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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Is a high search engine ranking important for you?
- In the process of designing a website for clients the question inevitibly arises "How do I get a good search engine ranking?". This is a very good point and the answer is not as clear cut as you may think.A high search engine ranking means that your website will appear on the first page of a search engine, when someone searches for the subject of your website. For example if you were a baby...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Optimizing online catalog copy for the search engines
- It only makes sense. You have an e-commerce catalog site. You want lots of visitors to come to your site and buy. The best (and most cost-effective) way to do that is with great search engine placement. However, search engines are text machines, and most catalogs don't have a lot of text, so herein lies the problem.The obvious answer is that you need more copy on each page. However, the pic...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Keyword research made simple!
- Keyword Research is the first task in optimizing your web site and pay-per-click campaign. Here you need to know what keywords your target group is using.Your keywords are the words and phrases that people might use to find your products, brands, services, or information, via search engines.Step 1: Keyword IdentificationThe first step in your keyword research is to identify ke...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - 20 ideas for creating traffic rich, search engine friendly pages
- Sometimes questions will arise around the subject of gateway information pages or doorway pages. People have heard that "doorway pages" are BAD and some have stated that search engines "hate doorway pages".For clarification on these type of issues, let's start by explaining some simple ground rules looking beyond the jargon and terminology.Do Search Engines Hate Doorway/Gateway Pages...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Wordtracker wisdom: common keyword questions and answers
- One of my favorite subjects to teach on at our live SEO Mastery Workshops is that of keyword research and the behavior of a specific target audience using my all time favorite research tool, Wordtracker.For those who have not heard of, Wordtracker it is a Web based service that will help you discover which keywords and phrases will be most effective for attracting the right audience to your...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - How to choose keywords before they skyrocket in popularity
- Long before the days of researching phrases with the helpful online resources of today, the art of keyword/phrase selection was often left just to guesswork. However, guesswork by today's highly competitive standards is just not good enough. So how is it possible to select a powerful traffic-pulling phrase in this fashion without researching it in real time? Better yet, is it possible to choose su...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - The wonders of wordtracker: its more than a hunt for keywords
- For me personally, Wordtracker.com is not just a tool for looking up keywords. Sure, that's one good use for it, but what I want to distinguish is another influential and exciting use for Wordtracker as an SEO resource."Keywords" for use in your Meta tags are probably the least influential element in search engine optimization these days. H...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - ?google friendly? solutions to graphic-intense sites
- We all know that the search engines can't "see" or "read" the graphics on our pages. We also know that we need to provide text on a page, so the spiders will have something to crawl and index.After all, we have to prove to the search engines without a shadow of a doubt that our pages are about what we say or claim they're about if we want to achieve top rankings. That's ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Now more than ever...you need to optimize your site for search engines
- As the economy begins to recover in certain parts of the world, more and more online marketers are looking for affordable ways to drive qualified traffic to their sites. That's why, now more than ever, you need to optimize your site for the search engines.Have you heard the saying, "Short-term sacrifice for long-term gain"? It applies here. For just a little effort, you can ensure a practic...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - List building vs. search engine optimization
- It seems the excitement about search engine optimization fades in and out from time to time. The more people talk about search engine optimization (SEO) the more it seems to be the logical choice for bringing customers to your site. However, there are some points that I haven't seen anyone else make as of yet about the effectiveness of SEO versus the effectiveness of building a responsive list. I ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - How to get number 1 spot in google, every time, guaranteed
- Woaah! Wait a minute. Before I exclusively reveal these insider secrets can I ask you question? Well, actually, I want to ask you a series of questions.Why do you want to get Number 1 in Google?"Because it's good to be there isn't it? It means my website is the best out there."Well, no, it doesn't. Why do you really want to be Number 1 in Google?"Well, everyon...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - See no google, hear no google, speak no google
- That's right - I dreamt of a World Wide Web without the Googlopoly. And let me tell you - it was a scary place.Well the thing is - at first I thought it was frightening - but as the nightmare went on it started feeling less scary as I began to realise that I no longer had to check my rankings every day, worry about how my website was built from a 'Google perspective' and constantly battle o...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Search engine optimization: creative ways to acquire natural back links
- Search engines use algorithms calculate the order in which the search results are displayed. Although no one outside the search engine companies know the actual algorithms, search engine optimization (SEO) experts agree that back links are heavily weighed. A "back link" is text on another website that links to your site. Search engines count these links as "votes" for your site...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Complete web-site optimization for search engines (part 1)
- SEO or search engine optimization strategy now becomes widely popular among online business operators. Nothing strange about it as it allows to substantially increase your gross income, as a result of growing traffic or visitors flow.That is why one point should be stressed out - your business return on SEO is directly proportional to the results your business have now. It means that SEO st...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Complete web-site optimization for search engines (part 2)
- Source code optimization.{title}...{/title}This tag is to be a winner. This is a primary spot to include our keywords for SE spiders, bots or crawlers ("spider" hereafter). {title} tags are the best "dainty dish" for SE spiders. They eat them as cakes, so make title tags to be tasty for them, about 65 characters long.{meta name=description content="..."}Important Meta t...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - Is reciprocal linking dead?
- I just read an article at SitePro News that really rings my bell.It was written by Mike Banks Valentine. Obviously being a very successful webmaster, one must pay attention to his words and his most recent article really mirrors my thoughts.Having just completed constructing a new website for my personal use, I have been looking for optimization improvements.The current rage i...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - 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 re...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - 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 SitesOne of the easiest and most often overlooked resources on the net today are the free hosting companies. Free hosting companies make money by upgrading accou...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - 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 ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - 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 t...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - 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 o...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - 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 lik...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - 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 po...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - 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 CompanyOverture.com is a Yahoo! company that supplies the Pay Per Click infrastru...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - 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 vie...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - 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-...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - 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 ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - 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...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - 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. ...
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- 2007-11-13 22:16:19 - 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 a...