Keyword selection is as much art as it is science. The overall goal of keyword selection is to find words that you think potential customers will enter when searching for the product you are offering. Learn how to balance search volume and competition to find the right mix for your website.
The Seven Secret Skills Of SEO Work
There is a lot of talk on the web regarding Search Engine Optimization (SEO) and how, if you just do this one thing, you will be at the top of Google. If only it were that easy! In fact, I believe there are seven distinct skills that a search engine optimiser needs to possess. Most people possess one or maybe two of these skills, very rarely do people posses all seven. In truth, to get to all seven, people who are good at two of these need to actively develop the other skills…
Tips for getting your website listed on yahoo
Treat Yahoo as both a directory AND a search engine. Yahoo offers a number of different search results. Part of their search results come from an actual search engine, and some of their results come from human editors, called surfers.
Optimizing with Firefox
Optimizing can be a real hassle, but using the right tools can speed the process along. Here is where Firefox and some of its plugins come into action!
Part III – Getting Your Site Indexed in Yahoo
Although Yahoo is different from Google, and fairly new to being a search engine spider, it’s still a popular search site. You will definitely want to submit your website here.
Search Engine Friendly Content Management Systems
What is a Content Management System?
A Content Management System (CMS) is a third party software application which allows web site administrators to add, update or delete content, photos, and documents to their web site in ?real time?. Many web sites are modified using these web-based tools as they require little to no knowledge of HTML or web scripting languages. CMS programs make it easy for a webmaster or site owner who does not know HTML or have access to a WYSIWYG (Wh…
Search Engine Optimization And The Magic Fairy Dust
Everyone wants to be at the top of the search engine results for search terms that will drive traffic and consumers to their website. SEO professionals recommend…
Search Engine Optimization: Natural Linking Strategies
Search Engine Optimization (SEO) can be the difference between a small, barely profitable or visible website and a traffic magnet website. There are a lot of ways, both good and bad, to influence the search engines.
Search Engine Optimization (SEO) ? An Overview
This article deals with the basics of search Engine Optimization (SEO). SEO is any practice related to the end goal of improving your website?s ranking in the search engines. This article will discuss various key points that one should keep in mind while performing site optimization for different search engines. Furthermore the article throws light on the effective use of meta tags and some spamming activities which should be avoided.
Search Engine Wars: Google Thumps Yahoo, MSN
Google continues to dominate the search engine wars while Yahoo and MSN make only a feeble attempt to wrest control from the search engine giant. Do you, Yahoo? I don’t and here is why.
SEO Best Practice: Befriend The Directories
Why Directories Are Important
Directories should play a major role in your SEO efforts, well, at least the big and important ones, for the following reasons:
– Listings within major directories provide “context” to search engines. For example, if your web site is listed in the Open Directory Project under the category Pets -> Weird Pets -> Blue Cats, search engines will assume your web site has something to do with blue cats. Your web site and pages will be indexed fast…
How to Feed the Spiders and Grab the Top Spots
I have 24 fully operational websites and this evening (30 November 2005) I did a progress check on the very first site I ever launched: http://www.writing-for-profit.com.