New Features in Google Webmaster Tools and Google Analytics in Late 2010 Google Webmaster Tools and Google Analytics are continually improving and adding new sets of features. This article is a review of these new features and how they can help the webmaster in optimizing their websites for search engines and increasing traffic. Complete information about your “back links” There is great improvement in Google Webmaster Tools as far as providing information about your website’s back links. Then, under “Dashboard,” expand “Your site on the web,” and finally, click “Links to your site.” You can get the following information: Who links to your site. There are a number of common back link questions that can be answered by this feature. 1. If you see domains linking to you, but you have not asked for a link or exchanged links with them, then you are getting organic links because of your content. 2. 3. 4. Yes. 5. Go to “Your site on the web” and click “Search queries.” It shows the performance summary of your keywords in Google. Google+ Comments
From Facebook to Twitter: Save Your Community From Redundancy Caroline Chen | March 10, 2011 | 8 Comments inShare107 By understanding the nuances of each platform's digital culture, you can create unique and relevant content, speak the right language, and effectively grow both communities. Of all the social platforms, it's hard to avoid your favorite brand on Twitter or Facebook. I can't be alone in thinking there's not only a glut of information, but also brand redundancy that still exists across Twitter and Facebook. If Twitter remains your bite-sized Facebook RSS feed, you've only built a crutch for readership rather than a community. Consider these three areas of differentiation when managing your brand's presence in both environments: Customer interactions. Content. Capacity. Playing to each platform's cultural norms and technical strengths will not only help you stay relevant, but also help you stay sane.
Google Ranking Positions and %CTR: Estimating Search Engine Visitors Have you ever wondered how many visitors you’ll attract if you manage to bump your site up a few ranks on Google for particular keywords — and how that will affect your click-through rate? Now that Google Webmaster Tools offers more accurate data, you can get that answer, and see if the increase will be worth the work you’d need to put in. The new Google Webmaster Tools feature important data that can be used for effective keyword analysis in search engine optimization. The good thing is that these data can be used to characterize the relationships between Google search engine result positions and %CTR. One of the most important objectives in keyword analysis is to estimate the number of visitors coming from Google search engines if a particular keyword is ranked at a given position. Obtaining the Raw Search Query Data In this study, the data will be taken from nine big websites with Google Webmaster Tools accounts. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. Results: The only given would be the impressions data.
5 Huge Trends in Social Media Right Now What's the first thing young women do when they wake up? Check Facebook. How do enterprise employees pass the time at work? What follows are five of the hottest social media trends right now. Entertainment checkin services are changing the way we watch television. 1. Smartphone owners have the world at their fingertips. What this means is that at any given moment, any smartphone owner can pull out their device, fire up a barcode scanning application, scan a code and complete activities or gain access to a wealth of immediately relevant information. The consumer's scanning behavior is so significant that location-sharing checkin services such as SCVNGR are giving away QR code decals to retailers free of charge. These scans aren't inherently social in nature, but because they can double as verifiable place checkins, they can also possess the social properties of a checkin: location-sharing with friends on the same service or via social network distribution. 2. 3. 4. 5.
