MSN Website Submission is Broken

A value-added service for website design in Malaysia is assisting clients to submit their websites to search engines. Three of the more popular search engines worldwide are Google, Yahoo and MSN. Though Nielsen reported in 2006, the accumulative total of users using an alternative nearly surpasses MSN Search.

So there I was about to submit a client’s website to the MSN search engine. Filled the security code and valid URL, only to be returned to the same page telling me to again fill in a valid URL. I even tried my own URL and it still returned the same error.

Looks like the MSN website submission is broken or in geek, borken.

By the way, Malaysia website design companies who charge you for website submission to Google, Yahoo and MSN are cheating you. It’s absolutely free to submit your website – unless you register for their premium service, like Yahoo Directory.

Search engine optimization (SEO) indeed is a broad area today, so make sure you do some homework before hiring a Malaysia SEO consultant. Or, are you still paying the Malaysia website design company for website submission? (premium services excluded)

Why Tourism Malaysia Never Thought of This?

I was reading the papers at breakfast (yes, I still read printed stuff) and I found another great idea we could’ve used – especially, Tourism Malaysia. Why oh why couldn’t we have come with an online creative marketing campaign like this one to promote Malaysia!

Australia’s Queensland tourism is going to offer one (1) individual the luxury of staying in Queensland for 6 months and do what? Explore, experience and ultimately have a blast of a time writing about it. Who wouldn’t want that, right?

Plus, what makes this idea even more efficient is it’s using YouTube to host the videos. Therefore, less worries about bandwidth and more about the content and the person.

If you asked me, a woman is going to win the job hands down. And, some of them are either running their own online tech show or have a production crew behind them!

But the guys also have someone giving them a run for their money. Who doesn’t love a serenading (cute, I don’t know) guy?

So, why didn’t Tourism Malaysia think of this?

p.s: The only way a guy I tihnk will win this is if he’s a celebrity.

Excuse me, please Include Your Facebook in Your Resume

It was a while back my sister-in-law mentioned how employers are now looking up employees Facebook profiles. Not only to check out what’s going on with their employees, but the interviewees for a job position too. Hence, employers may soon ask, “Excuse me, do you have a Facebook profile?” Or, they’ll ask if they may be added to your Friends.

There are a couple of things on my mind about this issue. Not just concerning privacy, but the sheer relevance of using Facebook to judge an employees personality and behaviour.

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Basic Search Engine Optimization Tips

A friend of mine showed me his new website pending launch on Tuesday. It was done by another Malaysia website design company and not us at Simpleet Solutions. He was rather concerned about the position of his company website in search engines – who isn’t today. So I agreed to have a quick assessment of his website.

I was surprised to find not even the basic of search engine optimization (SEO) steps were done for his website. So, here are 10 basic search engine optimization techniques you can tell your provider.

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Will Netbooks Change The Internet Experience?

Netbooks are like the next generation of consumer mobile computers or notebooks right now. What’s even more surprising is this comes not late after the super low-cost laptops for poverty stricken countries. But there’s nothing to complain, because more laptops means a more Internet connected community.

Sure, we’ll have more Internet addicts and black hat hackers on the prowl but at least netbooks are making technology advancements quicker. It’s become an instant hit even Wikipedia has an article about it already.

A netbook is a light-weight, low-cost, energy-efficient, highly portable laptop that achieves these parameters by offering fewer features, less processing power and reduced ability to run resource-intensive operating systems.

Source: Wikipedia

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