Archive for May 8th, 2008

Off Page Search Engine Optimization Techniques

Thursday, May 8th, 2008

Of all of the traffic that you can get your website, some of the best visitors will come as a direct result of your website being listed in the search engines. Not only is this traffic very targeted, since they are looking for something specific, it is also free, which makes it all the more valuable. In an effort to gain this free search engine traffic, many individuals have begun employing various search engine optimization techniques to help their websites to rank better. These techniques come in two basic forms, on page and off page optimization. Although on page optimization is important for you to understand, it is the off page optimization that will really propel your website to the top of the list.

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6 Reasons Why I Squidoo And You Should Too!

Thursday, May 8th, 2008

Do you Squidoo? Perhaps you are not familiar with that little orange creature with one big blue eye, but Squidoo is a social networking site utilizing a different system and framework than many free social networking sites. Squidoo allows each account to create as many unique web pages as they like and then individualize each page to reflect the unique topic and individual personality of the creator. The pages are visable to anyone browsing the web and the creator determines how much interaction will be allowed by viewers and other Squidoo registered users. For example, some pages allow anyone to leave a comment or vote in a poll while others allow only other Squidoo users to do so. So far that doesn’t sound all that drastically different from the proliferation of free web hosts, free blog hosts, and other social networking options so why do I Squidoo?

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