Is the Drupal 7 Release Party on the 5th or 7th On 24 December 2010 17:43, <[email protected]> wrote:
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Re: Drupal 7 Release Party (zaina natal) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Fri, 24 Dec 2010 06:34:55 -0500 > From: Mugarura Cavin <[email protected]> > To: lug <[email protected]> > Subject: [LUG] OT: attracting traffic to your website > Message-ID: > > <[email protected]<aanlktinuic6rnqz1qj1bj3kkaywg0aszi-om%[email protected]> > > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > Lug, > > when you have friends, who ask too much, then life becomes hard > my O.B. runs a uganda directory site, and he asked me how he can attract > traffic, i ll not share the site, because it was designed poorly, > and it deserves no attention from LUG, however, i shared with him a few > points (only 20), which might be useful to a few members of LUG > > 1. > > Have fresh content (no shortcuts) > 2. > > RSS feeds (very good way to attract traffic), make sure the feeds are > relevant to your site, > > there are some good rss feed aggregator which you can train (rank) to > bring you quality feeds. If your website targets the food industry dont > pull > sports feeds (common sense) > 3. > > have a site map > 4. > > use a seo checklist module > 5. > > Have meta tags > 6. > > section 508 compliance (targeting disabled users - an important > demographic) > 7. > > Avoid flash if you can, search engines hate flash (full stop, no comma) > 8. > > Add no follow tags to content that doesnt belong to you > 9. > > Avoid duplicate content (same as 8) > 10. > > Ask your friends, family and the general public to test your site (make > sure you have no broken links) > 11. > > Make sure you have a search box (seems like a no brainer but I have seen > large corporations with no search feature on their site) > 12. > > Have freebies (manuals) > 13. > > Video is the new text (with youtube as the third most popular website in > the world, ignore video at your own peril) > 14. > > If you have a login page, Allow open ID (twitter, facebook,gmail, yahoo > logins), dont induate (spell checker cant get the correct word) users > with > long unnecessary login procedures > 15. > > Monitor your traffic (alexa, google seo tools, etc) > 16. > > include language translation > 17. > > submit your website to leading directories and search engines > 18. > > Study algorithms for leading search engines (find out what you can be > black listed for) > 19. > > optimize your website for performance, implement a caching system for the > most popular sections of your site > 20. > > use search engine friendly urls > > Disclaimer: This is by no means an exhaustive list, but simply a starting > point > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: < > http://kym.net/pipermail/lug/attachments/20101224/56d55d3f/attachment.html > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 2 > Date: Fri, 24 Dec 2010 14:53:13 +0300 > From: McTim <[email protected]> > To: Uganda Linux User Group <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [LUG] OT: attracting traffic to your website > Message-ID: > <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 > > Why dont you just make him a target of your wikilympics, that will > give him some traffic ;-) merry happy to all, mctim > > On 12/24/10, Mugarura Cavin <[email protected]> wrote: > > Lug, > > > > when you have friends, who ask too much, then life becomes hard > > my O.B. runs a uganda directory site, and he asked me how he can attract > > traffic, i ll not share the site, because it was designed poorly, > > and it deserves no attention from LUG, however, i shared with him a few > > points (only 20), which might be useful to a few members of LUG > > > > 1. > > > > Have fresh content (no shortcuts) > > 2. > > > > RSS feeds (very good way to attract traffic), make sure the feeds are > > relevant to your site, > > > > there are some good rss feed aggregator which you can train (rank) to > > bring you quality feeds. If your website targets the food industry > dont > > pull > > sports feeds (common sense) > > 3. > > > > have a site map > > 4. > > > > use a seo checklist module > > 5. > > > > Have meta tags > > 6. > > > > section 508 compliance (targeting disabled users - an important > > demographic) > > 7. > > > > Avoid flash if you can, search engines hate flash (full stop, no > comma) > > 8. > > > > Add no follow tags to content that doesnt belong to you > > 9. > > > > Avoid duplicate content (same as 8) > > 10. > > > > Ask your friends, family and the general public to test your site > (make > > sure you have no broken links) > > 11. > > > > Make sure you have a search box (seems like a no brainer but I have > seen > > large corporations with no search feature on their site) > > 12. > > > > Have freebies (manuals) > > 13. > > > > Video is the new text (with youtube as the third most popular website > in > > the world, ignore video at your own peril) > > 14. > > > > If you have a login page, Allow open ID (twitter, facebook,gmail, > yahoo > > logins), dont induate (spell checker cant get the correct word) users > > with > > long unnecessary login procedures > > 15. > > > > Monitor your traffic (alexa, google seo tools, etc) > > 16. > > > > include language translation > > 17. > > > > submit your website to leading directories and search engines > > 18. > > > > Study algorithms for leading search engines (find out what you can be > > black listed for) > > 19. > > > > optimize your website for performance, implement a caching system for > the > > most popular sections of your site > > 20. > > > > use search engine friendly urls > > > > Disclaimer: This is by no means an exhaustive list, but simply a > starting > > point > > > > -- > > This message has been scanned for viruses and > > dangerous content by MailScanner, and is > > believed to be clean. > > > > > > -- > Sent from my mobile device > > Cheers, > > McTim > "A name indicates what we seek. An address indicates where it is. A > route indicates how we get there." Jon Postel > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 3 > Date: Fri, 24 Dec 2010 07:26:38 -0500 > From: Mugarura Cavin <[email protected]> > To: lug <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [LUG] OT: attracting traffic to your website > Message-ID: > > <[email protected]<7qk0nhz%[email protected]> > > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > McTim, > > maybe he wants to do that after you > > :) > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: < > http://kym.net/pipermail/lug/attachments/20101224/31dd4e24/attachment.html > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 4 > Date: Fri, 24 Dec 2010 16:08:35 +0300 > From: Reinier Battenberg <[email protected]> > To: Linux Users Group Uganda <[email protected]> > Subject: [LUG] Drupal 7 Release Party > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > > Hi all, > > If Christmas & New Year is not enough, on January 5th Drupal 7 will be > released. The Drupal community is organising Drupal Release parties > worldwide, > and the LUG would not be the LUG if we didnt throw a party too. > > If you are not in Uganda, you can throw yourself a party anywhere in the > world, or join one close to you: > > http://www.drupal7releaseparty.org/ > > The details for the Ugandan event are here http://linux.or.ug/node/926 > > If you have an idea what to do at a Drupal Release party, or you want your > name as a Drupal powered company splattered all over the event, let us > know. > > Ah, hosted at and by Mountbatten Ltd. East-Africa's leading Drupal shop! > > > -- > rgds, > > Reinier Battenberg > Director > Mountbatten Ltd. > +256 758 801 749 > www.mountbatten.net > > > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: < > http://kym.net/pipermail/lug/attachments/20101224/e7da9024/attachment.html > > > > ------------------------------ > > Message: 5 > Date: Fri, 24 Dec 2010 17:44:27 +0300 > From: zaina natal <[email protected]> > To: Uganda Linux User Group <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [LUG] Drupal 7 Release Party > Message-ID: > > <[email protected]<aanlktik6pwfnva9aeybd%[email protected]> > > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" > > wow that's great i like it and am pleased with that coz it's hard for one > to > appear all the time in a place like that peace be to all the LUG people at > large! > > On Fri, Dec 24, 2010 at 4:08 PM, Reinier Battenberg < > [email protected]> wrote: > > > Hi all, > > > > If Christmas & New Year is not enough, on January 5th Drupal 7 will be > > released. The Drupal community is organising Drupal Release parties > > worldwide, and the LUG would not be the LUG if we didnt throw a party > too. > > > > If you are not in Uganda, you can throw yourself a party anywhere in the > > world, or join one close to you: > > > > http://www.drupal7releaseparty.org/ > > > > The details for the Ugandan event are here http://linux.or.ug/node/926 > > > > If you have an idea what to do at a Drupal Release party, or you want > your > > name as a Drupal powered company splattered all over the event, let us > know. > > > > Ah, hosted at and by Mountbatten Ltd. East-Africa's leading Drupal shop! > > > > -- > > > > rgds, > > > > Reinier Battenberg > > > > Director > > > > Mountbatten Ltd. > > > > +256 758 801 749 > > > > www.mountbatten.net > > > > > > -- > > This message has been scanned for viruses and > > dangerous content by *MailScanner* <http://www.mailscanner.info/>, and > is > > believed to be clean. > > > > _______________________________________________ > > The Uganda Linux User Group: http://linux.or.ug > > > > Send messages to this mailing list by addressing e-mails to: > > [email protected] > > Mailing list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > Mailing list settings: http://kym.net/mailman/listinfo/lug > > To unsubscribe: http://kym.net/mailman/options/lug > > > > The Uganda LUG mailing list is generously hosted by INFOCOM: > > http://www.infocom.co.ug/ > > > > The above comments and data are owned by whoever posted them (including > > attachments if any). 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