Wednesday, September 30, 2009

Search Ranking Factors Shows How Little SEO Has Changed


Search Ranking Factors Shows How Little SEO Has Changed
Aug 24, 2009 at 1:37pm ET by Matt McGee

72 search engine optimizers from around the world have contributed to SEOmoz’s latest Search Engine Ranking Factors report, a study that offers valuable insight into how SEO works in 2009 … but also shows how little it’s changed in recent years. (Disclaimer: I’m one of the 72 contributors.) You can read the survey here, Surveyand there are also some interesting comments on SEOmoz’s blog post.

Participating SEOs completed a lengthy survey earlier this year that involved ranking possible factors that Google uses when ranking sites. The survey also included a variety of questions about current SEO trends and topics.

According to this year’s survey, the top five ranking factors are:

1.Anchor Text from External Links
2.Keyword Use in Title Tag
3.Raw Link Popularity
4.Diversity of Linking Domains
5.Keyword Use in Root Domain

Those first three factors are unchanged from the 2007 version of this survey, although the order is slightly different. Two years ago, the top five were:

1.Keyword Use in Title Tag
2.Global Link Popularity of Site (”Raw Link Popularity” above)
3.Anchor Text of Inbound Links (”Anchor Text from External Links” above)
4.Link Popularity within the Site’s Internal Link Structure
5.Age of Site

It looks like SEOmoz changed the structure of this year’s survey a bit. Negative ranking factors are presented separately, and there’s a new chart of “Overall Ranking Algorithm” elements. In fact, the fifth factor on the 2007 list, “Age of Site,” is now essentially the same as (or at least very similar to) the number one piece of the Overall Ranking Algorithm, “Trust/Authority of the Host Domain.”

When it comes to the big picture of SEO, the primary factors really haven’t changed much over the years. But what separates “good” SEO from “great” SEO is often in the details. That’s where you’ll find the true value of the SEO factors survey — in learning the little things that competitors may have overlooked.

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Matt McGee is the Search Engine Land Assignment Editor, and offers search marketing consulting and training to businesses of all sizes. He blogs at Small Business Search Marketing and HyperlocalBlogger.com.

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Tuesday, September 29, 2009

eMarketing Association News


From Linkedin Groups
Group: eMarketing Association Network
Subject: News from eMarketing Association Network
eMarketing Association Network Group Statistics as of September 29th:

Total Members: 164,195

Social Marketing Subroup: 1,037
eMail Marketing Subgroup:686
Search Engine Interest Subgroup: 596
Event Subgroup: 309
Off-Topic Subgroup: 17

EMARKETING ASSOCIATION ANNUAL CONFERENCE

Last chance to register for eMarketing 9 Conference, this event will emphasize network marketing. Meet the leaders in the eMarketing Arena. If you haven't registered, now is the time. The conference is less than 30 days away and may sell out soon.

Register at the link below (use the promotion code linkedin for a 10% discount)

http://www.emarketingassociation.com/2009/Atlanta/register.html

NEW SPAM GUIDELINES

Our group is now the 2nd largest on linked in and the largest network marketing group in the world. As a result the amount of Spam on our discussion boards has increased. Please read and follow the guidelines we have posted on the discussion board.

THANK YOU

You have helped make this one of the most successful groups in network marketing history, thank you for your participation in this group.

Robert Fleming
CEO
eMarketing Association
www.emarketingassociation.com

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Sunday, September 27, 2009

Attention: WorldMark Timeshare Vacation Owners


Attention: All WorldMark TimeShare Vacation Owners
To keep up with the latest news from WorldMark Owners, please join and support the WorldMark Owners Forum at: The Online WorldMark Owner Community

Latest Update: Penny and Doug recommend that all our friends who own Worldmark timeshares to assign their proxies to Worldmark Owners. See more info at WorldMark Owners or Marci For Worldmark. Last election Marci would have beaten both incumbants if the board had not cast all the proxy votes for the incumbants.

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Saturday, September 26, 2009

Tuesday's Twitters



Here are this week's Tuesday's Twitters--some hillarious--some not so. Browse and enjoy!

Water discovered on Moon & Mars,yet Obama can't find water 4 California Farmers!!

HYSTERICAL! Hannity interviews 2 ditzy socialists at G20 conferenc. What could go wrong? Video: G20 Protests

Tell Obama & Congress to "Keep Gitmo Open!" Don't bring them here... plz RT Gitmo

Obama giving $400K 2 libyan charity run by Gadhafi family Your Tax Dollars

Did YOU get your Healthcare Letter yet ? : HealthCare Ltr

Mmm,Mmm,Mmm Barack Hussein Obama Leave our kids alone!

Safe School Czar hid pedophila from authorities Safe(?) School Czar

Definitions: A politician-- A person who tells you to go to hell in such a way that you actually look forward to the trip!!!

