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Chris set one of Chris' replies as an official response to "Synthasite banned from Digg.com?" in Yola

Chris replied on February 09, 2009 21:38 to the question "Synthasite banned from Digg.com?" in Yola:

Hi Rich, it turns out that there was an issue that prevented people from submitting SynthaSite subdomains to Digg. Thanks to great help from the Digg team, it's been resolved and you should be able to do so now.

Thanks for bringing this to our attention!

Chris replied on February 05, 2009 23:37 to the question "Why is the .org extension not available when I purchase a domain name?" in Yola:

Hi Stuart, As Kira mentioned, we don't have the ability to purchase .org domains yet.

We'll be adding a couple of more domain extensions shortly - I'll mark your question down as a vote to add .org.

Thanks! Keep an eye on our blog to see when we release this feature.

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Chris replied on February 03, 2009 20:49 to the question "Reducing bounce rate?" in Yola:

Another great tactic is to look at your Google Analytics logs if you use it. Looking at the search phrases people use to get to your site can give you a good indication of what they're looking for. Optimizing for those users (since you have the most data on them) should help for all of your other visitors as well.

For instance, are people reaching your page and sticking around your site when they search for "widget article"? If so, then you may want to move those to the top of the page.

Additionally, if users are getting to your page by searching for "how do I ____", but leave quickly, that may guide you to add how-to content.

Good luck - I also look forward to seeing what others suggest or do on their own site!

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Chris replied on January 26, 2009 19:14 to the question "Invalid sitemap URL, syntax not understood." in Yola:

Hi Kathy,

Submitting a sitemap to a search engine can ensure that more pages of a site get indexed, but usually doesn't affect whether the home page of the site is included in the index.

The issue that you're referring to is known and will be fixed this week. We're trying out a new way to make sure Google knows the location of your sitemap; in some cases, we pointed to the incorrect address.

The issue is not causing a penalty for your site, but isn't necessarily helping either - when our fix goes in, we hope that the sitemaps will help get more pages of SynthaSite sites like yours get indexed.

If you're seeing the error, it means Google has found your site - that's a great sign! If you continue to get more visitors and more links to your site, it will hopefully show up in the index soon. As always, it takes a bit of time for the search engines to update new sites that they find.

Good luck!

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Chris replied on January 16, 2009 00:46 to the question "If i buy my domain do i have to redo all the google stuff like adscan and analyt." in Yola:

Hi HaloLT - to build on Monique's answer, you may have to update some services but you probably won't have to update all of them.

For instance, the Google Webmaster Tools verification code is tied to your domain - you would have to re-verify with Google (this takes about 5 minutes.)

You shouldn't have to update your Google Analytics code - you'll just see traffic from the new domain in your profile instead of the old domain.

I'm not familiar with AdScan so I can't comment - I would check their support documentation.

The benefits of having your own domain will greatly outweigh a little bit of work now - I suggest doing it and wish you the best of luck!

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Chris replied on January 15, 2009 20:49 to the question "Do I add new webmasters code to each page to verify new domain?" in Yola:

Hi Marky - the new domain will need to be verified with Google Webmaster Tools (WMT) again. If you add the new domain to your WMT account, it will show up as unverified since it's new.

Google will give you a new verification code for this domain - you don't need to enter that code on every page - you only need to add it to your home page so it only should take a few minutes.

I also wanted to note that we redirected your old subdomain was redirected to your new domain - anyone who follows a link to or types in the address of your old subdomain will be brought immediately to your new address.

Please let us know if you have any issues, and best of luck with your site and new domain!

Chris replied on January 07, 2009 01:43 to the question "Webmaster Tools Anomaly" in Yola:

Just noting here that Bengo and I are continuing this conversation via email, and that I'll post back here once we've gotten to the bottom of this.!