In terms of search engine optimization (SEO), there are three categories of tasks that every website owner must complete if they want their site to be found at the top of a Google or Bing search engine results page. These task categories are: On-site optimization, such as writing a proper HTML title tag, a good META description tag, ensuring that your site can be crawled, etc. Creating great content, because no website can achieve long-term SEO success without great content. Promoting content to build links, because no one will find your great content unless you promote it. Of these three categories, the last two are 95% of the SEO puzzle. As crucial as on-site SEO (#1) can be, it's relatively simple to complete. Creating great content - and...
In a nutshell, Alexa rankings are all about traffic. The more traffic a blog receives, the better the site will rank. A blog’s Alexa rank is a public declaration of the site’s popularity. A poor ranking quickly lets potential advertisers and clients know that a site really doesn’t get that much exposure. Imagine how that information will contribute to their decision process – To purchase an ad on your blog or not? If your blog’s ranking in...
Social media websites are constantly gaining popularity in SEO's world and many SEO experts pay a lot of attention to the role of social signals when creating their own link building strategies. Getting socialized and making contacts with as many bloggers and site owners related to your niche can help a lot to generate links to your website and of course to get higher search engine traffic. The latest Social Media that I've found or more...
If you run a website, you need to know about the newest black hat search engine optimization tactic: negative SEO. Most people are familiar with SEO as a tool to boost a website's search engine ranking through keyword content, quality linkbacks and positive social media feedback. However, a study done by TastyPlacement showed that with less than $50, they could drop their one of their own website's Google rank. The results showed that the company was...
Exciting news! My Blog Guest is hosting what is probably the simplest contest ever. You can win $1,000 and lots of other prizes for doing what you already do: using the site for guest posting! How It Works You need to: Own a blog with a min Google PR2 Use the Articles Gallery to select free unique content All bloggers can log in and start to look for guest posts they want to have published on their...
While launching a website or other online startup may not exactly be a simple task, getting your online endeavor recognized amongst the masses of content to be found on the internet may prove to be one of the most difficult tasks that you're charged with as you pursue business success. If link building and other SEO efforts are in your future, take in any one or more of these five fantastic link building conferences to be...
Guest-Post by: Gregory Smith The web has become a place to waste time, for a lot of people. Forgetting our goal's is very easy to do, while surfing the web. Have you ever jumped online with the intentions of doing something, and hours later got offline, and still hadn't gotten what you was suppose to get done? Done feel alone, just about everyone who browses the web runs into the problem of wanting to be able to...
Only last week HKHotels announced a total overhaul of their brand, becoming Library Hotel Collection. In the process, they redesigned all their online properties, to be consistent with their real-life core value: always putting the customer first. A first look at these new websites triggers a wealth of emotions. They were built on a simple formula, that worked for decades: visually striking elements, large high definition images that show all the high-caliber elements that placed...
Let me preface this by saying, I do not have any moral or ethical issues with the “SEO Tramp Stamp”. Just to clarify, I am referring to the link the many SEO’s place in the footer of their client’s site, which links back to their company’s site. These links are acceptable because 1) they allow a visitor to a site, who likes the site, to find out who is responsible for the site being the way...
By Andrew Johnson Unless you’ve been living under a rock in the Nevada desert, you know how important guest blogging is for a small business SEO campaign in the post-Panda and Penguin world. That being said, it’s equally important to make sure your guest blogging strategy is organized and efficient. Here are some tips for maintaining a well-oiled guest blogging machine: Expand your outreach methods Organization through the early stages of guest posting is critical, because you should be...
