com – pr3
publr.com – pr3
evood.com – pr2
uwcblog.com – pr2
blogpico.com – pr2

If you follow the common courtesy rules for submitting to these social media sites, and your content is high quality then you should develop good relationships with these properties and be able to submit content for years to come.

Make friends while link building, and your task will be exponentially easier.

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Matt Cutts Advice To Rank #1 in Google

CVOS — Wed, 16 May 2012 07:32:56 +0000

Matt Cutts is the godfather of the Google search engine, and has dictatorial power over what is allowed in the natural search results.

Normally he holds his cards close to his chest and is reluctant to offer any insight into what may work best with their algorithm.

Luckily this video by seosammie gives us insight into what the google webspam team look for when they are ranking websites: keyword density, links to pron sites and keyword stuffing*

*note that this is a parody of what not to do in your SEO

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Bloggers, Eat What You Cook and Write With Passion

CVOS — Thu, 10 May 2012 21:03:25 +0000

This is post on why bloggers blog, and the effectiveness of their blogs. This post is directed at the Search Engine Optimization community but can be applied to all bloggers.

1. Is this blog unique? Does this blog provide any information that I cannot find anywhere else?
2. Is this blog original? Does it offer personal opinion instead of regurgitating or echoing views that other people share?
3. Is this blog essential? If I unsubscribed to this blog today, what would I lose out on?

I would add this: do you blog to make money or do you just love writing?

Its interesting to note that the blogging platform is an indication of the quality of the writing. WordPress has a history of quality writers, while up to 75% of all blogspot blogs are splogs.

Ahmed goes on to say:

The hard reality is that 90% of the time, the answer is no. It’s no because there’s nothing new there. It’s no because there’s nothing useful there.

I have to agree that this is correct, especially with so many blogspot splogs. Eve Lester has written a post titled “why I blog” which includes Meeting new people, Learning new things, Having History, and Someone to talk to.
Doggy follows up with “If you wouldn’t read your own blog, then no one else will either.”
Ahmed Bilal has more info.

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$50 PRweb Coupon Code for All 2012 Press Releases

CVOS — Wed, 09 May 2012 21:34:05 +0000

May 2012 – Brand new $50 discount PRweb coupon will save you a huge amount for each press release submission. Plus receive a $75 Adwords credit with guaranteed same day placement*. The 2012 PR Web premium press release wire service is a very unique opportunity to get targeted traffic from authoritative news outlets.

PRweb is the largest press release distribution outlet and is not known for giving out free specials, so act now while the discount is still valid.

We have a special code to get this amazing deal, just use the unique link given to us by the PRweb marketing team below:

To claim your $50 discount click here.

This is a special deal for new accounts wishing to syndicate business news online to over 100 trusted news sources. The offer for PRweb coupons is to sponsor businesses looking for new exposure online through online promotional methods by driving free targeted traffic to your website.

There is no catch, we just want to share this special resource with you as it has helped us increase our business over 10% per year.

Read how Robb Hamic used PRweb to get his self defense website to rank #1 in Google for his most important keywords using the legendary PRweb system.

In addition, all the press release submission options include valuable backlinks to your site, which bring in perpetual benefits for search engine ranking. Using PRweb allows you to receive high quality links from trusted authority media properties, and this more than pays for the cost of the service.

Don’t get left out of the game, make sure your press releases are shown on all major media websites and get your news syndicated in less than 24 hours.

This $50 off PRweb coupon code works on all submission tiers, from the cheap basic submission to the advanced news release with links, embedded images and video.

This link will get you to the exclusive PRweb discount page.

Sending out successful press releases is an art and in order to get the right exposure it takes a lot of research and preparation to craft a winning piece.

The most important part is researching what keywords you should use in the release and have targeted landing pages setup on your website that will be linked from each keyword in your release. It is very important to pay for the enhanced distribution option that will allow multiple clean links back to your website. If you can insert 2 or more highly relevant keyword links to your site you will have the possibility of instantly gaining targeted, relevant, high quality links from authority news websites.

Distributing a press release on PRweb is the tactic used by our clients to get an instant boost in traffic, and long term exposure through major online media properties.

Traditional press releases have little weight in the online news cycle, but the link benefit from instantly being listed in 1000+ sources is a huge search engine advantage.

