Search Engine Optimization (SEO) Articles

Here we are, in the midst of some serious keyword research. We have gone ahead and created a nice list of keywords we've found people to be typing into search engines. So now what? Do we choose three to four of them.. five to eight? How many keywords...

Search Engines (SE) know everything about what people have been looking for in the past. One of the reasons why companies like G, Y en M are valued so much is just for this informational value. SE have large databases of search terms that are categor...

Page Rank (PR) is an algorithm used by Google to compute the relative importance of a particular webpage on the internet and assign it a numeric value from 0 (least important) to 10 (most important). This value is calculated through an iterative ana...

Link Development takes a major role in having your web site rank well in the search engines. Many web masters as well as SEO companies overlook how important it is to have a good link development campaign going for their web site. This article c...

Do you understand the numbers that your web site generates? Do you know how many sales your site actually generates? Do you know how you can apply that knowledge to your business and cause it to grow? I will answer all of the above, and also discuss ...

There are many ways to market your business on the Internet, and using search engine optimized articles has to be one of the "keeper" strategies for getting pre-qualified 'natural' search engine traffic to your web site. Now, I'm sure you've heard al...

The only activity that should preface keyword research is the brainstorming you do to come up with list of potential themes for your website. Think about things that you find interesting, are passionate about or that leverage your skills. Once this i...

Link building is one of the best ways to get more performance from your web site. No matter how many times the search engines changes, this does not. Some of the most talented people on the web will spend 8 hours a day on this and get little results....

Links pointing to your website are essential for good rankings in the search engines. Most of the webmasters know how to do this the right way. You should use your targeting keywords in the linking text and description, every time you send a link ...

In this article I highlight some of the points made during the call so you know what Google thinks. You know its bad when you take time from your holidays to come into work to attend a conference call. But that's what I did a few weeks ago. You see...

What does search engine positioning have to do with a self-publishing online writer? The answer is simple. Actually it has everything to do with a self-publishing writer. Everybody including self-publishing online writers needs traffic to their sites...

There is no denying the importance of keywords. They are the backbone of the internet, and therefore, the backbone of your website. If you are not creating content with keywords that users are searching for, your site will see no traffic. If you don'...

Often those who have signed up for AdSense soon find out that the ads displayed often make no sense. You would think that with the AdSence and it's spider bot, that it would have a better artificial intelligence algorithm to read those pages for appr...

Google updates are not always fun. Especially if they are not happening often enough. Since ever Google became a publicly traded company their update processes seem to become less frequent. In the early days updates seem to happen much more often and...

Google applied for a patent on their ranking algorithm as of 15 months ago on December 31, 2003 and that application was posted on March 31st at the US Patent Office. It got the discussion forums buzzing this weekend. Even though I had substantial wo...

The world of search engine optimization (SEO) can be a big scary place for newbies. Most SEO professional companies charge astronomical prices that may or may not guarantee success. The search engines are forever changing the way they rank websites a...

Before you go and spend big money on a professional website designer, or start designing yourself, read through this article and make sure that you or your designer knows how to design a website that the search engines will like. Being a web designer...

We all, meaning us webmasters want to have the best and top-rated website. But how do we get there? We start linking and submitting. If you are like me though, you don't want to pay someone to do this. So, you so it yourself. This article shows a few...

Webmasters can spend most of their waking hours doing everything they can to raise their Google PageRank. It is common knowledge that PageRank, which is largely based upon the number and quality of backlinks a webpage has, is an important factor in h...

The popularity of weblogs or blogs has gotten a lot of attention from the media recently. In fact, "blog" was picked as the word of the year by Merriam-Webster, a U.S. dictionary publisher. There are many ways you can start your own blog. One of the ...

Attaining a top ranking in Goggle or any other major search engine nowadays is a herculean task indeed. But webmasters are archieving this enviable position continuously. The common thing about many of these top sites is that they have plenty of good...

Non-Reciprocal Link Building For Higher Search Engine Positioning By Dave Davies, Beanstalk Search Engine Positioning, Inc. There are two main advantages to non-reciprocal links as opposed to reciprocal links. The first is that these links will hold ...

Everyday, the Search Engines average 300 MILLION searches. In a recent Forrester Research report 81% of consumers on the Internet find products and services by using the Search Engines. Search Engine Optimization allows you to achieve top search engi...

Sitemaps are without doubt one of the most often ignored and undervalued aspects of search engine optimization. You've probably spent a huge amount of time working on pages of original content, keyword density and getting incoming links but never onc...

Google has always been the search industry's innovator and that's just what Google's aging delay symbolizes, the evolution of search innovation… yet another significant step forward for Google. Google's success as a search engine can undeniably be ...

I'm literally inundated with questions on the subject of invisible text & hosting so in I thought I'd debunk some myths and give you the facts straight up. What is invisible text? Invisible text is the body text that's the same or similar color to t...

Let me preface this report by citing advertisers in 2004 have spent 4 Billion dollars on search engine marketing according to the Search Engine Marketing Professional Organization (SEMPO). Website marketers cited Search engine positioning was the top...

Smartpages are highly optimized pages which draw stampeded of search engine traffic to your website....or so the sales blurb goes. The fantasy is that smartpages are the push-button answer to online success. The reality is quite far removed from that...

Internet users have never had it better what with Yahoo!, Google and MSN planning to roll out more goodies. Yahoo! is launching its Yahoo! 360 and Google has already made its beta version of the Desktop Search tool widely available for anyone to d...

What is link popularity? Link Popularity is simply the total number of pages that link to your website. Most search engines, including Google, consider that when one page links to another page, it is effectively casting a vote of confidence for the o...