It’s a real human interest story, or at least it made the news. After McCain called Obama, a Paris Hilton kind of candidate, Paris came out with her own campaign commercial. It’s pretty cute actually. Check it out!
I remember a time when I’d never even heard of Google. It seems like when Google got popular, it happened really quickly. So, why? Besides the catchy name, they have so much to offer. They aren’t just a giant search engine. Take a look at this page, to see some of the service Google offers. I think they are becoming (if not already) the “Wal-Mart” of the web. Basically, anything you need to do online, you can do it through Google.
Imagine, you can organize your health records online with Google services?! Look at any place in the would via satellite?! Wow! It’s was funny because this morning I was helping Google out for no real reason. They have this thing called the Google Image Labeler, and you are assigned a partner to guess words that describe an image. This helps Google image search results. You don’t really get anything for helping, but people are doing it anyway. What a concept.
I guess Google has become so popular, that people just go there by habit. Hence the phrase “Google It”. I’ve never heard anyone say, “Yahoo It”, or “Altavista It”. They have basically the same search results as Google…. I guess the others are going to have to do a little bit more marketing to catch up!
If you own a blog or a webpage, then you know that getting traffic can be difficult. The first thing you should do is submit your site to every search engine you can. If your aren’t in the search engines, then people who use search engines to find a website, will never see yours. Here are a few to start with:
Google
Yahoo
Altavista
Or you can use a site submit service such as:
Submit Express
Good Content is also right up top with getting good traffic. If someone loves what you are wrting then they are sure to come back. So, your traffic will keep increasing if everyone who visits your page comes back. So, always make sure to keep your content interesting and informative.
Use a ping service whenever you update. This will cause your most recent posts to show up in the search engines. A good ping service is
Pingomatic.
Use meta tags and keywords. This will help the search engines find you as well. By using good keywords, your site will have a higher ranking than site without those keywords.
Those are just a few tips to improve your traffic. It’s not easy to get lots of traffic, but if you work hard and research, it will pay off.
As a blog owner, I guess you can tell that I do enjoy writing. I have looked all over the web for places to write, and I found a great one. It’s called Helium. If you haven’t heard of it, it’s a great place where you can test your writing skills. You can write about any subject you want to. It’s great. Then your article gets rated against other writers there. You can enter into competitions, and earn some serious cash. So, If you think you are good enough you should check it out! You can check out my profile here!
So, I am getting everything setup for my new blog, and I know that it’s not easy. I have to set up my Technorati Profile, submit my site to all the search engines, and so much more. I have alot of work to do. But, this time I can say that I am looking forward to it. Because this is my own domain, and all my work will be rewarded. If you are new to blogging I would suggest that you go ahead and start off with your own domain. Because it’s alot of work to get one really going, but once you do it’s worth it.
Hello All! I have finally done it :) I went ahead and got my own domain. I am so excited to get started, and ready to start getting my links built up. So, if you want to link up, now is the time! I am about to dive into this site so I can make it what I want it to be! I am open for sugestions of course, since this is my first page of my own. So, Please leave me a note. Have a great day!
