Deetsie's Heroic Dailies

I’ve been wondering why my site seems to be linking out to unrelated, unknown external websites. Using SEOX-ray, I was able to trace these External links. The total number reached about 668. You can’t easily spot these links when you look at any of the pages. But you can see it in messy shambles of codes all over the HTML sheet. So after exporting the .csv links list via SEO X-ray, I saw keywords and target URLs that were attached to a large number of pages without my permission. Tracing the URL, I found links to have been generated automatically by the plug ins I installed. Take note, these plug-ins were deactivated since last year. Apparently, deactivation does not stop these plug-ins from actually generating back links for various websites – possibly owned by the creators. Immediately, I deleted these plug-ins and left my settings to run with just two essential ones: Akismet and SEOPack. In an instant, my external link count was reduced from 668 to 17. Imagine that!

Lesson learned, be extra cautious with plug-ins. Perhaps the truth holds that in life, nothing comes for free. If you get something without shelling out some cash, the catch will come in another shape or form. Link juice is the Internet currency. Unmindful linking will not only render your pages messy, it will also reduce the value of your website in terms of ranking and web significance.

Finally, I found a list of top Firefox addons to make my browsing life much more convenient.   I spend most of my waking time on the Internet, for work and personal projects.  But with my current home life, having two babies at that, my own projects are often pushed back and goals are seldom met due to lack of time and a lot of distractions.  Browsing through websites, logging in on accounts like Entrecard, etc take seconds or maybe even minutes to connect.  The more time is taken when you jump pages to pages just to view credits, and other details you might want to check.  So I thought, if only there’s a way to save those seconds and minutes.  Indeed, there is.  The Firefox Add-ons.  Right now, am using ScribeFire – so that I don’t have to log in to my blogs whenever I feel like writing.

We have different reasons for browsing and staying on the Net.  What’s best for me may not suit you so read on the link above for more info on which tool to use.