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Plant Your Site at the Top of Mt. Search Engine

Plant Your Site at the Top of Mt. Search Engineby Jill Whalen (The Web Whiz)Written January 2000 - Updated October 2001You can get the page one search engine results you want if you follow a few basic fundamental search engine optimization rules.My name is Jill Whalen (aka "The Web Whiz"). I've b. . .

How To Justify A Search Engine Optimization Budget

Last Update: Tuesday, January 04, 2005.In this article I show you how to justify a search engine optimization budget to your VP of Marketing, CFO, President, or CEO.If you're a marketing manager, I'm sure you use all the weapons at your disposal to achieve your sales and profit targets.Every bann. . .

How To Find Link Exchange Partner Sites To Improve Your Link Popularity

Last Update: Tuesday, January 04, 2005.In this article I show you how to find link exchange partners to improve your link popularity rating, which in turn will improve your search engine rankings.Search engine optimization experts agree that link popularity is now considered by most search engine. . .

Basic Search Engine Promotion

(c) Jim Edwards - All Rights reserved http://www.thenetreporter.com-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-I can't tell you how many times people have asked me, "Howto do I get my site to come up in the top ten of the searchengines so I can get hits and sell my product?" What they really want to . . .

Getting Honest With The Search Engines

I spend a lot of time reading newsletters and forum postings about Search Engine Marketing. More often than not, people are asking about methods used to improve Search Engine rankings: what works, what doesn't, and what will get you in trouble.Search Engine*: A program that searches documents for. . .

Five SEO Tips

By David Leonhardt "Dear David: I just created a website on baby toy safety. What should I do to make sure gazillions of people find me through the search engines?" I can't promise you gazillions, but there are a few things you should do to make it easy for search engines to find you. I assume yo. . .

Time to Rate Last Year's Search Engine Predictions

By Kalena Jordan 21 January 2003 Those of you who are long time subscribers to our newsletter The Search Light will remember my article from way back in December 2001 titled Search Engine Predictions for 2002. It’s time to take a look at that article and the grand predictions I made for the sea. . .

The Evolution of Search Engine Marketing

The Evolution of Search Engine Marketing The world of search engine marketing (SEM) is in constant evolution. With increased numbers of search engines, and evolution in the techniques and technologies used, SEM is becoming a tool industries cannot afford to do without. Trends all over the world . . .

Search engine cloaking and stealth technology

By David CallanTired of the search engine optimization game? Lots of webmasters are, today the Internet is more a big shop than the information library it became so popular for. This of course means that there are hundreds if not thousands of sites competing for the same customers. Search engines. . .

More on Keywords

More on KeywordsBy S. HousleyKeywords are the heart to effective Internet searches. Whether optimizing a web site or searching for a hard-to-find item, consider tapping resources to locate a variety of keywords. Identify keywords and phrases that are relevant to the products, services, or informa. . .

Expert help from Google Answers

By Jakob Jellingwww.sitetube.comWeb users turn to search engines for answers to their questions. This is usually done through various levels of searching the engine's database. Sometimes though, no matter how hard they try, searchers can't find the information they need. Maybe they're not familia. . .

Two Myths about the Search Engine Listing

Getting top search engine listing is perhaps one of the hottest subjects in the internet marketing world. The problem is that many discussions on this subject are based on speculation. Almost no one knows the exact algorithms of the search engines. And what make it worse is that the search engi. . .

ExactSeek Explained (Part 2)

ExactSeek Explained (Part 2)By Mel Strocen (c) 2005Part 1 of this article looked at ExactSeek's free site listing options and do-it-yourself tools that enable webmasters to maximize website visibility and improve site ranking without ExactSeek input. Part 2 examines ExactSeek's new paid inclusion. . .

How to Improve Search Engine Rankings

How to Improve Search Engine RankingsCopyright 2002 Herman Drost You finally got your web site listed in the major searchengines, however it is buried amongst millions of others and youstill have not seen an increase in traffic to your web site. Whynot? You need to improve your search engine rank. . .

Search engines and dynamic web pages

By Jakob Jellinghttp://www.sitetube.comNowadays a lot of companies use dynamic web pages: web pages that create dynamic content on-the-fly, based on the specific parameters that are being asked to be displayed. The dynamic technology is used because of the simplicity of updating the content witho. . .

Is My Search Engine Optimization Working?

You've just built a website and can't wait to start popping up in the top listings of search engines. After all, you've paid this company even more money to create "optimized, search engine friendly pages, start building links and add lots of fresh content." If it takes weeks and months for the . . .

Google Takes On Links Programs... and Wins!

Google Takes On Links Programs... and Wins!By Dan ThiesGoogle has arguably been the most important search engine since last year's deal with leading directory site Yahoo!. Recently, Google has made some changes to the way it ranks web pages.These changes threaten to force many website operators t. . .

