CBG Safety and Surveillance Technology Declares

CBG Safety and Surveillance Technology Declares the Grand Re-Opening of its Online Store with an extended Offering of Security and Surveillance Equipment

The new Website will allow CBG Safety & Surveillance Technology to pass along extra savings to its customers and is proud to announce an expanded product selection.

DALLAS, TX (PRWEB) January 19, 2006 –- CBG Safety & Surveillance Technology, a national retailer of the highest quality safety and surveillance products on the market is pleased to declare the unveiling of its newly updated corporate Website

for more see at

http://www.prweb.com/releases/2006/1/prweb334072.htm

Once a Site Visitor Arrives They Make Some Key Judgments in fewer Than the Time It Takes to Blink

Once a Site Visitor Arrives They Make Some Key Judgments in fewer Than the Time It Takes to Blink

So you’ve made great seo work and people are arriving on your site(s). Now, how long does it take for a visitor to make aesthetic judgments that, “influence the rest of their experience”? According to some new follow a line of investigation out of Canada it takes less than the time it takes to blink your eyes. A Reuter’s article: Web sites judged in a blink, says that it takes, “one-twentieth of a second — less than half the time it takes to blink…”

“It really is just a physiological response,” Gitte Lindgaard [a professor at Carelton University] told Reuters on Tuesday. “So Web designers have to make sure they’re not offending users visually…”If the first feeling is negative, you’ll probably drive people off.”
So, does the research give’s any suggestions on how a page might look? Nope. The professor goes on to say,

“When we looked at the Web sites that we tested, there is really nothing there that tells us what leads to dislike or to like.”

Much of this comes down to personal taste.

Google Talk’s Open Federation

Google Talk’s Open Federation

On the Google Blog today, Google Talk Product Manager Mike Jazayeri announced the Open Federation for Google Talk – which has not anything to do with Star Trek notes Jazayeri. Mark this post Open Source community friendly post as the second big statement of the day, after Google’s monstrous advertising department Google AdWords announced that they just gobbled up the somewhat automated dMarc radio advertising firm.

More on the Google Talk Open Federation from the Official Google Blog:

“Open federation” is technical jargon for when people on unusual services can talk to each other. For example, email is a federated system. You might have a .edu address and I have a Gmail address, but you and I can still send and receive email. The same for the phone: there’s nothing that prevents Cingular users from talking to Sprint users.

unluckily, this is not the case with many IM and Internet voice calling services today. You can only talk to people on the particular service you have an account on (so you need an account on every service to talk to everybody, which is pretty cumbersome). With open federation, you get to prefer your service provider and you can talk to people on any other federated service (and vice versa).

In addition to the Google Talk service, many other companies, universities, and corporations support open federation today. This means you can now talk to millions of users around the world all with a single account on the service provider of your choice.

Washington Post Halts Blog Comments

Washington Post Halts Blog Comments

Duncan Riley at Blog Herald reports that “The WashingtonPost has for an indefinite period shut off the ability for people to post comments on its blog since of ‘objectionable postings.’”Duncan explains that the Post’s policy was to prohibit comments that were personal attacks or used vulgarity or hate speech. Sounds like they got a whiff of the time eater that blog comment management can be. Surprised they did not just install some filters and / or CAPTCHA tools to cut down on spamming and questionable language.“Because a significant number of folks who have posted in this blog have refused to follow any of those relatively simple rules, we’ve decided not to allow comments for the time being,” Jim Brady, executive editor of Washingtonpost.com, wrote on the subject.Hmmm, after taking a glance at one of the Washington Post’s political blogs, it seems that comments are live again. A look at The Fix also shows comments are active. Seems that Duncan is only referring to the official Washington Post Blog, and not blogs within the Washington Post Media site. Those comment fields are still open for writing offensive postings by Washingtonians.

US Government Wants Search Engine Data

US Government Wants Search Engine Data

Danny Sullivan sums it up well in his SEW blog entry named Bush Administration Demands Search Data; Google Refused , Others Comply where he says;
The Bush administration required one million random web addresses and records of all Google searches for a one week period. The government apparently wants to find out how much pornography shows up in online searches and how often people may seek it.
Here’s a thought. If you want to measure how much porn is showing up in searches, try searching for it yourself rather than issuing privacy alarm sounding subpoenas. It would certainly be more accurate.
This sprung the need for Danny to start a thread at his forums named A Search Privacy Bill Of Rights. In that thread he asks members to answer a few questions, including; What do you think should be in such a bill? What protections do you want specifically spelled out? Should make for a nice thread.

any one can do it, How simple it is to get an idea off the ground?

