| 151 | What is Local Search Engine Optimization and Who Are Your Relatives? Preview: Your business website is finally up and now comes the task of getting found on the incredibly huge Internet neighborhood. Where to begin? Well, the first thing most people do is head for a major search engine like Google, or Yahoo. And while that is a good idea, there is much to learn before laying out those precious dollars on ads and clicks... (more) Published By: Kathleen Jerauld-Brack Submitted: 19 April,2005 |
| 152 | Award double-whammy for bigmouthmedia Preview: Bigmouthmedia, the award-winning Search Engine Marketing Company, today scooped a second award in just two weeks when it picked up a ‘Best Performing Company’ award at the Business Excellence Awards run by the Edinburgh Evening News. The agency beat off stiff competition from other Scottish companies to win the award which was announced at a lunc... (more) Published By: Heather Luscombe Submitted: 19 April,2005 |
| 153 | The Myth of Rankings - Beyond Search Engine Optimization Preview: What follows is a condensed version of a conversation that happens all too frequently when I am approached by a prospect interested in search engine optimization (SEO): Prospect: We need our website optimized, because we aren’t showing up for any searches. Me: What searches have you tried? Prospect: We don’t show up for ANYTHING. Me: Why do you w... (more) Published By: Scott Buresh Submitted: 19 April,2005 |
| 154 | History of the Claddagh rings Preview: The Claddagh ring is Irelands most romantic and enduring Celtic jewelry tradition. It is customary for the ring to be worn as a wedding or engagement ring and then to be handed down from generation to generation. Claddagh itself is one of Ireland’s oldest fishing villages just outside Galway City in the west of Ireland. Legend has it that one of i... (more) Published By: Paul Gibney Submitted: 21 April,2005 |
| 155 | PDF Optimization: Death to SEO? Preview: On April 18th 2005, Adobe announced that it was going to acquire Macromedia. Besides delivering a critical blow to competitive balance of two highly recognized and respected companies, it has inadvertently created a new form of optimization. That's right. PDF optimization. The main technology that Adobe wanted from Macromedia was Flash. Now tha... (more) Published By: Paul Bliss Submitted: 21 April,2005 |
| 156 | Linking Strategies for Google Preview: Google has recently filed an application for a United States patent including the use of historical data in analyzing links. This has caused quite a buzz. Many articles are being written about new linking strategies for Google and how to "beat the system." Techniques to beat the system include registering the domain name for 10 years instead of on... (more) Published By: SEO Company Submitted: 21 April,2005 |
| 157 | The search engine secret that is no secret at all Preview: It's common knowledge - we all know that it is important to rank well in search engines. Doing so can bring qualified, interested visitors to the web site you create. And, those visitors come to you believing that you know what you are talking about, since you showed up in the search engine results. All the time, people ask "How do I get my site... (more) Published By: Herb Leibacher and Monica Leibacher, Web Builder Express Submitted: 21 April,2005 |
| 158 | The faith of the children of Lir Preview: This haunting story has inspired Celtic jewelry makers for many years now as the swan theme embodies traditional Celtic designs and Celtic symbols. A long time ago in ancient Ireland lived an Irish Chieftain named Lir. He was married to Aobh daughter of King Bodhbh (also called Bov the Red) of Lough Dergh. They had four beautiful children; Fionnu... (more) Published By: Paul Gibney Submitted: 21 April,2005 |
| 159 | The Sandbox Effect Preview: What once many people thought they had a penalty, is now being called the Sandbox Effect and is causing new web sites not to rank very well in the search results of Google, not even for the least competitive phrases. Meaning that a filter is being placed on new web sites and cannot rank very high for most words or phrases for a certain amount of t... (more) Published By: Matt Colyer Submitted: 22 April,2005 |
| 160 | LSI and Link Popularity Preview: When Paypal's official Web site no longer ranked #1 in Google on a search for "paypal," it was obvious that Google had become more aggressive in penalizing sites with "unnatural" backlink anchor text. Although the high-profile Paypal example has since been rectified, thousands of webmasters are suffering the consequences of not ranking for eve... (more) Published By: Andy Hagans Submitted: 23 April,2005 |
