Microsoft’s Bing.com has a few features that make searching more convenient. Especially for someone that uses Search Engines as much as I do.
When you scroll over a video result in Bing, the video will start playing in the same preview size. It performs very well, and so far has not buffered to begin. Searching for your favorite athletes in Bing is very convenient. It offers a great search result with a picture, team information, current game dates, and the player’s statistics.
When you need to get a contact phone number for a company, sometimes it takes a while to get to the right page. Bing will give you the number right on the search results page. No need to even visit the website:
If you want a preview of a web page without having to visit the website, Bing’s “Look before you leap” feature works great. When your mouse is scrolled over the desired search result a preview box will appear. The text will give a short description of the web page, and shows what other links appear on the page.
Microsoft has already spent a large amount of money on Television adverting for Bing.com. This might help Microsoft become a real competitor for Yahoo and Google. When Microsoft attempted to purchase Yahoo from Jerry Yang, their $31/share offer was declined. If Bing can gain enough market shares, it may put more pressure for yahoo to accept a deal with Microsoft. It would be nice to see a “real” Google competitor.
Will Microsoft’s Bing be able to compete?
Let’s face it, whether you love them or hate them, url shorteners are here to stay. However, all url shorteners are not created equal. The shortening service you choose to use can have a big impact on your site’s link building and rankings.
The problem with some of the services out there is that they don’t provide a clean 301 redirect to your content. 301 redirects tell search engines to permanently redirect to your content. Instead they provide a 302 redirect which tells search engines that this a temporary situation which causes a lot of issues with most search engines.
Even if you just use short urls on twitter which nofollows the links you post anyway, you still need to pick a url shortener that 301 redirects because once you post a link on twitter it can end up anywhere.
If your shortened url gets republished all over the web (and isn’t that the point) wouldn’t it be nice to get the credit?
Bellow are 4 sites you should never use because they do not provide a clean 301 redirect:
- twurl.nl – 303 redirect
- hex.io – 302 redirect
- eweri.com – 302 redirect
- fon.gs – 302 redirect
If you look around you will surely find more examples. (Please post any examples you find in the comment section) Also watch out for services that use a bar or frames to display ads etc. Besides being tacky they usually are not providing a clean redirect.
Good Examples: Each of these services provides a clean 301 redirect
- tinyurl.com
- bit.ly
- ff.im
- is.gd
In summary, make certain when you do use a url shortening service that you only use one that 301 redirects. When in doubt simply enter a shortened url in a header checker like http://www.seoconsultants.com/tools/headers.asp
Follow this simple advice and when your Twitter post hits the big time your content actually get the credit it deserves.
More and more people are turning to linkbaiting to create high-quality content while creating an adventure for the end user.
What is the value proposition of a link baiting adventure?
1) Diversifies a website’s link profile, which in turn helps to boost the site’s rankings.
2) You will gain links from authority, news, government and educational sites when executed correctly
3) You will need far fewer links in order to rank for ultra-competitive phrases
What exactly is Link Baiting?
Linkbaiting is an essential tool in improving a site’s search engine rankings and consists of various techniques which aim to attract links from various relevant websites on the internet. There are various methods to linkbaiting effectively, one of which is embedded tool links. Try it…
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Cool huh? If your organization would like to harness the value of link baiting, please feel free to email us at aj@authoritydomains.com with questions and we will be happy to work with you to create an adventure that will even put a smile on Google’s face.
When you log into your Google Adwords account, Google has a surprise for you, a note that says:
“Vote on November 4th Democracy works best when we all participate. Please take time to vote on Election Day. Google’s 2008 Voter Info Map can help you find your local polling place. Find your local polling place.”
We found it particularly amusing that Google is messaging users via their AdWords accounts, but its still kinda cool. Just a tidbit for you to nibble on today:)
Hehe haven’t posted one of these in awhile. Hop you have a good giggle;p
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So we’ve looked at what the Google Minus 30 penalty is and how to identify it. Now, lets talk about how to resolve it. Read more
In part 1 of our Google Minus 30 Penalty series we talked about the essentials of what the penalty is and some problems that can cause big G to slam the penalty on a site in the first place.
Here in part 2, we’re going to talk about how to identify the problem and find out if you really have a Google Minus 30 Penalty. Read more
