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The concept for a national aquarium has been on the cards for many years. Two factors contributed to the lengthy time taken for the project to take off: the selection of an appropriate site and the identification of a sustainable operating model that would achieve the project objectives without depending on government financial subsidies.
The first attempt to build a public aquarium commenced in 1993, when the old national pool in the South of the island (Marsascala) became redundant. The idea was to convert the old national pool into an aquarium. However it became evident that the location of Marsascala was too remote for tour operators and that another location should be identified. The Ministry of Tourism had then identified the site at Qawra Point as a possible location for this project, noting that the area constituted a tourism zone in decline which required investment in general. Despite the process for this project started in 1993, culminating in an International Call for Offers in 1996, the process was discontinued following the realisation that the project was not feasible if it were to be funded solely from private sources.
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NEW Raspberry Pi B+, NOW with - count them - FOUR USB ports
A new Raspberry Pi model has emerged, rectifying one of the most common gripes directed at its predecessors: it now comes complete with four USB 2.0 ports. The Raspberry Pi B+ was announced this morning, but had already gone on sale a few hours earlier in Australia. The machine was also the subject of a frenzied weekend of …
Most noteworthy change here ( for me ) is the removal of that pesky resistor that limited power in to 5v 1A. Now supporting 2A which makes the requirement for the external usb hub evaporate. Would have liked a little more RAM but.. the changes to power without having to pop out the soldering iron are welcomed.
I wonder if the new Pi-B powers up via the USB ports?
Using a powered hub, and the hub (lacking a diode) provided +5v on the USB cable back to the Pi. The Pi wasn't particular about where the +5v showed up, so it would refuse to turn OFF when its power supply was turned off; happily continuing to run with the power unintentionally provided by the powered hub. Eventually I opened up the powered hub and cut a trace. That sorted it.
Do you think that they'll eventually release a Pi 'R' version? If they did, then I'd buy two. ...
Re: I wonder if the new Pi-B powers up via the USB ports?
The fact that you posted an hour before me and hadn't yet received an upvote for that joke fills me with despair for the wits of our fellow commentariat.
Pi "R" may sadly be a while coming though. So far we're only at "B" and we've had two models and a revision of the second, so I fully expect the "R" to come with integral hoverboard.
By comparison, the Pi "D" is just around the corner, and you'll only need one of those :)
Re: I wonder if the new Pi-B powers up via the USB ports?
The B+ can't be powered up via its USB ports. µUSB or GPIO only now. There is USB power limiting too - software settable - 600mA and 1.2A.
got two of the B models. one for openelec and one for munin.
if this, new, model had a dual-core CPU and 1GB of RAM i'd be sold on it but the extra USB ports and micro SD don't warrant a purchase...for me anyway.
Re: hmm
yeah, its a shame. I also run an openelec and would have loved just a tiny bit more oompf.
Re: hmm
More RAM and/more speed would have required a new SoC. And that would break a lot of backward compatibility (and wouldn't be a B+ but a C model).
This is an evolution so as not to require too much in the way of change. It basically fixes up most of the problems people had with the original device - lack of USB, connector placement and power supply.
Re: hmm
don't get me wrong, i'm not complaining, just saying. 4x USB is a great improvement in itself.
something else has changed on the board though as I thought the hub only had 4 USB. I thought the SD card took a USB slot up along with the 2x USB already there and the Ethernet had the last one.
Re: hmm
Cool. However the card change limits your ability to swap SD cards with other Pis.
Re: hmm
That's quite arguable, considering so far I got a normal-SD adapter with every single micro-SD card I bought.
Re: hmm
The switch to MicroSD means you would have to switch all your Pi's both new and old to use MicroSD's and then use adapters for the older models I guess.
It would be a pain, but then - do you regularly swap the cards around? I've a couple of the B's but almost never have need to swap the cards round.
But then, that all depends on your use-case :o
Re: hmm
I don't think I've ever seen anyone using a full size SD with a raspberry pi. Almost everyone uses a microSD in an adapter. Often people want the flexibility to re-use the card from an old phone/tablet or microSD is more easily available.
Composite Output
Their blog says they've moved it into the 3.5mm Jack, so non-standard wiring required, but it's still available.
Re: Composite Output
Ooh, my old Archos had composite in a 3.5mm, wonder if I still have the cable...
Re: Composite Output
Is there a standard that encompasses this though? Or at the very least an informal but commonly agreed way of wiring it?
It's something that's been done for quite a few years, I believe the Nokia N95 (and I'm sure other models) did this with a 4 pole 3.5mm jack to 3 RCA output and that same cable worked on some other devices including a digital camera and a tablet I had.
Re: Composite Output
Maplin sells two types of 3.5mm leads with 3x RCA. A Sony or Panasonic lead. So at least 2 standards. :)
Re: Composite Output
I didn't even know the Pi Model B had composite out. I was waiting till I replaced my CRT with a HD telly before buying...
