Friday, April 06, 2007

Search Engine Optimization Off Page Techniques

Search engine optimization of course is the process of optimizing your website and external Internet factors in such a way that search engines will rank you positively according to your selected keywords. So what are the best search engine optimizations off page techniques for you to use?

The bottom line the search engine optimization, especially off page, is that an efficient linking tactic other websites with a similar keyword arrangement as yours should be linking in to your webpage. These links should hypothetically the text anchor links with one or more of your keywords used within the text anchor link and not all of your text anchor links should have accurately the same text -- they should have a normal linking structure.

So what are some of the most general off page search engine optimization techniques?

1. The first search engine optimization off page method is that of exchanging links with other webmasters of related webpage’s (similar webpage’s with similar keyword content). To do this make contact with each of the webmasters of the top 30 websites that rank in search engines for your precise keywords and offer to put a link to their website on your website, if they will do the same for you.

2. The second search engine optimization off page practice is that of submitting your URL to the various online Web directories using a text anchor for the title, and specially being placed on it page with a related theme to category as your website.

3. The third search engine optimization off page procedure is that of writing articles, including links to your website (text anchor links) and submitting these articles to the various online article directories, mainly those with higher traffic or higher page rankings.

Friday, March 23, 2007

Search Engine Optimization - Website Visibility Optimization

I get a lot of questions about SEO or search engine optimization. A lot of people and companies want their web site at the top of the search engines, and so, by association, they think SEO will do it for them, and to some extent it will. But, SEO is a blanket term, with a number of newly evolving ideas and techniques that is a bit of a misnomer. Instead of focusing solely on a ranking in a search result, which is still very powerful and one of the best ways to gain consistent quality traffic, SEO is quickly involving creative marketing and PR techniques to gain viral traffic using various social media and social book marking outlets.

I propose we reanalyze what you, our web design and internet marketing clients really want. What do you want? Search engine rankings are just a step, a means to an end. The final goal of SEO is to send droves of quality, targeted visitors to your site, by ranking well. PPC accounts can also send lots of quality visitors instantly, for (at least initially) less then the cost of an “SEO” campaign. So you want quality visitors. People to visit your site, read your information, purchase or click on your advertising. That’s what you really want.

I purpose we rename SEO to WVO… Website Visibility Optimization.
In their article “SEO as Website Positioning Strategy? - Updated” Emergence Media observes the same. But, they have a different name in mind… Website Positioning Strategy. The great article goes in depth on the types of strategies involved in orchestrating and manipulating your website’s positioning online.

In addition to Emergence’s suggestions, I believe there needs to be a greater concentration, from the ground up, to build standards based sites and designs that are easily index-able and accessible. There needs to be more concentration on the foundation of a site as a facilitator of great rankings. Like a home, everything rests on that initial foundation.

So what does WVO involve? It involves:
Site Construction (Proper, Appropriate Coding) Continued Content Generation (probably through a site blog) Community Involvement (participation in online communities related to your industry/web) Offline PR Efforts with an emphasis on online link building (charitable events, Press Releases, etc.) No matter what we call it, the changing landscape of SEO and the tactics used to drive traffic and gain search rankings is a positive and rewarding experience for both the authors of sites as well as their visitors. And, by keeping your website visibility optimization or website positioning strategy in mind from the beginning you will be better prepared for success online.

Wednesday, March 14, 2007

HTML and Search Engine Optimization

When it comes to search engine optimization there is a lot of information available, some accurate, some not. If you really want to know what is going on regarding your website and how to best optimize it for good results with the search engines, you need to do some SEO research.

Review the following suggestions and above all get your information verified from a variety of sites, don’t just take one site’s information as the truth and run with it because you could be running in the wrong direction.

-Frames Equal Death

If you are using frames on your website then your website is dead in the water when it comes to search engines. Frames cannot be indexed by the majority of search engines. Obviously this is bad because you want to be indexed by the search engines so eliminating frames from your website or building a new website without frames should be one of your major goals.

-No HTML Links

If you do not have HTML links on your site, but rather are using an image map from your homepage to your other pages then you might simply be asking the search engines to ignore these other web pages and these more than likely have some of your website’s most important information. If you are not using HTML links, start doing so, and bring your web page rankings in the search engines back to life.

-URL

Your URL is important and it is what will direct people to your website. However, if you include a "?" in your URL you are causing problems for many search engines. By using "?" in your URL formatting, you may be ignored and not indexed by the search engines. Do your best to keep the "?" symbol out of your URL and use keywords instead.

-No Links

If you do not have links to your website throughout the Internet, you are not maximizing your website's true potential. To solve this problem, all you have to do is simply get other websites to link to your site. This can easily be done through reciprocal linking and the search engines will pick up your webpages and index them.

-No Keywords

If you do not optimize your website with keywords you will have some major problems when it comes to getting targeted search engine traffic. Search engines use keywords as a method to weigh your website against others so be sure to know your important keywords and include them in the content of your website.

Now that you have some information on search engine optimization and what you need to do to increase your targeted search engine traffic, get started optimizing you website so you can enjoy being ranked higher in the search results and ultimately boost your income.

