Archive for the 'Search Engine Optimization' Category

Part of an industry has been built on how to get “Top Ranking in Google”.
Now Google has weighed in for free.
Now you can read Google’s SEO Startup Guide
Actually they have several resource links here you can check out.
Our Search Engine Optimization Starter Guide covers around a dozen common areas that webmasters might consider optimizing. We [...]

The Plugin “SEO for Firefox” has been updated. If you’re checking out the competition, it’s a great tool to see how to compete and help see why pages rank as they do. It’s very instructive and worth knowing.
One of the new features lets you quickly take a closer look at one page SEO… headings, meta [...]

Single Term Keywords vs. “Long Tail Keywords”… which should you go after? Jonathan Leger makes the case that multiple term keywords help you identify what your prospect is seeking and how to serve a particular marketplace. In other words, how not to invest your time and effort ranking for searches that won’t appreciate what [...]

SeoDigger.com helps you find keyword that your site can rank well for on Google. Here’s how it works. It’s not quite like reading Google’s mind, but every little bit helps.
Seodigger works by building a reverse index of Google.
Keyword and keyphrase database contains 60 million popular search queries.
First 20 SERP positions are processed per every request. [...]

Here’s a utility I just ran accross SquidUtils.com Lens Health Check.
You type in the URL of your Squidoo Lens and get ready for a fantastic tutorial on how to make your lens “hum” with the kind of internal consistency that gives it much more “SEO juice” than it would otherwise have.
Basically it helps you make [...]

Here’s a Nashville Business Directory for Nashville TN Businesses from 1855! It’s linked to the actual Nashville Business Directory from 1855 that has been scanned and uploaded by Google. This is actually only one volume of the multi volume set that year.
I’m blogging about this as a test of WordPress’ power as a content platform [...]

A friend turned me on the the SEO for Firefox Browers Add On and I wanted to pass it along to you.
It’s an amazing free tool to help you in online marketing. It’s especially helpful for doing that “off page” SEO and getting some ideas on a variety of topics that may be of interest [...]

A friend of mine noticed something interesting on Google’s own blog – Trackback Spam!
It’s from this post
Weird!

7 Ways To Raise Your Local Business Listing Rank on Google is a good article about an annoying reality. Just as changes in Google algorithm’s drive webmasters in general nuts, now it can also drive local business owners and webmasters nuts too?
This is especially crucial when you’re competing in a metropolitan area with lots [...]

Ok, I’ve been busy all week so I’m trying to catch up on my WordPress Tutorial for you and posting in general.
One of the reasons people absolutely LOVE Word Press blogs is because, well, Google seems to really like them.
1) They’re blogs which Google likes because they tend to update frequently.
2) As a fullblown [...]