Re: Composite Output
old Samsung omnias did too. I used an old camcorder lead that had a 4 pole socket - that worked well enough.
Re: Composite Output
I knew all those years of not throwing away strange looking cables and keeping a drawer full of them had to pay off some day. Just some day. I suppose if I'm not the only one that is reluctant to throw away perfectly working things without knowing exactly if/when I'm going to need them.
Re: Composite Output
I had the same problem, I waited until I noticed that it did have composite out. It works a treat (the audio's not great, but hey). The only problem was that the cable I bought was a bit cheap and I had to do a bit of re-wiring to get it to work - which might explain the poor audio :-)
Re: Composite Output
ah ha, its very satisfying when one of those old cables (that I have been told to get rid of on more than one occasion) can have a new lease of life. like for example a SCART (worst AV connector ever...) cable that found a new home by connecting a very old TV to a DVB-T box.
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At least 2?!! Ha, you're having a laugh!
There are actually more combinations of pin out from a 4 pole stereo video jack than the mathematics of permutations allow!
You can have a box of 4 pole break out cables, but never the one you actually need!
Re: Composite Output
I think my SEGA Game Gear TV had 3.5mm to 1 RCA Out. I also think I still have that cable.
So it's the same crap old ARM core with some extra ports on the on-board usb hub?
I guess more usb ports that barely work is key to saving the children.
Bearing in mind it has to be powered from a micro USB and mustn't cost more than £50, what core would you suggest?
and it is the B+. not the pi 2 - not mentioned in the article but a point they made on the website.
Also apparently the guy who got his early is full of shite too and stole the images from someone else who'd kindly taken them down as to not ruin the surprise. Personally I wouldn't link to his site to drive viewer stats but that's me.
Yes, the photo's were nicked from someone who indeed was kind enough to take the pictures down.
The guy who then posted them was a real jerk about it (and still is) - one of 'those'people who wanted their 5 seconds in the limelight, and didn't care how many people he pissed off to do it. So expect said jerk to be whining around the internet trying to attract attention.
"Bearing in mind it has to be powered from a micro USB and mustn't cost more than £50, what core would you suggest?"
Does it matter?
What ever was selected would be not enough, or too much. The objective is not to criticise the specification, but to whine about it not being the right one.
@ JOhn Bailey
Well said sir!
to be fair, £26 is nowhere near £50 though. The hummingboard might suit your needs, there is a 1gb/2 core or 2gb/4 core version allegedly shipping soon. Banana Pi is a dual core/1gb board that can be bought for under £50 too so there are options for you if you need a small Linux computer with some more oompf.
there are options for you if you need a small Linux computer with some more oompf.
What I'm looking for is something with 2 ethernet ports so I can run a small firewall such as IPcop..
usb Ethernet adapter? Now the PI has 4 USB ports then you can have a few usb devices.
>What I'm looking for is something with 2 ethernet ports so I can run a small firewall
>such as IPcop..
The shame with the beaglebone black is that it has another ethernet port but the pins for it aren't on the cape headers.. I want to do a cape with a micrel 4 port managed switch but alas it was not meant to be. All of this stuff is 100mbit anyhow. If you want something with gigabit interfaces and gigabit phys attached you need to look for something based on the Marvell Armada or similar that's made for NAS work.
>usb Ethernet adapter?
Considering how bad the "on board" usb ethernet already is do you think it would be wise to add yet another usb ethernet interface to the mix?
forgot to add. If you need a lot more power then look at an itx board. With an external PSU they are still quite small. My PI replaced an already small AMD e350 that I had shoehorned into an old hollowed out DVD player case (wife friendly looking) but it still needed a 120mm fan (quiet) to keep some sort of airflow so did make "some" noise. The PI is silent (and naked, it is just shoved behind the tv cabinet! only an IR "eye" pokes out of the side of the cabinet)
Next job is to fashion an IR power on function on the PI GPIO as the old e350 had a CIR socket that let me do that from "suspend". Cant say I have ever had an issue with the USB, granted im only using it as a media centre so I probably wouldn't notice the odd frame oddity.
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>mustn't cost more than £50, what core would you suggest?
BBB is less than 50 quid.
This guy is 30 euro:
This is 40 euro:
This one has 4 1.7ghz cores and is $65 (their shipping does suck though):
@Daniel Palmer
Your information on the USB is out of date. The huge majority of issues with it have been fixed. There are some corner cases where you might still have problems, but they are rare.
If you are going to continue to slag off the Raspberry Pi, please make sure your facts are correct first.
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>Your information on the USB is out of date.
