Social Media Working Together with Search Engine Optimization

Social Media & SEO

Social Media and Search Engine Optimization play an important role to the overall performance of your website.  The visibility factor and engagement with other visitors are reflected by the organic SEO  and Social Media strategies being used.  Social Media activities that occur on platforms such as Facebook, Twitter, & LinkedIN have become searchable within the Google index and relate directly to your website.  Therefore social media has become a part of organic traffic and considered a part of Search Engine Optimization.  When searchers perform various query searches within Google there will be a section included in the SERPs that will provide the user with social media results for your website.

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[HowTo] Check Your YouTUBE Insights

YouTUBE Insights
Video marketing has become a common strategy for entrepreneur and small business owners. Recently I attended a MeetUP group that my friend Russ Henneberry held on YouTUBE Marketing. I guess you could say that I was inspired and heavily moved which led to what you’re reading about now. Seriously! If you have not considered video marketing as a strategy to help you gain visibility and authority on the web you need to be looking into it ASAP.

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[HowTo] Setup Joomla 1.6.0 Beta 8 on Your Web Server

Joomla 1.6.0 Beta 8 Installation
It’s around midnight and I’ve been poking around this video for the last couple of hours.  I’m quite excited at the fact that the new Joomla 1.6.0 content management system is at its 8th Beta release.  Yep, almost to a public release!  I’ve been personally using this particular application since 2005 and have been very happy with its results on individual websites that I’ve worked on.  Whether you’re a novice or experienced web developer there’s a little bit for everyone in here.  Its navigation style is extremely easy to use and not to mention that you can setup the application itself in a matter of minutes in your web hosting environment.  Most web hosting providers even offer Joomla Installations using Fantastico which make things even easier.

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Staying Geographically Connected – FourSquare

FourSquare
FourSquare

To many titled as the ‘stalker application’ but to others a great tool for connecting and marketing. Your mobile phone can be quickly turned into a GPS locator and keep you geographically connected via FourSquare with friends, family, favorite places, & more.  If you aren’t familiar with this particular online tool than you’re not a social media person most likely.  That’s OK!  I forgive you this one time but get with the program (j/k).  FourSquare offers numerous opportunities both for personal and business reasons and here’s why.

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Top 5 Things Your Website Should Have

Top 5 Things Your Website Should Have
Top 5 Things Your Website Should Have

“You can visit our website online.  It has lots of cool stuff on there and you can place your order directly on there.  You can also pay for your order online.” Does this sound familiar?  It’s one of the most common statements made by a business or an employee of one directed towards a consumer such as yourself.  In general nowadays if you walk into a retail store to make a purchase in some form or another you’ll find out about that particular business website.  Usually in response to a certain inquiry about a product or service that’s currently unavailable in-store (typical Wal Mart stuff j/k).  Now you’re all excited that you’ll get to do some comparison shopping before even pulling the trigger.

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Add a Lightbox Modal Dialog To Your WordPress Blog

WordPress LightBox Installation
WordPress LightBox Installation

Greetings to all “geeks” alike across the Globe reading this post at this very minute. Recently I stumbled upon a really cool feature effect that seems to be heating up the search index in Google and wanted to share the wealth with all others. The Modal Dialog Box has peaked some interest and heavy attention over the course of the last couple of years. Due to its simplicity and elegance it makes an essential addition to just about any website. Obviously WordPress is no exception to that and I’m here to show you how you can install, configure, & use a modal dialog box for your images or anything else for that matter on your WordPress Blog.

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THE Social Media Plugin for Joomla 1.5.x

ShareMe Plugin for Joomla 1.5.xThe popularity of Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIN, & Google Buzz has really taken over the web.  There are now more internet users checking in on daily basis into social media platforms than ever before.  With that in mind the demand for content and its circulation has never been greater.  When building or re-building your next website it should be your primary concern to choose the right content management system that will work for your business as well as managing the content itself.  If you’ve chosen the Joomla Content Management System then you’re already on the right path towards building a successful website that will function properly on the web from all angles.

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Advanced Comment System for Joomla 1.5.x

Disquss for Joomla 1.5.x

A current project that I’m involved in is being built in Joomla 1.5.20 One of the features that my client requested was to have an advanced comment system that includes enhanced functionality of comment contributions. Some of the features that the client requested were spam blocking, sharing, multi-platform integration, and more. Joomla has a ton of components and plugins out there that you can choose from although there was one in particular that caught my eye and I wanted to share it with you.

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Automated Backups of Your WordPress Blog

WordPress Backup

Even though I’m a hardcore Joomla fan and yet to be disappointed by this content management system I have to admit that WordPress rules all other blogging platforms. Ok, that’s off my chest now! One of the things that you should be concerned about when serious about blogging is creating ongoing backups of your WordPress installation. In particular if you’re using WordPress for business then this should be a requirement. There are several plugins out there for WordPress that will let you create backups although there’s one in particular that every WordPress blogger should have.

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Cool Database Management Tool for Joomla 1.5.x

ArtAdminer for Joomla 1.5.x

I tend to spend hours on the webs just browsing and looking for cool things such as new effects and gadgets to use for Joomla 1.5.x websites.  Over the course of the last 5 years I’ve been very pleased with this particular content management system and yet to find a substitute for it.  On my latest journey thru the web while scouting cool new gadgets for Joomla 1.5.x I stumbled across one particular component that’s a must have for every Joomla web developer.  Before I jump into details about it let me give you a little bit of a background about this web application and its core structure.

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