Dave Davies

The Dark Art of Search Engine Optimization

The Dark Art Of Search Engine OptimizationThe title of this article is designed to illustrate the point of this article. Today we won't be taking a look at black-hat search engine optimization tactics. Admittedly, I've toyed with them in a "know your enem... Read >

SEO For Yahoo!

SEO For Yahoo! This article is part two of a four part series on optimizing your website for the the three major search engines. Part one, titled "SEO For MSN" covered optimizing your website to rank highly on MSN. In this article we will cover optimizin... Read >

SEO For MSN

This is article one of a four part series on optimizing your website for the "Big Three". Part two will focus on Yahoo!, Part three will focus on Google and part four of this series will explain how to perform SEO on your website to attain high rankings a... Read >

W3C Compliance & SEO Article

From reading the title many of you are probably wondering what W3C compliance has to do with SEO and many more are probably wondering what W3C compliance is at all. Let's begin by shedding some light on the later. What Is W3C Compliance? The W3C is th... Read >

SEO & Competition Analysis – Part One

Analyzing your competition should be the second step taken during the SEO process (right after and sometimes even during keyword selection). Looking at what and how your competition have positioned their website where you want yours to be placed will lend... Read >

Ecommerce & SEO

The purpose of any business website is to promote a product or service online. The purpose of an ecommerce website is to take it one step further and to allow your visitors to purchase your products or services directly from your website. This model has m... Read >

Google PageRank Update Analysis

For those of you not yet aware, Google is currently updating the PageRank they are displaying in their toolbar. Each update causes a stir among the SEO community and webmasters trying to get their websites to the top of the Google Rankings. What Is PageR... Read >

Anatomy Of An Internet Search Engine

For some unfortunate souls SEO is simply the learning of tricks and techniques that, according to their understanding, should propel their site into the top rankings on the major search engines. This understanding of the way SEO works can be effective fo... Read >

Using PPC To Maximize Your Search Engine

By Dave Davies, Beanstalk Search Engine Positioning, Inc. The quest for higher search engine positioning on the natural search engines is generally the quest to increase revenue from a product or service. It is not the rankings themselves that hold an... Read >

Ten Steps To A Well Optimized Website

Welcome to part nine in this search engine positioning series. Last week we discussed the important topic of link building. In part nine we will be covering the monitoring and the various areas you should consider and tools you may want to use. While thi... Read >

Ten Steps - Step 6: Human Testing

Welcome to part six in this search engine positioning series. Last week we discussed the importance of internal linking. In part six we will cover the obvious and yet often overlooked importance of its appeal to a real-live human being. While not directl... Read >

Ten Steps - Step 7: Site Submissions

Welcome to part seven in this ten-part search engine positioning series. Last week we discussed the importance of human testing. In part seven we will cover the best practices of website submissions, where to submit your website to, and how to do so. Wit... Read >

Ten Steps - Step 8: Link Building

Welcome to part eight in this search engine positioning series. Last week we discussed website submissions. In part eight we will be covering the importance of link building and developing inbound links to your website. This is arguably on of the most im... Read >

Table Structure For Top Search Engine Position

Table Structure For Top Search Engine Positioning by Mary Davies So you have a beautiful website that you paid a pretty penny for and you are completely happy with it … except no one can find it... Read >

Ten Steps To A Well Optimized Website -

Welcome to part two in this search engine optimization series. In part one we covered the importance and tactics for choosing the keywords and keyword phrases that will provide the highest ROI for your optimization efforts. In part two we will... Read >