You don’t have to use your keyword phrase in your domain name. That may be a revelation to some folks, but the keyword phrase in your domain name is just one “piece of the SEO pie,” and an insignificant piece at that. There are over 100 pieces of the pie that go into what makes up the ranking of […]
Here is another tip. This one is not SEO related, but still useful. Here’s a secret that you need to keep in mind for your keyword research. Did you know that you can use negative qualifiers with Wordtracker? For example you can REMOVE certain terms from showing up in your list altogether by placing a (-)hyphen or
Remember that you can get much more relevancy for “content freshness” than you may expect. Content freshness: Don’t just dump a bunch of new content on your Web site, but consistently add new articles or content on a regular basis. Watch how the search engine robots behave when you start doing this consistently.
Currently the major search engines are not case sensitive at all. The last search that use to be case sensitive was Alta Vista but that was years ago. For now, case sensitivity is not TOO important, but that does not mean things could not change sometime in the future.
An understanding of CSS (Cascading Style Sheets) can help you with a number of SEO work-arounds to meet challenges with complicated design issues. W3Schools provides an excellent CSS tutorial free of charge, complete with a lot of examples and quizzes. http://www.w3schools.com/css/
How fast do your pages load? Did you know that if your page loads too slow, you could be determining some search engine robots from crawling your Web site? Try and ensure your page loads within under 30 seconds (or even faster.) If your graphics are too bulky, check out a service called to accelerate
Next time you are working on an important sales letter, remember to spend at least 50% of your time working on that all important headline text. This includes both the Title Tag and your main <H1> Header on the page. Little changes to Heading text can make huge impacts with a little thought.
Prominence is best described as how close to the beginning of a specific area in which the keyword appears. A keyword or keyword phrase that appears closer to the top of the page or area may often be considered mildly more relevant.
Here is your SEO Tip of the Day: You are aware that problems can occur if you are using duplicate content or content that is too similar to other content. Try this duplicate content checker. http://www.webconfs.com/similar-page-checker.php http://www.copyscape.com
When naming a page after a keyword phrase, is there any more “SEO benefit” to using a hyphen (-) to connect two words than an underscore (_) in Google. Example: SEO-tips.html is better than Example: SEO_tips.html They have equal value in Google now. There was a time when it was better to use hyphens. But