Tag Archives: SEO

SEO Friendly URL Structures

SEO is all about being found on the Search Engine Result Pages (SERPs). The processes number in the hundreds. However, square one is a good place to start and in SEO that is your URL and the associated structures. Here are guidelines that will be helpful:
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Higher Search Engine Rankings

In every industry, it is vitally important to expose your business to as many clients as possible. When it comes to online marketing, the most effective way to achieve high traffic to your website is to gain a high search engine ranking on Google. This is easier said than done, however. The ever-evolving processes in Search Engine Optimization (SEO) and Internet Marketing overall combined with intense competition for the most highly searched keywords dictate that Search Engine Marketers stay on top of all trends and developments.
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Link Building with Content

Link building is the most important element towards achieving great search engine rankings for your targeted keywords. While you can purchase backlinks and you can create Backlinks just by registering with online directories, the best Backlinks are those that are highly relevant, targeted on just one or two keywords and are naturally occurring. These Backlinks score the most points with Google et al. Content is the main fuel needed to actually attract and secure these Backlinks ultimately building your way to an impressive quantity and quality of links pointing directly into your site. So let’s review some basic forms of content and how you can use the content to build links.
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How Google’s New Algorithm Will Affect SEO

Recent changes in Google's search engine algorithm have affected how pages show up in SERPs. Few outside of the tech literati understand precisely how these changes were set up or exactly how they work, but the changes are pretty evident, and will require some rethinking by SEO marketers. Here are some things that are coming into play with the new Google algorithm:
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Common SEO Mistakes

As sophisticated and complex SEO is, there are basic common mistakes that we see all of the time from new clients:
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Link Building Methods & Opportunities

Just as friends are important to your authority (influence) on Facebook, and followers are important to your authority on Twitter, Backlinks are important to your website’s authority within search engines. Backlinks are inbound links originating outside of your website to pages within your website. However, not all Backlinks are created equal; Google et al value Backlinks differently based on how they are achieved and the source of the link itself. You can purchase Backlinks. You can register your URL on thousands of Directory sites … this will create Backlinks but it will score few points with the search engines as they are not highly valued. The most highly valued Backlinks are driven by great content that is adopted or linked to by high value websites. High value websites include those websites that have high Google PageRank (PR).
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When to Hire an SEO Copywriter

Let’s make an upfront assumption. You already have a website with the page content already done. You have your on-page SEO elements like titles, meta descriptions, and your sitemap all ship-shape. You recognize or have been advised that the addition of new content to the site and getting Backlinks are essential to getting ranked on the search engines and critical to SEO processes. A lot of assumptions here, however necessary, to establish the focus of this writing.
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Small Business Web Marketing

Advances in the Internet have completely changed the playing field for small businesses trying to build a brand identity and establish a web presence for themselves. The changes have come so fast and have been so dramatic that it can be intimidating to try to keep up with them, but it's important to know the landscape, and to have an understanding of some web marketing basics. The more small businesses understand about SEM (search engine marketing), the better they'll be able to take advantage of the benefits of web marketing and to protect themselves from SEO scams and companies that use unethical marketing and execution practices.
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Guaranteed SEO Results… Really?

Nobody can claim "guaranteed rankings." For anyone who's in the process of seeking SEO services, this should be a huge red flag. Is it possible to guarantee the future strategies of your competitors? Of social networking sites like Facebook or MySpace? Or of search engines? Of course it isn't. Those that claim guaranteed rankings are telling you what you want to hear; not what you need to know. Be careful about “play on words” i.e. “guaranteed page 1 of Google” can be achieved by placing ads (sponsored listings or PPC) that will show up on page … this is NOT SEO because SEO generate organic rankings … the ones that fill the main body of the page.
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Analyzing Your SEO Results

Any website owner who seeks to drive traffic by gaining search engine visibility, certainly has used at least some SEO (Search Engine Optimization) techniques and strategies. SEO is an ongoing process and which consist of different elements that everyone can take advantage of. However, the structure of the execution process is what differentiates a successful SEO campaign.
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Google SEO Ranking Factors

Google has a definite list of do's and don'ts when it comes to Search Engine Optimization. No one can be entirely certain what the exact rules are, but experts have spent years learning what works and what doesn’t. Here is some of the items SEO experts list as contributing page rank factors:
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Corporate SEO (Search Engine Optimization)

Many corporations are looking to Search Engine Optimization to more efficiently target the marketplace. Budgets have been trimmed, even slashed, for traditional marketing approaches such as TV / Radio, Print, Direct Mail, Telemarketing, etc. All of these approaches are “outbound” relying on mass media or mass coverage with the hope of converting a micro percentage (less than 0.1%) of those actually buying something. At the same time online marketing budgets have been increased, even during these tough economic times.
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