AaronMillerComputer.com PR1!

after a month of perseverance my primary website, AaronMillerComputer.com has finally reached a PR1 on google! woo-hoo! just under 800,000 on Alexia, not bad; and ahead of aaa.airsoftnw.com/aaronmillercomputers/
-Aaron

New Div table homepage layout!

AaronMillerComputers.com has been given a facelift! check out the new table-less div layout…gadgets to come soon!

Finally recieved access to DigiPoint link trader forums…

So we will see how effective this digipoint forum really is..you can see you post at :

http://forums.digitalpoint.com/showthread.php?t=291895

I will periodically update this post with news of my progress, and how this compares to other link exchanges services such as link market and linkalizer..

-aaa

SEO Website review: LinkExchanged

Number three in the series just seemed sketchy to me from the beginning, but has provided three good links today. The picture of the to guys shaking hands on a beach on their main page (link) just seems to posed, everything seems like a slick facade over a bunch of vapor..Well I guess they aren’t trying to hide it like the other guys.. LinkExchanged actually works pretty well, the interface is clunky (they try and get you to click on the premium login which just brings an add) and their whole website is very 2000. In fact there is no option to request links at all as a non paying member! This leads to a bunch of requests, but many of them are obviously worthless..Luckily they email you all the information needed to complete the web-exchange, so actually you never need to go to the LinkExchanged website at all if you aren’t a paying member unless you need to modify your information. The links seem about average quality. 4/10 for no submission forms.

Linkexchanged

Aaron Miller Computers

SEO Website review: LinkMarket

Overall Linkmarket provides a well thought-out experience, but they really stress the extra features you will receive as a paying member. Considering they only ask for $25/year thats not an outrageous request, but I am only reviewing the “free” experience in at the moment. You are limited to 5 link requests per day, and I received an additional 2-4 a day from other members, but not an astounding amount. Many of the requests were from companies which had less to do with my company (web design), although there were a few quality links as well. A free member is not able to access the history and detailed reports section, which makes it difficult to check on the location of your posted links. They tell you when you are linked, but thats about it. There is no spam/banners on the page which makes it a pleasant place to exchange your links amidst the chaos of some marketing and link exchange websites. They have a broad number of members, again many internationally. They also offer a half-hearted attempt at a resources section with an article on link submission and a decent meta-tag generator..I guess its free..6/10

Aaron Miller Computers

SEO Website review: Linkalizer

Well this is the first in my series of reviews on the various link exchanging services available. Linkalizer provides a limit of 10 link requests per day for free members, the most of any site I have found so far. I also received a dozen link requests from other members the first day I applied, and not all seemed to be spam sites. Many were international web design, retail or blog/informational sites. Links are easy to maintain, Linkalizer provides a page listing both the pages where you link to your partner and their reciprocal link to you. There is a considerable amount of spam on the page, but in actual use it poses little problem and is a fair compromise considering the higher prices and smaller request limits of the competing pages. Linkalizer also emails you when you get new requests so a marketing email account is recommended. Changing your link page is simple but must be done individually, there is no automatic bulk request form for your affiliates if you change your link page as part of your marketing campaign. Overall the best I have used yet. 8/10

http://www.linkalizer.com

Aaron Miller Computers

Link exchanges, link swap pages, and pop-up div layouts

It seems to me that the entire concept of multiple web pages within a single site is outdated due to modern search engine ranking procedures. With the ability to selectively display div elements within a page by using an AJAX framwork such as:

<script language=”javascript”>
function toggleDiv(divid){
if(document.getElementById(divid).style.display == ‘none’){
document.getElementById(divid).style.display = ‘block’;
}else{
document.getElementById(divid).style.display = ‘none’;
}
}
</script>

<div id=”mydiv” style=”display:none” align=”center”> HELLO WORLD </div>

<p align=”center”><a href=”javascript:;” onmousedown=”toggleDiv(‘mydiv’);”>Click to pop up</a></p>

It should be possible to contain an entire (albeit small) website within a single xhtml document. Thus the vast repository of pages normally relegated to the “links” page and their associated text are included and indexed along with the primary page content of the website, thereby increasing visibility. I’ll be posting updates if this works or not, you can view the sample website at:

http://www.aaronmillercomputer.com/

lemme know if you think this will/will not work..I plan to redesign the entire site in an integrated manner soon..

Font usage in web 2.0 documents, XML, palette

I have been debating recently the use of appropriate fonts in the web setting. The current fonts in use are mostly bastardizations of traditional (and copy written) fonts…I am now in the process of accumulating fonts sets similar to color palettes, matching in some way and not overly derivative of one another…please post any suggestions you might have..this blog will be updated with my current favorite fonts, and hopefully some form of historical background as well..I feel this is necessary to prevent the continued misuse of serif and cursive fonts throughout the internet, as these fonts do not scale as well and require additional weight (and additional files) to properly be resized for commerical use…all comments and suggestions welcome.

The first mentioned font is FRUTIGER

Aaron Miller Computers

New methods for typeface control in webdesign

Recently came across this page http://www.mikeindustries.com/sifr/ which has some very interesting information about new methods of integrating flash into web pages..check it out, I’ll post my first uses of the code soon.

Aaron Miller Computers