I think you're under the assumption I don't actually have any raspberry pi on hand to check this;
daniel@mirmachina:~$ ssh pi@shitpi
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I have some green pi, I have some Chinese red pi .. I have no pi that doesn't reboot when USB devices are inserted or the usb doesn't lock up after a few days in action with certain devices like FTDI USB to serial chips. I have some clients with hundreds of pis deployed and they all have the same issues or even worse kill SD cards. I wonder if it's a PSU issue.. oh wait, this pi is running on it's own Cosel (that's a good brand btw) 10A industrial power supply.
>The huge majority of issues with it have been fixed.
Software fixes aren't going to fix issues that seem to be down to inrush current when inserting USB devices.
>If you are going to continue to slag off the Raspberry Pi,
>please make sure your facts are correct first.
Re: @Daniel Palmer
I'm under no assumptions about you at all.
This new version of the Raspi fixes the problem with hot plugging of USB.
FTDI chips should now work fine. That's the software fix I was talking about. If you are still seeing any problems and are using the very latest firmware and kernel (it appears your version is woefully out of date), please let the engineers know via the forum or via the firmware/kernel github reporting system.
SD cards wear out. Nothing the Foundation can do about that. There are techniques you can use to reduce the amount of accesses to the SD card which helps a lot.
Boo Hoo yourself.
Re: @Daniel Palmer
>This new version of the Raspi fixes the problem with hot plugging of USB.
So it took 3M units to spin a new revision that fixes a major issue. Awesome.
>FTDI chips should now work fine.
Nope. They still get into a locked up state with the latest kernel.
>That's the software fix I was talking about.
Do you have a link to the commit that "fixes" it?
>latest firmware and kernel (it appears your version is woefully out of date)
This board is running the 3.10 kernel. One of the others I have is running the 3.12 kernel. Same issues.
>SD cards wear out.
Not in the way we were seeing. Stop making assumptions.
>There are techniques you can use to reduce the amount of accesses
>to the SD card which helps a lot.
Have you worked with ubifs etc?
@Daniel Palmer
This one has 4 1.7ghz cores and is $65 (their shipping does suck though):
They have a European reseller: Pollin. Site is in German but I managed to order from them with the help of Google translate. I ordered one bunch of Odroid stuff from them and had a good experience, so I ended up ordering more stuff from them later. You can probably also email them if you're not sure on translations of things. All emails I got from them were in English, so it was nearly as easy as ordering from the likes of Dabs or Farnell.
Oh, and IMO the Odroid boards are great, by the way. Great bang per buck, though I'll probably also get at least one of these new Pi boards :)
Re: @Daniel Palmer
@Anonymous Coward
I'm in Japan so you would think they would ship them by registered post to here but they won't unless something has changed recently. $40 DHL shipping isn't really worth it on a single board. If they would stock at Digikey or something that would be great as usually it's free shipping on orders >$70 and that's still lower than the minimum for import duty.
Re: @sampler
> The guy who then posted them was a real jerk about it
If you are talking about rikkid, actually he came across as rather helpful when I was chatting to him in IRC. The mods have been spreading loads of FUD about him, you seem to have bought into it without knowing the full story.
If anything, the Pi mods have been total idiots by deleting threads without comment and banning people when other sites *already had the Pi on sale*. Stable, bolted. I'll get me coat
Re: @Anonymous Coward
Actually most German online electronics stores have Raspberry Pies. Pollin is mostly known for surplus and used stuff.
Re: @Daniel Palmer
Daniel seems to be particularly unlucky with his hardware. Perhaps he should replace his nylon carpets and start wearing leather soled shoes and clothes without "man-made" fibres.
I've used dozens of Rpi machines of various types for any number of functions. They have all been entirely reliable and many are in continuous use. My only real hardware-related gripe is that it would be nice to have some more RAM to play with. However, at the price, these little machines are amazing!
And there i was thinking the PI was to be a ultra cheap device for people to play with..
Now adding bits and bobs to it bumps up the price.... sort of defeats the projects original goal...
BUT i see where you guys are coming from and i would have thought the higher end ARMs would have come down in price sine the PIs launch.... But then you get a staggered board with multiple revisions....
Re: Cost
Except it is the same price. Noted here, at the source: http://www.raspberrypi.org/introducing-raspberry-pi-model-b-plus/
Re: Cost
Indeed - the prices are exactly the same, so you are actually getting more for your money. No need for a hub for example, so overall cost is actually lower.
Re: Cost
Just an alternative for people. Need more USB and don't care about a standard composite out? get the B+ Don't use >2 USB and have only full size SD cards? Get the model B. Both are the same price.
Re: Cost
And there i was thinking the PI was to be a ultra cheap device for people to play with.
At 26 smackers it is ultra cheap. In the "hobbyist" space, compare it to something like an Arduino and you get so much more with the new Pi for very little difference in price. Compare it to the typical development boards for embedded ARM stuff, and it's no wonder that the Pi is proving popular in industrial applications.
