How to View Your Web Site as Search Engines See It

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For many who start out in web site management, they learn quickly from the experienced webmasters about search engine optimization. Such things as layout and keywords are usually discussed with many tips and tricks offered to improved a web site’s earch engine ranking. There are many web sites that are made up mainly of flash or images which can cause problems with search engines since they have difficulty reading either format.

One of the biggest tips is good unique content with lots of text. The text is what search engines use to rank a web site. In this post I will show you a quick method of viewing your web site as search engines may see it. This will allow you to determine if what the search engines see is how you expect them to see your web site.

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Review: The Orange Paper

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While most blogs regarding money are about making it online, some are focused on more saving and investing. These types of blogs usually provide tips on playing the markets and how to invest for the greatest return. As always, however, it is still better to consult with a financial advisor.

The blog I am reviewing this week is about saving and investing money. The catch, though, is that the blog is more focused on investing in India than any other country. This makes the blog more unique than other blogs I have reviewed.

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One Year Later: Lessons Learned

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Technically Easy is my first attempt at blogging. I had designed web sites in the past, but never took up the task of blogging, especially on a regular basis. I have learned many lessons over the past year, and now know what it takes to make a better blog.

I have written posts in the past about what not to do with regards to web sites, but this post will share my experiences of what I have learned over the past year as well as provide a few resolutions that I will try to achieve in the future..

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Blog Traffic Stats – One Year Later

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In my previous post I talked about how Technically Easy evolved over the past year, as well as discussed the name, domain and logo. In continuing with my one year of blogging, I will now discuss the traffic Technically Easy has received over the past year.

For those new to web sites or blogging, you may have seen similar traffic stats to your site. Although the numbers aren’t huge by some standards, they are still good for a one year old site.

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One Year Later

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A year ago I decided to get into the world of blogging. I had thought about it for some time before, but never really sat down and tried. Then on June 23, 2007 I decided to give it a shot, and started a blog on Blogger. Today marks one year since I started Technically Easy and like many others who have started blogs, I have learned a lot about managing a blog.

This week I will publish the three usual posts, but all posts will discuss how I managed Technically Easy, the mistakes I made and the successes I found. This post will focus on the name, logo, and design of Technically Easy and how they have changed over the past year.

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Using Mozy for my Online Backups

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Recently I wrote a post titled My Introduction to Online Backups where I discussed two of the more popular online backup services. The two I discussed were Carbonite and Mozy.

I decided to choose Mozy as my online backup service mainly because of its ability to backup data from an external hard drive. Since all of my data is on an external hard drive, this was a major point in my decision. In this post I will outline my experience with the service so far.

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What is a NAS Device?

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I have talked about archiving photos in past posts, and I have been thinking about using a NAS device for archiving the photos. Last week I talked about beginning my adventures of online backups to the cloud.

Recently, however, I have been thinking about how I access my digital photos. I currently have a laptop and desktop, and would like to be able to view and edit the photos on either machine. This has got me thinking more about getting a NAS server. For those that don’t know what a NAS device is, I will explain what it is in this post.

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