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Advantages and Disadvantages fo URL Shorteners

Posted by Jeffrey Blake on Wednesday, January 6, 2010, In : SEO 


URL shorteners are everywhere now.  I cant keep up with them.  Im talking about url shorteners and redirectors as tinyurl.com and bit.ly among many others.   It doesnt take a lot of reflection to understand that controlling links is a money making venture.  I think there are still opportunities in how the url shortener uses the links.

Some of the advantages of using one are:

  • Short URLs - duh.  With the rise of Twitter and the need to keep tweets under 140 characters h...

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Elements of a Small Business Website

Posted by Jeffrey Blake on Saturday, December 19, 2009, In : Small Business 
Everybody wants a website these days - but they often don't know what to do with it.  Its really not up the web designer to write your copy or figure out your marketing strategy.  And most small businesses don't know how to do those things very well and often don't see the value in it.  I am not going to answer all of those questions today.  But I would like to outline the basic elements that a small business owner should look for in a new or redesigned website.

  • BRANDING - The site should ...

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Increase WordPress Post SEO

Posted by Jeffrey Blake on Monday, September 21, 2009, In : Permalinks 

The default url for WordPress.org post use the date and the post name.    A better url contains a keyword instead of a date.    A date can only make your post look old after a few months.   But by adding the category you will get a url that has more keywords and can be found easier on Google.

This is really easy to do.  Simply edit your Setting and select permalinks.  Make the custom structure to be

"/%category%/%postname%/"



SEO,permalinks 

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Promote Your Business and Website

Posted by Jeffrey Blake on Friday, July 10, 2009, In : Promotion 
  • Write a Blog. Nothing is better for publicizing your site than writing some good content into a blog.  Blog pages get entered quickly into Google index quite quickly.    And good blog software knows how to maximize your number of indexed pages and also providing indexable pages for different tags.  So dont forget to categorize and tag your blog posts well because this will enhance your finability
  • Write For Others - Anytime you can spread your reputation and brand around the better.  Offer to g...

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