SearchReadySeo » Uncategorized http://www.searchreadyseo.com/blog SEO , Web Marketing, Web Design, Social Media Networking Tue, 07 Feb 2012 20:55:33 +0000 en hourly 1 PHP Vs. Ruby Comparison http://www.searchreadyseo.com/blog/php-vs-ruby-comparison/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=php-vs-ruby-comparison http://www.searchreadyseo.com/blog/php-vs-ruby-comparison/#comments Mon, 12 Dec 2011 07:02:46 +0000 admin http://www.searchreadyseo.com/blog/?p=739 Below is a great answer to my PHP vs. Ruby question from Geo.  Just had to share!

I asked:

Are PHP and Ruby developers ever the same animal?
Most of my clients are developing massive scale eCommerce or communication networks and only want PHP.
Where does Ruby come in – for lighter weight, rapid web development?
Does a PHP developer have deeper – or just different – coding ability?

Geo answered:

Val,

There are actually 3 points here.

  • Ruby
  • Rails
  • PHP

The issue that happens with rails is that most people introduced to Ruby have been introduced via Rails.
Rails is a framework that utilizes Ruby as language of implementation.

Now Ruby vs PHP. Not that one is better than the other, but PHP has a much more extensive library of extensions and modules, and it’s object oriented model has been implemented over time. Ruby on the other hand has been designed from the ground up as an object oriented language, and definitely has a very modern well thought out syntax. Ruby’s community and as well as libraries are growing, but it is no where near the number of PHP’s. As a language Ruby is slower than PHP, but this is a bottleneck that can be worked around. The real issue is with Rails and its tightly coupled architecture.

Rails, like I said is a framework – a contract on how an applications architecture’s base will be implemented. 9 times out of 10 Rubiest think framework first ( Rails ) vs Language first; THEY WERE INTRODUCED TO RUBY VIA RAILS. 9.9 times out of 10 perl,php, and python people think language first. The success of Rails has brought about an implementation of it MVC structure to perl, php, and python which has enabled perl,php, and python use to ADOPT BEST PRACTICES via Frameworks like symfony,zend,cakephp, django, joomla framework ( not the cms ). Now because Rails is such a “turn keyish” type of framework, issues start to occur when sites start to grow, and what happens is that because so much was done for you at the framework level, meaning “Oh, look in Rails you don’t have to worry about X, it is handled automatically”, that when issues start to occur you are not familiar thoroughly with the architecture ( internals of RAILS) that is becomes extra work to handle high loads. Some, bottle necks in Rails are, ( RAILS FANBOYS, notice how I said SOME):

  • Application startup and bootstrapping
  • Active record and database implementation layer
  • Caching without having the application bootstrap

These issues are also in CakePHP which is the closest implementation of Rails in PHP, they even copied the mistakes! Symfony, Zend, and Joomla Framework are much more loosely coupled, with Zend coming out as the loosest. To deal with very high traffic, TWITTER had to start scrapping away RAILS in certain parts and start developing with scala and even c++. Many Rails fanboys started crying when this happened.

In all, there are very competent Ruby programmers out there that aren’t tied to Rails, but nowhere near the amount of PHP.

