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Just last month I  received an email from Google stating that they are taking mobile friendliness designed website as a ranking signal for their search engine results. What this means is that websites that are fully optimized for mobile devices will be rewarded with a better search rank in their engine.

Like the new design of this site? Some of you might have already noticed that I have changed the layout of this site to mobile responsive last week. Try viewing this page with your favourite mobile device. Notice any difference? If not, you can test out the responsive web design of this blog simply by minimizing the browser. Notice that by shortening and lengthening the width of your browser window will cause the web design layout to change. Yes, the site you are looking at now has the capability of adapting to different screen sizes.

Wondering how to get your profile picture to show up on search engine?  or Are you searching for ways to improve your search engine click through rates (CTR)? i.e. you hunger for Google's organic traffic? Well.. Claiming of authorship is definitely one of  the best and simplest way to drive organic traffic to your site.

If you are a follower of my blog you might have already noticed it. I've hidden parts of my blog sections which they will appear only on my homepage and static pages. In this post I am going to present you the various conditional tags code. You can utilise them in blogger template to show or hide your widget/section or ad in the specific pages. Of course, to implement these code you'll need to have a bit of coding knowledge. And there maybe plenty of reasons to why some of you want to have selective display of widgets in blog posts or homepage. But if you are looking for ways to optimise your blog loading speed, then look no further! Believe me all you need to do is.. Just hide your widgets when is not required! This is a simple solution to improve your page speed performance.

Hey you there! Stop hopping around sites to search for Free backlink building software or tools. Before you start using these free tool why not ask yourself:" Will I be able to handle the risk of getting my blog/site blacklisted?" If you can't. Dont try it! These back links builder or services would probably cause you more harm than do you any good. How much trust can you actually put into these site? The most you can get out from them is a bunch of cheap useless links. 

You only need ONE powerful addon to understand the SEO metrics of a ranking site. And SEO Quake is the #1 choice that comes to my mind. Doesn't matter if you are newbie or an expert in SEO. This tool is very useful for anyone who is doing competitive SEO research, it gives a good guide of where your competitors are actually standing. Best of all, it's Free. I'll just briefly go through some of the features that SEOquake offers:

Before reading this article you should already have basic understanding of what SEO is about. If not, you can always refer to our previous post on  What is Search Engine Optimization?   SEO can be categorised into two sub groups Off page SEO and On page SEO. This is how I look at Off page and On Page SEO... The context is pretty much similar to that of a human behavioural psychology theory. Nature vs Nurture . How it affects the development of human or in this case a website. On Page SEO is similar to "Nature" while Off Page SEO is similar to "Nurture" Let me explain further... Some said that Off page SEO is 30% responsible for the overall SEO process. In my opinion both On page and Off page are mutually responsible for a site to achieve #1 ranking.

Oh yeah. This marks the beginning of my blogger SEO guide . Even if you are not a blogger these 10 golden rules still serve as a basis for you to succeed in optimizing your website. And if you managed to follow what is being engraved on the stones I created, you are on the right path to  White Hat SEO. Some must be thinking.. Why? Why should I stick with White Hat and not go Black Hat ? Reason is very simple.. Google's search algorithm is always changing for the better. Why? To wipe out all the black hat spams and low quality sites! Of course! If you choose to venture into the dark side.. Be prepared to get your ass slapped by some black/white animal someday. Therefore to create a true everlasting successful website/blog .. My advice is .. . . To follow the 10 Commandments!

I've been talking about SEO on my blog for quite a long time but some are still unsure of what SEO exactly is about.. So for the benefits of those beginners who wants to know more about web page ranking or want to gain more traffics to your blog/site. This is something that you will want to know. The word "SEO" is an acronym that stands for Search Engine Optimization .   First let's breakup the words into two segments and understand what each of them means.

Hey Spidey Can you sense it? Can you sense my happiness? Just a few days back my blog got approved by Google Adsense. Have been blogging hard for the past few months for this day to come (And of course I will continue to do so. :D) For those applicants living in Asian countries such as Singapore would probably understand how I felt waiting anxiously for our accounts to be approved because of  the irritating 6 months rule that was implemented by Google adsense few years back. If you got your Adsense account before they implement this rule Lucky for you. Now if you are applying Adsense from India, China, Singapore or some other parts of Asia, your running/active site must clock a certain domain age in order to get in. Although is stated clearly in their site that 6 months is the minimum required criteria. However if your website has high traffic is still plausible to get your account approved in less than 6 months. I got ap...

Knowledge is Power Content is King  The major traffic of a website mostly are from search engines which is why SEO content writing is very important for a web master and blogger. A rich well-written content article are often the ones that will get more views and shares.

When it comes to SEO (Search Engine Optimization) there are these two forces of black and white  fighting against each other(in this context they are fighting for rank and visitors), the Dark Side and the Light Side. For those who loves star wars might find this unusually familiar. Of course in reality there exist not only no pure black or white there are also those in between greys. Still unsure of which way they should go?. In the end is up to you to decide. How you use the force determines your chosen path.. Choose a Force to follow.. Black Hat The Dark Side  Darth Vader Just Got his Suit Black Hat SEO works just like the Dark Side, you gain power through negative emotions lust, greed, anger, ambition etc..  You do not need as much commitment compared to the whites. Dark power rise faster.. Black Hat does not obey the search engine's guidelines and are often deceiving, providing content that are irre...

Twinkle Twinkle Little Rating Stars I was surfing just a while ago, not in the sea but on the internet. And I noticed that some review sites have these little stars showing on the search results. So I was wondering, is it possible for me as a blogger to have my own rating stars as well since I am also doing abit of food service reviews. And yes it is possible! So those of you bloggers out there who are doing product or any other kind of reviews You are in Luck!