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What Does Alexa Ranking Really Tell You?

Posted by Blake Waddill - November/2009 - Favs, Utilities

Today is my first day ranked as an Alexa top 100,000 site. When I started blogging, I didn’t really know much about what all the rankings meant, but I knew that I wanted to get my Alexa Rank in the top 100,000 because that was their cutoff for caring about your site. I have read [...]

Where Are Your Readers’ Eyes Going?

Posted by Blake Waddill - November/2009 - Favs, Utilities

Webpage design is critical to effectively capturing your reader’s attention and keeping them on your page. If a reader arrive and nothing catches their eye, they are likely to bounce right away. When there is too much going on, a reader might not know where to start, get frustrated, and leave too. Finally, if the [...]

One Simple Way to Protect and Build Your Brand Name Online

Posted by Blake Waddill - November/2009 - Utilities

Most content marketers (bloggers) know branding is one of the most important aspects of building trust, authority, and a following. Without a strong brand, it is easy to be forgotten. While the writing style of an author or the quality of a product are huge aspects in branding, there is nothing more important to branding [...]

3 Ways ASCII Art Can Spice Up Your Life

Posted by Blake Waddill - October/2009 - Utilities

Ever since I started using computers, I’ve always been interested in ASCII art. I remember how cool I thought I was as a 10 year old making faces like };^> (the devil). When I found the internet the level of ASCII art stepped it up a few notches. Being able to draw crazy pictures in [...]

How Website Grader Can Take Your SEO To The Next Level

Posted by Blake Waddill - October/2009 - Utilities

If you have a blog or a product webpage, SEO is something you’re probably concerned about. Who wouldn’t want to end up on the front page of Google? There are countless theories behind what helps your SERP rank. In my opinion, anything that changes the way you write isn’t worth trying because if you aren’t [...]

Are You Ready For Google Wave?

Posted by Blake Waddill - October/2009 - Utilities

If you have been on twitter at all in the last 3 days you would have noticed a new trending topic called Google Wave. When I first saw it, I figured it some goofy Twitter trending topic like #ChrisBrownsBowTie. I wasn’t ready for what I was about to find out… Yesterday, I was browsing Lifehacker [...]

10 Guidelines To Making A User Friendly Website

Posted by Blake Waddill - September/2009 - Favs, Utilities

Unless you’re a well established blogger or website designer, you’re probably constantly looking for ways to improve your readers’ experience and keep them coming back. Self-proclaimed gurus make all sorts of (often) bogus claims about what they best way to setup your site is, but they never back up these claims with real data Enter [...]

Screamer Radio is the Best Free Internet Music Player

Posted by Blake Waddill - September/2009 - Utilities

I have a simple confession that many people can identify with. I am an music junkie… I can’t help it; I would listen to music 24/7 if my work and family let me. Last month, I was really high on the Spotify Music Player, but Spotify noticed I was listening from a US ip and [...]

Craigslist can Change Your Financial Future

Posted by Blake Waddill - September/2009 - Utilities

According to Alexa, Craigslist.org reaches just under 2% of the global internet users everyday. That is a huge number of people. When I first heard about Craigslist in Details magazine over 4 years ago, I had a completely different impression of Craigslist than I do now. That article told the story of girls selling their [...]

3 Reasons Why You Should Love Free Anonymous Proxy Servers

Posted by Blake Waddill - September/2009 - Utilities

For someone unfamiliar with the internet and even some who are, proxy servers might sound scary and complicated. You might think proxy servers are just for hackers or people who are up to no good (and you are probably right), but your opinion might be changing soon. In very basic terms, a proxy server is [...]