Sitemaps and Seo - First in Google?

Every young mans' dream

2009-11-07T10:48:00.000-08:00

Fast cars and fast women are probably every young man’s dream. Fast loading and fast downloading are probably every web master’s dream. Driving in the fast lane with your foot pressed firmly to the floor reaching the maximum speed in seconds rather than minutes, picking the right highway to get to your destination means using the shortest route, just like intelligent web crawlers. You could take the scenic route and go sightseeing and discover new places, just like intelligent web crawlers. You could then tell your friends what you have seen and report back on interesting little diversions and tell of all the dead ends you have avoided, just like intelligent web crawlers.

Sitemaps are an easy way for webmasters to inform search engines about the pages on their sites, listing those that are available for crawling. Just like the navigation system in your car (providing it is up to date). A simplistic explanation of a Sitemap is that it is an XML file that is a list of URLs from a web site, written down in a method and a language that search engines can more easily understand, consequently this allows them to intelligently crawl the website, discovering new pages from links within the site and from other sites. This process is a bit like picking up a hitchhiker blindfolded, you never know who you might pick up, an old man, a young girl, a murderer, a celebrity crash victim or your mother, you do however learn about the new acquaintance after you have exchanged dialogue and learnt more about them. Web crawlers do this by gathering additional information (metadata) about each URL -when it was last updated, how often it usually changes, and how important it is relative to other URLs within the site etc.

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Google Blacklist

2009-10-08T00:03:00.000-07:00

A black hat is often a term to describe a villain or bad guy, this metaphor is visualized in western movies where the 'baddie' wears a black hat in contrast to the hero's white hat. The phrase is used in computing slang, where it refers to a hackers or the 'dark arts' of search engine optimization (also called spamdexing). Using black hat tricks in optimization of sites will result in being banned by the major search engine. Over loading keywords, meta tags and content key words will result in a loss of ranking and will inevitably lead to your website un-indexed.

Black hat applied in the Search Engine Optimization (SEO) industry, uses SEO tactics that attempt to redirect search results to particular target pages in a fashion that is against the search engines' terms of service. White hat methods are generally approved by the search engines.

Some of the blackhat SEO tactics include: keyword stuffing, hidden text and links, doorway and cloaked pages, link farming and blog comment spam.

Getting off a blacklist is difficult and can be a frustrating experience - Don't black Hat!

Superstition and Myth

2009-09-23T15:11:00.000-07:00

You can't really afford to be to obscure about your products, you need to know what you are and who you are. To achieve success you need an understanding of your industry and to be able to identify your marketing performance indicators.Understand your online & offline competitors and measure your search engine visibility against them.

By targeting your market audience through detailed keyword analysis, enables you to promote quality lead generation and create a dynamic SEO campaign.Use off site SEO strategies. Use non-paid link building techniques to increase your website's perceived market relevance within your outlined market sector. However, a little belief in superstition and myth helps.

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2009-09-08T06:50:00.000-07:00

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Search Engines consider a number of factors when ranking websites. One important factor is 'links' from other websites each link validates your website. The more ‘clicks’, the larger the perceived trust and importance your website implies. This in theory, will increase its ranking.

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2009

Outsider Internet Newsletter: Free mp3

Outsider Internet Newsletter: T. Austin Reed - SystemCulture.org

Outsider Internet Newsletter: West Buckland Festival (10th - 13th September 2009)

Outsider Internet Newsletter: The flood gates will open

Outsider Internet Newsletter: Martin Bowes of Attrition

West Buckland Festival (10th - 13th September 2009)

2009-09-02T01:25:00.000-07:00

West Buckland Festival is a festival of music, entertainment and leisure, held in a small village on the edge of Exmoor. This year’s festival will feature more than a dozen events between Thursday September 10th and Sunday September 13th 2009.

The program includes a Classical Concert with some of the most outstanding young musicians in the South West, an evening of Jazz with international stars Ruth Applin and Josh Kemp and the outstanding pianist, Harry the Piano. There is also an Old Time Music Hall evening and an art exhibition. Read more...

