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    CSS Image Replacement, The How To

    Wednesday, October 10th, 2007

    CSS Image replacement is very affective for style sheet based themes. The advantage of using image replacement is compatibility for screen readers or non-image based browsers that can not use my .css document. If I did not do this, then non-image based browsers would not be able to navigate my site easily and effectively. This [...]

    Will links from Text Links Ads(TLA) result in a penalization from Google?

    Tuesday, October 9th, 2007

    In a recent post by David Airey, How I reversed my Google rank penalty. David explains why he was penalized by Google and the steps he took to get it removed. One of the text links he was selling was provided by Text Link Ads (TLA). What?s interesting about those two paid links that Matt [...]

    Yahoo Site Explorer Measuring Quality instead of Quantity?

    Tuesday, October 9th, 2007

    Is Yahoo Site Explorer measuring links authority in a new way? During the recent backlink update from Yahoo tons of sites have dropped thousands of links. SEOmoz is reported to lost over 1 million links. In my short history of being a webmaster this is the first time I have seen this happen. I am [...]

    301 redirects for Directory Owners

    Friday, October 5th, 2007

    Earlier today I was checking on some new links for the directory and some old ones. I ran across a blog post from Links Juice Blog by eazenet. Eaze was discussing Ten Tips for startup directories. One of the first tips was in regards to using 301s to eliminate duplicate content via the .htaccess file. [...]

    Adding Google Analytics to your Directory

    Thursday, October 4th, 2007

    I decided to add Google Analytics to Lobo Links so I could track day to day failure or success. It is too soon to tell which, lol. The New Google Analytics Google Analytics has been re-designed to help you learn even more about where your visitors come from and how they interact with your site. [...]

    Submitting to Lobo Links Web Directory

    Tuesday, October 2nd, 2007

    Here are a few short tips for submitting your site to Lobo Links. Let me just first say that submission guidelines are most important. If you don’t meet them then your site will simply be rejected. You can always resubmit, but the same rules apply. Browse the categories or use the search feature until you [...]

    Domain Names, TLDs, and Branding working hand in hand

    Monday, October 1st, 2007

    New websites are all about the domain names and branding. You want a domain name that is memorable by others and relevant to the content of your site. If you were thinking this would be the easiest part of your site’s creation that could be the understatement of the millennium. First, it has become extremely [...]