10th January 2007
Whether your web site is big or small there are five basic things that are must do's when it comes to search engine optimizing your website.
The first key thing is to take the time to do a careful search of all of your keywords and key phrases and make...
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08th January 2007
TrustRank is a link analysis technique that several search engines, including Google have been using for semi-automatically separating useful web pages from spam. This makes it a lot harder for black hat search engine techniques to succeed because the hum...
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08th January 2007
Spamdexing is not just for amateurs. It is an entire business that can incorporate all kinds of less than ethical techniques. The search engines frown on most of these techniques but the temporary boost in your ratings before you are caught is apparently ...
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08th January 2007
Link spamming is a form of black hat SEO that tries to exploit weaknesses in link-based ranking algorithms such as the one used by Google's PageRank algorithm. PageRank give a higher ranking to a website that is linked to many other websites so the idea i...
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08th January 2007
Content spamming is a form of black hat search engine optimization that has the intention of altering the way a search engine perceives a page's contents. There are several ways that this can be accomplished.
One of the most popular types of content sp...
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08th January 2007
A discussion of black hat and white hat SEO is as pointless as a discussion of the difference between black and white witchcraft. In witchcraft, the minute a technique is used to control the outcome of a situation it is known as black magic. The same can ...
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08th January 2007
Contrary to popular belief, the search engine spiders sent out by the major search engines do not have to search everything on a site. You can actually technically keep a search engine spider away from a page by instructed it through a certain robots meta...
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08th January 2007
Many search engines are now ranking web pages that contain a lot of links to other sites higher than those that contain fewer links. This is why it is such a good idea to submit your pages to the search engines with as many links to other sites contained ...
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06th January 2007
The big indexes such as Yahoo, Open Directory and About.com are the best places for people to find you. However applying to be listed in them can be a bit of a federal case. Still despite all the red tape, proper submission to these indexes is crucial bec...
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05th January 2007
So you want to apply to Yahoo. Assuming you are not already listed in the index your first step is to find the category page that best suits your site. At the very bottom of this category page will be a small "Suggest a Site" link. Click on it to get to t...
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05th January 2007
A listing in Yahoo can boost your site's page rankings exponentially but unfortunately it is one of the most finicky and difficult sites to get into. For one thing they don't allow you to piggyback by using well-known keywords or brand names. It is all or...
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05th January 2007
It costs $300 a year for directory listing in Yahoo. Here is another eye-roller for you. It typically takes six to eight weeks for Yahoo to process your site.
There are three types of Yahoo; the main (original) Yahoo; the international Yahoo sites; an...
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05th January 2007
About(dot)com is a very comprehensive index that combines site listings with reviews and editorial content. An editor or guide runs each category, and they are the individuals that you have to appeal to in order for your site to be listed. The easiest way...
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05th January 2007
They say once that you are listed in the Open Directory Project you will be listed everywhere else. This is because the open directory project is handled by humans who hand pick the sites that are listed. Google respects this and often automatically adds ...
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04th January 2007
A discussion about how offering free downloads on your site can help enhance organic SEO by encouraging users of the downloads to leave feedback on your site.
One of the easiest ways to create copious amounts of organic SEO is to offer free downloads. ...
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