<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Yicrosoft Directory | by ozwebfx |]]></title><description><![CDATA[Articles]]></description><link>http://www.the-yicrosoft-directory.com/</link><copyright><![CDATA[Copyright Yicrosoft Directory | by ozwebfx |]]></copyright><generator>sNews CMS</generator><item><title><![CDATA[30th yicrosoft directory page]]></title><description><![CDATA[  The Thirtieth Yicrosoft Directory day ..  
    The winners   have been announced in the &ldquo;    2008    King Noob SEO    &rdquo; Contest!  
  Third:   http://directory-yicrosoft.blogspot.com/    
  Second:   http://yicrosoftdirectoryblog.blogspot.com/    
    First:   http://yicrosoftdirectorywinner.blogspot.com/      
          &nbsp;      
    By my reckoning I finished 10th, I'll try &amp; get some official confirmation &amp; post back here :)    
  I would like to mention that I entered into this contest in order for me to step out of my comfort level a little &amp; I've enjoyed the challenge of learning new concepts.  
  I approached with the mentality of a     Web Designer     &amp; as you may see on this post:  
      What is the Responsibility of a Web Designer in Regards to SEO?       
  
  I may not have the best skills in:  
  Link building  
  Link baiting  
  Content creation  
  SMM  
  Press release writing  
  Sales copy  
    To sum up:    
  
