Archive for 'SEO'

SEO Hitlist: Keywords, Links, Metatags, Content, Domains, URLs

From Webconfs.com, a 15-minute SEO overview titled “List of Best and Worst practices for designing a high traffic website.” It’s a great summary of SEO issues. The 15 minutes refers to the amount of time it will take to READ the article; implementation of all the suggestion will require somewhere between 3 weeks and …ummm […]

Key Word Cultivation

Keyword development is key to any SEO endeavor.
Mining keyword searches can also be valuable in product development. With very specific product searches, users (i.e. potential customers) are telling you EXACTLY what products and services they are looking for.
Check out these resources. Each offers different insights into keyword search and trends.

WordTracker

Yahoo
Microsoft(beta site: includes […]

Reality-based SEO

Excellent video from sagerock.com about what to expect from your SEO efforts.

SEO Basics

Key componants to Long-term search engine success:

Development of high-quality, keyword-rich content
Cultivation of inbound links from high-ranking sites
Submission to assorted directories
Taking “long tail” approach to traffic development
Addition of RSS feed componant to site (blogs are best/easiest solutions)
An assortment of other technical items

Content should be added on a regular basis. Web site are like food … they […]

Yahoo Supports NOODP Meta Tag. Will Offer NoYahoo Tag

Yahoo now supports NOODP tag.
Tag: <META NAME=”ROBOTS” CONTENT=”NOODP”>

This tag tells the engine not to replace my page title and description with the one used by my DMOZ listing. More info at Yahoo Search Blog
By placing the following meta tag…