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SEO Marketing with Manual Directory Submission

Published on October 10, 2008 in Business Directory, Business networking, Google, Monetize, SEO, SEO Marketing, Search Engine Optimization, Web Directory, Web development, directory, link building, manual directory submission, share and submitelite.com. 29 Comments

Google has become synonymous with the word, “Search.” Whether you are casually surfing the internet, or browsing the web for useful information, the more specific your search is, the more relevant would your results be. So optimizing your web pages, articles, or posts requires you to understand your target audience thoroughly, do a market research of the most searched keywords, research the top websites for the keywords you are targeting, and this is just the beginning. Read more on SEO on Wikipedia, if you are not familiar with what it is.

Based on our online experience for a few years now, I would say it is imperative for anyone and everyone to be familiar with SEO. Say you have a small business, say you start a blog, start you want to place an ad, say you want to sell something online, say you want to discuss in a forum… being SEO savvy will help you to use the online resources that are available in a more useful way, and if you have something to contribute, it is not a choice, but mandatory to learn and use it.

SEO Marketing is not as easy though. It takes a lot of time, effort and patience to establish a name in a certain niche, thanks to millions of people competing on the web. So if you want to save time and capitalize quick, we would suggest using SEO services from reputed SEO Companies. Manual directory submission is a cheap and effective way of advertising, and many SEO consultants can do it for you for a small fee. The SEO services that you may also find useful could be domain name submission to multiple search engines, article submission, content writing, website or blog analysis.

Do You Know What The File Extensions Mean?

Published on October 1, 2008 in Linux, Mac, Microsoft, internet, tech blog, technology, tools and web sites. 2 Comments

Did you know that at one point, Microsoft restricted the file extension to just three characters? What that means is, files like .torrent stood no chance of running on a MS OS like Windows. This has changed since, and thanks to sites like www.file-extension.com, we can now track the progress and purpose of even the lesser know file extensions.

A precise outline of the nature and function of file extensions is not as simple as one would image, with over 40 years of developments and competing influences of Mac, Windows/Dos, and Unix-like operating systems, file systems and metadata formats are now harder to recognize and in some instances trust.

Three of the most popular type of files downloaded frequently online are probably the file extension MP3, GZ files and Zip. My personal favorite is the versatile MP3s, which are commonly used to encode audio with an intentionally simple algorithm specifically designed to maximize compression whilst still reproducing an audio track that sounds faithful to the original. Not only are these files versatile, they can be played with most all audio players.

Back to the File Extension site, I found that neither UNIX nor Mac operating systems used file extensions when they started rolling out. Instead each had their own file systems, with different conventions for storing metadata, which thankfully has changed over time. If you think you have see it all, check the site and you will realize that there are thousands of extensions you have used and many we will never. And when you do run into questions, you can count on file-extension.com to help you out.