Every Wednesday I will be passing along a few links from other Internet Marketing related sites that I find extremely useful. The articles will vary in detail, subject matter, and complexity. Please let me know if anyone has an interesting tip or article to share that will benefit the site and the readers.

WordPress 3.0 Upgrade: What to Expect

Before upgrading to the Thelonius update, here is a few items to get you prepared for the switch. All in all the upgrade is pretty painless. I have upgraded 5 of my sites with little error or bugs. For the amount of features the 3.0 upgrade offers, it is well worth the bit of headache the website may cause on your site. Read more to find out what exactly to expect…

PPC Blog Infographic

The folks at PPC Blog were kind enough to let us distribute this on our website. This is a perfect high-line understanding of how the Google Search Engine works. Read this for a better understanding of what is done with your website or blog after you hit “Publish”. Click the image to view to full version. It is very infomative for those people just getting into Search Marketing.

Google Apps Highlights 6/18/2010

A few days late, but this Google Blog post highlights some very exciting changes for Google Apps across the board. Pay REAL IMPORTANT attention to this snippet:

Blogger Template Designer available to all
Back in March we introduced Blogger Template Designer in Blogger in Draft, and last week we made it available to everyone. You can choose from more than 19 stock templates and further customize your design with hundreds of free, professional background images, custom color schemes and pixel-perfect layout manipulation. Customizing your blog and making it “your own” is now much easier.

Now it is easier than ever to make a fancy, unique looking Blogger site. Exciting!

Twitter SEO Tip: Number 1: Make sure ALT tags are on every image of your website. It may not be the “holy grail” of SEO, but it helps.

Before you hit the submit button on your new website, make sure the following items are on your website. Sometimes a website is a persons first impression of your business or service. If you have unimpressed, you may never have a chance of seeing that customer again.

Website Creation- The Essential Items List

The following is a short list of some of the essential items that create the perfect base for a site. The ones listed below are among the most common.

• Simple Navigation: One of the cornerstones of a successful website is the navigation that allows the easy accessibility to desired content without any hindrances or time losses. The navigation mantra is to reach the destination with the least number of clicks. A good starting point is creating a visual sitemap. The sitemap helps in organizing the entire structure of the website.  A user testing of the site navigation should be completed before the launch of the website. When you are preparing your navigation, always keep in mind that the content could change in the future. Try to keep the navigation prepared to drastically change if needed.
• Content Management: The content should always be simple and easy to read. Nothing will make the user more disinterested when he feels put off by a site that talks a lot but says nothing; compelling content comes from original ideas and presentation; it does not come from pompous jargon. The use of meaningless phrases just to make things cool really shows the weakness and not the strength of the content. Be interesting, be fun, and be consistent.
• Contact Information: Any product or service site requires the interaction and feedback of its users. People like to get in touch with web sites for a variety of reasons; this interaction also contributes to the traffic. The Contact info link is the business card of the site! Make sure the user can get in touch with you on any page of the website.
• Testimonials: The testimonials are endorsements of the website’s products or services. Web sites sometimes forge the entire testimonial page with fake comments from “created” sources. However, if testimonial is done with transparency and integrity then it gives the right impression which goes a long way to bring in more users.