There are many reasons to write a blog post including: search engine optimization (to get a page ranked highly in Google Search) conversion (to sell a product or service or provide information related to the site nic...
I have a personal family blog used for blogging about things we do as a family. Recently, we got a new camera and now have hundreds of home movies and photos, easily 10GB worth. I'd like to upload all these images and ...
What if I find my own personal information (such as name/address/phone number, etc) published on a third party site. And, let's say that page is already indexed and available in Google Search. Could I have that informa...
Here's a nice tutorial from Google on how to create your own custom search engine. There's even a way to add your own custom list of sites. https://www.google.com/cse/docs/ http://support.google.com/customsearch//bin...
The thing I always suggest when people talk about Google algorithm changes and instability in how sites are ranked is to simply go back to basics. Publish highest quality articles on your blog or site, update daily if n...
Most blogs that I visit have shorter posts containing mostly opinion based info, while others have wiki-length in-depth articles on niche topics. So which style is more appropriate for a blog? Which do you use, the sho...
What if your account gets locked or hacked? Is there some way to contact Yahoo to resolve the matter?
Is there a page where a site can be submitted for inclusions into the Yahoo Search results?
If I make changes to my website home page or make changes to my site, how long will it be before these changes are reflected in the Yahoo! Search results?
In Yahoo search, how can I find a list of sites linking to mine?
Yahoo Search TOS says one sign of a spam like page (or one they don't want to include in their search results) is one that interferes with user navigation. Can someone please explain what this means and how a page could...
Have you noticed how Yahoo Search ads look a lot like the actual search results. If you are not looking carefully, you're likely to click on one of the ads that appears at the top of the page. Though it's marked as 'ad...
Yahoo Search defines spam as: Some pages are created deliberately to trick the search engine into offering inappropriate, redundant or poor-quality search results. This is often called "spam." Can you give some exampl...
What are some of the reasons a site might have been dropped from the Yahoo Search results? Mostly talking about a site that had previously ranked well i Yahoo search for one or more search terms.
When you visit the Yahoo search home page, you get news, weather, stock quotes plus it's customizable to add more. In your opinion is the Yahoo Search home page too busy with too many activities going on? Should it be ...
Is Yahoo partnered up with another search provider to serve up search results or do they actually have a search engine that provides search results?
If you look at Bing search results, they are similar to Google's results. And, there is little to distinguish Bing from Google. In that way do you think Bing is a fail as a search engine, since they can only copy what ...
The only way to keep an SEO customer happy is with top placement in Google search for their chosen keywords. And, some clients are unrealistic in their expectations of what SEO can achieve, especially for very popular k...
Do you have a dally goal for how many new discussions you will post on your own forum? For instance, maybe you will post five new discussions.
For a forum response it can take me up to a minute or more to write a short response. And, much more time for a more detailed response. But for a forum thread, it takes up to five minutes to create each thread as I do ...
What should you do about forum threads/discussions that add no real value to the forum or are wrong niche for the forum?
What's the most controversial or flammable topic ever started on your forum?
Should free speech belong on a forum? How far do you allow your forum members to go when expressing their opinion on controversial subjects?
Do you offer any special perks for members such as site games or social networking features (profile page/guest book, etc)?
The trash category is usually for deleted/spam topics that have been moderated and only visible to staff. Do you have a trash category? And, how often do you check to see what has been deleted?
When I first started my forum, I did a few post exchanges and it helped generate a lot of good content and a few regular members. Over all the experience was very positive. Have you tried post exchanges for your forum?
Do you have hidden subforums where you offer content to loyal forum members who have minimum post count? For instance, maybe you have a premium downloads section for anyone with more than 100 posts or those who post reg...
Do you have a minimum standard of post quality such as for length, punctuation, grammar, etc? What if a member is very sloppy with their posts? Do you edit or delete?
On a niche forum, is it really necessary to have a chat thread or one that is for random off topic comments? This thread isn't about anything in particular but mostly random thoughts or comments. Have you used this ide...
Do you always create your new discussions in the morning or evening? Is there a particular time of day that works best for getting most forum responses to new discussions?
How can you find good article writers for your forum, assuming you need content produced that can go into the blog section? Do you have tips for hiring writers? Such as requirements, etc.
The news can be a good source of discussion starters, especially if you can find niche news or others for your general chat section. Do you use this idea as a way to get new content? Maybe by quoting the news source, l...
Do you encourage forum members to post new discussions about the seasons? These discussions wouldn't really be relevant through out the rest of the year, but might spur temporary traffic on forum. Also, how do you hand...
Do you publish articles and tutorials on your forum in your niche? Or, do you only have discussions and responses? And, do the articles get a good response from forum members? In what ways does it help to have a conte...
Are polls really useful for forum discussions? Do they help take a consensus of forum opinion or just provide a distraction? And, do you forum members actually use the forum poll option when provided?
If you have a new forum with little content (such as only a few dozen posts), do you think it can still rank in Google search or attract new members?
Some discussions draw lots of impassioned responses, such as those about politics or ethics. What's the most hot topic or flammable discussion ever started on your forum?
Whenever you post a pinned topic (such as site announcement, rules, contest, etc), do you allow comments on that thread or do you close it to comment?
How many posts does your forum have now? Feel free to come back and update weekly.
I've been to some very big forums that have many old spam threads that were not caught by moderators. I think it's easier for spammers to cover up their spam activities if the forum is very active and gets many new post...
