Speedlink V40/2011, SEO, Social Web, Blogging, Bing And Microsoft

Hello everyone! Hope you all had a great week.

This week, what called my attention more, aside from the Gadaffi issue, which I prefer not to elaborate, was Wall Street Journal’s report about yet another attempt from Microsoft to acquire Yahoo. You all know that in 2008, Microsoft launch an unsolicited US$44.6-billion mega takeover bid for Yahoo. Such bid was rejected by Yahoo! founder and CEO at the time, Jerry Yang (WTF?). Since, Yahoo!’s shares have lost nearly 44% in value and should Microsoft be successful this time, that would be an awesome discount 🙂 Or, they are just lucky. What do you think? Do you feel that Microsoft will succeed this time and if they do, what will that add to users experience? Lot of questions, really. We’ll see.

Another noteworthy news is Bing saying that they are still using meta keyword tags as ranking signals. Thing is that they are using it to identify spammers, and not to improve rankings. So, if you are using meta keywords, you might want to read SearchEngineLand’s post about it.

As usual, in no particular order:

Blogging/Online Business

• 7 Blog Design Tips from a Content Strategist
• Guest Blogging Answers by Ann Smarty
• Add Value to Your Business through Blogging
• Beginner Tips for Affiliate Marketing with Social Media
• Hundreds of Pakistani Adsense Publishers Banned by Adsense

SEO/Marketing

• The Meta Keywords Tag Lives At Bing & Why Only Spammers Should Use It
• SEO For Small Online Business Owners
• 7 Technical SEO Wins for Web Developers
• Whiteboard Takeover – Branded SEO for Page 1 Domination
• 65 Ways to Drive Traffic to Your Blog
• Protecting Your Business’s Online Reputation
• PDF Traffic Generation: How to Tap into the Untapped

Social Web/Other Stuff

• 12 Best Social Media Tools You Should Be Using
• Google+ Will Support Pseudonyms In the Future
• 15 “Google-Proof” Ways to Create a Quality Niche Site [Niche Affiliate Income #2]
• Facebook Timeline: 10 Simple Tips and Tricks
• Social Sharing Buttons: Are You Driving Your Readers Away?

How does Google determine page speed?

Google is really obsessed with speed, as should you. In case you missed it, here’s one (free) proven way to increase your WordPress site speed dramatically.

That’s it! Enjoy and have a great week ahead.