Search Engine Optimization (SEO) Articles

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, wh...

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 ar...

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 ...

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 fig...

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...

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,...

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 ...

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 real...

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 ...

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 engi...

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 i...

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 arti...

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 te...

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 e...

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...

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 defini...

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...

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 res...

SEO, not again!, you may groan. The webmaster world is inundated by articles and "how to's" with regard to SEO (Search Engine Optimization). If you are a rookie webmaster, chances are, like me, you may have embarked on a merry-go-round on the SEO cir...

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 ...

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...

From the very beginning of the Internet, the number one challenge which all of us have faced is how to attract qualified visitors to our websites. Throughout the boom years, one of the most popular solutions was to get massive funding, relatively eas...

Google's new AdSense program is a smart move for marketers at their newly traded company. Many Internet entrepreneurs see it as a good way to make a lot of money in trickle payments, while Google enjoys high stock valuations, quarterly profits and th...

I'd like to say a few words about words. In particular, a special category of words. Words that you may not suspect are important. Words that are vital really, to your online business success. Not too long ago the promise, heard round the world was, ...

When creating a new web page, from the very start you want to be conscious about making sure it is properly optimized for the search engines. There are certain steps you will want to take to make sure that you are targeting your page for the keywords...

In order that all men may be taught to speak truth, it isnecessary that all likewise should learn to hear it." - Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) English Author, Lexicographer With all the hype in regard to SEO (Search Engine Optimization) one could come t...

Most people wonder what it takes to get a "nuke" site ranked higher in the search engines. I have the answer! S.E.O or Search Engine Optimazation! There are several steps you can take with your PostNuke/"Nuke" site to achieve a good seo! I will show ...

Do not use the meta keywords tag. Many people still think of this as a quick fix for SEO. It's not. Google no longer uses it. In fact, it is likely that Google penalizes sites that do employ the meta keywords tag. Yahoo is perhaps the only search eng...

What is the Google Sandbox? It's the mysterious, possibly non-existent web purgatory where millions of sites languish without rankings, visibility, or traffic. How Do You Know if You're Stuck in the Sandbox? Here's a rough set of criteria for you. Yo...

Many people will refuse to give a reciprocal link to any web site that isn't directly related to theirs. This is largely based on a misconception about the relative value of links. There are several problems with the theory, and you need to think abo...