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Month: August 2006

Page Strength and Site Directories

A common question received in the SEO(search engine optimization) world is “what directories do you think I should pay to submit my site to?”
Many SEOs direct their clients to the most common and popular directories – but are they the “strongest”?
Recently “SEOmoz”:http://www.seomoz.org developed a “slick new tool”:http://www.seomoz.org/tools/page-strength.php that allows you to calculate what they refer to as your “Page Strength”. The tool was designed to provide you with a more accurate reflection of your site’s importance/visibility (and the contributing factors) than Google’s PageRank score.

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QotD – Can You Blog About Customers?

Today’s question of the day comes to us via a reader how wishes to remain anonymous (for obvious reasons):

Imagine you have a client who is making major mistakes in their approach to the Internet.

Is there any way you can blog about them and show the world this is not what to do without alienating or loosing the client?

Add your suggestions and comments after the click…

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Protect Your Domain Name in Seven Easy Steps

I’ve seen far too many friends and colleagues accidentally lose their Website domain names by forgetting to renew them in a timely manner. This can have catastrophic results, but it doesn’t have to happen to you. In fact, it can be easily avoided by following my list of seven simple steps.

Why not take a few minutes right NOW to reduce the likelihood of losing your domain name?

Seven Easy Steps to Protecting Your Domain Name

Step 1: Identify who your domain name registrar is.
If you are not sure who your registrar is, use a WHOIS directory like Allwhois to determine the name of your registrar (the company you registered the domain name with).

Step 2: Determine your registrar’s contact information.
Using the WHOIS record information, make note of the email and phone coordinates for the registrar (sometimes listed under "Technical Contact") and file this information in a safe place. And the registrar has to have a Website, so make sure you bookmark it.

Step 3: Confirm your domain name expiry date.
Also using the WHOIS record, check to see what "Renewal" date is listed. This is your expiry date and you MUST renew your domain name before then.

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