Twelve Steps to Higher Search Engine Placement

Getting a high ranking in the search engines can mean the difference between success and failure. Here's twelve steps to getting highest possible placements. Recent studies suggest that more than 80% of new visitors to any web site get there as a result of a search engine query. If this study is . . .

s your Website Doomed for Failure Before you've Built it?

One of the things that many people overlook when building a new website is keywords. I have to admit, I did exactly the same thing myself when I started out. You can build the flashiest, most professional looking website, with lots of great content, but if you don't think about keywords first you. . .

More on Keywords

More on KeywordsBy S. HousleyKeywords are the heart to effective Internet searches. Whether optimizing a web site or searching for a hard-to-find item, consider tapping resources to locate a variety of keywords. Identify keywords and phrases that are relevant to the products, services, or informa. . .

The Problems with Search Personalization

The Problems with Search PersonalizationJanuary 2004What is Search Personalization?I may like the Chicago Bulls. I may be interested in Bull markets. I may want to run with the Bulls. The goal of search personalization is to help the searcher save time. If in the past I liked the Chicago Bulls th. . .

Optimizing Dynamic Pages - Part I

The Widget QueenYou are the Widget Queen. You eat, breathe, and live widgets. You sell more widgets than anyone. You want to reach more widget customers, so you have decided to sell widgets on the web. You have spared no expense in designing and building the ultimate widget website. You have widg. . .

An SEO Strategy

The Internet has dramatically changed society and the manner in which business and individuals communicate. Innovations such as search engines, computer networking, the Web, e-mail, and blogs have transformed business as we know it. Search engines have become an integral part of daily life and ha. . .

7 Search Engine Resources You Should Be Using Now

Ask any business person who's website is at the top of thesearch engines if his/her site is making money, and the answeris almost always "yes".An example is Glenn Canady, the author of "Gorilla Marketing"who employed only one of these strategies, and it made him over $1 million dollars.The fact i. . .

Common Search Engine Optimization Misktakes and Solutions

To many websites, webmasters discover that major sources of website traffic come from search engines. Therefore, they are all keen on gaining top search engine placements through search engine optimization.Based on our several years of SEO experience, we point out some common mistakes and shed s. . .

How to select Keywords for Search Engine Optimisation

Selecting the correct keywords can make or break your website. Potential customers search the web for desired sites, and if your website doesn’t have the keywords they’re looking for, they’ll miss you.Determining keywords is an art; it’s best to work backwards. What would a customer search for . . .

Only the big search engines count

By David CallanMany of you have read with enthusiasm my article entitled Search engine optimization guide and believe if you follow the guidelines within the article and then submit to hundreds of search engines you will be flooded with visitors and prospects eager to buy your product.That might . . .

The Myth of "Guaranteed #1 Ranking" in Search Engine Marketing

You've seen the ads: Guaranteed #1 Ranking! There are no guarantees in search engine marketing and website promotion. If anyone tells you different, you should check quickly to make sure they don't have their hand in your wallet.Suppose you sell widgets. You want to sell more widgets, and the way. . .

Building An Optimized Site Map

Building An Optimized Site Mapr /r /By Dan Thiesr /r /If you want visitors (and search engines) to be able to find your whole site, the easiest way to do this is with a site map. The more content you have on your site, the more helpful this is, both for visitors and for search engines. r /r /Unfo. . .

Top 10 Search Engine Positioning Mistakes

Top 10 Search Engine Positioning MistakesBy Sumantra RoyWhen it comes to search engine optimization, there are certain common mistakes that I see people making over and over again. Here's a list of the 10 most common mistakes that I see people making. By avoiding these mistakes, you can avoid a l. . .

eMergent Marketing- Website Conversion, Usability & SEO

eMergent Marketing of Cleveland, Ohio is a bright, young search engine optimization company emerging in an industry surrounded by hype and cynicism. eMergent Marketing has expanded its SEO arsenal by offering Web site usability testing and conversion services to its clients, in order to improve t. . .

The 5 Most Common SEO Mistakes

By Kalena Jordan 19th February 2002 Having been in the business of optimizing web sites for high search engine rankings for over five years now, I have come across a number of “optimized” sites that use search engine optimization (SEO) techniques that are just plain WRONG. Most of these sites w. . .

No Quick Fixes Where Search Engine Optimization is Concerned

No Quick Fixes Where Search Engine Optimization is Concernedby Jill Whalen (The Web Whiz)Written July 2000 - Updated March 2002Wouldn't it be great if we could simply edit meta tags and get high rankings?For the past few weeks, I've been reading Stephen R. Covey's "The 7 Habits of Highly Effectiv. . .

How To Avoid The 3 Biggest Title Tag Mistakes

Your title tag is the most important 3 to 12 words on your Web page. It accounts for up to 80% of your rankings on search engines.Here's why:Search Engines look for "searched for" words first in title tags.The title tag is one of the main places search engines look to get a description of your si. . .