Signup Details

Register for a free account on PRWeb.com and register for a “Free Webinar” once you are in your account. On the left-hand side of “My Account” you’ll see the platform trainer, smiling at you.
Once you receive your confirmation Webinar email, login to prweb.com
Using your PRWeb.com coupon code will provide access to a free one-hour New User Orientation Webinar is offered twice per week. You will learn how to maximize your free top tier 10% PRWeb.com discount press release and incorporate it into your existing search engine marketing efforts in 2012.

This PRweb coupon link has no expiration date in 2012!

Notes from above

* $75 AdWords credit is only available with the two highest packages, for first time AdWords users in the U.S. and Canada

* Guaranteed same-day placement is only available if you purchase the $100 priority distribution, and then it’s contingent upon editorial approval. The top two packages have a one day turnaround, and the other packages have two day turnarounds.

A big shout out to the bloggers who are helping to promote prweb coupons. If you have a discount code, please leave them in the comments. Learn more from online marketing and PR experts from Empower Women Now entrepreneurs.

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Create Contests To Build Links and Grow Your Community

CVOS — Tue, 08 May 2012 16:27:06 +0000

We recommend you implement a fantastic marketing tactic that is designed to bring in more users/subscribers/buyers. This strategy lets you gain notoriety the old fashioned way: giving away free money while providing tremendous value to your subscribers and customers.

the list of valuable prizes includes:

– 5 copies of Joe Vitale’s book on Mastermind Group success Meet & Grow Rich
- A FREE copy of the #1 Ranked SEOBook donated by Aaron Wall
- A FREE Premium subscription EarnersForum.com donated by Lee Dodd
- A FREE ticket to SOBCon in May donated by Liz Strauss
- A $500 Coupon off of an Elite Retreat ticket
- The *Grand Prize* is a FREE phone consultation with Jeremy “ShoeMoney” Shoemaker and myself to talk specifically about how to grow your blog or business
- Special ‘SURPRISE’ prizes along the way

Emom has created the perfect viral marketing strategy by creating a huge incentive to participate in her community and help improve her search engine rankings with more links.

Now, go start your own contest!

Read more at Emoms, a great resource for women entrepreneurs.

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Like A Good Monopoly, Verisign Is There with ICANN Domain Names

CVOS — Sun, 06 May 2012 02:26:21 +0000

Monopoly isn’t just a boardgame for kids, its a great business to be in! ICANN, the international regulator of domain names gave Verisign complete control over all .com names. In addition, ICANN continues to introduce new domain name extensions, that all companies are essentially forced to purchase so they can maintain their brand.

New extensions including .me, .co and .xxx have been released and have only caused confusion in the marketplace. The consumer needs less distraction, not more, and introducing new TLD’s is just confusing.

Any registrar such as godaddy.com, enom.com or registerfly.com has to buy their names from Verisign at whatever cost Verisign sets. There is no other provider. They increased the price 7% instantly booking $27 million in new revenue.

Fun! (for the domain name monopoly)

Anyone want to bet on another 7% increase next year? Enom is already raising prices for domain name resellers, and increasing prices for their namejet.com domain name aftermarket service.

The Domain Name Aftermarket Had Record Volume

CVOS — Sat, 05 May 2012 16:13:13 +0000

Domain aftermarket site ClubDrop.com, reported that last year was a banner one for domain name auctions. “Our volume has been simply incredible as has the number of premium and super-premium domain names we’ve been able to obtain for our clients,” said ClubDrop.

Below are the Top 10 largest aftermarket domain transactions according to sales reported to the Domain Name Journal and other sources:

1. Diamond.com – $7,500,000
2. Vodka.com – $3,000,000
3. Cameras.com – $1,500,000
4. Nav.no – $717,978
5. On.com – $635,000
6. AntiSpyware.com – $550,000
7. Blue.com , Bike.com, Macau.com, Gays.com, Wrestling.com – $500,000
8. Sëx.net – $454,500
9. Templates.com – $450,000
10. WirelessPhone.com – $355,000

Also selling for $300,000 were FunGames.com, Cafe.com, Brown.com, Jasmin.com, Blackjack.de, Names selling for $200,000 were FlashGames.com, Mortage.com, Farm.com, POS.com, Malta.com, CD.com, WiFi.com, SatellitePhone.com, Nasty.com, Ant.com and Flowers.mobi.

