When its comes to SEO

Now the idea of using rel=nofollow has somewhat changed. Google made changes to its definition on No Follow and asked web masters to use it for paid links. I support using No Follow for paid links but I get confused if to use No Follow for comments or not. How to deal with this situation.

You just have two options, either use No Follow (coded by default in WordPress, Blogger and other Blogging Platforms) or force Do Follow. Below we discuss a little on applying No Follow and Do Follow.

No Follow (rel=nofollow)

This link attribute simply cuts out link juice to link. It is supposed to not give link juice to a link thus preventing any increment to the domain or web page you have linked to. As most blogging platform has No Follow for comments already coded in from start, you are not required to do anything to use it. There are certain advantages of using No Follow. It helps reduce comment spams. Spammers softwares mostly search for Do Follow Blogs and by using No Follow you are out of their league. It is also rumored (I cannot verify this statement) that using No Follow saves your Page Rank.

There are also certain disadvantages of using it. You are discouraging commentators (I do not know why some most people advocate this point). Some say that by using it you are showing no trust in the commentator (Hmm…! Trust – a stupid point). And many more tings like this.

Do Follow (rel=dofollow)

I do not know how this came to existence but I think it came after nofollow. Using Do Follow or using no attribute for link is almost same. Do Follow is just a way to force Search Engines. By using Do Follow you give link juice and contribute to Page Rank of the targeted URL. You can add Do Follow to comments by installing Do Follow plugins (in WordPress and other platforms) or by removing No Follow from your blog theme or template (works for Blogger and may be Wordpress).

The advantages of using Do Follow are just the opposite of using No Follow. You get more comments and may be more support. But using Do follow surely can increase Spams if you are not using any plug-in to stop it. You may enable moderation to stop comment(Warning! – it discourages commentators more than anything).

Using Do Follow or No Follow is your own decision. For me I support both. What about you? What do you use in your blog? If you have any point to discuss feel free to comment.

But they forget one of the most important security pitfalls, Keyloggers. Keyloggers are alien (not extra-terrestrial) programs which basically record all the letters, words or sentences you type. These programs can easily slip through the scanners of anti virus and other security programs.You type your username and password on Yahoo or Gmail, this program reads everything you write and send the data to the person who made the Keylogger. Now think of the situation when that person get login information for your Bank Accounts, PayPal and other highly secure and personal information. What should you do?

Use a Anti-Keylogger. And the best solution out there is, Key Scrambler. Key Scrambler is anti-keylogger which I have been using for quite sometime. Key Scrambler is very reliable and easy to install defense towards keyloggers. This anti-keylogger fools the keylogger programs. It acts as a special protective layer between keyloggers and your keyboard inputs. Whenever you type something, Key Scrambler scrambles what you have written and replaces your typed letter with random letters. Key Scrambler make the Keyloggers read this random letters and not the actual letters. For example, if you have typed ‘Apple’ then the Keylogger would read it as ‘6tHI#’.Thus your typed information is safe. Below is a video on Key Scrambler tested against anti-keylogger tester.

Key Scrambler is available in three  licenses Personal, Professional and Premium. Personal edition is free and support Internet Explorer, Firefox and Flock. Professional and Premium editions adds support for more browsers and programs like Email clients, Messengers, Password Managers, Test Editors etc. Pro version supports protects some 80 odd programs and cost 29.99$ while Premium version supports protects 110 programs and costs 44.99$. If you need protection for many programs then you will need to buy the pro or premium versions but I think for most of us Personal version will be sufficient. You can read more about the difference between the versions on the Product page.

Key Scrambler is a windows only program. It runs under Windows 2000, 2003, XP, or Vista (32-bit and 64-bit). The file size is just 1.2 MB. I have tested it myself against an anti-keylogger testing program and it was easily able to pass the test. You should give it a try and increase you security. I advice you to read their press release, where you can easily see how many good reviews this program has got. Go and download the Key Scrambler Personal Version.

But I wanted to ask you all if there is any specific thing you want to suggest. Be it the design, the content or anything. You are most welcome to give your suggestion. In fact I already got some suggestion from a fellow blogger Melanie Langenhan. I joined her Linked In network and asked her if she could give me suggestion to improve my blog. I was really not hoping much of reply but she did respond to my request and gave a real big response. She created a post just for my blog titled How to improve greatestreviews.net where she included the changes I should make. I have already taken her suggestions into consideration.

