SEO Basics
16 Free Local Directory Websites (Now with more Websites!)
Monday, April 20th, 2009Here is a short list of local directory websites that allow for free submissions of your Business profile. InsiderPages CitySearch Yahoo Local Yelp Local.com Kijiji kudzu.com oodle.com craigslist.org backpage.com adoos.us olx.com locanto.com kaango.com Brownbook.net City Slick.net
Changing Meta Tags in Common Web Editors
Tuesday, April 7th, 2009Editing Meta Tags in Frontpage: In Microsoft Frontpage open each web page and go to “file” “properties” to edit the title (general tab). Then click the “custom” tab to edit the “description” and “keywords”. Editting the title tag in FrontPage 2002 In Page view, in the Normal pane, right-click your page and choose Page Properties. [...]
Changing Meta Tags using Microsoft Publisher
Saturday, April 4th, 2009Microsoft Publisher is not designed to act as a website building program so many of the features you expect are either difficult to find or not an option. Publisher also creates a massive amount of underlying code which causes your code to content ratio to be very poor. However if your site has been designed [...]
Does Google recommend using an SEO firm?
Tuesday, August 5th, 2008Google’s Webmaster Support center has a very informative article about using an SEO firm. It provides great questions to ask any SEO firm such as: Can you show me examples of your previous work and share some success stories? Do you follow the Google Webmaster Guidelines? Do you offer any online marketing services to complement [...]
Simple Rules for Good Content Writing
Tuesday, July 29th, 2008Content is King. This refrain is echoed amongst all SEOers everywhere. What makes good content though? The best content is plain old standard text. This doesn’t mean that your site needs to be all text based, but text should play a prominent role in your site. Here are some basic rules to consider when writing [...]
Are Meta tags important or relevant?
Thursday, July 24th, 2008Meta tags used to be an important part of optimizing any web site as they provided the webmaster a direct way to define what their pages are about. There are many different types of meta tags that can be used on a website, but there are only three that are frequently utilized by search engine [...]
What is a 301 Redirect?
Thursday, July 24th, 2008There are many different types of redirects that can be used to send a visitor to a different place than first requested. A 301 Redirect is a specific type of redirect that indicates the page has been moved permanently. The most common use of a 301 redirect is to ensure that your website either always [...]
Why is SEO important?
Wednesday, July 23rd, 2008The importance of a high ranking in search results is clear. How often do you dig deeper than 2 or 3 pages when looking for information? Very rarely unless the information you are seeking isn’t located on the first few pages. Even in this case if your competitor ranks higher than your potential customer, they [...]
What is SEO?
Wednesday, July 23rd, 2008Your goal: Ensuring customers can find your website when using search engines to find information SEO: Process of putting websites into formats search engines understand to achieve the highest rankings Ask a group of web marketers what SEO is and you may be surprised by the diverse answers that you receive. SEO can be used [...]