Your SEO Plan: Ask The Experts

Yes, Google Does Index Flash (So What's New?)

We discuss the July 1 announcement and our recommended changes to Flash optimization strategy...

Article Update: Site Redesign Best Practices

A website redesign is a time for celebration! But if you recently redesigned your website without thinking about the effect on its search engine presence, you may be in for a rude awakening. Follow a few simple guidelines to be sure that your fabulous new site isn't going incognito...

Our Favorite SEO Blogs and Tools

We've updated our SEO Blogs and Tools page. Find our fave SEO links here...

Ask the Experts: Google Won't Show My Homepage - Why?

If your "about us" page is outranking your homepage, you might be tempted to exclude it from search engines. Don't! Do this instead...

Ask the Experts: Links, Tags, and FIle Names - Quickie SEO Tips

Our "short form" responses to a reader's questions about on-page optimization.

Updated: Local Business Listings: How to Submit to Google, Yahoo!, MSN Live, and more

With the advent of blended search results, local listings are more important than ever. Here's how to get your business listed in the major local search engines.

Ask the Experts: Should I Use Dashes in My Domain Name?

There is no major problem with dashes in domain names. The main reason that we chose not to use one, and that we generally advise against dashes, is that hyphenated domains don't pass the 'radio test.' ...

Updated: SEO Worksheets and Templates

We have updated our SEO Worksheets and Templates for the Second Edition of SEO: An Hour a Day (now shipping from Amazon!).

Ask the Experts: How Do I Manually Ping Google Blog Search?

Authoring tools do this automatically, but if you're using a home-grown authoring tool (or none at all), you may need to manually ping the engines. Here's how...

SEO Resources: Sitemap Ping URLs for MSN, Yahoo, and Google

We looked for a reference that listed all three of these URLs, and couldn't find one. So we made it! Also includes link to help with XML Sitemap setup and submittal.

SEO Resources: How to Use the Robots Meta Tag

The Robots meta tag has been around for ages, but some new features introduced in 2006 and 2007 have made it a lot more useful than it used to be. Here's the 4-1-1.

Ask the Experts: Should I Make My Website With Site Build It (or siteCube, Web.com, etc.)?

We get a lot of questions about do-it-yourself site-creation software such as Site Build It. For the newbie who wants to create a website, there is a lot of information - and misinformation - out there that can make it very hard to choose website creation software...

Ask the Experts: How Should I Integrate Articles Onto My Site?

Many people wonder whether to use a blog format for posting articles online, or whether a classic, tree-structured website navigation is better. We'd look at this situation from a few angles...

Ask the Experts: Should I Optimize for Exact Phrase Searches?

While our gut is telling us that only a small percentage of searches are performed with quotes, we don't know of any published research on this. Your question made us curious...!

Our Favorite SEO Blogs and Tools

We have updated our blogs and tools page - check it out for helpful SEO links and free online tools!

Ask the Experts: Do I Need Both Singular and Plural Keywords?

Since search engines recognize a difference between singular and plural words, we think it is best to represent your keyword in both singular and plural forms on your website...

Video Search Engines - And How To Get Into Them

Gravity has updated our Very Useful Chart of video search engines - new MRSS submittal links..

SEO for Web Developers Will My Link Building Idea Work?

A web designer wonders if there's a way to improve upon the "designed by SuchandSuch" links at the bottom of client websites..

Diggers Dont Like SEOs, And Other Insider Digg Wisdom

Search engine marketers love Digg. But Digg hasnt been giving them a whole lot of love back. Here is some insider advice for dipping your toe into the Digg pool.

Ask The Experts: Should I Move My Blog?

So you have a successful, popular blog, but it's hosted somewhere in a galaxy far, far away? Should you move it to join forces with your main site, or stick it out in deep cyberspace? Read on to find out...

Ask The Experts: Why Isn't Google Showing All My Links?

he Google "link:" command won't show you all of the inbound links to your website. Here are some other approaches...

Ask The Experts: Will Domain Masking Impact My SEO?

We don't recommend using domain masking (also called pointer domains). Here's why...

Choosing a Search Engine-Friendly Business Name

As any SEO specialist will tell you, it's never too early to think about the eventual search engine presence of your business. This article covers some basic Do's and Don'ts for choosing a business name with an SEO mindset.

Ask the Experts: Will Moving to a New Server (IP) Affect Search Rankings?

A change in your server (which will be a change in your website's IP address) or website hosting service does not need to affect your search engine placement. Just be sure of a few things...

Ask the Experts: What is Linkbait?

Posting non-commercial content won't make you look "weird." Just choose it wisely...

Left Brain Book Review: Search Engine Optimization with PHP

This new books covers many of the technical aspects of SEO. Could it help you?

Ask the Experts: Will W3C Validation Affect My Search Engine Rankings?

The short answer is "No." While we advocate W3C validation as a general web development best practice, we are not aware of any direct connection between validation and search engine rankings...

