To show, how this application works, I made a simple comparison of the popularity between Microsoft and Google.
Services are available from the Website: http://www.socialscan.com/
17 August 2008
Microsoft or Google? Which one is more popular on social sites?
The free, small, online application, presented by SocialScan, might be useful to the bloggers in many occasions. It is fast and does not require registration or code installation on your site or blog. Therefore, you can check not only sites you own, but any other sites on the Web. Knowing popularity of your own sites will help to review and assess the site promotion strategy. Knowing popularity of your competitors will give you one more hint, who you against to is. Just enter the URL, click on submit, and you get immediately results, covering 10 most popular social sites.
To show, how this application works, I made a simple comparison of the popularity between Microsoft and Google.
Services are available from the Website: http://www.socialscan.com/
To show, how this application works, I made a simple comparison of the popularity between Microsoft and Google.
Services are available from the Website: http://www.socialscan.com/
14 August 2008
Spice your Blog with relevant content with Zemanta Plug-in
In the strong competition among bloggers for the reader’s attention, you can spice your blog and make it more fun to read, adding the most relevant and fresh information with free plug-in, offered by Zemanta (http://www.zemanta.com/). Currently available only in Firefox and Internet Explorer, Zemanta’s adds-on provides bloggers with appropriate links to their articles by suggesting related content through words and images on the side.
One of the great things about Zemanta is that it actually scans the web for Creative Commons content, so bloggers will be able to post useful images without the fear of being sued by an angry author.
As stated by the developers, Zemanta can add
Download free plug-in directly: for Internet Explorer browser.
Plug-ins for Firefox and other platforms can be downloaded from the developers Website.
One of the great things about Zemanta is that it actually scans the web for Creative Commons content, so bloggers will be able to post useful images without the fear of being sued by an angry author.
As stated by the developers, Zemanta can add
- Fun: it is fun to see your words paired with great links and pictures.
- Content: Pictures, Links, Articles and Tags
- Convenience: no more trolling the web for content for your posts.
- Traffic: links to recent blog posts frequently result in return traffic.
Download free plug-in directly: for Internet Explorer browser.
Plug-ins for Firefox and other platforms can be downloaded from the developers Website.
11 August 2008
Adding Emoticons to Blog Posts at Blogger
Bloggers, spending some time on the forums and social networks, probably used to emoticons - small icons used to convey emotional content in a message. Did you miss these icons on your blog posts? With these simple instructions, Firefox Web Browser, GreaseMonkey extension, and special free emoticons script, you will be able to introduce this feature to your Blogger blog.
GreaseMonkey is a specific extension for Firefox which enable you to add hundreds of other scripts to your Firefox. You can download and install it from here. After the extension is installed you can download and install the Emoticons script from here.
Now, when you write your blog post, you are able to add emoticons by simply clicking on them. Note, that this option works in compose mode, not in text/html mode.
GreaseMonkey is a specific extension for Firefox which enable you to add hundreds of other scripts to your Firefox. You can download and install it from here. After the extension is installed you can download and install the Emoticons script from here.
Now, when you write your blog post, you are able to add emoticons by simply clicking on them. Note, that this option works in compose mode, not in text/html mode.
03 August 2008
Locating Authority Sites for your Keywords with Traffic Marks
Traffic Marks is an absolutely free Web 2.0 service, helping bloggers to find the authority websites for certain keywords.
It is not a secret that “The No.1 Way to Rank on the 1st Page of Google is to Get Incoming Backlinks from Authority Sites”. Traffic Marks is a web-based SEO application that identifies so-called hub sites that usually rank in at least 3 of the top 10 ranking sites for your given keyword.
SEO experts say that just one link from these sites is more secure in getting first page position than 100 different incoming backlinks from unknown websites! Traffic Marks now brings the ability to hone in and pinpoints these authority sites to the home user. And, again, the service is absolutely free.
The full process of successful site utilization can be structured in 4 easy steps:
Step 1: Identify the keyword you want to rank on Google for.
Step 2: Use Traffic Marks to find out what backlinks the top 10 search results in Google have in common.
Step 3: Identify the key authority sites for your chosen keyword phrase.
Step 4: Formulate a strategy to obtain links from these sites to your page.
Definitely, that is just beginning of the process, since you still need to get these backlinks, but at least you know exactly, which Website you need to target, and that is very important for efficient blog or site promotion project completion.
Sign up to start: http://www.trafficmarks.com/
It is not a secret that “The No.1 Way to Rank on the 1st Page of Google is to Get Incoming Backlinks from Authority Sites”. Traffic Marks is a web-based SEO application that identifies so-called hub sites that usually rank in at least 3 of the top 10 ranking sites for your given keyword.
SEO experts say that just one link from these sites is more secure in getting first page position than 100 different incoming backlinks from unknown websites! Traffic Marks now brings the ability to hone in and pinpoints these authority sites to the home user. And, again, the service is absolutely free.
The full process of successful site utilization can be structured in 4 easy steps:
Step 1: Identify the keyword you want to rank on Google for.
Step 2: Use Traffic Marks to find out what backlinks the top 10 search results in Google have in common.
Step 3: Identify the key authority sites for your chosen keyword phrase.
Step 4: Formulate a strategy to obtain links from these sites to your page.
Definitely, that is just beginning of the process, since you still need to get these backlinks, but at least you know exactly, which Website you need to target, and that is very important for efficient blog or site promotion project completion.
Sign up to start: http://www.trafficmarks.com/
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