So you have built a nice web site with good solid content and now want to start selling your products or services. Search Engine Optimization (SEO) is rapidly becoming a dying art. You know that traffic is important in order for a web business to survive. But, how do you get the type of traffic you desire? Links?Lot's of valid inbound links. Solid inbound links are vital for good search engine ranking. After all, the search engines are in business to make money. They need to deliver quality s More..

Agressive Linking Strategies Help To Get Your Site Noticed

A good link building strategy has become an essential part of search engine marketing and positioning. It has been the topic of many web conferences around the world for quite some time now. At the recent webmaster world search conference, Bruce Clay suggested what he called aggressive linking campaigns, be instigated following a few basic guidelines. He suggested that many uneducated link builders do foolish linking into multiple domain networks, which are all hosted either on the same server, More..

Content Is King

Over the past few years, there have been many debates about different search engine optimisation strategies, though it is highly important that a range of strategies are pulled together as one to form the best optimisation program possible. There is one particular factor that is becoming ever more important when it comes to reaching number one in the search engine results pages. That factor is "content". It seems search engines in their quest to provide ever more relevant results are giving site More..

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Lets Make Your Website #1

Their is simple way of making your website rank top and search optimized. Step 1. Before buying the domain name think what your business/website services. Try to get the same meaning URL. ...or if you already have a website try to make your website starting page content matches the URL. Step 2. Define your website content in 6 to 10 words and make that as Title Step 3. Make your heading start with short heading and match the content. Step 4. The first heading what you place is very important More..

Google Has No Content On Page

One of the post from My SEO world Meet Up Group?.! One of my Friend posted "Best example is google and yahoo and other good Search engines, they are not using Meta tags, keyword and description. Google.com has no content on page" In response to this I say content & Meta tags are important.Below is my reply for the post. Hi, I have come across same problem when I was optimizing a site. In the process of my optimization I went to my "Product Manager" to add some content on home page but what More..

Earn with Fun by simple SEO (search engine optimization)

It all happened 3 months back, I have a blog & 1 fine day i saw my blog was ranking on top 10 position for a keyword which is less targeted, but was excited to see that & planned to promote it. Now watz the catch before promoting i placed Google Ads on my page. I started promoting my blog by simply making submissions to blog directories, Search Engines & General Directories in related categories. I was real amazed with the results, My position improved in search engines this resulted in good t More..

Taking Advantage of Googles Sandbox Effect

Most new sites submitted to Google (at least within the last year or so) encounter a peculiar phenomenon known as the "sandbox effect" within about 2 weeks to one month after appearing in the index. Sites may very well rank relatively high in the index at first if the keywords associated with the site are not highly saturated. After about 2 weeks to one month, however, the ranking of most new sites drop significantly. In fact, it is not uncommon for a new site to appear in the number one positio More..

How to Get Tons of Top 10 Rankings Guaranteed

Okay I admit it. I was kidding. I can't guarantee top 10 search engine rankings any more than the next guy. But hold on. Before you click away in disgust I believe I've got the next best thing. That all but guarantees you'll get top 10 rankings. Lots of them. For next to nothing. So you might want to stick around and find out what this is all about. You see to hear some tell it a top 10 ranking is a shoo in. A gimme. A piece of cake. Must be since Google Adwords are crammed with all sorts of More..

Link Building for Hilltop

Hilltop is one of the major concepts underpinning Google's search algorithm, yet its workings and implications are often misunderstood. After the infamous Florida Update, many webmasters were aghast as their rankings plummeted; and again, when the mysterious "sandbox" was implemented, some webmasters could not get a Web site to rank well, period. Part of the reason that some Web sites get shuffled out of the SERPs when new algorithmic features are implemented is that those sites never gained a More..

Search Engines - The Dominant Factor

Let's face facts - Search engines are starting to rule and dominate the way people advertise their products and services. Gone are the days of low-cost, no-cost advertising. Now it's all about how much the major search engines can take from your wallet, without you noticing that your advertising costs are far outweighing your sales. Let's be honest - It's all about greed. They know you need the advertising, so they place it at a premium and hold an auction on their keywords. So where and how d More..

3.5 Reasons You Need To Forget About Search Engines

Have you ever stopped to think how much time is taken up over the course of a year just by that niggling thought at the back of your mind; "Am I on the first page?" I bet it if you counted up all the times you did it you would be looking at hours, maybe even days! But are search engines really that important to the success of your website? No, they're not - here's why.. 1. They waste your time. Admit it - you spend hours just seeing where in the rankings you appear when you could be spending More..

