Google Analytics – Why adopt it ?

For those of you who have not heard of Google Analytics, you really should. Here’s the link (http://www.google.com/analytics/). Google Analytics is a free service by Google that allows you to get some great free statistics on your visitors. From the site, here are some of the benefits: 1. Keyword and Campaign Comparison: Track and compare [...]

Search Engine Optimization through a WordPress Plugin

The WordPress.org plugin directory contains some gems that you should explore. One among them is the ‘All in One SEO Pack’. For people maintaining blogs, the concept of Search Engine Optimization is something that not everyone is aware. If you are just starting out, be aware that getting a good placement in search engines is [...]

Promoting your blog – some tips for starters

Now you have a blog up and running. How do you get people to come to your blog (including both regular and non-regular visitors), how do you get search engines to get your blog indexed (and make it come high in their search display so that more visitors can come to your blog through search); [...]

What does Google as a search engine mean to a site

Everything. For my sites, I have found that Google drives more than 90% of the traffic to my site; it overshadows everything else that can drive traffic (although there are people who have built sites that cock a snook at the Google search engine such as JohnChow.com) such as Yahoo, other search engines, and feeds. [...]