R's in the Age of BHO: Out: Readin’, writin’, and ‘rithmetic. In: Rappin’, revolution, and radicalism. The 3 R's

Telling DC to Open New Areas for Natural Gas, Oil Development Sign the Petition

Nadir Of Western Civilization To Be Reached This Friday At 3:32 P.M. We are Low Down LOL

This is what happens when the military has its hands tied and does not have the necessary resources! Give Them What They Need!!

Meet the ACORN "11". Sign the petition

Preparing packages for our military in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Kuwait. You can help, too, through Any Soldier Project Get an address today!

The rules murdering our troops Moral Cowards 'troops die because our leaders R moral cowards'

Co-op=public option: Say NO! More back-door politics. Say NO!

Glenn Beck throws a frog into boiling water? Liberals are howling about this. It's fake, mo-rons. Beck throws a frog

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Friday, September 25, 2009

Westmoreland Glass Company, Part 2 of 2


Westmoreland Glass Company, Continued

Other Westmoreland Wares

Westmoreland is clearly best known for its milk glass, with 90 percent of the glass produced from the 1920s through the 1950s having the milky white hue. However, in the 1920's the company did make limited selections of high quality decorated glass and crystal, including hen on nest dishes made in a variety of colors in addition to milk glass. Even into the 1950s, limited amounts of amber, blue, green, pink and brown glass left the Westmoreland factory.

Westmoreland’s Later Years

In 1981 ownership of Westmoreland was purchased by Dave Grossman, according to the National Westmoreland Glass Collectors Club. On May 21, 1984, the Westmoreland Glass Company closed its doors just a few years shy of its 100 year anniversary.

The Westmoreland molds were sold to a number of other glass manufacturers including Summit Art Glass, Viking Glass, Blenko and a number of others. Some of the molds are still being utilized today in glass manufacture. For a more comprehensive list of companies that purchased Westmoreland molds, refer to the Newbound’s milk glass identification and value guide.
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Thursday, September 24, 2009

September Sale At Penny's Antiques & Wedgwood Pantry






From September 1 through September 30, all Media and Book items in our online catalogue are 10% off.

See this sale at our CHShops Online Mall Store at: Penny's Antiques & Wedgwood Pantry

Pictured Here: Pillsbury "Best of the Bake Off" Cookbook, Circa 1996

New Listings This Week:
1. Rand McNally Universal World Atlas, 2nd Edition, 1987
2. Chrome Plated Glass Caddy Circa 1950's
3. VHS Reader's Digest "Grand Canyon Amphitheater of the Gods"
4. V-Tech 2.4GHz Cordless Phone Set W/Answer Machine


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Rubik's Cube




The Rubik's Cube is a 3-D mechanical puzzle invented in 1974by Hungarian sculptor and professor of architecture Ernő Rubik. Originally called the "Magic Cube", the puzzle was licensed by Rubik to be sold by Ideal Toys in 1980and won the German Game of the Year special award for Best Puzzle that year. As of January 2009, 350 million cubes have sold worldwide making it the world's top-selling puzzle game. It is widely considered to be the world's best-selling toy.

In a classic Rubik's Cube, each of the six faces is covered by 9 stickers, among six solid colours (traditionally white, red, blue, orange, green, and yellow). A pivot mechanism enables each face to turn independently, thus mixing up the colours. For the puzzle to be solved, each face must be a solid colour. Similar puzzles have now been produced with various numbers of stickers, not all of them by Rubik. The original 3×3×3 version celebrated its 25th anniversary in 2005.

Pictured here: Rubik's Cube, Vintage 1980 puzzle game, available at our CHShops Mall Store at: Rubik's Cube

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Quote of the Day:
"A nation under a well regulated government, should permit none to remain uninstructed. It is monarchical and aristocratical government only that requires ignorance for its support." --Thomas Paine, Rights of Man, part 2, 1792

Sunday, September 20, 2009

AuctionBytes From The Editor By Ina Steiner


From the Editor
By Ina Steiner
AuctionBytes.com
September 20, 2009
Reading AuctionBytes: From the Editor

In a recent article, Stores magazine wrote that shoppers are becoming agnostic about retail channels as loyalty takes a back seat to price. That thinking might help explain the increasing trend of squeezing more dollars out of excess inventory by all of the players - retailers, manufacturers, liquidators and online marketplaces - using a variety of approaches as described in the September 8th issue of Newsflash.

It might also help explain the blurring of lines in the ecommerce space. Offline retailers such as Wal-Mart and Sears are opening their online platforms to third-party sellers, and Walmart.com offers classifieds on its website.

See entire article at: AuctionBytes

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Tuesday, September 15, 2009

Tuesday's Twitter



Here are this week's Tuesday's Twitters--some hillarious--some not so. Browse and enjoy!


