North Carolina SEO Extends Online Offerings

For several years the North Carolina SEO, Michael D. Hudson, has been working on the web designing and developing quality eCommerce and news sites for himself and a few select customers. More recently, Michael has opened My NC SEO (http://myncseo.com) making it easier for businesses to find him as well as others who need a well known and respected search engine optimizer to handle placing their business website for all to find.

Why My NC SEO?

Often existing clients of Michael were asked how they achieved top 10 rankings on both Google and Yahoo. When asked each would answer "My North Carolina SEO".

If interested to learn more about search engine optimization and/or contact Michael D. Hudson directly, please visit the new search engine optimization website at http://myncseo.com today.

Google Blog Search

Unless you have been on a different planet or completely away from the internet for these past few years, you realize how dominant Google is to online searches. Now you can add blog searching to that list.

According to Google Blog Search (http://blogsearch.google.com/) is:

Blog Search is Google search technology focused on blogs. Google is a strong believer in the self-publishing phenomenon represented by blogging, and we hope Blog Search will help our users to explore the blogging universe more effectively, and perhaps inspire many to join the revolution themselves. Whether you're looking for Harry Potter reviews, political commentary, summer salad recipes or anything else, Blog Search enables you to find out what people are saying on any subject of your choice.

Your results include all blogs, not just those published through Blogger; our blog index is continually updated, so you'll always get the most accurate and up-to-date results; and you can search not just for blogs written in English, but in French, Italian, German, Spanish, Korean, Brazilian Portuguese and other languages as well.

see Google Blog Search Help for more...>

What this means for you?

If you have a blog that publishes a feed for the public, you should seriously consider adding blog search to your list. Visit the help feed linked above for more details about how to get listed, how the search works and what additional search options are available specifically within the blog search section.

Google is the dominant search engine and blog search is just one more tool for them and for you to enhance your position in the online marketplace.

Google Index Adds Antiques, Collectibles and Auction News In 2 Weeks

For quite some time (years) there has been a great deal of discussion among SEO's, website developers, website owners and hosts about the Google "sandbox". The sandbox is a very real thing that has caused many new websites to drop from the higher rankings.

On August 14, 2007 the domain for Antiques, Collectibles and Auction News was purchased and shortly afterwards the site was developed and unveiled on Lunar Pages since they have proven to be a top quality, reliable web hosting company. Between that start and August 28, 2007 (approx. 2 weeks), the site showed 28 pages indexed by Google (see Antiques, Collectibles & Auction News site pages indexed on Google) and Yahoo! showed approximately 280 webpages outside of the Antiques, Collectibles and Auction News site with links pointing to at least one of its pages.

These types of results are achievable through diligence and a planned rollout of your business website. The above referenced website is a news blog with no pre-existing content, limited resources and limited staffing.

We shall keep an eye on the progress of this site to demonstrate how a site can succeed on a limited budget with a focus on search engine optimization to include quality content for its readership.

New Sneads Ferry North Carolina Blog News Site

There have been a ton of things happening in our little community called Sneads Ferry. Some are pushing for incorporation and some are vehemently against.

To make it easier to learn what is going on, we have created the Sneads Ferry North Carolina News Blog at http://sneadsferrynorthcarolina.blogspot.com to include articles with the facts about what is going on as well as a calendar for the community along with the county wide calender for Onslow as well.

Our intent is to provide "the rest of the story" for those who really want to know.

How can you help? Please select the Digg option here and complete the process to help raise awareness.

What is Web 2.0?

Recently, there have been a ton of references to "Web 2.0" and how you can take advantage of it to make money by the handfuls! As with so many other overhyped statements, this is only partially true. Maybe with a little more information we can clarify...

First, a definition of Web 2.0 might be in order:

• Web 2.0 - From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
  
  Web 2.0, a phrase coined by O'Reilly Media in 2004, refers to a supposed second-generation of Internet-based services — such as social networking sites, wikis, communication tools, and folksonomies — that let people collaborate and share information online in previously unavailable ways.

By the way, Wikipedia would easily be considered an example of Web 2.0 along with many other notables like: Flickr, MySpace, etc. Some personal examples using the services of Web 2.0 would be: http://www.myspace.com/beachmick, http://www.flickr.com/photos/seawitchantiques/, and http://del.icio.us/carolinaseo.

Even using free blogging tools can take advantage of Web 2.0 such as the following: http://gardeningandhorticulture.blogspot.com, and http://sneadsferrynorthcarolina.blogspot.com {note the links for Digg and Del.icio.us at the top). Making it easier for visitors to control their own destiny is a primary factor of Web 2.0. Whether it be bookmarking, leaving comments, organization in a personal area or "Digging" and leaving notes for others, Web 2.0 is much more social than prior internet tools and therefore growning exponentially!

Hopefully this give you a better understanding of Web 2.0 and where the Internet as a whole is headed for the future.

Web Hosting to Write Home About

A few months ago, I switched web hosting companies on a few sites of my own as well as some clients. Now that those months have passed, I am breathing a little easier...

The company I switched to is Lunar Pages which has been ranked either #1 or very near number 1 as long as I have been monitoring them.

Some might ask why the change? Stability of a website is critical to long term success with both search engine optimization as well as user satisfaction. People are unwilling to wait or come back to a site that is down or hard to access. Considering this is how I make my living, it is fundamental that any site I work on or for must be stable.

I would suggest anyone wanting to improve their position on the web at least take a look at the offerings of Lunar Pages {see graphic link above} before using another web hosting company, or worse yet, doing nothing at all.

Seafood Plus Info: Complete Site Redesign

Seafood Plus Info has been online for over a year now providing quality seafood selections for:

• Clam Recipes
• Crab Recipes
• Flounder Recipes
• Grouper Recipes
• Oyster Recipes
• Scallop Recipes
• Seafood Soups and Stews
• Shrimp Recipes
• Snapper Recipes
• Tuna Recipes

The new site design is based on phpWebsite originally developed by Appalachian State University in Boone, North Carolina. The site now features many more options for users and management plans to continue offering more features and recipes for their visitors.

Stop by http://www.seafoodplus.info today to see what all the hoopla is about and maybe find the perfect seafood dinner recipe along the way!