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Page Rank Update - What The ****

Written by mbpage on July 28, 2008

So I’ve just been through my first Google Page Rank Update.  Where is the science related to this?  I have a dozen or so sites that have accquired PR1 & PR2 status out of the 35+ I have developed over the last 4 months.

Why some have been awarded PR and others haven’t is a complete mystery to me.  One site, another blog I have only made 2 posts on in the last 4 months and has no back links and no traffic (now PR1) whilst this site posted to regularly and having a number of back links and good [...] Continue Reading…

What is Web 2.0?

Written by mbpage on July 23, 2008

That is the question I have been asking myself lately. Can it really generate traffic? I’d be being hard on myself it I said I had no concept of Web 2.0. It’s been around for a while but I have only been learning the online game since February and I simply haven’t had time to invest in understanding social networking etc. So over the weekend I invested a couple of hours in a spot of research and found a great free guide that is up to date (how unusual is that?) from social marketing authority [...] Continue Reading…

Free Email Icon Generator

Written by mbpage on July 22, 2008

Spam is a real problem! Ok so that didn’t tell you anything you didn’t know already but aren’t you sick to death of those email harvesting spiders visiting your site, scraping your contact address and sending you a pile of crap. One way around this is to use contact forms but that means you need to create additional code or learn another plugin. A quick fire solution is to use an email icon generator and I tracked down a free tool here which does the job perfectly. It’s great for using in BANS privacy policies [...] Continue Reading…

Fun on Friday

Written by mbpage on July 18, 2008

So it’s Friday again already and time for a new video - I must of watched last weeks episode 5 times and it still cracks me up - I’m so easy to entertain. Episode 2 is now live so scroll down the screen and relax a bit.

Build a Niche Store Video Tutorials

Written by mbpage on July 18, 2008

I’ve been minded for a while to start making a few tutorials relating to BANS. The first one is now ready to roll. This is the first video I have ever made so bear in mind it is a major learning experience for me. It is rough and ready - I’m no editing expert nor do I want to be. This is a one take shot on how to optimize your submission to the SubmitEdge Directory Service.
You can view the video here

I spotted one mistake I made with relation to the bulk purchase facility and [...] Continue Reading…

WordPress 2.6 Press This

Written by mbpage on July 17, 2008

As my love of wordpress grows daily I’ve just upgraded the blog and produced this post using the sweet new “Press This” functionality. You’ll love it. Check it out now.

WordPress › Blog » WordPress 2.6.

The SEO Swindle

Written by mbpage on July 17, 2008

Sometimes you just need to start with a controversial title. So why “The SEO Swindle”? Well what is the purpose of a link building strategy? To improve your rankings in the serps and build page rank right? The higher your PR the easier it is to exchange links and the higher you rank in the serps.

Well I was looking at a friends site today as I’ve been asked to convert it to a blog. I ran it through several tools including SEO Elite and discovered it had only two backlinks. One from [...] Continue Reading…

Fun on Friday

Written by mbpage on July 11, 2008

I finally finished off the new theme and added a video to the bottom of the home page. It reveals a little about my sense of humor. Chad Vader may be old but I’ve laughed every time I’ve played it whilst testing the frame size. If you haven’t seen it before enjoy. I’m going to post the whole series over the next, however many weeks it takes. The season finale is an absolute classic.

US Hosting UK Sites (update)

Written by mbpage on July 11, 2008

In my post US Hosting UK Sites I discussed my realisation that my .com and .net domains targeting the UK were not being indexed in the UK and the plans I had to turn things around. I am pleased to say that these have been successful. The solution was similar to that outlined in my post on .info domains.

If you read that post you will know I use HostGator because of the exceptional value for money they provide compared to the cost of UK hosting. The disadvantage of this is that any domain with the exception [...] Continue Reading…

Google Search Volumes

Written by mbpage on July 10, 2008

I’m sure you caught the news yesterday that Google was now making search volume information available via it’s free keyword tool. This is fantastic news and with the data seemingly verified as accurate by a number of independent experts one wonders where the future lies for the likes of nichebot and wordtracker. Not that I think they’ll go bust but they will certainly need to deliver more to their subscribers now.

I have spent a couple of hours comparing data with the above and some of the differences are marked. Mainly on the positive side I have [...] Continue Reading…