Geo

]]> http://www.searchreadyseo.com/blog/php-vs-ruby-comparison/feed/ 0 Top 5 communication skills in virtual environment http://www.searchreadyseo.com/blog/top-5-communication-skills-in-virtual-environment/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=top-5-communication-skills-in-virtual-environment http://www.searchreadyseo.com/blog/top-5-communication-skills-in-virtual-environment/#comments Thu, 21 Jan 2010 23:01:09 +0000 admin http://www.searchreadyseo.com/blog/?p=481 what would you consider to be the top five communication skills managers and their employees need to communicate effectively in a virtual environment? 1) Professional writing skills & etiquette. 2) Able to communicate effectively and concisely 3) Able to analyze and interpret messages accurately to avoid miss-communication. 4) Technical & computer skills for general navigation and functionality. 5) Patience. Lots of patience. :) I have found it better to get ones point across by keeping messages simple in email form and open with who, what, where, why and close with a time frame of response time back. That way in the event that the message was misunderstood a clarification can be provided verbally and within a reasonable amount of time. When attaching files it is helpful to mention it somewhere in the body of the letter as not all look for them as a rule of thumb. Follow ups are essential in conducting business in the virtual world as it is a fast pace society with limited room for confusion. Here is another issue: "many people read emails too quickly". Working in the employee communications department-I can tell you, this is absolutely true. The majority of employees that read an entire email is quite low. We all tend to be "skimmers" looking for the "what is in it for me" or "do I need to change my behavior". For most large program or initiatives I develop a communication plan. This plan includes what I am going to communicate, when, to who and how I will reach them. We spend countless hours perfecting messaging-that most employees claim they never saw. So, tell me, how many of you are guilty of not reading messages that you receive from your corporate office? ]]> Here are some interesting discussions from my UOP Management class.
what would you consider to be the top five communication skills managers and their employees need to communicate effectively in a virtual environment?

1) Professional writing skills & etiquette.
2) Able to communicate effectively and concisely
3) Able to analyze and interpret messages accurately to avoid miss-communication.
4) Technical & computer skills for general navigation and functionality.
5) Patience. Lots of patience. :)

I have found it better to get ones point across by keeping messages simple in email form and open with who, what, where, why and close with a time frame of response time back. That way in the event that the message was misunderstood a clarification can be provided verbally and within a reasonable amount of time. When attaching files it is helpful to mention it somewhere in the body of the letter as not all look for them as a rule of thumb. Follow ups are essential in conducting business in the virtual world as it is a fast pace society with limited room for confusion.

Here is another issue:
“many people read emails too quickly”. Working in the employee communications department-I can tell you, this is absolutely true. The majority of employees that read an entire email is quite low. We all tend to be “skimmers” looking for the “what is in it for me” or “do I need to change my behavior”. For most large program or initiatives I develop a communication plan. This plan includes what I am going to communicate, when, to who and how I will reach them. We spend countless hours perfecting messaging-that most employees claim they never saw.

So, tell me, how many of you are guilty of not reading messages that you receive from your corporate office?

]]> http://www.searchreadyseo.com/blog/top-5-communication-skills-in-virtual-environment/feed/ 0 New Website is Live!!!! (Web 2.0 friendly) http://www.searchreadyseo.com/blog/new-website-is-live-web-2-0-friendly/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=new-website-is-live-web-2-0-friendly http://www.searchreadyseo.com/blog/new-website-is-live-web-2-0-friendly/#comments Wed, 20 Jan 2010 06:36:46 +0000 admin http://www.searchreadyseo.com/blog/?p=475 Guys,

New Website is Live!! We have tried to keep the theme very Web 2.0 Friendly.
Please browse around and post your feedback or email me!

Thanks

]]> http://www.searchreadyseo.com/blog/new-website-is-live-web-2-0-friendly/feed/ 0 XML sitemap for magento http://www.searchreadyseo.com/blog/xml-sitemap-for-magento/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=xml-sitemap-for-magento http://www.searchreadyseo.com/blog/xml-sitemap-for-magento/#comments Fri, 15 Jan 2010 05:42:06 +0000 admin http://www.searchreadyseo.com/blog/?p=470 How do we create Google Sitemap in Magento? You can also use Extended Sitemap Magento Extension - The one and comprehensive solution for Magento! Extended Sitemap allows you to display all of your existing Catalog Categories, Products, CMS Pages and additional configurable links with a hierarchical structure SEO optimized for web spiders on a single Site Map page available through your store footer link, e.g. http://www.example.com/sitemap/ In addition it replaces the default Magento Google Sitemap functionality for auto generation of XML Site Map files with a more optimized and advanced functionality which eases user experience. http://www.magentocommerce.com/extension/1977/extended-sitemap]]> Most online generators just run a spider and follow the links. You would need to find a generator built into the CMS that looks at the database for all the pages the site has. You could also do it manually by looking at the tables and building the URLs. If you want a simple sitemap that does not have priority or frequency then have a look at site map builder . net. It’s a .net application that runs locally and totally free.

