Since I had my Asian friend staying with me, I decided to take the time to ask her a bunch of different questions I’ve been wondering. Needless to say, she knew most of the answers.
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ASK AN ASIAN DAY — 03/07/12
March 10th, 2012
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More Exposure Means More Traffic: Get Your Content Out There
March 1st, 2012
Rank algorithm update from google weeded out a lot of good or bad websites, in the name of providing more relevant search results for it’s users, on official google blog it is estimated 11.8% search results will be affected by this update, say it another way, there are about 12% of google search results are considered low quality by google itself. The update was initiated more than a year ago, and recently I see some of my ranks were lowered considerably, but almost all the ranks promoted by articles and blog posts were not affected, a few of these keywords ranked better than ever, it’s obvious that link building the old way is the thing of past, probably due to link spamming sites being thrown away by google.
What is old way of link building any way? a lot of marketing companies did and are doing the plain link building, they put your links on websites which only exist for holding links, these websites will only be updated when new links are being added, and most of them are useless, the name of link spamming sites is justified. Now google algorithm probably will weed out these sites, all the links on those websites will have the same fate.
Examples will be great for explanation. When I got into online marketing long time ago, I started promote the keyword, E Track, at that time almost every body was doing plain linking campaign, almost all the sites I got link from had too many links, worst yet, those sites had no content at all. In the beginning, the ranking of the keyword in question rise pretty fast, finally the rank improved a lot, this was the case until google made the change. Now let’s look at another keyword, chain pullers, most back links for this keyword are from articles and posts, almost no plain links, the rank for this keyword is making me real happy. Now contextual links win the battle, then what? In fact the only thing matters here is content, when you create unique and quality content, you will attract readers as well as search engines. How do you do it? Writing articles and building blogs, take a look at this blog, top smartphones 2011 , I didn’t put too much effort into it from start, but I never stopped posting, the result? I got nice ranking for a few realy nice keywords now. As we can see, creating quality content and blog marketing is what we have to do to get great result. Now imagine you have your own blog network, such as Vehicle First Aid Kit, you will have the power to push any sites up in search engines.
Remember content is king, you just need to create content, publish and share with people, promote your business with the content, your effort will reward you handsomely in the end. Persistence and patience are the keys to success, nothing will automatically improve overnight, it doesn’t matter you’re doing SEO or advertising your business, keep doing what we have to do till the end of world. One of the best articles directories is EzineArticle, a new article will be indexed and cached in less than an hour, and some popular blogs will get your post indexed in minutes, there venues are ideal for promoting your site, here I am going to show you an article in article directory or on a blog, take Laser Level as an example, nice writing, good content, published on popular site, this article serves it’s purpose well.
We’re not finished yet, please remeber, if you don’t take social media account, you’re lost. The Twitter tools is a wordpress plugin, you can install it, get a twitter account and API keys, configure your twitter tools prpperly, then every new post on your blog will show up in your twitter page, it’s easy and really useful, it’s a big loss if you don’t use this tool.
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Jade?? (stone) Colour loss?
February 26th, 2012
Hi, my mother-in-law from a small town in Vietnam told me many years ago while visiting that her jade bangle (dark green and cream) will lose its colour if she wears it all the time (apparently it goes cream) and that if she stops wearing it, after a month or so, all the green colour comes back?
I was on my way home the other night when I saw a girl wearing a beautiful jade bangle, which brought my query to mind.
Any ideas?
Natural jade doesn’t change color; likely as not, your mother-in-law’s jewelry is actually some sort of dyed stone and it’s the dye that is reacting to her body heat.
Is there a way to identify jade?
February 26th, 2012
I see collectible pieces all the time, large and small, and often a greenish or brownish carved stone will be called "jade". How can I tell the real stuff from a fake or mislabeled item?
1) The weight of the piece. Jade, even the lesser density nephrite jade like Xiu jade, is heavier than regular glass or resin. For Burma jadeite, the weight is very easy to tell, since you can feel the heavy sensation in your palm when you are handling it.
2) Observe carefully, there are tiny air bubbles in fake jade most of the time..
