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Today, on myContentWebsite.com, we look at a directory and see how well the webmaster has implemented the points we discussed in our ‘Secrets of a successful directory’ series of articles.

The directory that we are going to analyse is legal-help-directory. As the name implies, this directory lists different types of legal resources from lawyer information to legal forms. Read the rest of this entry »

Can you tell us why CBravo is a good general web directory? Or can you give us some ideas on how it can be improved? Or better still tell us what you think about when a directory can be called good?

If you check out CBravo, you will be stuck by the layout. It is different and catches your attention immediately. When most browsers give only a couple of seconds to decide whether the site is good enough, the first couple of seconds are vital. Read the rest of this entry »

We, at myContentWebsite take great pride in trying to ensure that ours is a blog that will be of use to webmasters, whatever their niche. Based on the feedback that we get, we know we are somewhat successful but there is a long way to go. In our quest to provide our readers with data and resources that will save time, we sometimes review sites and products. Today, we check out one such site - www.bloggst.com. Even though this may be sponsored, we ensure that our review is honest and provides constructive feedback. Read the rest of this entry »

The business world is all about core competency. Concentrate on your strength and outsource the others. This will ensure that your cost is lower and your customers are satisfied.

Running an online business is not easy. You need to maintain inventory, market your products, process billing, provide customer support, analyze competition and more. When you do all this, you suddenly find that you don’t have time for strategy planning. These are the times you should opt for a time saving cost effective solution like BarracudaSuite to handle all routine activities. Read the rest of this entry »

Your website is your business. Just like you take various insurance policies to cover your risk in case of unforeseen situations, you need to prepare yourself for the worst scenarios regarding your website also. This is especially true if your website is database driven. Online backup of websites is very simple if you have the right tools. For example, iBackup.com provides Web-Manager, a browser based tool that makes managing of backup activities very simple. Read the rest of this entry »

The other day, I was reading an article on whether directories really help in SEO. The author was of the view that given the competition, every link counts. Even though most of the link directories are of not very good quality, there are some that provide very good service. And it is not necessary that the best directories have to be expensive. For example, the best general directory costs less than a dollar for a reciprocal link and a low one USD for a regular link. If you need more visibility for your website, you can always opt for featured links which are also very affordable.

A lot of webmasters also submit their sites to directories to benefit from the PR on those pages. Directories which already have a PR are more expensive than the ones that are yet to get a PR. Look at it like a good investment. If you see a directory with low PR but high potential then buy. Read the rest of this entry »

As regular readers of this blog would be aware, we constantly provide ideas to market your website better and monetize them more efficiently. In our search for better methods, we sometimes come across sites that are a collectors item. One such website is Marketing Chat. This website deals more with internet marketing than with monetizing websites. And it does a reasonably good job too.

A well designed site that is pleasing to browse, the homepage stories are very informative to read and presented in a simple way that even a newbie can understand. One particular story caught our eye. It is to do with social network optimization. It tells how webmasters are getting affected by the new range of social network sites and how they can keep pace with them. Read the rest of this entry »

A good idea has to be put into action to be called successful. An excellent idea or concept, if badly implemented is a failure.  The same applies to websites too.

If you are looking to succeed in an online project, then it is of utmost importance that you give enough importance to the design and development of your site. Web development companies can do this job if they are good enough. Consider DataDial. This company, based in London is an excellent example of a great web development company. With over 150 clients DataDial has designed websites that are developed to generate leads, what the company terms ‘ a compelling call to action’ for users. Read the rest of this entry »

We have seen so many link price calculator scripts that tells how much a link on a page is worth. For example, the link price estimator at Text Link Ads. But this one at Celebrity Contest impressed us. If you are a prospective link buyer or want to sell links/posts on your blog, then you must try out this cool tool. As an input, you must specify the url of the page where you want to place the link, whether the link is sitewide or on one page and whether it is a text link or a blog post.

The tool calculates the price based on the following five main factors - Google PR, Alexa rankings, page visibility, Yahoo! backlinks and outbound links. Since each factor is quantified clearly, you, as a webmaster know clearly how you can improve and increase the worth of each link. Read the rest of this entry »

Seobull.com, a wordpress powered webmaster blog has ‘Tips to make a high traffic website’ as its tagline. Over a period of the last three months, some very interesting articles have been authored by the team at Seobull. Most of these articles cover SEO tips and tricks. For example, consider this article - ‘Are you asking Google to penalize or ban your website?’. This article that catches your imagination immediately goes on to explain the things that you should not do in order to remain indexed in Google.

The current home page stories link to a couple of simple but useful scripts. One is a bulk Google PageRank checker while the other is to check for domain availability.

Seobull also has a PR3 web directory - a SEO friendly directory. Free submissions are still open - so get in a link before this offer is over.