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VIERA, Fla. — Cla Meredith, signed by the Nationals over the winter after having bone chips removed from his elbow, now has a torn ligament that requires Tommy John surgery.
Meredith, a Richmond native who pitched in college at VCU, will undergo the ligament replacement procedure today in Washington, according to a Nationals spokesman. Team orthopedist Wiemi Douoguih, who examined Meredith in person yesterday, will perform the surgery.
Recovery time from Tommy John surgery is typically 12-to-18 months. At best, Meredith would be ready to return next spring.
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- VCUAlum Kyle - Mar 2, 2011 at 2:50 PM
Being a VCU alum I was hoping for Meredith to have a bounce back year and regain his form in San Diego. I was hoping he could be another huge force in our deep bullpen with Clip, Burnet, Storen, Balester, Ramirez, etc.Will the Nats release him and bring him back next season to try out again on a minor league deal?
- HHover - Mar 2, 2011 at 2:51 PM
Best wishes to Meredith, but this doesn't mean much to the Nats. He was only signed to a minor league deal and had a pretty remote shot at squeezing his way into a crowded bullpen.
- Doc - Mar 2, 2011 at 3:07 PM
This is another case where a Nats' player is signed after a "complete physical", only to be consigned to surgerical procedures proximate to ST.It's hard to believe that Meredith's status couldn't have been predicted, like Marquis'. Is it possible that the physical exams find probable and immanent pathologies that Rizzo, in his rush to sign players, decides to overlook, while keeping his fingers crossed?Even Riggleman is wondering about that.
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Best of luck to Cla and I hope this is the only serious Spring Training injury we incur!
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Why do you say Rizzo is in a "rush to sign players"?
- Souldrummer - Mar 2, 2011 at 3:50 PM
@DocI think Rizzo believes in having a deep roster of major league options. To me this is a completely different case than Marquis. Marquis was given an expensive major league deal. But on the other hand, he had no injury history.I think Cla Meredith was ticketed for Syracuse anyways. Chiefs fans of the Orioles may be in agony over this one and VCU fans are probably saddened, but Nats fans should be glad they should have depth to get through without him. I wish Meredith well and hope that he can bounce back to resume his career.
- Anonymous - Mar 2, 2011 at 4:44 PM
Who pays for the surgery and the rehab?
- SilverSpring8 - Mar 2, 2011 at 8:44 PM
I don't agree that Rizzo could have predicted Meredith's injury. Every club experiences these types of injuries. Remember when we were playing at Tampa Bay a couple of years ago and Isringhausen blew out his arm in the ninth inning? It happens.
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However, there are some caveats. The MinoHD does much better when held steady (Amazon is currently bundling it with a mini tripod for a reason). The camcorder also has some focus issues, such as choosing the ground rather than the animal scampering across it, and you can't get too close to your subjects or they will be out of focus. And you'll also notice that videos don't always play with the smooth precision of a true high-def video; there's just a slight bit of jitter. (Flip Video reps says it helps to have a more powerful computer and not have a lot of applications open when you're playing back videos, but we noticed it on an 8-core Mac with nothing else running).
One of the Flip Video camcorders' key selling points is how easy it is to get videos off the camera and distribute them, and the tradition continues here. You simply flip out the USB connector and plug it into your Windows (Windows 2000/XP or later) or OS X (10.4 or later) machine and up pops FlipShare, the company's newly redesigned software. You can play back one clip, string several together to make a movie, pull a single frame (still photo) out of the video, and share your clips with selected viewers via e-mail or the Web.
When sharing via e-mail, instead of attaching a large file--even short 20-second clips can result in a 25MB file--recipients are sent a link to your compressed video. It looks worse than your raw video footage, but it doesn't look bad and Flip Video has made an effort to preserve some of the sharpness and HD qualities. Aside from the fact that it can take several minutes to process the video, sharing a file is very simple. Click on the "Share Video" button in the software interface and it takes you to a screen that asks you to select a video clip and choose to share it via e-mail, share a greeting (send a private video card), or share it online.
To publish directly to YouTube, AOL, or MySpace, you'll need to create an account for each service and log in. But once you do, you can automatically upload your videos to the Web for private or public viewing with a click of a button. If you're allied to some other video-sharing site, a click of a button allows you to prepare the video for uploading, but you'll have to manually upload the processed file from a folder on your desktop.
Overall, FlipShare's got a cleaner look and seems easier to use. But the video trimming feature is a little buried and it no longer has the Movie Mix feature, which we really liked. Previously, you could select the clips you liked, click a button, and a few minutes later, the software spat out a movie complete with transitions and special effects and even some background music (you could choose to add your own background music). However, by sacrificing Muvee, which powered the Movie Mix feature, the MinoHD gained Mac and iMovie compatibility. Now you can trim your clips, string them together, and add titles and music. But there's no press-a-button a get a movie.
