Greg's High Performance SEO Wordpress Plugin Reduces Server Load

I was recently turned on to Greg's High Performance SEO Wordpress Plugin to help speed up a few sites and reduce the site load on several very high traffic sites of mine. I will admit that I have been using the Light SEO and the All In One SEO plugins for quite a while and it took a while to weed my way through all of the settings. One plus is that Greg's High Performance SEO also provides built-in support for titles and keywords left behind by alternative SEO and other legacy plugins such as All in One SEO Pack among many others, but I suggest you learn the settings going forward and not to rely on this. I have seen it reduce the load already by 5% on one site and have some more playing to do. Read up on it and see if it fits your needs or at worst, throw it up on a test site.

Alex Goad To Launch The RankBuilder Tuesday

Hope everyone is having a great Labor Day today. On Tuesday, Alex Goad is launching a new software app called The Rank Builder that makes attaining some syndicated backlinks very easy. You have heard talk about syndication in the past and it remains very powerful way of not only getting your content out there, but obtaining some backlinks in the process. I will likely be in line to check this app out myself on Tuesday and you can opt in to see the Free SEO Case Study video, see the database listings of the 812 sources he talks about and read up on his rankings formula to see if indeed this is an app you can use. Do not get caught up in the ranking hype, but do understand the preface of what he is getting across as far as syndication and the formula. I can not wait to play with this. Have a great and restful evening.

Rand On Link Building Tactics

Late for an annual fantasy football draft tonight, but wanted to make sure I pointed you to the Whiteboard Friday video done by Rand Fishkin this week in which he goes over four link building tactics that you likely haven't heard about. Wish me luck in my draft.

Google Giving Away Free Ice Cream And They Know My Favorite Flavor

No, Google is not giving away free ice cream, but you will see why I titled the post that way when you watch the video below. The "do not track me list" is a novel idea, but I think we are WAYS away from that. I could see a VERY, VERY strict privacy policy regulations thing coming down the road, but Google makes its money knowing the type softball bats you buy and if you are having problems with your attic fan. They want to know how to best market to you. Put your tin foil hats on and face north west, they are coming for you. Every direction, every day.

I found this on the guest post on SEO Book, by Jim Kukral.

Incansoft 50% Off Labor Day Sale

I always try to keep readers updated whenever Big Mike Kotzakolios of Incansoft has a sale on his software. These sales happen about 4 or 5 times a year if memory serves me. Well the Labor Day weekend is upon us and I received an email from his partner John Rogers stating that Incansoft is celebrating the Labor Day weekend by offering everyone 50% off on their entire catalog. Everything is on sale right now ranging from $4.95 to $14.95 using Coupon Code SELFEMPLOYED (use GRAPHICS for GFX Writer and VIDEO for GFX Video Writer). They also have a new product called Llama Spin, but I have not purchased that yet as I am a big fan of the Best Spinner and use that almost daily. You can browse the entire Incansoft product catalog right here. If you are headed out for a long Labor Weekend, all the best to you and yours.

WPBeginner Blog - Tutorials For Beginners To Wordpress

I came across the WPBeginner Blog today that features tutorials and post dedicated towards beginners to Wordpress. This business is constantly seeing new influx of people and i like to be able to point them in the right direction every now and again as well. Make sure to really browse around there and try the search feature they have for specific tutorials. I also remind you of my top 40 Wordpress plugin list that I recently updated and you will see several on the WPBeginner Blog as well. Also not to be lost in the shuffle is the great Wordpress.tv site. Wordpress is easy to learn and I suggest it be the niche CMS platform of choice. Every thing else compares in comparison and you will be using Wordpress sooner or later so fooling with any other platform that you might have to pay for is foolish, especially if it does not have a long track record like Wordpress especially where security is concerned. Do yourself a favor and learn to use what the pros use.

Rae Hoffman On Identifying Industry Leaders On Twitter

A comment and an email came to me wanting to me to devote more time on Twitter per my post the other day. It just so happens that the great Rae Hoffman posted on Search Engine Land a post about, How To Identify Industry Specific & Mainstream Media On Twitter. Rae goes over some great resources to find some leaders in certain industries and how to engage them once you do find them. Going right for the jugular is not the way, as I too have asked too early. Remember that you are networking and often times you have to give first before receiving. Some of these backlinks are very powerful and well worth the time invested in only acquiring just a few. Remember that with these links it is quality over quantity. Just a few of these can catapult a properly SEO'ed and properly researched site in the rankings. Don't forget to ask to guest blog and write content for them as well for the link. Trust me, it works. It just takes some time and patience.