Domain name purchases soar following amazing news about MillionDollarHomepage.com ecommerce, any one can do it, How simple it is to get an idea off the ground? /24-7PressRelease/ – LONDON, UK, January 18, 2006 – If you’ve been keeping up with the news in the last week, you will be well aware of the 21 year old who’s made a million dollars in 4 months. Well,our customers have, and 100’s web addresses have registered in the last few days connecting to this unique idea. The idea was quite simple, just selling pixels as advertising space, costing a dollar per dot. The minimum purchase was $100 for a 10×10 pixel square to hold the buyer’s logo or design. Clicking on that space takes readers to the buyer’s website. And here is the amazing bit, all it took was a Domain Name and a Basic WebHosting Account which at White Star Web Hosting http://www.web-hosting.org.uk.tp starts at just $12 per month, If you want your own Forum, Blogsite or support site, perhaps to complement your on hand website(s) this is the easiest way to do it! 33 pre loaded web site scripts makes life really easy if you are a newbie webmaster or if your looking for full functionality stylish features, multi language support, 24/7 customer support, UK and US telephone numbers to speak to them directly. News stories about a young novice student making million, is the essence of Internet ecommerce, any one can do it, showing how simple it is to get an idea off the ground. With rapidly growing numbers of people joining the Internet every day, now is the time to set up your idea. Next get your self over to http://www.seotop10rankings.com and you can get all the webmaster tools and expert search engine optimization (seo – the science of getting to the top of the search engine results pages (SERPS). Get the latest information on Google’s Backdoor at no cost to you….not a dime.

Google Base & The v7ndotcom elursrebmem SEO Contest

Google Base & The v7ndotcom elursrebmem SEO Contest

Damn — just when I thought I could ignore the latest SEO contest, it does something appealing. First, Greg Rock star Boser notes that while Yahoo already has picked up 130 matches for v7ndotcom elursrebmem (and I see 296 myself, right now), Google comes in with zilch. Since the keywords for the contest were only announced today, one conclusion is that Yahoo is much faster at Google in gathering new content. (Another conclusion is that Matt Jagger Cutts over at Google is rallying the troops to keep v7ndotcom elursrebmem content out of Google). Whatever, the case, Google isn’t alone. MSN has no matches while Ask Jeeves comes in with two. But Thread watch reports Google results that not everybody can see. These appear to be flowing from Google Base into regular Google. Whether you see them seems to depend on whether Google has decided you are in the right country, frame of mind, hitting the right cluster, got the exact cookie or some other semi-voodoo factor to show them to you. Be sure to see the screenshot at Thread watch or the blowup Barry does complete with highlighting over at Search Engine Roundtable. You’ll see the special “Home Page:” or “More About” or “Author” links coming along with the listings. Funky results not sufficient for you? Want to join the competition. Well, you’ll find the rules of the originating contest here. The prize is $4,000 plus an iPod. Do a bit more work as explained here, and you could pick up an additional $3,000.

Tic Tac Websites Integrates with Online Business Opportunities

Tic Tac Websites Integrates with Online Business Opportunities Tic Tac Websites makes it possible for a website maker, newbie or otherwise to build their own website in a matter of five (5) minutes. Through the Easy Online Website Builder, website building becomes quick, easy and hassle-free. Newbie website makers can have a chance to build a efficiently designed and marketable web site as easily as professionals can. Tic Tac Websites now becomes a melting pot for drop ship centers and other online selling business resources where great opportunities are introduced for those starting websites to test the waters of online selling business. Vancouver, BC (PRWEB) January 17, 2006 -– Web site building can now be achieved without too much hassle in a space of five (5) minutes. This is made possible by Tic Tac Websites’ latest innovative website building system, the Easy Online Website Builder. By just logging in at www.tictacwebsites.com and subscribing to its monthly or yearly payment plan, website makers can start having the website they want without going throughout puzzling technical jargon. Recently, Tic Tac Websites integrates with wholesalemarketer.com a Drop Ship Product Center, Clickbank, an Online allocation Center, and Paypal, a credit card/checking account payment center. This combination means great opportunities for newbie and specialized website makers to test the waters of online selling business and earn extra returns. They can easily install these links on their website and form their very own e-commerce website. Tic Tac Websites and its new partners introduces lots of sources to be needed by those who are into the online business, either as an eBay seller, or other sellers on website stores and auction sites online. Tic Tac Websites website building program boasts of an easy-to-use system, which gives no difficulties for newbie website makers even if they have limited technical know how. They have easy-to-understand and learn technical support system that’s designed especially for the non-professional website maker. This is embodied by the “Getting Started” tutorial, 33 chapters of Online Documentation Help features, a knowledge base with a stronghold of 350+ articles and FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) provision.