You can also read How do we create Google Sitemap in Magento?

You can also use Extended Sitemap Magento Extension – The one and comprehensive solution for Magento!
Extended Sitemap allows you to display all of your existing Catalog Categories, Products, CMS Pages and additional configurable links with a hierarchical structure SEO optimized for web spiders on a single Site Map page available through your store footer link, e.g. http://www.example.com/sitemap/

In addition it replaces the default Magento Google Sitemap functionality for auto generation of XML Site Map files with a more optimized and advanced functionality which eases user experience.

http://www.magentocommerce.com/extension/1977/extended-sitemap

]]> http://www.searchreadyseo.com/blog/xml-sitemap-for-magento/feed/ 0 Making money with AdSense – 7 fast secrets reveals how to boost your AdSense revenue http://www.searchreadyseo.com/blog/making-money-with-adsense-7-fast-secrets-reveals-how-to-boost-your-adsense-revenue/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=making-money-with-adsense-7-fast-secrets-reveals-how-to-boost-your-adsense-revenue http://www.searchreadyseo.com/blog/making-money-with-adsense-7-fast-secrets-reveals-how-to-boost-your-adsense-revenue/#comments Wed, 30 Dec 2009 22:42:38 +0000 admin http://www.searchreadyseo.com/blog/?p=410 Here are 7 secrets that I've found out about which will help boost your Adsense revenue: (Just to clarify, these are all WHITE HAT SEO methods and don't even try to cheat Google Adsense team, they are smart little guys ) Move your AdSense template There's a direct connection between the placement of your AdSense ads and your click through rate. When AdSense ads are placed next to “content zones” (rather than in “advertising zones), you typically generate more clicks (which pays you more Google AdSense revenue). The content zone is located just above the beginning of your content. Most of your webpage visitors are blind to AdSense ads placed in the traditional spots like your navigation bar. However the same ads displayed above your content usually gets clicked more often. Use this AdSense template You can choose from 12 AdSense templates to display, but the pros find the 336-pixel by 280-pixel (large rectangle) ad size generates (by far) the highest number of clicks per 1,000 visitors. Changing to this size gave me the biggest instant boost in AdSense revenue. Change up your title for higher AdSense revenues AdSense robots often use the title of your webpage to determine which ad to display. So editing the title on your webapge is often the difference between making a few pennies per click on your AdSense ads to generating over 50 cents (or even a dollar) per click. For example, take a look at these similar phrases: - DIY home surveillance - do it yourself home security ]]> Making money with AdSense is many people’s dream however only some succeed with it and not all, why is that? Because they are not doing it right.

Here are 7 secrets that I’ve found out about which will help boost your Adsense revenue: (Just to clarify, these are all WHITE HAT SEO methods and don’t even try to cheat Google Adsense team, they are smart little guys )

Move your AdSense template
There’s a direct connection between the placement of your AdSense ads and your click through rate.

When AdSense ads are placed next to “content zones” (rather than in “advertising zones), you typically generate more clicks (which pays you more Google AdSense revenue).

The content zone is located just above the beginning of your content. Most of your webpage visitors are blind to AdSense ads placed in the traditional spots like your navigation bar. However the same ads displayed above your content usually gets clicked more often.

Use this AdSense template
You can choose from 12 AdSense templates to display, but the pros find the 336-pixel by 280-pixel (large rectangle) ad size generates (by far) the highest number of clicks per 1,000 visitors.

Changing to this size gave me the biggest instant boost in AdSense revenue.

Change up your title for higher AdSense revenues
AdSense robots often use the title of your webpage to determine which ad to display. So editing the title on your webapge is often the difference between making a few pennies per click on your AdSense ads to generating over 50 cents (or even a dollar) per click.

For example, take a look at these similar phrases:

- DIY home surveillance
- do it yourself home security

Both of these keyword phrases seem the same… but the difference is Google advertisers are willing to pay almost 170 times more for webpages themed for “do it yourself home security” (average of $8.47 per click) than “DIY home surveillance” (at 5 cents a click).

