Traffic Flow SEO

In case you did not know already, Alexa and Quantcast both offer their own free lists of the top one million sites on the Web based on traffic volumes. While these lists may be interesting to compare and contrast, it is hard to find any real value in lists like these. They appear to be used to reinforce brand awareness and essentially as 'link bait' - (it is working).

Below are the links in case you want to check these out for yourself:




Quantcast 1,000,000 Top Websites List

and




Alexa 1,000,000 Top Websites List

The problem with so many free online SEO/SEM tools is that they quickly become out of date or worse, just plain broken. That is why I was happy to recently find the Domain Evaluation Tool website. This tools covers (currently accurately):

* Location of where the site is hosted
* Google PageRank
* Alexa Rank
* Domain Age
* Backlinks by engine (Google, Yahoo, AltaVista and AlltheWeb)
* Indexed pages by engine (Google, Yahoo, AltaVista and AlltheWeb)
* Bookmarks (Digg, StumbleUpon, Propeller and reddit)
* Directory listings (DMOZ and Yahoo Directory)
* Alexa stats (chart)
* Compete stats (chart)

Check it out now at - Domain Evaluation Tool

From Google newsletter:

Did you know that 20% of the queries Google receives each day are ones that have not been seen in the last 90 days, if at all?

What does that mean?

By my back of the napkin calculations, based on comScore monthly search volume estimates for Google.com (not entire Google network, just Google.com) of around 8 billion searches (around 266,666,667 searches a day) that means there is over:

53 million new search terms entered in to Google every single day!

Please note that most of these are for NEW advertisers only:

Primary Search Engines:

Yahoo! Search Marketing Coupon - $100 credit
Google Adwords Coupon - $50 credit
Ask Sponsored Listings - $50 credit

Secondary Search Engines:

Search 123 Coupon - Fund $50 and get an additional $20 for free
adhere (by Marchex) - Sign up and get $25 in free clicks
Miva - Sign up and get $25 in free clicks
Bidvertiser - $20 in free clicks
ABC Search - Match initial deposit up to $100 upon sign up
7search - 20% match on initial deposit (must use code - WM2008)

Additional Contextual Ad Placements:

Facebook Ads - $25 credit

How to layoff 1,500 employees in one day - the Yahoo! guide.

or

How to say Happy Holidays as you are pushing someone to the curb - please let them know it was difficult business decision supported by senior management (who just happens to not want to get their hands dirty) and the decision is final.

All images courtesy of ValleyWag - Yahoo's secret layoff doublespeak revealed!

If you have never heard of Directory Maximizer before, it is basically an inexpensive way to handle and track all your directory submissions. The service provides an updated list of quality, free web directories that they will submit your site to for only .14 cents per submission. The list of web directories is constantly updated and the system keeps track of what directories you have submitted to in the past. Usually there are around 1,000 web directories in the list (it fluctuates between 900 and 1,100). It is a service that I would highly recommend if you are looking for an easy way to build some quality backlinks to your site.

Currently they are running a special (they have NEVER run a special before - just an FYI). There special is listed below in detail, but ends soon, so if you are going to try them out do it while they are offering these discounts.

Also, for those that are interested, they have a small collection of very high quality paid web directories that provide discounts and other incentives if you submit your site to them via the interface in Directory Maximizer (please note that these directories include - Aviva Directory and their special is your $49.95 is a PERMANENT price for a standard listing where if you go to the site you will notice that the $49.95 is an annual payment for a standard listing).

Special Offer Details

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Serph is an interesting search engine. When you type a query into Serph, it goes out and searches online social media to find the latest buzz. After it gathers the results, they are sorted and organized so the most recent buzz appears first. Serph gathers these results from blog search engines, social media websites, social news websites and social bookmarking websites. This allows Serph to show you exactly what people are saying on the web right now.

Check it out here - Serph

Aviva, another quality directory is running a holiday special. In order to celebrate the season, for the month of December, Aviva is offering clients $20 off all new submissions - both regular and featured (you can use this code for multiple submissions).

The Aviva Directory coupon code is: xmas2008

Click here to visit - Aviva Directory

Just found a fun new tool that lets you easily compare up to 5 websites to each other across data from:

* Compete.com
* Qauntcast
* Google Trends/Insights (coming soon)
* Alexa
* Technorati

For more information or to check it out click here - AttentionMeter

Reminds me of the people behind - SiteVolume

Just got an email with Best of the Web's (BOTW) promo discount code for 25% off any of their services in December including:

* Directory Submissions - Discount on both the annually recurring and/or the one-time review fee.
* Blog Directory Submissions - Save on the one-time review fee for blogs.
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