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A Visual RSS Feeds Maker
2007-12-02 16:28:00
Feed EditorRSS feeds provide you the most simple method to promote your website or to rapidly obtain the desired information from a given web site that syndicates its content.There are many ways to create RSS feeds. For example, the manual editing of XML file could not be so comfortable for the beginners. But solutions for automatic RSS feeds creation exist.You can create a web site having integrated server side scripts that will automatically generate the feeds from a given specified content or separately generate the feed with a standalone RSS feeds authoring tool.Feed Editor is a simple Windows application that allows you to create, edit and publish RSS feeds without having XML knowledge. The application also permits you to personalise the feeds in any way you want by adding images, changing fonts and more. It provides an easy to understand wizard which will guide you to the feeds creation process. If you use the wizard in feeds construction there will be no error in the final fi...
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" Burn " Remote Files with FireFTP for Mozilla Firefox
2007-11-30 16:04:00
Connect to any FTP account using Mozilla Firefox When you want to connect to remote resources via FTP, you have to choose from many FTP clients available as stand-alone applications, server or client side scripts or various modules available for the modern web browsers.FireFTP is an add-on for Mozilla Firefox , which is of small file size (approximately 133 kB) and allows you to connect to any FTP account using active or passive mode. All you have to do is just install it as any other Mozilla Firefox add-on and access it from the Tools menu. After you define FTP connection details (host name, user name and password) you will be able to transfer files (download or upload).Despite its small file size FireFTP Mozilla Firefox add-on is full of features, many of them being inexistent in regular FTP clients. For example it will automatically reconnect to the server and resume any download, keep directories in synchronization while you surf the internet and more.Other notable features are: t...
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Automatically Save and Crack Flash Games, Movies and Videos
2007-11-30 15:58:00
Extract Flash files content with Movies Extractor ScoutSometimes you need to save on your hard disk various types of Flash files (games, movies or videos) or certain parts of their content such as text, images, sounds, HTML source code or anything else they could contain.The Flash files cannot be saved directly from a web browser window by simply employing the Save As browser option. Even more, it is generally considered that text and images embedded in Flash files are safe from being copied or reproduced. But using Flash decompilers, any Flash file can be decomposed in its initial parts.If you are new to Flash and you cannot find enough examples or you just want to save a Flash file on your computer, Movies Extractor Scout Windows application might help you. It is a very simple tool that will allow you to manage various aspects concerning the saving and cracking Flash files.When you want to get the content from a Flash file, first open it in your Internet Explorer browser, let it p...
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Deployment of a Free, SEO Ready Made Website in 10 Minutes
2007-11-30 15:53:00
Tips for Search Engines Optimization of Drupal Website sThe success and popularity of a website is influenced by its transparency in search queries performed on major search engines.The SEO (search engine optimization) for a websites takes into account a high number of factors that determines the final interaction nature between website (basic content and links) and search engine spiders.In case of Drupal websites, which are very popular on Internet, the search engine optimization actions could be simplified by establishing the initial settings according to a certain SEO direction and installing the necessary modules that will perform global changes corresponding to a given SEO action.In the first place, you must limit the number of modules installed on the site, only to the necessary ones, in order to minimize the number of database queries. For a site with many users, you can also enable the Drupal cache, MySQL query cache or both of them.SEO Checklist module will help you review a...
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The Truth About Dangerous Antiviruses
2007-11-26 15:18:00
Vulnerable computer even with powerful antivirus?We all knew that a powerful antivirus supposed to block threats and protect your computer can turn into a serious danger for your computer due to several reasons. But as Sergio Alvarez and Thierry Zoller, N.runs security researchers, stated, the vulnerabilities discovered in the antivirus technologies can be easily used by hackers to exploit an affected system. SecurityFocus informed that the two security experts discovered no less than "80 parsing vulnerabilities in various antivirus products," a matter that should really raise concerns among the security vendor that aim to protect users' computers."Current AV DiD (antivirus defense-in-depth) implementations define 'the worst possible way' an antivirus product may fail as 'Fails to detect a threat' or 'Fails to detect a virus,' whereas in reality the worst possible way is a more severe one: Compromise of the underlying OS (operating system) through the antivirus engine," the t...