RT @TheNoblePatriot: Rangel Hides More Money - PELOSI IGNORES, CONDONES CORRUPTION Corruption Chronicles #tcot #tlot #sgp

RT @Family Ties – The Rockefeller Family Fund and West Virginia West Virginia Watchdog

RT @BreitbartTV ABC News Anchor Charlie Gibson on #ACORN Scandal: 'I Don't Even Know About It': BreitBartTV

RT @ConNews Obama produces more whoppers than Burger King. Joe Wilson was right. #tcot

RT @GovMikeHuckabee Almost 30K have signed Budget,Cut,Save Petition. We need U 2 sign 2.Let's send a message to Wash. HuckPac

Preparing packages for our military in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Kuwait. You can help, too, through Any Soldier Project. Get an address today!

ARMY STRONG SUPPORT MISSION: Gathering Of Eagles Army Experience Center in Philadelphia holds 9/11 Commemoration

RT @IBDeditorials Ramirez cartoon: Who really deserves a Congressional rebuke? IBD Editorials ||LMAO

RT @MRCforliberty re: WHO trained those workers? UTube NYC #tcot #tlot #p2

RT @RightKlik Ntnl Park Service: "We believe it is the largest event held in Washington, D.C., ever" The American Thinker #912dc

RT @fleckman Just called local #ACORN office and they answered - "ACORN, HO may I help you?" #tcot #sgp #tlot #p2 || LMAO

RT @the1klamb We must all hang together or assuredly we shall all hang separately.~Ben Franklin at Declaration of Independence signing 1776

RT @fleckman The willful misrepresentations of Barack Obama - The WSJ #tcot #sgp #tlot #publicoption #hcr #hc09 #p2

RT @fleckman Prez, who said "by avoiding some of the overhead that gets eaten up by profits" has major finance speech Mon. LMAO! #tcot $$

Why Won't Healthcare Workers Take The Swine Flu Vaccine? The Post Chronicle

RT @NorsU Obama's New Party ties???????? #beck #acorn #tcot #corruption Pajamas Media

RT @johnsykes1035 "I have a very strict gun control policy: if there's a gun around, I want to be in control of it." Clint Eastwood #guns

RT @IanDispozed Check out this time lapse of the 912 March ~ UTube 912 March

RT @cprater WH Quietly Admits Joe Wilson Was Correct. Wait, What? Stop The ACLU H/T @JayS2629 #tcot #accdf @glennbeck RT @brityank

Who will collect the Dots? The Philadelphia Inquirer Nine years after 9/11, Obama's plan will make it more difficult 2 protect the country.

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Monday, September 14, 2009

Urgent: WorldMark Owners Update


Attention: All WorldMark TimeShare Vacation Owners
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Latest Update: Penny and Doug recommend that all our friends who own Worldmark timeshares to assign their proxies to Worldmark Owners. See more info at WorldMark Owners or Marci For Worldmark. Last election Marci would have beaten both incumbants if the board had not cast all the proxy votes for the incumbants.

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Wednesday, September 09, 2009

Tuesday, September 08, 2009

Tuesday's Twitter



Here are our Tuesday's Twitter entries, some hillarious, some not so. Browse and enjoy!

RT @ChadTEverson Grizzly Groundswell Obama, give Acorn a tobacco smoke enema – not me!: Obama,.. Grizzly Groundswell #Grizzly

Canadian Health Care. Is this what you want in the US?

RT @fleckman Lives Shattered by Government-Run Health Care - Lives Shattered HT @RedState #publicoption #fail #tcot #tlot #p2 |Dump HC!

RT @LaurieBailey LMAO O's Address 2 schoolkids: Ole MCBama had a farm EIEIO. Here a Czar, there a Czar, Everywhere a Czar-Czar. EIEIO #tcot

RT @augustine25 Obama was a Marxist socialist when I met him in the fall of 1980. Obama Marxist Socialist #tcot #tlot #a25ot #sgp

RT @the1klamb Ha... the Marines reaction to Pres. Bush VS Pres. Obama: Marines Reaction

The Day The Eagle Cried The Day The Eagle Cried Join them 4 24hr walk 2 remember lives lost on 9/11 & in the name of Freedom.

Compromises on HC just water down an already bad bill."band of six" need to scratch the whole thing and start over. Try tort reform first.

The Federal Govt doesn't need 2 B in the housing business!! Low Income Housing. Enough already!

RT @M_A_F Makes you wonder what they have 2 hide? Why would the DoD deny Michigan officials a visit Gitmo when they... DOD Deny Gitmo Visit

We must do this. Limit all U.S. politicians to two terms: One in office and one in prison! Illinois Already Does This.

RT @NorsU Obama Positioning For Backdoor Gun Control #tcot #hc09 Backdoor Gun Control

For your entertainment: Extreme Sheperding

Watching GA Rep Dr Tom Price on HC: Tom Price On HC

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The Day The Eagle Cried



There is a group of young soldiers doing a 24 hour walk around the National Mall, in remembrance of 9/11, starting at midnight on 9/10 and going on through until midnight 9/11. This is the second year that they are doing it, and they are inviting everyone to come and walk with them for as long as you can.

here is the link to their website:
The Day The Eagle Cried

Note: Please, if you can't make DC and a lap or 2 with these soldiers, at least visit the site and drop them a note!

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