Do Directories Still Provide Valuable Links?
Online directories have long been a good source of links for webmasters. But with the advent of other link building strategies like social media marketing, online publicity, social networking, article marketing, bookmarking and viral marketing, how does directory submission stack up? Directory submissions aren't what they used to be, but they're still good. You have to shop around for the right directories, but once you find a handful of directories worth submitting to, it's well worth the effort to go through. After all, directories usually provide anywhere from PR 2 links on up to PR 8. If you submit to DMOZ then you can get a PR 8 link, which is nothing to sneeze at. But the best way to go about directory submissions for most CLICK HERE TO READ MORE...
How To Go Viral On National TV
Rand Fishkin, one of the leading search engine optimization experts and owner of SEOmoz, recently went viral in a way most online entrepreneurs can only dream of. He appeared on Oprah. It started when Rand proposed to his girlfriend Geraldine on her favorite show, Veronica Mars. Then Oprah found out and invited both of them to be on her show prior to Valentine's Day to talk about love. The story has been all over the Internet for the last couple of days. So what's the story here? If you want to go viral you need to get a name like Rand Fishkin? No. That's not it. How about this: Do something outrageous. Like propose to your girlfriend on her CLICK HERE TO READ MORE...
Will Semantic Language Replace Keyword-Based Content
The race is on for semantic language search. Already, some search engines are employing this technology. Google is one of them. But will semantic language ever replace keyword-based content? First, let's define semantic language indexing. This is a form of indexing that allows search engines to determine what a web page is about just by looking at other elements on the page. Usually, related words and phrases will give clues. For instance, if you are writing about screwdrivers then the search robots will be able to tell whether you are referring to handyman tools or mixed drinks based on the rest of your content. Do you mention orange juice? How about ice cubes? Then it's mixed drinks. But if your web page doesn't contain either of CLICK HERE TO READ MORE...
Is Optimization On Large Sites Different Than SEO For Small Sites?
Large websites and smaller websites differ in a number of ways, not just in quantity of content. To be sure, quality of content, regardless of your site's size, is the most important thing. But is it any different optimizing a large site than optimizing a smaller site? I think so. One of the most important differences between large sites and small sites is infrastructure. Your internal linking strategy will be different and evolve as you grow from a small site to a large site. If you only have five web pages to index and rank then that is much less to manage than 1,000 pages. Each page may link to every other page on your website and that will help you. Having 999 inbound links from CLICK HERE TO READ MORE...
Should You Redesign Your WordPress Theme?
WordPress is a popular blogging platform that is not only growing in popularity but that is also the most popular blogging platform outside of Blogger.com. One of the most important principles you should consider for any website is originality. Off-the-shelf WordPress themes offer bloggers and companies who want a company blog a chance to have a good design theme without any cost or a lot of fanfare. Unfortunately, off-the-shelf themes do not offer much originality. But that is the least of the issues you should consider when deciding whether or not to redesign your blog theme. More important than original design is how well search engine optimized your theme is and even more important than that...great quality, relevant content. Originality is important but if you have CLICK HERE TO READ MORE...
Why Outbound Links Are More Important For Your New Site Than Inbound Links
New webmasters often spend so much time fretting over gaining inbound links that they forget about or totally ignore the value of outbound links. But for new sites, outbound links are infinitely more important. First, they connect you to the wider Web and give you social proof. Since the search engines crawl links to go from one page to another, all you need is one inbound link to your website to get the whole thing crawled. But outbound links tell just as much about your site as the inbound links. They tell the search engines that you are willing to provide valuable information for your visitors and that you aren't just in it for the value to yourself. Outbound links show up referrer logs. Because most webmasters CLICK HERE TO READ MORE...
How Google Friend Connect Can Help With SEO
Google Friend Connect and Facebook Connect have gone to war. Many savvy webmasters have opted to use Google Friend Connect and there's a very good reason why you should. In fact, there are several reasons why you should, but there is one really good feature that allows you to improve the search engine optimization of your website throughout your site. That one feature that will make many websites a virtual hotbed of social activity is the comment box. The comment box in Google Friend Connect can help you in two very important ways: Allow others to comment on your website - It allows others to leave comments on specific pages of your website. Those comments will serve to help you optimize your content and rank in the CLICK HERE TO READ MORE...
The Search Engine Optimization (SEO) Journal is Written by SEO Expert:
Nick Stamoulis
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