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Jul

28

2011

10 Sleek Google+ Icons for Your Website or Blog

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Matt Silverman has a cool article about Google+ Icons:

Now that you’ve had a few weeks to get your feet wet with Google+, it’s time to make sure your other web properties are linking to your +Profile in style.

As always, the web is teeming with talented and generous artists who offer their visions of a more beautiful Internet up for free. We’ve sampled their wares and chosen the classiest badges and buttons that will alert your readers in no uncertain terms: “Hey, I’m doing things on the Google+!”

Read the rest of the article: 10 Sleek Google+ Icons for Your Website or Blog

Jul

21

2011

Google+ vs Facebook – Is Facebook the new MySpace?

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Real quick post of an awesomely funny YouTube video I found about Google+ vs Facebook.

Is Facebook the new MySpace??

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Oct

29

2010

Where is the Value?

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You hear it all the time, “Provide value, and people will flock to you.” So what the hell is value anyway? Is it the next “Secret?” Is it a way to generate one more lead a day? Or 1000 more leads a day? Is it how to get ranked one spot higher on Google, or the latest and greatest plug-in for your blog?

I don’t know about you, but I’ve definitely been guilty of offering all the above, stating their value. Well, not the 1000 leads in a day, because if I could generate 1000 leads a day, I definitely wouldn’t have time to write this blog. Or sleep for that matter, but I digress.

So I’ll ask the question again. What is value? What I find valuable might not be valuable to you, or to Mike or Sally. So what value do you pick? I’ve been thinking about this for some time and I’ve come up with only 1 thing that is valuable to everyone.

It’s making money.

Oh sure, some people will say, building relationships, spending time with my family, helping other people out and having time freedom are what’s valuable to them.

That may be true, but try as you might, you’ll never get far with any of the above without cold hard cash.

As shallow as that sounds, it’s a fact.

Yes, I hear you…. You CAN build relationships without money, but you’ll do it in the dark because your electricity has been shut off.

Come on! Bottom line is you need to make money. And if you’ve started a home-based business, there’s no point in doing it if you’re not making money.

Being at the top of Google, and having the latest and greatest plug-in, and generating 1000 leads a day is awesome, but if you don’t have the skills to turn all that into a bonus check, the value is crap.

So, with that being said, where do we go from here?

Well, I want to offer my help, and the help of my Mastermind Group. With the systems we have in place and are using daily, it’s helping us with the bottom line: Getting a bonus check every week. And they can do the same for you. That is, if you’re coachable, and willing to be “ALL IN”.

  • We’ll teach you how to evaluate any company and figure out just what you need to do to make the money you want to make.
  • We’ll teach you how to generate highly qualified, laser-targeted leads, to work with and build those relationships.
  • We’ll teach you how to talk to people based on what THEY are like and what motivates THEM, not some generic “Sales tool.”
  • We’ll teach you exactly what to say and what to do to get past that “Salesman Alarm” most people have.
  • We’ll teach you how to market online and offline.
  • We’ll teach you how to present your business in less than 5 minutes with enough information for your prospect to make a decision to join you or become a customer.
  • We’ll teach you what works, and what doesn’t.

In a nutshell, we’ll teach you a recipe for success.

So again, if you’re coachable, and are willing to be “ALL IN” we’ll show you what real value is. We’ll show you how to get paid.

Get started working with me by downloading our free eBook called Success in 10 Steps.

Then actually read it.

I’ll give you call in a day or two and we’ll lay out a plan for your success.

If this doesn’t sound valuable to you, that’s ok. Good luck with your new plug-in!

To Your Success, Because Your Success Matters!

David Haines
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Jul

25

2010

What the Heck is Pinging and do I Need it for my Blog?

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Category : Blogging

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This article explains what a Ping Service is and why it’s important for you if you want your blog articles indexed on major search engines. It also points out a potential problem with the WordPress Update Service and a way you can avoid getting banned by the very Pinging Services you’re pushing your content to.

Ping Definition per Wikipedia in “Geek Speak” – In blogging, ping is an XML-RPC-based push mechanism by which a weblog notifies a server that its content has been updated. An XML-RPC signal is sent to one or more “ping servers,” which can then generate a list of blogs that have new material. Many blog authoring tools automatically ping one or more servers each time the blogger creates a new post or updates an old one.

In other words, every time you post a new blog article you should ping the various search engines so they will know you have new content and come spider your site to index it.

Jim Rohn Sampler Pack

If you use WordPress as your blogging platform, there is a feature included that will send a ping every time you have new content. You will find this service under Settings -> Writing in the menu on the left of your WordPress Admin Page. Scroll to the bottom and you will find a section called “Update Services”. Here is where your ping settings are found.

WordPress comes with the default ping service rpc.pingomatic.com, which is fine to start out with, but there are literally 100s of other pinging services you can use if you really want to get your site out there. I will include a list of some popular ones below.

A problem I have found with the WordPress Update Service is that every time you update an article, WordPress will send a ping to the list of Ping Services, thus duplicating your URL. That’s a no-no for most services and they will ban your URL from being indexed. Not good! And this can happen without your knowledge and you can potentially lose a lot of traffic without even know it.