| 161 | Do search engines like your Web site? Preview: Between 75% and 98.8% of visitors to Web sites come from searches made at search engines. If you're going to get high levels of traffic - and hence the levels of ROI you're looking for - it's very important that the search engines can access all the information on your Web site. Do the search engines know about all of your pages? You can find ou... (more) Published By: Paul Silver and David Rosam Submitted: 24 April,2005 |
| 162 | Local Search Optimization: Think Globally, Act Locally Preview: Many small businesses need to have an online presence and sell their products or services locally. For instance, doctors, dentists, real estate agents and restaurants can all benefit from online marketing but only on a local scale, not globally. In order to tap into the local market, however, it may be necessary to make some global changes to your... (more) Published By: SEO Services Submitted: 25 April,2005 |
| 163 | The Ultimate Keyword Optimization Guide for Search Engine Positioning Preview: We all know it and we all do it. Whenever the typical web user needs to find something on the web, he or she will almost always instinctively go to one of the top search engines and run a search. Then, he or she will have a look at the first 30 search results returned (usually the first three pages of results), hardly ever looking beyond that. If ... (more) Published By: David Gikandi Submitted: 21 November,2001 |
| 164 | Smart Goto Gambits Preview: Feeling gouged by Goto.com? A pawn in a game of Gotcha? Need a game plan as to what to do next? I've seen a lot of angry spleen venting over the recent changes in GoTo.com's pricing policy. Problem is, going postal won't change it. That's the way it is. Like Yogi, we've now got to be smarter than the average bear. So, I wanted to offer some res... (more) Published By: John Gergye Submitted: 26 November,2001 |
| 165 | What's in a Listing? Do a Search of your Site or Ezine. Preview: Recently while doing a search for content to put in my ezine, I thought I might see just how many listings I had for my ezine,"Dee's Helpful Info." I typed my ezine name into the search bar and hit enter. I was amazed with the results. There were several hundred listings, many of which I had forgotten about. I began with the top listing,working my... (more) Published By: Donna Sweat Submitted: 26 November,2001 |
| 166 | Building Doorway Domains for Optimized Search Engine Positioning Preview: Doorway pages have been around for a long time and most people trying for search engine optimization are more or less familiar with them. To recapitulate: a classical doorway page is focused on a certain keyword or search phrase, carrying highly optimized text, pertinent meta tags, title, etc. It is submitted to the search engines to achieve bette... (more) Published By: Ralph Tegtmeier Submitted: 27 November,2001 |
| 167 | Promotional Content... It's the little things that count Preview: Promotional content is the invisible content in the various recesses of a Web page. This type of content is used by search engines and directories to properly categorize your site and its pages during indexing. --- Site Title --- The title is the first thing a search engine displays as a result of a search. This makes it imperative that the titl... (more) Published By: Edward B. Toupin Submitted: 27 November,2001 |
| 168 | An easy way to build traffic Preview: In the old days of the Internet (1995) people said the phrase "build it and they will come" This has changed however.. with more and more sites on the net you have to do something that will attract people. I have found some things that have worked. Look at all the largest sites on the Internet. Yahoo, Altavista, Lycos, and Jayde you will see so... (more) Published By: Jerks.Com Submitted: 29 November,2001 |
| 169 | Ten Places You Must Submit Your Site Preview: (Seven still-free listings and three worth paying for.) This tutorial will not promise you a top search engine position. It will also not reveal how to get your site into thousands of search engines. Instead, you will discover the exact locations where you can submit your website for free and the few "paid submissions" that are actually worth th... (more) Published By: Jim Daniels Submitted: 30 November,2001 |
| 170 | How to Get 100,000 Visitors or More from Yahoo Preview: How would you like to reap the benefits of getting listed in the largest and most popular searchable directory on the net? At last count, Yahoo receives over 180 million visitors a month. Can you imagine the kind of traffic you'll receive by getting just a small percentage of Yahoo's traffic? For many, getting listed in Yahoo is like winni... (more) Published By: Johannes Garrido Submitted: 02 December,2001 |