tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6940929215910824184Fri, 25 Oct 2024 07:32:00 +0000Google+ and the Potential Impact on SEO.EDU and .GOV Links10 Ways to Link Build for Free5 Reasons Why Copying Links is Bad for You5 Ways to Prime the Social Pump7 Ways to Improve the On-Site Experience8 Ways PPC and SEO Are Better When Used TogetherAbout Google's IndexAre Word Limits in the Google Keyword Tool Affecting the Long Tail in Your SEO Keyword Research?Are You a Successful SEO? Prove it.Automatic Website Submissions BewareBenefits of SEOBingCreative Search Engine OptimizationDo-It-Yourself SEOFree Keyword Analysis That Is ActionableGet listed by submitting XML SITEMAPGoogle Commands for SEO?Google Instant and SEOGoogle Link: Command - Busting the MythsGoogle PageRankGoogle SandboxGoogle manipulates search resultsGoogle rankingHigh Pagerank Links QuicklyHow Big is Your Long Tail Keyword?How Google Chooses Your Search Result SnippetHow To Sniff Out An SEO RatHow important are back links?How to promote your site and also make it stickyHow to run a successful link exchange program.Hyphens in URLs: Good or Bad for SEO?Important tips about SEOIncreasing Your Local Search Presence Through RegionalizationInternet Marketing – Long Term StrategyIs Google Too Big To Fail?Keywords in SEOLearn SEO in 15 MinutesManual Labor in the SERPsMeaning of SEOMoral Judgments in SEONew Labs Feature in Google’s Webmaster ToolsNuked By GoogleSEO For The Big Three (GoogleSEO Gold Mines?SEO Is Like Buying A HomeSEO Salesman vs SEO GeekSEO place taken by SSOMSEO rankingSocial Media Fan Base - To Buy or Not to BuySolid SEO Through De-OptimizationThe 'Write' Way to Optimise Your WebsiteThe Dark Art Of Search Engine OptimizationThe Philosophy of Ranking FirstTop Befuddling SEO Questions to Ask SEO ExpertsWWW or No WWW: Which is Better for SEO?What To Do When Your Site Drops?What is SEOYahoo)Your Linking Strategy be Hurting Your Rankings?ranking without paying a centhttp://learnbasicseo.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Unknown)Blogger56125en-usnonoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6940929215910824184.post-4404244158448283955Fri, 02 Dec 2011 08:59:00 +00002011-12-02T01:00:21.798-08:005 Ways to Prime the Social PumpYou've finally finished that epic blog post [infographic, LOLCat, Thundercats remix…] and tomorrow morning you’ll unleash it on the world. So, what should you do between now and then? You could take a nap, sure, or you could start priming the social pump early. Here are 5 tips for how to put your network to work before you need it…i. Be GenuineThis is the pre-tip that makes all the other http://learnbasicseo.blogspot.com/2011/12/5-ways-to-prime-social-pump.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6940929215910824184.post-649888619230588487Sun, 20 Nov 2011 05:10:00 +00002011-11-19T21:10:06.455-08:00Is Google Too Big To Fail? We are better off if we ignore what Google is saying and follow one thing: Google wants more money for Google. When we make this assumption, everything Google does makes sense. Deception and doublespeak are logical and expected rather than shocking and upsetting. When it comes to scale, as pointed out with Groupon, all of these rules go out the window. If you look at the biggest http://learnbasicseo.blogspot.com/2011/11/is-google-too-big-to-fail.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6940929215910824184.post-4428941514331440879Sun, 30 Oct 2011 04:13:00 +00002011-11-03T11:53:47.163-07:00How Big is Your Long Tail Keyword?Choosing keywords to optimize for is a tricky business, made all the more tricky as keyphrases grow longer than a couple of words. As Google has said, up to 20% of search queries in any given day are completely unique. Should you try to optimize your tauntaun sleeping bags product page for "tauntaun sleeping bag," for "childrens' tauntaun sleeping bag," or for "childrens' star wars tauntaun http://learnbasicseo.blogspot.com/2011/10/how-big-is-your-long-tail-keyword.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6940929215910824184.post-1814765725774064086Thu, 20 Oct 2011 04:55:00 +00002011-10-19T21:56:30.147-07:00Manual Labor in the SERPs Although Google explicitly denies it and Yahoo! obviously uses it, in the search research world, it has been suggested many times that search engine use manual approvals and rankings of sites for the top 2-5000 queries. These queries make up between 20-35% of all queries done in a commercial search engine and by manually ranking pages for the top 10 returned results, search engines canhttp://learnbasicseo.blogspot.com/2011/10/manual-labor-in-serps.