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Social Media Monitoring Tools

guest — Thu, 23 Feb 2012 01:07:03 +0000

The explosion of Social Media has led to a growing and bustling market foor Social Media Monitoring Tools (SMM). A Infographic about Social Media Monitoring Tools created by Kissmetrics.

The Hectic Schedule of a Social Media Manager

guest — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 13:05:23 +0000

E2sday offers us a glimpse inside a hardworking social media manager’s day by Socialcast.

2010 Social Media All Stars

guest — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 01:05:23 +0000

Imagine you were in charge of putting together a roster of Social Media All-Stars, what networks would you pick? What positions would they each play on the field? In honor of the 2010 MLB Playoffs last year, our parent company 9 Clouds built this gem breaking down each All-Star.

The Royal Wedding Buzz

guest — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 13:05:03 +0000

The online buzz on The Royal Wedding surrounding the big event has surpassed the chatter that surrounded the Egypt uprising and the Japan earthquake. Great summary of The Royal Wedding stats created by Webtrends.

Imagine a World without Facebook

guest — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 01:04:50 +0000

Just imagine for a few seconds a world without Facebook, I know I can’t. This Infographic is brought to us by Single Grain.

Should You Delete Your Social Media Profile?

guest — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 13:08:48 +0000

Should You Delete Your Social Media Profile? Is It Time To Scale Back on Social Networking? An Infographic brought to you by GOOD.

Skype Timeline: From Conception to Acquisition

guest — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 01:05:25 +0000

Much has been made of Microsoft’s acquisition of Skype. Whether it is a good decision or bad, whether they overpaid or underpaid, and whether it was an aggressive or defensive move, all remains to be seen. Focus.com created an infographic with a timeline explaining it all, from conception to acquisition.

Do You Need a Social Media Detox?

guest — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 13:06:10 +0000

If you find yourself tweeting from the shower and updating Facebook while doing 85 on the freeway, ColumnFive.com created this Infographic to save your life.

Awesome Tips to Make your Blog Attractive.

guest — Sun, 19 Feb 2012 01:15:22 +0000

Creating a Blog is Simple.

Writing a Good Article in your Blog may Be Simple.

But Making users return to your blog is an ART & It should be the Primary Target for Every Blogger / Website .

Take an Example there is some one who is a gadget freak himself created a blog Featuring Latest Technical Gadgets and Technologies.Even though he writes something that is Simple, easily understandable & SEO Optimized content, users may not return back If the Blog / Website is not attractive.Even though he gets some Search Engine traffic they too may get bounced.Some of the Factors include “Template Design of the Blog”, “Over loaded Advertisements”,”Over Graphics” etc;. SIMPLE TRUTH is People would not be attracted towards your blog until It’s attractive .

A Blog with Good Design which is User Friendly & SEO Optimized will get most of your visitors return Back.

In this post I will give you Some nice tips on how to make your blog attractive…

Follow the Below Tips to Make Your Blog Attractive.

TEMPLATE DESIGN : First & foremost thing is the template and the overall lookout . Choose a proper template for your blog that suits your Niche & also make Sure the Navigation is perfect on your blog.If you have Enough Bucks you can Invest on Proffessional WordPress Frameworks like Thesis,Genesis,Davinci etc.These cost some amount for you sure, BUT they bring the SEO Advantage with them.

Even you can hire up Professional’s for making your work done.

LOGO / HEADER DESIGN : They stand on the TOP, symbolizes your Entire blog & Catches user’s attention on the go.So you should be careful in designing your LOGO /HEADER.Garnish it in a way so that users should remember your design for a Long Time.Also Make sure your Logo /Header Matches up with your Template Colors.

Don’t Over Load With Advertisements : You should Monetize your Blog but be watchful, If you Include too Much of Advertisement’s on your blog This may attract a RED SIGNAL for Returning Visitors’.One thing you should note here is You Blog Load Time will Increase / Occupies Major portion of the screen.

Content Is the Key : When writing a post always choose a good Font color that can be easily readable by the users. Choose the fonts size & color that suits your theme.Always try to not repeat same word many time as it can distract your readers mind, if needed using its synonyms will be better option.Make sure you write content for People & not Search Engines.

Give Picture Illustration : Some people may get hard to follow the Onscreen instructions given by you.If you give some Screen Shots of what you are trying to Explain that can bring you some cheers.But make sure you don’t over flood you post with Images.This should be a Balanced work, use 1 or 2 images which best describe your content.

Should be Compatible with Most Web Browsers: Make sure your template is compatible with all the major Web Browsers available like Internet Explorer,Mozilla Firefox, Netscape ,Opera etc.

Should be Mobile Friendly: Users may use their Mobile Devices for accessing your website, so make sure you are READY TO GO ON MOBILE. This can be done using some plugins outright.

Blog Statistics: If you have something good to show, SHOW IT!. That may be anything from these a good Page Rank /Good Alexa Rank / Good Number of Facebook Followers / Twitter Followers.Thereby you can make believe people to Step Into your Blog Community.

Make sure you get a Best First Impression for your Blog rather than getting ‘First Last Impression’.Make use of the above tips for creating an attractive blog & you will stand out from the crowd.

