Kenneth Mendoza

A 301 Redirect?

301 Redirect is a webmaster-coined term which means “moved permanently”. By implementing such, the webmaster or website itself is able to maintain his or her search engine rankings from a lot of factors.

So why am I discussing something about this 301 Redirect? Nothing. I just wanted to share something a li’l bit of SEO.

Furthermore, here’s a sample site where I implemented this one: www.kennethmendoza.com (a stagnant WordPress blog which I do own & decided to do a 301 redirect to this blog) and www.kmendoza.net (which is an active blog, the recipient of the search engine ranking factors from the old one). Continue reading…

SEO Tip Round-Up

Ever heard the term “internet marketing” or “search engine optimization” from friends which is usually coined as “SEO” at the most common times? Elsewhere, I’ve got no expert SEO tip to advice right now.

I’ll be just doing a recap on some basic SEO knowledge as I can remember right now. Alright, I’ll start talking and leave the reading onto you. Continue reading…

Freelance Web Design Services

After doing some redesigning on the blog, I came across to a friend’s website which do offer some freelance web design services and I was wondering if he’ll do me a favor for free. Well, kidding aside – there are a lot of other freelance web design services around the globe and as well as the internet.

However, choosing from those massive number of quantities would surely bring headaches and a lot of question in mind. So here’s a quick tip to everyone who’s looking for a freelance web designer: Continue reading…

ABC’s on Creating a Website

Ever wanted to learn the ABC’s or should I say a simple way on how to start creating a website? Well congratulations! You’ve come in the right place coz I’ll be talking about the ABC’s or simple steps on doing one great website.

There are two basic vital things to start: (1) A domain name / subdomain will do. (2) A webhost.

Next thing would be defining your desired niche or topic. Why? Each hosting company have a lot of different hosting packages and server features, pick the ones that’ll surely give you a peace of mind and not headaches. Continue reading…

WebDir.Biz – Business Directory

The first thing to notice around here is their domain name which stands for “web” and a short-term, “dir” for directory, together with their extension name, “.biz” which stands for “business”. I guess the domain name already speaks for itself.

Moreover, here’s a quick and short introduction about the website itself. WebDir.Biz is a business directory that has a large list of business links and companies worldwide through the help of the internet.

BlogDive.com Review

It’s here, BlogDive.com – another free WordPress hosting service that is good enough for beginners and advanced users. Offerring reliability and customization. So, what else do we get upon signing-up with ‘em? Continue reading…

The Link Building Task Planner

Internet marketing has changed within just a short span of time. People who call theirselves ‘search engine optimizers’ nor ‘search engine marketers’ should never forget the basics in doing search engine optimization on a certain website. More significantly, link building still relies on strategies which are more commonly associated with the traditional marketing, networking and public relations, as well. Continue reading…

WordPress, Up to Date?

There’s one thing I’ve noticed between blogs and websites on the internet. Their webmasters oftenly forget to update the scripts that their using. For an instance, bloggers who are working with a standalone version or also known as self-hosted WordPress blogs. Hackers usually could come around easily with a lot of loop holes with older versions of such scripts, one thing to avoid getting hacked is getting an update from the website of the developer of your script.

Moreover, I’d like to talk more about WordPress. I’m sure that there are thousands of WordPress self-hosted blogs which are outdated, and I’m blogging it now to remind them to update their core scripts,plug-ins, themes and such for better security flaws. Likewise, if you wanted to check the latest updates regarding wordpress – you can head out to www.wordpress.org for news and some tips as well. Happy blogging!

More about Google Apps

You might already heard something about Google Apps. Well if you haven’t, here’s a summary regarding about it: Google Apps is a collection of web-based programs and file storage that runs through our browsers and under the search engine giant, Google Incorporated. This apps include Gmail (under your own domain: user@domain.com), Google Talk and Google Calendar), the rival program of Microsoft Office: Google Docs (which allows users to import, export and create documents, spreadsheets and presentations just like MS Office). With the use of this free web-based applications, I was able to personalized some ideas and things that I have in mind.

Linking Google Adsense and Analytics

Just this morning, I was able to notice a new feature that Google has to offer to their current publishers. We can now link our Google Adsense and Google Analytics account. For more information, you could watch the YouTube video which I posted as follows: Continue reading…