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So if you are like me and you are constantly searching for domain names for yourself and clients then the Domain Fox Hunt firefox addon is just for you. I decided to build this addon for the simple reason of me being to lazy going to Godaddy.com every time I wanted to search for a domain name. Now I simply click on the Domain Fox Hunt firefox addon and within seconds I am searching and know if the domain name is available or not.

Once you have downloaded this awesome firefox addon all you do is simply click on the addon logo near the address bar and start your search. The Domain Fox Hunt will tell you if that domain name is available with nice green text saying “Congratulations, this domain is available!” and if the domain name is not available you will see “Sorry, this domain is not available!”

As you can see in the above image there is a drop down menu which allows you to search .com, .net, .mobi, .biz, .org, .tv, .info, and .me! Also once you have found the domain name you were looking for and it is available then you can go straight to your registrar and it will be yours for the taking.

Download the addon free over at Mozilla by going to https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/8592

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Here is what was talked about in my Tuesday SEO News podcast #2:

Robots.txt Overview, Generator, & Analyzer

We recently compiled a 6 page robots.txt primer and added a robots.txt generator and robots.txt analyzer to our suite of free SEO tools.

The Happiest SEO in the Sea

I wanted to get on bended knee, as I slipped the ringbox into my hand, but I didn’t want her to leave my side as I asked her to marry me… She said yes! I love you, Kimberly ♥. Thank you for making me the happiest man in the world …

Last Call For SMX Local & Mobile in San Francisco

For the last couple months, we’ve been telling you why you should come to SMX Local & Mobile. That you’ll learn the online marketing tactics influencing $500 billion in offline sales. That local and mobile search are opportunities for …

Google Has Over 75% Of US Search Ad Market

New figures out on search advertising spend from Efficient Frontier show Google continues to dominate the market, stats that will no doubt complicate the company’s goal to gain approval of its deal with Yahoo on search ads. …

No, The Toolbar Does Not Lead Google To Index My Content

Matt Cutts of Google has posted another one of his debunking theories post, this time on the Google Toolbar aiding Google in indexing content. Matt said, “if Ken Simpson is implying that the Google Toolbar led to these urls being …

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In this episode I not only give great and useful tips for using Technorati.com, I also give you exclusive access to my new Free Technorati Tag Generator addon for Firefox! As promised in my podcast here is the direct link to download the free addon at:

http://www.yourseomentor.com/technoratitaggenerator

In the podcast listen to how you can win an iPod Nano!!! Also don’t miss out on my new Technorati Tag Creator!

Technorati Tags: Technorati Tag Generator, Podcast, Creator

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So I was on Sphinn.com today and found a blog post called “301 Redirect Explained” and was plesantly surprised to see something of this nature get to the top. Originally posts on Sphinn were more based on great articles like this that gave the users great content with articles that really brought value to it’s users (don’t get me wrong, there is still great stuff at Sphinn.com and I go there everyday). But finally an article full of great content that really gives value and education to the readers.

So I have titled this post “The long lost subject of 301 Redirect” because it has been a while since this subject has come up in the SEO community lately all it has been about is Jason Gambert (loser), Microsoft/Yahoo mess, Advanced Blackhat SEO, etc.

So getting to the point of this post I wanted to bring back the topic of the 301 Redirect. In the article posted by Ron Tovbin where he guest posted at Shimon Sandler’s blog ShimonSandler.com, he gives some great content with much value to help those understand in great technical depth what as 301 Redirect is and how it works.

Here are a couple things that I really liked from Rob’s post:

The new URL can also be 301 redirected, this is called chaining and should be avoided if you want play nice with the search engine spiders.

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So I have come across a lot of debate about putting Trust Seals on your website. First of all I am letting you know now that this post is going to be short and to the point: TRUST SEALS WORK! It is that simple. Personally I endorse Trust Guard seals and here is why:

Two Recent Consumer Reports™ National Surveys show that…

• The #1 concern visitors have:
  Is my personal information Safe and Secure?
  (88% of Internet users surveyed, viewed this as “Very Important”)
• The #2 concern visitors have:
  Can I Trust the site and the information on it?
  (81% of Internet users surveyed, viewed this as “Very Important”)
• The #3 concern visitors have:
  Does the site have a good Privacy Policy?
  (76% of Internet users surveyed, viewed this as “Very Important”)
• 95% of those surveyed want access to a websites;
  Email address, street address, and phone number.

Trust Guard takes care of all these consumer issues, and this is the simple reason why I choose Trust Guard seals over HackerSafe, TrustE, BBB, and Comodo.

But don’t take my word for it check out a couple of their great testimonials:

“After putting Trust Guard on my web site my conversion rate went from 6.8% to 9.6%! (A 41% Increase!) It has been a tremendous asset for my company! Thank you!”

-Bryan Hoover, RadiantSmile.net

“In the two weeks following installing the Trust Guard seals on my site, sales increased 116% over the prior two week period! Clearly, I’ve been losing sales for months by not having a third-party site verification like Trust Guard. On the Internet, Trust is everything. Thank you Trust Guard! I’m glad I found you.”

-Larry Weaver, FunnyEmployeeAwards.com

 

I also add my testimonial that Trust Guard seals work I have had much success with using the seals on my LearnSEOLive.com site and many others. But the best thing about Trust Guard seals is that they are effective and affordable. Go to their Comparison chart and you will see that you can save $1000s.

So there you go, but don’t take my word for it check it out yourself.

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If you are an SEO Newbie then you need to know that Dan Thies Releases 2008 Edition of SEO Fast Start. If you don’t have this then you need to get over to http://www.seofaststart.com/download now and download it NOW. Here is what Dan says about the 2008 Edition of SEO Fast Start:

As I told someone the other day, the only thing that seems to never change in SEO is the persistent myth that the search engines “change the rules” all the time.

There are minor rewrites on Keyword Strategy, some more detailed advice for Site Structure, a little bit in Link Building, and a few other notes of newness here and there.

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