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What’s up

Well, it’s been more than a month since my last post. That’s unfortunate, but I’ve been really really busy lately with lots of stuff and i had to neglect  this blog. I’ll tell you guys (and gals) a little bit about why this happened.

• First of all, i had to prepare my diploma paper. I finally graduated University and I’m now an Engineer in the field of Computers and Automatics (sounds fancy, i know :P). That’s me with a robe and cap in the picture.
• Then, I put together a couple of new blogs from various domains, and i plan to push them in the last period of time with quality content and a good marketing strategy. I’m not going to disclose all these new blogs, but one of them is this one about netbooks.
• Also, I sold one of my sites for a good amount of money (almost a 5 figure - 21 months revenue), so now i have some spare money for investments in future projects .

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LG knows how to promote their products

Yesterday i was invited to an event made by LG in my home country. Besides being surprised of this, since the blog is English written and doesn’t really target Romanians, i must say i was eager to see the new LG screen they were launching in Romania, the LH5000 .

And… i really liked this display. It has lots of new functions and good screen quality. I won’t get into too many details, but, there are a couple of things i would like to mention (things ordinary Tvs lack):

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Kindle DX - a bigger better reader from Amazon

If you’re one of those who mumbled about the screen size of the Kindle 2, well… it’s time to be happy, cause Amazon just launched a bigger better version, the Kindle DX. This new reader doesn’t bring too many new features, the most noticeable being the bigger screen ( 9.7inches ) with better resolution ( 1200 x 824 pixels ) and auto-rotation function (a function similar to the accelerometer from mobile phones, that changes the image from portrait/landscape depending on the way you’re holding the gadget) .

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Focusing a domain on a misspelled high traffic keyword

For the last past days I’ve been doing some research for a couple of new domains and kept stucking with the same question: "Is it OK to focus a new domain on a misspelled keyword that has the potential to bring high traffic from search engines?" . That means, would it be OK to buy a domain that has such a misspelled keyword in its name and built a site around it?

After debating this for a while (with myself :P), i put together a list of pros and cons, list that you can find bellow:

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Thinking of a SEM career? I have some advices for you

I had to think of a couple of advices if would give someone who’s planning on following a career in Internet marketing, and especially the part involving search engines. All these are a part of my previous experience with engines, are not rules by any mean, just my thoughts about the subject.

• First of all, make sure you like this. Working with Search Engines might be monotonous and boring some time, and it’s a domain where you have to research and read a lot, all these while sitting in front of a computer .
• Read the rules. Learn what you are allowed to do and what not, by reading search engines’ TOS pages. You can find these for Google here: http://www.google.com/accounts/TOS and for yahoo here: http://info.yahoo.com/legal/us/yahoo/utos/ .

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LinkedIn Answers - is this the true power of this service?

I’ve been using LinledIn for quite a while now, almost from the beginning. I completed my profile, education, work experience, added a photo, added some contact, etc etc . I even joined some groups to find discussion i might be interested in and people with similar interests.

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Acer AspireRevo - powerfull minicomputer with Nvidia Ion inside

Acer just announced it’s going to launch a mini-computer on the newly announced Nvidia ION platform, called Acer AspireRevo. It will be in fact the first nettop based on this architecture.

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A smart solution for lowering bounce rates

It’s a well known fact that whenever you change a site from the ground, bounce rate will reach sky-high limits. Especially if you have lots of returning visitors who are used to find things in a certain position on the site. So, a solution is required in order to smooth the transition between the old site and the new one.

And there is one, but I didn’t find it used on too many sites: make a video that should be placed on key pages of your site and should explain how you changed stuff and why, and also how users can find the things they’re looking for.

This video should be embedded on your site in visible position and should be eye catching, so users will click it. For example, if you have an IT site, use a cute girl or something (geek girls are always catchy. look at Veronica Belmont or Marina Orlova ). If you’re a fashion site with lots of feminine visitors, use a well dressed boy or something. You’ll find a suitable solution.

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Indexing tag pages or not?

I’ve been playing with the subject of indexing tag pages in Wordpress for quite a while now. I have sites were i keep these pages in the indexes and pages where i don’t . The result vary from case to case though, so stating a rule for this subject is kind of difficult.

You might ask why am I even bothering with this problem. Well, let’s see why Tag pages are not worthwhile of being indexed:

• they are just another navigation method on your site, meant to help visitors find posts on the subject they’re interested of.
• they won’t rank. Unless you’re an authority, they won’t. I believe SE have some kind of trigger to distinguish and declassify tag pages, and this is especially true foo Google.com . On regional though, clever done tag pages might rank well.
• they create duplicate content: a tag page is usually similar to the category page so you have the same content as in categories, just displayed in a somewhat different order
• they create almost empty pages, unless you have a very tight tagging system. And this will happen every time you’ll use a new tag that hasn’t been used before on your site.
• sometimes, they create useless pages

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5 Free Wordpress Themes You Could Pay For

The most obvious difference between premium and free Wordpress themes has for long been the quality in addition to price. But more and more professional web designers are designing free Wordpress themes as a proven online marketing strategy. A well crafted wp theme offered for free will not only generate many backlinks, but may also increase awareness of the theme designer.

After some research I can list five designers, freelancers and agencies that have created exceptionally beautiful free Wordpress themes. Here we go:

1. WeFunction Design Agency – Magazeen theme

Magazeen is the second in a line of free Wordpress themes created by WeFunction.com. Implementing a jQuery based Latest Image Showcase on a clean and communicative web design, Magazeen is an outstanding freebie from WeFunction. Costing only two links in the footer, Magazeen is a great example of professional free Wordpress theme of today.

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