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This is my blog about technology and the internet.

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Webmaster Tools

The major search engines Google, Yahoo and MSN all provide some really useful tools for webmasters.

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Google Webmaster Tools allows you to see problems Google has identified with your site, upload site maps and most importantly of all allows you to see what keywords are returning your website in the Google search engine results and which [...]

13Apr2008 | Tony | 2 comments | Continued
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SEO 102: No-follow links

I mentioned before that many blogs and indeed directories use “nofollow” on outbound links to prevent link juice flowing away from their site. These are quite easy to spot in the HTML code by looking at the link code to see if there is a rel=”nofollow”. However, this may be quite daunting [...]

7Apr2008 | Tony | 4 comments | Continued
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SEO 101: Domain Names

First off, the domain name for this site is terrible, so this really is a case of ‘do as I say (not as I do)’.
From a search engine optimisation perspective it is advantageous to get your keywords into your domain name as this will help your rankings and it helps the users too. For [...]

20Mar2008 | Tony | 5 comments | Continued
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Not such a healthy option

I was feeling great yesterday as I managed to motivate myself to go for a mid-morning run which was great aprt for the fact that the sports tracker application on my Nokia N95 phone crashed and I had forgotten my watch so I had no idea how long I took. Arghhh….
That evening I had an [...]

20Mar2008 | Tony | 4 comments | Continued
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SEO 102: Evaluating Web Directories

Google tell us that directories are a good for promoting your website online.
Submit your site to relevant directories such as the Open Directory Project and Yahoo!, as well as to other industry-specific expert sites.
The problem is they only specifically mention two; the Open Directory project and Yahoo!. Both are very hard to get listed in, [...]

13Mar2008 | Tony | 3 comments | Continued