3) Jade has the property of cooling very fast and remains in cool temperature. Hold a piece in your hand until you feel that the temperature of the piece is equal to your body’s, then open your palm right away and put the jade aside. After about 25 seconds in regular room temperature surrounding, use the tip of tongue to feel the piece. If there is a very cool sensation, then it is most likely jade.
4) Jade is more durable than glass. If you wear a piece and it breaks very easily, it definitely is not jade. Even the soft nephrite jade should not break easily.
5) Texture, the texture of jade is very smooth. Run your finder nail on the surface of the piece, if it feels bumpy on your nail, but the surface appears to be smooth, it is most likely not jade. This method works better on glass and other synthetic resin fake jade.
6) The Sound test. Let two jade bracelets loosely hang on one of the fingers on each of your hands, and then collide the two bangles very lightly. If the bracelets are made from jade, the sound should have a very clear, pleasant and higher pitch sound than the sound produced by two pieces of glass or other synthetic substances.
7) The method which delivers the most accuracy is to break the piece. If the piece is made from jade, then the inside should be composed by tiny mineral particles you can see. However, if it is made from glass, the broken surface should be smooth with glassy pattern.
Quality Blogs and Article Directories: The Information Gold Mine
February 20th, 2012
Short while ago google had changed their ranking algorithm, the reason cited is that google wanted to provide more relevant results, according to their official blog, this change impacts 11.8% organic search results, put it this way, there are about 12% of google search results are considered low quality by google itself. They planned and started the update about one year ago, and recently I see some of my ranks were lowered considerably, but almost all the ranks promoted by articles and blog posts were not affected, a few of these keywords ranked better than ever, it’s safe to say that old way of link building is doomed.
Now what on earth is plain link building and how do people do it? There are a lot of SEO company out there are doing this, they put your links on websites which only exist for holding links, the only updates on those websites are the new links, it’s safe to assume all of them are trash, the name of link spamming sites is justified. New google algorithm most likely will punish these link spammers, all the links on those websites will have the same fate.
Maybe a few examples will make it clear. When I got into online marketing long time ago, I needed to rank the keyword, E Track Straps, of course with old way of link building, almost all the sites I got link from had too many links, and the worst thing is that those sites are linking sites only and had no content, not even crap content. In the beginning, the ranking of the keyword in question rise pretty fast, eventually the keyword could be found on first page, this was the case until google made the change. Here is another keyword, chain puller , we put the link in relevant context, with very few plain links, the rank for this keyword is making me real happy. Now contextual links win the battle, then what? Actually this is all about content, when you create unique and quality content, you will attract readers as well as search engines. It’s never too late to build good blogs for business purpose, such as this interesting blog, sherri hill , in the beginning I just post to it casually, lately I added nice stuff left and right, it’s no way this site will rank, right?, actually, no, much to my surprise that the site actually ranks for quite a few keywords. As far as SEO concerned, creating quality content and blog marketing is what we have to do to get great result. Say you’re building your own bogging network, such as Level Tool, then you will have a powerful weapon in your SEO arsenal.
Remember content is king, you just need to create content, get people to enjoy and share your stuff, in the mean time advertise your business with your content, this strategy will prevail in short or long term. The virtues, persistence and patience, are essential for your success, nothing will automatically improve overnight, it doesn’t matter you’re doing SEO or advertising your business, keep doing what we have to do till the end of world. One of the best articles directories is EzineArticle, new article will be indexed within an hour if not minutes, of course your posts on some blogs will be indexed real fast as well, let look at some aticles or posts which are published and indexed, take Towing Chains as an example, good writing, interesting content, indexed and cached, this article is a good example of article marketing.
Last but not least, we have hot social media now, no one can afford to not using them. One thing you can do for your blogs is to install twitter tools, get a twitter account and API keys, configure your twitter tools prpperly, you should choose to post a tweet for every new post, it’s real easy and useful, no one should miss this tool out.
Tags: E Track Straps, Level Tool, Towing Chains
Amazing Hand Carved Jade Stone
February 12th, 2012
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value of my jade stone?
February 12th, 2012
i am just wondering what my jade is worth one piece is a dragon and weighs about 60 grams
when u will see my stone tile in which naturally a humen shape of a women made when u will see it u will forget every thing
What could this be worth?