Use ExactSeek To Improve Your "All Around" Search Results!

Use ExactSeek To Improve Your "All Around" Search Results!By: Martin Lemieux - Date: January 29th, 2004Exactseek.com is another great search engine that relieson meta tags to determine your web site results. ThroughExactSeek, not only can you improve your search resultswith the tools they give yo. . .

Hubs & Authorities: Local Community Link Structure

Hubs & Authorities: Local Community Link StructureDecember 2003Why Links MatterAll successful businesses have feedback loops. To be competitive a search engine must rely on some third party factors to determine the quality of a resource. By linking to a website you are assuming some responsibilit. . .

Common Search Engine Optimization Mistakes and Solutions

To many websites, webmasters discover that major sources of website traffic come from search engines. Therefore, they are all keen on gaining top search engine placements through search engine optimization.Based on our several years of SEO experience, we point out some common mistakes and shed s. . .

LSI and search engines

LSI and search enginesNow, what do we gain through the use of this LSI technology?To answer briefly, we can say that with LSI, search engines took a step forward to give us an ideal search result. Now you would ask - what is an ideal search result? Then, answer this! What do you look for when you. . .

Link Building

The days of basing a successful link building strategy on link quantity and anchor text alone may be numbered. The link popularity theories behind PageRank and Hilltop remain important, but major search engines are continually adding new elements to their link algorithms to improve search relevan. . .

How Compatible Is YOUR Site With Search Engines?

By Kalena Jordan (updated 25 November 2003) Remember those little quizzes you used to see in magazines with headlines like: “How Compatible Are You and Your Partner?” or “Are You Dating Mr Wrong?”. Well, we thought it might be fun to create a 10 min quiz for you to test the compatibility of yo. . .

Yahoo! Content Acquisition Program

Yahoo! Content Acquisition ProgramMarch 2004Yahoo! Search OverviewThe new Yahoo! Search is primarily based off of a recent rewrite in the Inktomi core algorithm. The recent rewrite will allow Yahoo! tobetter process 3 and 4 word queries (or longer ones) easily change the algorithm in the future I. . .

There Should Be More to your SEO Consultant Than Rankings

There Should Be More to your SEO Consultant Than Rankingsr /By David Leonhardt, SEO Consultantr /r /Perhaps one of the biggest misconceptions in SEO is that ranking at Google and Yahoo is all that counts in search engine optimization. Potential clients come to me with a single goal: "Get me a to. . .

Do search engines like your Web site?

Between 75% and 98.8% of visitors to Web sites come from searches made at search engines. If you're going to get high levels of traffic - and hence the levels of ROI you're looking for - it's very important that the search engines can access all the information on your Web site.Do the search engi. . .

Advanced search engine optimization tactics

Advanced search engine optimization tactics© by Detlev Reimer Do you find it difficult to get your site ranked in the top 10 of the major search engines for your main keywords ? Optimizing your web site for the search engines seems to be a never ending game these days. A lot of people have troubl. . .

Sitemaps and Hypertext Links: "Food" for Search Engine Robots

Sitemaps and hypertext links are "food" for search engine robots. We will look at the value of text links for optimal spidering, and the importance of using a sitemap in order to help search engine robots reach your website's deeper pages.Hypertext LinksSearch engine robots are not terribly sophi. . .

Are You Targeting The Wrong Keywords?

By Kalena Jordan 4th August 2001 Someone asked me recently to name the most critical element of any search engine optimization campaign. I didn’t hesitate to respond “keyword selection”. Like it or not, the keywords and phrases you select to describe your site within your META tags and body text. . .

Keywords are for humans not search engines

by Ant OnafIt seems keywords are making the top of SEO list time and time again. The problem is that some optimizers do not understand the rightful purpose of keywords. Keywords should not be solely embedded for the purpose of reaching the top of search engines. Search Engine Optimization should . . .

Free Keyword Research Tools Are Not As Effective as Wordtracker

One of the most unanswered questions online today is, how to perform keyword research that gets free traffic from the search engines. Many SEO experts recommends using one keyword or keyword phrase per page, while others recommends using secondary keywords with your main keyword.My philosophy is . . .

Do You Really Need To Be In The Search Engines?

Do You Really Need To Be In The Search Engines?Before you spend time and money on search engine optimization, you need to decide if your small business really needs to be in the search engines. It all boils down to answering one basic question: how do your customers usually look for your products. . .

How to Monitor and Improve your Search Engine

How to Monitor and Improve your Search EngineRankings... Part 1 of 2(c) by Detlev ReimerWith all those new home based businesses coming up lately, it is no miracle that most of them arefocussing on their rankings in the search enginesto get their share of the "free traffic". Although,many of thos. . .