The solution I’ve found is a plugin called MaxBlogPress Ping Optimizer. This plugin will make sure WordPress does not send a ping update to your list if you update/modify a blog article. It only allows the pings when you Publish your article the first time, so your chances of being banned are highly minimized.

I highly recommend that you install this plugin and activate it right away. You will need to register your name and site with the plugin to use it. After the activation, go to Settings -> MBP Ping Optimizer. You don’t need to do much except put the list below in the URIs to Ping, and make sure the Enable Pinging checkbox is checked. Then Save Settings and it will do the work for you.

Here’s the list of recommended Ping sites.

http://www.a2b.cc/setloc/bp.a2b

http://1470.net/api/ping

http://a2b.cc/setloc/bp.a2b

http://api.feedster.com/ping

http://api.moreover.com/ping

http://api.moreover.com/RPC2

http://api.my.yahoo.co.jp/RPC2

http://api.my.yahoo.com/ping

http://api.my.yahoo.com/RPC2

http://api.my.yahoo.com/rss/ping

http://audiorpc.weblogs.com/RPC2

http://bblog.com/ping.php

http://bitacoles.net/notificacio.php

http://bitacoles.net/ping.php

http://bitacoras.net/ping

http://blo.gs/ping.php

http://blog.goo.ne.jp

http://blog.goo.ne.jp/XMLRPC

http://blogbot.dk/io/xml-rpc.php

http://blogdb.jp

http://blogdb.jp/xmlrpc

http://blogdigger.com/RPC2

http://blogmatcher.com/u.php

http://blogoole.com/ping/

http://blogoon.net/ping/

http://blogpeople.net/ping

http://blogroots.com/tb_populi.blog?id=1

http://blogsearch.google.ae/ping/RPC2

http://blogsearch.google.at/ping/RPC2

http://blogsearch.google.be/ping/RPC2

http://blogsearch.google.bg/ping/RPC2

http://blogsearch.google.ca/ping/RPC2

http://blogsearch.google.ch/ping/RPC2

http://blogsearch.google.cl/ping/RPC2

http://blogsearch.google.co.cr/ping/RPC2

http://blogsearch.google.co.hu/ping/RPC2

http://blogsearch.google.co.id/ping/RPC2

http://blogsearch.google.co.il/ping/RPC2

http://blogsearch.google.co.in/ping/RPC2

http://blogsearch.google.co.it/ping/RPC2

http://blogsearch.google.co.jp/ping/RPC2

http://blogsearch.google.co.ma/ping/RPC2

http://blogsearch.google.co.nz/ping/RPC2

http://blogsearch.google.co.th/ping/RPC2

http://blogsearch.google.co.uk/ping/RPC2

http://blogsearch.google.co.ve/ping/RPC2

http://blogsearch.google.co.za/ping/RPC2

http://blogsearch.google.com.ar/ping/RPC2

http://blogsearch.google.com.au/ping/RPC2

http://blogsearch.google.com.br/ping/RPC2

http://blogsearch.google.com.co/ping/RPC2

http://blogsearch.google.com.do/ping/RPC2

http://blogsearch.google.com.mx/ping/RPC2

http://blogsearch.google.com.my/ping/RPC2

http://blogsearch.google.com.pe/ping/RPC2

http://blogsearch.google.com.sa/ping/RPC2

http://blogsearch.google.com.sg/ping/RPC2

http://blogsearch.google.com.tr/ping/RPC2

http://blogsearch.google.com.tw/ping/RPC2

http://blogsearch.google.com.ua/ping/RPC2

http://blogsearch.google.com.uy/ping/RPC2

http://blogsearch.google.com.vn/ping/RPC2

http://blogsearch.google.com/ping/RPC2

http://blogsearch.google.com/ping/RPC2

http://blogsearch.google.com/ping/RPC2

http://blogsearch.google.de/ping/RPC2

http://blogsearch.google.es/ping/RPC2

http://blogsearch.google.fi/ping/RPC2

http://blogsearch.google.fr/ping/RPC2

http://blogsearch.google.gr/ping/RPC2

http://blogsearch.google.hr/ping/RPC2

http://blogsearch.google.ie/ping/RPC2

http://blogsearch.google.in/ping/RPC2

http://blogsearch.google.it/ping/RPC2

http://blogsearch.google.jp/ping/RPC2

http://blogsearch.google.lt/ping/RPC2

http://blogsearch.google.nl/ping/RPC2

http://blogsearch.google.pl/ping/RPC2

http://blogsearch.google.pt/ping/RPC2

http://blogsearch.google.ro/ping/RPC2

http://blogsearch.google.ru/ping/RPC2

http://blogsearch.google.se/ping/RPC2

http://blogsearch.google.sk/ping/RPC2

http://blogsearch.google.tw/ping/RPC2

http://blogsearch.google.us/ping/RPC2

http://blogshares.com/rpc.php

http://blogsnow.com/ping

http://blogstreet.com/xrbin/xmlrpc.cgi