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Nice thread. I had been thinking of getting a 250 recently haven't yet but this makes me want one
Thanks, I will be the first person to tell you that the P250 is NOT for everyone, If you are curious, Make sure you like the feel and the trigger before purchasing, Best option would be to actually shoot one.
Best of luck!
I own one with three barrels 9mm, 40 S&W and 357 Sig, with 2 slides, C and SC and 2 frames. I carry in 357 sig and love it including the trigger pull. I have a 1911, a PPK, a single six, plus many more but love my p250 best. I think of the trigger pull as my safety. I have to mean it for it to go off. But I have no trouble with it on the range. Try it you'll love it.
I have a P250c in 40sw and it's a great gun. The long trigger takes some getting used to but it's light and smooth. I had it little over a month and made three trips to the range. I didn't snap pics on my first session but here's my second and third sessions.
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If you're reading this post, congratulations! You're already leaps and bounds ahead of many of your competitors because you recognize that simply creating a website is not enough. Whether you're optimizing for the first time since your site launched 6 years ago or 6 months ago, it can be a very overwhelming process. There is simply so much that you can do, and deciding where to begin is often a stressful decision. Many of you may be throwing things on the site and seeing what sticks, and while I must commend you for at least trying, chances are, you're wasting time and money with this tactic.
So, where to start? Planning. While it may not be as "glamorous" as testing or creating a new design for your site, setting up your optimization plan will help you budget accordingly and achieve your goals. Optimization is much like fixing up your home – you can do a full gut or just paint a few rooms, but having a plan before you tear out that wall is critical to the success of the project.
First, decide how much time and what resources you are prepared to put into optimization. It's very important to be realistic about your resources and constraints. If you're a one-man shop, chances are expecting to dedicate 20 hours a week to optimization will translate into failure or disappointment. Believe it or not, we've worked with many smaller clients in the past that met the "one-man shop" criteria despite having several employees. If you only have one person working on your marketing, you're still in that category as far as optimization is concerned. You may be a little bit better off if that one person is 100 percent dedicated to your marketing, but they will still have lots on their plate in addition to optimization tasks. Remember that resources include both money AND time and that if you've never done more detailed work with Analytics, copywriting, design and your website, many of your tasks will take longer than you expect.
Now, pause. Ask yourself: are the resources you've allocated realistic for the returns you seek? If you have allocated 10 hours each week and 1 copywriter, and expect to see a 20% increase in conversion, that may not be realistic. That is not to say that it's impossible to achieve your goals; it's important to understand that with optimization, what you put into your efforts is directly related to what you get out of them. My colleague, Mj, wrote a piece about that kind of thing earlier this year when she wrote about how to set an optimization budget that is aligned with your current marketing efforts and goals. When considering whether or not you've set aside enough resources to reach your goals, be sure to look at your business and your competitors. Is there space within your industry to gain a 20% increase in conversion rate, or is your market already flooded? Shoe sites are a great example of a flooded market. There are so many online these days that unless you can compete with a large retailer on price, shipping and availability, you may be able to achieve only a 3-10% increase in conversion rate with optimization efforts, because of the already saturated market. Read more about how to set an optimization budget.
Next determine what metrics you'll use to gauge your success. While many of our OnTarget subscription clients focus mainly on conversation rate, it's not uncommon for a particular business to gain a higher return on a particular type of item or service, so that increasing sales of that particular product or service is another marker of success.
Now that you've set your goals and allocated your resources, it's time to look for opportunities; it's time to go to the data. Sticking with our earlier example, you've already decided that you don't have the time or money to invest in a developer or designer right now. So although the data may be showing a large drop off in your 5-step checkout, fixing this right now without a developer many not be in the cards. (Side note: It's great to recognize larger projects when looking through your data, and while I'd urge you to make these a priority, I'm realistic about the financial burden larger projects like moving to a 1-page checkout present. Gaining small wins using current resources can help bankroll larger projects that need to be tackled. Still, it's important to remember opportunity cost: is it worth driving more, well-qualified traffic to your shopping cart only to have them drop out?)
The two top places to begin looking for optimization opportunities are:
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Remember, that whether you have 20 hours or 20 minutes, optimization is possible. Just make sure you recognize this process is cyclical. You will never fully be done with optimizing your site because your visitors will never be static with the same needs, wants and expectations, and developing technology will keep moving their expectations forward. Continuous optimization is key to a successful online business. Happy optimizing! (And go BRUINS!)
Great overview for someone trying to wrap their head around where to start. It can be surprising how many people have never even heard of something we take for granted every day like Google Analytics..!
I am continually testing my site. My biggest issue is I need to get my visitors to listen to audio samples. The audio listeners converts at a 4 times the conversion rate than non listeners. Issue is, only 10% of the visitors are listening to audio samples even thou I have listen to audio samples all over the website, links and Graphic icons both, on the category and product pages both. Any outside suggestions on how better to engage the visitor to listen to audio samples would be much welcomed. I will then test the suggestions in Google website optimizer and share the results.
