Archive for July 29th, 2008
by Jude Wright
Search engine optimization (SEO) is a necessary tool that you should apply, if you want people to find your websites. By applying SEO, it can mean the difference in your website showing up on the first few pages of a search engine or the hundredth page. A website that does not show up in the first few pages of a search engine can find it hard to get visitors because most people only search the top three to five page results for their keywords.
How Do You Apply SEO?
You could pay professionals to optimize your web pages but this could cost hundreds of dollars. You would only want to do this if your website has a great many pages. You can easily optimize smaller websites yourself with the proper knowledge. But, optimization is an absolute necessity if you want to be indexed in the search engines.
SEO can be applied by getting links that point back to your website. This can be done with article writing and article content submission. If you have really great posts on your website, others will voluntarily link to you, so that they can provide new information to their own visitors. You can also pay websites to place your links on their site and this works to have one way links and as a bonus, website visitors.
Making sure that your Meta tags are correct is another factor in SEO. All of your web pages should have correct titles, and your META tags should have a great site description with your primary keywords. When someone does a search, the META tag information is what they will see as a description of your site. Websites that have only a title or URL when you do a search means that they did not have proper SEO done. Most people will skip over these types of web pages.
Another way to apply SEO is to have great written content. Pictures and videos are nice, but if your website has little to no content and only flash, pictures and movies, you will not rank well in the search engines. The search engine spiders can only read text, so all of your art skills will be of no use, if a visitor cannot find your website. Write great content and articles with the keywords that greatly describe your website and what it is about.
You Should Not
Although keywords are necessary for good page rank, don’t use them repeatedly. This is considered spamming and will hurt you rather than help you. Too many people are using keyword stuffing for their sites as the “powers that be” are wise to them.
Avoid the using text colors that are used to blend into the page background. Webmasters got wise to the fact that if they place keywords on their websites and match it to the background, a visitor can’t see it, but a spider can. After an update, these sites were penalized since they were again trying to cheat the system.
Using the same content on different pages is a trick that is still being used today. However, this hurts more than it helps a website. You cannot write one article or grab it from online and then use it on all of your web pages. Search engines like Google are penalizing websites that have one page of duplicate content much less an entire website.
Lots of keywords make no sense. This is a trick that you may have come across on a few different websites. You are scrolling through a site and when you get to the bottom, you see a list of keywords that are not linked. Website owners try this to get the search engines to rank them well for these keywords that are just placed on their pages. Like the same colored text trick, this no longer works in most cases and you can be banned from different search engines.
About the Author:
Jude Wright has been the owner of AboutAffiliateMarketing.com since 2002. Stop by and pick up her free report, Newbie’s Affiliate Guide.
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by Sri Dan
Has it ever come across your mind that it is possible to earn a steady income that only requires you a one time set up? This is what the Four Tier Annihilation Method is all about. This stand-alone online marketing system will only require you to set up one time, and just leave it there to generate money. So why the Four Tier Annihilation Method?
The First Module. In the first part of the Four Tier Annihilation Method called the Foundational Method, you are taught how you can identify zones that are possibly a suitable one for profiting large amounts of money. There is also the Legal Highjack System under the first module where you are taught on leveraging geographical factors to help you gain a more profitable income. This is also the very same system where you can uncover the most common errors internet marketers encounter. When you learn these mistakes, this can actually help you with your account. Lastly, there is also another system that allows you to gather the products with lower prices compared from its original wholesale rate.
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by Ricardo d Argence
On the topic of search engine optimization, a lot of website owners have trouble competing. Building a long term succesful internet business offers many challenges, one of which is search engine optimazation. That bring said, many people try to make search engine optimization seem harder than it has to be. It can be quite a challenge, but the outcome will be worth it if you succeed. When done correctly, rising to the top of search engine results can be easy, which will cause your website traffic to increase and give you all the business you need to succeed.
Search engine optimization basically means building your website in a way that enables search engines to understand the content correctly and as a consequence list your site in the top ten results for your chosen keywords. So why is search engine optimization necessary and why should you do it? The first thing to note is that a site without traffic will never make money. Secondly it’s not just about getting traffic to your site, its more about getting traffic that converts to sales.
When your site receives traffic from the search engines it is far more likely that these visitors will convert to sales. One of the biggest reasons for this is credibility. If your company comes up on the first pages of Google it suggests that your site is a trusted source relevant to what that individual is searching for.
In addition to this, when people take advantage of search engines, they utilize key words to help recognize their needs. You will be deemed a resource that will give them an answer if your website shows up on the first page. Conversely, when advertising you are letting the customer know that you have something that they need. In this situation you are letting them know and it is known that people tend to receive this info with an amount of disbelief.
