Another Look at Google Analytics
December 21, 2008
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Another Look at Google Analytics
No this article does not cover all the great new features that have been added to Analytics recently. What I am going to suggest that you start paying more attention to time on site and more specifically time on each page stats. They will reveal much about the quality of your content and whether it meets the visitors expectations.
This site, of ours, is a hybrid of sorts in that it includes 14 static pages where we sell our services and tell our story. Then there is the blog that has a completely different audience. So in many ways this site is two in one. They both serve completely different purposes and audiences. All of the static pages use a sales funnel designed to elicit a buying decision. The blog, however, loosely applies these principals. Its pages offer mostly reference material and information.
What I am looking for on my static page is an average of about 7 minutes per page. If this drops below this level and stays there for 30 days or so I would then consider updating that pages content.
When examining time on page stats for the blog there are many more factors to consider. Was the page brief or detailed? Did the post include links to other sites? What was the topic of the post? If you study these time on page stats you can eventually develop a feel for what your readers are interested in and you can then make adjustments.
Average time on pages this is a real indicator if people like your site and its content. Average time on site is nice but mostly useless. There are other considerations as well. It is important to determine where your traffic is being generated from. If you social bookmark your blog posts you can expect these pages to have a considerably lower time on page stats.
Are you ready to review your website analytics and win?
We are officially requesting that you join the conversation here. That is, if you found that this post was at all interesting, useful, or perhaps you are just looking for a useful link. Then, I would like to entice you to comment by providing you with useful links as part of what I call “Scratch My Back Marketing.”
The Scratch My Back Marketing requires you to scratch this blog by leaving a useful comment of at least 20 words or more. Your comment should be relevant to the post. My scratch is that you will receive a Do Follow anchor text link (Keyword Luv) and if you have a blog with an RSS feed enabled you will receive an extra permalink back to your blog via Comment Luv. We also use the Top Commenter plugin as well!
It’s all about win/win marketing. I am willing to exchange page rank for the bump that a fresh comment provides.
Are you ready to exchange comments for links?
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Has Google Been Caught Going Against Net Neutrality?
December 16, 2008
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Has Google Been Caught Going Against Net Neutrality?
The Wall Street Journal reported today that Google appears to be abandoning their net neutrality position. Cnet also reported on this subject and offered Google’s response. The WSJ noted that Google has been a long time supporter of a neutral playing field for all internet traffic. What this means is that all users are treated to open access to the internet traffic. It is meant to treat all traffic as equal and to give no advantage in any particular type of traffic.
This is a throwback to the early days of telephone service. All calls were to be treated equal. So a phone company could not pick and choose which calls it put through. However, with the advent of peer to peer file swapping, TV over the internet, and video services the internet has been increasingly more crowded.
Service providers such as cable and the traditional phone companies have had a difficult time managing the surges in traffic volume. They have been seeking permission from the FCC to change the rules on how they handle service. They want to charge more to provide better service.
A few years ago Yahoo, MSN, and Google joined with others to fight against controlled internet access. However, Yahoo and MSN quietly abandoned their support of net neutrality. It was pointed out that Yahoo has entered into an arrangement to offer DSL for AT&T. It was also noted that Microsoft has entered an agreement with Verizon to supply services for its TV over the internet offerings.
It should be noted that in early 2008 Google noted “Some major broadband service providers have threatened to act as gatekeepers, playing favorites with particular applications or content providers, demonstrating that this threat is all too real.” We must now ask has their position changed?
Google responded that the WSJ had misunderstood its potential involvement with internet service providers. It noted that it is considering bringing its data centers into the networks of existing internet service providers. It noted that it would increase speed for its internet services to the end user. It didn’t focus on what a huge advantage this would be for them.
Google also explained that it would not be entering into binding agreements. It also went on to explain that anyone could do the same if they wanted too. This sounded bogus to me and it seemed to ring hallow with the writer at cnet.
What say you?
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We Rock The Google Directory With 6 # 1′s WOW
December 15, 2008
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We Rock The Google Directory with 6 # 1′s
Please excuse me while I do some boasting, but first this:
I am so anti directory submissions that I forgot that Google has its own directory. Membership is free but it requires that you first be accepted into the DMOZ directory. You seldom read anything about this directory, and so little is written that I forgot that it existed. Then I saw a thread on a forum that mentioned the directory.
So I Goggled it and started doing some searches. The obvious first search was for me was SEO and we could not be found on the first 5 pages so I gave up on this search. Then I tried using other SEO related searches that we use and do well in the standard index. The results were mind boggling. Six of the seven searches that were used all included SEO in the keyword phrase this site ranked number one. Here is how we fared.
