The document discusses PageRank, a link analysis algorithm developed at Stanford University that measures the importance of web pages, emphasizing how linking strategies can affect a site's ranking. It also covers search engine optimization (SEO) techniques for improving website visibility, including keyword selection and link-building. Additionally, it explains the benefits and drawbacks of widgets, OpenID for streamlined web access, and the importance of social bookmarking for enhancing site popularity and organization.

1. Web 2.0 By G.Ezhilan http://flexlearner.wordpress.com

2. Page Rank

3. Brief History Page Rank was developed at Stanford University by Larry Page. Page rank was first introduced by Google inc. Page Rank is based on citation analysis that was developed in the 1950s by Eugene Garfield.

4. What is a Page Rank? Page rank is a method for defining the value of a website using visitor viewing. It is actually processed by a link analysis algorithm. It is usually measured in a scale between 1-10. If the page rank is less than 1then it’s a N/A (not available).

5. Is Page rank important? Page Rank reflects our views on the importance of a web page. Pages that we consider to be important receives higher page rank. Casting Ads in Websites with higher page rank is Expensive. It can be an effective and viable marketing strategy to buy link advertisements and increase a webmaster's link popularity.

6. What is concept of page rank? It is actually processed by a link analysis algorithm. A person randomly clicking on links will arrive at any particular page. The webpage which have the link has lesser page rank than the particular page which corresponds the link.

7. Link Analysis - Case 1 Let's consider a 3 page site (pages A, B and C) with no links coming from outside. We will allocate each page an initial Page Rank of 1. The maximum page rank can be 3,but with no page link its just 0.45(.15 each). The site is wasting its potential page rank. A B C

8. Case 2 In this case page A is linked to B. Page A has "voted" for page B and, as a result, page B's Page Rank has increased. After several iteration the rank would be A=0.15 ,B=0.2775, c=0.15 and total pr=0.5775, slightly better than previous case. A B C

9. Case 3 In this case all 3 pages are linked to each other. Even after many iterations, each page ends up with PR1. This has demonstrated that, by poor linking, it is quite easy to waste Page Rank and by good linking, we can achieve a site's full potential. A B C

10. conclusion Page rank plays an important part in defining the value of a website. Even if the Content and design of the website can be great ,without a considerable page rank it’s a waste. Linking and sharing your web content is more important in defining your page rank.

11. Search Engine Optimization (SEO)‏

12. What is SEO? Search engine optimization (SEO) is the process of improving the quality of traffic to a web site from search engines via search results.

13. Brief History Optimizing sites for search engines started at the mid-1990s. The phrase search engine optimization probably came into use in 1997. Early versions of search algorithms relied on webmaster-provided information such as the keyword meta tag.

14. What is the need for SEO? Site owners started to recognize the value of having their sites highly ranked and visible in search engine results. The sites popularity can be increased due to SEO. It is also a viable marketing strategy for increasing page rank and thus increasing ad value.

15. Process of SEO Search Engine friendly Design Keyword Analysis and Selection Content and Copywriting for SEO Optimization Techniques Link Building Test and Measures for Optimal ROI

16. Search Engine Friendly Design It’s an important process in which the sites template Design, navigation control and other external appearances are taken care. With a good content and clumsy design the website is not preferred by browser. A better design makes the website much more ease in use.

17. Keyword Selection It’s the process of selecting keywords that attract your customer. The keyword research allows you to see what your online market is actually looking for and how frequently the keyword is used. It brings the most qualified visitors to your site.

18. SEO Copywriting Create content considering content viewers in mind. Be clear and present neatly, since most people will spend only a minute on your site. Edit Fiercely and create High quality, link worthy content. Effectively tell your story to your target audience.

19. Optimization Techniques It involves positioning the selected search terms properly to increase the ranking of your website on major search engines. The 5 major problems to be solved are 1)Keyword stuffing 2)Duplicate content 3)Linking to bad sites 4)Broken Links 5)Black hat

20. Link Building Link-building is all about establishing credibility on the Web. Links pointing to your website are considered quality links. Best way for linking a website are Registering website in online directories, articles online or press release.