31 Facebook Applications to Enhance Your Facebook Page Every day we are exposed to hundreds of Facebook applications, hoping to find the perfect ones to enhance our page and fan engagement. Last couple of weeks I had a good chance to explore some applications during Facebook Page Customization that I never before mentioned in this blog. I thought it would be great to jot them down and share it with my readers. Be pre-warned this is a lengthy post. Marketing & Brand Promoting #1: Promotions This is an application by a technology company called Wildfire. You can preview and adjust your campaign to full satisfaction prior to publish (and payment). Note: Make sure you read the Facebook Promotions Guidelines first before proceeding to avoid removal. #2: Constant Contact labs – Join My Mailing List Here’s a good news for Constant Contact (email marketing service) users who are not into self-customized opt-in form. It would be great if Aweber and Mailchimp can provide something similar too. #3: My Portfolio -[25/03/12/]no longer available #4: FAQ Page
101 Social Media Stats to Make Your Spirits Bright and Your Head Spin Finding the right needle in the haystack that is the Internet is often times an exercise in futility and frustration. Sure, you can find “quick tips” for just about anything, a “how-to” guide for maximizing anything you’d like to maximize, and “case studies” that illustrate someone else’s success story which you believe – for a fleeting moment – you can just as easily apply to your own situation. Most often the tips are oversimplified, the how-to guides leave much to be desired, and the case studies seem to more like exceptions than they are rules. What you really need, at the beginning, middle, and end of the day, is the truth. Or something that is almost close enough to the truth: like social media statistics. I Wanna Know Where the Stats At As you probably know, 108% of statistics are exaggerations, so be careful what you glean from this. That said, here is my collection of social media statistics I’ve cobbled together over the past year. Social Media in the Daily Life of Web Users
32 SEO Tactics to Avoid in 2011 The author's posts are entirely his or her own (excluding the unlikely event of hypnosis) and may not always reflect the views of Moz. With all the excitement and planning that comes along with a New Year, it’s easy to get overwhelmed with newfangled ideas. You probably have a long list of SEO tactics in the pipeline for 2011. Finding the resources, whether time or money, is the real trick. The point of this post is to minimize your to-do list by covering 32 SEO tactics that you shouldn't focus on. If any of these buggers have made it onto your 2011 task list or are still lingering in the queue from years past, go ahead and cross 'em off. If you are still looking for things to do, check out these New Years post for ideas. Alrighty then, lets get on with the list of things for you to take off your list. Hiding Stuff On-Page There are a hundred ways to hide keywords and links from your users' view and still have them reside behind the scenes on a web page for the search engines to crawl.
Available Languages Available Languages for SobiPro. If your language is not in the list, you are welcome to translate the language files for SobiPro into your language. We are using Transifex, an online tool for translation of SobiPro language packages and application translations. Install a SobiPro language package in the Application Manager of SobiPro or via SobiPro Repository. Available Languages for SobiPro SobiPro is available in the following languages. If a language is not yet available for SobiPro 1.1, you can use the language package of SobiPro 1.0, but there will be missing translations.
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Enhanced User Profiles with Joomla - Don't use a hammer One of the complaints I've seen often about Joomla is that the registration process on your site doesn't gather enough data. As supplied it's restricted to asking for just the name and email address which for many people is just not enough. As a result people have resorted to installing something like Community Builder just for the enhanced registration form without using any of the additional "social" features that Community Builder offers. That's just using a sledgehammer to crack a nut There is a little known plugin available for Joomla 1.5 called "usermeta" which Steve Burge has written a very good tutorial about. With Joomla 1.6 it is even easier as everything you need is already in the core joomla installation. User Profile Plugin The User Profile plugin is an incredibly simple plugin that once enabled will add numerous additional fields to your web site registration form and you won't be restricted to the default name, email and password any more. Still need more fields
25 Google+ Tips to Enhance Your Google Plus Experience Google has finally rolled out Google+ which is not yet another service like Google Wave and Buzz, but is an amazing and power packed social networking website which is deemed to rise very high and compete with today’s biggies ‘Facebook and Twitter’. I tried out Google+ after getting an invite and found it really interesting, may it be its simple and cool design or the variety of features it offers. One has to accept that Google has done some really good and hard work in bringing out Google+. After all, it was their long time wish to have a Google Social Network that can dominate over the web. # Here are some useful Google+ Tips shared by Matt Cutts and users who responded to Matt’s post at Google+. All these tips are handy and let you experience the actual power of Google+ (PLUS). 1. 2. 3. (*)bold(*): Add * before and after the message. (_)italics(_): Add _ before and after the message. (-)strike-through(-): Add - before and after the message. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15.