Catch-22

Inbound links are critical to website success. Without them in the eyes of search engines a website is of very limited importance and your key phrases won’t amount to much. If you have an incredibly niche market with uncommon niche phrases and/or competition which hasn’t done their homework, then you may get fair results, but in a competitive market this isn’t commonly the case.

So you contracted with someone to build you an attractive website. The next thing is to go after links, right?

No, wrong, go back to Go, do not collect $200!

The next thing to do is to evaluate the content – and you can start by asking yourself, “Why would anyone link to my website?”, but from the other person’s perspective. Have business associates do this if you don’t have the budget to hire a search engine optimization specialist or copywriter. (more…)

Six months ago I jumped onboard the Twitter bandwagon, scarfing up my relatively uncommon name, bobmeetin, and my account became www.twitter.com/bobmeetin. That was the advice of the moment – to claim anything close to your name as your username.  It seemed like great advice at the time as the purpose of hopping onboard was to network and build relationships.  Building relationships is important, and particularly critical for introverts like me. (more…)

What is Twitter?

Twitter is a social (social media) networking web application which allows you to post up to 140 characters in a Tweet; it is commonly referred to as a micro-blogging tool. Within the posts you can include short URL’s or shortened URL’s as well as the ability to post: (more…)

The question is a little more complex than that, but certainly it would be useful to know if they get indexed and also if links/URL’s you input into comment sections or public profile sections display as clickable links. (more…)

Twitter is a relatively new (about 2 years old in Oct/2008) Social Media site. It’s easy to get started with, actually to be absorbed by so to speak. With so many other distractions around it took attending a Twitter Bootcamp class put on by the daVinci Institute to get me going. As I learn more I’ll add to this Tips/FAQ page. (more…)