Archive for October, 2007

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 [...]

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 [...]

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.
Discover. Share. [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]