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6940929215910824184.post-7731957216167047892Thu, 20 Oct 2011 04:53:00 +00002011-10-19T22:01:04.135-07:00The Philosophy of Ranking First The Philosophy of Ranking First A short post from yellowwing, an SEW member from up north in Winnipeg, had this to say today: I've taken the philospohy of SEO as 90% Linguistics and 10% Math. Beat the competition, not the search engine. It is much easier to analyze other sites than to reverse engineer what the vast team of Google Phd's (sic) have come up with lately.  This http://learnbasicseo.blogspot.com/2011/10/philosophy-of-ranking-first.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6940929215910824184.post-2011684662184185872Tue, 18 Oct 2011 18:48:00 +00002011-10-18T11:56:45.639-07:00Google Link: Command - Busting the MythsI am NOT a fan of the Google link command, and I'm shocked by the number of folks who operate in and around the SEO, webdev and technology industries who haven't realized this.  Here's what Google themselves have to say on the matter:You can perform a Google search using the link: operator to find a sampling of links to any site. For instance, [link:www.google.com] will list web http://learnbasicseo.blogspot.com/2011/10/google-link-command-busting-myths.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6940929215910824184.post-2602234629623698761Mon, 17 Oct 2011 02:20:00 +00002011-10-16T21:52:02.180-07:00BingSEO For The Big Three (GoogleYahoo)Ranking your website highly on one of the "big three" search engines (Google, Yahoo or MSN) is a daunting task let alone ranking your website highly on all three. Three engines, three algorithms, three different sets of rules - and yet there are websites out there that have first page rankings across them all – how do they do it? While all of the major search engines use different algorithmshttp://learnbasicseo.blogspot.com/2011/10/seo-for-big-three-google-bing-yahoo.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6940929215910824184.post-2100621441537157823Mon, 17 Oct 2011 02:16:00 +00002011-10-18T11:02:18.136-07:00Solid SEO Through De-OptimizationThat's right, today we aren't going to so much discuss optimization as it's antithesis. Some may wonder what sense this makes. How can one say that the road to higher rankings is built on trying not to rank? In fact, the effort is always to rank highly, it's just the tactics that are a bit different. What Is De-Optimization?De-Optimization is the reduction of those tell-tale signs of SEO http://learnbasicseo.blogspot.com/2011/10/solid-seo-through-de-optimization.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6940929215910824184.post-883656615578787523Thu, 06 Oct 2011 07:36:00 +00002011-10-06T00:37:39.191-07:00The Dark Art Of Search Engine OptimizationThe title of this article is designed to illustrate the point of this article. Today we won't be taking a look at black-hat search engine optimization tactics. Admittedly, I've toyed with them in a "know your enemy" kind of way but I'm no expert on advanced cloaking techniques nor effective link sp@mming tactics. What we're going to cover here are the hidden (i.e. dark) areas of effective http://learnbasicseo.blogspot.com/2011/10/dark-art-of-search-engine-optimization.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6940929215910824184.post-4897376714560574059Thu, 06 Oct 2011 07:32:00 +00002011-10-06T00:36:18.174-07:00Google+ and the Potential Impact on SEOAlthough you can only join by invitation at this point, you've no doubt heard of Google+, Google's latest attempt to join (or, in time perhaps, completely overtake?) Facebook and Twitter as a must have social networking tool. In the months before Google+ was launched, Google also began implementing the "+1" button as a usable option for users to signify that they enjoy a particular http://learnbasicseo.blogspot.com/2011/10/google-and-potential-impact-on-seo.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6940929215910824184.post-657255906218430363Tue, 04 Oct 2011 05:08:00 +00002011-10-03T22:08:59.722-07:00Google Commands for SEO?All SEO Google Commands  cache:www.themarketingweekly.com related:www.themarketingweekly.com info:www.themarketingweekly.com allintitle:www.themarketingweekly.com intitle:www.themarketingweekly.com allinurl:www.themarketingweekly.com inurl:www.themarketingweekly.com Here I have taken www.themarketingweekly.com as an example. Whenever you are using these commands, just simple replace http://learnbasicseo.blogspot.com/2011/10/google-commands-for-seo-are-you.