This boosts your AdSense revenues at least 300%
Did you know AdSense for Search is MUCH more profitable than AdSense for Content?

I insert a Google AdSense search box at the bottom of my webpage (just below the end of the content area)… and each click typically generates 538% more of the eCPM (effective cost per thousand) compared to standard AdSense templates.

Kick out deadbeat advertisers
AdSense now gives us the ability to delete the worst-performing advertisers in just a few mouse clicks.

It’s called “Category Filters”… you find it within your AdSense account here:

AdSense Setup –> Ad Review Center

Google AdSense displays “Filtered Categories” and (relatively) up-to-date statistics… revealing the best-performing categories (and the worst).

AdSense helps us eliminate categories that are unprofitable. For example, 8.7% of my ads displayed “Get Rich Quick” advertisers… but my “% Recent Earnings” was 0.0%. That told me I was showing ads that didn’t pay me a single cent. So I checked it off, clicked the [Submit] button… and those unprofitable ads are not going to display on my webpages anymore.

Blend your AdSense ads with your design
We all know our website visitors HATE ads. It’s called “Ad Blindness.” Most even use ad blockers to avoid ads.

Instead, have your AdSense ads blend in with the theme of your webpage. And skip the borders… this lets your visitors know that you’re displaying ads — not good.

Target the less intelligent
A new study by Chitika.com reveals the way a person arrives from a search engine to your site helps us understand how they click on our AdSense ads.

This is a bit confusing at first… read this slow:

People who search by clicking the button on Google’s homepage are 50% more likely to go on to click ads on your page than people who search by any other Google means, according to online ad network Chitika.

For example, if Scott Johnson searches Google.com for “lose belly fat” and finishes his search clicking the [Search] submit button on Google.com, Scott Johnson is 50% more likely to click on your AdSense text ads than by searching only using the [Enter] key.

Why? SEO expert Rand Fishkin thinks that sophisticated web surfers are searching without clicking Google’s [Search] submit button — saving a step. On the flip side, less-sophisticated searchers are clicking the search button — and clicking on our Google AdSense ads.

Bottom line: Tweak your webpage’s theme to target rookies, not sophisticated search users.

]]> http://www.searchreadyseo.com/blog/making-money-with-adsense-7-fast-secrets-reveals-how-to-boost-your-adsense-revenue/feed/ 0 Happy Holidays http://www.searchreadyseo.com/blog/happy-holidays/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=happy-holidays http://www.searchreadyseo.com/blog/happy-holidays/#comments Fri, 25 Dec 2009 17:45:52 +0000 admin http://www.searchreadyseo.com/blog/?p=351 As we near the end of the year, we wanted to take a moment to thank you for the time, energy, commitment, and trust you’ve shared with us in 2009.

We’re looking forward to working with you to build lasting success in 2010. We hope you like this little Holiday Gift.

Happy Holidays,

SearchReadySeo Team

]]> http://www.searchreadyseo.com/blog/happy-holidays/feed/ 0 What’s the best SEO package? http://www.searchreadyseo.com/blog/whats-the-best-seo-package/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=whats-the-best-seo-package http://www.searchreadyseo.com/blog/whats-the-best-seo-package/#comments Thu, 24 Dec 2009 03:28:03 +0000 admin http://www.searchreadyseo.com/blog/?p=343 SearchReadySeo offers competetive package that offers variable SEO services in all the areas listed below. Directories Presentation: The directories are probably tools for obtaining links the most popular. They are known to almost all webmasters and beginners there are plenty on the web. Type: This is usually the home pages of sites that are referenced on the directory. The deep pages are very often denied, but there are some directories that are the exception. Information: The advantage of this solution is that there is something for all tastes. There are general and thematic directories, small and large sites, directories and automatic validation of others to manual validation, links back can be mandatory or optional ... Forums Presentation: The forums are good tools to seek help on internet. The community on this type of site answers questions and problems. It is often frowned upon to ask a question that has already been asked very often, which has the effect of giving the impression of a community closed to new members. Type: They can bring popularity to a site through links present in the signatures of members. It is also possible to address a topic by posting a link to his site (if the answer is). This case provides a relevant and natural. ]]> Often times, I see people searching for best SEO package. SearchReadySeo offers competetive package that offers variable SEO services in all the areas listed below.

