Showing posts with label facebook. Show all posts
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Wednesday, August 6, 2014

Options to list your website on top via online traffic!

How do you increase traffic to your websites? A question that has been a topic of discussion, on many occasions. Also, to which the answers are numerous. However, most of these answers all point to certain key factors that make up for major impact on your websites. They are Quality Content, Social Networking and Good Web Design.

Increasing the traffic flow to any website is a concern for any business or service that is striving to take a foot hold through online means. This is because more traffic naturally means more business possibilities and prospects of growth. To this end many companies go to great levels and greater financial strains in order to attain and sustain peek traffic to this websites.

So, can you too compete and expect to see results in areas where the big fish are dominating? Following are some ways and methods you can consider, that will help you sustain in the competition and improve your website’s traffic.

1- Content

There is always a demand for good and quality content, it doesn't matter how tough the competitions are, but, content that is rich and original will keep your customers coming back to you. Here are some tips to help you with that.

Great Beginning - Title

What other better way is there to attract people to your content than a catchy and resourceful title? Title of an article is the first thing that a reader will see before getting to your article. And that usually will be the only thing they will be seeing, if it isn't driving them forward. So, spend time on your titles and come up with attractive captions that can hook a reader in a glance and spike there interest to a level beyond their resistance.

The Content

It is important to understand, that reader are here to gain something from your article. So, it is very important to provide them with just that. So, making sure your content is rich with information and proves to be a source where your readers can learn something from it, addresses this need. Ensuring this can greatly boost the value of your content.

Never post a duplicate of another website, because this will put yours right at the bottom of the order.

Covering one sector of audience and offering them the best of what they can get, will dramatically increase your web’s traffic with one section of people. This is much better than trying to cover a wider range of audience and not being able to deliver such high quality of content. For this you could either start a web on topic related to your interest, or one based a topic that is least covered (This will require research on its own).

Final Touches

Giving the proper finishing touches can make the difference between “another article” and “right article”. These include Meta Descriptions, Keywords and Tags to your article. Posting your content under the right category and linking them with suitable tags and keywords is a very important step, that, if ignored is going to deprive your website off potentially great traffic. However, don’t overdo them though.

2-Social Networking

As your contents become more and more likable, your readers would want to share it, thus creating contents that are easily sharable through networking sites is mandatory for a successful website.

Twitter, Facebook, Google+ Pinstrip, Instagram are some of the major networking site that you effectively can use for this purpose. Making sure that you have a greater presence in these will improve your traffic by multi-folds, as sharing and following becomes a necessary step towards getting higher recognition and exposure.

Interacting with your readers and creating opportunities where they are motivated to interact, comment, follow and write on your forms is also part of networking. The more networked you are, the higher the probability for greater website traffic.

Apart from getting your website linked to these sites, you can also make internal links. That is creating links to your older posts within newer post, where appropriate.

Advertising

Of various modes of marketing, advertising has had the primary position for centuries. This holds true with our need for more traffic too.

There are both offline and online methods to advertise your website. The most obvious means of offline advertising is through word of mouth; tell everyone you know and get to know about your website - newspapers, magazines, etc are other mediums that you can make use of.

The online methods would involve buying advertising packages available in search engine majors, such as Google, Microsoft, Yahoo, etc.

3-Good Web Design

The look and layout of your website is another factor that is going to play a vital role in retaining and attracting customers and tempting them to return often. Making sure that your website’s design matches that of what you are offering is the first step towards it.

A simple and sharp web interface will go a long way in being attractive. The layout will be simple to handle and easy to navigate around. This keeps the visitors and potential customers from getting lost and frustrated.

Make your website optimized for mobile devices. As more and more are accessing the internet via their smartphones and tables, it is only obvious that optimization of your website to suit these needs is next to immediate.

These are some of the best proven and tested ways to improve the traffic for your websites.

Monday, April 15, 2013

Educational benefits of social networking sites


Today, technology provides a lot of opportunities for education that can be accessed by everyone around the globe. The educational field has completely transformed ever since the Internet and technology are included into the equation.

Due to the growth in social networking websites, educators are looking for their potential for use in education, having the conscious that social networking sites may have the ability to endorse both collaboration and active learning.

Thus, the affirmative effects of social networking in education are perceptive. Social networking sites not only assist students but also offer great opportunities for communication among administrators and teachers.

 Using social networking sites, teachers can able to improve the involvement of their students in studies and education, improve technological ability, provide a great sense of collaboration in classroom and make good communication skills.

The University of Minnesota had a research on social networking sites like MySpace and Facebook and found that the social networking sites have a great impact for educational growth for students in high school.

Christine Greenhow, the principal investigator in the study, has elaborated the impact of social networking sites on education. She has done her research on students, aged from 16 to 18, studying in urban school, located at Midwest.

The study showed that, 94 percent of the observed students used the Internet, 77 percent had their account on social networking sites and 82 percent of the students went online at home.

The surveyed students said that they have learned many important skills such as technological skills, communication skills, creativity and being open for diverse opinions and views, which are all important for 21st century. Moreover, teachers can also be able to make the school more linked, appropriate and meaning to the students.

Also, the study showed that, the students are using latest technology systems, updating web content and also having idea about web design and layout. They share their creative work like films, poetries, etc., and also carry out the responsible use of Information as well as Technology. Few among these students are also aware of professional networking opportunities that social networking websites usually provide.

As a result of this study, Greenhow told that social networking sites provide more than just social exploitation. It offers wide opportunities to give support what the educators learn on the websites.

 Therefore, social networking websites are considered as an ideal source that helps us to widen our knowledge. Recent survey says that millions of people accessing social networking sites for their educational requirements. Thus, the field of education has undergone a drastic shift and hence gained a new dimension for the past decade.

