Posted by Jill Whalen on Aug 14, 2008
As I'm reviewing company websites to prepare for our August SEO Training Class, I'm struck by how often I see the same website mistakes.
Since we've been offering the SEO classes over the past 7 months, we've reviewed over 40 websites. In each class of 6 online marketers, there's never a dearth of problems to point out to them. I'm not talking about minor glitches here, but stuff that prevents the website from reaching its full potential ...
Posted by admin on Aug 13, 2008
The importance of web design has increased manifold in recent years. Today it is essential for all businesses small or large, local or international to have a professional web site presence for their company.
As the popularity of the internet is sky rocketing web design companies are in high demand. More and more businesses are investing in developing or enhancing their web presence. A traditional website today may not be sufficient to ...
Posted by Jeffrey Smith on Aug 12, 2008
SEO is a combination of distinct processes designed to improve search engine placement for your website, but what does that really mean when you break it down to performance and performance benchmarks?
Do higher rankings always translate to higher sales conversion? The answer depends on how thorough your research was in determining the appropriate keywords and search behaviors of the target demographic best suited for your ...
Posted by Manish Pandey on Aug 09, 2008
Are you struggling to find the appropriate definition of Social Media? You need not, as Social Media is defined as the integration of different activities including the social interaction, technology and also the building up of pictures, words, audio and video.
Different forms are being included in the social media and it includes message boards, Internet forums, wikis, weblogs, videos, pictures as well as the podcasts. In the same way, social ...
Posted by Michael Gray on Aug 08, 2008
One of the more common questions I get from people is how do I show my paid context to search engines, but not to non-paying/membership customers, and staying within search engine guidelines. The answer always comes dangerously close or steps over the cloaking line.
Despite what search engines will say, even on panels at SMX shows, I still come across examples of getting partial content locked behind registration subscrptions walls (yes it’s ...
Posted by Jeffrey Smith on Aug 05, 2008
Just wanted to pose an interesting question? What happens when search engines change their relevance model?, (change happens). When you consider SEO and search engine relevance, what matters most is getting in the search index and maintaining an upward trajectory. So, before you hit the panic button when your sites rankings take on a new persona (or lose position) for your main and subsequent keywords, you may be in for a surprise if you are ...
Posted by Jeffrey Smith on Aug 04, 2008
SEO starts with a thorough analysis of the website to conclude which aspects of your site need optimization. Why let coding errors or poor site architecture impact rankings for the worse? With search engine algorithms changing daily, there are no guarantees that the immunity you have today (from a favorable pat on the back) will pass value tomorrow.
A typical website analysis SEO sweep would look for things like:
Link Optimization - Links ...