Stuart McHenry - My Internet World

So over the past week I have got a few emails and PM’s about the v7ndotcom elursrebmem contest. People have seen this blog starting to show up in the top couple of pages for the contest KW’s. Below are some of the questions and comments I have got:

“Don’t you know you need to add a link to win the contest money?”

“I thought you were not going to enter the contest. Now that your in can we trade links?”

“Don’t even try it Stuart you are no match for the dark side”

“I’m in the contest too. I enjoy reading your blog about the v7ndotcom elursrebmem contest. Please read my blog howseoworks.com/v7ndotcom-elursrebmem/”

Well let me clarify a few things… first off I’m not in the contest. Second off…. I’m not in the contest. I have said from the start that I will be backing one contestant. (more about that in a minute) So why am I showing up in the contest results? AND… what is my agenda???

I wanted to show up in the first couple of pages for several reasons.

1) Because it’s fun

2) I wanted to ensure that the SEO community knows about our Site Sift Directory. I know I could have used Adwords or bought advertisement on some of the contest pages… but this is a little more fun. Anyway.. you can find more information about Site Sift here.

3) Everyone’s doing it

4) Did I mention Site Sift?

Now.. who am I backing for the V7N Contest? My buddy Alek Komar and his page for the Celiac Disease charity. This truly is a great cause and as I see it… the best way for the money to be spent.

I forgot to blog about the latest upgrade to Site Sift Listings (our free directory script) version V1.20. We released Site Sift Listings V1.20 back in late January. Let me highlight some of the changes.

We basically took the submission process and started over. Before V1.20 if you wanted to run a paid directory it was a pain in the ass! Customers would have to create an account then login and purchase credits… then go and complete the submission. BOY what were we thinking. (rhetorical question)

Now it’s easy…. customers complete the short submission form and then they are redirected to paypal to give up the cash. Very similar to the process of our Site Sift Directory which many people are familiar with.

Here are some of the features Site Sift Listings offers:

-Unlimited categories
-Unlimited subcategories (multi way tree design structure)
-Edit (sub)categories
-Change category from drop down menu
-Move categories around (subcategories will be changed as well)
-Change title
-Change description
-Delete (sub)categories
-Edit listings
-Change title
-Change description
-Change category
-Change URL
-Sort listings by alphabetical or date submitted
-Search both listings and categories
-Easily customize colors
-Change site meta title tag
-Change site meta keyword tag
-Change site meta description tag
-Change site default email address
-Change default currency
-Change default domain name
-One click SEO friendly URL’s
-Reciprocal links can be required (on/off switch)
-Automatic reciprocal link checking, easily turn on/off
-Require reciprocal link to be from same domain, easily turn on/off
-Integrated for Paypal with Instant Payment Notification
-Offer sponsored, paid, reciprocal, and free listings, easily turn any on/off
-Easily set price for paid/sponsor links
-Sponsored listings can be set to expire after a set # of days or to never expire
-Easily change links from sponsor to regular and set expiration date of sponsor links
-Google sitemap integration
-Set min/max length for site description
-Adjust the number of listings shown per page
-Database backup
-Smart meta tags every category & subcategory page has its own meta tags (keywords,title,description) all dynamic
-Link details page has its own meta tags (keywords,title,description) all dynamic

If anyone has any questions about Site Sift Listings please feel free to stop by our forum.