Turner's Perspective

Thanks for the reminder Jeff, I sometimes forget as well and I should know better.

Jeff, you have made this way to easy. Now I have two taks from this blog.

1 is to complete this blog by doing as you have done

2 is to beable to do a video as you have.

Thanks for the info.

Jeff:

Ahem....(forgive the academic questions:-)

Does this work?

San Diego's Best Realtor 

or

Hot Luxury News ? 

LOL! 

Jeff,
As always, thanks for the valuable information and advice.  This makes perfect sense.  How many sites out there does Google think are about "click here"?

"Click Here" gets you adobe.  LOL.  In every instance, it says if you want to download Adobe for free Click Here. 

Thanks for the advice on anchor words.

Thank you!  Often, what is clear as day to people that have been around for a while is elusive to those still learning.  Thanks for spelling it out  :)

I've learned so much about SEO from bloggers here at AR. I already knew about this one, but thought I'd say thanks on behalf of everyone who needs to know, and just because you're always providing helpful advice. Thanks!

Jay... this was a reminder to myself as much as anyone else!

Susan... making one of these videos is actually very simple as well. Someone has already requested I do a video on how to create how to videos. So, I probably will. :)

Roberta... no, that doesn't work. But this does, Mothers Fighting For Others. :)

David and Kristin, as Bob points out the top link is to Adobe Acrobat, number two is Adobe Shockwave (Flash) and the third to Apple's QuickTime, three of the most downloaded pieces of software on earth. :)

Bob... :)

Sandy... my pleasure.

Lisa... thank you. 

Hello Jeff, I mentioned you as the one that actually caused me to start blogging. I can't link here but you will see it 100,000 ... It got featured, yeah!

This tutorial series Jeff is absolutely wonderful. You have put things in lay terms with explainations thaat anyone can understand. They are so appreciated. Of course I book marked them but I wanted to tell you that they are totally awesome, as are you!

William

This is AWESOME!!  I have a few people I invited to AR who have asked me about "this" so I'll just forward them your post.  (I've explained it before but your verbage is different so hopefully it will stick!)

THANKS!  Keep educating...you're awesome at it!

Jeff - Thanks again for another informative tutorial.  I appreciated the reminder regarding linking and how important it is to but some thought into how it is accomplished,

Jeff,

Very Helpful!! Nick Who???.. Just Kidding Nick :0)

Tom Weiss

I know that Google has put less emphasis on links from blogs.  Anyone have any additional information on this?

that was great, but HOW MUCH TIME did you spend preparing that???? I am REALLY impressed!!!!!

William... thank you!

Susie... excellent. Let me know if it does stick.

Jennifer... thank you.

Thomas... I just picked a random name... I don't even know who Nick is. :)

 

Martin... I have not heard this, but I'll do some research.

Bill & Barbara... the actual tutorials are done in real time, so it took me as long as the video is. I wrote what you saw on screen in about five minutes as well. The longest part of this process is compressing, uploading and waiting for the video to encode on the Veoh site. In some cases that takes a couple of hours.

Thanks for this tip.  I never new this about the links. It gives me more ideas.

Dave... glad to assis with the anchor text info.

Jeff this is an awesome post (as usual). Best of luck and keep doing what you do.

Jeff,

I love the intro on your video - too cool.  I would ask how you did it but I am guessing it is a Mac thing. 

An excellent tutorial telling it like it is.. you're a goldmine of resources!! This is how it works..! plus Nick gets some love. :)

Jeff, owner of cost effective real estate shows that offer alternatives to costly virtual tours,thanks for including me as your 'guest'. I am forever immortalized via AR!! ... like a carving on an Egyptian wall..! 

seriously though.. very humbling. now i guess its time to clean my website up a little, eh?

hey, doesn't that spell checker have the word macaroni in it? or is it mississippi??
now if i can still hide from the ef-bee-eye, i'll be good..! HA! ;^)

 

PHENOMINAL!!!!!! I'm a subscriber now! When are you going to make a video about making videos? ;-)

Jeff - Terrific advice. I have been on a mission myself to help people here is regards to this. All week whenever I have visited someones blog and they have not been using anchor text I have been pointing it out and showing them how to do it properly so that they get proper google juice from it. There are so many that don't even use any anchor text and just throw in their web address.

Great tutorial Jeff. Keep 'em coming.

I never even thought about that.  That is an excellent point!  We will have to get together for a lunch with Johnny Evarts pretty soon here!

Vincent... thank you.

Rita... in this case it truly is a Mac thing. I created the video in Pages, Apple's answer to Powerpoint and then added the sound effects in iMovie.

 

Nick... nicely done. :)

Bill... that's an excellent mission!

Kotambu... thank you. 

Jonathon... Hey, I do know about it and often forget to do it. Which is worse? Yes, let's do that soon!

Thanks so much for the video. It has helped me already and now understand a ilttle more regarding the use of this.

THANKS !
Keith Hoffman
LoansAreFree.com

 

WOW! This is day two on Activerain - or possibly still day one as I logged on last night and have barely left the room.... thank you for this information - I have bookmarked it for future use.

I am looking for some advice - I would like to be linked to two regions - Winnipeg, Manitoba and Oakbank, Manitoba. In my attempt to cover both regions I have mistakenly set up two profiles. Is there a way you can link within your blog or profile to two regions in close proximity to each other???

Thank You!!

Sharon

Jeff, as usual, BRILLIANT.  The term "anchor text" is not well defined sometimes.

Another use?  I Deep linked my website from the home page.  Using the Anchor text, I linked from the body of my home page to other pages in my site.  Seems to be working for Google anyway....