If you fail to plan, you plan to fail. Like you said you need to keep organised and constantly look to update your site with what your readers actually need.
Excellent article , sometime it takes more money and more time to optimize a website anf get more traffic but if you things in correct direction you can reduce both
One must also understand that optimizing is a long term process and requires daily analysis. Google webmaster tools is great for technical analysis while surveymonkey can give you a broader insight on how users respond to your website or product.
You are right that money AND time are both valuable resources. I think that it is important to FOCUS on the optimization techniques that bring you the most results and also take in consideration how time comsuming your efforts are.
Patience and experimentation I have found are the two things that can help you fully understand optimization.Each site is different and will ahve a different type of following. The best way to win the popularity contest is to make yourself popular with the people you need to be popular with…Talk to them
Hi Natalie, I am new to this. I have seen advertisements of software that is supposed to help you in optimization but automatically making submission easier. Although I still believe in the basics, I am tempted to buy some of them to make my work easier.What fo you think?
@Alicia G. Aponte – a software that automatically makes submissions easier? Exactly how does it work? I'm skeptical about anything that sounds too good to be true. Doesn't mean it won't help a little, but will it really be optimizing your conversion rate?
While running an optimization campaign for your business you need to take care of the scams which will tell you to buy their tool for some dollars and forget about SEO. always keep in mind that optimization needs creativity so you can't rely on the softwares. Their are some tools which can do some specific tasks for you but they can't do optimization for you.
Excellent article. I struggle with spending too much time planning because I'm a "one man" operation. It feels like I need to be doing doing doing not planning when I'm dedicating resources to my web business. I loved the article.
Pretty amazing article! Like Marijayne I'm a little unsure about any kind of automated system.
This was some great insight. i had a page with low traffic but a high bounce rate and everyone told me I needed better optimization to lower the boucne rate. This post cleared it up for me. Thank you
Hey Natalie, I just wanted to point out to the readers here that onpage website optimization according to the most recent SEOmoz test analysis only comprises about 15% of googles search algorithm. I think that a lot of time is spent making sure that on page content fits the right density, when google IS moving away from weights that favor high keyword concentration. I think in the future, becoming a link bait King (Or Queen) , will be much more valuable in the long run. Thanks for the great post, Keep with the good content!
i have just recently started working on optimization for my site. i've been adding unique content to my site every day. I also have been joining forums and all that stuff that i can engage people interested in what i'm selling. I agree that optimization is a huge task that requires a lot of time and dedication, but i don't have the resources for that. i figured the hour or two i spend a day working on optimization is better than nothing. And i just wanted to say that this blog has been and will continue to be helpful in my quest for better google rankings
yes Natalie , if you have 100% bounce rate and 50 or more than unique visitor per month it means, you are not doing optimization practice, for good optimization..bounce rate should be less then 40%.
Keep your focus on the content and identify the audiences for which your website is meant for
Just wanted to thank you for the post, really close to what I do think optimization should be: focusing in the important leaks and great potential parts from a site. Anyway Optimizer stated a good point about the keys relevance in the G algo, I'm already awaiting Panda and its new changes (in google.es/spain we haven't seen the bear yet!)
Great content, just wanted to add that some software submission tools do make it easier to submit articles and videos about your site. But you still have to go through and sign up for every site that is included on the software. So it may be a long process at first but saves time later.
the way i see it the best way to optimize is quite simple. if you invest in good keyword hierarchy on the site and make sure that you use synonyms and write naturally.
you will probably gain good positions faster.
we use the related keywords suggested by Google to track and build this hierarchies. works fine every time and very easy and cheap to create.
Very amazing article! I love this blog. Like Marijayne I'm a little unsure about any kind of automated system.
Web analysts and marketers tend to inherit a lot of excess baggage, so choosing to focus on only one or two sore spots on a website is hard to do.
I agree that the first step of optimization is planning. First of all a detailed budget plan must be developed. You should keep in mind that you will have to spend not only your money, but your time as well. Usability testing and redesign of the site are also very important steps for successful site optimization. If you follow advice specified in the post, your goals will certainly be achieved.
I think it's very important to optimize your website and treat it like a brick and mortar business. Check out your successful competition and see what they are doing right and get ideas from that to implement in your own online business.
Should start with onsite optimization first. Create robots.txt file, relink all pages on your site, check titles and meta descriptions of all pages. 2nd step – link building.
Optimization has to be a routine exercise to derive the full benefits rather than working on it just once in couple of months. After all, if you are not able to promote your product after creating, it will be of no use.
Nice post.
Very nice introduction to SEO for beginners. It gives a good insight into SEO.