Sitemap of festival website.

West Buckland Festival 2009 Events - North Devon

West Buckland Festival - North Devon - Your Art Exhibition

West Buckland Festival 2009 - Ticket Sales

West Buckland Festival 2009 Events - Advertise
West Buckland Festival 2009 Events - Links

West Buckland Festival 2009 Events - Sponsor

West Buckland Festival 2009 Events - North Devon

West Buckland Festival 2009 Events - Events

‘West Buckland is located within North Devon local authority area. Historically it formed part of Braunton Hundred. It falls within South Molton Deanery for ecclesiastical purposes. The Deaneries are used to arrange the typescript Church Notes of B.F.Cresswell which are held in the Westcountry Studies Library. The population was 257 in 1801 277 in 1901 . Figures for other years are available on the local studies website. In 1641/2 45 adult males signed the Protestation returns.’ more…

Get yourself noticed - place a banner advert on this site for twelve months - for as little as £10.00. The money generated by this website will be added to the funds raised by the festival whose purpose is to provide music, art and entertainment for the people of North Devon. Money raised is divided between a Charity or Charities chosen by the Festival Committee and the upkeep of St Peter’s Church, West Buckland.

West Buckland Festival 2009 Events - Advertise

Twitter shit

2009-09-01T05:18:00.000-07:00

Creating networks that increase sales are a vital part of business survival. Everybody is using networks like twitter and Facebook however, the majority of advertising opportunities within these sites are shrinking. These sites are becoming as ineffective as having an advert on a local radio station that has no listeners.

The reason for me saying this is that we have all fought against spam; our cluttered inboxes were an annoying part of our daily routine and a cleanliness became a ritual habit; like cleaning our teeth the more we did it the better things became. Now we are bombarded with 'twitter spam'. The sex and drug peddlers have migrated to these modes of distribution and ruined these business tools for all of us - install a 'twitter spam filter' or close your account.

SEO horoscopes

2009-09-01T05:02:00.000-07:00

We all need HOPE.

Horoscopes in newspapers are based on star signs and birth dates; these predict the day’s events. These predictions are based on the laws of probability and chance. You could read your daily horoscope and make the prediction into a self-fulfilling prophecy, you could go out and find that ‘Tall dark handsome man’ or go on ‘A long journey’. Alternatively you could read your horoscope late in the evening and interpret the day’s events and adapt them to the mystical words. "Yes I did meet someone important today". The interesting thing about prediction is that you could meet a tall dark handsome man, go on a long journey and meet someone important and never read your horoscope. Does this mean the day’s events were not predicted?

Similarly you can use these basic ideas and apply them to Search Engine Optimization. You can interpret the statistics about your website using all the probabilities used in horoscopes. You could be number one in Googgle searches without doing anything. You could be high ranking and claim it is all due to your expert's SEO techniques. In reality it will probably be a combination of both. Can you, however, afford to leave everything to chance?

To achieve success you need an understanding of your industry and to be able to identify your marketing performance indicators.Understand your online & offline competitors and measure your search engine visibility against them.

By targeting your market audience through detailed keyword analysis, enables you to promote quality lead generation and create a dynamic SEO campaign.Use off site SEO strategies. Use non-paid link building techniques to increase your website's perceived market relevance within your outlined market sector. However, a little belief in superstition and myth helps.

Maybe you need to nudge things a little, get a xml sitemap.

Take money from your visitors

2009-08-02T11:47:00.001-07:00

The Internet is a tool that connects you with businesses and people and smart businesses, communicate with their clients directly, elevate their online charisma, and boost their sales; they stay in front of the curve and their rivals. All this is achievable by using the Internet to its full marketing, and interaction potential. Try your hand at real search engine optimisation, look at your site and fix those broken links, update the content, sort out the keywords and phrases. Harnessing the power of the Internet to improve your website’s rank in the search engine results pages is a way to achieve your dreams. Be more positive and proactive with your time, improve and inspire, corral your visitors and steer them towards your products. Create a cage that keeps them locked into your site; tame them so they don't want to leave. Set your traps carefully and take money from your visitors.

