Dan Thies

Dissecting Teoma, Part 3 of 3

Dissecting Teoma, Part 3 of 3 By Dan Thies Teoma Ranking Tips First of all, I will say that the same "optimization" techniques we use for every search engine will apply to Teoma, too. Optimizing each web page for the specific search terms involved ... Read >

Dissecting Teoma, Part 2 of 3

Dissecting Teoma, Part 2 of 3 By Dan Thies What Makes Teoma Different: Did Anyone Say "Themes?" If there could ever be a search engine designed specifically to reward the developers of high-value, high-content websites, Teoma is it. Teoma likes conte... Read >

Dissecting Teoma - Part 1 of 3

Dissecting Teoma - Part 1 of 3 By Dan Thies The New Teoma 2.0: Best Search Ever? The "Teoma" search engine (www.teoma.com) is a part of the Ask.com / Ask Jeeves search portal. It delivers search results on a large number of portals and websites tha... Read >

Google Takes On Links Programs... and Wins!

Google Takes On Links Programs... and Wins! By Dan Thies Google has arguably been the most important search engine since last year's deal with leading directory site Yahoo!. Recently, Google has made some changes to the way it ranks web pages. Th... Read >

Are You Ready To Froogle?

Are You Ready To Froogle? By Dan Thies Google has recently introduced a "beta" version of their "Froogle" online shopping search engine. Unlike their well-known search service, Froogle attempts to provide a searchable index of online merchandise cat... Read >

Search Engine Strategies for Mini-Sites

Search Engine Strategies for Mini-Sites By Dan Thies One of the most popular marketing concepts today is the "mini-site." A mini-site is essentially a one-page sales letter, linked to an order form, specifically designed to sell a single product or ... Read >

Search Engine Positioning: 3 Key Principles

Search Engine Positioning: 3 Key Principles By Dan Thies It's not hard to find good information on search engine positioning... the hard part is telling the good information apart from the bad. Some of it is old, some of it is wrong, and a lot of it... Read >

Search Engine Positioning - Do It Yourself!

Search Engine Positioning - Do It Yourself! By Dan Thies Many do-it-yourself webmasters and online entrepreneurs have been led to believe that search engine positionining is a black art, and that no mere amateur can hope to compete with the "experts... Read >

7 Key Email Marketing Tactics

7 Key Email Marketing Tactics By Dan Thies Email is often described as the most effective marketing vehicle on the Internet today. Compared to banner advertising or other methods, targeted email marketing can deliver far better results at a much low... Read >

Building An Optimized Site Map

Building An Optimized Site Map By Dan Thies If you want visitors (and search engines) to be able to find your whole site, the easiest way to do this is with a site map. The more content you have on your site, the more helpful this is, both for visit... Read >

Keywords: Are You Barking Up The Wrong Tree?

Keywords: Are You Barking Up The Wrong Tree? By Dan Thies Could your site be set up to fail? If you're targeting the wrong search engine keywords, or failing to understand how today's search engines use "themes" to rank sites, you're missing out on ... Read >

Your Guide To The Search Engine Submission Jungle

Your Guide To The Search Engine Submission Jungle By Dan Thies One of my favorite "scams that won't die" are the companies that drop SPAM into my inbox every week offering to submit my website to "thousands" of search engines for the low low price o... Read >

Is A Yahoo Listing Still Worth The Cost?

Is A Yahoo Listing Still Worth The Cost? By Dan Thies In October 2002, the Yahoo! portal changed the way it delivers search results. In the past, the most prominent results were exclusively culled from websites listed in the Yahoo directory itself. ... Read >

10-Minute Homepage Tune-Up

10-Minute Homepage Tune-Up By Dan Thies Is your site's home page search engine friendly? Think so, eh? The vast majority of websites, even those belonging to Fortune 500 companies, are far from optimized. I use a simple four-step process to find the... Read >

Creating - Without Getting Banned

Creating - Without Getting Banned By Dan Thies By now, most webmasters know that link popularity is the single most important factor in driving top search engine rankings. But did you know that some some links can actually kill your search engine ra... Read >