Linkedin Applications
September 22, 2009 at 1:54 am | In Linkdin Application, SEO knowledge, SEO techniques, SEO tip | 1 CommentTags: Linkdin Application
LinkedIn Applications enable you to enrich your profile, share and collaborate with your network, and get the key insights that help you be more effective. Applications are added to your homepage and profile enabling you to control who gets access to what information.
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by SlideShare Inc
SlideShare is the best way to share presentations on LinkedIn! You can upload & display your own presentations, check out presentations from your colleagues, and find experts within your network.
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by TripIt, Inc.
See where your LinkedIn network is traveling and when you will be in the same city as your colleagues. Share your upcoming trips, current location, and travel stats with your network.
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by Box.net
Add the Box.net Files application to manage all your important files online. Box.net lets you share content on your profile, and collaborate with friends and colleagues.
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by SixApart
With Blog Link, you can get the most of your LinkedIn relationships by connecting your blog to your LinkedIn profile. Blog Link helps you, and your professional network, stay connected.
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by Google
Present yourself and your work. Upload a .PPT or use Google’s online application to embed a presentation on your profile.
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by LinkedIn
The Polls application is a market research tool that allows you to collect actionable data from your connections and the professional audience on LinkedIn.
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by WordPress
Connect your virtual lives with the WordPress LinkedIn Application. With the WordPress App, you can sync your WordPress blog posts with your LinkedIn profile, keeping everyone you know in the know.
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by Huddle.net
Huddle gives you private, secure online workspaces packed with simple yet powerful project, collaboration and sharing tools for working with your connections.
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by LinkedIn
Ever wonder what people are saying about your company? Company Buzz shows you the twitter activity associated with your company. View tweets, trends and top key words. Customize your topics and share with your coworkers.
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by Amazon
Extend your professional profile by sharing the books you’re reading with other LinkedIn members. Find out what you should be reading by following updates from your connections, people in your field, or other LinkedIn members of professional interest to you.
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What is LinkedIn?
August 27, 2009 at 4:32 am | In Linkedin | Leave a CommentTags: Linkedin
LinkedIn is the world’s largest professional network with over 40 million members and growing rapidly. LinkedIn connects you to your trusted contacts and helps you exchange knowledge, ideas, and opportunities with a broader network of professionals.
Watch this short video for an overview of what LinkedIn is and how it can help you.
Four basic step
1. Establish your professional profile
LinkedIn gives you the keys to controlling your online identity. Have you Googled yourself lately? You never know what may come up. LinkedIn profiles rise to the top of search results, letting you control the first impression people get when searching for you online.
2. Stay in touch with colleagues and friends
In today’s professional world, people change jobs and locations constantly. By connecting on LinkedIn, your address book will never go out of date. Your contacts update their profiles, keeping you current with their latest jobs, projects and contact info. You’ll stay in closer contact with great tools to communicate and collaborate.
3. Find experts and ideas
Sometimes your immediate circle can’t resolve a unique business challenge. Tools like Answers and Groups let you locate and interact with experts through trusted introductions. LinkedIn Search lets you explore the broader network by name, title, company, location, and other keywords that will help you find the knowledge you’re looking for.
4. Explore opportunities
Whether you’re looking for a career opportunity, winning new clients or building your professional reputation, LinkedIn connects you to jobs, sales leads and ideal business partners. With our powerful search engine, company research tools and a jobs board that shows who you know at listed companies, LinkedIn is the place to turn for new opportunities.
Source:- http://learn.linkedin.com/what-is-linkedin/
Please visit my profile :- http://www.linkedin.com/in/rakeshpradhan
Google Caffeine Update Promises More Efficient Search Results
August 18, 2009 at 6:34 pm | In Google Caffeine | Leave a CommentGoogle has always dominated the search engines. There’s no doubt about it. Every time web users want to look for some information on the internet, most likely they will immediately use the Google search engine. Or when you ask somebody about something you’re not knowledgeable of, the most common reply would be “Just Google it and you’ll find it.”
The Google people have been putting their best foot forward in making this search engine the most preferred by web users. But that’s not all there is to it. Unaware to many of you, these same guys have been developing a more advanced version in the recent months. This has been the most talked about topic in the internet these days especially among software developers.