21. Test and Measure for Optimal Internet Marketing ROI Constantly check the websites visits, spent time etc through a tool kit. Some of the tools used for tracking are Click Tracks, Google Analytics, Omniture SiteCatalyst. Constantly change the key words.

22. Other facts There are 2 types of SEO white hat and black hat . Processing through legal method is called white hat. Optimizing sites through spamming and other illegal method is called black hat

23. Conclusion Thus SEO can be done through white and black hat, but it’s the legal optimization that is going to last for longer days. Testing and maintenance plays an important role in search engine optimization. Duplicate content always dampens the website.

24. Widgets

25. What is a Widget? Widget is a JavaScript use to do a particular job in the website. It is more like an attachment to a site. It can be easily removed, changed or modified. The code of a particular widget can be attached anywhere in the website for website owners convenience.

26. A general widget code <a href=&quot;javascript:window.location = 'http://www.socialmarker.com/?link='+encodeURIComponent (location.href)+'&title='+encodeURIComponent( document.title);&quot;><img src= &quot;http://www.socialmarker.com/bookmark.gif&quot; border=&quot;0&quot; /></a><noscript><a href=&quot;http://www.socialmarker.com&quot; >Social Bookmarking</a></noscript> This is a code for a social book marking widget. we can add it in our website to use it.

27. Advantages of widgets The major advantages of widgets is that it is freely available in millions of website. Even we can create widgets to our website and post it ,so that visitors may copy it and use it in their website. This increases the popularity and page rank of the site. Innovative widgets can attract lot of viewers to your website.

28. Disadvantages The major disadvantage is that the JavaScript used in widgets would slow down your webpage loading capacity drastically. The codes that we copy from other websites can also be a risky factor. Virus and other malicious threats can be spread through widgets.

29. Conclusion Widgets are definitely an important prospect when a visitor visits your website for content. Place some entertainment or attractive widgets so that visitors are glued to your website. Try to create a widget and don’t copy it so that it in creases your credentials.

30. OpenID

31. What is OpenID? Open id is a convenient and secured process for logging in to any website with a identity provider. You can access any site that enables open id. Can be a member in any website with just a single registration in open id. simple to use and remember.

32. Should we need it? Yes ,this open id is a new technology in which a single id can be used for all websites. This minimizes the time for filling in every website. This is more important because security of the site is being ensured by these id providers.

33. What is the process of Open id? First we need to create an account in authentication providers like Google, IBM, Microsoft, MySpace, Orange, Pay Pal, and Yahoo! etc. They provide an open id which consists of an id provider. When you visit the website (relying party)‏ You can directly login to the website through the id provider.

34. Conclusion Users can now be able to visit any website through single registration. This reduces time for registering in different sites. Spammers can be traced easily using this open id system.

35. Social Bookmarking

36. What is Social Bookmarking? Book marking websites in the internet so that others can also see and get benefited is known as social book marking. It is typically marked in the form of tags. Social book marking is a powerful tool in promoting a website. This enhances the page rank and also the popularity of the website.

37. Is it needed? Definitely, when looked in outer this looks simple but this book marking easily promotes your site to a greater extent. It is better to register in a social book marking site than wasting your money in ads. We can organize large numbers of bookmarks, and share bookmarks with contacts.

38. Process in Social Book Marking At first we need to select a good social book marking tool. (e.g.: social marker, delicious. COM) Give the suitable title, description and tags to the website. Place the tag icon in your browser so that you would be able to view it easily. Add related websites to the tags and make it meaningful.

39. Other Facts To increase popularity ,Spammers have started book marking the same web page multiple times. Many social book marking services provide web feeds for their lists of bookmarks. extra features such as ratings and comments on bookmarks has been added.

40. Conclusion Social Book marking is definitely a innovative way grouping a particular sites in a an organized way. Collective knowledge from the web browsers can be achieved from social book marking. Tagging a particular site is more important in social book marking.

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