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Improve Speed and Overall Performance for Your Wordpress Blog
2007-11-22 03:56:00
Install WP Super CacheWordpress application is a content management system widely used at this moment for blogging or other purposes. It can be extended through plugins which are available for free download.When your website has a heavy web traffic, the MySQL database will support multiple queries which at a given moment will determine the loss of web pages downloading speed on visitors' web browsers.In order to prevent this situation, there are a few plugins that will help you improve the page loading speed and overall performance of your WordPress blog. WP-Cache plugin caches the pages and when visitors request the cached pages, it will serve them without making database queries.But a more powerful plugin, WP Super Cache will create static HTML pages and will avoid the loading of PHP and as a consequence the server will be able to send hundred thousands of pages in a few minutes without errors.In order to install and run this plugin, you must have Apache mod_rewrite, mod_mime and...
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Break Down Your Internet Competitors with SEO SpyGlass
2007-11-18 05:15:00
Rapid development of Search Engine Optimization strategiesSearch Engine Optimization (SEO) and Internet Marketing activities influence the websites' success and popularity. There are many methods available to promote a site in order to appear in the first ten results on search engine listings.The most efficient strategy in search engine optimization is the implementation of existing SEO models of one way link building and popular keywords based on analysis performed with automatic tools. For example Google Wemaster Tools provides a lot of useful information concerning popularity and the behaviour of a given website in interaction with search engines spiders.SEO SpyGlass is a search engine optimization automatic tool that will provide you reports concerning various aspects of your competitors' SEO strategy. Practically it will give you a full report about their backlinks, such as Google page rank of the domain containing the back link, anchor texts, keywords popularity and more.Bas...
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Jump Over Website Authentication System with a Single Mouse Click!
2007-11-17 15:23:00
By-pass the login processThe website authentication system could be very annoying when you want to access certain information rapidly and you do not remember the login details or you do not have a login account.Did you think about the existence of a possibility to enter a password protected website without typing in a login name and a password? But without having a login account?These two questions have a straight answer: it is possible to by-pass the login process when websites have an authentication system used to control users access to certain resources.In the first situation, when you have a login account but you forgot the username and password, enabling cookies in your web browser can help you. Every modern web browser provides options for cookies management in privacy settings area.By enabling cookies in your web browser, next time you go on a password protected web site, the login process will be by-passed and you will be redirected to the desired page, because the cookie w...
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The BitTorrent Download – Friend And Foe (At the Same Time)
2007-11-16 07:43:00
The truth?The BitTorrent downloads are very popular nowadays because all the users interested in this way of saving files from the web can take movies, games and music in no time. But this doesn’t necessarily mean that all the content available through BitTorrent are legal and the users are allowed to download it with no risk. It’s well known the fact that numerous BitTorrent websites were shut down due to pirated content published on its pages which could be easily downloaded and redistributed by the registered members.Some time ago, the US authorities started a national campaign which required TorrentSpy to shut down and to provide private information about the users accessing the product. Although it was sent to the court, the TorrentSpy representatives refused to offer the required details because it could have meant infringing on users’ privacy which was clearly protected by the internal guidelines.But TorrentSpy was not the only BitTorrent service affected by the laws. D...
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Instant Messaging Security
2007-11-16 07:38:00
Does it really exist?In case you’re one of the millions of Internet consumers who access instant messaging clients, you probably believe that this kind of application is one of the most secure on the web. Well, it isn’t, no matter if you’re using Yahoo Mess enger, Windows Live Messenger or Google Talk. All the users who communicate on the web using these tools can turn into real victims if they fail to protect their computers as they should. A recent report informed the Windows Live Messenger consumers were threatened by a really dangerous scam which aimed to lure users to a dangerous page which could steal their login credentials. After the username and password were received by the attackers, they quickly logged in into the accounts and sent the malicious website to the victims’ contacts.In fact, Windows Live Messenger is not the only application vulnerable to this kind of attack. I saw similar scam attempts on Yahoo Messenger but I really don’t know if the page included ...