February 12th, 2012
My boyfriend found an eagle sculpture at a garage sale, and it seems like it would have some worth to it. It is a dark greenish jade color, marbled a little. it has a PS carved into the front! it is extremely heavy and seems like it should be worth something. Does anyone have some insight as to what material it would be, or where we could get it looked at for free! I told him an antique shop, but he doesn’t want to get told a low number when it could be worth lots more.
I think you are on the right track. Call around and find if a dealer in your area would be willing to look at it. Take what he says with a grain of salt but he at least may be able to tell you if it’s old or what it’s made of. If he offers to buy it, don’t take his offer but do more research from what he tells you.
Put Your Links in Your Articles: Give Your Links Meanings
February 11th, 2012
Short while ago google had changed their ranking algorithm, in the name of providing more relevant search results for it’s users, on official google blog it is estimated 11.8% search results will be affected by this update, in another word, almost 12% of google search results are useless or of low quality. Google started this change almost one year ago, maybe that’s why some of my ranks dropped out of first 10 pages, but almost all the ranks promoted by articles and blog posts were not affected, a few of these keywords ranked better than ever, it becomes clear that link building the old way is the thing of past, probably due to link spamming sites being thrown away by google.
Now what on earth is plain link building and how do people do it? a lot of marketing companies did and are doing the plain link building, they will get links from any websites which accept adding links, these websites will only be updated when new links are being added, and most of them are useless, the name of link spamming sites is justified. Now google algorithm probably will weed out these sites, all the links on those websites will have the same fate.
Let’s check out a few examples. In the very beginning, I didn’t know better, I started with this keyword, Polyester Sling, of course with old way of link building, a lot of sites I used had too many links, and those sites had only links, no real content at all. This strategy worked in the beginning, eventually the keyword could be found on first page, the party was over when google updated it’s algorithm. Here is another keyword, chain puller , most back links for this keyword are from articles and posts, with very few plain links, you can imagine how this keyword ranks. Old and outdated linking campaign lost to content linking, what’s next? In fact the only thing matters here is content, as long as you dole out high quality content, your rank will improve over time, since search engines are another kind of readers. How do you do it? Writing articles and building blogs, take a look at this blog, mothers day gift , I build it as a hobby and kept adding good or mediocre content, now it can even rank the highly competitive keywords. As we can see, quality blog marketing is much better than plain link building. If you can build a group of your own blogs, something like Vehicle First Aid Kit, then it will be easier to do article marketing.
Bottom line is that you should create great content, get people to enjoy and share your stuff, promote your business with the content, as long as you don’t stop doing this, you will win over customers and search engines. Persistence and patience are the keys to success, nothing will automatically improve overnight, be it your business or search rankings, keep doing what we have to do till the end of world. When publisinh articles, I prefer ezine, a new article will be indexed and cached in less than an hour, and some popular blogs will get your post indexed in minutes, there venues are ideal for promoting your site, I believe you should see for yourself, for example Reflective Tape, nice writing, good content, published on popular site, all these points make it perfect for SEO.
Last but not least, if you don’t take social media account, you’re lost. One thing you can do for your blogs is to install twitter tools, get a twitter account and API keys, configure your twitter tools prpperly, you should choose to post a tweet for every new post, it’s simple and elegant, no one should miss this tool out.
Tags: Polyester Sling, Reflective Tape, Vehicle First Aid Kit
Nobody’s Perfect (Jessie J Cover) – By Alexa Goddard
February 7th, 2012
My cover of Jessie J’s amazing “Nobody’s Perfect”. If you like it, please share it on all of your facebook walls and favourite/Thumbs up the video on YouTube.
Make sure you check out my other videos at http://www.youtube.com/AlexaMusicTV and check out my songs that are available to download on iTunes here: http://www.itunes.com/AlexaGoddard
For those who want to know – my microphone was designed for me by the wonderful people at Rode Microphones in my favourite colour pink (http://www.rodemic.com), my hair extensions are from the lovely Imogen @ FoxyLocks (check out her channel here – she’s amazing http://www.youtube.com/FoxyLocksExtensions and her site is http://www.foxylocksextensions.com). My nails are painted using Model’s Own polish in Jade Stone.
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