2 Powerful Ways To Capitalize on Your Search Engine Traffic

Many marketers know that search engine marketing is among one of the best methods to get visitors to their websites. It's a profitable way to reach new subscribers and new customers. But getting search engine traffic is only one of the first steps to the doorway of incoming success. While getting top search engine rankings will open the floodgates of targeted traffic, all this traffic is useless if your website visitors don't take any action be it a subscription to your newsletter, a purchase o More..

The Great Search Engine War, Where Content is King

When search engines first appeared, they were simple affairs consisting of a relatively basic database containing small amounts of information about websites. The search engine database allowed web-surfers to search for specific words or phrases. The search engine would then provide a list of hyperlinks to websites containing those words or phrases in several Search Engine Results Pages (SERPS). The basic concepts of a search engine are still the same, but much has changed since those innocent d More..

Google PageRank Explained

1. What is PageRank? Here is what Google says: " PageRank relies on the uniquely democratic nature of the web by using its vast link structure as an indicator of an individual page's value. In essence, Google interprets a link from page A to page B as a vote, by page A, for page B. But, Google looks at more than the sheer volume of votes, or links a page receives; it also analyzes the page that casts the vote. Votes cast by pages that are themselves "important" weigh more heavily and help to ma More..

Your Top Search Rankings at Yahoo & MSN Search are Worthless

It seems I now do this rant every single year when trafficstatistics are discussed in web industry news. Last week Iposted to my Reality SEO blog that referred traffic numbers arethe only statistic that webmasters should be concerned about whenlooking at their search engine rank. I wrote about this last yearafter ComScore Media Metrics statistics were relased discussingSearch Engine Queries generated by each search property. http://searchengineoptimism.com/Google_refers_70_percent.html In that More..

Do It Yourself SEO

Internet surfers use search engines more than any other tool to find things online. Search engines rank their results using a complex formula that considers web page content, link popularity and other details. This is why you should Search Engine Optimization (SEO) your web site. First before you start you need to identify your keywords. It is critical that you know and understand the search terms surfers will use to find your web site with. If your not sure yet try thinking of search terms you More..

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Search Engine Optimization - Free Tips and Help - Part One - The Title Tag

Search Engine Optimization is a widely misunderstood industry. Many webmasters, including myself, have been mislead by industry forums, and Internet "chatter". Having tried many different approaches, starting in 1996: It is ironic that the methods I used back then, still hold true today, to a great extent. Today's article is on the infamous Title tag. Often overlooked, occasionally abused, but still effective. What belongs in this Title? Quite simply: Your strongest Keyword, or Keyword Phrase More..

The Google Phenomenon: Greatest Hits Collection

As my readers know, I've been one of Google's harshest critics. However, I'm also a firm believer that it's okay to criticize, as long as it's justifiable and fairly balanced with deserved praise. Hence, in this article, instead of criticizing, I will be saluting Google and several of its many accomplishments. According to the dictionary, the definition of phenomenon is: "A remarkable development or occurrence. A marvel. " I think we would all agree that definition fits Google like a fine ta More..

What is Search Engine Optimization?

It is no secret that search engines are the number one traffic generating method for driving visitors to the different web sites. Search engines are very useful in helping people find the relevant information they seek on the Internet. The major search engines develop and maintain their own gigantic database of web sites that can be searched by a user typing in a keyword or keyword phrase in the search box. Search engine optimization (SEO) is the process of studying the search engines in an eff More..

How to Create Killer Keywords to Get FREE Traffic to Your Website

When exploring good keyword choices there are several steps one must consider. The most important step is putting your self in the shoes of the type of customer you want to target. Just make a list of the keywords or phrases you think that customer would enter into a search engine or directory when searching for your company or site. A good tool is WordTracker.com which will help you brainstorm different key phrases. Ask friends and associates which words they would use to search for your site o More..

How to Create Killer Keywords to Get FREE Traffic to Your Website

Why Pay-Per-Inclusion Search Engines are Dying

A Pay-Per-Inclusion search engine is a service in which a search engine charges you a certain amount to spider and include your website in its database. For this fee, regular repeated spiderings are guaranteed, so you are sure to be indexed. However, rankings are not guaranteed. These pages have no advantage over any page submitted for free. A few years ago, pay-per-inclusion search engines such as Inktomi, Altavista, Ask Jeeves and Yahoo were introduced. However, they have failed badly and hav More..

