My Web Presence

My birthday

Hey! yesterday was my birthday. The whole Grmtech family was celebrating my birthday, wishing me with lovely words. My colleagues were taking photos and making fun. It was so touchy that went straight to my heart. Grmtech is a happy family.

See for Photos

[tags]my birthday, arin2u birthday, arindam[/tags]

publish your videos in popular video sharing websites

Videos are great resource for marketing your products online. Upload your videos to the below listed video sharing websites and promote your products and services.

Advantage

1. Get lots of free traffics from these high traffic websites.
2. Get few backlinks to your websites from the member pages which will diversify your incoming links.
3. Get comments or feedbacks from viewers which will help you to assess viewer experiences and behaviour.

Here is the ready resource for starting your online promotional campaign:
(1) archive.org
(2) atomfilms.com
(3) blip.tv
(4) bolt.com
(5) clipshack.com
(6) dailymotion.com
(7) eyespot.com
(8) flukiest.com
(9) godtube.com
(10) grouper.com
(11) guba.com
(12) ifilm.com
(13) jumpcut.com
(14) kewego.com
(15) livevideo.com
(16) metacafe.com
(17) oneworld.net
(18) photobucket.com
(19) putfile.com
(20) revver.com
(21) sharkle.com
(22) twango.com
(23) veoh.com
(24) video.aol.com
(25) video.google.com
(26) video.search.yahoo.com
(27) videojug.com
(28) vidilife.com
(29) vimeo.com
(30) vmix.com
(31) vsocial.com
(32) youare.tv
(33) youtube.com
(34) zippyvideos.com

[tags]top video sharing websites, upload videos, video communities, arindam[/tags]

Gmail is more handy than others

Hi friends, today morning was a busy time for me and I had to rush out for an urgent work to the city but before that I needed to check all my mail accounts. I was in a hurry and when I sat in front of my computer to check emails, I found it very difficult to manage so many mail accounts. That time I reminded the advice given by one of my seniors in the office. I followed it and found it very handy for me and I’ve fallen in love of Gmail.

You guys can also try it out. Here are the steps involved:

Suppose yourname@gmail.com is the main account that you used to check everyday.

• Now open your gmail account. Go to settings -> Accounts.
• Create accounts with the your other mail ids.
• Suppose you have added yourname2@gmail.com, it will send a verification code to yourname2@gmail.com asking you to allow its access from your primary account i.e. yourname@gmail.com. Put the verification code here
• Now open yourname2@gmail.com account. Got to settings -> Filters. Create a filter with the following settings: Then Click on next button and make the following settings:
• Now open yourname@gmail.com again. Go to settings -> Filters. Create a filter as shown above (in To field, put yourname2@gmail.com). Click next button. Create label with appropriate name with the following settings:
• That’s all. Repeat the same procedure for all other mail accounts that you handle everyday.

Now I’m able to save much time maintaining different mail accounts from one mail account. Do you like it? If yes, don’t forget to comment on it.

[tags]Maintain email accounts, Gmail options, gmail mail filter and forwarding, arindam[/tags]

Are blogroll links in blogs crawlable by Search Engines?

If I ask you

Do search engines crawl blogroll links?

What will be your answer? Probably

yes

As blogs are becoming more popular, many sites are providing utility features like the one I’ve found. Blogrolling.com gives widget to automate the linking process through javascript. The concept is when you create your profile and links there, they will provide you with a small javascript code. If you add that code in multiple blogs, all your blogs will be updated at a time with those links. It’s that simple to manage your blogrolls.

But my friends, Be Aware!
those links are not crawlable by the search engines if you are pretty conscious about SE rankings and getting link juice out of those links. For example, visit http://wealth-and-money.blogspot.com/ and look for “More To Explore!” links at the bottom of left sidebar. Also check the code for this javascript.

[tags]blogroll links, search engine crawlable links, javascript links, arindam[/tags]

3 killer tips – increase/improve website conversions

Have a look at what Matt Cutts said on search engine ranking for 2009

Cutts said, “I’m not sure I would say ranking is dead but it’s not as important as it used to be. The fact is the smart SEOs are not just necessarily looking at the rankings. They are looking at conversion, they are looking at their server log. It’s great if you’re ranking for a phrase but unless that leads to sales that doesn’t help you very much.”

“The challenge is not to pay so much attention to ranking, pay attention to traffic, pay attention to conversions and keep building good content and don’t worry about ‘can I show people that I rank number one for my trophy phrase.’”

You have a website to sale your products. Now what will be your primary objective? I know your answer will be to increase or improve your website conversion. The normal website conversion rate is believed to be in between 1-5% on an average. Say you have 2000 visitors per day, your optimum conversion rate lies between 20 to 100.

This is not at all an easy job man. Following tips can help you learn how to increase or improve website conversion:

Know your Unique Selling Point (USP):

The most important thing you should be aware of is your unique selling point (USP). Suppose You are selling a product now which other companies are already selling and have considerable amount of customers. Just think why a customer should buy from you. This is the question the answer of which most of the companies are not clearly aware of and are lacking in gaining the confidence of potential customers. Your USP will be what you set apart from your competitor. Explaining it simply, just ask yourself these two questions:

• Do your products have unique features that people have never founded anywhere?
• Are you providing unique services to your customers?

Increase trustworthiness

• Keep the User Informed with your daily product updates through newsletters.
• Be clear, open and honest to tell users why they should buy from you.
• Have a Clear money returns Policy.
• Offer different Payment Options.

Increase accessibility and usability

• Don’t Waste Time of users. Make the call-to-action button clearly visible without having to scroll; don’t bury it under pages of information. Consider using tabs or a pop-up box to consolidate information. Don’t discourage visitors by requiring registration to your site.
• Speak your customers’ language. Clearly state your key message using as few words as possible. Use summary descriptions, sub-headings, bulleted lists and short paragraphs. Adopt a standard one-column format for easy reading.
• Design and optimize the page. Make navigation choices obvious, Provide intuitive error messages. Design your site with a clear hierarchy with color and contrast for easily legible text. Use meaningful and high-quality graphics. Use color to distinguish between visited and unvisited links.

Related helpful resources:

• 25 Ways to Increase Conversion
• 35 Quick Ideas to Improve Online Conversion
• A quick-start guide to conversion rate optimization