Posts Tagged ‘URL’

Google’s URL Shortener Is Here, And I Like It

Saturday, October 2nd, 2010

Google just lowered its hammer on another web segment: URL shorteners. And as usual, they hammered it hard, because the new product works like a charm and will probably become the market leader soon.

It’s called Goo.gl, and according to Google it has several advantages over competing services. Here is a quote from the announcement post… Continue reading

What Is Link Cloacking?

Tuesday, August 24th, 2010

Don asks:
Do you have a opinion on link cloaking for affiliate marketers? Do the pros use cloaking and should it be a standard practice as an affiliate?

What Is Link Cloaking

First things first, what is link cloaking? It is the practice of using redirects or Javascript to hide affiliate links, thus increasing the conversion rates.

Let’s explain this. Affiliate links are usually very easy to identify. They… Continue reading

3 Common URL Problems and How to Fix Them

Friday, August 13th, 2010

SEO can be broken down into a couple of main categories: Content, Architecture, and Links. I think most people understand the importance of building content and getting links, but there are a lot of larger and poorly built sites that struggle with some fundamental problems their URL structure. This can lead to a lot of problems, including many duplicate content issues.

Here are three of the most common URL… Continue reading