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Yahoo Mail under Attack?
2007-11-15 05:52:00
More spam delivered in my Yahoo Mail inboxIt was said that the new Yahoo Mail comes with improved security features, better anti-spam filters and several other utilities which are supposed to make the email communication safer than any time before. I even believed that... until today, when several spam messages invaded my inbox, trying to convince me to buy some… Viagra! I don’t have a clue how they managed to reach my inbox because all the unsolicited traffic was redirected until now to the special Spam folder included in the new Yahoo Mail.As you can see in the adjacent picture, both spam messages which reached the inbox come from Hotmail accounts, the emails being sent to numerous recipients at the same time. It looks like the spammer used a list of email addresses, but I wonder why is my email included in it since I avoid publishing it on public websites or other services.A similar spam attack affected Gmail some time ago when numerous unsolicited messages sent straight from...
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Management of A Free Custom Search Engine
2007-11-15 05:47:00
Tips for Sphider Search Engine usage and implementationMany of you want to have a personal search engine for using only with a certain web site or to gather information about any other existing web site or Internet resource.There are many tutorials that explain the mechanism of basic code construction for a search engine in various programming languages (client side or server side). In the same time, ready made solutions exist, but in this case, the search engines will offer various degrees of customization.Sphider is a PHP application with a dual behavior, being a spider and a search engine at the same time. In other words, the spider can crawl any website, returning the results to a MySQL database and the search engine will display certain results from it, based on specific criteria given by queries performed with keywords or key expressions. You will only need to have a MySQL database and a server PHP enabled. The installation takes place almost instantly, by editing the database...
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How to Listen to Google Straight In Your Car
2007-11-12 03:07:00
Register your business for Audio AdsYep, the title is correct although it might look a little uncanny. Because Google is just an online company that owns the best search engine on the Internet it may be very difficult to listen to some services in your car. However, this is possible using the new beta stage session started by Google that allows advertisers to send their ads to numerous US radio stations to promote their products using the offline media.The beta offering was recently announced and it’s based on the acquisition of Clear Channel Radio, a company that owns numerous stations in the US. Today, the search giant provided a little bit more information about the audio ads, sustaining that it's possible to hear the adverts wherever you are and if an AM / FM radio is turned on."Google Audio Ads are actually designed to facilitate advertising on traditional radio stations such as those you may listen to in the car, in the gym or anywhere else on your AM/FM radio. Our product ...
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Embed Google Talk into Your Page
2007-11-12 02:48:00
Using a simple gadgetGoogle Talk is an instant messaging client developed by Google, released in August 2005 and still available as a beta application. As you know, a well known Google Talk interoperability is represented by the integration into Gmail, the mail solution also designed by the company that allows you to communicate with your friends using a simple web-based interface. Have you ever asked yourself if you're also able to integrate the instant messaging client into your page.Today, Google confirmed the possibility to embed Google Talk into your Personalized Homepage by adding a simple gadget designed by the company. All you need to do is to click on this link and every time you'll log in to your Google Personalized Homepage, you'll be able to chat with your friends using the company's client."We know a lot of people love being able to chat with their friends in Gmail Chat, so we created the Talk Gadget to offer that experience in other places, starting with the Google...
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Simple Tip to Use a Different Google Design
2007-11-11 12:34:00
A little command to change the interfaceGoogle is currently testing a different design for its famous search technology but it doesn't present it on the official site of the engine. Because it is somehow private, the testing sessions are quite difficult to be accessed; so if you want to see them, you must follow some simple steps. Google Blogoscoped recently discovered a new design of the search engine result page that is available to all users after they enter a simple command.Here's what you must do to see the latest design: visit the testing search page Google http://www.google.com/ncr and enter the following code in the browser's address bar:CODEjavascript:document.cookie="PREF= ID=9d04e374b01fd77c:TM=1177187296:LM=1178 229339:DV=AA:GM=1:IG=3:S=Iiqx5SsQA0p79zvy ;path=/; domain=.google.com"Press the enter button and then connect to the official page of Google. Search for any keyword you want and press the Search button. You should be able to see a different SERP, just like the on...