As we all know none of us like been told what to do, and advertising is all about telling someone about your product or service. This is why advertised traffic does not convert as well as search engine traffic. This is why search engine optimization is necessary because making money online is all about converting traffic to sales and should always be the focus of your attention.
It is true that search engine optimization can take up a lot of time and can be very time sensitive due to constant changes. On a positive note, these tasks can be outsourced to companies whose expertise is arranging websites placement on the first page of a search engines results. With that said, you should exercise caution.
Many businesses will take your money and promise you whatever your wildest dreams are. You will then be told how your site will be submitted to all kinds of directories and how a number of software programs will be used to achieve this goal. Theoretically, this may seem good, but it can actually hurt you more than it helps you. To keep the search engines from thinking you are spamming them, you should de-list your site.
Therefore you should weigh it carefully if you’re thinking of utilizing SEO. Inquire how they will achieve it and make sure you know everything in order to comprehend and accomplish your goal. Finally, it’s much quicker and easier to get customers with search engine optimization than with all of the more time-consuming means of promotion, and without it your website is much less likely to be successful as time goes by.
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on
Search Engine Land and from other
places across the web.
From Search Engine Land:
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Cuil Launches — Can This Search Start-Up Really Best Google?
Can any start-up search engine "be the next Google?" Many have wondered this, and today’s launch of Cuil (pronounced "cool’) may provide the best test case since Google itself overtook more established search engines. Cuil provides what appears to be a comprehensive index of the web, a unique display…
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Power Searching Google News With Cluster Filtering
Ionut Alex Chitu noticed a new feature in Google News that allows you to filter news clusters by three options. The three options include, “All Sources,” “Blogs,” and local news options. Let me walk you through this step by step….
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Yellow Pages Usage Stats Are Likely Wrong
I was reviewing print yellow pages book usage statistics this week, in preparation for the SMX Local & Mobile conference, and I was struck once again by the large numbers that the Yellow Pages Association (YPA) touts in their press releases and research papers. I’ve had some individuals at…
-
Google Ad Planner: Another Disruptive Technology From Mountain View
When I tried out the new Google Ad Planner recently, I had no idea my reaction would be so out of step with the reactions of various observers on the scene. Has this ever happened to you? It’s like being in an episode of The Twilight Zone, as you…
-
Yahoo Improves Search Ad Performance Reports
The Yahoo Search Marketing Blog announced they have improved the Ad Performance Reports to include a few new columns. The new columns include: Ad ID column – This column displays your Ad’s ID number.Ad: – This column provides a visual representation of your ad, including its title, short description and…
-
Yahoo Search Improves News Injection In Web Results
The Yahoo Search Blog announced they have made “significant enhancements” to how they show news results in the web search results. Yahoo is now showing news results in different positions throughout the web search results, based on their new “News Direct Display (DD)” algorithm. In addition, Yahoo improved how they…
-
Google StreetView Mapping Rural Areas, Crosses “No Trespassing” Boundaries
Google is starting to take StreetView beyond major US and EU metro areas to more rural locations. In the process it may be, in some cases, disregarding “no trespassing” warnings on private roads. According to a Sonoma County, California newspaper, Google has started capturing images of large areas of mostly…
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With Yahoo Proxy Fight Done, Shareholder Protest Now Largely “Symbolic”
Reuters reports that Gordon Crawford of Capital Research and Management, one of Yahoo’s largest shareholders, has apparently said that he may not support the existing Yahoo board at Friday’s annual shareholder meeting. The only trouble is that Yahoo’s settlement with Carl Icahn removes the ability for Crawford and other disgruntled…
-
Cuil Fast Test - Relevancy Isn’t A Google Killer
Now that Cuil is live, I wanted to do a few fast queries to get a sense of how it seems to stack up against Google. With the huge caveat that nine queries are far from letting anyone conclude anything, I still didn’t come away with a sense that…
-
What Should You do When Quality Score Kills Your Keywords?
One of the biggest frustrations for an AdWords advertiser is when a minimum bid for highly relevant keywords jump from a few cents to a few dollars without any seemingly reasonable explanation. The keyword, ad copy, and landing page can all be highly relevant. The CTR could be above…
Search News From Around The Web:
Applications & Portal Features
Business Issues
Local, Maps & Mobile
Link Building
Paid Search & Contextual
Searching
SEM Industry
SEO & SEM
Social Media
Video, Music & Image Search
Web Analytics
Other Items
Recent Hot Items From Sphinn, Our Social News Sharing Site:
Ionut Alex Chitu noticed a new feature in Google News that allows you to filter news clusters by three options. The three options include, “All Sources,” “Blogs,” and local news options. Let me walk you through this step by step.