Directories

Presentation: The directories are probably tools for obtaining links the most popular. They are known to almost all webmasters and beginners there are plenty on the web.

Type: This is usually the home pages of sites that are referenced on the directory. The deep pages are very often denied, but there are some directories that are the exception.

Information: The advantage of this solution is that there is something for all tastes. There are general and thematic directories, small and large sites, directories and automatic validation of others to manual validation, links back can be mandatory or optional …

Forums

Presentation: The forums are good tools to seek help on internet. The community on this type of site answers questions and problems. It is often frowned upon to ask a question that has already been asked very often, which has the effect of giving the impression of a community closed to new members.

Type: They can bring popularity to a site through links present in the signatures of members. It is also possible to address a topic by posting a link to his site (if the answer is). This case provides a relevant and natural.

Information: Answer questions technical advantage to gain notoriety on a particular theme. It should nevertheless be wary of the NoFollow attribute that some forums are in place to prevent abuse.

Blog

Presentation: With the development of internet blogs continue to grow. Although initially there were only a few big platforms that offered to create a blog, there are now powerful software and intuitive to use (one of the best known is WordPress).

Type: These blogs are proving useful for leaving a comment it is often possible to leave the address of its website. When there is no “nofollow”, by just writing a comment for a minimum relevant as it is published and thus there have a link back.

Information: This media is used by companies who want a large amount of link. Unfortunately, some agencies post messages really relevant or useful little scripts to generate a message or copy a previous message. This disadvantage to make bloggers more cautious about accepting links.

Digg-Like

Presentation: Digg-Like are platforms for sharing links recent quality. Each time a link is added, the members of Digg-Like may vote for him if they consider quality. The most popular links can be found in popular homepage of Digg-Like but is quickly forgotten when the other links later take their place.
The audience for this type of site usually consists of blogger and computer enthusiast. The public is quite limited and not generally consists of lambda user.

Type: Obtaining links is primarily reserved for blog articles recently published. These blogs should generally have a theme that can be understood by everyone. A blog dedicated to oyster farming very difficult to find a place on this type of site.
The article should have value added to have a better chance he has appreciated the community site and thus be put forward.

Information: The strength of Digg-Like resides in the provision of direct visitor for a short period. Because the type of visitors mainly consists of blogger, this is a good way to propel a campaign Linkbaiting.
Do not forget that the links are fast disappearing in the vastness of the archives and become hardly detectable by search engines. So even a search engine happens to find an old link, the archive page is so unpopular that it is too little interest for referencing.

Bookmark

Presentation: The bookmarks are tools that can save their favorite pages online to find them quickly. Sharing generally allows other members of the same site to find links.

Type: The bookmarks will usually give a link to a homepage or a page that has value added. Beware because some directors refuse to bookmark a member saves all links from its site.

Information: It is very important to be careful that the correct bookmark is visited by search engines. Some sites do not disclose bookmark favorites of their members and this has then no interest for referencing.

Press Releases

Presentation: The Press Releases sites allow to publish information about a company or a website. These sites are fairly recent, but it grows slowly.

Type: These are mainly commercial sites that use press releases to communicate. It is very rare for a small personal website, a blog or a forum is useful type of site.
The enormous advantage of some of these sites is that it is possible to insert multiple links in the description. This improves the visibility of pages deep.

Information: This media is excessively used by webmasters and marketing manager who copy and paste the same content on multiple release. We must therefore beware of duplicate content that is present on this type of site.

Wiki

Presentation: A wiki is a tool to facilitate collaborative authoring articles. The best-known wikis is undoubtedly the encyclopedia Wikipedia, which uses the platform to create Wiki called “MediaWiki”.

Type: Some wiki willing to add links DoFollow. The links are major interest to be relevant vis-à-vis the theme.

Information: There is unfortunately little wiki, so it’s more complicated to find a wiki that does not use NoFollow. must know that MediaWiki is not the only wikis platform.