How to get indexed by Search Engines on the Fly

guest — Sat, 18 Feb 2012 13:07:07 +0000

If your blog is Noteworthy & have regular visitors then this post may not impress you as this post is more oriented to help newbie bloggers.

By default WordPress has a built-in option to update different search engines that your blog has updated.It achieves this functionality by pinging Ping-O-Matic.That’s It…This is not sufficient in getting good search engine traffic.As there are many bloggers around who may do the same thing as you do.

How to update WordPress Blog Update Services.

Below is the WordPress Ping List listing free Blog Update Services which should be set up in your wordpress to automatically notify search engines or others whenever you publish a post.

As a result of this your posts get indexed faster and appear in search results quicker than normal, & thereby getting you some good search engine traffic.Every time you post these services will be notified of your blog post increasing your online exposure.

To use this Ping list, go to Settings > Writing in your WordPress dashboard

Then simply copy this list and paste it into the ‘Update Services’ field, and click on ‘Save Changes’

WordPress Blog Ping List

http://www.a2b.cc/setloc/bp.a2b

http://1470.net/api/ping

http://a2b.cc/setloc/bp.a2b

http://api.feedster.com/ping

http://api.moreover.com/ping

http://api.moreover.com/RPC2

http://api.my.yahoo.co.jp/RPC2

http://api.my.yahoo.com/ping

http://api.my.yahoo.com/RPC2

http://api.my.yahoo.com/rss/ping

http://audiorpc.weblogs.com/RPC2

http://bblog.com/ping.php

http://bitacoles.net/notificacio.php

http://bitacoles.net/ping.php

http://bitacoras.net/ping

http://blo.gs/ping.php

http://blog.goo.ne.jp

http://blog.goo.ne.jp/XMLRPC

http://blogbot.dk/io/xml-rpc.php

http://blogdb.jp

http://blogdb.jp/xmlrpc

http://blogdigger.com/RPC2

http://blogmatcher.com/u.php

http://blogoole.com/ping/

http://blogoon.net/ping/

http://blogpeople.net/ping

http://blogroots.com/tb_populi.blog?id=1

http://blogsearch.google.ae/ping/RPC2

http://blogsearch.google.at/ping/RPC2

http://blogsearch.google.be/ping/RPC2

http://blogsearch.google.bg/ping/RPC2

http://blogsearch.google.ca/ping/RPC2

http://blogsearch.google.ch/ping/RPC2

http://blogsearch.google.cl/ping/RPC2

http://blogsearch.google.co.cr/ping/RPC2

http://blogsearch.google.co.hu/ping/RPC2

http://blogsearch.google.co.id/ping/RPC2

http://blogsearch.google.co.il/ping/RPC2

http://blogsearch.google.co.in/ping/RPC2

http://blogsearch.google.co.it/ping/RPC2

http://blogsearch.google.co.jp/ping/RPC2

http://blogsearch.google.co.ma/ping/RPC2

http://blogsearch.google.co.nz/ping/RPC2

http://blogsearch.google.co.th/ping/RPC2

http://blogsearch.google.co.uk/ping/RPC2

http://blogsearch.google.co.ve/ping/RPC2

http://blogsearch.google.co.za/ping/RPC2

http://blogsearch.google.com.ar/ping/RPC2

http://blogsearch.google.com.au/ping/RPC2

http://blogsearch.google.com.br/ping/RPC2

http://blogsearch.google.com.co/ping/RPC2

http://blogsearch.google.com.do/ping/RPC2

http://blogsearch.google.com.mx/ping/RPC2

http://blogsearch.google.com.my/ping/RPC2

http://blogsearch.google.com.pe/ping/RPC2

http://blogsearch.google.com.sa/ping/RPC2

http://blogsearch.google.com.sg/ping/RPC2

http://blogsearch.google.com.tr/ping/RPC2

http://blogsearch.google.com.tw/ping/RPC2

http://blogsearch.google.com.ua/ping/RPC2

http://blogsearch.google.com.uy/ping/RPC2

http://blogsearch.google.com.vn/ping/RPC2

http://blogsearch.google.com/ping/RPC2

http://blogsearch.google.de/ping/RPC2

http://blogsearch.google.es/ping/RPC2

http://blogsearch.google.fi/ping/RPC2

http://blogsearch.google.fr/ping/RPC2

http://blogsearch.google.gr/ping/RPC2

http://blogsearch.google.hr/ping/RPC2

http://blogsearch.google.ie/ping/RPC2

http://blogsearch.google.in/ping/RPC2

http://blogsearch.google.it/ping/RPC2

http://blogsearch.google.jp/ping/RPC2

http://blogsearch.google.lt/ping/RPC2

http://blogsearch.google.nl/ping/RPC2

http://blogsearch.google.pl/ping/RPC2