Click to continue reading…
I was reviewing print yellow pages book usage statistics this week, in preparation for the SMX Local & Mobile conference, and I was struck once again by the large numbers that the Yellow Pages Association (YPA) touts in their press releases and research papers. I’ve had some individuals at conferences dismiss the idea that print usage could be dropping much, based on these YPA’s figures, and it’s made me wonder if there could be some degree of error involved in the data sampling methods used by the research companies behind the reports.
Click to continue reading…
When I tried out the new Google Ad Planner recently, I had no idea my reaction would be so out of step with the reactions of various observers on the scene.
Has this ever happened to you? It’s like being in an episode of The Twilight Zone, as you pass by the horrified shouts of onlookers towards some scene that will surely turn out to be horrific carnage when you turn the corner, but all you see when you get there is gingerbread houses and bunny rabbits.
There I was, doing research using Google’s intuitive interface in order to develop a list of potential target sites broken down by demographics and relevancy, and my impression was: (i) keep up the good work Google; and (ii) there really isn’t all that much to this, so I really hope they’ll be beefing it up. I wasn’t yawning, so much as I felt like it was a little free service that fit like a glove and made me feel like “business as usual, but with a new toy to play with.”
Click to continue reading…
Below is what happened in search today, as reported on
Search Engine Land and from other
places across the web.
From Search Engine Land:
-
Cuil Launches — Can This Search Start-Up Really Best Google?
Can any start-up search engine "be the next Google?" Many have wondered this, and today’s launch of Cuil (pronounced "cool’) may provide the best test case since Google itself overtook more established search engines. Cuil provides what appears to be a comprehensive index of the web, a unique display…
-
Power Searching Google News With Cluster Filtering
Ionut Alex Chitu noticed a new feature in Google News that allows you to filter news clusters by three options. The three options include, “All Sources,” “Blogs,” and local news options. Let me walk you through this step by step….
-
Yellow Pages Usage Stats Are Likely Wrong
I was reviewing print yellow pages book usage statistics this week, in preparation for the SMX Local & Mobile conference, and I was struck once again by the large numbers that the Yellow Pages Association (YPA) touts in their press releases and research papers. I’ve had some individuals at…
-
Google Ad Planner: Another Disruptive Technology From Mountain View
When I tried out the new Google Ad Planner recently, I had no idea my reaction would be so out of step with the reactions of various observers on the scene. Has this ever happened to you? It’s like being in an episode of The Twilight Zone, as you…
-
Yahoo Improves Search Ad Performance Reports
The Yahoo Search Marketing Blog announced they have improved the Ad Performance Reports to include a few new columns. The new columns include: Ad ID column – This column displays your Ad’s ID number.Ad: – This column provides a visual representation of your ad, including its title, short description and…
-
Yahoo Search Improves News Injection In Web Results
The Yahoo Search Blog announced they have made “significant enhancements” to how they show news results in the web search results. Yahoo is now showing news results in different positions throughout the web search results, based on their new “News Direct Display (DD)” algorithm. In addition, Yahoo improved how they…
-
Google StreetView Mapping Rural Areas, Crosses “No Trespassing” Boundaries
Google is starting to take StreetView beyond major US and EU metro areas to more rural locations. In the process it may be, in some cases, disregarding “no trespassing” warnings on private roads. According to a Sonoma County, California newspaper, Google has started capturing images of large areas of mostly…
-
With Yahoo Proxy Fight Done, Shareholder Protest Now Largely “Symbolic”
Reuters reports that Gordon Crawford of Capital Research and Management, one of Yahoo’s largest shareholders, has apparently said that he may not support the existing Yahoo board at Friday’s annual shareholder meeting. The only trouble is that Yahoo’s settlement with Carl Icahn removes the ability for Crawford and other disgruntled…
-
Cuil Fast Test - Relevancy Isn’t A Google Killer
Now that Cuil is live, I wanted to do a few fast queries to get a sense of how it seems to stack up against Google. With the huge caveat that nine queries are far from letting anyone conclude anything, I still didn’t come away with a sense that…
-
What Should You do When Quality Score Kills Your Keywords?
One of the biggest frustrations for an AdWords advertiser is when a minimum bid for highly relevant keywords jump from a few cents to a few dollars without any seemingly reasonable explanation. The keyword, ad copy, and landing page can all be highly relevant. The CTR could be above…
Search News From Around The Web:
Applications & Portal Features
Business Issues
Local, Maps & Mobile
Link Building
Paid Search & Contextual
Searching
SEM Industry
SEO & SEM
Social Media
Video, Music & Image Search
Web Analytics
Other Items
Recent Hot Items From Sphinn, Our Social News Sharing Site:
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