Hi Jeff,

This may seem like a silly question but..... When you link something in AR, the anchor text gives you a drop down with the option to either stay in the same window or open into a new window.  Your tutorial illustrated you typing something into that box and leaving the last box or the description box empty.  So does that mean we can just type into the box over the wording that says open in new window? 

 

Lisa

Keith... excellent!

Sharon... I don't believe there is a way to be in two areas at once.

Greg... thank you.

Lisa and Robert... no, you have only two choices there, to direct to a new page or to the same page. Again, I alway redirect to a new page, unless I'm keeping them on my site.

 

Jeff, I linked to all your AR tutorials on my Week In Review, just an FYI. I thought you'd like the cartoon, I put my it. LOL

Missy... thank you. :)  And thank you for the packages we received! :)

I love your tutorials Jeff, great topic!

Thanks, Ana. I appreciate it!

Thank you for posting these How-To videos and instructions. I wish they were linked in a How-To or from the Guidelines.

Sarah... we'll see what we can do about that.

Awesome!  Thanks...

Jeff,

Thank you for creating these turtorials.  They are very informative and easy to follow.

I am off to practice giving some link love.  This is soooo cool.

Jeff - I'm so impressed.  I was wondering how that was done.  Now I need to actually try it out.  Thank you very much for your time and consideration in doing this. I greatly appreciate it.  Have a wonderful Thanksgiving. 

Troy... my pleasure.

Dione... :)

Meg... Happy Thanksgiving to you as well! 

Jeff, again thanks for showing me things that I had no idea of. Knowing the basics of linking is OK, however I had no idea about the anchor text, bolding, and naming your text link. Awesome!

Another day another class. Thanks for the visual explaination Jeff.

Hi Jeff, I was sent your way thru some linklove when I asked a question about linking.  T H A N K S  so much for including a video that even I can understand.  I am now a subscriber!

Whew!!! I have been waiting for someone to put this in terms for us "regular people"

Jeff, I've been reading a few of your posts and just have to say Thank You!!! Used some of your video tutorials, most definitely user friendly and great info.

THANKS, THAT WAS VERY WELL EXPLAINED.

Yvette Smith

Jeff, Thanks so much.  While much of this was not new to me, I have to say, I had no idea that there was a difference between links in headers, bolded, etc.  I have to go back and make some edits.  Thank you for the info.

Gosh  Thanks so much from a real newbie and a very VISUAL person.  Result I LOVE the tutorials.  Yor are so appreciated.i too have this bookmarked

OH BOY I SHOULD HAVE LOOK AT THIS AT THE BEGINING I SORT OF DID IT BY TRIAL AND ERROR.  thank you for showing us about "love link"  I like that

Thanks for the information, I am going to try it, I've bookmarked just in case I can't get it right the first time.

Have A Great Day

I like your use of graphics

Great information here. You make some very good points.  We all get lazy, but should keep our users in mind and use good descriptive links ;-)

Jeff - You are correct in pointing all this out and it is very important to make sure one does not over do it either. Than it can be considered spam.

We allow users to list homes for rent free on our site.  Linking to that page like that would be good for the user and also describes what the site is about.  Now if one was to link to it with the anchor text using all three of these ( homes for rent, houses for rent, condos for rent and apartments for rent) in a sentence it may be considered spam or at least going a little crazy.

Anchor text is good as long as it makes sense and not over used.

Hi Jeff,

Hoping you  can help... I was an LAPD officer and have a video on Youtube I'd like to link to my AR page. I 've seen people who have youtube  video's displayed on the right side of there blogs. viewers can click an play the video I've tried google gadgets to add, but i must be doing something wrong.  The youtube video is titled Southeast Officer Down. Any advice?

Gary 661.645.9409 

Gary... you need to put the embed code from YouTube into your settings. My Settings > Blog Description. You'll have to edit the embed code a bit to make it fit in the sidebar.

width="215" height="186"  will need to be what you use in place of their default sizes, which are 425 and 344. I put a youtube video in the sidebar here for you to see. It's at the bottom.

Jeff,

Thank you so much..  I'd like to take ya out for a beer if you have free time..

I can always find time for a beer. :) Call me 661.244.5812

Great Tutorial Jeff! Thanks for putting it together - it is timeless...

Hey Jeff,

I'm recovering from cervical spine fusion. As soon as I'm off the meds we can meet for some beers.

 

Hi Jeff,

I was trying to figure out how to do this.  Thanks for the tutorial. I tried it. Surprise, it works!  That's awesome.  I see you have lots of good info. I am subscribing to your blog. Thanks so much!

 

Thanks Jeff, as usual you are the MAN

Mike

Jeff, Thanks for making this so easy to follow. I think it would be great if everyone on AR gave you some Link Love.

Jeff - Thanks for another great tutorial.  Actually I am one of the people whose site Bill Gasset stopped by and Bill gave me some advice on anchor text in his comment.  I have been trying to follow his advice ever since.  I am so thankful for all of my generous friends on AR.

Thanks Jeff - I have been thinking about a blog that would need a link of love but had no idea how to go about it.   So that what that little button is for....ha ha...I knew you would know.

I guess I will now have no excuse to not start working on my idea.

Debbie

Once again you have given me hope to understand this madness, thanks for the video

Truly my pleasure, Keith.

Thank you so much for the tutorial Jeff.  I just started blogging (yesterday) and was able to inlcude links in my blog.  :-)

Jeff, thanks for the video tutorial. I knew how to do this one day, then forgot! All my clicking on the chain and I forgot to highlight the text!!! And the anchor text reminder was great also. Cheers! ~ Sharon

Jeff, I'm very late too the party. Your explanation was so simple, even a cave man could do it. I'm a cave man. Thanks.

An oldie but goodie - I didn't realize the better way to link. Thanks, Jeff.

Thank You! I needed to know this!