http://blogupdate.org/ping/

http://bulkfeeds.net

http://bulkfeeds.net/rpc

http://catapings.com/ping.php

http://coreblog.org/ping

http://effbot.org/rpc/ping.cgi

http://feedsky.com/api/RPC2

http://fgiasson.com/pings/ping.php

http://hamo-search.com/ping.php

http://holycowdude.com/rpc/ping/

http://imblogs.net/ping/

http://lasermemory.com/lsrpc/

http://mod-pubsub.org

http://mod-pubsub.org/kn_apps/blogchatt

http://mod-pubsub.org/knapps/blogchatt

http://mod-pubsub.org/ping.php

http://newsblog.jungleboots.org/ping.php

http://newsisfree.com/RPCCloud

http://packetmonster.net/xmlrpc.php

http://ping.amagle.com

http://ping.amagle.com/

http://ping.bitacoras.com

http://ping.bitacoras.com

http://ping.blo.gs

http://ping.blogg.de/

http://ping.bloggers.jp/rpc

http://ping.blogoon.net/

http://ping.blogs.yandex.ru/RPC2

http://ping.cocolog-nifty.com/xmlrpc

http://ping.exblog.jp/xmlrpc

http://ping.fakapster.com/rpc

http://ping.fc2.com/

http://ping.feedburner.com

http://ping.feeds.yahoo.com/RPC2/

http://ping.kutsulog.net/

http://ping.myblog.jp

http://ping.namaan.net/rpc

http://ping.rootblog.com/rpc.php

http://ping.snap.com/ping/RPC2

http://ping.syndic8.com/xmlrpc.php

http://ping.weblogalot.com/rpc.php

http://ping.weblogs.se

http://ping.wordblog.de/

http://pinger.blogflux.com/rpc

http://pingoat.com/

http://pingoat.com/goat/RPC2

http://pingqueue.com/rpc/

http://popdex.com/addsite.php

http://r.hatena.ne.jp/rpc

http://rcs.datashed.net

http://rcs.datashed.net/RPC2

http://rpc.blogbuzzmachine.com/RPC2

http://rpc.bloggerei.de/ping/

http://rpc.blogrolling.com/pinger

http://rpc.britblog.com/

http://rpc.icerocket.com:10080

http://rpc.newsgator.com/

http://rpc.pingomatic.com

http://rpc.reader.livedoor.com/ping

http://rpc.tailrank.com/feedburner/RPC2

http://rpc.technorati.com/rpc/ping

http://rpc.twingly.com

http://rpc.weblogs.com/RPC2

http://rpc.wpkeys.com

http://services.newsgator.com/ngws/xmlrpcping.aspx

http://signup.alerts.msn.com/alerts-PREP/submitPingExtended.doz

http://snipsnap.org/RPC2

http://syndic8.com/xmlrpc.php

http://thingamablog.sourceforge.net/ping.php

http://topicexchange.com

http://topicexchange.com/RPC2

http://trackback.bakeinu.jp/bakeping.php

http://wasalive.com/ping/

http://weblogues.com/ping/

http://weblogues.com/RPC/

http://www.a2b.cc

http://www.a2b.cc/setloc/bp.a2b

http://www.bitacoles.net/ping.php

http://www.blogdigger.com/RPC2

http://www.bloglines.com/ping

http://www.blogoole.com/ping/

http://www.blogoon.net/ping

http://www.blogpeople.net

http://www.blogpeople.net/servlet/weblogUpdates

http://www.blogroots.com

http://www.blogroots.com/tb_populi.blog?id=1

http://www.blogroots.com/tbpopuli.blog?id=1

http://www.blogsdominicanos.com/ping/

http://www.blogshares.com/rpc.php

http://www.blogsnow.com/ping

http://www.blogstreet.com/xrbin/xmlrpc.cgi

http://www.catapings.com/ping.php

http://www.feedsky.com/api/RPC2

http://www.holycowdude.com/rpc/ping/

http://www.imblogs.net/ping/

http://www.lasermemory.com

http://www.lasermemory.com/lsrpc

http://www.mod-pubsub.org/kn_apps/blogchatter/ping.php

http://www.mod-pubsub.org/knapps/blogchatter/ping.php

http://www.mod-pubsub.org/ping.php

http://www.newsisfree.com/RPCCloud

http://www.newsisfree.com/xmlrpctest.php

http://www.octora.com/add_rss.php

http://www.popdex.com

http://www.popdex.com/addsite.php

http://www.snipsnap.org

http://www.snipsnap.org/RPC2

http://www.wasalive.com/ping/

http://www.weblogues.com

http://www.weblogues.com/RPC

http://www.xianguo.com/xmlrpc/ping.php

http://www.zhuaxia.com/rpc/server.php

http://xmlrpc.blogg.de

http://xping.pubsub.com/ping

http://zhuaxia.com/rpc/server.php

http://zing.zingfast.com

Happy Pinging! I hope you find this article useful, I’d be thrilled if you would share it with all your blogging friends, and I’m sure they could use the added traffic.

To Your Success, Because Your Success Matters!

David Haines
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