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6940929215910824184.post-3356806681542360751Sun, 02 Oct 2011 07:07:00 +00002011-10-02T00:08:52.514-07:00WWW or No WWW: Which is Better for SEO?  “Should I use www or no www in my URLs?” is a question that I see almost daily from new webmasters in search engine optimization (SEO) forums around the Internet.  The same question gets posed many ways, but basically they want to know which version of their URL is best for SEO.  So I thought I would take the time to answer it here to save myself a lot of typing in the http://learnbasicseo.blogspot.com/2011/10/www-or-no-www-which-is-better-for-seo.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6940929215910824184.post-8836874032865194684Sun, 02 Oct 2011 07:01:00 +00002011-10-02T00:01:27.263-07:00Hyphens in URLs: Good or Bad for SEO?People frequently ask whether or not using hyphens in a URL is good or bad for SEO.  It is probably one of the most frequently discussed topics on SEO forums around the web and is often one of the first questions asked by new webmasters. So I thought I would do what any red-blooded SEO would do… and toss out my opinions on the topic.  Hyphens in URL folder and page names – The http://learnbasicseo.blogspot.com/2011/10/hyphens-in-urls-good-or-bad-for-seo.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6940929215910824184.post-7815722196718753315Sat, 01 Oct 2011 12:15:00 +00002011-10-01T05:16:57.628-07:00Free Keyword Analysis That Is ActionableKeyword analysis CAN be free!  You do NOT have to spend money buying tools or subscribing to a keyword analysis service in order to obtain accurate and actionable information on keywords to target on your site.  All you really need is a web browser.  It doesn’t get more free than that! Keyword analysis should be the first step in on-page SEO when creating a new http://learnbasicseo.blogspot.com/2011/10/free-keyword-analysis-that-is.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6940929215910824184.post-7529931412375297560Thu, 29 Sep 2011 02:44:00 +00002011-09-28T19:44:45.462-07:00How Google Chooses Your Search Result SnippetHave you ever wondered how Google determines what to show as the snippet of text between the title and URL for a listing in the organic search engine results pages (SERPs)?  Most people think there is no method to Google’s madness for picking snippets.  However, if you spend a little time doing searches, looking at the SERPs, and then evaluating the HTML of those URLs being http://learnbasicseo.blogspot.com/2011/09/google-snippets-how-google-chooses-your.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6940929215910824184.post-2285817423581039311Thu, 29 Sep 2011 02:40:00 +00002011-09-28T19:40:32.510-07:00New Labs Feature in Google’s Webmaster ToolsGoogle has added a useful new feature to the Labs section of its Webmaster Tools (WMT) called Site Performance.  If you haven’t already done so then I would suggest that you signup for a Google Webmaster Tools account and go through the Google site verification process for your web site(s). Once you have an account, log into WMT. Once you click on your site on the WMT home page and go tohttp://learnbasicseo.blogspot.com/2011/09/site-performance-new-labs-feature-in.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6940929215910824184.post-2107651994695706952Wed, 28 Sep 2011 14:08:00 +00002011-09-28T07:09:39.088-07:00.EDU and .GOV LinksSEO Gold Mines?Since the early days of the World Wide Web, webmasters and search engine optimization (SEO) consultants building links have sought after .edu and .gov links from education and government web sites. Inbound links from .edu and .gov domains have been seen over the years by many as the holy grail of link building. But are these links still worth the effort? History of .EDU and .GOV LinksThe http://learnbasicseo.blogspot.com/2011/09/edu-and-gov-links-seo-gold-mines.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6940929215910824184.post-423768767357006950Wed, 28 Sep 2011 13:46:00 +00002011-09-28T07:09:55.938-07:00Google Instant and SEOI have spent the last few days since the September 8, 2010, debut of Google Instant making the rounds visiting all of the usual search engine optimization (SEO) blogs and forums.  I am truly amazed at all of the “Chicken Little's” out there proclaiming the end to SEO as a result of Google’s latest innovation.  But I  just don’t see it happening, not as a result of Google http://learnbasicseo.blogspot.com/2011/09/google-instant-and-seo-sky-is-falling.