Get your music onto iTunes

2009-07-16T02:56:00.000-07:00

Without any doubt ReverbNation.com is the best website for unsigned bands. Operating in a similar way to MySpace, ReverbNation.com have more tools and controls, enabling the unsigned artists to create a manageable fanbase. The optimisation of this sites widgets and flexibility is excellent, you can update your status via twitter and add your blog's rss feed. Not only do they provide a free service they also pay the bands a percentage of the profits generated by the artists page. They also have several premium products including a distribution add on. Get your music on 10 MAJOR MUSIC STORES (including iTunes, Amazon, Rhapsody, Napster, and eMusic), Collect 100% of the proceeds, and get FREE PROMOTIONAL TOOLS! Setup your albums for FREE and pay only when you decide to release them. (The fee is quoted as $34.95 at the time of writing this.)

A highly reccomended product!

ReverbNation - deal

2009-07-09T04:09:00.001-07:00

A free download of 'You Have The Power' by This Window has been made possible by Microsoft; simply go to the page and grab it. There are 1,000 FREE songs available for you to download. These free downloads (m4a and mp3) are all from ReverbNation artists and made available through the Sponsored Songs program. These songs are EXCLUSIVE to the program, which means you would have to pay to get these downloads from anywhere else.

Discover some great up and coming ReverbNation artists, and don't worry, they are getting paid to give away these downloads! How? The program's first sponsor, Microsoft Windows is making these downloads available for FREE, download as much music as you want and download it all for no cost.

Bone yard of ancient history

2009-06-17T05:47:00.000-07:00

What are you doing to get your company noticed? Most of us tinker and mess about with our code, search words and tags, in the hopes of growing our internet business. Most people seem to fail to understand how the Internet works; through a lack of fundamental understanding of how to get the most out of their blogs and websites (quitting when they fail to make a fast buck).

We try to make ourselves and our products appear eye-catching, intelligent, attention-grabbing, sexy and practical, hoping and praying that our visitors trust us enough to purchase from us. The content of your enterprise has to be either useful or enlightening and be contained with in a cohesive structure. Where does the visitor go when he lands on your page? You have to corral the interloper and steer them into a pen. Create a cage that keeps them locked into your site; tame them so they don't want to leave. It is no good being left with a deserted graveyard of a site, dumped in the bone yard of ancient history web dreams. Set your traps carefully and snare your visitors.

Most commodities and websites generate very little traffic (you have put it there but nobody is looking) people can't be expected to stumble upon you. It is like having a blank sign on a wall; if you don't advertise yourself or give the correct information in the correct manner people will pass you by.

You need a holistic strategy to get the results you require. We are all suffering in this current economic climate, with its tight budgets, dwindling resources and ravenous competition, it is harder to get noticed. Is all this effort really boosting your business? Maybe it is time to get a proper job.

Genetic SEO

2009-06-13T13:03:00.000-07:00

Always use the best words to produce a champion webpage. Always use the best available livestock when trying to breed a winning specimen.

Perfect Specimen

The links between designing a world beating web page and creating a perfect beast are closer than you think. Genetics is the study of genes; the building blocks of all living things. By selecting the best genes available you stand a better chance of breeding a world beater. By using the best combination of words and web optimization techniques you may end up creating a successful website.

Music Labels?

2009-06-13T12:53:00.001-07:00

M4tr Production has been going since 1981, producing, releasing and recording music. 2009 seems to be the year they push forward with releases available on iTunes, Napster, Amazon.com etc. The whisper is that they are looking for new acts to sign up.

"Competition is fierce" out there on the internet. How does the web cope up under the strain, even if you have the best songs in the world, you still have to get people to find you. Thousands of music websites are hosted by people whose html is better than their songwriting. Why not join M4tr's mailing list - they might offer you some help.

Let us make you a site map it is a start - 'Get Visable'

Site Map

2009-05-29T16:25:00.000-07:00

Creating a sitemap for your site enables search engines to access your pages.