Linking Strategies to Skyrocket to the Top of Google

If you don't know already, one of the key success factors to getting loads of free Google traffic to your website is increasing page rank. So just how do you increase your page rank? Well, it's all in the linking. To be honest I never could quite figure this Google thing out, how it ranks good sites from bad sites. One day it all clicked for me and its so simple when you look at it from Google's point of view. Google keeps its customers by providing relevant sites to your search queries. How do More..

3.5 Tips To Help You Avoid Becoming The Next Search Engine Outlaw

Tip 1 - Hide And Seek Do not use hidden text on your website. This means having words and phrases in your pages somewhere that can't be seen to the naked eye. The tactic of having text on your page that is the same colour as the background, and is therefore 'hidden', will almost certainly result in your wanted poster being pinned up by most search engines. Tip 2 - Your Website Is Not A Turkey Do not cram your hands full of keywords and phrases and start trying to stuff them into your website' More..

Attack Of The Killer Google Zombies!

Don't share this with people of a nervous disposition because I really can't restrain myself any longer. Picture the scene if you will... [A conversation last week though it could be this week or the next - it happens all the time...] Anon: "We want lots of people to find our website but it doesn't seem to be happening for some reason." Michael: "Can you tell me some of the methods you've been using to market your website?" Anon: "Well really we're just waiting for Google to update and then More..

Getting Listed in the ODP, Google Directory

First of all, the Google directory is really just the open directory project (ODP: url here) with a few adjustments. While listings on DMOZ.org are arranged within their category according to simple alphabetic order, listings in the Google Directory are based upon PageRank [link]. Thus, sites with higher PageRanks will show up higher on the list of sites under any given category. You can see the PageRank of a site pictorially by looking at the little green bar off to the left of each listing. Th More..

SEO Trade Secrets - 8 Great Tools for Search Engine Optimization

About 80% of website traffic comes through search engines. And research shows, if you're not on the first 2 pages, most people won't find you. This article isn't about how to achieve a high ranking. That topic has been done to death over the past few months. We all know the basics now? Submit your site to the major search engines, scatter a generous helping of the right keyword phrases throughout your site in real sentences, then get a lot of other relevant sites link to your site. That's it. More..

Writing SEO Copy - 8 Steps to Success

We all know that the lion's share of web traffic comes through the search engines. We also know that keywords and links to your site are the two things that affect your ranking in the search engines. Your keywords tell the search engines what you do, and the inbound links tell them how important you are. This combination is what determines your relevance. And relevance is what the search engines are after. There's a lot of information around about how to incorporate keyword phrases into your HT More..

SEO for CEOs - Search Engine Optimization Unmasked for CEOs

If you're like most other CEOs, the term "search engine optimization" will mean very little. Either that or it means expense! But it doesn't have to be that way? If you feel like you're standing in a dark room handing money to strangers to get you in the search engines, then this article is for you. This is an article written by a business owner for other business owners and CEOs. It explains Search Engine Optimization (or SEO) in layperson's terms. It won't make you an expert, but it will give More..

Possibly The Biggest Misconception About Ranking Well In The Search Engines

Onpage search engine optimization are things that you can change ON your webpage. * Title tag * Header tags * Bolding, Italicizing, Underlining * Alt image tags * Meta Tags * Etc. Offpage search engine optimization comes down to basically 1 thing, which websites are linking to your wesbite and how they're doing it. * Anchor text uses in your link * The title of the page your link is on * The page rank of the page your link is on * The "theme" of the website your link is on * Etc. By More..

The Reality of Search Engine Submissions

Over the last few months, search engine submissions have changed dramatically. Now is the time to analyze the way we're submitting our Web pages and to rethink our submission strategies. Regretfully, I still see people paying big bucks to search engine submission services who will submit their pages to thousands of search engines for one "low price." What they aren't told is that the act of "submitting" their pages has nothing to do with top search engine rankings. Even taking a step back, subm More..

