Page rank used to be a big thing a few years back.  Not sure about it now.  When selling links was not yet frowned upon, a high PR meant easy money.  Now that the major search engines have taken an active stance against selling links, especially Google, the value of a high PR has almost disappeared.  I’m not an SEO guru, but I have observed over the years that PR is simply a grade that Google gives to a web page.  People that overly worry about PR remind me of those students that worry about their grades and, by so worrying, spend more time vegetating than actually doing something to ensure their grades actually improve.  Really, we have no control over PR.  Google decides what PR each site gets, so why bother?  The value of a website is strongly dependent on its traffic.  Instead of worrying about PR, I worry now about traffic.  It’s something more within my control and this way, I no longer spend hours scouring the Web for high PR pages to seek links from… like if I’d get any!  The “experts” selling SEO services may emphasize PR, but as a webmaster, I’ve grown over it.

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Fixing a Slow Website

by admin on November 14, 2009

A slow website or blog can drive traffic, the lifeblood of any online venture, away.  How to know what causes the site to load slowly?  The cause may not be obvious.  For instance, you might have a Wordpress blog and, in your rush to improve it, might have added a few plugins.  One morning, you realize that your blog loads slower than usual.  As you visit your site day in and day out, the speed starts to bother you.  You wonder whether it’s one of the plugins that makes your blog so slow.  You arbitrarily deactivate some plugins that you think are the cause for the loading delay, but your blog remains slow.  What do you do? [click to continue…]

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Directory Submissions: Are They Worth It?

by admin on November 9, 2009

It does not hurt to submit your website to directories.  Actually, there are many services on the Web that offer to make those submissions for a small fee.  The directories to which your website will be submitted to will, most probably, be free directories.  Few tips: [click to continue…]

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Link Exchange Etiquette

by admin on November 5, 2009

I regularly receive link exchange requests from various people.  Truth be told, I respond to 1/10th or less of the emails that are addressed to me in this regard.  Why?  Because I’m too busy wasting my time. [click to continue…]

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WordpressOne common mistake that many people new to blogging make is to jump ahead of themselves and purchase a theme.  Why is it a mistake?  Because you don’t know what you want.  Trust me, you DON’T know what you want.  You may think that you know, but you don’t. [click to continue…]

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