Search Engine Optimization (SEO) Articles

It is almost sure. Google is the hardest of all the search engines to get top rankings nowadays. Another sure thing is that Google is the search engine that drives the highest number of visitors to the websites that are at the top of the SERP for imp...

With all the talk about search engines and relevancy, I came up with some interesting thoughts that I wanted share about where I believe the search engines are heading concerning basic Search Engine Optimization (SEO). Trying to stay ahead of the sea...

A link can be understood as a recommendation from one web site to another, but you have to be recommended by pertinent web sites, to be sure you will get the expected results after implementing a wise linking program. As a football player cannot give...

In the past months, I have heard a lot of buzz of excitement about Blogging and Pinging. The rumors said it seduces search engines (SE's) to index your pages in record time. In this article, we are going to see how this tactic can help us in the mark...

Linking continues to be one of the most important aspects of achieving high rankings in most search engines, and in particular, Google. The more links leading to your site from other URLs that have content relevant to your site (and preferably a high...

Here's a quick and easy search engine optimization (SEO) technique that anyone can use to generate free, high Google pagerank links to their site. SEO in a nutshell: get quality links to your site; the higher the pagerank, the better. The problem ...

1. Trade links with other web sites. They should be related to the subject of your web site. Instead of trading links, you could also trade banner ads, half page ads, classified ads, etc. 2. Start an e-zine for your web site. When people read each is...

It has been proven that Google will spider your site faster if you have a Google Sitemap. But is one site map enough? Why should you have at least 2 Site Maps. Most Web Sites can be found with at least 2 Addresses some with 3. As an example you ca...

If you have a website then you already know the importance of traffic. Traffic is to Internet marketing as location is to real estate. It's the only thing that really matters. If you cannot generate targeted visitors to your site, you will not make a...

Long gone are the days when experts shouted to us from the hilltops not to build portal websites anymore. Everyone knows you can't build a website about everything and expect to get anywhere. Just like in real life, a jack of all trades is master o...

Choosing which search engine company to use can be a big task, or it can at least seem like it! But, following a few key suggestions can leave you feeling better about your decision and confident that you accomplished the task at hand. First off kno...

If you currently have a website that is only a few pages long, you may fear that your site may not rank highly in search engines. But, this does not have to be the case. What does matter is the content on those few pages. Knowing what content to i...

When you are looking for help promoting your site, using keyword research may seem like a good idea. But, is it? And, if so, how do you know what to do, how to do it, or if you should pay someone else to do it? Sounds like a lot of hassle, but rea...

We all know that in order to get customers to your site, you need to market it. You need to get the word out that your site is there and it's got the products or information for your customers. Here I am, come and get me! But, how to do this is th...

Believe it or not, the news can be a search engine optimizer's best friend. By keeping up with the latest news, trends, or "buzz" in your industry, you can bring more visitors to your website which ultimately will lead to repeat visitors or increased...

Many of our customers (http://www.internet-marketing-australia.com) find search engine optimisation (SEO) services quite expensive. From the client's point of view the results are intangible and the process is lengthy. Therefore, the clients are ofte...

The Short Messaging Service (SMS) from Google sends short, quick, text answers in response to your queries from an SMS-enabled mobile device, such as a cell phone. For example, you can look up phone numbers and addresses of local restaurants, do loca...

Google Labs is currently testing Google Print, which returns results from within scanned printed books along with Google's standard web search results. The searcher doesn't have to do anything special - the printed work results are already included i...

Sometimes our jobs as marketers means we need to look beyond the obvious. Google, for example, offers their Google Alerts service. At first glance, this may seem most useful to companies who want to track certain searches within their industry, or to...

This is part one of ten in this search engine positioning series. In part one we will outline how to choose the keyword phrases most likely to produce a high ROI for your search engine positioning efforts. Over this ten part series we will go through...

1. Search Engine - Is a database of web sites that is ranked according to the computerized criteria that the programmers decide upon called an algorithm. Various search engines determine ranking on their own different factors of importance or relevan...

Don't share this with people of a nervous disposition because I really can't restrain myself any longer. Picture the scene if you will... [A conversation last week though it could be this week or the next - it happens all the time...] Anon: "We want ...

As a search engine optimization specialist, I often run across search engines of different sorts than most people are aware of. This week I stumbled across a free site that is used by journalists to do background checks and fact checking on sources ...

To get your website listed well in the major search engines, you have to perform search engine optimization (SEO). . This is a basic SEO plan with tips for doing SEO and getting results within 1 month. Google is the primary target of this overall pla...

Let's face facts - Search engines are starting to rule and dominate the way people advertise their products and services. Gone are the days of low-cost, no-cost advertising. Now it's all about how much the major search engines can take from your wall...

Have you ever stopped to think how much time is taken up over the course of a year just by that niggling thought at the back of your mind; "Am I on the first page?" I bet it if you counted up all the times you did it you would be looking at hours, ma...

Many marketers know that search engine marketing is among one of the best methods to get visitors to their websites. It's a profitable way to reach new subscribers and new customers. But getting search engine traffic is only one of the first steps to...

When search engines first appeared, they were simple affairs consisting of a relatively basic database containing small amounts of information about websites. The search engine database allowed web-surfers to search for specific words or phrases. The...

It seems I now do this rant every single year when traffic statistics are discussed in web industry news. Last week I posted to my Reality SEO blog that referred traffic numbers are the only statistic that webmasters should be concerned about whe...

Hilltop is one of the major concepts underpinning Google's search algorithm, yet its workings and implications are often misunderstood. After the infamous Florida Update, many webmasters were aghast as their rankings plummeted; and again, when the my...