Ask the Experts: Am I Giving Away SEO Secrets?

Are you giving away secrets when you provide SEO recommendations? We don't think so, here's why.

Search Terror Level Downgraded to Yellow for Dynamic Websites

Dynamic content used to be a red flag for search engine friendly design, but times have changed. Search engines now include dynamically-generated pages in their indexes, but some particulars of dynamic pages can still be obstacles to getting indexed.

Ask the Experts: Follow The Hour-a-day Plan ... or Else?

Should this website owner ditch his web designer if they won't do SEO? We weigh in...

Major Video Search Engines (and How To Get Into Them)

Not sure how to draw people to watch the videos on your website? Heres our right now primer on video search!

Ask the Experts: Will Google Penalize Me For Building Links Too Fast?

It's true that there are penalties for websites building a lot of links in an "unnatural" way in a short time, but ...

Ask the Experts: How do I combine my keywords without missing parts of my target audience?

You can combine keyword phrases without sacrificing your audience or your writing...

Ask the Experts: Multiple Domains - Is Google Penalizing My Site?

This could be a problem with Google seeing your URLs as unique domains, and indexing them as if they are two separate websites...

Ask the Experts: Should I trust Wordtracker's KEI?

The Keyword Effectiveness Index is only one measurement. Let's talk about some more reliable methods...

Ask the Experts: Are Yahoo! and MSN Groups Good for Link Building?

There are a couple of ways to think about the value of this technique...

Ask the Experts: Should I Buy SEO Software Tools?

We generally lean strongly toward a manual process of SEO...

Ask the Experts: Does SEO Work For B2Bs?

There are some very good reasons that SEO works for B2B (business-to-business) websites...

Ask the Experts: Can I Use Articles to Build Links?

We love the idea of writing articles as part of your SEO link building process. There are several approaches you could take...

Pay-per-click: Can it Hurt My Organic Search Traffic?

We do think that PPC clicks take away from organic traffic in the particular case when...

Ask the Experts: Will Reciprocal Linking Affect my Google PageRank?

Technically, yes. But make sure you have the proper perspective...

Your SEO Plan: Ask The Experts

Yes, Google Does Index Flash (So What's New?)

Article Update: Site Redesign Best Practices

Our Favorite SEO Blogs and Tools

Ask the Experts: Google Won't Show My Homepage - Why?

Ask the Experts: Links, Tags, and FIle Names - Quickie SEO Tips

Updated: Local Business Listings: How to Submit to Google, Yahoo!, MSN Live, and more

Ask the Experts: Should I Use Dashes in My Domain Name?

Updated: SEO Worksheets and Templates

Ask the Experts: How Do I Manually Ping Google Blog Search?

SEO Resources: Sitemap Ping URLs for MSN, Yahoo, and Google

SEO Resources: How to Use the Robots Meta Tag

Ask the Experts: Should I Make My Website With Site Build It (or siteCube, Web.com, etc.)?

Ask the Experts: How Should I Integrate Articles Onto My Site?

Ask the Experts: Should I Optimize for Exact Phrase Searches?

Our Favorite SEO Blogs and Tools

Ask the Experts: Do I Need Both Singular and Plural Keywords?

Video Search Engines - And How To Get Into Them

SEO for Web Developers  Will My Link Building Idea Work?

Diggers Dont Like SEOs, And Other Insider Digg Wisdom

Ask The Experts: Should I Move My Blog?

Ask The Experts: Why Isn't Google Showing All My Links?

Ask The Experts: Will Domain Masking Impact My SEO?

Choosing a Search Engine-Friendly Business Name

Ask the Experts: Will Moving to a New Server (IP) Affect Search Rankings?

Ask the Experts: What is Linkbait?

Left Brain Book Review: Search Engine Optimization with PHP

Ask the Experts: Will W3C Validation Affect My Search Engine Rankings?

Ask the Experts: Am I Giving Away SEO Secrets?

Search Terror Level Downgraded to Yellow for Dynamic Websites

Ask the Experts: Follow The Hour-a-day Plan ... or Else?

Major Video Search Engines (and How To Get Into Them)

Ask the Experts: Will Google Penalize Me For Building Links Too Fast?

Ask the Experts: How do I combine my keywords without missing parts of my target audience?

Ask the Experts: Multiple Domains - Is Google Penalizing My Site?

Ask the Experts: Should I trust Wordtracker's KEI?

Ask the Experts: Are Yahoo! and MSN Groups Good for Link Building?

Ask the Experts: Should I Buy SEO Software Tools?

Ask the Experts: Does SEO Work For B2Bs?

Ask the Experts: Can I Use Articles to Build Links?

Pay-per-click: Can it Hurt My Organic Search Traffic?

Ask the Experts: Will Reciprocal Linking Affect my Google PageRank?

SEO for Web Developers Will My Link Building Idea Work?

Diggers Dont Like SEOs, And Other Insider Digg Wisdom