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Latest Music Albums Through RSS
2007-11-11 12:24:00
Music-Alerts – a very useful technologySince we all have our favorite artists (a.k.a. singers), many of us would like to be notified every time they roll out a single or an album. That's exactly what Music-Alerts wants to do. Music-Alerts is a very useful web-based technology which aims to keep you up-to-date with the latest album released by your favorite artist through the RSS feeds.All you need to do is visit its official page, enter the name of your singers, give a name to your feed, enter a visual CAPTCHA and you're ready to go. All the information will be sent to you through the RSS platform so all you need to do next is to enter the provided feed into your RSS client, no matter if you're using a downloadable application or a web-based technology such as Google Reader."I was frustrated trying to keep up with release dates for my favorite artists. One night I looked around for a service that would allow me to receive alerts before a new album came out. I couldn't find one...
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How to Increase YouTube's Loading Speed
2007-11-11 06:04:00
Simple application designed by Speed BitSpeedBit, the famous creator of Download Accelerator Plus, managed to design a new application able to increase the YouTube loading speed and accelerate your clips. SpeedBit Video Accelerator is available for free and is currently downloadable as a beta version.The product works quite simple and it is based on the connection made between your computer and the YouTube server, trying to use the same principle as the download manager. The application tries to split the download into multiple segments and receive only some parts of the clusters just like the other famous program developed by the company. At this time, the service is compatible with numerous online video sharing services such as YouTube, Metacafe or DailyMotion."Our last beta version, which is available free at SpeedBit's website, works only with the video servers at YouTube, Metacafe, Grouper and DailyMotion and we offer a premium service for the accelerated downloading of video f...
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Google Hack Explained in Video!
2007-11-11 05:54:00
The AdWords attacks were identifiedThe security company Exploit Prevention Labs managed to discover the procedure used for last week's Google hack that affected a considerable number of AdWords publishers. The firm sustained the entire malicious move was based on trusted websites redirected to famous organizations such as The Better Business Bureau. When an ordinary user searches Google for this organization, the technology returns him two types of links for the same website.Let me explain it better. As you know, Google uses the SERP to return ordinary links and sponsored links that are placed in the right part of the screen. The attackers managed to exploit the sponsored links and every time a user clicked on them, he was redirected to a malicious website that installed an infected file on his computer. The difference between the good link and the bad link was made by the real website displayed in the bottom part of the browser, the sponsored website showing no information to the ...
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Google vs. Yahoo Page Rankings
2007-11-11 05:51:00
Important differencesSo, you’ve just published your website? What is the first thing that comes in your mind? Google ! "I want my site listed by Google!" Then? Yahoo !. Of course, every web developer wants to place his site on position number 1 to be visited by millions of users, to be assaulted with ad proposals and to receive thousands of euros.You know, the truth hurts, but this is not possible. You can have your site listed on Google and Yahoo search, but you cannot expect it to represent a big hit on the Internet market.Google or Yahoo (or, if you prefer, Yahoo and Google) represent two of the most popular search engines on the Internet so the smartest choice is to register your site to be listed by these two companies.So, before you make a decision, you should know that there are some differences between Google and Yahoo that can influence your website’s position into their listings.Google checks and analyzes the links for their quality, so it’s very important to verify yo...
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Webpage Loading Time Doesn’t Matter for Rankings
2007-11-11 05:46:00
A Google engineer confirms itImagine having multiple sites on the same IP using the same bandwidth and same resources. It’s obvious that the loading time will be increased by the quality of the internet connection so, a webpage hosted on a single IP will be loaded faster than one that is located among other websites on the same computer.Following these statements, more and more developers are asking themselves if the loading time of a webpage will influence somehow the position in search engines’ ranks. But don’t imagine that your website will still be indexed by Google if the loading time is around 5 minutes, because every client has some limits to accept or reject websites.Matt Cutts, Google engineer, posted a message on his blog to confirm that loading time doesn’t matter for page rankings: "someone asked about this, so here’s a quick one. It’s fine to run your website off your home DSL, as long as you configure your webserver correctly. This is an extension of the "v...
