Plugins are cool. Every WordPress powered blog uses different plugins. They give your blog wings. There are few things you must be aware of before using plugins. What I do, I just test the plugin before I actually use it. All the plugins out there are not trustworthy. Even if any plugin comes by a trusted source, it can have bugs which will make your blogging life a bit complicated. I regularly check plugins, update plugins whenever any update is available and remove the plugin which contain any bug. Here are few popular WPplugins I noticed some bugs in them recently.
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Ever Witnessed 3 Hours Old Content At Front Page of Google? I Did Just Now.
You can reach at the front page of Google in hours time, may be in minutes. I will tell you how!!!
Have a look at the image below. It is said by SEO guys that it takes 3 months at least for SEO of any new content and to bring it at the front page of Google. Google is sharp and can distinguish between popular and simple content. Last evening (23 Nov 2008) was Lahore Bloggers Meetup in LUMS. We attended that and in the morning today (24 Nov 2008) I posted the event review.
By chance after 4 hours, I hit search button to find some new information about the event by any other blogger but Guess What?
I found my post at the first page of Google which was published before just 4 HOURS. You can find other posts too in following image which was published before 3 HOURS long period. Sounds like twitter, eh!
Right!!! What does that mean?
- Am I a Super SEO Guy?
- Did I do something special with the content?
NO...
I just published a recent event at my BLOG and some friends came along and shared their thoughts. Post got attention and Google picked it up. I am slow in posting. My blog gets updated, not much. I am not much popular either (To tell you the truth).
THE BIG SECRET
- Get a BLOG.
- Write Original Content.
- Be Social.
You will be noticed. I believe that every IT professional should have a blog.
Go get one... Unfortunately, there are just two choices I can recommend and fortunately both are great.
WordPress:
Blogger:
* UPDATE *
A friend told me that try http://www.Google.com and not http://www.Google.com.pk
I did and here is the result and answer to the comment. Blogs has got real potential.
I recently setup again some of my websites and I needed to have some check whether any link is broken or not. After a little search I found two useful online tools and one is from W3C which analyze your website and after crawling they provide you a report and list of broken links found at website or blog.
http://validator.w3.org/checklink
http://www.dead-links.com
Broken Link Checker WP Plugin
If you have got a blog and want to check any broken links then you might try 404 notifier plugin which emails you at your specified email address about every single broken link which was hit by visitor and got 404.
404 Notifier by AlexKing
From SEO point of view, if your website has 404 URLs then it means you will loose visitors and traffic towards your website will decrease. Search engines also take it badly. It is highly recommended to fix 404 or Broken links at websites.
What is RSS? Why Use RSS?
RSS is an acronym for "Really Simple Syndication". Its syndication format for web content and a new way of getting fresh content update for your web pages and search engines.
Many websites online and almost every blog, offer a feed of their content in RSS format. As RSS grows in popularity more publishers are likely to join in and offer their own RSS feeds. i would say that its important for SEO and users point of view.
Now every dynamic website now a days has RSS feed but what about static pages. What if you have a static simple website. How will you offer update in the form of RSS feed for your static website?
Here is a clean and simple solution.
Simply Add A Few Lines of Code on Your Web Pages and you are done. Your visitors will come back to your website often to find the latest updates.
RSS feeds will make your pages more relevant and "sticky". Adding RSS feeds to your web pages will get the search engine spiders to index your pages and come back more often because of the constantly changing information. RSS Feeds Provide Fresh Content For Your Visitors and the Search Engines.
Add News Feeds to Your Website In Minutes. In 5 minutes your website could be displaying fresh themed content from RSS News Feeds around the web ... that updates itself automatically 24 hours a day, 7 days a week! You'll never have to lift a finger and you'll be offering your viewers valuable and highly relevant material .. the best part is, this offer is 100% Free.
http://rssfeedreader.com
Are you happy with your current search engine placement? Are people able to find your site among the millions of sites on the Internet? Does your Web site deliver the amount of traffic you had hoped for?
A search engine placement survey conducted by the Georgia Institute of Technology shows that about 85-% of people looking for goods or services on the Internet start by using one of the major search engines. If your Web site doesn't have a high search engine placement, those seeking to buy your products will simply not find it.
When someone goes looking for your products in a search engine, will your site come up before or after your competitor's site? Do people see your site first? That's what search engine placement is all about.
This 10-step tutorial will guide you through all the moves necessary to design a site with search engine placement in mind. Learn the secrets of creating a search engine friendly, high-ranking site:
- Find effective high ranking keywords and phrases for your Web site.
- Use correctly formatted title and meta tags on all pages.
- Optimize your content and design for higher rankings.
- Make doorway pages for carefully selected keywords.
- Check for spam -- and other common mistakes.
- Register a high-ranking, keyword-rich domain.
- Discover search engine friendly Web hosting.
- Add your URL to the top 10 search engines.
- Monitor and improve your site's ranking.
- Analyze and understand web log files.
Search engines try to determine the content of your site by the words and phrases that appear across your pages. Phrases and words that are unique to your site are called 'Keywords' (or 'Keyphrases'). If your keyword density is too low, then search engines might miss your product or service when indexing your site. If your keyword density is too high, search engines might penalize your site for 'keyword spamming'.
Keywords density should not be more than 6-8%
