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Google App Engine was released yesterday for Java. It provides the ability to deploy Java based web applications onto the App Engine, and provides a data store service (with JPA and JDO on top of it), memcached, and others. So, what I decided to do is try and get Compass integrated with Google App Engine to allow for easy full text search of Google App Engine apps (yea, the irony). Basically, it took me a couple of hours, and we have something ready to use.

What are the steps needed?

• Make your domain model searchable.
• Create a Compass instance. Configure it to store the index using GAE data store (there is also support for native Lucene applications). Configure it not to use threads.
• Create a Compass Gps, have it automatically mirror changes done using the JDO/JPA API to the search engine. Call index operation to completely reindex your application.

Thats it. Pretty simple no? Especially since these are the steps you use to enable any Java application with full text search using Compass .

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Source: goarticles.com

Most people refrain from using sub domains because they use a prefix name and don’t “look” right. A lot of people are also under the impression that they are overlooked by the Search Engines.

basically, there are two kinds of subdomains:

1. Second Tier subdomains: These are linked to, and link directly to, the main domain.

2. Orphan Subdomains: These have no links to or from the main domain.

Second Tier Subdomains

You have a website. You spend alot of time building it, refining it, tweaking it into oblivion to get the search engine results you are looking for, yet you don’t get visitors. We have all heard by now the advantages of having a blog for promoting your website. You put it on a subdomain. Example:

www.yoursite.com will be your main domain www.blog.yoursite.com will be where your blog resides.

Once you have your blog, adding a link to it on your menu takes a couple of seconds, and voila – your blog is up and running. This is the part where you feverishly start posting articles about your niche market, your product, or your service, and link to your website from each article. Blogs are amazing: Search Engines love them, and they generally get good PR very quickly. This means, by default, that if your blog outranks your site in terms of PR, every link to your main site from your blog is a QUALITY INBOUND LINK… You can further up the PR on your main site by deeplinking (linking to other pages on your site, not only the landing/home page) to your site.

Orphan Subdomains

After pointing out the advantage of a Second Tier subdomain, you might be caught wondering what the use of an Orphan Subdomain is then.

Here’s a little known fact: If a subdomain gets banned by a Search Engine, it does not affect the main domain. I’ll repeat this: IT DOES NOT AFFECT THE MAIN DOMAIN. Important though: This rule ONLY applies to Orphan Subdomains, meaning there must be no link to, or from the main domain. So how do I use it then? Well, with this knowledge we can use the situation to our advantage. You can use a Orphan Subdomain to put up affiliate ‘cashcows’ or ‘moneymaking’ websites. Build a site, keyword spam it, and make a quick killing before taking it down and starting a new one. Whatever you do on this ‘site’ or subdomain will not affect your main domain, so go mad. You can also use it as a link farm, in terms of linking to other websites you might own. No one has to view the site, so it can be an ugly, confusing mess. As long as your keywords and on page SEO is fine, you can generate high quality inbound links to your other sites, pushing them in the SERPS. Putting up a blog with generated, keyword rich content is a good example of how to do this. Should the site/blog get banned for some reason while you are experimenting – no harm, no fowl.

Source: goarticles.com

Monika says :

Keyword research is one of the most important aspects of making money online. If you fail to choose the right keywords, money won’t come easy at all. Whether you are an affiliate marketer and promote other people’s products, sell your own products or build niche sites, you need to target the right keywords to attract search engine traffic because it is that kind of traffic that will click on your ads.

I think I’ve mentioned before on several occasions that social media traffic is great for numbers, but it does jack all for income. People who opt into social media networks are people like you. Most join these groups to connect with others and clicking on people’s ads on their sites is the furthest thing from their minds.

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