Finally...UNILAG Admissions into Postgraduate Programmes 2014/2015 Academic Session

After much delay.The School of Postgraduate Studies, University of Lagos – University of First Choice and the Nation’s Pride, a leading, reputable first generation institution for postgraduate education and research in Africa, situated in the commercial nerve centre of Nigeria, hereby invites applications from suitably qualified candidates from recognized institutions for admission into Postgraduate programmes of the University in the 2014/2015 Session, namely:

Postgraduate Diploma Programmes (PGD).

Masters Degree Programmes (i.e. M.Sc., M.Ed., M.A., LL.M, etc).

Professional Masters Degree Programmes (i.e. MBA, MILD, MILR, MPH, MDSS, MPIA, MPA, MGIS, etc).

Master of Philosophy (M.Phil.) and Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) programmes.

There is flexibility in the mode of study with Full-Time, Part-Time, Executive and Sandwich options as applicable.

GUIDELINES FOR APPLICATION
Visit the School of Postgraduate Studies website: http://spgs.unilag.edu.ng, click the “2014/2015 Application” Link for full information on the Application.

Sale of Application Forms begins on Tuesday, August 5 and ends on Tuesday, September 30, 2014.

Completed Application Forms are to be submitted online not later than Friday, October 3, 2014.
Payment can be made  by contacting me on 07033447036...
Kindly note the following: Candidates are advised to read carefully the requirements for their desired programmes to confirm eligibility.

Applicants are advised to check the available programmes online before applying.

Candidates awaiting Bachelor's degree results and Nigerian citizens who have not completed the National Youth Service Corps assignments or are currently undergoing Postgraduate programmes are not eligible.

Holders of Degrees obtained from Outreach/Satellite campuses are not eligible.

Every applicant is required to upload all certificates listed in the application form, such as:Degree Certificates (Not Statement of Results), NYSC Certificate and Professional Certificates.

All Academic Transcripts must reach the Secretary, School of Postgraduate Studies on or before the beginning of registration.

All M.Phil/Ph.D. candidates are required to contact the relevant department for availability of Supervisors/vacancies before applying.

Please check for the dates of Qualifying Examinations/Interviews on the University of Lagos, School of Postgraduate Studies Website: http://spgs.unilag.edu.ng

Applicants will be required to print the completed Application Form and Photo Card. These will be required for submission at the examination/interview venue.

Candidates are required to LAMINATE their Photo Card after printing.

For further information, please contact: Deputy Registrar/Administrative Secretary, School of Postgraduate Studies, University of Lagos, Lagos. E-mail: ict@unilagspgs.edu.ng

DR. (MRS.) TAIWO F. IPAYE, MNIM

Registrar and Secretary to Council
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Selelcted SEO Practices for Blogger Blogs

There are different types of SEO Plugins available for WordPress such as - Yoast SEO, All in One SEO etc. Blogger does not supports these plugins and you have to do all the SEO work manually. You may hire someone but this could be costly. So below are few tips on how you can make your Blogger blog more visible to search engines.

Adding Meta Tag in Header

Go to Blog Title → Template → Edit HTML and add the below code just after the tag <head>

<meta content='Your site description' name='description'/>
<meta content='Your site Keywords' name='keywords'/>
<meta content='Your Name' name='author'/>
<meta content='youemail@ymail.com' name='Email'/>
<meta content='global' name='distribution'/>
<meta content='document' name='resource-type'/>
<meta content='all' name='audience'/>
<meta content='general' name='rating'/>
<meta content='all' name='robots'/>
<meta content='en' name='language'/>
<meta content='EN' name='country'/>
<meta content='blogger' name='generator'/>
<meta content='Your Name' name='owner'/>
<meta content='(c) 2013 Blog name' name='copyright'/>

After adding the above code edit it with your desired settings.

Adding Alt and Title tag to all images

Optimizing blog images are really important for SEO and for that one should add Alt and Title tag to every image of its blog. The following can be done by Clicking the image in post editor, click on properties and adding the needed text.

Customizing Permalink of your post

You can also customize the permalink that is URL of your blog post. For customizing the permalink of the post you have to click on Permalink tab under Post Settings and do the desired changes.
Tip : Remove slugs like in, on, to, for etc. You must be inquisitive to know why don't I do these changes well you will get the answer in the last line of this post.

Adding blog to different Search Engines

So that search engines can crawl your blog, it is very important to add your blog on different search engines. Below is a list of some popular search engines where you can submit your blogs URL.

AlltheWeb	www.alltheweb.com	Submit at www.alltheweb.com/help/webmaster/submit-site.
AltaVista	www.altavista.com	Submit at www.altavista.com/addurl/.
AOL Search	search.aol.com	Submit via Google (www.google.com/addurl/).
Ask.com	www.ask.com	Does not accept site submissions.
Best of the Web	www.botw.org	Paid submittal at www.botw.org/helpcenter/submitcommercial.aspx.
Bing	www.bing.com	Submit at www.bing.com/webmaster/SubmitSitePage.aspx
Gigablast	www.gigablast.com	Submit at www.gigablast.com/indexphp?subPage=addUrl&page=about&.
JoeAnt	www.joeant.com	Submit at www.joeant.com/suggest.html.
Open Directory	www.dmoz.org	Go to appropriate category page and click Suggest URL.
Starting Point	www.stpt.com	Paid submittal at www.stpt.com/directory/addsite.htm.
Wikia Search	search.wikia.com	Click the Add button on any relevant search results page.

 Other Factors

There are many other factors on which your blog's SEO depends they are - Blog Speed, Originality of the content, Keyword research, Backlinks, SEO optimized template etc.

SEO is a very important factor for your blogs productivity so one should surely pay attention to it. Last but not the least I just want to say that never over-optimize your blog.
This arev among the best tools you can apply to your blog and also one beginners can start with.

Always Information Team

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