With their dedication to make searching for information on the internet as quick and easy as possible, the Google team never ceases to come up with better and more advanced service. The latest web infrastructure this innovative team has developed in relation to information search on the internet is called “Caffeine.” This particular advanced update has made certain modifications to the search engine and aims to provide better search results and at a faster speed at that.
Caffeine is now in the testing stage to determine whether more changes will be needed in terms of codes. In other words, it’s only the basic infrastructure that’s available for people to test and no other mobile or international versions at the moment. Power searchers and web developers are the main target of this early preview in an effort to get their feedback.
So far, this Google Caffeine update has been receiving mostly positive feedback with many people seeing only minimal changes in the search results aspect during their test. They look forward to using this regularly in the near future. Owing to the trusted and respected name that Google has established for a long time now, most web users don’t see any serious issues with this search engine infrastructure going forward.
Thanks to Google associate Matt Cutts, web users are well informed about this Caffeine update. Cutts who joined the Google team in January 2000 as a software engineer for the Search Quality group, has been providing details of the infrastructure and the changes that are to happen through his blog http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/caffeine-update/
Cutts emphasized that as they maintain Google’s top position as a search engine, they still continue to do what they’ve done in the past which is to always aim for search quality. Acknowledging the high regard of people for Google, he pointed out that they are serious in working for search quality and will always keep improving for the long term.
For people curious about this Google Caffeine update, you can test it yourself using the url http://www2.sandbox.google.com and find out the differences between using it and the original Google search engine. Keep track of indexing speed and accuracy in the search results.
Why No One Links to Your Best Posts (And What to Do About It)
July 7, 2009 at 3:47 am | In 20132402, SEO knowledge, SEO tip, linkbuilding | Leave a Comment
Does this sound familiar?
You’ve picked a topic that your ideal readers are dying to know more about. You can write about the topic with authority. You’ve even chosen an interesting angle. In short, you’ve got a killer post that should bring your blog thousands of new readers.
You’re also smart enough to realize that you need to tell other people about it. So, you send an email to all of the top bloggers in your niche, pointing them to the post. Then you sit back and wait for the links to come rolling in.
But nothing happens.
You don’t get any links. You don’t even get a reply from any of the bloggers you emailed. You check your stats, and none of them even clicked the link that you sent them.
No, you got ignored. And worse, you now realize that no one is paying attention to you. You wonder, could you really be that much of a nobody, that no one would even read your email?
Yep. You could.
The Oldest Blogging Myth
“Content is king.”
It sounds good in principle. Produce a truly great piece of content, and you’ll get all the links you could ever hope for.
Maybe it worked too, several years ago. The Web used to be a fairly quiet place compared to what it is now, and it was easier for people to notice great blog posts.
But not anymore.
Now great is no longer good enough. The Web is full of so much remarkable content that bloggers don’t have enough time to read it all, much less link to it.
If you want links now, you need to be more than great. You need to be connected.
The Secret to Building a Popular Blog
Remember the saying “It’s not what you know, it’s who you know?”
Well, it’s kind of true. A mediocre writer that’s friends with every member of the Technorati 100 will become a popular blogger faster than a brilliant writer with no friends at all.
Why? Because bloggers link more often to their friends than anyone else. If you write a reasonably good piece of content that interests their audience, they’ll link to you, mainly because they like you.
The secret to building a popular blog isn’t just writing tons of brilliant content. It’s also having tons of well-connected friends.
How to Make Friends with Popular Bloggers
So… how are you supposed to make friends with all of these popular bloggers and get them to link to your best posts?
Traditional wisdom says you should link to their posts, hoping they’ll notice you and start reading your blog. Sometimes it works, but in my experience, you need to be a little more creative. Here are some ideas to get you started:
* Write a guest post that gets lots of traffic and adoring comments
* Attend conferences that all of the “Who’s Who” of your niche go to and network your tail off
* Volunteer to “vote” for any posts that they’re pushing on social media sites like Digg, Del.icio.us and StumbleUpon
* Email them an irresistible question, hoping to spark a discussion
* Leave lots of truly memorable comments
* Interview them in either a post or a podcast, making sure to ask lots of intelligent questions
* Join their private membership program (like Teaching Sells) and make lots of smart posts in the forums
Give and Ye Shall Receive
We’re not talking about anything new here. Really, it comes down to one of the oldest principles of persuasion: reciprocity.