This Window .org

This Window - Saw Yourself In Half - This Window .org

This Window - Other Releases - This Window .org

This Window - Hope - This Window .org

This Window - Extraction - This Window .org

This Window -Jude the Obscure - This Window .org

This Window - Ignition mix - This Window .org

This Window - En face - This Window .org

This Window - Morning - This Window .org

This Window - Thank You St. Jude - This Window .org

This Window - Extraction 2 - This Window .org

This Window - Salle De Bain Remix - This Window .org

This Window - Music and Reviews - Listen

This Window - Plac.Art.X - This Window .org

This Window - The Obscure Jude - This Window .org

This Window - Jig-Saw Man - This Window .org

This Window - The Sampler - This Window .org

This Window - indiestore.com downloads

This Window - reverbnation.com - exclusive downloads

This Window - Morgue Studio Demos - This Window .org

This Window: May 2009

This Window - Cassette Culture - This Window .org

This Window

2009

This Window: This Window Archive

This Window: Cassette Culture 1989 - 2009

This Window: iTunes downloads

This Window: Twitter

This Window: Extraction now on iTunes

This Window: This Window in the charts

This Window: Marni de Much

This Window: Collecting Easter eggs and telephone answer machine messages

In December 2008 Electro Arc label release 'Where Is My Jesus' on their Net.Ware Stimulation compilation CD. In January 2009 'Cassette Culture 1989 - 2009' was released as a commercial download. This project contained remixes of a series of demo recordings made in 2008 and a section of the live Plac.Art.X set that was streamed over the Internet to Regensburg Germany in August 2007. This release also contains a complete remixed version of 'Extraction' which was originally released in 1989. These remixes were by Jake Bright.

The current line-up includes: Jake Bright (Bass, Keyboards, Guitar) Marni De Much (Percussion) Peter Bright (Guitar, Bass, Vocals). This Window now operate from their Morgue Studio, producing odd music with a rock/gothic undertone.

Stagnation and Redundancies

2009-05-22T10:23:00.000-07:00

Economic downturns decrease monetary activity which means that businesses usually experience falling sales and lack of growth due to the cash flow doldrums. These economic factors combined have created employment stagnation and redundancies. The larger the business, the tighter the squeeze.

You need to look deep into your crystal ball and try to predict the future, to foresee the next market shift and growth niche. We are living in a time when markets and employment conditions are tough and uncertain; maybe starting your own business is an option. During this period of economic volatility you stand a good chance of success.

If you don't have an idea, develop your psychic powers, consider which of your skills could be used as a base for starting a business, consult a tarot card mystic or get advice from a reputable medium and then drive your business to success.

Potential new business owners can take advantage of the opportunities created by an economic downturn. You are lean and mean with a well-thought out business concept; get the right support and advice, have good business planning and a proper sourcing of finance; this is a recipe for potential business success.

Optimisation or simply a blank expression

2009-05-22T09:46:00.001-07:00

You can spend hours and hours staring at a blank screen, surfing the web fooling yourself you are working. If you actually analyze the amount of time you spend doing nothing...

Pull your finger out and get on with some real search engine optimisation, look at your site and fix those broken links, update the content, sort out the keywords and phrases, in other words be more positive with your time, then get outside and get a life. The Internet is a tool that connects you with businesses and people, it is not the place to spend your whole life; only sad people do that.

Festival Site Map

2009-05-16T04:25:00.000-07:00

Sitemap of festival website.

West Buckland Festival 2009 Events - North Devon

West Buckland Festival - North Devon - Your Art Exhibition

West Buckland Festival 2009 - Ticket Sales

West Buckland Festival 2009 Events - Advertise

West Buckland Festival 2009 Events - Links

West Buckland Festival 2009 Events - Sponsor

West Buckland Festival 2009 Events - North Devon

West Buckland Festival 2009 Events - Events

West Buckland Festival is a festival of music, entertainment and leisure, held in a small village on the edge of Exmoor. This year's festival will feature more than a dozen events between Thursday September 10th and Sunday September 13th 2009.