Patience is the key for web optimization
Series of site owners wasting their money and time because of wrong interpretation or practice of optimization. I see great overview out of this post which can definitely help those beginners to achieve their expected goals throughout optimization. Thank you for sharing this post.
Time is really important as well as place in optimization. Another thing is the full information to function well and effective. Great post! Keep posting, I am following. =)
@Cinema 4d – actually, our focus as a blog and company is on CONVERSION RATE OPTIMIZATION, or CRO, not search engine optimization. That's not to say we think SEO isn't important. To the contrary: we know it is also important, and believe the best strategy is a tandem approach… quality SEO + quality CRO = online success.
@vangelderdesign – as mentioned, our focus is on CRO… thus the point of this post is to highlight the best first steps for a solid CONVERSION RATE OPTIMIZATION plan, not SEO. However, thank you for taking the time to suggest a few places to get started with SEO tactics.
@duran seo – again, thank you for some nice SEO suggestions. We agree that SEO is important to a website's success. However, our focus (and the focus of our blog posts) is on CRO – CONVERSION RATE OPTIMIZATION. Thanks, again.
Patience is the number 1 factor in seo other than a site that can actually convert traffic into money
Some people start planning and forget about doing, about taking action. I believe planning can be a double-edged sword. It can save you time and sometimes it can prevent you from even starting!
@IG – … which is why we focus on helping sites do a better job of actually converting traffic into money. It's what our company is about. It's want this blog is about. It's what this post is about.
Very informative article! As a web designer, I see way too many sloppy websites these days. People just choose the cheapest web designer, not realizing that they will end up paying way more in the end to have someone clean up their mistakes.
SEO means Search Engine Optimization. Search Engine Optimization is a way which you can show your web site to everybody without any cost. Many of us who use internet they know which is SEO such as Google, Yahoo, Bing etc. What we want to know then we use SEO such as Google, Yahoo, Bing etc. I think you all have question why we use SEO because it's create demand of your website and increase your visitors. By using SEO you can show your website to everybody easily.
Start with good content. Great content always draws attention and traffic. Then there is the meta optimization, backlink campaign and so on…
@Kethy – actually, this question is not at all about SEO, or even how to attract more visitors to your site. Consistent with our focus as a company, and the focus of this blog, it's about CRO… how to get more of your website visitors to take action.
A couple of weeks ago I went to the Google Adsense Optimize seminar and they told us about Google Page Speed.
This is a very nice thing to do, just google for "Pagespeed" or download the Firefox addon, it will show you which parts of your site need improvement to be faster and get a higher rating…even with coding examples!
This will help you optimize your website even further…good luck!
Good advice, but; the best place to start optimization is at the point of keyword research and silo building – At The Start.
Do it right from the start.
Always good to reassess your site regularly with the use of analytics. Onsite optimisation is often overlooked once the site is live. Instead the focus moves towards offsite promotion, which is great but is only one part of the equation.
Some people start planning and forget about doing, about taking action. I believe planning can be a double-edged sword. It can save you time and sometimes it can prevent you from even starting! Thanks for sharing superb article.
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I discovered that SEO is a full time job, why do I say that? Well it is because to rank for my main keywords I have to put in as much effort as my competitors. I say evaluate you competitors first because you will not rank unless you commit enough resources.
first of all what a great article very informative, I like to spend about 2 hours a day building links to my website, It does get a bit boring but its something we have to do if we want to get the rankings, also i agree that content is also a must and also has to be unique and updated regularly.
Analysing the parts of the page, or site, and understanding why it is weak is probably the toughest part of the process. Once you grasp why users are disappearing you can combat it. In my experience creating a fluid checkout process which *doesn't* try to upsell produces more sales.
Great article, again pause for thought. It is a good and relevant point to consider optimising the website towards conversion and treat this as a seperate matter than just getting a website appearing in the SERPS. Afterall, there is no point in reaching the top spot in google if no one actually converts on the website.
Great post for thoose who do not have the time to dedicate to web building. Great valued content that has well chosen keywords combined with a solid link building program are the keys.
While optimizing any website we require lot of Patience as well as efforts to see our website on first page. Planning and managing is one of the biggest point which we need to consider at the start of optimization.
It is a good question What's the Best Place to Start Optimization?
AS we can start SEO from anywhere but we need to get fully knowledge about it
Excellent article , sometime it takes more money and more time to optimize a website to get more traffic but if you things in correct direction you can reduce both
I do the following use Google Analytics check it everyday see were my visiters are come in from and then and try and improve my visiter rate from them websites. I find this is a good method as you know where you traffic is comming from and you know that they targeted visiters.
It's a really long and neverending way to optimize your own website. But I think it's really necessary to have a lot of content for the start.