Domain names are not quite as big a business as they were in the past, as more people use different domain name extensions and social networks become a larger share of the web. Google also seems to be giving less weight to exact match domain names so www.mykeywordmatch.com is less likely to effortlessly rank #1 as it had in the past.

However quality domains will always be valuable, and will forever be a part of the digital real estate landscape.

Find out how to claim domain names with Sedo domain name auctions.

Do you have more deals of high value domain name transactions? If so please leave them in the comments and tell us about your big domaining wins.

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BlueGlass LA Coupon & Discount Search Engine Optimization Conference

CVOS — Tue, 01 May 2012 15:08:04 +0000

The next search conference you should attend is is BlueGlass LA. This is a unique conference experience that focuses on search marketing, search engine optimization and social media, and sets itself apart from other conferences by limiting attendance and featuring A list industry speakers in an intimate environment with a charged atmosphere.

It’s held in Los Angeles, California and has a great speaker line up. This intensive conference takes a business / startup approach to online marketing with search & social media tactics.

BlueGlass 25% discount: bgla
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BlueGlass 20% discount: coloftbgla
BlueGlass 15% discount: seobook
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The Early bird price is $495 ($420.75 with your full discount) and lasts until June 10, 2010 so act fast. Price includes admission to both days of the conference, all sessions, extra networking opportunities with speakers and attendees, three meals/day, cash bar and evening entertainment.

Chris Winfield just announced a new 25% coupon which lowers the conference price to $393.75. This is a great deal to have the opportunity to network with the best search engine optimization people in the business.

Get A Free Conference Pass

Search Engine Journal is also running a contest to give away a free pass, all you need to do is promote the offer on twitter.

Tweets must contain: #blueglassla as well as this link- http://bit.ly/blueglass. Your tweet also needs to escribe what you would do to get to Blue Glass LA.

Read more about this contest from Search Engine Journal and send this offer to your friends.

BlueGlass L.A. Conference Details

Date: Monday
Speaker Line up:
Ben Huh from ICanHasCheezburger
Rand Fishkin from SEOmoz
Neil Patel from KISSMetrics
Tony Adam from MySpace
Marshall Simmonds from The New York Times
Greg Boser of 3Dog Media
Dave McClure from FF Angel
Vanessa Fox from NinebyBlue
and more

Location
Marina del Rey Marriott
4100 Admiralty Way
Marina Del Rey, CA 90292

Read more about others who will be attending the Blue Glass search engine optimization conference.

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Breakdown of a Good Page Title Element – Writing Your SEO Title Tag

CVOS — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 19:57:40 +0000

The most important part of an HTML page is the {title}. Technically, TITLE is neither an attribute nor a tag – It’s an element. So while most people call it the title tag, it is semantically correct to call it the title element.

key uses of the title:

branding in search engine results pages
bookmarking
intra site navigation

1 – you want your site to show up and be clicked. google displays (as of this writing) 70 characters of a title, and all characters beyond 70 are cut off. Yahoo displays 60 characters.

A good way to write titles is:

* Home Page: Brand/Site Name – Keyword Description
* Inner Pages: Specific Keyword Description & Page Name – Brand/Site Name

2 – If a user uses delicious.com or bookmarks your site you want your name to be first. So it would be better to have the title be:

Brand Name – Find all Brand Products Here

than:

Keyword Phrase 1, Keyword Phrase 2, Keyword Phrase 3 Brand name. Your Brand name would get lost.

3 – For people that read title elements and page headings, its good to keep them in synch. So your title tag should be a reworded version of your page tag.

A good way to write an effective optimized title tag is to answer a question. Think as if you were on Jeopardy and you were trying to write a title that Alex Trabeck would like. If you can use this tactic while including your main keyword in the title, the page will have a good chance for search engine optimization success.

If you would like a assistance with your title tags, please contact us for a free review and we will go over your page titles with you.

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View Detailed Stats of Any Website with SpyFu SEO Analytics

CVOS — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 19:13:13 +0000

View detailed stats of any website. One interesting feature is the ad spend on pay per click networks. View a popular mortgage broker with an estimated budget of $14,750.00 – $108,250.00 per day.

Spyfu is a great tool to view the analytics of competitors and get some great ideas of what keywords to use to market your website.

We use this tool to get an idea of what keywords our competitors rank for and how much they spend on online advertising.

www.spyfu.com

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