The following are the popular social networking websites that have effective educational benefits:

EDMODO:  Edmodo is the largest social networking website used mainly for education purposes. As per the survey, more than 13 million people are using this website effectively. Edmodo provides great security for all its users. If an institute is using this website, then the institute will get a security code from this website. Hence, the institute can share the code to the people whomever it wants to access the website. This is how the website provides great security to its users. Edmodo encourages other activities such as posting assignments, conducting surveys and sharing images and videos.

ENGLISH BABY: Teaching conversational English is the main objective of the English Baby website. The analysis showed that nearly 1.5 million people across the globe are using this website. This website is very famous among the Chinese people still the website is also used by Americans, Japanese, Indians, Egyptians, etc. However, only the premium users get rights to access this website.

LIVEMOCHA:  Livemocha is a social networking website used to teach various languages to the website users. As per the analysis, nearly 1.2 million people around the world are using this website. The website consists of a collection of course material available in more than 38 different languages. The users of this website can perform activities such as posting content and reviewing content.

ACADMIA.EDU: Acadmia.edu is a science-related website built specially for scientists and the respective college students. As per the study, more than 1.9 million people are using the website all over the world. It is a platform mainly for academic researchers and aficionados to share research materials and research papers to other website users. Using this website, the users can able to share their research papers with other users in the same field, have contact with experts of a field and get their help in a research. The website also shows the number of people accessed the papers and their reviews to the users who post their research papers.

EPERNICUS: Epernicus is another social networking website, focuses on social networking aspect, built mainly for scientists and researchers. Unlike Acadmia.edu, it doesn’t allow users to share their research papers and materials. It allows users to post questions and get suitable answers from recognized experts. The users of the website can participate on any topic related to science and research and hence the website is quite informative for its users.

COURSE CRACKER: Course Cracker is a network that enables students, teachers and parents to connect with each other resulting in the refinement of the learning process. The main objective of this site is to improve the educational experience of users by using latest web applications and web tools. This website allows the users to post their course material, quizzes, assignments and other sources related to education and also give them permission to access the posted content.

STUDENTS CIRCLE NETWORK: Social circle network is one among the latest editions to the club of social networking sites, consists of different course materials in the field of science, business, engineering, computing and humanities. The website consists of nearly 10,400 intellectual courses, targeting mainly students and teachers.

9TH PERIOD: The main focus of this website is on web applications and online tools. Thus, it facilitates education to its users, such as students, teachers and universities, through the Internet.  This website allows users who have similar interest to interact with each other without any discrepancies.

THE SYNAPSE: This website mainly concentrates on biology students, tutors and researchers all over the globe. This website acts as a great source of latest happenings and development in biology, generally built on Ning platform.

THE MOLECULAR FORCES: It is another website built on Ning platform, focuses on physics and chemistry students, teachers and researchers. Teachers can able to distribute their study materials and learning approaches in this website. The website also acts as a great platform for sharing and asking questions on new ideas.

The following are the most popular social networking websites that promote education:

WIKIPEDIA: A popular social networking website that consists of a great repository of informative articles, generally used by millions of users every one hour. When you see in the discussion board, you can find many people sharing their views and opinions in a forum based settings. Also, they ask questions, review, modify, mention references, give feedbacks and share their knowledge gained from the article.

FACEBOOK: Facebook is a famous social networking site that has nearly a billion users all over the world. This website is considered to be the best website for promoting education. In this modern generation, you can find almost every student has an account in Facebook. The Facebook groups are formed for schools and classes and thus the website allows both the teachers and students to share their information, post queries and answers, set reminders about upcoming events, etc. The eminent Facebook groups that are available are Wikieducators , E-Learning in developing and developed countries, Teaching Critical Thinking and Active Learning.

LINKEDIN: LinkedIn is one of the largest website created mainly for business relationships and networking. This website is used by nearly a million of companies and professionals across the globe. Not only LinkedIn educates its users, but also provides advantageous benefits to employers and job seekers. Like Facebook, LinkedIn also has so many groups for educators.

These are the top 20 social networking websites that advances educations:

1.      Twitter
2.      Classroom 2.0
3.      Facebook
4.      Google Plus
5.      Plurk
6.      Educator’s PLN
7.      Sophia
8.      Learn Central
9.      ISTE Community
10.  WhoTeachers
11.  Edutopia
12.  Technology Integration in Education
13.  The 21st Century Teacher
14.  Better Lesson
15.  Diipo
16.  Intel Education Teachers Engage Community
17.  Everloop
18.  Edudemic
19.  K12 Advantage
20.  Collaborative Translation


How social networking sites assist individual educators?
  •          Promotes creativity
  •          Enhances communication skills
  •          Develops collaboration and team work
  •          Provides access to information
  •          Increases awareness
  •          Develops social connection

By using social networking sites, students get the following benefits:
  •          Improvement of communication skills
  •          Improvement of technology skills
  •          Increase in the exposure of diverse views
  •          Develop a positive image
  •          Increase the engagement of learning

By using social networking sites, teachers get the following benefits:
  •          Increase the access to resources
  •          Collaborate with other staffs
  •          Exchange information and lesson plans
  •          Reach parents who are not able to come to school
  •          Form partnership with schools in different states and countries
  •          Get feedback about school and events
  •          Communicate with parents effectively

 As it is easy to access and use Social networking websites from anywhere in the world and at any time, they have gained more popularity among people. Moreover, social media sites provide a vast amount of information useful for educators and thus make students learn dexterously discriminate between what information is useful for them and what is not.

Despite promoting education among students, social networking sites also helps them for successful employment. Students who enter into the workforce can able to use social networking sites to network and thus find employment too.

Thus, social networking sites not only play a vital role in connecting people but also play an escalating role in education.