Google Page Rank Updated?

Was there a Page Rank export today? Anyway, this blog got a Rank 3 now. :-)

Back from FOWA Expo

Back from the three-day web 2.0 conference...
I like it! cos I left with loads new ideas to digest; I hate it! It is as dangerous as a bomb which will release all my energy very rapidly. :-)

My blog is one month old - Tips to improve site traffic

I would like to express my thanks to everyone who visits my blog. You are the reason why I am keep doing this ... ...

Google Report - Blog Traffic Overview
Learning Point:

1. I will write more posts during the weekend as the blog traffic goes down during each weekend;
2. Long posts are better than short ones (Blog traffic goes up a lot after I write a long post);
3. Use images, and upload them to flickr;

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Google Report - Usage Summary
Learning Points:

1. Share my knowledge & experience (Posts of those type getting more page views than others);
2. Use proper labels which indicating what the blog is about;
3. List your best posts as they will attract your new visitors;
4. Encourage and help people to subscribe the feed;
   

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Google Report - Traffic Source
Learning Points:

1. Use proper referral sites, including: digg.com, linkedin.com, wired.com, blogcatalog.com;
2. List which sites/blogs you like;
3. Try to reduce the bounce rate by putting proper labels against each post

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Google Report - Search Results
I am not using Google AdWords or any paid category services. What I 've been doing is:

1. Leave comments on others' blogs, forums;
2. Only submit your blog to relative blog/site categories;
3. Allow comments on my blog and reply emails asap;
4. Write some posts about google (Google like that, and they promote those posts, which means they generate more links from their engines);
5. Make the blog looks pretty and armed with useful technologies (google analytics, digg, snapshot, google adsense, etc); [Drop me an email (alexzang@gmail.com) if you need help to implement them]
   

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Technorati Report - Blog Response

1. Check technorati account regularly;
2. Understand why other blogs response to mine and express your thanks;

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Thanks once again for all your help!

Technology review for this 29 days old blog (section one)

Feed - The feed does look good by using Feedburner, and it reaches the widest possible audience. I am using the rotating highlights (screenshot 1) and the counter (screenshot 2) at the moment.

(screenshot 1)

(screenshot 2)

SnapShot - Without clicking a link, SnapShot can help you to get a general impression of what the page behind looks like. (screenshot 3)

(screenshot 3)

Footer - I made a transparent footer, just trying to improve the usability. If you like it, please read my previous post CSS-Driven Footer.

Google Analytics - It is just too good a web monitoring tool to miss. It tells you absolutely everything about site traffic (a sample report as shown in screenshot 4). If you not using it, better give it a try. (Click here to start)

(screenshot 4)

Motigo - Another useful web statistics tool, and it provides some interesting reports, like a page-view-per-hour report shown in screenshot 5:

(screenshot 5)

I will write the second part later :-)

Difference between Programmers and Developers

Programmers deliver pieces of code according to the given product descriptions while developers develop objects or solutions based upon their understanding of particular business logics.

My Donor & Partner List

Latest Update: September 4th, 2007
I would like to express my thanks to everyone who made a contribution to this blog.

1. James
2. binea.com
   
3. semiqueen
4. Business Pages Update
5. House In Bulgaria
6. Cat Health
7. Your Best Source For Christmas Decorations
8. Travelogger
9. Leadpile
10. Link2Me Link Exchange Directory - The Best Link Exchange for SEO Professionals
11. spam blocker information
12. List of softwares available to the Indian market.
13. #1 Free Link Exchange Directory On The Web - Link Market
14. O sitio do Quintas
    

Alex likes beer. Buy him one or two if you find luxplus.blogspot.com useful. :-)

Thanks once again!

Regards,
Alex

Web 2.0 is a feature

Too many people are doing too many different and irreconcilable things all at once on the web, should we say that web 2.0 (Web 2.0 is a phrase coined by O'Reilly Media in 2003 (and later popularized by the first Web 2.0 conference in 2004) in reference to a perceived second generation of web-based communities and hosted services) is the future capabilities of the internet? No, it is just a feature, same as speed, security, compatibility. You don't have to participate as long as you are satisfied with your current approach on site exposure and application handling.


But most of the early Web 2.0 successes are consumer-focused, with many dedicated to social networking. Like AdSense, which has given Madison Avenue executives the collective jitters, the Open Architecture Network suggests that 2.0's cocktail of collaborative technologies can have an equally radical influence on business and industry practices. In the case of the OAN, the industry in question is architecture.

Welcome to Time Focus

Time Focus is owner by Luxplus.net, which is a UK limited company, specializing in business and individual web applications. The company is based in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire. Luxplus's mission statement is, "to deliver Web 2.0 Application and to make your web-life simple, fast and enjoyable."