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Blekko: Newest Search Engine Aiming For Google’s Top Spot

by Sam on November 13, 2010 in News, Search Engines with 1 Comment
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In a world where Google dominates the online search environment, we rarely see any start-up search engines who pose a threat to Google’s top position. Most have not brought anything particularly new to the market and fade away since the first and only name that comes to our mind for search is Google anyway.

Enter: Blekko.com. Blekko may seem simple and appear as just another little search engine but its features and capabilities will amaze you as it provides greater personalization options for search results as well as lots of analytical data available to webmasters. Continue reading →

Awesome Changes & Improvements In Store For Sam’s Web Guide

by Sam on August 10, 2010 in News, Site Review with 14 Comments
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The only thing that remains constant in life is change and I’m happy to report on some improvements for my blog, Sam’s Web Guide, and hopefully receive some feedback from my dedicated readers on how to develop the site and make it better.

The overall theme of the blog is dedicated to educating online users, especially webmasters and bloggers, on how to run successful websites and equipping them with all the tools and best practices that will be required. So far, I have been able to cover some good ground in the areas of Search Engine Optimization, Blogging and Social Media through posts that have been well received by my readers. Over the next few months I will be widening the scope and start focusing on more key topics that appeal to a larger audience.

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18 Awesome Websites Powered By WordPress

by Sam on August 2, 2010 in News, Site Review, WordPress with 17 Comments
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WordPress is currently the most popular blogging platform in the world with its newest version at over 11 Million downloads already. This mature, robust and secure platform has gained the respect of business people worldwide with a large number of popular, high profile websites entrusting this system to deliver their services and maintain their image online.

Though many of us use WordPress  just for blogging, it offers us much more than that and can be extended and upgraded to suit and accomplish almost any goal you have online. So to help you get the picture and also gain some insight and/or inspiration, I’ve decided to share some already popular, and not so popular but beautiful, sites that are enjoying success with WordPress as the backbone of their business online.

Most of these sites use WordPress to serve their blog’s content as well as a content management system to efficiently manipulate their site’s design, structure and content.

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60+ Amazing Blogging & Social Media Statistics & Facts Revealed

by Sam on July 13, 2010 in Blogging & SEO, News, Social Media, Statistics with 22 Comments
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There is definitely a lot happening these days in the blogosphere; more than we know and can even fathom. The art of blogging and the use of social media has consistently and rapidly increased over the years and are showing no signs of slowing down as the world gradually embraces the power and freedom experienced online.

To help us understand what’s really happening, there are a few kind, hardworking and blessed individuals who spend the time and money to do the research to find out who’s blogging, how, when, where and why. Thanks to them, I’m, able to compile this post and reveal some very interesting facts about blogging and social media and their impact.

So here are some mind-blowing statistics that show what’s really happening in the blogosphere, social media and beyond. Continue reading →

New Job Board Launched For Sam’s Web Guide

by Sam on May 24, 2010 in News with 22 Comments

I’m pleased to announce the launch of Sam’s Job Board – jobs.samswebguide.com, a sub section of Sam’s Web Guide that is focused on delivering the latest and best online jobs and careers to help you earn more and gain access to a wider range of opportunities on the web.

I may not have shared this specifically before but the ultimate aim of my site, Sam’s Web Guide, is for it to become a massive source of guidance and inspiration for mastering the different aspects of the internet while providing you with the tools to do so. Launching Sam’s Job Board takes the mission one step further in helping you to do and achieve more through the web.

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24 Deadly Signs of a Failing Blog

by Sam on April 28, 2010 in Blogging & SEO, News with 46 Comments

This is a guest post by David Smith who is a Freelance Writer working for Conversion Rate Optimization company Invesp. Click to download free landing page templates from Invesp. If you are interested in guest posting on Sam’s Web Guide, please visit our guest post guidelines page here.

Millions of blogs are being added to blogosphere every month and many of them fail and eventually die within the first few months of their launch. Why? Basically, there could be thousands of reasons for this. And in this article I’ll try to cover few of them.

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The Evolution of Search – Google’s New Social Search Results

by Sam on April 23, 2010 in Blogging & SEO, News, Social Media, Videos with 8 Comments

Over the past week, I’ve been talking a lot about practicing search engine optimization in such a way that benefits can be gained through social network sites and other forms of socializing on the web. (Check out my previous article on How To Use Social Media To Effectively Improve SEO) Google now has an exciting new service called Social Search and what this does is provide relevant search results from conversations and posts your friends in your circle may have published in addition to regular organic search results.

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6 Awesome WordPress Alternatives

by Sam on April 13, 2010 in Blogging & SEO, News with 28 Comments

This is a guest post by Tom Walker from a specialist provider of cartridges next day and print media supplies. If you are interested in guest posting on Sam’s Web Guide, please visit our guest post guidelines page here.

WordPress is one of the most popular blogging software packages available. Because of its popularity, there is a lot of support for it as well as ways to change it through themes, addons, plugins, and customizations. Being popular is not always a good thing though. For a package to appeal to a wide range of people and applications, it has to come with a lot of features and capabilities that a user may not want to use. Continue reading →

Will Social Media Marketing Consistently Outperform Search Engine Optimization?

by Sam on April 7, 2010 in Blogging & SEO, News, Social Media with 32 Comments

The only thing that remains constant in this life is change and there are huge positive changes taking placing on the web, especially with how we market ourselves and our products. Its very important to keep up to date and constantly conduct self-analysis to ensure that we are practicing the techniques that work for our blogs and business. So let’s take a look at how effective Social Media Marketing (SMM)  really is in comparison to results gained from Search Engine Optimization (SEO) and which practice works better for a blog and at what stage.

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My Blogging Journey So Far – March Blog Statistics

by Sam on April 3, 2010 in Blogging & SEO, Inspiration, News with 47 Comments

So Its official, yesterday marked one month since the launch of my blog, Sam’s Web Guide! So here is a detailed report showing some of my achievements and daily practices that have helped Sam’s Web Guide to continue to make that upward climb and build a solid community. As with any journey that you choose to embark on, it is guaranteed that there will be lessons along the way filled with gold mines of rich experiences to benefit and learn from.

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