To Promote and Protect

In-House SEO :: To Promote and Protect An appealing thread for in-house SEOs appeared at the IHelpYou Forums this morning. “In-house SEO” is a term referring to an SEO who is employed by a non-search connected company as a staff member in charge of website promotions. In the JohnC, an IHY moderator notes his job has shifted subtly from website promoter to website protector. “An SEOs primary responsibility is typically seen as “promoting” a web site. However, more and more I find for myself in the role of “Protector”. Someone will have an idea for a site feature or technology change and it is up to me to make sure this change will not hurt the web site in anyway, search wise. unavoidably, someone will read about a “cool” new technique to get better search placement. I find I must be on constant guard against these “Monday Morning Optimizers”. Usually, they don’t see the whole picture or understand that the information they found is years out of date.” (JohnC) With organic search again becoming a more vital component of website promotion, SEOs of all stripes are seeing more “Monday Morning Optimizers”. They are also dealing with the injure those well-meaning but ill-informed extra efforts can bring. Whatever his motives for addressing the topic this morning, JohnC has performed a public service for frustrated SEOs. “I think every person involved with a website has the potential to get it banned from the search engines. As the SEO it’s my job to see that they don’t.” (JohnC) “Recently i helped a client with their in-house design and seo guidelines. The list of warning/dont’s has become larger than the list of “do’s”. More than ever, it has become important to know what to avoid.” (Danny) Anyone with similar experiences or tips on dealing with armchair optimizers should read and add to the thread.

Google Jaggers aftermath

There are still a lot of questions to be sure, but there are some good beginnings of answers as well. Since this update was rolled out over months and in three distinct phases, it has been much more difficult to determine what factors have been given more or less weight.

What are some theories? Here are some of the top ones and, this is not a full list; there are most likely numerous other factors that affect Google rankings after Jagger that no one has recognized at all yet. Read the following.

Factors That Could Possibly HELP More in Jagger’s Aftermath

Aged Domains – Sites with domains that are older rank better now – the older the domain, the better its rankings with all other things being equal.
Very Relevant Links – Inbound links and outbound links relevancy is more important after Jagger. This means that if you point to related sites or you get links from other sites that are related to your website, you may rank better after Jagger with all other things being equal.
Links From Trusted Sites Help – Trust Rank is more important than ever after Jagger. Trust Rank is a concept that says if you get a link pointing to your site that is highly trusted by Google then you will rank better with all other things being equal.
Variety of Links – Links from .edu and .org websites are good for increasing your rankings and are more important than ever.
Aged Links – The older the link that points to your site, the more weight it’s given now.
Embedded Links – Links that are embedded in sentences and paragraphs instead of stand-alone links are weighted more heavily now.
Article Links – Articles are what directories had been a year or two ago for link building. Links from the author by-line or within the article that point back to your site will positively affect your rankings.
Fresh & Unique Content – Now, more than ever, regularly updated and added ordinal content will help your rankings.
High Traffic & Stickiness – User popularity statistics now, or will soon, affect rankings. In other words, user actions on your website, like how long they stay (stickiness), how many pages they visit, and even how many people visit your site in a given period, can all affect how Google ranks your site.

Factors That Could Possibly Not Help Anymore, or May Even HURT More In Jagger’s Aftermath

Duplicate Content – Any kind of duplicate content can hurt your rankings. Some say this only refers to other sites having the same content as you while others say even duplicate content within your own site can be bad. I find the latter hard to believe since all sites have repeating slogans, phrases, checkout instructions, or any number of other duplicate sentences within the same site.
Hidden Text – Hidden text within your html, in div tags, CSS, or comments, can negatively affect your rankings.
Decreased Rate of Link Building – The speed and volume of inbound link creation to your site from other websites, if changed, can negatively affect your rankings more so now.
Linking to Bad Neighborhoods – Reciprocal link trades hurt your rankings when you link to sites that are considered ‘bad neighborhoods’ by Google, such as link farms or sites that are banned by Google.
Link Schemes – Participating in link schemes such as Co-ops or Link Vault can hurt your ranking more than help them.

A clean, simple, fast-loading site with natural links pointing to it from a variety of other related websites, some .org’s and .edu’s, others from trusted authority sites, and many from small related websites, that adds fresh and unique content daily, will rank well in Google over time and won’t be affected by any update, including Jagger.