Not too long ago, wrote a post about the importance of selecting a strong domain name and a few tips to help you come up with good domain names. I recently came across a great example of how much added value having keywords in your URL can bring to your SEO efforts.I have a friend that registered the domain name coldplaymusic.net. The .com was already bought and was parked by some domainer, so he settled for the .net. If you do a search for “Coldplay music” you will find that coldplaymusic.net is in the second page of results....
Wednesday, September 30, 2009
Thursday, September 24, 2009
i put that seo button
For all you people out there who are looking to do SEO, I have some seriously bad news. You might want to sit down for this. Ready? There is no instant SEO button. I’m sorry to have to bear this bad news to you, and I hate having to be the one to break it to you. There’s no switch either. Or simple form to sign, trick to use, or connections you can have with people on the inside. If you want to be there in the top of the field with the best sites, you can’t just call up Google and say “Ok I’m ready.” It takes work and it takes...
Friday, September 18, 2009
choosing the best keywords
Ah, the beauty of search marketing! What other marketing medium lets you get your ad in front of your potential customer at the precise moment they are looking for exactly what you sell? Of course, your success with search marketing hinges on your selection of the right keywords. Good keyword selection starts with a brainstorming session. Get together with your team and make a list of all the keywords and phrases that people might be searching for to find a business like yours. Try to include terms that people outside your industry...
Saturday, September 12, 2009
freshest summer blogging tips
It’s summertime and if you’re like most people, you didn’t include your blog in your spring cleaning rotation. Just as artists and musicians go through different phases and creative change-ups, bloggers need to “clean house” and evolve with the seasons as a way to improve, fine-tune and stay relevant.These blogging ideas are hot out of the oven, right off the conveyor belt, organically grown and sealed air-tight to preserve freshness. These fresh ideas are guaranteed to win new readers and increase the interaction and engagement...
Friday, September 11, 2009
How to choose the right keywords
Choosing keywords that are baikMemilih keywords that work focused on what people search is not about what the product, article or your content.For example, people would prefer œharga € â € hotelâ room?? than œHotel Mutiaraâ â € €??, so use the name of the company less in terms of what people search for, from the point of search enggine certainly no problem because both kewyords will be index by google. So once again, focus on what is generally sought.To specify keywords and find out what people find most appealing, you may not...
Wednesday, September 9, 2009
link building strategies for new website
Believe it or not, all SEO’s were newbies at one time or another. Launching a website can be a very exciting event for an individual or new business owner. However, that excitement can quickly turn to disappointment when the site owner finds out that they are getting little or no traffic. If they are getting traffic, it is most likely coming from family members or friends who they notified through an email or Facebook.Being involved in SEO and marketing in general, I am usually bombarded by family members and friends with questions...
Sunday, September 6, 2009
killer robots
If you haven’t heard of Mr. Robots, don’t blame yourself. It wasn’t even on the SEO map till just a couple years ago. Most of you, however, know what it is but don’t know exactly how to dominate the robots.Robots.txt files are no secret. You can spy on literally anyone’s robots file by simply typing “www.domain.com/robots.txt.” The robots.txt should always and only be in the root of the domain and EVERY website should have one, even if it’s generic and I’ll tell you why.There’s mixed communication about the robots. Use it. Don’t...
Tuesday, September 1, 2009
duplicate content
Just like the lamb lying down with lion, but the big three search engines came together for a rare joint effort to announce the launch of a new feature that will help ease the world’s duplicate content problems. The new feature, called the tag tells the search engines what version of the URL is the correct one to want index.
The link tag goes in the section of the page of looks like this:
The search engines have been doing a pretty good job figuring out the right URL when people use redirects properly, but it’s not always...
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