Social Network

Presentation: Social networks are becoming increasingly present on the internet and are becoming more important for users. Community networks become powerful and highly visited.

Type: It is sometimes possible to add a link to its website which will usually present on the sheet member. In general there is a link where it is not possible to change the anchor.

Information: Beyond the interest of obtaining a link indexable by search engines, these tools can help to obtain a direct visitor traffic so important.

FFA
Presentation: The FFA (Free For All) sites are without real content which has a huge list of keywords on the homepage. This list can be likened to a cloud of tags.

Type: Enrollment in a site is very easy. Often the link to the homepage of the site is used.

Information: The interest is very poor. This improves very little optimization, the input of visitors is low and to top it all email addresses collected during registration are often spammed.

Partnership

Presentation: The development partnership is a concept very attractive on the net. When two sites have a theme similar or complementary they can advertise each other.

Type: The more often a partnership allows for a link exchange partner via a page. Sometimes a quality partnership is announced on the blogs of the two websites, especially if it involves enterprises.

Information: This technique is especially suited for field referencing is also more particularly a method of marketing that can give visibility to two complementary activities. Both parties win and the respective site visitors who can find sites that can generate their interest.

Sponsored Link

Presentation: Some specialized advertising companies can buy links. It is a way of paying to enjoy the PageRank of a site.

Type: What’s great is that it is possible to use the anchor of their choice on the page of his choice. The downside is that these links have nothing natural. They are often placed in the footer, are not placed in a text and theme can be very different.
The price fixed by the advertising depends largely on the PageRank of the site editor.

Information: Google has decided to hunt for listings. A site that “prostitute” their PageRank may be penalized.

Sponsored post

Presentation: Some blogs are very popular and attracts the interest of communication agencies. Tickets sponsored allow bloggers to earn money and the agency to publish an article to be read by a wider audience.

Type: This option allows to set up several links are accessed and the content of their choice (videos, photos …). Sponsored require tickets, however, be of a minimum quality to ensure that regular visitors do not bully the blog advertising and blogger himself.

Information: A non-negligible part of bloggers is open to this principle, some even show rates on a special page for advertisers. Do not hesitate to contact the blogger to find out if interested.

Guest-blogging

Presentation: The guest-blogging is a concept that allows any person to write an article on a blog that is not hers. The blog this article accepts that usually adds a link to the website of the author.

Type: This technique allows to obtain at least one link to the homepage of its website and if the item has been thinking it is sometimes possible to establish other links in the content of the article .

Information: The guest-blogging provides benefits to both guest bloggers as bloggers hosting. But we should try to ensure that the article written either as

Linkbaiting

Presentation: Develop a campaign Linkbaiting is to create content high value added, to obtain it naturally links.

Type: This technique has a strong potential for referencing. If the technique is successful, a high intake of link to the page content will be made.

Information: Think to establish appropriate links to sculpt PageRank will happen on this page.

]]> http://www.searchreadyseo.com/blog/whats-the-best-seo-package/feed/ 0 FREE keyword research tools http://www.searchreadyseo.com/blog/free-keyword-research-tools/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=free-keyword-research-tools http://www.searchreadyseo.com/blog/free-keyword-research-tools/#comments Thu, 24 Dec 2009 03:05:09 +0000 admin http://www.searchreadyseo.com/blog/?p=341 Here is a list of the FREE keyword research tools I used before:

1. Google Keyword Tool – https://adwords.google.com/select/KeywordToolExternal
2. Google Search Based Keyword Tool – http://www.google.com/sktool
3. WordTracker Free Keyword Suggestion Tool – http://freekeywords.wordtracker.com/
4. DigitalPoint Keyword Sugestion Tool – http://www.digitalpoint.com/tools/suggestion/
5. Miva Keyword Tool – https://account.uk.miva.com/advertiser/Account/Popups/KeywordGenBox.asp
6. freekeywords.wordtracker.com

]]> http://www.searchreadyseo.com/blog/free-keyword-research-tools/feed/ 0 Google shutting down Youtube? http://www.searchreadyseo.com/blog/google-shutting-down-youtube/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=google-shutting-down-youtube http://www.searchreadyseo.com/blog/google-shutting-down-youtube/#comments Mon, 19 Oct 2009 20:48:15 +0000 admin http://www.searchreadyseo.com/blog/?p=269 Google is spending more than $2 million a day on YouTube — and it is nowhere near seeing a return on that investment. Indeed, it may be losing up to $1.65 million daily on the video site.

