What role does being in DMOZ play in search engine rankings?

We see some websites in our niche ranked No. 1 and the only reason is because they are in DMOZ as their content is at best poor. Getting into DMOZ is impossible nowadays, so why does Google still use it?

Edikon offers search engine optimization services in order to increase your organic search ranking.  Please contact us for more information about our search engine optimization services.

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Gmail’s New Look and Design

Google has been rolling out the new gmail design to all Google Apps accounts. If you have not noticed it yet, you should see the updated theme being applied to your account shortly.

In the mean time here an in-depth look at Gmail’s new design.

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Creating Great Diagrams for Slides

Anyone can create diagrams and illustrate information more clearly in slide presentations.  We found a great presentation that puts together some essential guidelines for things like choosing font size, shapes, color, and more.

The great thing about these guidelines is that you do not have to be a designer in order to make the best of them.  The tips offered in this presentation maintain classic design principles, such as varying shape sizes for emphasis and to establish hierarchy.  Of course, you should make full use of these guidelines in your Google Apps Presentation diagrams.

We hope you find this presentation as helpful as we do.

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Webmaster Tools – Getting Started with Google

As website owners and operators, we all want nothing less than the maximum possible number of visits to our web sites. Webmasters typically focus on making sure their site design is up to snuff and that they have gotten the content just about right. Then of course, comes the big one: making sure your site is search engine friendly. But how do you know how friendly your site is?

Many a daring soul has declared, “I am a friendly person”, only to later find through introspection or friendly advice, that the joke you always tell new acquaintances is not quite as friendly as you thought. This would be a terrible start in any relationship. But what if you had a monitoring device that let you know when you were doing the right thing and following all the rules for friendly behavior? This, in effect, is what Google has available to all web masters for free. Google Webmaster Tools offers all web masters a sure fire way of keeping track of their sites in order to be sure they are being as friendly as possible. And if you are embarking on the process of improving your search engine optimization, it’s a must.

We found this video introduction to the Google Webmaster Tools that we think you should take the time to view. It’s quite easy to follow and will teach you the basics that you need to know.

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Introducing Softaculous, the application installer

We are pleased to announce that we have partnered with Softaculous in order to make their application installer script immediately available for free on all our shared hosting plans.

The Softaculous auto-installer allows the installation of web applications with the click of a button. A wide variety of applications are available to be easily installed, including web portals, e-commerce solutions, content management systems, blogs, polls, forums and more.  A full list of of packages that can be installed via Softaculous can be found here.

Are all applications available in Softaculous free?
No, but most of the applications are open-source and available without a cost.

Why use Softaculous to install applications?
Softaculous makes installing software packages such as WordPress and phpBB easy. Softaculous does everything involved in the installation process, including creating databases and setting up permissions on the web-viewable content. Softaculous can also create backups of the software it installs.

Can I remove applications that I install with Softaculous?
Yes, applications that installed with Softaculous can be uninstalled by Softaculous.

Does Edikon support applications installed through Softaculous?
Third party applications are not fully managed, but our support team will provide best-effort support troubleshooting the installation and use of the applications. Since these applications are not developed or supported by Edikon we cannot provide direct support as part of our standard hosting support services.  However, outside assistance for these applications is available through online communities or the applications’ developer and you can always contact our support team to request a custom quote from our development team.
I am ready to go!  Where is Softaculous found in the control panel?
You can easily find the Softaculous tool inside your control panel.  Here is an example of the installer icon as it appears inside our Xpressia Lite theme in the list of tools:

Simply click on the Softaculous App Installer tool and enable the installer for your domain.  You will then be able to manage one or more of the many applications available for easy installation.

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