Whenever people go to use the search engines like Google or Yahoo, they are looking for information. If you do a close analysis of the sites that comes tops for most searches, they mostly originate from the US and the Europe. The question I would like to pose is this: why don't websites from other parts of the world like Africa appear? Is it that the websites have paid the search engine providers so that their websites may appear there?Well, my...more
Kenyan websites are used for the wrong reason: they are mainly used for advertising rather than giving information. This is why they may never compete with the best of the best websites. If the websites are closely analyzed, you will find that most of them lack content and information dealing with the products or services they are offering.It is important to note that whenever people are going to the internet, they are mainly going to look for...more
The internet is currently the best library for information. This may sound wrong but even if one wants to create a nuclear weapon, all one has to do is to do a search on any search engine and one will be provided with all the information necessary to create it. I am in no way advocating that you do this; I am just showing you how much information there is on the internet.But with what has been discussed, you will find that most of the websites that are found in Kenya are filled with a lot of flash images with lack of information. They are mostly adverts and links pointing to other pages and other sites. This why it is hard to get Kenyan sites performing well against the other international sites. The reason for this is because they have not been optimizedÂ…in other words, they lack search engine optimization.The most common ways of getting information on the internet is through the search engines. In addition to this, search engines look for websites with necessary content and well researched keywords so that your site can appear in the top pages in search engine results. This means that if your website lacks content, it is probably in the hundred and something page, which is...more
With the aim to provide fast, reliable, secure, and best of all, free communication between martial arts school administrators and students, a new innovative website offers an automated notification service which will surely make conventional ways of distributing notices and announcements a thing of the past.The site, www.masnotification.com,...more
Understanding search engine optimization software can really help you to rank your site well. Knowing that it's not a cure-all is one of the first steps in understanding it. There's no magic 'automatic' number one ranking involved. It takes some manual work on your own as well. But the aim of working with it is to take advantage of its automation...more
By making use of online social bookmarks you can really boost your site traffic. If you are trying to get traffic geared toward your niche to your site, then social bookmarking can be extremely effective. This brings in people with like-minded interests to share information relevant to the topic.Social bookmarking utilizes tags to create a 'folksonomy', or social tags to web pages. The majority of social bookmarking works publicly. But if you choose, you can create a password protection to only allow people from a certain group to view and share your bookmarks. Or you can keep them totally private, it's your choice.Anyone engaging in online business should take advantage of the power of social bookmarking. It gives you a presence in the online community, and creates exposure for yourself and your interests. It's a unique way to gain a reputation online that can spell dollars for you if done correctly.Sharing information is what social bookmarking is all about. People who hold the same interests can pass new information back and forth and keep up to speed with latest news and trends. Search engines are a good way to search for information, but the information you find from social...more
Business is getting more competitive every day but when you can stay ahead of the pack, you can get a large slice of the customer pie. Low cost advertising on the Internet can put your small business on a level playing field with the big companies....more
Today's Internet is NOT a "build it and they will come" place for businesses like brick and mortar businesses can sometimes be. You have to proactively go out and get people to come back to your website.Having an a successful website really isn't...more
Traffic exchanges have a program that serves site owners on bringing web traffic to their sites. It has a very simple system that every member must know. One has to sign up for a program, and setup the account, and then the new member is already...more
Search Engine Marketing has become the talk of the day for online businesses. Many websites hire the services of search engine marketing consultants for the same.Top three reasons why the services of search engine marketing consultants should be...more
Eric Qualman, in a recent article on Search Engine Watch, talks about how many companies will jump on the social media bandwagon just because everyone is talking about a certain site. He likens it to following the latest "shiny object."I try to keep...more
You know that you should be helping with your own SEO by promoting your website and providing opportunities for back links, but HOW? Here are a few ideas I shared with one of my Real Estate clients:CRAIGSLIST and OTHER FREE CLASSIFIEDSCraigslist is...more