In my latest project I decided to incorporate BlogEngine.Net for managing the content.  While it certainly does have some things I don't like, all in all it's an excellent basic content system.  I love the control over the HTML that you get with the theme system, the flexibility provided by extensions and widgets, and the integration with Windows Live Writer - truly a job well done by Mads and the BE.NET team!

During A Redesign, Think About Search Visitors

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Google Analytics is a great free tool for monitoring your web traffic.  Most every webmaster would probably agree that it's important to have some kind of statistical tracking on your website, but few that I know actually *use* the data for anything useful. 

So here are a couple ideas to get you thinking how Google Analytics can help you improve your site's search rankings:More...

John Reese, a very established Internet marketer, just released part 3 of his Traffic Secrets 2.0 pre-release videos.  The purpose of these videos is to build hype for his new traffic building e-course.  Personally, I rarely spend money on those kinds of Internet marketing products, but that's not the point of my post. 

All three videos are light on specifics, but they do explain some of the general tactics that his course is based on.  If your current marketing techniques are starting to not work as well as they used to, take a look at these videos as I think they do a nice job of summarizing what I believe are the most current techniques that are still working to promote sites and improve search rankings. More...

So you've finally finished your next masterpiece of a website.  Everything is tested and working great.  The user interface is immaculate and the design is truly something to behold.  Time to push it live and start rolling in the money, right?  Well, there is one more user demographic that you still need to satisfy - the search engines!  Unless, of course, you don't *need* any of that free targeted search traffic??

One of the strengths of ASP.NET development with Visual Studio is the relative ease in which you can create a functional dynamic site.  At the same time, one of it's weaknesses is the relative ease in which you can create a functional dynamic site that is confusing, if not completely unusable, by a search engine robot.

Here's a checklist of five common mistakes that ASP.NET and the Viewstate/Postback model of development make it far too easy for unsuspecting developers to make: More...

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