There has been some confusion in the internet marketing world for the past few years about Wikipedia and why it is ranked so high in Google. Really it’s fairly simple and some people don't realize the power of how their site is set up. I'll see it all the time where one of its pages will have the first few spots of a highly trafficked search term and it will only have a few backlinks to that page. At the same time, a whole entire site dedicated to the term might be a few places down from it with thousands of backlinks. I have seen other webmasters become furious and totally confused. Sure Wikipedia is recognized as a...
If you're a blogger, then your content is how you attract search engine visitors. So in order to get even more search engine traffic to your blog posts, you're going to have to take a number of steps to fine tune and perfect their search engine optimization. And even if you aren't a blogger, it isn't hard to apply these steps to your own site. Optimizing your content takes patience and effort. After all, you're...
Keyword Eye is a keyword suggestion tool which visualizes search volume and competitiveness by size and color. Using results from the Google search based keyword tool it can accept two inputs: Keyword - this will return keyword ideas based on the entered keyword URL - this will return keyword ideas based on the content within the URL specified Settings are available which enable you to: Choose the keyword match type Choose the country for results to be tailored to Choose...
Link building while trying to leverage the authority of Wikipedia is one of the biggest frustrations to SEO's industry-wide - and it's pretty easy to see why. Which reason do you typically go with? High rankings for almost every keyword query. Nofollow attributes on all external links. Incredibly picky human editors. Because of that perceived lack of value to improving search engine rankings, many SEO's avoid Wikipedia all together in their link building campaigns. When it comes...
Here are some critical, but simple strategies to use when optimizing your or your client’s site in local search results. I (surprisingly) don’t see this discussed very often, which is why I feel it would make a great tip for everyone here at Daily SEO Tip. While there are great tips for listing your address in Google Places, including what not to do, this focuses more on the organic results side...
SEOgadget anchor text tool is a new tool powered by SEOmoz's Linkscape that (as the name suggests) allows to analyze the page or domain anchor text. The public version of the tool is free and reports top 10 anchor texts and image links to a page, domain or subdomain. To start, just provide up to 5 URLs and choose one of the 6 options: Phrases to page; Phrases to domain; Phrases to subdomain; Terms to page; Terms to domain; Terns...
Link building is a very important part of the SEO process and probably the most affordable and quick way to increase your website’s popularity. There must be thousands of different ways to gain good amount of quality backlinks, but in this short article I will show you some of the simplest and free techniques to do just that. Of course, if you are already running...
Writing press releases that grab the attention of editors and get published is a skill. Here are a handful of tips that will help your press releases gain the attention they deserve: Start with a killer headline. Make certain that its attention-grabbing, encouraging the reader to at least skim the story. Kick off with an introductory statement that summarises what the press release is about and provides further encouragement to read on. Introduce...
Google Analytics was developed in order to help Web developers gain in-depth statistics regarding their Web site. However, sometimes it is necessary to take it a step further and get more information. There are several plugins and hacks available to increase the power that Google Analytics has to offer. Many of these may require GreaseMonkey for Firefox to function. Social Media Metrics - This Greasemonkey plugin automatically takes social media metrics and directly places it into...
When looking into affiliate marketing software, there are so many different websites to advise you, and people looking to jump in and let you know what's best. The thing is, unless you know exactly what you're looking for and what's available, you aren't going to be able to find the software that's right for you. I found this pretty nifty infographic that will help you understand what is offered on each affiliate...