Contrary to what many people think, A-list bloggers aren’t islands, separate and self-sufficient. They deal with problems and annoyances, just as much as anyone else. If you can help alleviate them, they’ll thank and remember you for it.
The key is finding ways that you can be genuinely useful to them. Make yourself relevant and then use that opportunity to start building a relationship.
Give it a few months, and then start pointing them to your best and most relevant content. They’ll probably link to you anytime you do anything interesting, bringing you lots of readers. They’ll also introduce you to other popular bloggers, giving you a chance to do more favors and expand your network.
It’s hard work, but it’s worth it. If you put as much effort into building relationships as you do writing great content, you’ll have a popular blog in no time.
And better yet, you’ll have made friends with some of the most interesting people on the web. That’s a reward in and of itself.
5 useful sites for finding people to follow on twitter
July 2, 2009 at 10:16 pm | In SEO blog, SEO techniques, SEO tip, SEO/SEM, Social media optimization | 3 Comments
Are you always looking for new ways to build your Twitter followers for personal use, business use, or both? New Twitter tools and sites are popping up each day, and very quickly.
So, I wanted to point out a few of the newer sites that have surfaced and are very useful in helping you find people to follow on Twitter.
Twitterel is a great way to find Twitter users with the same interests as you and is very easy to use. To get started you’ll need to enter your Twitter username and password. Once you do that, you can enter keywords based on your interests in order to start finding people.
You can even give them your email so that you will be updated whenever there might be someone new that interests you. What’s great about Twitterel is that you can follow people that you find right from their site, without having to open up a new page to go to Twitter to follow them.
CityTweets
“The CityTweets Network is made up of individual pages that track (near) real-time Twitter activity for individual cities, listing Tweets from and about that area.”
CityTweets is still pretty new so there are not a lot of cities listed but it’s extremely easy to request a CityTweets page for your city.
Personally I don’t know too many people from my area who actually use Twitter, so I feel that CityTweets can really be beneficial once it’s really built up. I’d love to be able to tweet to others in my area about how boring it is! Also, it could be a great way to organize a local Tweet Up.
Just Tweet It
Just Tweet It is not only a directory for Twitter users but they’re THE directory for Twitter users! Since the directory is organized by category, it’s the perfect way to find other Twitter users like you and with the same interests.
What I love most about Just Tweet It is that they have quite a few feature spots on their homepage. There’s a spot for a Featured Tweeter, Newest Tweeters, Recent Blog Posts, and Latest News & Links. You also have the option to add your own name to the directory so that you can get found by other Twitter users like yourself.
Twitter Adder
Twitter Adder is pretty much like one of the hundreds of MySpace Adders they have on the internet. You enter your Twitter username and password and then they will add 20 random friends for you. Now, I’m not sure if Twitter Adder is a good thing or a bad thing but it’s not my style. I like to pick and choose who I follow to make sure we have at least a little something in common. I’m not sure if adding random people is such a good idea. What do you think?
What is Affiliate Marketing?
June 29, 2009 at 5:45 am | In Affilate Marketing, SEO/SEM | 1 CommentTags: Affilate Marketing
merchants that sell products or services) pay publishers (independent parties that promote the products or services of an advertiser on their Web site) only for results, such as a visitor making a purchase or filling out a form, rather than paying simply to reach a particular audience. This “pay-for-performance” model is in essence the modern version of the “finders’-fee” model, where individuals who introduce new clients to a business are compensated. The difference in the case of affiliate marketing is that advertisers only pay their publishers when the new client introduction results in a sale or a lead, making it a low-risk, high-reward environment for both parties.
How it Works
Advertisers in our network, the CJ Marketplace, populate their ad links in the interface, making them available for placement by publishers. Each link is assigned a commission, such as a fixed amount per lead or a percentage of a resulting sale on the advertiser’s Web site. Publishers looking to monetize their traffic apply to join an advertiser’s program. Upon acceptance, the publishers select and place the advertiser’s links on their Web sites, in their email campaigns or as part of search listings.
