Archive for February 22nd, 2006

Blog Directory Submission

Wednesday, February 22nd, 2006

Submitting your site for SEO reasons is not new.  You’ve read about the importance of in-bound links and online visibility.
Blogs are no different, except that there are traditional submission sites to which it’s important you submit your blog’s address, as well as blog directories that accept submissions.
Here are a few traditional sites:
Submit to 6 sites [...]

Feed Validator’s Use Is Validated

Wednesday, February 22nd, 2006

FEED ValidatorThe Feed validator support proposal passes the RSS Advisory Board unanimously.
Of course, that was to be expected. The validator is extremely useful in that error discovery is clear, eliminating your feed failing and your not knowing why or how to fix it.
You can submit validation requests on the RSS Advisory [...]

Your Readers ARE Using RSS

Wednesday, February 22nd, 2006

RSS Technology sounds geeky and high-tech to most computer users. Unfortunately that’s not beneficial, when it comes to marketing your site.
Currently at least 75 million consumers and businesspeople in the USA and UK use RSS on a regular basis. However, depending on which study’s stats you believe, only 17-32% of RSS users actually [...]

Audible Is Selling Episodes Of The Ricky Gervais Show

Wednesday, February 22nd, 2006

The Ricky Gervais show becomes the first major podcast to go from completely free to available only on a paid basis.
Audible will charge $1.95 per episode or $6.95 for the season, which will include at least four episodes by the creator and star of British television’s "The Office." Audible’s exclusive deal also runs for a [...]

USC Berkely Embraces Podcasts

Wednesday, February 22nd, 2006

Take a look at what USC Berkely offers in the way of podcasts, from Dave Winer’s blog.
From a business standpoint, how can you create something that’s of value to your customers and potential customers?
Ask yourself these questions:

What does my customer need, in the way of information?
How can I tie the answer to their need into [...]