Monthly Archives: April 2007

Using robots.txt file to prevent search engine spidering

When a search engine spider vists a site, say http://www.YourSite.com/, first of all, it checks for YourSite.com/robots.txt. If the robots.txt file exists (you actually created one) it will look for this code. User-agent: * Disallow: / Sometimes, for certain reasons such as: sales pages site rules disclaimers privacy policies private pages contact pages (prevent spamming)… Read More »

Redirecting your urls to a www prefix

Here is a sure way to ensure that your site always starts with a http://www. prefix. It doesn’t really matter as far as SEO is concerned whether a www. is better than a non www, but it still appears that at least 90% of all sites on the web start with a www. If you… Read More »

Category: SEO

How to choose a good domain name

Without a doubt, this is the most important step of all. Be sure of what you want to implement on your site, the concept or theme, before you start the process of brainstorming a suitable domain. There is nothing like the satisfaction of owning a domain name that you can call your very own, at… Read More »

Domain basics

I have something to reveal, I’m a domaining enthusiast. Although I don’t claim to be a pro at it, but domaining is something that got me a lot more fixated with the web a long time ago and instantly gave me a presence on the web. Just register a domain and “voila!” you have an… Read More »

SearchMash, a cool search engine from Google.

I have been using this search engine for a while and I’ll give it the thumbs up. SearchMash is a search engine owned and operated by Google and is basically a test bed for Google to test out new interfaces and other user friendly features. True to Google style, it is very plain and appears… Read More »

First post

I have been involved in learning online business for a while now; over one year to be more precise and during that time I have learned a lot about how the net works and of course, online business. But that isn’t to say I’m a pro, but rather I am just about getting into the… Read More »