SEO, eCommerce, & Blogging http://www.aaronhall.org Web innovation, SEO, eCommerce, and more Mon, 24 Nov 2008 17:25:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 en Smartphones Compared: Syncronizing with Outlook, OneNote, Evernote http://www.aaronhall.org/smartphones-compared-syncronizing-with-outlook-onenote-evernote http://www.aaronhall.org/smartphones-compared-syncronizing-with-outlook-onenote-evernote#comments Mon, 24 Nov 2008 17:25:04 +0000 admin http://www.aaronhall.org/smartphones-compared-syncronizing-with-outlook-onenote-evernote The question is, which smartphone is best when you need to have it synchronize with Microsoft Outlook and notetaking software like OneNote or Evernote?

The smartphone options are the iPhone, Google’s G1, Blackberry, or a Microsoft Windows Mobile smartphone.

Here is the scenario. You have a PC, and you want the smartphone to share information with Outlook. It must also be able to share data with Microsoft OneNote or Evernote, which are both excellent for taking notes and storing random information. You might also want it to share information with Gmail.

Here are the results of my research in November 2008. (more…)

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If you were searching for keyword1 keyword2, you’ve come to the right place.

The code shouldn’t be too difficult, unless you want it to work for all search engines.  Fortunately, a few programmers have written complex PHP scripts to handle many search engines. Check out the discussion, some code, and links to some code here: Pulling Keywords from referrer url

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Use CSS layouts to create a layout skeleton:

CSS templates include images and colors:

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]]> http://www.aaronhall.org/tool-to-compare-website-traffic/feed Domain Selling Tips http://www.aaronhall.org/domain-selling-tips http://www.aaronhall.org/domain-selling-tips#comments Fri, 26 Sep 2008 18:49:28 +0000 admin http://www.aaronhall.org/domain-selling-tips If selling a website, use SitePoint. If selling just a domain, use Domainers. ShoeMoney has a good domain name and website valuation article.

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Or read these reviews comparing them: 1, 2, or video review.

]]> http://www.aaronhall.org/video-syndication/feed Cool PPC and SEO Analytics Tools http://www.aaronhall.org/cool-ppc-and-seo-analytics-tools http://www.aaronhall.org/cool-ppc-and-seo-analytics-tools#comments Fri, 26 Sep 2008 18:05:14 +0000 admin http://www.aaronhall.org/cool-ppc-and-seo-analytics-tools In addition to Google Analytics, here are a couple other cool, free analytics options:

  • Clicktale will allow you to watch the screen of your website visitors. You can see them move the mouse, click buttons, etc.  It’s amazing. The videos are not real-time, so they are saved for you to watch after the visitors have left.
  • Crazy Egg will show you where your website visitors are clicking and where they are not by displaying a heatmap.
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The two major affiliate networks are

Popular CPA (cost per action) networks are

A good lead generation site is the Primary Ad Network. (Thanks, Robb.) However, this site has high-volume requirements and is looking for affiliates that participate in PPC, Email marketing, or Incentivized traffic. This is not a traditional affiliate program in which SEO plays a heavy part. But its sister site, www.kolimbo.com, is a traditional affiliate network with access to hundreds of merchants.

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In the post, Google answers a number of common SEO questions: (more…)

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