 | Gaming Google
I was particularly intrigued that Business Week listed a company set up to game the search engines as one of their “Most promising startups”. If you have been developing domains for any length of time, you probably have come across techniques designed to game Google or other search engines. There is a constant war
| Predictive Domaining - Thursday, February 4, 2010 - 19:18 |
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| Encouraging good anchor text for inbound links
How many times do you get an incoming link using your website name? To succeed with a website these days, you must have plenty of good quality inbound links with good anchor text. This is where many websites fall down and fail to get the organic traffic they could potentially get. But how do you
| Predictive Domaining - Wednesday, January 27, 2010 - 19:2 |
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| Entertainment websites SEO trick?
An SEO (search engine optimization) manta that still seems to be doing the rounds, was to put a keyword in a headline, in bold and in italics. I was asked recently if this is why entertainment websites such as NME and TMZ have stars names in bold font. With everyone trying to get an edge
| Predictive Domaining - Sunday, January 24, 2010 - 18:1 |
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| Cross-linking your own websites
Cross-linking your own websites is an issue that comes up quite a lot. It seems logical to cross-link all the websites you own to spread the traffic across the website network and maximize the return on your traffic. However this can look spammy to search engine bots and it can result in links being devalued
| Predictive Domaining - Friday, November 27, 2009 - 18:4 |
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| My favorite development tools are set to merge
I missed the announcement earlier this year that WordPress and WordPress MU would be merging. The less well known multi-blog WP MU is my workhorse supporting many websites on one codebase, perfect for developing many domains. BuddyPress, a set of social networking plugins for WP MU that I have used on select domains is also
| Predictive Domaining - Wednesday, November 25, 2009 - 20:30 |
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| My favorite development tools are set to merge
I missed the announcement earlier this year that WordPress and WordPress MU would be merging. The less well known multi-blog WP MU is my workhorse supporting many websites on one codebase, perfect for developing many domains. BuddyPress, a set of social networking plugins for WP MU that I have used on select domains is also
| Predictive Domaining - Wednesday, November 25, 2009 - 20:30 |
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| Fixing out of date software
What have you done to secure your websites? One of the common suggestions is to hide the version number of your software. The argument goes that if you haven’t upgraded your software, showing the version number allows hackers to identify out of date software. Now there is a new wrinkle as Google announces that they
| Predictive Domaining - Tuesday, November 24, 2009 - 22:8 |
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| Hostelworld.com sold to US firm
A short sweet post. These are the kind of stories that keep everyone going. A lot of hard work finally paying off.
Dublin-based company behind Hostelworld.com has been bought by a US private investment firm.
Web Reservations International, founded 10 years ago, sold €350m of accommodation online last year.
Hostelworld.com sold to US...
| Predictive Domaining - Friday, November 13, 2009 - 20:38 |
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| A word from the wise
I attended an advisory board meeting yesterday and it reminded me that we all need some independent advice on our strategies and businesses, no matter what size they are. We all try to see the upside of our businesses and get emotionally entangled whether it be with our 5 year business plan or a domain
| Predictive Domaining - Wednesday, November 4, 2009 - 17:7 |
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| Outrunning the lion
You may have heard the joke about two men faced by a hungry lion. One starts putting on running shoes. The other says “Those shoes won’t help you outrun the lion”. He answers back “I only have to outrun you”.
With a difficult business environment, it is easy to hang on every news report about the
| Predictive Domaining - Monday, October 19, 2009 - 20:57 |
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| Don’t forget about multimedia
With so many computers connected through fast Internet connections, multimedia is having a major impact on Internet use. The co-founder and CEO of YouTube Chad Hurley announced that three years after its acquisition the video sharing website now hosts over one billion page views per day.
Multimedia enriches the visitor experience
Man...
| Predictive Domaining - Saturday, October 10, 2009 - 13:25 |
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| Where have I been?
Thank you for your emails and queries. I haven’t been actively blogging recently for various reasons but I am planning to blog at least sporadically from now on. I want to continue to add tutorials, resources and commentary on domaining and website development. Hopefully what is already here on this website has helped a few
| Predictive Domaining - Saturday, June 6, 2009 - 19:48 |
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| Using A/B testing to optimize your website conversions
A/B testing is one of the standard ways to test two different products against each other. Savvy ecommerce business owners use this regularly to maximize their profits. It is also used to test landing pages for those who run ad campaigns. This kind of testing is not just for big business. You too can run
| Predictive Domaining - Saturday, March 21, 2009 - 18:54 |
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| Ugly websites can make more money
Often when people are developing websites, they want the best design and layout and it is a natural impulse to develop the nicest looking website possible. Interestingly though, the prettiest websites do not always make the most money.
Pretty websites
Visually appealing websites are often the goal of website developers. Well designed...
| Predictive Domaining - Sunday, March 15, 2009 - 18:8 |
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| A new domaining tools website
Joel Ohman contacted me regarding his new domaining tools website, Domain Superstar and I thought it might be worth checking out the tools he is providing to domainers. I should say up front that I am not getting paid to make this post nor did I sign up for the affiliate program. Domain Superstar is
| Predictive Domaining - Monday, March 9, 2009 - 19:31 |
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| Using images to increase traffic
Image search is a much underutilized SEO technique that you should consider if you are developing a website, especially in a competitive area. Image search has become integrated into the top three search engines and images are presented at the top of a search results page even if the user did not specify an image search. The
| Predictive Domaining - Friday, March 6, 2009 - 19:30 |
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| Using images to increase traffic
Image search is a much underutilized SEO technique that you should consider if you are developing a website, especially in a competitive area. Image search has become integrated into the top three search engines and images are presented at the top of a search results page even if the user did not specify an image search. The
| Predictive Domaining - Friday, March 6, 2009 - 19:30 |
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| Making lots of money a month from AdSense
Some people really do get rich on AdSense earning tens or hundreds of dollars a month from their websites. I came across a post from a couple of years ago about AdSense superstars on The Worst Business Ideas blog and it is not the only one to name some of these top AdSense earners. The
| Predictive Domaining - Tuesday, March 3, 2009 - 22:39 |
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| Making lots of money a month from AdSense
Some people really do get rich on AdSense earning tens or hundreds of dollars a month from their websites. I came across a post from a couple of years ago about AdSense superstars on The Worst Business Ideas blog and it is not the only one to name some of these top AdSense earners. The
| Predictive Domaining - Tuesday, March 3, 2009 - 22:39 |
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| Seasteading, living eco and free
I was reading an article on seasteading in the English Times and it brought to mind the whole Kentucky gambling website situation and moving off-shore. Seasteading is the idea of creating communities at sea and that can include being outside the reach of government regulation and law. The term covers many ideas including communities ...
| Predictive Domaining - Monday, March 2, 2009 - 21:29 |
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