Many websites have very long URLs for their articles, especially more so with blogs that rely on automated permalinks which reuse their titles. For example, a URL can be as follows:
Such long URLs can actually break if you try to repost them in forums or e-mails. So what is the solution? You use a URL shortener, of course! With a URL shortener, the long URL example I gave above can easily be shortened into:
In this video, Matt Cutts answers a question from a viewer regarding techniques on building backlinks to your site. It is important to note that having original content in your site seems to be a major factor in link-building.
When I first started my online venture, I did get a lot of flak offline and online. Many people I met were actually skeptical that I would get involved into something which is not really recognised as a (traditional) “job”. Several moronic bloggers (whom I shall not name here) even blatantly chastised me publicly by saying that this is an euphemism for being “jobless”. Of course, what they do not know is that I was not “forced” into starting up my ventures online due to unemployment or anything of the sort. I chose to do what I did because I really wanted to do it. I certainly cannot imagine myself sitting at a desk from 9 AM to 4 PM like an office drone (think Hiro Nakamura of Heroes fame) or take orders from someone who looks down on you just because she thinks you build websites as a “hobby”.
Well, I have proved all the skeptics wrong and I am still doing my online business today, since having started it in mid-2006. I even bought Project Petaling Street in early 2009 with the money I earned from my internet ventures and am currently consolidating it with other services such as my free URL shortener. Here is the latest screenshot of my earnings from PayPal for February 2010, thanks to my online ventures (its not limited to blogging only).
Posted on Tuesday, February 9th 2010 2:55 pm by menj in Blogging, Internet
Most webmasters who regularly apply SEO methods will be fully aware of Google Insight for Search and how it can be applied to explore the keywords you want to optimize your site for. For those of you who aren’t well informed with Google Insight, please read on and learn how to apply it in your SEO campaign.
Google Insight has a full range of assorted instruments to help you concentrate your SEO campaign and choose keywords that are going to be fruitful in the long run as well as in the short term. You have a lot of ways to seek on Google Insight; you can search by term, picture, and product and news search. The information you get back will present search vogues over a time period, it will also allow you check out various geographical locations as some keywords will be surely more favorite in different locations. You can even separate the issues into regions, this is a great help for geographically targeted SEO campaigns as you can assure how different areas search Google.
Posted on Friday, March 13th 2009 8:36 am by menj in Blogging, Internet
Last year I spoke about a new theme for Blogging For Money. Well, the theme did went live a few days later but as I was busy with other projects, I could not properly test it. Heck, I didn’t have the time to even announce the emergence of this new theme (as I am doing right now)!
So far, everything seems to run smoothly and I am very happy with this new custom theme for one of my oldest blogs focusing on the making money niche. Yes, I have certainly neglected to update this blog for some time and I certainly cannot fault no one else for this apart from myself. I certainly have to shoulder the blame for not maintaining the blog as I should, since I am focusing more on my other niche blogs rather than this one.
Posted on Friday, October 31st 2008 8:00 pm by menj in Blogging, WordPress
Since I am in the process of reviving Blogging For Money, I thought that it would certainly be most appropriate if I were to have a custom theme made for it. Here is the sneak preview of the theme for this blog. Originally I bought this theme thinking that I would release it as a free WordPress theme for users who are interested to use it. After thinking it over, however, I decided to use it here. I have already sent the PSD to the coder and it should be ready in two week’s time.
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