'West Buckland is located within North Devon local authority area. Historically it formed part of Braunton Hundred. It falls within South Molton Deanery for ecclesiastical purposes. The Deaneries are used to arrange the typescript Church Notes of B.F.Cresswell which are held in the Westcountry Studies Library. The population was 257 in 1801 277 in 1901 . Figures for other years are available on the local studies website. In 1641/2 45 adult males signed the Protestation returns.' more...

West Buckland Festival 2009 Events - Advertise

Sarting a new business?

2009-05-11T09:31:00.000-07:00

While it's generally acknowledged that there are many benefits to using Internet technology to enhance business processes, many smaller organizations are put off the whole idea as it's perceived as too difficult or too expensive to set up and maintain. Whilst it's certainly true that it isn't something to be rushed into, with a little planning, it really isn't that difficult.

If you get it right the flood gates will open and the visitors will come flooding in! Sales will increase and your profile will soar to the greatest of heights. Get noticed, make your web site work for you - don't let your web site be your master and you the slave. Make your investment of time, money and heartache pay. (You deserve this.)

The conception, birth pangs and sustainability of your web presence, can be made easier when it is optimized for search engines and be searchable by the major players. Use a combination of automated and human processes to help you towards achieving world domination.

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Your Web Presence

2009-05-05T09:12:00.000-07:00

Your web presence is important, a vital link between 'you' and 'them', information is power and sharing information increases your presence and ultimately sales - this is a vital marketing strategy.

Trying to constantly update your websites and the information relating to your sites is an overwhelming task. As your your business continues to grow and the hits and visits increase you will need to know more about your visitors. Is the traffic you pull to your site due to your interesting content? Are people remembering the important information in your text or are they just remembering the verbal padding? You have to get the mix right.

Search Engine Optimization?

2009-05-04T01:17:00.000-07:00

After launching a website it easy to sit back and wait for it to all happen and drop into your lap. The Internet is a universe, and it is full of big stars and little stars. It is no wonder a new website doesn't get much traffic and nobody is clamoring to buy their products or services.

Is your website lost in the pages of the major search engines? Would you like us to give you some of our advice?.

You don't have to be a big company to hire a search engine optimisation company. Over the past decade we have accumulated a vast hands on knowledge of Search Engine Optimization, with one of our projects even making the pages of the Financial Times!

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When we have received your payment we will send you a zip file (which you need to unzip) with all the site map files/images you need to upload to your server. Only upload the files and images and not the folder.

These files and images must be placed in your root directory so that the url is www.yourownsite.whatever/sitemap.html (and .xml). When you have done this email us back to say it is done and we will submit it to Google.

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Optimisation is not a static process

2009-04-28T00:28:00.000-07:00

Is the traffic you pull to your site due to your interesting content? Are people remembering the important information in your text or are they just remembering the verbal padding?

Most websites suffer from unoriginality; they belong to the herd of mediocrity and banality. If you write a controversial blog or web page, you can bet a few minutes later, a thousand bloggers are parodying it with their unique take on the concept...or not!

Creating content that is memorable is important to your business and vital in perpetuating all the hard work you have done with web site search engine optimization. Optimisation is not a static process - updating web pages and creating new web content creates memorable websites - which is important if they have a commercial purpose. The stats you get on your web traffic may indicate you have kept people on your sites for hours but what are they doing? Are they stealing your content or ideas? Quality clicks are a rare commodity, your web content needs constantly updating - it needs to be fed in order to sustain your client audience, they need to know what you have to say about your product and they need constantly updated material.

Read More...Sitemaps UK Optimisation or Art?: Optimisation of the body snatchers

Updating Websites (SEO)

2009-04-24T09:06:00.000-07:00

Building the right foundations for your web site, in a structure that makes sense, in both a grammatical and key word manner is the way forward. This is copy writing. The art of page copy-writing enables the deployment of key phrases through your site. Assisting search engine results pages (like on Google and Yahoo) to catalog your web presence in a correct manner. By placing the hot phrases carefully within your website you can go from a rank outsider to a world beater. A business website is an increasingly important asset, and many companies strive to "improve" their web presence as part of an on going policy. To get the most out of a redesign, companies need to layout their website with an Internet marketing strategy in mind, otherwise random changes can hamper the primary goal - more hits, more visitors and more trade.