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6940929215910824184.post-11883799003785509Wed, 28 Sep 2011 02:03:00 +00002011-09-27T22:13:55.628-07:00What To Do When Your Site Drops?It's happened to all of us. You wake up one morning feeling like a million bucks, you stretch and if you're like me, you notice the eye-rolling as once again your significant other catches you with a toothbrush dangling from your mouth and a laptop or iPhone in front of you while you check rankings and emails. And then it happens - you start your browser with a search phrase already http://learnbasicseo.blogspot.com/2011/09/what-to-do-when-your-site-drops.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6940929215910824184.post-1008756585729457483Wed, 28 Sep 2011 02:00:00 +00002011-09-27T22:14:25.888-07:00Google+ and the Potential Impact on SEOAlthough you can only join by invitation at this point, you've no doubt heard of Google+, Google's latest attempt to join (or, in time perhaps, completely overtake?) Facebook and Twitter as a must have social networking tool. In the months before Google+ was launched, Google also began implementing the "+1" button as a usable option for users to signify that they enjoy a particular http://learnbasicseo.blogspot.com/2011/09/google-and-potential-impact-on-seo.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6940929215910824184.post-9163089239505922729Mon, 26 Sep 2011 15:39:00 +00002011-09-27T22:15:12.388-07:00Learn SEO in 15 MinutesKeywords in <title> tag This is one of the most important places to have a keyword because what is written inside the <title> tag shows in search results as your page title. The title tag must be short (6 or 7 words at most) and the the keyword must be near the beginning.  Keywords in URLKeywords in URLs help a lot - e.g. - http://domainname.com/seo-services.html, where “SEOhttp://learnbasicseo.blogspot.com/2011/09/learn-seo-in-15-minutes.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6940929215910824184.post-2920352189247575682Sat, 24 Sep 2011 19:37:00 +00002011-09-27T22:19:00.983-07:00How To Sniff Out An SEO RatWith all the discussion of individuals ratting out websites and or certain SEO companies you probably think this post is about just that. Don't worry, you can breathe a sigh of relief, I wouldn't waste yours nor my time with such a post. However, I absolutely will take this time to help you sniff out SEO rats that are looking to take advantage of small businesses by promising top search engine http://learnbasicseo.blogspot.com/2011/09/how-to-sniff-out-seo-rat-protecting.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6940929215910824184.post-5528102543492564365Sat, 24 Sep 2011 19:36:00 +00002011-09-27T22:19:26.086-07:00Google PageRankWhen Larry Page and Sergey Brin invented the PageRank algorithm way back in the late 90s, they struck gold and were smart enough to found Google to capitalize on its very real potential to change search. For many years Google even told us the PageRank number for each web page on the Internet via the Google Toolbar and later in Webmaster Tools. We grew to love PageRank and, as a http://learnbasicseo.blogspot.com/2011/09/google-pagerank-still-relevant-after.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6940929215910824184.post-7473896502367859937Sat, 24 Sep 2011 19:35:00 +00002011-09-27T22:19:46.891-07:00SEO Salesman vs SEO GeekOkay, first of all... I'm not a salesman in any way shape or form. I know absolutely zero about it, I haven't read books or been to seminars and I don't know anything about traditional sales tactics. This is purely on feedback I've been given from clients as to why they signed up with us. It might not be the same for everyone, I just thought I'd share my experiences and see if anyone else finds http://learnbasicseo.blogspot.com/2011/09/seo-salesman-vs-seo-geek-seo-selling.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6940929215910824184.post-1425394915484988091Sat, 24 Sep 2011 19:35:00 +00002011-09-27T22:20:21.500-07:00The 'Write' Way to Optimise Your WebsiteHey true believers, this is my first SEOMoz article so be kind! The thrust of the article is to help people new to SEO concentrate on the important areas rather than getting bogged down with the all the advanced information out there.This post was inspired by a quote from the profile of Rebecca the #1 user here on SEOMoz.org: "I like writing. A lot of the other stuff tends to get over-thought" - http://learnbasicseo.blogspot.com/2011/09/write-way-to-optimise-your-website.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Unknown)0