Written by Ric, images by Ian Zeroing in on something interesting to write about is the most tricky part of writing a blog article. So I embarked on my journey to the wilderness called “forums” to find something to ponder about. If in the arts we have recurring themes, SEO forums also have a lot of recurring topics. After hours of digging around, I decided to write something about nofollow links. The dofollow-nofollow “debate” These are the two types of links – nofollow and dofollow. The difference between these two is that nofollow links have a nofollow tag while dofollow links don’t have it. The nofollow tag was introduced by Google in 2005. It came about as a result of there being more and more online sites which depended on user generated content. If the owner of a site wasn’t able to review every single link that was published on a site – it would quickly become overrun with link spam. By marking a link as ‘no follow’ it tells the search engines that the [...]
Written by Ric, infographic by Ian For those who love using actual pinboards, a new social media site is perfect for you. And for those of you who just feels terrible (and stressed) after hours of sharing links and updating your status over and over again, better try this. Pinterest, a “new” social media site is catching fire now. Lots of reviews were written about it. It is the talk of the social media world right now. Its numbers are increasing by the day. Here are some things that you need to know about it. Pinterest-ing! Pinterest is basically a “virtual pinboard”. You pin your interests on your own boards. Launched (in December 2010) and managed by Cold Brew Labs, based in California, its main goal is to connect people who are interested in the same things. It fits well with us (humans) being visual, it has an image-based platform. Still an invite-only site, it may take at least a day before you can start exploring its features. To start with, you need an active [...]
by Aice Before you hire a web designer for any of your projects, the first thing to do is to make a list of what your needs are. Here is a sample list: Step 1: What type of website do I need? Will it be an Ecommerce shopping website? A blogging or niche kind of a site? Or a site that showcases graphic photographs and videos? Do you want a forum website? Will it be a CMS site like WordPress, Joomla or Drupal? If it’s an Ecommerce website you must specify what platforms to use. For example; AOM, InfusionSoft or Delavo System. Make sure that you are sure about what you want so you can easily choose the person with the right skills. Who are your target visitors? For an Ecommerce website, what kind of products are you planning to sell? Health products? Leather goods? Digital products like Ebook, software? Or are they typical “all in one” goods like Amazon? Knowing what products to sell will help the web designer know the appropriate combination and [...]
