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Sunday, March 22, 2009
A New Community Support Site
Cassie Designs and Web Development wants everybody to come and join our new forum. Just go to the lounge and introduce yourself and just by registering before Sunday March 29, 2009 you could win 1000 Business Cards for your business.
sorry everybody, yesterday I forgot to include the link
forums.cassie-designs.com
Or you can reach us from
www.cassie-designs.com
Yahoo's version of Site: search
This week we are going to venture in an area that I don't usually work with, and very seldom support. But I believe that working with your Search Engine Optimization (SEO) should never be limited to just one source. So this week I did a little reasearch on Yahoo's Webmaster Tools and Site Searches. There are so many ways to promote your web site in Yahoo, Google, Ask, MSN, etc. So this week I am going to add a few links to help you find information on increasing your views and stats with YAHOO.
If you are familiar with Googles "Site: search" option. I found a similar option in Yahoo.
I know that this option isn't going to boost your standing in Yahoo, but it will give you an idea of where you stand and some of the vital key words that Yahoo, has indexed for you.
So question number 1:
Where is this link to Yahoo's site search....
https://siteexplorer.search.yahoo.com/
You must have a current Yahoo Id to use most webmaster tools, but this is not unexpected. The same holds true for Google. In order to get the best SEO for your business, having Id's to all of the top search engines is beneficial to your business and your SEO.
Question number 2:
How do I use this information?
Using site explorer for yahoo, is similar to Google's Site: search. So you would use it in the same manner. Find all of the products, pages, and content that Yahoo has indexed for your site, then you can take the content from these page and increase either your meta tags, texts, or other indexing information to increase your site standing.
Another important usage for this function is to see if your site has been hacked and somebody is using your url to auto post and increase their standings (This is common for porn sites, and other sites that have questionable content.
Sunday, March 15, 2009
Using Your Google Reports for SEO
For those of you who noticed CD&D was missing last week, we thank you for noticing. CD&D is in the steps of merging 2 businesses into 1, and in the process, we are going to do some redesigning of the web site and the newsletter to allow for some of the new information that our sister company will be bringing in. Soon we will be expanding our templates line, so that you not only get the chance to get your web site up and running, but you can save some money by just purchasing your products predesigned. Many designs will show up under the print products, and the web products. We will soon have a full time person dedicated to nothing but your "Search Engine Optimization". We know you value the importance of getting visitors to your web site once you pay to have it look professional and work professional. So onto this weeks Google report...... We all know the importance of using our Google reports, but does anybody really know what to do with that information. Lets work with just 1 or 2 of the reports that are available. Everyone should understand the value of sitemaps. Every web site should always have a site map. There are many ways to accomplish this and I know that there are numerous free site map generators on the web. Many of your Open Source programs come with sitemaps already functioning for you. (Once again a shameless plug for Open Source). But have you asked yourself what good is a site map. Well put simply its just a text version of what you have and where you have it. This is a quick easy way for all of the search engines to index all of your content without having to travel through code heavy pages. So now ask yourself how do I find out if this is doing any good for my site. This is where the Site: operator in Google comes in. By using both the Site: operator and your site map, you can not only tell whether or not your site map is working, but in how many different ways it is working. Don't be worried if these 2 don't exactly mesh their information together. This is only a general science and a way to generally lead information in your direction. So here is how it works. Go to Google.com and in the search box put in Site: www.mysite.com (replacing my site with your actual site address). Hit the search button and ask yourself, is everything on your site map showing up. If not, this is a discussion for another day. As always, if this information proves to be more than you ever wanted to know, remember we at CD&D already know it and would love to have you visit us. Let us be your SEO provider at http://www.cassie-designs.com
Sunday, March 01, 2009
Google Chrome
This post came directly from our weekly news letter. But I wish to challenge everybody to chime in on their opinion of the current browser wars and which browser you support.
I still think I am a firefox fan, but I may be swayed to Google Chrome. Tell me what you think....
Google Chrome
We have a saying here, and yes I know it is probably in bad taste, but..... I'm going to repeat it anyway, just to prove a point.
"At the end of this current resession only 3 companies will be left standing....
Microsoft
Walmart
Google"
Obviously this isn't true, but it is kind of funny, and here is what brings us to this current statement..
Why do you think these 3 companies seem to be hanging on, while the rest just seem to be struggling bits and pieces at a time.
These companies have been able to bend without breaking, and thinking outside of a shrinking box. When the world changes drastically on a dime, they go out their way to comply with these changes.
They seem to be able to walk away from the things that don't work and quickly come back, with some thing that does. A great example of this is, Google, who now has it own browser. Yes we know that Internet Explorer is still the main browser used by most, but that is because it is a Microsoft product. I don't think Google is going to go away, so a browser of their own seemed to be the next step.
I decided to give it a try, mostly because I would NEVER promote Internet Explorer. As a programmer and a Webmaster. Internet Explorer has failed to keep up with the times. The don't seem to support current W3 programming standards, and they never offered any tools to the programmers and the Webmaster. In turn those who are the professionals in the field of the Internet have faltered in support of IE. As Webmaster's, Programmer's, and SEO researchers, our team has in the past supported Firefox. But each and every one of us has agreed to use Google Chrome for 1 month and give a thumbsup or a thumbsdown on this most resent Google takeover.
I for one, give a complete thumbs up. This week I am going to put the question to everybody on my blog. You have the option to give your opinion on Google Chrome, Firefox, or IE (if you so choose, although I don't know why you would).
So sit back and download the new Chrome (click here for Chrome information) and then take a minute to log onto my blog and chime in. Go ahead let me have it if you are a IE supporter. I don't mind.
You Tube and Google a View from Cassie Designs
Weekly Google Watch
Because of all the new information that Google is offering we are moving our weekly Google watch to a much larger spot. The team is hoping that we can fit all of the information in this newsletter. So lets start with Google's new YouTube channel. One of the biggest advances that Google is doing in 2009 is to bring information to the masses. Instead of keeping "big secrets" on Search Engine Optimization, Google is going above and beyond to bring all relevant information to you. What better way to get information to everybody than to put it on video, in a manner that everybody can understand, and everybody has access too. Instead of just having YouTube bring you the latest movie by some idiot setting himself on fire, Youtube has become one of the greatest place to put incredible information to learn by. What a great way for Google to help us all understand the importance of SEO. If you want to promote your web site and take advantage of all of Google's information, we are providing you with the link to google's new "Youtube" channel. Click here for the official Google Announcement Click here for the official YouTube Google Channel This information is brought to you by Cassie Designs and Web Development, we want you to succeed, let us show you how. Visit us at www.cassie-designs.com
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