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Even top 50 google search terms give you traffic

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Here is a snap shot of  my statcounter  stats profile for my blog . As you can notice that  in this screen grab  the term “Make me good in wordpress”  i am ranked #52 in google search for this term, funnily enough i get decent traffic for this term even though i am way beyond the  top numbers in Google search traffic

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Search for Fake chines cars, tixati torrent and Make me good in wordpress

The other two  topics fake chines cars ( #2 and #1 for many related terms for this post)  and tixati torrent (#5 in google search)brings in  decent traffic as well , but that is pure Google search traffic  as the articles are ranked much Higher than the #52

Seo For wordpress posts with google +

fake chinese cars and seo authorship google search results

Infamous chines car fakes post in Google search results

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  1. Get your Author Photo in Google search results to increase site Authority
  2. The panda update has got you, tips to fix it
  3. Making Money Online blogs

Get your Author Photo in Google search results to increase site Authority

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How to Show Your Author Photo in Google Search Results

I decided to do a detailed post on how to get your google + profile photo show up on google search results and had  made up half a post 1 week ago   but now decided not ot post about it  as the internet is full of “how to” posts within that  7 days. Serves me right for being so lazy and procrastinating.. so now i have changed my post a bit and made it short for you.

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Get your picture in google search results

What you will need to check if you have done the right thing  to get your google Plus picture in google search results is the Google rich snippets checker  which is also available outside Google webmaster tools, so get a google webmaster tools account if you dont have acess to it  and add your website domain  while you are there. It will also help to get your google analytics account linked to your webmaster tools while you are doing this b, but its not necessary.

When i put one of my blog posts in this to check if my photo appeared in search results ,its gave me a warning ( VERIFY two author profiles showing up ) that two author profiles  were showing up , after a lot o checking i found out that  in my word press user profile  i had put in my google+ login username  in the google username column and then  in the theme where it asked for google username after the url https://plus.google.com  – i put in my google plus  id 103166021597134967036 , so this were actually showing up as two different  Google ids creating a problem. so i went back to my word press user  profile and changed the username over there to to the user id digits( 103166021597134967036)  i got from my google + profile and now both google plus usernames matched and it got verified.

Essentially   if you get your pic from google profile in google search results you are stealing clicks from your  google top rankers as google searchers always like a image instead of normal boring text. Getting your  author profile photos in the search results is a feature Google began rolling out in  2010.

This tutorial  is mainly for WordPress blogging platform, but can be applied to tother blogs and websites with minor edits.

Verifiying your Author Profile with Google

There are many benefits to verifying your author name and profile with Google like below

  • Build Author Rank with Google search.
  • Facial images in google search results are very eye-catching.
  • Google will promote your content over duplicate content on the internet.

How to – Google Author Verification in WordPress

Step 1: Create a Google+ Profile

Step 2 : Make sure you list your google + user id  ( which is numbers immediately after your google + profile url) in your google username column in wordpress user profile and in your theme settings ( where it asks for google username)as well

Step 3:  Check with rich snippets tool   to verify if your author photo will show up.( link above)

If you want to read articles with more detailed post on how to do this  you can read  Micheal Grays post  or then Mohammad posts   or Virante posts on this.

Google + picture from profile not showing up

If after doing all this  and getting verified in google rich snippets , your picture in still not showing up in google search results , it can be because of this note from google (Note that there is no guarantee that a Rich Snippet will be shown for this page on actual search results. For more details, see the FAQ.)

Amazing Free premuim wordpress WPZOOM theme

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I was surprised to see such  a “good wordpress themes” available for free on wp zoom. DESIGNER PAVEL CIORICI has done a excellent job on this theme.

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Meeta Premuim Free WordPress theme

Meeta (which means Sweet in Hindi) is a simple blogging theme, but packed with many premium features, like: unique widgets, custom templates. This amazing wordpress premium theme is absolutely free! , thanks to wp zoom

You can download the Meeta theme here from wpzoom and have a look at the demo Wp zoom Meeta site here

Ipad  , iphone smart ready wordpress wpzoom theme

The layout of this theme automatically adapts to fit on any screen resolution on desktop or mobile devices (iPhone, iPad) and is smartphone ready

WPZOOM - Premium WordPress Themes

It is also worth having a look at their other themes at their Themes Page and checking out a membership option . i already am a member and use their themes regularly

Seo Ready WordPress theme

The advanced WPZOOM Framework lets you optimize the theme for SEO and you can easily customize every detail of your theme to best suit your needs.

The membership option @ 9 a month  that i have taken  gives access to all their themes and updates, i think updates are necessary to have specially in scary times like when we saw the Tim thumb hack hit all word press blogs. And their themes like the news theme and image and photgraphy themes itself make up in the quality of the themes they offer, and i have already managed a pr3 blog in a short time with thier theme.

You can get a wp zoom membership here

The Instagram Purchase – What Does It Really Mean?

