Are You Testing Your Website For All Browsers?
Are you aware that every web browser looks at your website a little differently? It's true. What happens through the Firefox browser doesn't necessarily happen through the Chrome or Internet Explorer browser. Of course, every browser looks at the basic information - text, graphics - about the same. The problem is that they all carry different resolutions and specific nuances of command, especially with regard to elements like CSS and JavaScript. You may need to give specific browsers special commands within your website code so that they'll read what you want them to read correctly. So how many different browsers are there? Here are the top ones: Firefox Internet Explorer Safari Chrome Opera Mozilla SeaMonkey Konquerer Camino There are a few others out there but they are not important enough to worry about. Test your website CLICK HERE TO READ MORE...
Boston SEO Workshops announced by Boston SEO Firm Brick Marketing
Boston SEO firm, Brick Marketing will be introducing a series of internet marketing workshops scheduled. Brick Marketing will be holding these Boston area SEO workshops aimed at allowing business owners to take their business online by teaching the basics to get them started with everything from SEO, email marketing, blogging, social media marketing and much more. The upcoming events will give Boston area business owners the understanding on how to successfully have their business website optimized in order to generate more online business through organic search. Brick Marketing president, Nick Stamoulis will be teaching topics from SEO to blogging, social media marketing and much more. This Boston area SEO marketing event will be broken up into two sessions offering a Q&A along with time for CLICK HERE TO READ MORE...
Does Your Headline Kick Ass?
Headlines are one of the most important pieces of online content. Whether you are talking about web page headlines or blog headlines, you want your headline to stand out, grab people's attention, and be optimized for your keywords. Can you write a headline that does all three? I think you can. Remember to put your keyword as close to the front of the headline as possible, but that's not all there is to it. You also want your headline to be memorable. You want it to reach into your readers' guts and yank out an intestine. OK, that's gross, but it should have that effect. If it doesn't touch your reader then chances are you won't have any readers. Writing a headline that kicks ass is CLICK HERE TO READ MORE...
Google’s Search-Based Keyword Tool: A Nice Way To Find Missed Opportunities
Thanks to Josh Fialkoff for commenting on yesterday's post about Google's Search-based keyword tool. This tool is mostly good for using to optimize your pay-per-click campaigns, but you can use it for search too. What it does is analyze your website, or specific pages on your website, to help you uncover keywords that you can target but may not be targeting. In other words, you can discover missed opportunities. What you do is type your website URL into the first field and your most important keywords into the second field. The tool works best if you limit your keywords to a tight keyword group then the Google Search-based Keyword Tool will return a list of related keywords that can target. Those keywords CLICK HERE TO READ MORE...
How Many Tools Do You Need To Run A Website?
Webmasters love tools, but how many do you need? Do you need every single tool available or can you get by with just a few. Search Engine Optimization Journal has compiled a list of essential webmaster tools - the ones you can't get by without: Keyword Research Tool - You can spend thousands of dollars on some fancy gadget with bells and whistles or you can opt for the free version that does the job. Google's Keyword Research Tool works for everyone. Link Popularity Check - You'll need to check your link popularity from time to time. Again, you don't need a bunch of fancy tools with bells and whistles. Marketleap not only reports your link popularity but it also tells you what CLICK HERE TO READ MORE...
What If The SEO Doesn’t Work?
So you've built your website and you've SEOd it to the hilt, but what if it doesn't work? First, you have to determine why it isn't working, if it is indeed not working. One mistake new webmasters make when they don't see instant results is to assume that it isn't working. But quality search engine optimization takes time. If you don't see results from your SEO you might want to wait awhile to see if it actually isn't working because you may not have given it enough time. But let's say you've waited a good six months and you don't have any pages indexed at any of the search engines. What could be the problem? Honestly, it could be any number of things: Do you have a CLICK HERE TO READ MORE...
Quick Tip: Plurals Vs. Singular Forms Of Keywords
Don't assume that if you use the singular form of your keyword that it will also cover the plural. That is likely not the case. I have tested this several times. You can rank well for the singular form of a keyword and not so well for the plural. If you really want to rank well for both then you should target both simultaneously. There are several ways you can do that: You can make one your primary keyword and the other your secondary You can use a blog to target each keyword in separate blog posts over a period of time You can use articles to market your website and use each keyword as anchor text in your author resource box links Similarly, in your directory submissions and CLICK HERE TO READ MORE...



