FireFox 2 Release Candidate 1 is now available for download. This is not intended for widepsread distribution, but rather it is targeted to developers, testers, and those who’d like a sneak peak at the upcoming full Firefox 2.0 release. RC 1 is much more polished than the last beta release, and is nearly ready for general use. However, if you do use customizations and extensions, it’s quite likely that a good number of them won’t yet be compatible.

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There are wild guesses and some informed arguments on whether site-wide or single home page links should be seeked for when you are building backlinks for your site.

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There are many webmasters who are spending countless hours trying to manually trade and buy legitimate links to help improve their web site’s search engine rankings and page rank. However, there is a much easier way for webmasters to get many more back links for less work in a shorter amount of time. A Press Release is a great way to reach editors and web site owners and will help you get your message out to the general public, both online and offline. If you write an effective press release about something new and interesting about your web site, it will get picked up very quickly by a number of blogs and other online news sources, who in turn will provide your web site with many backlinks. Getting a post about your web site or new company on sites such as Tech Crunch and others could drive thousands of unique visitors to your site and have a significant impact on your ranking in the search engines.

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Site of the day:
SEO-friendly phpLD Directory List

The most comprehensive and oldest list of SEO-friendly phpLD directories out there. If you just started a new directory powered by phpLD script, this is the ultimate directory resource site that you do not want to miss. It lists all the phpLD directories for free. So if you run a phpLD directory, this is a chance to get it exposed to search engines, directory submitters and potential customers by listing there at no cost. Note that if your directory is NOT powered by phpLD script, do not bother to submit it as it will be rejected. Again, this offer is only available to phpLD directory owners.

While we were promoting our directory, we came across several directory lists
which show the top ranking directories out there.

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We are happy to announce our new Romow directory to the world. Many directory owners make a common mistake by stopping developing their directories after the grand opening day, and hoping that the value of their directories will continue to grow over time. Creating a directory with some nice custom template/logo and well-laid out categories is only the first step. A “quality” directory needs constant care and development afterwards, in terms of maintaining editorial integrity, keeping directory listings up-to-date, developing backlinks, and making various other marketing and promotional efforts. Having said that, we can assure you that our Romow directory will grow into one of few “quality” directories out there. So stay tuned!