article thumbnail

Search Engine Optimization Tip: Include Keywords in URLs

Bill Hartzer

Here is what Matt Cutts says about Keywords in URLs: Your domain name is a big place to start. If you aren’t at that point yet, you want to make sure you get a domain name that has powerful keywords in it. By doing so, you will quickly start to see many opportunities you have to put keywords into that domain name.

URL 104
article thumbnail

Search Engine Optimization: Search Engine Ranking Problem Solved for a Reader

Bill Hartzer

It looks like you bought the domain around May of 2006, and it had some links already (it’s not 11 years old): the site does not look like it did in 1999 and even in 2005, so it may have been an expired domain: did you pick up the domain name and start building links (which were not the same quality as it already had)?

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

How I Became the Person Most Mentioned by Digital Marketers on Twitter

Convince & Convert

I Remember I remember selling my digital agency in 2005 and planning to teach at a university when my earn out concluded in 2008. I remember hitting the road and doing 25 or so speaking gigs about TNR in exchange for bulk book buys, the first time I’d ever done speaking in any real concentration.

Twitter 167
article thumbnail

How (and When) to Register a Trademark Without Hiccups

ProBlogger

August 2005 – Facebook registered as a trade mark in Canada. Back in 2011 a client of mine had a domain name that included the brand name of a product they sold. The brand name was registered in the United Kingdom as a trade mark of their supplier. We even had the US company buy the domain name for $3,000.

article thumbnail

Going from Free to Fee Part 2

Bare Feet Studios

Instant messaging has stuck around through the ages as a free service but most of those services are supported by bigger businesses making money in other ways (MSN, AOL, Yahoo…) Maybe Google should/could buy out Twitter. :) And then again, sometimes businesses simply fail. I buy a lot of things online.

Price 40
article thumbnail

Blogging in 2023: How To Start A Professional Blog And Make Money

ProBlogger

Darren wrote this in 2005: A blog is a type of website that is usually arranged in chronological order from the most recent ‘post’ (or entry) at the top of the main page to the older entries towards the bottom. Even with this evolution, the main call to action might still be “ post a message to my guestbook ” rather than “ buy my thing ”.

How To 39
article thumbnail

50 Habits of a Highly Effective Blogger " EdithYeung.com

Buzz Marketing for Technology

Have your own domain name for your blog. Provide drop-down menu when there are a high number of categories. Create blog design that complements the rest of the personal or company brand. Technical Stuff. Understand blog performance and how fast the content loads and ensure that main content. loads first.

Blogger 100