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SEO Marketing with Manual Directory Submission

Published on October 10, 2008 in Business Directory, Business networking, directory, Google, link building, manual directory submission, Monetize, Search Engine Optimization, SEO, SEO Marketing, share, submitelite.com, Web development and Web Directory. 33 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.

Orkut Ask Friends a Question

Published on November 2, 2007 in Ask Friends, Business networking, GOOG, Google, Google Inc., internet, Linkedin, Mobius, networking, Orkut, Questions, resources, social networking, tools and Yahoo Answers. 1 Comment

“Ask Friends a Question” in Orkut reminds me of “Yahoo Answers”. Supposedly the idea is derived from “LinkedIn answers”, and you can now ask questions to your friends on Orkut.

When you ask a question, Google automatically suggests relevant categories based on the keywords/text of your question. The code Mobius is used for this first application on Orkut platform.

For example: I asked “Anyone interested in guest blogging?”
And the suggestion I got was ” Blogging Resources and Services“.

Orkut Ask Friends

“Ask friends” for Orkut users would mean:
Relevant questions.
Relevant answers.
Common questions.
Common answers.
Trust and reliability.

“Ask Friends” for Orkut (or Google) would mean:
More searches
More ads

If you find this a cool feature, go to Edit Feeds, add Ask Friend’s application, navigate to Mobius and fire. You also have the choice to ask “Among Friends” or “Individual Friends you choose”.

OpenSocial: Google’s FaceBook

Published on October 30, 2007 in Business networking, Facebook, Friendster, Google, Google Inc., hi5, Linkedin, Open Social, OpenSocial, Orkut, Plaxo, Social graphs, social networking, Startup and XING. 1 Comment

 OpenSocial
OpenSocial, Google’s open challenge to Facebook will launch this Thursday. OpenSocial is a set of three common APIs, that will allow access to user data, graph for friends information, and Feeds to learn the latest activities. XING, Friendster, LinkedIn, Plaxo, Newsgator, hi5 and Ning would be be joining Google and Orkut. Developers from some key Facebook Companies such as Flikster, Rock You, Slide, and iLike to work would be behind the making of this new social/business networking site.

There is wide speculation that Google could win it’s way through this in a breeze, given that good partners are siding with Google and Google has both the resources and the experience to successfully streamline the network on all social networks from one control-center.

What this means for Google and users?

More power. If Google ends up becoming the leading networking site, it might become a one-stop platform for  users to associate with their online identity. More applications would increase searches and Google might also add ads to add to user interest, increasing ad searches as well.

Developers would jump to make one new site a day, but irrespective of whether this is a hype or not, increasing networking sites can take away a lot of time away from the average user, from adding a profile to actively networking… it’s a huge effort, only makes it worse when you have to redo the whole thing again and again. Tired of even thinking of yet another sign-up. Are you? After all the publicity, OpenSocial better be worth the noise!!

SIZE DOES MATTER: In the WEB 2.0 World

Published on March 13, 2007 in Blogosphere, Business networking, Digg, eBay, funny news, Link juice, MySpace, networking, size does matter, social networking, Web 2, Web 2.0, Web technology and web traffic. 1 Comment

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A says: What would you do if you had 5 wives, 25 children and 125 relatives?

B says: “Digg”.

C says: “Sell the population on eBay”.

Huh?? True, here’s how.

Can you launch a successful startup with $2000? Yes, dig Digg!

Published on February 28, 2007 in Apache, Blogosphere, Business blog, Business networking, Digg, Kevin Rose, Linux, MySQL, Personal technology, PHP, Startup, vc, Venture Capital, Web 2, Web 2.0 and Web technology. 1 Comment

Common knowledge says a new business venture requires angel investors of some kind or at least the biggest obstacle is the financial part.

Would you believe if you were told Digg was launched at a cost of $2000 ONLY using the open source LAMP stack (Software progams bundled for running dynamic websites or servers: Linux,Apache, MySQL and PHP) , with a monthly hosting cost of $99, without advertising cost of a single dollar?

Let’s have a look at Digg’s statistics first:
No. of users: 500,000
No. of links: More than a million
Traffic rank: 78
Staff: 15 people
Monthly traffic: 10 million pages per day

Of course, Kevin Rose, the founder of Digg, an important name in Web 2.0 amongst the most popular internet celebrities today, had experience working with dotcom startups before he found Digg, yet I think there is reason for being optimistic that if you have an idea that sells, a major chunk of your job is done!