Google, Yahoo!, Pandoras Box And The Lottery

In the fall of 1990, the musical group Snap had a monster number one hit record called, "I've Got The Power." Nowadays, a search engine and a directory (AKA) Google and Yahoo!--number one and number two respectively, have "the power," and we handed it to them on a silver platter. The aforementioned search engine and directory are the two biggest players in the multi billion dollar pay-for-search industry. Our stubborn and foolish reliance on search engines have helped to open up a "Pandora's More..

SEO: The Good, The Bad And The Ugly

I seem to have created quite a stir, on a particular SEO forum recently. In fact, rumor has it, at one point, my article, "Google's Trap, DMOZ's Nap, And Yahoo!'s Crap" was the hottest topic discussed on this particular forum. The aforementioned article was also bestowed the title of, "Worst SEO Article Ever" by someone on the forum. Why all the animus? I have no idea. Perhaps they view me as a threat to their livelihood. Whatever the reason, certain SEO's seem to be taking my articles persona More..

Search Engine Keywords - What Do People Search For?

Do you ever wonder how people search for things on the Internet? What if you knew exactly what words they typed when using a search engine? If you're marketing a product or service it's extremely insightful to know what are the most popular search terms relating to whatever you're marketing. The Overture Company Overture.com is a Yahoo! company that supplies the Pay Per Click infrastructure for Yahoo! and other websites on the Internet. If you do a search on Yahoo! you'll see anywhere from 1-3 More..

Yahoo!/Overture Site Match: A License To Steal

Unless you've been living in a cave somewhere, I'm sure you've heard by now, Overture now offers the Yahoo! Search Inclusion under its own branded name--Site Match. According to the page info from Overture, submitting your site to individual search engines is expensive and time-consuming. But with Site Match you can reach millions of users by submitting your pages through one program that powers search results for top web portals such as Yahoo!, AltaVista, AlltheWeb and other sites. Summary of More..

Google Zombies Need To Wake Up

Over the last couple of weeks, I've received more e-mails in response to my article, "Google's Trap, DMOZ's Nap, And Yahoo!'s Crap," than any other article I've ever written. And that's saying a lot because, I've written close to forty articles. Most of the e-mails are very supportive and appreciate of the fact that I'm going after Google and the other large search engines, by telling it like it is. Now even though I appreciate your e-mails and support, I need to make one thing perfectly clear More..

Arrogant Overture Placing Greed Ahead Of Their Customers Needs

According to the dictionary, the definition of the word "overture" is as follows: "An opening or initiating move toward negotiations, a new relationship, an agreement, etc.; a formal or informal proposal or offer." Hmmmmmmmm...very interesting definition--especially that part about "a new relationship." I think pay-per-click giant Overture should look up the definition of their own company name, because they appear to be breaching their "relationship" with their customers big time! Here are More..

The Truth About Search Engines: Playing A Game You Cant Win

If you go strictly by the numbers, Yahoo, MSN and Google are the "Big 3" of search engines and directories. Between them, they index millions and millions of pages in their directories. Although Google claims to index over 4 billion. However, that's a subject for a different day. The point is, out of all those millions and millions of pages, there's room for only a very few websites at the top of the results pages. That means, if you go strictly by the number of indexed web pages in their dire More..

Googles Trap, DMOZs Nap, And Yahoo!s Crap

On November 16th, 2003, Google commenced an update (the Florida update) which had a catastrophic effect for a very large number of websites and, in the process, turned search engine optimization upside down. It is common to give alphabetical names to Google's updates in the very same way that names are given to hurricanes, and this one became known as "Florida". In a nutshell, a vast number of pages, many of which had ranked at or near the top of the results for a very long time, suddenly disap More..

Getting One Way SEO Links - The Easy and FREE Way

What we are hunting for? Unique Domains, One Way Links, Text Link copy of our choice , The ability to change those links, Sites that have PR and cover our choice topic .... Enter the Free Hosting Sites One of the easiest and most often overlooked resources on the net today are the free hosting companies. Free hosting companies make money by upgrading accounts into paying accounts or selling services to you. One of the huge advantages to a free hosted account and your SEO efforts is that More..

The Mystery of the Magical Keyword Density Formula

Keyword density. When it comes to SEO copywriting, this has to be one of the most talked about subjects. Why? Because keywords are the very foundation of search engine copywriting. Without keywords we wouldn't even have SEO copywriting. Because keywords (or more accurately, keyphrases) play such an important role in search engine copywriting, it might make sense that there are certain rules and regulations - certain formulas - that should be followed. It might make sense, but, I'm sorry to say, More..

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