pelf-ism is contagious

If you haven’t heard of Search Engine Optimization, it’s time to spend more “quality” time on the internet. Especially so if you’d like to increase your page ranking and all. I never bothered to find out what SEO was all about a month ago, but when I started reading up about it, I find it quite easily digestible. And it helps (a lot) if you’re able to hunt down sites that provide rocket-science-explanations in simple easy-to-understand English

So far, I’ve learned that the best way is to increase link popularity on your site is to understand the algorithm of Google. I have also read that Google’s algorithm is very complex, but I found a site that explained the “logic” behind it in laymen’s terms.

According to USWeb, there are many ways to increase link popularity and the main methods that most people explore are press release distribution, purchasing links from link brokers, trading links with other websites (reciprocal linking) and link baiting.

Press release distribution is the most effective way to increase link popularity but it is also the most difficult because the content of your release needs to be interesting enough for publications to want to write about it. Purchasing links from link brokers is easy and cost effective but you usually don’t receive the best quality of links. Reciprocal linking was once the best method to increase link popularity but now it provides very little value unless you aren’t trading links with the same websites and you only receive one-way links. Link baiting is also a very effective way to increase link popularity but is also extremely difficult to accomplish.

- USWeb

And, no cookies for guessing this correctly, the best way to increase link popularity is through blogs because blogs naturally are filled with valuable content that the search engines crave and they also naturally link to other websites they talk about within their posts. But receiving one link from one blog won’t do much to increase your ranking within Google for a certain keyword because you need links from hundreds or even thousands of blogs with the same concept before you will be able to see significant improvements in your rankings. And the best part is that this works for any keyword phrase you might be targeting but the more popular the phrase is the more links from different blogs you will need.

Now, these information aren’t too difficult to digest, are they?

I was contemplating whether I should apply for a PayPal account because I kind of picked up along the registration process that I needed a credit card number to proceed. Now, I don’t know about you, but I obviously do not have a credit card because, heck, I’m only a student! And a poor one at that! So a lot of times I clicked the X button on my browser page halfway through the registration process.

But let’s not talk about that now since I’ve got that settled by keying in my Mum’s credit card number instead *winks* Shhh…

Now, let’s talk about a pretty credit card by Mint, which has the bottom right-hand corner removed. This was undoubtedly the first change to the shape of credit cards in the UK for 37 years. This credit card is not only pretty on the outside - from now until December 2007, there will be 0% interest on balance transfers and purchases.

And besides the pretty credit card, Mint is also offering gift cards. If you’re at a loss as to what to give your Mum for her up-coming birthday, you now have a solution! The gift card gives her the freedom to go shopping at her favourite shops. It’s more innovative than a gift voucher to spend in just one store, and it’s definitely more personal than cash.

Visit Mint for more information.

Learn More: Apply for Credit Card Instant Approval and don’t bother yourself waiting for the issuer’s approval for a long time.

I started designing my first personal homepage and playing with HTML codes in 1996. That was when I received my first personal computer from my paternal grandmother, as a gift for scoring straight As in the PMR examinations. I remember spending unbelievably long hours on the internet looking for funny pictures and comics and weird cartoons to spice up my homepage.

Over the years, we have advanced so much that we no longer design websites using HTML codes (we now use CSS, right?). But the use of flash cartoons and funny pictures in our websites remain popular So when I recently stumbled upon a site which provides FREE online comics and cartoons for use in websites and blogs, the old memories rushed back and flooded my mind.

Apparently, Gaspirtz’s cartoons have appeared in many renowned magazines including the National Enquirer, Sun, Saturday Evening Post, Funny Times, etc. The artist, Gaspirtz also used to contribute cartoons to King Features’ syndicated cartoon panel The New Breed, before he decided to publish his cartoons exclusively on the internet in 2000.

Why don’t you hop over now and check them out? *smiles*