Archive for August, 2007

SEO frequently asked questions

Posted by Manny Mazda on 10th August , 2007

How does Google treat PDF documents ?
Google treats PDFs the same way as it does html and text. It will spider and index PDF documents (so long as they are not locked), and report them in the search engine results page. The rules about on-page optimisation for web pages also apply to PDF documents. Use [...]

Infomercial Script Writer - free and online

Posted by Manny Mazda on 9th August , 2007

 
Instructions: Just fill in the blanks on the form and hit the generate button. You will be presented with your completed script that you can then print out, or copy and paste into your teleprompter software.
This script uses tried and proven AIDA (attention - interest - desire - action) method. This method has generated billions [...]

Want lightening fast SEO results? Build a Blog.

Posted by Manny Mazda on 9th August , 2007

The exponential rise of blogging as part of the web 2.0 phenomenon has taken the Internet by storm. Smart online and offline marketers and business owners are now using blogs as an additional tool to generate leads, add credibility and improve their search engine rankings. Here are eight reasons why you should set up your [...]

Auction Ads broken ? I’m taking down my AuctionAds ads

Posted by Manny Mazda on 7th August , 2007

I’m disappointed with Auction Ads. It has been experiencing outages the last two days - ever since I installed it. I have taken the ads down from my friend’s military news site, but I have left them here on this blog.
Maybe the exponential growth in AA publishers has overloaded their servers? Now around the 22,000 [...]

Auction Ads Review - 3 month trial of AuctionAds

Posted by Manny Mazda on 4th August , 2007

A friend of mine wanted to give some affiliate marketing a whirl so I suggest he try Auction Ads.
He runs an Australian Defence News site that gets between 70 - 130 unique visitors per day.
Auction Ads allows you to embed live ebay auction listings in your web pages and then get paid a share of [...]

How to keep Google happy and coming back for more

Posted by Manny Mazda on 4th August , 2007

There’s are things that you can do to keep Google happy and improve your search engine rankings. In a nutshell they are:
1. Add new content. If Google notices that you add content on a regular basis it will visit your site more regularly. If Google does not see a change in your web site in [...]

Google Adwords - the second most important element

Posted by Manny Mazda on 4th August , 2007

I listened to a bunch of SEO podcasts yesterday and learnt something very interesting. The speaker, who’s name escapes me, is a Google Adwords expert. That’s what he does for a living.
The interesting thing he said that was the second most important element of a Google Adwords ad, next to the headline of course, is [...]

Words, words, words

Posted by Manny Mazda on 2nd August , 2007

If you love words as much as I do, check out this dictionary of arcane words. Let us obarmate ourselves against the oversimplification of the English language.

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Google Local Review - also works in Brisbane

Posted by Manny Mazda on 2nd August , 2007

Google have a nice little service called Google Local which integrates into Google Maps. You can register your business for free and if someone does a search on your business type, you will be listed with a map of the local area and a flag pointing to your location.
The process works as follows:
1. Sign up [...]