Does SEO Still Really Work?

With the latest shake up (…or shall I say shut down?) of blog networks many marketers are starting to ask this question.

There have been such a lot of impact to SEO with recent changes and the websites of many very good marketers have tanked. That, in some cases, is years of work down the drain.

So what is the deal here? Continue reading

What Effects Will the Google Panda Updates Have?

Look out. The Google Panda is here and making impact.

Google’s latest algorithm update has changed things for seo marketers. Here are some of the key points of the changes.

On Page SEO is much more important than before. Get all your titles, tags and images labelled correctly. Go to Traffic Travis for free software to analyse your website.

Focus on social media backlinks which have been given a big boost in importance …and don’t forget to remember who you are working with and use Google Plus in the mix!

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Tips to Increase Ranking and Website Traffic

It is worth cataloging the basic principles to increase website traffic and search engine rankings.

  • Create a site with valuable content, products or services.
  • Place primary and secondary keywords within the first 25 words in your page content and spread them evenly throughout the document.
  • Research and use the right keywords/phrases to attract your target customers.
  • Use your keywords in the right fields and references within your web page. Like Title, META tags, Headers, etc.
  • Keep your site design simple so that your customers can navigate easily between web pages, find what they want and buy products and services. Continue reading

Use Keywords In Page Titles

It is recommended to use keywords in page titles itself.  The title tag is different from a Meta tag, but it’s worth considering it in relation to them. Whatever text you place in the title tag (between the <title> and </title> portions) will appear in the title bar of browsers when they view the web page. Some browsers also append whatever you put in the title tag by adding their own name, as for example Microsoft’s Internet Explorer or OPERA.

I recommend you use an SEO plugin for to do this easily. A good one to use for wordpress is Continue reading

Tools to Monitor Your Website

You can’t just put your website on the net with right keywords and all the right touches and expect your traffic and ranking will remain constant. As the web is an ever changing landscape, you have to keep track of your own web results like what is happening with the competition and also the best and highest ranked sites. There are many useful tools to help you find out what exactly is happening.

1. A tool which you can use to test your own website links or other websites for broken links:

http://home.snafu.de/tilman/xenulink.html

2. With this tool you can check search engines for the number of back links to your URL i.e. other web pages linking to your site: Continue reading

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