Webmaster Journey

Happy Valentine’s Day to all lovebirds.

I will be away on holiday till end of February. Enjoy the rest of the month, I know I will :)

Found an interesting article, 101 Ways to make money online.

Set aside the work-ability of the 101 tips; it’s simply a good list to bombard our own mind to generate new ideas to make money online.

The 15 Most Influential Blogs for Webmasters and Internet Marketers according to 103bees.com.

I already subscribed to 13 of them, guess I’ll just need to add another 2.

Another simple but critical points from Brian Clark… The 5 Immutable Laws of Persuasive Blogging.

Other than utilizing on list (his 4th immutable law), I still have pretty more stuffs to catch up in terms of copywriting.

I am not talking about searchable on search engine here, it’s search-ability within the website itself.

It’s important to make the contents searchable from your website. Most Content Management System (CMS) these days are built with the function, so it’s not really a big issue.

Problem is some webmasters decide to substitute their CMS search with Google search; and Google search came with 2 options… to include site search or to exclude it.

Some webmasters out of naive-ness (or greed) decided to switch off their site search option just to earn a few extra bucks from Google Search. What they don’t realize is they restricted their content navigation and reduce the users’ experience, which in the end could mean more harm than benefits.

Do take care of the internal search function.

Lorelle wrote 15 tips on “how to know when not to blog.”

1. Stop blogging if you don’t have a purpose
2. Stop blogging if you do not have the time
3. Say “no” if you are already over-committed
4. Don’t blog when you’ve run out of original things to say
5. Don’t blog if you don’t have the temperament
6. Don’t blog when you are emotional
7. Be careful blogging about topics “close to home”
8. Be aware that there are certain stages in your life when blogging is not a good option for you
9. If you stop blogging, don’t burn your bridges
10. Don’t blog just because your friends blog
11. Don’t be bullied, coerced, or co-opted into blogging about a specific topic
12. Don’t blog about it unless you can prove it
13. Stop blogging when there is no return on your investment
14. Don’t risk your safety when blogging
15. Bored with blogging, stop blogging

There are a few points that met my situation with this blog… as seen the blog is updated less often these days, and I got not much original ideas to share.

Perhaps I should consider being hiatus from this webmaster blog for a while, seriously.

SEOmoz wrote about How to Make the Best Title Tag Possible:

1. Brand your traffic
2. Limit length to 65 characters (including spaces) or less
3. Incorporate keyword phrases
4. Target longer phrases if they’re relevant
5. Use a divider
6. Focus on clickthrough & conversion rates
7. Target searcher intent
8. Be consistent
9. Repeat in the headline

Most of the established contest management system (CMS) these days are pretty SEO friendly. These 9 tips could provide some good edge over competitors, and in SEO… every bit counts.

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