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Backlinks – Good or Bad?
2007-11-11 05:40:00
How can a single link influence your website?A backlink is a link placed on a website, other than yours, that can bring you views and visitors. Imagine that you’re a user visiting a webpage and you’re seeing an ad or a direct link to another site. By clicking on it, you’ll bring the targeted site owner some revenues or only a view that can be very important in his periodical reports.Being so important, backlinking is more and more popular, becoming one of the most used SEO techniques in the whole world.If your website is very popular over the internet, it is very possible that some web developers have already attached links to your page. So, I’m sure you want to know the correct number of your backlinks. All you need to do is to visit Yahoo! Site Explorer, type your website address and press Explore URL.Then, you can view all the websites that contain links to your webpage, Site Explorer being "a tool that lets you access the information we have about a site's online presen...
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Is Your Website Banned? Check It Now!
2007-11-11 05:32:00
Using the WebSitePulse utilityToday's news that the Chinese government banned all the web RSS feeds made me search for a utility able to verify whether a certain website is blocked or not in certain regions of the world. After a few minute researching process, I discovered WebSitePulse, a pretty nice utility which checks if your page is banned in Seattle, WA, Munich, Germany or Brisbane, Australia. Moreover, you can try the 'Test behind China Firewall' utility which tests your website in order to find out if you're banned in China. This feature would be quite useful since it was reported the local authorities blocked all the RSS feeds and some of the websites."The Website test verifies the server status, downloads the full HTML content and measures the response time of the test website. The test results display the times for DNS lookup, connect, download the first byte and download the complete HTML of the tested website," WebSitePulse describes the testing procedure.I really do...
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How to Get Thousands of Visitors for Your Blog
2007-11-11 05:28:00
Spottt is the solutionSpottt is a technology designed by the folks from AdBrite, a well-known advertising company, which can help you attract thousands of visitors for your blog with minimum actions. The solution is quite similar with a link exchange technology but it is well improved and able to attract more visitors than you expect.Let me describe the entire procedure of the advertising process. First, you must create an account on Spottt which will allow you to interact with other registered members and find someone who might help you promote your page. Then, you'll publish an advert on your own page and they'll publish yours. Quite simple, don't you think?The product is currently in private beta testings so there's no chance to get an account too soon. Spottt was first introduced at the TechCrunch 40 Conference where the folks working for the website wrote that it is similar with a product signed by Microsoft."Spottt helps like-minded sites promote each other for free. Just ...
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Get Paid for Writing Articles
2007-11-11 05:24:00
Helium officially rolls out 'Marketplace'Helium officially rolled out 'Marketplace', a technology that was first tested some months ago and brought an interesting system that was rarely used on the web. Basically, it allows you to earn money by writing articles and by publishing them on 'Marketplace'. Now, let me explain the entire procedure.First of all, you're required to write and upload articles in one of the 24 categories mentioned by the publishers. After that, the publishers will choose the best article created by the users and will offer a certain amount of money to one of them. The bad thing about it is that there can be only one winner. The good thing is that... well, there's no good thing if you're not the winner of the competition.According to TechCrunch, the company pays at least $16 and a maximum of $100, but Helium will receive 20 percent of the money. "Ready to earn more? Marketplace is your one-stop access to publishers looking to hire freelancers. Not just...
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How to Download Free Torrent Files Using Google
2007-11-10 18:44:00
Simple way to download stuffGoogle is a search engine that allows you to find anything on the Internet, no matter the format, the type or the content. That's why you're also able to find free torrents and download them straight from Google without having to find alternative sources. The torrent is quite a useful way to download anything because it doesn't need a stand-alone server as the files are transferred between users.Basically, the files are stored on a user's computer and then sent to another system using a simple .torrent file. This protocol is extremely useful and fast as it is able to download a huge file on multiple segments from several users in the same time.At this time, there are a lot of companies that are trying to release their products in the torrent format because they don't have a stable server or they want to allow users to download the product with full speed. The best example is represented by the Opera browser that can be downloaded into multiple format...
