"Journey Through Life": December 2010

Thursday, December 16

Curtis Stone’s Christmas Holiday Recipe

Curtis Stone, one of Australia’s most favourite celebrity chef has some very interesting recipes to share with you and they are GREAT picks for your holiday Christmas feast! So let’s have a look at his first one:

1. Mango Glazed Fresh Atlantic Salmon

*Serves 8, Perparation Time 10 minutes, Cooking time 20 minutes

Relaxed Cooking with Curtis Stone: Recipes to Put You in My Favorite Mood

2. Maple & Caramelised Orange Triple Smoked Ham

*Serves 8, Perparation Time 20 minutes, Cooking time 3.45 hours

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Sunday, December 12

Recognizing Social Signals For Website Rankings

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SEO is one of those love hate subjects that people will never stop talking about. They can talk about on-page / off-page optimization, link building, white hat, grey hat, black hat SEO to death! But still there is always a demand for it because as we know search algorithm changes and there are always people interested in SEO for their website.

But is there a need to look into something further, especially social media since Google is now including social signals as part of a website ranking.

So let’s have a look at what I think about what’s possible first before looking at what I found…

Number of authority figures following you on Twitter or Facebook.

Number of authority figures quoting OR Retweeting ( Twitter) OR likes/ shares ( Facebook) your articles or posts

Number of people actually interacting with content on your website and this is not affected by your Alexa rankings or traffic you get on your website.

Number of Retweets your article gets, therefore affecting their rankings on search engines.

Number of Twitter Followers or Facebook Page Likes

There are also a number of things about Google featuring “social” results.

Share By “x” number of people

Realtime results on the main search page for “Justin Bieber“

Google Realtime search for “Chatroulette”

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Friday, December 10

RSS and Email Subscription – Why Both?

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RSS feeds, in simple terms are written in XML, which is a unique language quite similar to HTML. XML allows news reader or RSS reading software like FeedDemon display headlines, links or virtually any other portion of information from an RSS data feed. So when you subscribe to my feed, you will see content generated in FeedBurner or FeedDemon according to what is written on my blog posts.

But why provide the option to subscribe to my RSS feed?

1. You get content straightaway. You don’t have to visit my blog (although I would prefer that) to see what’s newly published. You will definitely receive newly updated content and there is 100% deliverability.

2. It’s automatic. Once you open up FeedDemon (which is my preferred RSS news reader), new content will be updated straightaway and you’ll see it.

I hear a but… yes a but is coming…

What is RSS Lacking?

Personalization

What you see on my RSS Feed is just blog content. Any updated post will be posted as content and that’s all you’ll see. Emails give you the added advantage of being more personal. I can address you by your name. I can tailor my content to your needs. I can make you feel more appreciated and emails give me the chance to build trust and confidence with my readers. RSS feeds are just plain content and that’s it.

Engagement

If you noticed, RSS feeds only allow one way communication. Emails allow communication in both directions. Although it’s not often I get people emailing me back, you don’t get the chance to constantly email or send newsletters to your subscribers on RSS feeds. Emails allow you to keep in constant contact with your readers and letting them know that you are there to help them People are more likely to stay as loyal readers through emails as they get to know who you are and why you are there sending them emails every so often.

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Sunday, December 5

Search For Work At Donanza – Freelance Jobs For Everyone!

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If you have been searching for freelancing work at Freelancer, Odesk, Elancer and Guru you will notice that there are tons and tons of freelancing jobs available. Granted, even a whole day wouldn’t allow you to search through all of them. Not to mention that it is a waste of time doing that. Of course the better way is to use filters to look for the right jobs. There are a few posts written here on freelancing notably:

4 Ways to Earn Money at Home Through e-Freelancing Sites

TOP 11 Websites to Search For Freelancing Jobs

Let me introduce to you Donanza! NO it’s not Bonanza spelled in the wrong way but it’s like a bonanza for jobs! There are almost 100 000 jobs searchable on Donanza.