Software Promotion & SEOThis blog covers a range of topics concerning the SoftTester Shareware/ Software Download site. Topics include software product releases as well as SEO and software development information and tips.

This doesn’t have as much SEO value as for marketing, but it does have a little SEO value.

I was told to pretend you are your customers and post of forums saying how good your products were, providing links etc.

I guess from an SEO point of view you’d have to be picking about the PR value of the sites you choose.

Also from a marketing point of view you would have to post on a popular forum.

It does seem a lot of work when you consider the benefits.

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JM

Google has exported the latest PR values to the toolbar today. Both Access Database Security and SliQTools are winners with PR increases from 0 to 2 and from 3 to 4 respectively but again this blog didn’t get assigned a PR.

Have you noticed changes on any other sites?

by ML

I’d just like to welcome Aaron aka user id Blueskimonkey

I know Mike knows of aaron, from all the back stabbing I do, joke.

Aaron, has some web sites in a similar position as us. He’s also an ISP and a vb.net programmer.
Also does tech support as a day job.

by JM

Last days I found a wonderful posting about some SEO Plugins for Wordpress.

Here’s a link to it: http://www.vinnylingham.com/wordpress-seo-plugins.html

by GS

I thought that you maybe interessted in a new wordpress plugin that can be used for showing Pad File content in your blog. I implemented that plugin the last days, because I make a complete re-design of my website using wordpress.

You can download and test it at my technical blog: http://jachman.wordpress.com/2008/08/21/wordpress-padfile-plugin/

by GS
EDIT: Heres your pad file

Size: 3008 KB Requirements: Internet Explorer 6.0 / Windows XP / Microsoft .NET 2.0	TimePunch 1.91.1222.0	22.09.2008
	TimePunch offers you all the features you expect from a project time recording. The TimePunch Watcher is recording your working time at PC, through no fault of one's own. The only thing you have to do, is choosing your project on which you're working. TimePunch can handle flexible work time and offers a mode for self employed peoples. The reports can be exported to excel.
	http://www.timepunch.de/download/TimePunch_1.91.1222.0.exe (click here)

In a comment on an earlier post there was a question about getting inbound links. Well, getting links to a website is one of the most time-consuming and difficult activities when first trying to make a site rank well in SERPs. Although web directories are not as useful in this regard as they were a few years ago, they can still be a good way of getting backlinks. I’ve come across websites that have a PR of 3 and don’t appear to have backlinks from anything other than web directories.

When it comes to submitting your website to a directory, you soon find the process a bit laborious if you do things totally by hand. There’s a lot of copying and pasting and selecting of categories - it takes a long time. The alternative is to pay someone to do the job for you. The problem with this is that you can never be sure they put your sites into the best categories. You might also want to be in control of the sites you submit to. For example if you hire someone to submit to 500 directories and you only get accepted in 10% of them then you need to avoid submitting to the same directories in the future.

SliQTools now offer a free directory submission tool that combines the best of both worlds. The tool greatly speeds the process of submitting to directories. You set up your website details with a number of alternative descriptions and titles (anchor text) then start loading directories one by one. All you need to do is enter any required CAPTCHA to complete the submission process. Sometimes there isn’t even a CAPTCHA to enter.  The directory submission software will also help you select categories. You can specify up to 6 possible categories that SliQ Submitter will try and match when loading a directory page. Currently the tool support 450 directories but will support up to 2500 in a release later this month.

by ML

Here’s my initial attempt at a new email format for software acceptance/ updating on SoftwareLode. There will only be one or two word differences between the emails - one will say updated, the other added.

Comments are invited.

Dear XXX

Your software, “SliQ Invoicing and Quoting 1.4.0″, has been updated on SoftwareLode.

Your software details can be viewed at:
http://www.softwarelode.com/714/details-sliq-invoicing-and-quoting.html

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We have awarded your software 5 stars. You can get the award logo from:

Awards:       http://www.softwarelode.com/awards.php.

Please use the award logo to link back to http://www.softwarelode.com or to your software details page.

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To find out about Advertising option on SoftwareLode, please visit:

Advertising:  http://www.softwarelode.com/advertise.php

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Please contact us with any questions or comments:

Email       : webmaster@softwarelode.com
Contact Form: http://www.softwarelode.com/contact.php?subj=authors

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Kind regards,

SoftwareLode webmaster

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Please also remember to submit your software to our partner site: http://www.softtester.com
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SliQTools have released version 1.4 of their easy-to-use invoice software/ billing software package SliQ Invoicing and Quoting.

The software supports configurable currencies and tax rates and is suitable for businesses in any English-speaking country. A fully functional 30 day trial of SliQ Invoicing and Quoting can be downloaded from the SliQTools website. Version 1.4 of SliQTool’s invoice software is still available for the low price of only £24.99.

Version 1.4 adds a number of features:-

1. Multiple invoice templates.
2. Service Invoices are now supported.
3. Discounts can now be applied to invoice items.
4. A database of standard discounts can be stored.
5. Remittance slips can be added to invoices and statements.
6. Extra payment detail information can be stored.
7. Customer and product data can now be imported and exported.

As with previous versions, SliQ 1.4 supports a number of sales reports plus the ability to create quotes and estimates as well as credit notes and ageing reports. All items can be emailed as PDFs, new copies of existing invoices and quotes can be raised and quotes can be converted into invoices with a single button click.

To visit the SliQTools site and find out more, go to http://www.sliqtools.co.uk.

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