How To Optimize My Web Site

SEO Starter Guide

2008-12-07T13:17:00.001-08:00

Google has come up with a nice little PDF with a ton of SEO information. It is basically a starter guide for anyone interested in optimizing their site. Optimizing a site is not rocket science, but it does require a ton of work which is one of the services I provide.

Link: Google Blog Topic about the SEO Starter Guide

Link: My SEO Services - for info or prices please call 1.910.538.6731

Free SEO tool to estimate traffic

2008-11-18T12:58:00.000-08:00

Check out www.statbrain.com, a free tool to estimate the amount of traffic a web site gets.

Statbrain estimates the number of visits that a website has based
on offsite factors like backlinks, Alexa Rank etc. Statbrain does
not have access to log files or any counter information.

The number of visits that Statbrain estimates gives you an idea of
the number of visitors that a website has, but not the exact
visitor number.

Free Web Page Analyzer

2008-10-19T17:55:00.000-07:00

Here is a free Web page analyzer to test exactly how fast your

page is at various speeds; this tip comes from Martin Preece.

Thank you Martin, it works very nicely.

http://www.websiteoptimization.com/services/analyze/index.html

Does ranking guarantee sales or success?

2008-10-03T06:21:00.001-07:00

After being in the top 3 on Google for 'wilmington nc web design' for almost a year now, I had to ask myself this question. Google ranking is so highly stressed, but conversions is another issue. What happens if/when they get to your site? Do they leave after seeing the home page because they don't know where to go next? Are they making it to your contact page and then leaving?

In my case, the ranking has definitely helped, but according to my stats, I have people coming to my site everyday, but that does not mean I am getting calls or emails everyday. What's the reason? I'll let you know when/if I find out - if you have any suggestions or comments please feel free to leave a comment here.

Google prefers hyphens instead of underscores

2008-08-23T17:43:00.001-07:00

Straight from the Google docs:

Consider using punctuation in your URLs. The URL http://www.example.com/green-dress.html is much more useful to us than http://www.example.com/greendress.html. We recommend that you use hyphens (-) instead of underscores (_) in your URLs.

Alternatives to PPC (Pay Per Click)

2008-08-23T17:32:00.000-07:00

Check out www.exactseek.com/featured_listings.html

They claim about 150 Million + Searches per month.

Benefits include:

- You Choose Your Keywords (you have to check availability with their tool)

- They cap the limit of keywords that can be bought

- No Bidding

- No PPC

- No Click Fraud

- Quick Inclusion (between 6 to 8 hours)

- World Wide Placement

- and some stats tracking is available.

Best of all is the low cost pricing:

$3 - $4 per Month

Think like a search engine

2008-03-02T20:30:00.001-08:00

A basic SEO strategy is to Think Like a Search Engine. Select specific keywords for your web pages and then focus on them in a very clear way.

The Best SEO Advice You Will Ever Hear

2008-03-02T20:29:00.001-08:00

This guy makes an interesting point - SEO as if Google does not exist.

2008 Video Search Summit Video

2008-03-02T20:25:00.001-08:00

This video is for the first annual video search summit being held in San Francisco from April 8-9. Check out the greatest event for video search. For more information, go to http://reelseo.com/driving-discoverability-optimizing-video-web/

SEO Video about Title Tags

2008-03-02T20:23:00.000-08:00

Robin Good suggests to give lots of importance to how posts and article titles are chosen. The use of descriptive and essential titles that clearly spell out the focus of your content appear to be the most effective and successful ones. For more info read also: "How To Write Great Web Titles": http://tinyurl.com/79wmu

Title tags

2008-03-02T20:20:00.001-08:00

Optimize each page of your website for one or two primary search terms and key phrases. Then make sure they appear in the title tag for each page. Each title tag should be unique for each page and clearly explain what that page is about.

SEO is Search Engine Optimization

2008-03-02T20:19:00.001-08:00

SEO is Search Engine Optimization. Use SEO for more effective business marketing. It's not that difficult. Just think like the search engines and tell them what your site is about.

Using thank you pages effectively to increase traffic to your website video

2008-03-02T20:18:00.001-08:00

Using thank you pages effectively to increase traffic to your website. This video tip by Brad Hauck of Promote Search Engine Optimisation & Marketing explains how to increase your website traffic. Learn more about SEO, SEM, Internet Marketing

Using a Google WebPage to increase traffic to your website video

2008-03-02T20:17:00.001-08:00

Using a Google WebPage to increase traffic to your website. This video tip by Brad Hauck of Promote Search Engine Optimisation & Marketing. Learn more about SEO, Internet Marketing from www.promotesem.com

SMS Texting to increase traffic to your website video

2008-03-02T20:15:00.000-08:00

Using SMS Texting to increase traffic to your website. This video tip by Promote Search Engine Optimisation & Marketing explains how to increase your website traffic. Learn more about SEO, SEM, Internet Marketing from www.promotesem.com

blogs & blogging to increase traffic to your website video

2008-03-02T20:14:00.000-08:00

Using an blogs & blogging to increase traffic to your website. This video tip by Promote Search Engine Optimisation & Marketing explains how to increase your website traffic. Learn more about SEO, SEM, Internet Marketing from www.promotesem.com

Using an email signature to increase traffic to your website video

2008-03-02T20:13:00.000-08:00

Using an email signature to increase traffic to your website. This video tip by Promote Search Engine Optimisation & Marketing explains how to increase your website traffic. Learn more about SEO, SEM, Internet Marketing from www.promotesem.com

SEO Vid

2008-03-02T20:08:00.001-08:00

SEO Expert Steve Wiideman describes how his company, Corporate SEM, handles search engine marketing (SEM) analytics

The very first post

2008-03-02T20:01:00.000-08:00

The purpose of this blog is to provide some basic SEO tools and tips to help you properly optimize your website.