You need not make a post for me but I will like to hear your suggestions. I particularly need suggestion for my blog content. I am interested to know if you want any particular type of article like SEO tips, Blogging Tips or anything specific. Just tell me what you all want to see on Greatest Reviews Dot Net, if I like your ideas and do some post on it you will be credited with link backs.

These things are OK but what if you could tweet from you desktop. You had a program to help organize your twitter friends, tweets and direct messages. What if you could be a PRO on Twitter.

No need to search for a solution anymore. The solution is here, I present to you Tweet Deck – A comprehensive cross platform desktop solution for your Twitter needs. It is a cross platform desktop application so it does not matter if you have Windows, Mac or Linux. It will work on you computer.

Tweet Deck enhances your experience with Twitter. Once you start using it, you will almost never need to login into you web account. Now lets see what you can do using Tweet Deck

• Tweet directly from TweetDeck and share photos or web links.
• Manage conversations with @ replies and direct messages.
• Create Groups to easily follow friends, colleagues or other interest groups.
• Keep a finger on the pulse with Twitscoop and local trends.
• Follow topics in real-time with saved searches.
• Update Facebook and view your friends’ status updates.
• Preview short URLs from the comfort of TweetDeck.
• Manage multiple Twitter accounts easily.
• Keep your TweetDeck safe with sync and back-up.
• View photo thumbnails directly from TweetDeck.
• Record, share and watch video clips within TweetDeck.
• Avoid Twitter spam with TweetDeck’s spam button.
• And many other Twitter favourites including Stocktwits and much more

Wow! a long list of features isn’t it? I have used Tweet Deck quite often and I love to update my Twitter through it. Basic advantage is that it is a real time application. What I mean to say is you are notified of new tweets, direct messages or replies from your friends in real time. You can group some users in one group thus by enabling you to see their updates more clearly. I you have never used Tweet Deck give it a try. It a Adobe AIR based application. You can use it in your iPhone too. Go and download Tweet Deck, become a PRO Twitter user.

It was a frequent debate long ago and now a days not many think of it. But for me it is a still a great concern and needs attention. This topic is a concern for the bloggers out there who are at the stage from where they are not able to advance any more. If you are a blogger and your improvement seems to negligible, your posting frequency might be a reason.

Before we go on to the topic on how to decide your blog post frequency, we should look into what are the affects of different types of posting frequency. I have divided the frequency into three types.

• High – Daily blog updates or may be 2-3 posts a day.
• Average – 3-4 blog updates a week.
• Low – a post a week

We will talk about the first two types. I will be not taking about the low frequency as regular bloggers mostly do not fall in this category. The effect we will talking about is losing subscribers. We will be taking two situations here. First you have a nice subscriber base say 400-500 and above. In this case having a high frequency is preferred if you are able to provide nice content daily. Having average frequency also does not affect much. It may help to retain subscribers for long time though.

The next situation is not having much os subscribers base. Blogging frequency affect blogs of this type. If you are unable to create good contents than high post frequency is dangerous. You will loose subscribers rapidly. You may consider average posting speed. But average posting speed also has a disadvantage. You will not be able to stuff up your blog with more content (I mean more pages – though it is not much of a concern).

So lets come to the main issue, “How to Decide your Blog Post Frequency?”

I will say it depends. If you have a nice subscriber base you may not need to worry much about you posting speed until few of you subscribers complain about it. If you feel like changing your gears asking you readers is the best idea. Though I will not say to totally depend on that, believe in your natural instincts as well.

Now bloggers with low base subscribers or beginners in particular should make a decision according to their niche. For example if your niche in tech news or health tips or blogging tips etc daily updates is good. Blog with MMO as their niche do not need to should not update daily as it gets spammy afterwards. Personal blogs do not require regular updating. So understand your niche and decide accordingly. You much ensure one more thing, that is create at least 2-3 awesome articles every week. Subscribers will build up slowly.

Deciding posting speed is quite thought provoking. What do you say? What is you blogging frequency? Does it matter to you? Do you have any suggestions?