SEO Solutions #1
Local SEO #1
Local SEO Solutions #1
Niche SEO #1
Small Business SEO Solutions #1
Geo-targeted SEO #1
Geo-targeting SEO # 2
Wow, I thought this is crazy good luck to rank so high across so many searches. The worst we did outside of just SEO was #2. This euphoria quickly surrendered to reality. You see I check Google Analytic’s almost daily and never has this site had a visitor from Google’s directory. None, not one visitor has visited here from Google’s directory. Even this coveted directory is useless for generating website traffic.
So while many covet a listing here, it hasn’t generated any traffic. Though it does make for an interesting blog post and was worth some bragging rights.
Are you in the Google Directory?
We are officially requesting that you join the conversation here. That is, if you found that this post was at all interesting, useful, or perhaps you are just looking for a useful link. Then, I would like to entice you to comment by providing you with useful links as part of what I call “Scratch My Back Marketing.”
The Scratch My Back Marketing requires you to scratch this blog by leaving a useful comment of at least 20 words or more. Your comment should be relevant to the post. My scratch is that you will receive a Do Follow anchor text link (Keyword Luv) and if you have a blog with an RSS feed enabled you will receive an extra permalink back to your blog via Comment Luv. We also use the Top Commenter plugin as well!
It’s all about win/win marketing. I am willing to exchange page rank for the bump that a fresh comment provides.
Are you ready to exchange comments for links?
This is the part where I move link juice around the site and hope that someone might actually want to learn more about our local small business SEO solutions and venture further.
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Social Bookmarking Resource Center
December 10, 2008
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Social Bookmarking Resource Center
Let me state right upfront that I personally do not use Social Bookmarking sites. However, I do recognize the value that these sites offer for many individuals and website owners.
So with this in mind I wanted to share of few resources that should make these sites easier to use and find. The first site, Social Marker looks to be a great tool. It allows you to bookmark 48 sites at once. It also allows you to choose between no follow and do follow submissions.
The do follow would be used by those only looking to gain a search ranking advantage through links generated on these sites. The no follow crowd is more concerned about generating traffic. This group is generally full of affiliate marketers hoping that you will visit their site and then click on a text link or banner ad.
The second option will take an enormous effort to implement fully. It is a fairly comprehensive list of social bookmarking sites that includes over a thousand sites. That right at last count it covered 1,053. When visiting this blog please do leave them a worth while comment that’s a little more than “nice list.” Whoever generated this list has put a lot of time and effort to create it and should be rewarded with great comments.
Are you ready to increase traffic and links?
We are officially requesting that you join the conversation here. That is, if you found that this post was at all interesting, useful, or perhaps you are just looking for a useful link. Then, I would like to entice you to comment by providing you with useful links as part of what I call “Scratch My Back Marketing.”
The Scratch My Back Marketing requires you to scratch this blog by leaving a useful comment of at least 20 words or more. Your comment should be relevant to the post. My scratch is that you will receive a Do Follow anchor text link (Keyword Luv) and if you have a blog with an RSS feed enabled you will receive an extra permalink back to your blog via Comment Luv. We also use the Top Commenter plugin as well!
It’s all about win/win marketing. I am willing to exchange page rank for the bump that a fresh comment provides.
Are you ready to exchange comments for links?
This is the part where I move link juice around the site and hope that someone might actually want to learn more about our local small business SEO solutions and venture further.
And to learn more about our services please check out these links:
Local SEO Services Tucson Website Designs Phoenix SEO Tucson Search Engine Optimization
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A Comprehensive Ping List
December 10, 2008
If you have landed on this page looking for SEO services it is because we were specifically targeting your community. Please go here for SEO-Search Engine Optimization. Or stay on and learn more about the advantages of using pinging services.
We have created a comprehensive ping list that should provide you with the best possible opportunity to market your blog. For my San Jose SEO friends and those that came here for small business SEO solutions I will explain.
Most blogs come with a feature called pinging, or in this case auto pinging. Your blog, if set up properly will send a signal out called a ping. A ping is a signal that lets these websites know that you have just updated your website. These sites then collect a snippet of your new post and place it on their websites.
That snippet then becomes available in a search able database. These sites offer a great opportunity to market your website globally as you post with no additional effort. Every blog is a little different where this feature is located. If you have a WordPress 2.51 blog here are the instructions. In your control panel open up the write section, then go to settings and this is where you will find the ping feature.
Let me remind you that this is copyright protected material and is for personal use only. It can not ever be reproduced and placed on your blog or on a forum. We encourage you to link to this post if you want to share this information.
