Archive for the 'seo' Category

Search Engine Optimization Tips For 2005 - Part One

Anybody who has their own website or is involved in business online understands the importance of SEO or search engine optimization. Higher rankings equal more traffic. More traffic equals more potential sales. Simple, eh? Or is it?
The problem here is that most people think search engine optimization is like magic and that only search […]

Playing in Googlebots Sandbox with Slurp, Teoma, & MSNbot - Spiders Display Differing Personalities

There has been endless webmaster speculation and worry aboutthe so-called “Google Sandbox” - the indexing time delay fornew domain names - rumored to last for at least 45 days fromthe date of first “discovery” by Googlebot. This recognizedlisting delay came to be called the “Google Sandbox effect.”
Ruminations on the algorithmic elements of this sandbox timedelay […]

Paris Hiltons Reputation is SHOT! Hows Yours?

With apologies for the cheap trick of mentioning Paris Hilton to get your attention, coming to grips with the idea you’re about to discover is critically important to your success with search engines!
Because while it’s true that there are many factors that determine how well a page ranks in Google - did you know that […]

Why Does The Link Page Have A PR Zero?

For beginners, link exchange campaigns can be a minefield of problems. For example, here is a question I was asked:
“Hi Andy, I have noticed that a lot of sites that request a link exchange from me may have a PR 5 or 6 on their home page and when I click through to the […]

Organic SEO: Patience For Long Term Ranking Results

When does long term SEO show ranking results? It takes time for optimization to produce targeted traffic to your website. Organic SEO requires time to take effect, just as it takes time for your web pages to start showing up in the search engine results.
Clients regularly ask me about the timing of a search engine […]