According to financial firm Credit Suisse and Internet measurement provider comScore Inc. , YouTube Inc. is on track to serve 75 billion video streams to 375 million unique visitors in 2009.

That’s the good news. The bad? To support those visitors, Google (Nasdaq: GOOG) will spend more than $2 million dollars daily — to be exact, up to $2,064,054 a day, or $753 million annualized, according to Internet Evolution calculations of YouTube’s costs derived from a range of sources, including Bear Stearns & Co. Inc. , comScore, Credit Suisse, and Google itself.

Now, Google does not disclose sales figures by division, so there is no definitive revenue number for YouTube. The range of estimates from financial analysts stretches from a low of $90 million (Bear Stearns) to a high of $240 million (Credit Suisse).

All the numbers are well below the estimated maximum of $753 million Google is spending annually, based on our calculations. So, depending on whose version of revenues you accept, Google is losing anywhere from $513 million to $663 million annually on YouTube, or anywhere from $1.4 million to as much as $1.65 million every day (see chart below).

My thoughts:
So what does that mean? End of Youtube? How is this going to effect webmasters making money on Youtube? No more “free” advertising?
The biggest problem is that the internet is using the same basic archaic technology that it always did.

Video sharing is expensive. unless Google come up with a good plan to monetize the website, they indeed have to sell or close it.

Would lot of people be shocked if Google decides to shut down youtube? Absolutely

Google is doing pretty good in other area’s to keep certain lack luster divisions a float, their stock is still earning and is worth plenty. When you see their numbers start to drop in the stocks, and they start taking on more debt and less income, then watch for them to start to consolidate things like YouTube and Google Voice, and drop a lot of their projects that are failures.

Source:http://www.internetevolution.com/author.asp?section_id=715&doc_id=175123&

]]> http://www.searchreadyseo.com/blog/google-shutting-down-youtube/feed/ 0 Is Social Bookmarking links permanent? http://www.searchreadyseo.com/blog/is-social-bookmarking-links-permanent/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=is-social-bookmarking-links-permanent http://www.searchreadyseo.com/blog/is-social-bookmarking-links-permanent/#comments Mon, 03 Aug 2009 17:07:04 +0000 admin http://webseoguru.wordpress.com/?p=133 A lot of times, I get questions about whether or not Social networking links are permanent or how long will they last?

Before I answer this question, here are links of social networking sites (could be more)

Is Social Bookmarking links permanent?
Hi,

i am wondering are links from social bookmarking permanent? if not how long do they last?

Does google value links from social bookmarking sites? (like digg?)
If you don’t get banned then yes these are permanent. digg is no more linking site direct. if the site page on which contains ur link stop indexing the link will vanish after some time.

social bookmark can actually bring lots of traffic to your site. (do not submit irrelevant site to social bookmark- you might get initial visit- but it will not last – submit site that match your description)

some social bookmark site do give you backlinks. with respect to digg.. you will get backlinks from its internal search engine–> for example:
Code:

http://digg.com/search?s=good+seo services

(in other words, ppl is searching for your site in digg and pays you a visit). – it stays in my as a backlink to my site for almost 1 month now (still there).

Conclusion: social bookmark can give you high quality traffic if your site submitted is relevant. with respect to link buildings, i would say it is less effective than trying to submit a post in forums. But who cares , it seriously generates traffic to your site. In a nut shell i would recommend social bookmarking as a way to generate traffic.

PS: if you want to generate backlinks –> yahoo answer is one of the way to generate backlinks kinda of effective (of course, you need to provide relevant answer or something related to what the asker is asking for)

Keep in mind that:Your site will only be deleted if they are found to be spam ones. (Bad advertising techniques)

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