This list currently includes 84 ping sites.
http://1470.net/api/ping
http://api.feedster.com/ping
http://api.moreover.com/RPC2
http://api.moreover.com/ping
http://api.my.yahoo.com/RPC2
http://api.my.yahoo.com/rss/ping
http://bitacoras.net/ping
http://blogbot.dk/io/xml-rpc.php
http://blog.goo.ne.jp/XMLRPC
http://blogdb.jp/xmlrpc
http://blogmatcher.com/u.php
http://blogupdate.org/sverige/ping/
http://blo.gs/ping.php
http://blogping.unidatum.com/RPC2/
http://ping.blogmura.jp/rpc/
http://bulkfeeds.net/rpc
http://coreblog.org/ping/
http://effbot.org/rpc/ping.cgi
http://mod-pubsub.org/kn_apps/blogchatt
http://www.lasermemory.com/lsrpc/
http://ping.amagle.com/
http://ping.bitacoras.com
http://ping.blo.gs/
http://ping.blogg.de/
http://ping.blogoon.net/
http://ping.blogmura.jp/rpc/
http://ping.cocolog-nifty.com/xmlrpc
http://ping.exblog.jp/xmlrpc
http://ping.fakapster.com/rpc
http://ping.feedburner.com
http://ping.feeds.yahoo.com/RPC2/
http://pingoat.com/
http://ping.myblog.jp
http://pinger.blogflux.com/rpc
http://pingqueue.com/rpc/
http://ping.rootblog.com/rpc.php
http://ping.syndic8.com/xmlrpc.php
http://ping.weblogalot.com/rpc.php
http://ping.weblogs.se/
http://rpc.britblog.com/
http://rcs.datashed.net/RPC2/
http://rpc.blogbuzzmachine.com/RPC2
http://rpc.blogrolling.com/pinger/
http://rcs.datashed.net/RPC2/
http://rpc.icerocket.com:10080/
http://rpc.newsgator.com/
http://rpc.pingomatic.com
http://rpc.tailrank.com/feedburner/RPC2
http://rpc.technorati.com/rpc/ping
http://rpc.weblogs.com/RPC2
http://rpc.wpkeys.com/
http://thingamablog.sourceforge.net/ping.php
http://topicexchange.com/RPC2
http://trackback.bakeinu.jp/bakeping.php
http://xmlrpc.blogg.de
http://zing.zingfast.com
http://www.a2b.cc/setloc/bp.a2b
http://www.bitacoles.net/ping.php
http://www.blogdigger.com/RPC2
http://www.blogoole.com/ping/
http://www.blogoon.net/ping/
http://www.blogpeople.net/servlet/weblogUpdates
http://www.blogroots.com/tb_populi.blog?id=1
http://www.blogshares.com/rpc.php
http://www.blogsnow.com/ping
http://www.blogstreet.com/xrbin/xmlrpc.cgi
http://www.catapings.com/ping.php
http://www.feedsky.com/api/RPC2
http://www.holycowdude.com/rpc/ping/
http://www.imblogs.net/ping/
http://www.lasermemory.com/lsrpc/
http://services.newsgator.com/ngws/xmlrpcping.aspx
http://signup.alerts.msn.com/alerts-PREP/submitPingExtended.doz
http://www.mod-pubsub.org/kn_apps/blogchatter/ping.php
http://www.newsisfree.com/RPCCloud
http://www.newsisfree.com/xmlrpctest.php
http://www.packetmonster.net/xmlrpc.php
http://www.popdex.com/addsite.php
http://www.snipsnap.org/RPC2
http://www.syndic8.com/xmlrpc.php
http://www.wasalive.com/ping/
http://www.weblogues.com/RPC/
http://www.weblogalot.com/Ping/
Market your website with Ping.
We are officially requesting that you join the conversation here. That is, if you found that this post was at all interesting, useful, or perhaps you are just looking for a useful link. Then, I would like to entice you to comment by providing you with useful links as part of what I call “Scratch My Back Marketing.”
The Scratch My Back Marketing requires you to scratch this blog by leaving a useful comment of at least 20 words or more. Your comment should be relevant to the post. My scratch is that you will receive a Do Follow anchor text link (Keyword Luv) and if you have a blog with an RSS feed enabled you will receive an extra permalink back to your blog via Comment Luv. We also use the Top Commenter plugin as well!
It’s all about win/win marketing. I am willing to exchange page rank for the bump that a fresh comment provides.
Are you ready to exchange comments for links?
This is the part where I move link juice around the site and hope that someone might actually want to learn more about our local small business SEO solutions and venture further.
And to learn more about our services please check out these links:
Local SEO Services Tucson Website Designs Phoenix SEO Tucson Search Engine Optimization
Holistic SEO Solutions Geo-Targeted SEO Solutions Niche SEO Solutions
If your business is located in the US, Canada, San Jose CA, Phoenix, Glendale, Scottsdale, Arizona or beyond and you would like to learn more about how your website can benefit from a blog, SEO, Internet marketing, or our affordable website design/re-design services please call Tucson SEO at 520-777-6479 or 1-866-512-1230 Now!
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