Great article Natalie, google says we need to focus on content, but it's not totally true, without optimization, it won't get anywhere…
now days, website optimization is not really rocket science,,,,well it never was, but things are much simpler now days, create a blog using wordpress, install a few free widgets, start trading links, buying directory links, write great content and sit and wait until your site ages, its as simple as that really
explanation is remarkable about the site optimization. but in my opinion, mixed links more successful to bring our site to rank higher. and keep in mind that content is king
Time is really important as well as place in optimization. Another thing is the full information to function well and effective. Great post! Keep posting, I am following. =)
In my opinion there no standard way to start the optimization. But it must be continuous and not occasional. The seo must not stop where ever we want good results.
you mention checkout and it really hits me on the spot! i was wondering why my traffic doesnt convert even though checkout page has quite a good hits..turns out that it redirects to 404 page instead of submitting the form
thanks for the great article!
Great article. I still astounds me that in this day and age, when the web is the most powerful selling tool, that people aren't undergoing SEO work on their sites.
I guess it has been mentioned truly in the article that now days both money and time are valuable. Being a SEO person, I would like to advice that it is very important to focus on the optimization features because it brings you the best results. With this always consider time as an important aspect.
quality SEO + quality CRO = online success — That's great. Traffic does not necessarily mean sales. However conversions to leads – do.
As website must be treated like a long term investment. Quick fixes will disappoint most owners. Stick to your core products/services. Make your site a valuable information guide to answers the customer's questions….sales will follow.
Overwhelming is correct. Takes time. I think looking at the page rank of certain sites that are already ranking for a lot of your same keywords is important. Will tell you what keywords are saturated. The google keyword tracker doesn't always tell the whole story.
You hould start with onsite optimization first. Create robots.txt file, relink all pages on your site, check titles and meta descriptions of all pages Get keywords right a tool I use for this is SeoQuate toolbar for firefox its free and you can do alot with it
the best start to do an optimization is to find which the most influence factor that give your blog or site huge effect. resource must be considered both money and toime because without two of them we might not be able to do optimal in optimizing
Nice article, a must read for every newbie blogger, most of SEO related blogs are loaded with tips to optimize websites, but no one has ever put a light on how to approach it and plan it in the right way. But this article is one of it`s kind. Thanks
First of all onpage is important which include metatag,title tag,description tag,image title & Then after off page optimization which includes directory submission , writing articles ,forum submission which you can say is link building. It can help you in optimizing a Website.
Good insight on the do's and don't on where to begin SEO.Planning goes without mention for any serious IM.
Having a website that is ranked in the top 2 -3 results for my main keyword, I have to question the reasoning for performing further SEO. Whether I am ranked 1 2 or 3 I still end up having 3 adwords ads above, with a background so close to white that they are virtually indistinguishable from the organic search results. Instead of spending time and money on SEO, I would be better off just paying for adwords. Googles claim of wanting to create results be suited to the customers search is a joke when anyone can appear to rank as No 1 for a search time if they pay for adwords.
Just my 2 cents worth.
It it possible to do a good optimization even investing about 10-15 hours a week. The thing is you'll have to wait more to see results, but I agree with IG, patient is the main key
If you want to optimize your web site in top position of search engine result pages then first of all you have to understand the basic fundamentals of search engine optimization. Through this article I came to know about the SEO techniques which can be applied after the panda relese for beginners like me.
It's a great post, you really are a good writer! I'm so glad someone like you have the time, efforts and dedication writing, for this kind of article… Helpful, And Useful.. Very nice post!
Well, I also believe that we have to be realistic in making our predictions and conversions on our optimization.
I've got your keyword: Consistent but not static optimization is the key
I do find it interesting that so many people tend to skip over onsite optimization. I heard from many that it didnt matter that much and that we have to put all our focus towards links… But for me I learned about optimizing my website first to the best of my ability. I have only had my site up for 2 months and Im already ranked 6, page 1 for google. Not to mention very few backlinks yet. Backlinks are important obviously but Dont skip the small stuff, it might be exactly what you need to outrank your biggest competitor! thanks for the great article!
A great blog with useful information!
Thanks for sharing!
Nice article, SEO can be overwhelming and this is a nice place to start!
This article has been a great read. Getting sites ranked is only part of the challenge and you provided some good tips to work on conversion as that is one of the bigger challenges we face.
Hey Natalie!
That is really a brilliant post for newbies specially and the very first point you explained here is really worthy as if we are not going to plan for how much resources you are going to use then we can get stuck anytime during our optimization process. really nice post. Thanks again.
Be methodical in your approach to SEO, have a plan in mind.
Start with header tags H1, H2 etc and get your keywords into your meta description.
Then continue with your on-page SEO.
Good luck
Seo is a lesson that complicated. It takes time and effort to achieve success
It's nice when something is difficult it can be realized ..
I think a good hierarchy of pages along with good content and inner links is probably the most important aspect of SEO. The second most important aspect would be good inner links to your site. No matter how you attach it, a good sought out SEO plan is the first step to optimizing your company online. Very good article.


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