  Would I conduct a SEO Campaign for a client? Probably not, but I'm sure that I've demonstrated the points that     Cory     made about producing good code &amp; the correct structure.  
  If you can see from all this that SEO is hard work &amp; you would rather hire a true professional I highly recommend a fellow Australian,     Brendon Sinclair    , he's a friendly bloke &amp; passionate about what he does.  
  If you would like me to build you a website please visit my site:     www.ozwebfx.com    . you will see that I will give you  an     obligation free Estimate     &amp; I offer a     100% Money-Back Guarantee     because I am confident that you will be extremely pleased with any of my services.  
  If you've liked some of the stuff I've talked about here then step on over to my     blog     .. I'll promise to post more regularly in the future &amp; update my     Portfolio Page     so please subscribe to     the ozwebfx newsletter     &amp; I'll let you know soon.  
  So, thanks for reading &amp; once again congratulations to all the entrants.  
    Cheers, Richard.    ]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 05 Mar 2008 23:43:28 +0000</pubDate><link>http://www.the-yicrosoft-directory.com/home/the-thirtieth-yicrosoft-directory-day/</link><guid>http://www.the-yicrosoft-directory.com/home/the-thirtieth-yicrosoft-directory-day/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[29th yicrosoft directory page]]></title><description><![CDATA[  The Twenty Ninth Yicrosoft Directory day ..  
    The Yicrosoft Directory   is, of course, an entrant in the &ldquo;    2008    King Noob SEO    &rdquo; Contest!  
  Now that the contest is drawing to a close I'd like to say thanks to all my fellow contestants &amp; the organisers of the contest:     SEO Noobs      
  Everyone has been extremely friendly throughout &amp; I'm sure that, judging by the quality of some of the sites, some entrants are destined for great things in life.  
  If you do check out the     SEO Noobs     Website make sure you register for the &ldquo;    Basic SEO Mini E-Course    &rdquo;.  
  It's a free course &amp; you&rsquo;ll find out how to do things like picking a great title tag, optimizing meta data, importance of backlinks &amp; 100+ ways to get backlinks.  ]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 04 Mar 2008 00:03:27 +0000</pubDate><link>http://www.the-yicrosoft-directory.com/home/the-twenty-ninth-yicrosoft-directory-day/</link><guid>http://www.the-yicrosoft-directory.com/home/the-twenty-ninth-yicrosoft-directory-day/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[28th yicrosoft directory page]]></title><description><![CDATA[  The Twenty Eighth Yicrosoft Directory day ..  
    What's your website score?    
      Meg     over at     Blog Pond     asks &quot;Have you ever wondered how well optimised your website is? What I mean  by that, is how easy your content is to find on search engines.&quot;  
      Website Grader     is an online  tool that gives your website a score out of 100 and prepares a pretty  comprehensive report (ready within a couple of minutes).  
      Michael Gray     takes another point of view:     Why Website Grader is a Bad Idea      
  &quot;I came across     Website Grader     via     Guy Kawasaki&rsquo;s website     today and I have to say this is one of the worst ideas I have ever  seen, worse than that it&rsquo;s downright dangerous in the wrong hands!&quot;  
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 03 Mar 2008 15:17:09 +0000</pubDate><link>http://www.the-yicrosoft-directory.com/home/the-twenty-eighth-yicrosoft-directory-day/</link><guid>http://www.the-yicrosoft-directory.com/home/the-twenty-eighth-yicrosoft-directory-day/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[27th yicrosoft directory page]]></title><description><![CDATA[  The Twenty Seventh Yicrosoft Directory day ..  
    Table-Based Layout Is The Next Big Thing    
   The recently-launched   SitePoint CSS Reference   (and its print version,   The Ultimate CSS Reference  )  contains extensive coverage of some of the more obscure areas of CSS.  One such area that is going to become very important with the release  of IE8 later this year is CSS tables.   
       For years now, enlightened designers who have embraced CSS layout  have had to bend over backwards to produce complex designs that would  have been trivial to produce using the HTML table-based layout  techniques of the past.   
       The lengths to which designers must go to produce, say, a simple  three-column layout using CSS techniques are so extreme that many web  designers simply give up on CSS and resort to HTML tables for their  layout. The   Tech Times #142   and   #143   were devoted to this issue.   
       With the release of IE8 coming this year, the stage is set for all  that to change. IE8 will be the last of the major browsers to add  support for CSS tables, which will enable designers to use table-based  layout techniques without   misusing   HTML table markup.   
      Read the rest of    Kevin Yank  's controversial post over at   Sitepoint    ]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 02 Mar 2008 23:49:34 +0000</pubDate><link>http://www.the-yicrosoft-directory.com/home/the-twenty-seventh-yicrosoft-directory-day/</link><guid>http://www.the-yicrosoft-directory.com/home/the-twenty-seventh-yicrosoft-directory-day/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[26th yicrosoft directory page]]></title><description><![CDATA[  The Twenty Sixth Yicrosoft Directory day ..  
    Early adopters of Microsoft's new suite of enterprise products have given the vendor an initial thumbs-up.    
   Launching Windows Server 2008, Virtual Studio 2008 and SQL Server 2008,  Microsoft Australia left it to its early adopter customers -- Lion  Nathan, Macquarie Bank, Westpac, National Australia Bank, Telstra  Business Systems, La Trobe University and the University of Canberra --  to share their thoughts on the new products at an event in Sydney. Read more at     Builder AU      
      Builder AU     is by developers for developers. Drawing upon local and international developer talent, Builder AU  provides professional developers, and managers with a valuable resource  to meet their challenging day-to-day demands.  
  Recent highlights  
  Builder AU launched &ldquo;Club Builder&rdquo;, its first weekly video  program following the introduction of a dedicated video channel in  2007.&nbsp; Presented by Chris Duckett, Editor of Builder AU, Club Builder  is a quirky view of the week&rsquo;s developer industry news.  
   In  October 2007, Builder AU launched its Builder Labs section, creating a  unique environment for readers to interact and be part of the testing  process for our ideas. This service includes code examples, an RGB  colour selector, and Builder AU readership statistics.  
   Builder  AU continues to innovate and introduce new membership features and  improvements to provide greater support and functionality for the  developer community. In 2007, developments included forums, newsletter  franchises, as well as member profile and networking pages.  
   Builder  AU is a media partner with Australia's leading developer focused events  including Linux.conf.au, Web Directions South and Open Source  Developers Conference.   ]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 01 Mar 2008 00:20:17 +0000</pubDate><link>http://www.the-yicrosoft-directory.com/home/the-twenty-sixth-yicrosoft-directory-day/</link><guid>http://www.the-yicrosoft-directory.com/home/the-twenty-sixth-yicrosoft-directory-day/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[25th yicrosoft directory page]]></title><description><![CDATA[  The Twenty Fifth Yicrosoft Directory day ..  
  I couldn't stand having my posts showing as server time which is in the U.S.A. &amp; I wanted to show Australian time.  
  The sNews forum has a post explaining how to do this called   [MOD] Time Offset    
  It's easy to install &amp; makes me happy :)  ]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 29 Feb 2008 13:29:00 +0000</pubDate><link>http://www.the-yicrosoft-directory.com/home/the-twenty-fifth-yicrosoft-drectory-day/</link><guid>http://www.the-yicrosoft-directory.com/home/the-twenty-fifth-yicrosoft-drectory-day/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[24th yicrosoft directory page]]></title><description><![CDATA[  The Twenty Fourth Yicrosoft Directory day ..  
    Microsoft has  declared a truce with the open source community.    
    
The Redmond giant said that they would   make available, for no cost, the APIs for Office and Windows Server   initially, and eventually the APIs for Windows Vista, the .NET  Framework, Windows Server 2008, SQL Server 2008, Office 2007, Exchange  Server 2007, and Office SharePoint Server 2007.  
  