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Tuesday, March 13, 2007

what are the techniques to improve link popularity (Back links)

Submit to Directories
There are a lot of free web directories on the net now and there are an equal number of sites that list free web directories.So your first step should be to visit every directory and submit your link to every free web directory you can find.

Link Exchanges
If you are taking part in reciprocal link exchanges it is important that you 1) Exchange links only with related sites. If a site has nothing to do with your site a reciprocal backlink from it will serve little to no purpose and 2) Do not mass mail webmasters. If there is one thing that will guarantee i will ignore you it is if i receive an email that has been BCC’ed to a thousand other webmasters. You could also get other webmaster to ask for a link exchange by putting a contact form on your site and letting people know you are open for link exchanges.

Link Baiting
Link baiting is when you post something controversial, a flame or something very interesting on your site with the intention of getting people to blog about it or post it on forums. Link baiting is sometimes seen as “spam” but take no notice of that, It’s not, People are choosing to link to you, It’s upto them.

Providing Quality Content
This is my favorite way to get backlinks. Make a good site with good content. If there is one thing people like, and like to link to, it is a good site.

Posting on forums
I am hesitant to include this suggestion, But i will, and i will explain exactly what i mean.When i say by posting on forums read it as `join a forum and contribute`. It does not mean join a forum, spam your link 50 times and then leave. Most forums allow you to include a signature in your posts so it’s an easy way to get backlinks. If you become a trusted regular poster it will also mean you get a lot of traffic from these backlinks. Spamming not only make you look like an amateur, But it will be deleted that same day by a moderator, Probably before a google bot even gets to see it.

RSS Feeds
RSS feeds allow you to syndicate your content. This means other sites display your content on their pages via a feed which includes a backlink to the original article or page. So you could syndicate us

Submit Articles
If you know a lot about the area you work in (as you should) then writing articles could be very beneficial. Every time you write and submit an article that is one backlink, and the good thing about articles is they are often copied and used on other article sites, sent in news letters or posted on forums, Each time this happens you get another backlink.

Provide a link to me code
Put a page on your site that contains link to me code. This will be HTML code that people just have to cut and paste into their site to link to you. But don’t use all text. Provide a few banners, some buttons, Be creative. Sometimes if people are trying to find filler for their site they will be more than happy to include your sexy looking banner or button on their page.
The trick is to make it easy for people to link to you.

Buy Text Links
If you have money set aside for your advertising you can also Buy Text Links from companies such as LinkWorth, Also good if you want to make money and sell text links.

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Sunday, February 04, 2007

Link Building Strategies That Work

There are a number of ideas about what are the best ways to promote a website and about the best ways to attract more visitors to a website. In my opinion, it is important to start up a link building campaign to increase the number of websites which have a link to your site on their site. This is one proven method which has been successful in achieving high rankings for many different sites, however there are some important factors to keep in mind when attempting to build up this link network.

If you have a new site and are desperate to achieve top rankings on the top search engines such as google, think again. Most of these search engines will probably not give your new site a high ranking until it has become established. This is where the age of the domain is important. You can not in reality expect to be placed in a higher search position than a site which has been around for eight years and which has been building up links, during this period. This is where patience is required, you should see your site as something which is going to be online for a long time and hopefully in time, some of the other sites that you are competing with will have dropped out etc.

This is the same attitude that should be applied when building up the number of backward links pointing to your site. Going from only a few, to a few thousand in a short space of time may not be the best idea. Regular increases are in my opinion the way to go and quality is just as important as quantity. Decide the ways in which you are planning to obtain your backward links and try to ensure that you obtain roughly the same amount each month, where possible of course. Over a long period of time this strategy is sure to pay dividends and your search engine position should steadily improve. You will then have an authority site, which all new sites will be aspiring to compete with. Like many areas of life we do not really want to wait for our success and want immediate rewards, such as high rankings. On some search engines this may be possible but on most it will require hard work and this type of patience.

The links that you obtain should where possible be from sites which are in a similar industry or subject matter, to your own site. This is a lot easier said than done however. If your site is very well written, optimised and of use to a large number of people, you may well receive links on other sites without the need to request the link. This is of course exactly what you want and is why it is important to spend time thinking of how your site is written and presented.

A good way of obtaining a link to your site is to write a reference or testimonial to owners of other sites with which you have had dealings with. Offer to write them this testimonial which of course will be of great benefit to them, on the understanding that they will include a link back to your site at the bottom.

I personally concentrate on obtaining one-way links as I believe these to have the most value. One way I do this is by writing articles such as the one you are reading. There are a great number of benefits of writing articles which can be read at most of the article directories such as ezinearticles. I would certainly recommend it to other people who are thinking of starting up a link building campaign.

Saturday, February 03, 2007

The Basics of Search Engine Optimisation

I am sure that it will surprise some people to hear me say that Search Engine Optimization isn’t rocket science! Although it can feel complicated at times the aim is simply to ensure that your website is presented in the way search engines like and ultimately that your visitors will like!