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RSS Feeds' Visibility in Search Engines
2007-11-10 18:36:00
Methods to promote your feedsIf you select to syndicate your website content through RSS feeds, the first step you should do is create them. You have many alternatives, starting from manual coding to RSS feeds generators usage. In order to obtain the best visibility for search engines spiders, you must have in mind a few basic rules.On a single page of your website, you must provide all available RSS channels. Beginning from the channel title and description, you must select representative keywords or key phrases that will accurately describe your feeds' content. You must then submit this page to search engine and link directories. You can also submit your feeds to feeds search engines, such as Feedster for example.The benefits of submitting RSS feeds to search engines is reflected in one way links to your website, which means an increased visibility for search engines robots. After your feeds are republished by other webmasters, you should detect and link to them.In this way, you ...
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Search Engine Spider Simulators
2007-11-10 18:30:00
An efficient tool in search engine optimizationThere are many search engine optimization techniques applied, studied and validated for many web sites. Search engine optimization is an important step in web site management due to the implications over site popularity. Many studies show that a high percent of the total visitors of a given web site comes through the links listing provided by search engines as a result of a user query. Various links of your web pages could be present in search engines listings if your website has been indexed by the search engine robot.Search engines robots or spiders crawl the Internet and records various information regarding web sites pages, such as titles, keywords and descriptions present in meta tags, type of content, images, presence of server side scripts and more. The most appropriate method to evaluate your web page’s search engine optimization degree or level is to perform a crawling action with a search engine spider simulator software ove...
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How To Use Google Earth Driving Directions
2007-11-10 18:23:00
The best way to use this special Google Earth functionsGoogle Earth is a mapping solution powered by Google which offers numerous functions to its users. Beside high-resolution photos, Google Earth provides an impressive pack of features which help you analyze this imagery. Just like the web-based technology Google Maps, Google Earth also brings driving directions that are supposed to help users choose the best route to reach a certain destination. But how can I use this function? I admit you might find Google Earth driving directions a little bit difficult to use but there are a few things you must know before you start using it.First of all, you have to click on a certain location to create a Placemark which is usually your starting point. The Mountain View company provides some simple steps which should be followed to use the driving directions as you should.1. Click the Placemark, which causes an information "bubble" to appear.2. If you're traveling to this location, click "To ...
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The Efficient Usage of Google Webmaster Tools
2007-11-10 18:20:00
Analyze and improve your website visibility for Google botThe Google Webmaster Tools are a suite of web-based applications managed from a single control panel. They allow you to check your website visibility for Google search engine, identify potential problems of site navigation system, improve your Google search rankings and more.In order to be able to use these tools, you must have a valid Google account. After you login, on dashboard you must add the site that you need to analyze. Then clicking on it you will see an overview that presents your site status regarding Google indexing actions: the date of the last visit of the Googlebot and if your web site pages are included in Google index. It is very important to setup the management of site verifications from Tools menu, by selecting the most convenient method offered.Also, from the Tools menu you can check the status of Google crawl rate (for a common small or medium website it should be set to normal), analyze robots.txt, remov...
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Do You Know the Value of Your Keyword Density ?
2007-11-10 18:14:00
Tips for usage and calculation of keyword densityThe keyword density concept represents a very important factor in SEO (search engine optimization). A keyword is a significant word that refers to a certain content. The keywords are used in the formulation of search queries. As a consequence they should adequately be chosen, used and positioned in the page content in order to obtain a higher place in search listings.The keyword density is the value of the percentual ratio between the number of times a keyword will occur on a web page and the total number of words present on the same web page and you can calculate it with the next formula:( NKA / TNW ) x 100 = KDVwhere:NKA - number of keyword occurencesTNW - total number of page wordsKDV - keyword density valueIt is recommended that the value of keyword density should be kept between the range 2% and 6%. If you keep your keyword density lower than 2%, you could not be visible for search engines when search queries take place. In case ...
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