http://blogsearch.google.pt/ping/RPC2

http://blogsearch.google.ro/ping/RPC2

http://blogsearch.google.ru/ping/RPC2

http://blogsearch.google.se/ping/RPC2

http://blogsearch.google.sk/ping/RPC2

http://blogsearch.google.tw/ping/RPC2

http://blogsearch.google.us/ping/RPC2

http://blogshares.com/rpc.php

http://blogsnow.com/ping

http://blogstreet.com/xrbin/xmlrpc.cgi

http://blogupdate.org/ping/

http://bulkfeeds.net

http://bulkfeeds.net/rpc

http://catapings.com/ping.php

http://coreblog.org/ping

http://effbot.org/rpc/ping.cgi

http://feedsky.com/api/RPC2

http://fgiasson.com/pings/ping.php

http://hamo-search.com/ping.php

http://holycowdude.com/rpc/ping/

http://imblogs.net/ping/

http://lasermemory.com/lsrpc/

http://mod-pubsub.org

http://mod-pubsub.org/kn_apps/blogchatt

http://mod-pubsub.org/knapps/blogchatt

http://mod-pubsub.org/ping.php

http://newsblog.jungleboots.org/ping.php

http://newsisfree.com/RPCCloud

http://packetmonster.net/xmlrpc.php

http://ping.amagle.com

http://ping.amagle.com/

http://ping.bitacoras.com

http://ping.blo.gs

http://ping.blogg.de/

http://ping.bloggers.jp/rpc

http://ping.blogoon.net/

http://ping.blogs.yandex.ru/RPC2

http://ping.cocolog-nifty.com/xmlrpc

http://ping.exblog.jp/xmlrpc

http://ping.fakapster.com/rpc

http://ping.fc2.com/

http://ping.feedburner.com

http://ping.feeds.yahoo.com/RPC2/

http://ping.kutsulog.net/

http://ping.myblog.jp

http://ping.namaan.net/rpc

http://ping.rootblog.com/rpc.php

http://ping.snap.com/ping/RPC2

http://ping.syndic8.com/xmlrpc.php

http://ping.weblogalot.com/rpc.php

http://ping.weblogs.se

http://ping.wordblog.de/

http://pinger.blogflux.com/rpc

http://pingoat.com/

http://pingoat.com/goat/RPC2

http://pingqueue.com/rpc/

http://popdex.com/addsite.php

http://r.hatena.ne.jp/rpc

http://rcs.datashed.net

http://rcs.datashed.net/RPC2

http://rpc.blogbuzzmachine.com/RPC2

http://rpc.bloggerei.de/ping/

http://rpc.blogrolling.com/pinger

http://rpc.britblog.com/

http://rpc.icerocket.com:10080

http://rpc.newsgator.com/

http://rpc.pingomatic.com

http://rpc.reader.livedoor.com/ping

http://rpc.tailrank.com/feedburner/RPC2

http://rpc.technorati.com/rpc/ping

http://rpc.twingly.com

http://rpc.weblogs.com/RPC2

http://rpc.wpkeys.com

http://services.newsgator.com/ngws/xmlrpcping.aspx

http://signup.alerts.msn.com/alerts-PREP/submitPingExtended.doz

http://snipsnap.org/RPC2

http://syndic8.com/xmlrpc.php

http://thingamablog.sourceforge.net/ping.php

http://topicexchange.com

http://topicexchange.com/RPC2

http://trackback.bakeinu.jp/bakeping.php

http://wasalive.com/ping/

http://weblogues.com/ping/

http://weblogues.com/RPC/

http://www.a2b.cc

http://www.a2b.cc/setloc/bp.a2b

http://www.bitacoles.net/ping.php

http://www.blogdigger.com/RPC2

http://www.bloglines.com/ping

http://www.blogoole.com/ping/

http://www.blogoon.net/ping

http://www.blogpeople.net

http://www.blogpeople.net/servlet/weblogUpdates

http://www.blogroots.com

http://www.blogroots.com/tb_populi.blog?id=1

http://www.blogroots.com/tbpopuli.blog?id=1

http://www.blogsdominicanos.com/ping/

http://www.blogshares.com/rpc.php

http://www.blogsnow.com/ping

http://www.blogstreet.com/xrbin/xmlrpc.cgi

http://www.catapings.com/ping.php

http://www.feedsky.com/api/RPC2

http://www.holycowdude.com/rpc/ping/

http://www.imblogs.net/ping/

http://www.lasermemory.com

http://www.lasermemory.com/lsrpc

http://www.mod-pubsub.org/kn_apps/blogchatter/ping.php

http://www.mod-pubsub.org/knapps/blogchatter/ping.php

http://www.mod-pubsub.org/ping.php

http://www.newsisfree.com/RPCCloud

http://www.newsisfree.com/xmlrpctest.php

http://www.octora.com/add_rss.php

http://www.popdex.com

http://www.popdex.com/addsite.php

http://www.snipsnap.org

http://www.snipsnap.org/RPC2

http://www.wasalive.com/ping/

http://www.weblogues.com

http://www.weblogues.com/RPC

http://www.xianguo.com/xmlrpc/ping.php

http://www.zhuaxia.com/rpc/server.php

http://xmlrpc.blogg.de

http://xping.pubsub.com/ping

http://zhuaxia.com/rpc/server.php

http://zing.zingfast.com