The one gotcha attached to the arrangement is that Microsoft has  pledged not to sue open source developers working on non-commerical  software --   the moment money becomes involved  , Microsoft patents and royalities kick in.  
  
The move has not received universal acclaim with the European  Commission expressing doubt over whether Microsoft would actually do  what it stated it would and saying that the announcement would not  affect its antitrust investigations against the software giant.   
  
&quot;The Commission would welcome any move towards genuine  interoperability,&quot; read the statement. &quot;Nonetheless, the Commission  notes that today's announcement follows at least four similar  statements by Microsoft in the past on the importance of  interoperability.&quot;  
  
It's been a big week for Microsoft as it has been fined  a record   899 million euros   by the Commission   for defying sanctions imposed on the company for abusing its dominant  position in the software market. Microsoft als  o   announced   students would be able to get their hands on free copies   of Microsoft's Visual Studio, Server 2003 Standard Edition, Expression  Studio, XNA studio for developing Xbox 360 software and SQL Server 2005.  
  
The free developer tools announcement was discussed by   Bill Gates in a video interview  .  ]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 28 Feb 2008 09:53:17 +0000</pubDate><link>http://www.the-yicrosoft-directory.com/home/the-twenty-fourth-yicrosoft-drectory-day/</link><guid>http://www.the-yicrosoft-directory.com/home/the-twenty-fourth-yicrosoft-drectory-day/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[23rd yicrosoft directory page]]></title><description><![CDATA[  The Twenty Third Yicrosoft Directory day ..  
    The best Web Analytics Products    
  The recent release of   Google Urchin   raises a few questions for   Google  . WebProNews Reporter Abby Prince compares   Google Analytics   and Google Urchin.   
  Find out all the details including what one web  marketer considers to be some disadvantages to Urchin only on  WebProNews:     Google Urchin Examined      
    Manoj Jasra   was often asked by colleagues, clients,  and blog readers for comparisons between different Web Analytics Products:   
  “What are the differences between Google Analytics and  SiteCatalyst,” “How do I know which web analytics product to use?”   
  So he  did some research and has compiled a list of resources which compare  analytics products. He also grabbed the ‘feature’ page links from  various web analytics vendors so that all this data could be accessed  in one place.  
   Enjoy:   http://webanalytics.globalthoughtz.com/web-analytics-comparison    ]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 27 Feb 2008 13:44:42 +0000</pubDate><link>http://www.the-yicrosoft-directory.com/home/the-twenty-third-yicrosoft-drectory-day/</link><guid>http://www.the-yicrosoft-directory.com/home/the-twenty-third-yicrosoft-drectory-day/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[22nd yicrosoft directory page]]></title><description><![CDATA[  The Twenty Second Yicrosoft Directory day ..  
    The evolution of SEO to DAO    
  Interesting article over at   Search Insider    
  &quot;  The future of SEO as defined today is a bleak one. Whether we merely  change the description of SEO or use a new acronym like DAO, the days  of success being optimization for 10 text links on a standard results  page is going to end up just like our old description of the engines:  as dinosaurs. Extinct dinosaurs.  &quot;  ]]></description><pubDate>Tue, 26 Feb 2008 23:54:08 +0000</pubDate><link>http://www.the-yicrosoft-directory.com/home/the-twenty-second-yicrosoft-directory-day/</link><guid>http://www.the-yicrosoft-directory.com/home/the-twenty-second-yicrosoft-directory-day/</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[21st yicrosoft directory page]]></title><description><![CDATA[  The Twenty First Yicrosoft Directory day ..  
  
    Do Search Engines Get Bored ?   
  
  From the     Search   Engine Optimization Forum     at     Web Pro World      
  If a site seems to 'work' - the visitors   (mostly new) appear happy with the content/structure etc, and the search engines   are happy to rank it - is there any value in making small, regular changes to   the content to make it appear 'fresher' to the engines, even if this does   nothing for the visitor?   
    
I've read that fairly static sites may get   crawled less frequently but so what?   
  
I tend to the view that 'if it   ain't broke don't fix it' - unless you can make the visitor experience more   worthwhile. On the other hand, algorithms don't have feelings.   
  
    Read   Replies      ]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 25 Feb 2008 20:52:03 +0000</pubDate><link>http://www.the-yicrosoft-directory.com/home/the-twenty-first-yicrosoft-directory-day/</link><guid>http://www.the-yicrosoft-directory.com/home/the-twenty-first-yicrosoft-directory-day/</guid></item></channel></rss>