In your robots.txt file on a line by itself, add the following command to tell the search engines your Sitemap location:
The <sitemap_location> should be the…
If you use Bloglines to read your RSS feeds (or even if you don’t - just go there - it’s free http://www.bloglines.com). There are 2 ways to get to Package Tracking: on the home page along…
I’m going to back up and cover what an RSS feed is and then move into what you can with them for your business. That’s where I’ll focus most of my discussion. I realize that most folks really…
It’s called IT Facts — Your Daily Research Synopsis
The RSS Feed is http://blogs.zdnet.com/ITFacts/wp-rss2.php
Here is a sample from July 20th 2005
Bottom line here is Microsoft is actually listening to users and is not going to release a ‘new vesion’ of RSS that’ that overshadows what we’re all using now in any way. Even Dave Winer seemed…
The examples below may stimulate some ideas for you. They are from a software tool vendor’s marketing material that speaks directly to what’s possible with their product, which is a tool for…
Here is the RSS URL for Tom’s Internet Biz Blog
http://feeds.4webresults.com/4webresults
Please use this link for my blog.
I have stats for my site using AWSTATs and I’m also using HitsLink….
I predict you’ll like the way Larry produced this interview. He cut in a lot of great music as bumpers between the points made in the conversation. Here are the details and shownotes from…
Ten Ideas for Corporate RSS Feeds was posted on The CEO Bloggers’ Club blog a while back, but I thought the author provided some thoughtful ideas on how to use RSS feeds in a corporate…
This concept has more than one of my clients excited. Here is a page from their website that explains what they do at a high level. Visit www.edgeio.com for details.
What is edgeio?
Anyone…
I shepherd the search engine visibility of the Dbazine.com site. Currently, we’re running a survey to see how the audience wants to be informed about updates from the site. If you don’t see the…
There are 130+ directories that are ONLY for RSS feeds. When you register your RSS feed(s) in the directories, the directories go out and take a snapshot of each article or document - typically…
Don’t you just love it when the search engines start one-upping each other?
So go take a look at http://maps.google.com. It’s really very useful and practical - as are all Google tools. Not real…
I’ve mentioned a number of times how important it is for any business with a local focus to be listed in local.google.com and local.yahoo.com www.citysearch.com and www.superpages.com. In case…
I’ve loaded the new Google 3.0 toolbar and love it. Briefly, here is what’s new:
SpellCheck - Check your spelling whenever you type in web forms
WordTranslator - Translate English words…
Each day Yahoo! Buzz Index will send you a search engine subject that was popular the previous day. The data is collected from Yahoo! search log files. The Yahoo! Buzz Index counts the total…
Though search traffic from Google still far out passes MSN for my site and nearly all my clients, It’s looking to me like MSN searches are starting to increase. We’ll just have to wait over time…
Want to know what the traffic snarls will be before you leave for work or head home from the office? Go to http://maps.yahoo.com/traffic. Color-coded icons on the maps for the 70 top…
You can download AdWords Editor 7.0 for Windows or the Mac here.
Google has released several new features in Editor 7.0 including:
So if you’re big into using the Yahoo Search Engine Directory and you use a PC, then you may want to check out their desktop search. It’s free.
http://desktop.yahoo.com/
Google is testing a new tool called “Google Suggest” that you’re going to find helpful. Visit:
http://www.google.com/webhp?complete=1&hl=en
So What is “Google Suggest”?
Well, as…
Thought you’d find this useful.
http://www.google.com/sponsoredlinks
Go there.
Type in
cell phones
…
Go take to a second peek at MSN’s new search technology
Curious what is under the hood? They claim a new algorithmic search engine with a few more features and a bigger index than the first…
Try out Ms. Dewey for your next search. She’s also kind of cute.
Type in your search phrase and watch her gather your results on the page. She pulls the results from Microsoft’s Live Search…
http://www.thehotfix.net/comments.php?catid=1&shownews=859
What does this Windows Live news mean? For now it means Microsoft, not Google, made it out first with web-based applications. Isn’t…
Big news from Microsoft found at Information Week about Internet-based versions of Office and Windows.
The much-awaited Office Live was released today in beta. There are three levels:
Office Live Basics free
Office Live Collaboration starting at $29.95
Office Live…
Google does it again. They purchased one of the most popular web traffic tools - Urchin - which used to require up to hundreds of dollars a month to use for high-traffic sites. Now it’s free and…
But of course it’s not that simple. There are many little tweaks and insights that can significantly increase your income with Google AdSense. Here is a snippet from this posting:
Wouldn’t it be nice to finally have a cross-platform solution for basic office software tools for PC, Mac and Unix, and for it be essentially free? If Gmail is an indication of what’s possible,…
How do you know this has happened to you? When your recently launched site isn’t showing any Page Rank, even after a significant amount of time.
Here is an article on…
From http://moon.google.com:
“In honor of the first manned Moon landing, which took place on July 20, 1969, we’ve added some NASA imagery to the Google Maps interface to help you pay your…
The hot (or maybe it strikes you as lukewarm) news this week is that Microsoft is delaying its next-generation operating system called Vista, for the second time, to 2007. Supposedly they are going…
Though I’m sure Sun.com is using Google Adwords for direct sales, what caught my eye was this ad:
Its sole purpose is to invite YOU to engage with them about their vision, their business.
…
This is taken right from the Google Video Upload Program:
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Your work deserves to be seen.
You’ve made a great video. Now who will watch it?
Whether you…
I just found this blogger and I’m so impressed - JenSense - “Making Sense of Contextual Ads.” If you’re wanting to stay on top of how to best use Google AdSense and now the new Yahoo … She just…
Visit http://talk.google.com
for more details and for a short review of Google Talk.
If you’re using an Apple computer (or Linux) you’ll have to wait for all the features….
Here is a useful summary of Microsoft Live from the Read/Write Web blog by Richard MacManus, and a number of related links for more detail.
Looks like the author’s overall impression is…
Go to http://reader.google.com.
I’m just starting to tinker with it. I have exported the list of RSS feeds I have at www.bloglines.com to see how it handles 100+ feeds. It takes a few minutes…
Google Inc. has offered to blanket San Francisco with free wireless Internet access at no cost to the city,…
Here is a background article at Yahoo. And do check it out on the www.apple.com
site.
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Other issues like battery life never quite hit the mark for me on the PC laptop either. On the software side I realized I had meet one of my business goals of moving all my project…
Well, I switched to a 12” Powerbook for my carry-around laptop about 4 months ago. What a joy it’s been using an Apple product instead of a Hewlett Packard laptop. With that experience and…
by Ethan Smith and Mylene Mangalinden
The Wall Street Journal Online - February 16, 2006; Page B1
In recent years, Amazon.com Inc.Chief Executive…
If you had any doubts about making that change to an Apple laptop (or desktop), now’s the time to make the move. Just released today is Boot Camp, a beta release that gives you the ability to…
There is more to it then that. Apple apparently sucked in all the Podcasts from iPodder.org and Podcast.net and I guess every directory they can find. Because I’m seeing tons of Podcasts in the…