There is a lot of mythology out there about how to make a good web site. The truth is that if you have a product, idea or a service that is good, then the content of your pages have to be as equally good (if not better). Implementing SEO strategies for small (and large businesses), blogging etc. is important to establishing your site, product or brand. There is no point in just having a website, you need a website that works for you and your ever increasing visitors. Making your site 'Google Friendly', ‘Yahoo Friendly’ and ‘User Friendly’ are optimisation techniques used correctly.

Or is it just another get rich quick scam?

2009-04-20T23:05:00.001-07:00

Why is there an interest in search engine optimisation? Is it the cure for all the world's business maladies? Or is it just another get rich quick scam? Is SEO an open book?

SEO is no longer the cryptic crossword puzzle for those who indulged in Internet geekdom but the get rich technique for the opportunist would-be-businessman or charlatan. Some companies charge ridiculously large amounts of money for a lot of their optimisation services. These same businesses then try to explain their rates by attempting to convince prospective clients that by paying ‘extra’ they get a better deal in the long term. This technique reminds me of double glazing salesmen, who all say that by spending more with ‘x’ you get a better deal than with ‘y’, when in reality they all get their materials and manufacturing equipment from the same suppliers. Any astute businessman or businesswoman can intelligently work out that the reason for their inflated prices are due to a combination of greed and over staffing.

Search Engine Optimization appears to be becoming a big business in an age when the rest of the worlds’ business community is tightening its belt. The expression ‘Ambulance Chasers’ comes to mind. I will accept that good SEO requires hours and hours of hard work, involving research and then analysis and scrutiny but what is the acceptable cost? Is this task worth solicitors’ rates?

Possibly the best thing to do is find an optimisation company that recommend processes that make your site better and relevant to the market you are aiming at. Find one that will offer you a decent service for a fair price without taking short cuts. It might be advisable to avoid going for quick fixes and companies that offer promises of number one rankings. Avoid companies that use ‘Black Hat’ techniques. These techniques are used for possible short term gain, which could get your business de-listed or penalised in search engines. Keyword stuffing should be avoided, your text must be contextual and not just a random list of ‘good’ words. Google and other search engines have matured and have become more intelligent, ranking websites on their merit and content. There once was a time when a strategy like ‘reciprocal linking exchange’ was used to get good rankings but now content has become king – and that is the way it should be.

M4tr Productions

2009-04-19T07:35:00.000-07:00

Profile:M4tr Productions is a small UK independent, alternative, music label that was formed in 1981. The majority of the bands/artists featured are from Europe.

This is the best place to buy music released by M4tr.com

M4tr Productions

Have we done our job correctly?

2009-04-17T03:09:00.000-07:00

Have you have found this site, by using a search engine? …. Then we have done our job correctly - our rankings or domain stratagem has worked. SEO entrepreneurialism is all about getting the major search engines to prioritize your site. It is incomprehensible how many millions of owners of websites out there want (or need) a significant ranking presence on the primary search engines. It is therefore impossible for everyone to be in the top ten search terms for their product, service or business.

You have to create a drama with your website - its content has to be dramatic and awesome. Walk into a church and soak in the imagery and mystery, then go home and try to recreate a similar experience in a website - it is not easy!

The rules that apply to terrestrial businesses still apply to the virtual word of the internet. Your website is a window for the world to look through. Marketing is the art of selling things. Getting things seen and viewed correctly is an important part of on line selling. Taking tips from the real world - retail shop displays and visualizing layouts of products and aisle layouts are the best ways to envisage an online shopping experience. Optimizing visual layouts is a key to success, the words wrapped around the images help to describe the virtual product to the viewer in the real world.