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Let Us Chat a Little About Google PageRank

by: Dan Waggoner

I’m sure lots of you have read a ton of information about Google PageRank. Of course then again I could be wrong. There could be a sizable portion of you who don’t even know what the term PageRank means. I can see that as being a possibility. I had never even heard the term until about 2 years ago.

If you’d like you can visit Wilkepedia at this link but before you click prepare yourself to get dizzy! I can simplify the term for you a bit and say that PageRank is a formula that Google (The world’s Largest Search Engine) uses to determine the authority or importance of a particular web page.

The bottom line about PageRank is that it’s important for your online business. I’ve tried to talk much about different ways to build backlinks on your own. When people trust your site to deliver good information they will link to it. People must link to your site. You have to give them a reason to. It will take time and you will get higher PageRank as you earn it. If you can produce exceptional content all the time your links will build quicker because more sites and more people will start linking to yours. It’s super tough for me because my site’s involved in multiple niches.

If you’re just one human being trying to show your support to your family as well as your business it’s going to take you a while. If you’re in more than one niche or a highly competitive niche it’s going to take quite a while. The only other option is to hire a company to do it for you.

The good thing about it is that you don’t have to stop doing business while you’re working to achieve higher PageRank. As a matter of fact I would strongly recommend against that. Run your business with everything you’ve got. Know that higher PageRank will help you out and strive to get it!

Best Wishes

Social Media for Brand Networking

Are you using social media for brand networking? If not then maybe it’s something you should seriously consider. I am guilty myself of not taking it seriously until recently. Social media platforms such as Twitter, Digg, MySpace, Facebook, Delicious and a few others can have a huge impact on the marketing of your business. All of the above sites have millions of dedicated users who may be interested in what your site has to offer. The key is learning how to properly use these tools to your advantage.

Let’s take Twitter for example. Twitter is what I would call a micro blogging platform that allows it’s users to send short instant messages known as tweets. The message can not be more than 140 characters at length. When I first learned how long the message could be I thought, well that seems kind of useless, why bother? I couldn’t understand what all the fuss was about. I guess it never dawned on me that in that 140 character message you could send a link to a website or a blog or possibly even an advertisers link that you can make money with. Twitter is an excellent social media source to help your business build it’s brand. Just keep in mind that you can’t sign in and instantly start selling to your followers. Like any other business you have to build solid relationships and trust before you begin to try and sell them anything. You can follow Modern Day Peasants on Twitter here.

Other social media outlets like Facebook, MySpace, Digg, Stumble Upon and Delicious should not be overlooked as well. You should know that these sites have outstanding Google PageRank. Just by signing up and entering your site you are building a high PageRank backlink. In addition, if some of your readers Digg your blog articles or maybe give them a thumbs up on Stumble it could feasibly send your website or blog traffic into a whole new stratosphere. Generally speaking a new website start-up is not going to have the PageRank Power to get to the first page of Google, Bing, Yahoo and Aol. The above social media sites do have that kind of power. Use them to your advantage!

I am still learning new ideas about the world of social media and I am no longer naive enough to think that they won’t help. Build your website or business by networking in as many ways that will help you to be noticed. If necessary build your followers one at a time. Be helpful, be friendly and be genuine and in the end the world will know who you are.

Best Wishes!

Advantage of Using Multiple Web Browsers

Just a short post today. If you haven’t done so, I would recommend downloading a few extra web browsers. The reason is to view your website as other people may. Not everybody uses Internet Explorer these days.

You need to make sure that your html, links, images and text is supported by the other browsers that your visitors use. I would highly recommend downloading the latest Firefox browser with the updates as well. The main advantage of using Firefox is that it is fully customizable and you can see the Alexa traffic rating and the Google PageRank of any website that you visit including your own. This can be very helpful when dealing with other websites. Your advantage is that you know if the website has high traffic and whether they are genuine or not.

Keep all the web browsers on your system because you never know when you will need to look through different eyes.

Best Wishes!