At the end of the day Search Engines always try to give users whatever they can find that is relevant to their search. You need to appreciate that the majority of Search Engines don’t work by moving the good stuff towards the top. What they do instead is to try to push the bad stuff towards the bottom, and hope that what’s good will ‘float up’. It is a frequently repeated truth that Content is King and good content which is well written and which is sprinkled with the appropriate keywords can get you good search engine rankings. This not only brings visitors to your site but also feeds the search engine spiders and crawlers. It is impossible to emphasise enough how well written and relevant content is key to good SEO.

One of the fast way to develop good content is to generate a series of articles regarding your topic. These items are very powerful in the world of SEO Services because they provide your visitors with something to read and they allow you to feature in the Search Engine results for some key words that you normally wouldn’t. Let’s say you are managing a website for Genealogists. A well written article about using a particular genealogy tool is more likely to generate a high position in the search results for “genealogy tools” than your home page. Therefore, if you write articles relevant to your subject but in more depth than you can put on your home page, you will find that you will benefit enormously.

Take a look at the sites that currently rank high on the search engines for your keywords or indeed for any keywords and you will generally find that they have simple designs with graphics that use minimal bandwidth, and they are generally easy to navigate. Simple, clean designs are what both search engine crawlers and search engine users like, as it lets them get the content they want without a lot of peripheral “fluff”. This is what you should be aiming to achieve with your website.

Of course some websites will be ranked highly in search engines, even though their designs make them difficult to read and navigate. If the content of a site is relevant to what people are searching for then that’s all that matters to a search engine. However, it’s preferable to have a site that is user friendly and easy to navigate if you want to encourage return visitors.

Let’s think about meta tags, keywords, descriptions, and titles. These are all important elements, even if they are not what will make or break your site. Whilst important they are just one part of your strategy. These elements need to be compelling and sprinkled with your keywords, as this will entice users to click through from the search results page to your website. It’s best to start off slowly, gradually adding things in as you learn.

If you have any questions and you don’t know where to go, then check out some of the forums on the subject. To do this you just need to go to your favourite search engine and do a search for ‘seo forum’. The people on these forums are generally more than happy to answer your questions, or direct you to someone who can answer your question if they can’t. Remember to be patient with yourself: learning something new takes time and effort, and Search Engine Optimization is no different.

Thursday, February 01, 2007

Professional SEO Services

Companies offering the professional SEO services use only the best practices in the industry – none of the unethical tactics that many underhanded firms use. The services of these professionals may cost a little more, but their expertise can ensure a longer-lasting search engine ‘health’ for your Web site and therefore multiply your revenues exponentially.

Professional SEO techniques

Selection of an optimum domain name. Few realize it, but your domain name and URL greatly affect your site’s positioning in directories and search engines. Companies that offer professional SEO services help you research and choose a name.

Copywriting. Professional SEO service providers understand that search engine ‘robots’ index your site based on machine-readable text and HTML tags. They also know that editors of industry-specific directories review the relevance and uniqueness of your site in deciding whether or not to link you. Most importantly, they understand that customers and potential buyers base their purchasing decisions on your marketing copy. That is why these professional SEO companies have copywriters to skillfully integrate profitable keyword into your content.

Tags. Meta tags, title tags and description tags all play an important role in SEO. Professional SEO companies can set up your site’s indexable titles, descriptions, headings, and alternate tags. They use specific numbers of words for specific indexable sections while maintaining the section’s persuasiveness and receptiveness to qualified traffic. Professional SEO companies also expertly label your images with optimized image tags that appear when you mouse over the image.

Site maps. Finally, professional SEO companies take care of your sites link network, and clean up your hypertext links so that search spiders have ample threads to follow and register. They also structure your site map both for search spiders and site visitors. The site map must contain a cataloged inventory of all your site’s pages and must be linked from the home page.

Affordable SEO Services

Affordable SEO services is almost synonymous with ‘ineffective SEO services’ these days, but thanks to a few good but cheap companies that actually deliver, this reputation is quickly changing. Good but affordable SEO companies can give you real value for your money. Here are some of the many things they can do for your Web site.

Affordable content. Good SEO companies will be able to provide you professional website content that contains all the right keywords in the right densities. They will be able to study your market and then improve your appeal to that market through words. The content they provide is professionally-written. It follows all the correct grammatical rules of standard English, and is very readable and interesting.

Affordable Web site restructuring. SEO companies that offer good services for a low price are also able to perform all standard coding techniques to optimize your site for search engine algorithms. They must be able to create clean HTML codes for your site fix your sitemap, set up a better navigation panel, create RSS feeds and ROR files, for example.

Affordable linking and submission. Good SEO companies must also be able to submit your site to the most relevant search engines and directories, plus evaluate and logically expand your link base – all for a reasonable cost.

Cheap services that do not work

Some sketchy SEO companies claim to have the ability improve your search engine ranking overnight. They do this by employing unethical SEO practices including keyword stuffing (which, incidentally, does not anymore work). Some even go as far as to place ‘hidden’ text on your pages – text that is written in the same color as the page’s background. Many poor quality SEO companies also use link farms and even spam search engines. Remember that while these tactics can get you top rankings initially, search engines will likely catch up and reprimand you in no time. Your site can get suspended and even banned, costing you even more money. As with anything, you get what you pay for.

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