SEO: Divining Its Future From The Past
In the beginning - there were web pages. They were simple and straight forward and just needed a way for potential visitors to find them.
Google Blocks PageRank Queries
Google's war against PageRank continues. It appears that Google has now introduced a filter to limit the PageRank queries its data center's receive.
Why Mass Link Submissions are Dangerous to Your SEO Efforts
If you do directory link submissions, you probably have seen offers that looked something like this: 'Submit your site to over 300 other directories instantly!' or 'Let us do the directory submissions for you!'. I have to admit that, at times, I'm tempted to take advantage of this. Why not get it done quickly and easily? Especially if I can fill out just one form and send that out en masse. It makes sense. Actually, it might be a very bad idea.
Top 5 Ways To Get Your Site Listed In Google - Fast
What are the most effective ways to get your site listed in Google quickly? Let's look at the top 7 ways to attract Google to your site.
Social Bookmarking- Why It Helps SEO
Using Social Bookmarking sites are a really great way to promote your website or Blog. They are becoming one of the best marketing tools today, especially since they have very useful tools and features that users can utilize to improve their search engine optimization.
Is Google Ready to Counter Yahoo's Search Assist?
On the evening of October 30th 2007, I was doing my typical SEO rank checks, when something caught my attention at Google.com. As I was typing some text into the search box, out came a gray box with search suggestions that got ever more precise as I typed in my text.
Conducting Keyword Research: 3 Simple Ways To Discover Great Keywords
If you want more traffic to your site, you only need to optimize your pages to better suit your visitors. Search engine optimization is something every site owner should be involved in, at least on a basic level.
How To Find Targeted Keywords
Before tackling any individual niche market, it's best to start with the big picture, and then narrow it down. It's the secret to building a list that's just right for your niche market.
Google Page Rank Update
Well it finally happened, the Google Page rank update. Google updated all of my page ranks on all of the sites I manage the search engine optimization for. I am happy to say that none of my page ranks haven fallen and several have gained one or two places.
You've Been Slapped By Google. So What?
Can you feel the fever? White hot! Millions of webmasters are either clicking their heels or kicking their LCDs. Google's Pagerank Update is sweeping the globe and reportedly, more people lost vaunted pagerank than gained. That's where all the heat's blowin' from.
Paid Link Pain of Google's Iron Fist
Google has come down hard on paid links. Don't believe me? Just ask sites like washingtonpost.com, forbes.com, and many other high profile sites that have just had their page rank reduced by two to four points. Are you still considering hiring that SEO firm that offers "paid text links" or "paid ad buys" as part of their strategy? I hope not.
Google Bowling and Negative SEO: Tearing Down Rather Than Building Up
There's been a lot of talk recently about some methods of dirty SEO, known collectively as Negative SEO. The basic premise behind these methods is the simple idea that it is quicker and easier to rear down your competition than it is to build yourself up.
The Most Effective Link Building Strategies for Your Website
Getting your Website to the top of Google and other major search engines should be your top priority if you wish to make money online. To reach the top of Google, your website will need to offer something of value, provide quality content, and build a lot of inbound links.
How your website navigation could be killing your search listings
SEO is a difficult field. So many things affect your rankings that often the small things are overlooked. However, these small things are often the difference between good listings and average listings, so they're worth looking at. In this article we're going to quickly run through site navigation and how we can utilise it to achieve higher search rankings.
How Does Google Deal With Hacked Websites?
It's the worst nightmare of every webmaster, your site gets hacked. That's really bad for you as a webmaster but also for your search engine rankings. But Google can help you get back in the high search engine results pages again.
