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1) Title Tag - The title tag is the most powerful on-site SEO technique you have, so use it creatively! What you place in the title tag should only be one thing, the exact keyword you used for the web page that you are trying to optimize. Every single web page should have it's own title tag. 2) ALT Tags - ALT tags were meant to be for text browsers because the images didn't show in text browsers and the ATL tags would tell the visitor what it's about. You should put your main keyword(s) in ...
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All of us have worked with PDF files in some form or the other. We would have downloaded an instruction manual from a website for a new product as a PDF file, received brochures as PDF files in our mail or been given PDF handouts of a presentation we are attending. We would have all appreciated the clean and precise look of the files but would not have given much thought to the file format being used, much less wondered why PDF formats are preferred to other file formats. Nevertheless, everyone ...
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We have all seen the websites online that sell template web designs for various business industries. Are these worth using? The answer may be different for everyone. When deciding on a web design it is important to know your competition. What do you like about there site? What could be done better? Are there certain aspects of the site that would appeal visually? Are there certain aspects of a competitor's site that have helped in organic SEO/SEM? Are there certain aspects/offers on a ...
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There are millions of web sites trying to get listed in the top 20 to 30 spots on the major search engines. That's a lot of competition! So if you're having a hard time getting those spots, maybe you should try some little used but effective seo strategies to get those prized listings. One way to do that would be to do a search on Google, Yahoo or MSN using the keywords that someone would use to find your website. The key then would be to advertise on the top web sites. Now advertising on ...
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First of all, What is SEO? SEO stands for Search Engine Optimization and is the art of making your pages efficient for search engine robots in order to get your site listed in the top of their results, preferrably on the first page and within the top 10. We can easily achieve this if we know how the search engine is reading our sites, so we can further tweak our pages and make it to the top. There have been several SEO techniques but this one is a Brand New, unique method, I prefer call ...
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It's important to keep your site fresh. What have you done for it lately? Design, fashions, search engines and almost every element of the internet changes (along with everything in this world). The same-ol-same-ol just doesn't cut it in this world. Axiom: While we may love our current self, isn't there always something we can improve on. For most of us (your kidding yourself if you say no) the answer is YES! Such is the case with our web site and online presence. Face it; even buildings need ...
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First let's start with definitions: SEO: Search Engine Optimization, SFO: Search Friendly Optimization. These two things are what most webmasters have trouble balancing. These things seem to always be on opposite ends. On one hand you have to make sure search engines can crawl your website without any problems. On the other you have to keep the site looking good to keep your visitors. These are all based on what kind of site you plan on making. A corporate website selling shoes in the real ...
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If you've been feeling like Tom Cruise climbing up the side of some remote jagged mountain in the blazing hot sun and concerned you're facing "mission impossible", chances are you own a web site. Adding to the intense thrill of web site ownership are keyword comparisons and bidding for good keyword positions in search engines. You might hire a search engine optimization specialist who can track elusive algorithm clues and is unfazed by page rank drama. Your programmers and designers insist they ...
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Nanjing China's Search Engine Strategies conference has gone live with their website isas.cn and their official local listing of professional networkers. NANJING, CHINA -- During the recent Ad-Tech Shanghai there was a lot of behind the scenes meetings discussing how to make the upcoming Search Engine Strategies session in Nanjing, China a great success. One of those meetings was between Inway Ni, the event organizer and Stephen Noton, a leading member of the SEM/SEO industry. During this ...
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For the first time in China both SEO experts and the industry leader, Google, came together for a combined presentation on Search Engine Optimization (SEO) SHANGHIA, CHINA -- Those people who were fortunate enough to attend Ad-Tech Shanghai all agreed that the presentations by Google's Senior Product Manager James Mi, Adverted's Senior SEO Consultant Stephen Noton and IBM's SEO Advisor Bill Hunt were insightful, dynamic and instructive. The session was considered one of the highlighted sessions ...
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Becoming an SEO expert, or a search engine optimization expert, is something that is worth your while if you are interested in getting your web page noticed and increasing your traffic. It is not hard to become an SEO expert if you simply know what steps you need follow to take you there. As long as you follow these steps and are diligent, you will become the SEO expert you want to be. Read the following topics, then research them more to learn exactly what will put you above the majority of ...
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In the last 2-3 years many new companies have mushroomed, providing cost effective seo services to their customers. In this whole galaxy of seo companies some are authentic, while others are not. A novice owner of the website has a little knowledge of the technical jargon involved in the SEO, and sometimes can get into trouble. To choose any seo company/firm, first you need to do a study analysis yourself: 1) The history of the seo company/firm providing SEO services. 2) The keywords for ...
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Working in the SEO/SEM industry can be very rewarding. Many times a problem can be solved simply with a little online research, and posts on a few forums. All to often, however, some people put too much stock in the posts they see, ultimately negatively impacting their SEO efforts. In this article I look at some of the positives and negatives of online SEM forums and attending SEM and SEO conferences. As part of my daily routine I visit a few of the search engine forums out there to see ...
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It is hard to believe the all too short northern summer is almost over. In less than two weeks, kids will be going back to school and commercial webmasters will be gearing up for the autumn and winter sales seasons. This is as good a time as any, perhaps better than most, to cover SEO 101, the basic techniques that form the foundation to an advanced SEO or SEM campaign. For the purposes of brevity this piece starts with a few assumptions. The first assumption is a single, small business site is ...
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Search engine optimization remains a minefield of old advice, outdated ideas and outright dangerous techniques that can get you banned. Here's the main points to great search engine optimization. On the internet, the information that you read can have been created days, weeks, years or even decades ago. The techniques that worked in a simpler, more nieve era do NOT work now - there are teams of PHDs working to eliminate any tricks, or shortcuts that you can take. Ages ago, you might have ...
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