When a consumer clicks on a publisher’s link, a cookie is set on the visitor’s browser that identifies the advertiser, the publisher, and the specific link and payment rates. When the visitor makes an actual purchase online or fills out a form, that transaction is tracked and recorded by Commission Junction. Upon recording the transaction, Commission Junction handles all of the collection and processing required to ensure fair and timely commission payment for the publisher, and all of the administration and verification necessary to ensure quality sales and leads for the advertiser.
How to Get More and More Followers on Twitter
June 27, 2009 at 7:30 pm | In SEO techniques | Leave a Comment
- http://twitter.com/rakeshpradhan
Why would you wish to obtain more & more Twitter followers? What reason does it serve up? And what ladder should you take to boost your Twitter followers? These are questions frequently asked by usual users, brands and business owners who not only observe Twitter as a means of community interaction but an effectual marketing platform.
You are concerned in increasing your Twitter followers. You want more public reading your updates. It’s not tricky to build a famous profile but I think it’s significant to start with the right understanding. This is the first obsession you require to know: It’s not actually about how you tweet, what you say or who you speak to but who you are.
It is not hard to get followers on Twitter. In fact, between all the social networking websites, Twitter is almost certainly one of the easiest website to get followers, as Twitter calls it.
At a first glance you need to do is to put your house in arrange first. You can take the following steps to make sure that you are “Gorgeous” to a Twittered:
Do not Use Default picture, Use Your Own Photo
First step you should do is to restore the default icon with your photo. If you are uncomfortable using your photo, put in a explicit or something else that represents you or your business. absolutely do not leave the icon as is.
Biography
Don’t abscond it blank, or place in something like “I am just trying out Twitter” or “I am a SEO.” keep in mind you are trying to get people to follow you, that is, pay attention to what you have to say. So, be interesting. The most excellent rule of thumb is, following writing your biography, would you go after yourself?
Tweet Slight
I get huge follower requests from Twitters who have not twittered at all, or they have just one tweet, which is the product that they are trying to sell. I just never follow those back.
Tweet slight first before trying to get more followers. Don’t just tweet about only your tenders. Try to have a little diversity in your twittering. You can endorse your offers, but do also connect in chat with other Twitters and tell us something about what you were doing then. You can also re tweet other Twitter’s web links or comments that you found attractive.
Conclusion
Just the once you have done all that, then you are prepared to follow other Twitters and place a superior chance of them becoming your followers.
Establish your marketing goals for where you are at right now
May 12, 2009 at 11:26 am | In SEO Tools, SEO knowledge | Leave a CommentTags: Keyword tool, SEO Tools
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Free Analytics Tools
These tend to be limited in feature set and give themselves sitewide links on your site, or require you to trust giving a major search engine like Google virtually all your marketing data.
- Google Analytics – powerful full featured analytics tool. Even allows you to track your ROI by keyword for each AdWords ad position. Google AdWords also has internal split testing and conversion tracking software.
- Google Website Optimizer – allows you to A/B split test landing pages and track how well Google AdWords traffic converts.
- Microsoft adCenter Analytics – not publicly launched yet, but accepting invite requests.
- Piwik – open source web analytics program
- Site Meter – starts off as free, but charges for advanced features
- Stat Counter – starts off as free, but charges for advanced features and bandwith usage.
- Webalizer – default log analyzer on many servers.
- Analog – default log analyzer on many servers.
- Awstats – another popular default log analyzer on many servers.
Traditional Keyword Suggestion Tools
- Wordtracker Free Keywords – free keyword suggestions from Wordtracker. Wordtracker also has a more advanced paid version, and sells top keyword reports.
- Google AdWords Keyword Suggestion Tool – recommends keywords based on a keyword you enter or a URL you have the tool analyze
- Google Suggest Tool – shows frequently search for phrases starting with the words and letters in your query.
- Keyword Discovery – free keyword tool from Trellian. Trellian also has a more advanced paid version of Keyword Discovery.
- Microsoft Keyword Forecast – shows predicted Microsoft search impression count and historical trends.
- Wordze – nice for generating decently large keyword lists quickly and inserting them into paid search campaigns.
- Yahoo! Search Marketing – Yahoo! has a keyword research tool inside their platform. It is really bad marketing of them to only have the new tool accessible inside their platform, while neglecting their old keyword tool.
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