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The investment of a cool $1 billion from the Facebook bank account was enough to purchase the digital photo-editing app Instagram, in a deal that has led inevitably to some people claiming that Zukerberg and his firm are all cash and no sense. What, in the grand scheme of it, could this purchase mean?

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Instagram to grow FACEBOOKS CLOUT

Facebook’s user lists will grow even more. For a network with a usership only slightly smaller than the population of China, it could be argued that the last thing they need is more members. However, with Instagram’s usership listed at over 30 million accounts, more viewers is exactly what Facebook will get. Many users have already speculated that it was actually this which caused Zuckerberg to get his wallet out in the first place.

Instagram Will Change. That 30 million user figure does a hell of a lot to show you that the app got something seriously, seriously right. How, though, will the new purchase change the app? It seems hard to believe that it will have no effect at all, and many users have reacted to the purchase by simply disconnecting from the app. How the changes will be made has yet to become apparent, but we’d be surprised if there were none at all.

Zuckerberg will do anything to remove competition. Whilst Instagram started as a simple photographic app, there is no denying that in the weeks leading up to the sale it was becoming a legitimate social demon. After all, the first day of use by Android users involved a massive one million uploads, making it essentially a very serious social competitor to Facebook. Or at least it was, until the ‘lightning strike’ deal was struck.

Entrepreneurs rejoice. With only thirteen staff, this sale means that the Instagram head honcho Kevin Systrom will stand to make an extra-ordinary $400 million personally, with his co-founder Mike Krieger also pocketing a cool $100 million. The Instagram sale is a proven example of what one good idea can do.

Charlotte Daniels is a tech fanatic and freelance writer working in association with FactoryFast Online Shopping.

The panda update has got you, tips to fix it

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One of my websites got hit bad by the Panda update and i know how people feel when they get hit by google “devastated”.

Got the Kungfu Google Panda Kick ?

You get this feeling all that hard work suddenly went down the drain. there is nothing much you can do other than appealing your case and getting a standard response from google.

Tips – Fix you panda problems for Good

This can be frustrating , but you could instead get to work in the meantime  to  fix your blog. here are some “tips to fix the panda downdate”

kung-fu-panda- google post seo

Tip 1 – Focus on getting more natural looking backlinks to your blog, don’t excessively use your primary keyword  in anchor text-link, diversify your words (long tail it). Apply the same to in-links to other pages in your blog.

Tip 2 -Don’t rely on few or couple of sources for all your backlinks Diversify use forums,blogs , well established directories, web 2.0 property sites, niche blogs, social book marking sites, edu links

Tip 3 – Make it really easy for your readers to share your content on social networking sites like Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Google Plus and Pinterest with plugins or coding

Tip 4 – Check your blog for any broken links, use a plugin like the Broken Link Checker to find and fix broken links.

Tip 5 – Get Google analytics , its free and Work on trying to reduce your blog’s bounce rate, . Try and get your bounce rate  under or around 70%.

Tip 6 – Check your blog’s loading time and fix it if too long and don’t overpopulate your blog with ads over the fold

if you are a little bit short on time  to get these fixes all done , you can check out  this panda Update fixer link  which can also help you out

Amnet Internet is fair Dinkum

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I switched from IInet to amnet or amcom telecom about 4 years ago and  definetly a happy camper.Despite of tempting things like Naked DSL and  other nice offers, i have stuck with amnet. I was with TPG  telecom before ..good plans.. but bad service

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Prompt and reliable internet broadband -Amnet

Its just because they are a smaller company and they provide good service . Over the period i had their internet connection they have had problems only twice, and eve when they did  , both times i was quite surprised that they called immediately saying  that their Bulwer exchange had a problem and they were currently fixing it , NOW that’s personal service.

Good Internet download limits, Local human customer service personnel

Their broadband is fast enough and their speeds and limits are awesome, infact tehy were giving me 150 GB download limits long before the top internet providers started doing the same. One thing thats very important for me is getting a local human on the customer line who cares, and amcom certainly does have that and  on the 2 occasions that i needed some support i got real nice friendly an prompt service from a customer rep.

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If you looking for a reliable , good internet provider , you surely cant go  past amcom , there might be other providers a bit cheaper or with more download limits.. but it certainly makes up for that with good and reliable customer service  and broadband.

Special offer – Amnet Australian ISP

They recently had a special offer of a  FREE month and FREE connection on the 12 and 24 month  and also being fair to older customers “12 oldest residential customers  were given a free month each to share in the 12 th birthday celebrations

Get a free ipad 2 for refferals

Currently there is also a offer where you can refer 3 friends to Amnet by using our Refer-A-Friend promotion, and you will get  an iPad 2 for your efforts. You need to be a member for this , so let me know before you sign up (contact me ) as i will give you a referral  ( which will include a $20 credit to your account) and then you can do the same and share the love and prizes by referring friends.

Here are the prices

http://www.amnet.com.au/broadband-internet

Do contact me for a referral and credit before you sign up to be eligible for the credits and free ipad offers