Tag: SEO

I haven't met two small business owners in a meeting where one doesn't ask how to get his or her site to the top of the Google search results list. There are transparent reasons for wanting to be first: you get more clicks, your business seems important, clicks convert into business, and your Internet traffic can skyrocket. What's the magic formula for getting to the top? There is no magic formula ...

Let's just ignore that whole babysitting, paper routes and mowing the lawn genre that makes most teenagers a little spending money. SEO has increasingly become an area where teens can report on what they like (or dislike). Chloe Spencer stopped by the BlogHer Conference to talk a little about her venture into the world of SEO, Blogs, and Google AdSense. Chloe started a website called the ...

If you are just getting into the whole Search Engine Optimization world, or want to learn a bit about some common phrases that are spoken when it comes to designing websites that speak to Search Engines, we have a guide for you! This alphabetical guide put together by an SEOmoz visitor lists out each optimization term with descriptions of search terms from 301, affiliate, click fraud, doorway ...

"And we want to be on the first page of Google," another new client said matter-of-factly, as the after-thought of our Web design meeting. I nodded, inhaled, and began my spiel. "What are your stats now?" I asked, although I knew the answer. Many small businesses don't review their site stats, don't know how to view them online and can't really interpret them, but all Web site rebuilding plans ...

Is it difficult to find the best websites with search engines or directories? Dfinitive thinks it can help. As it currently stands, Dfinitive looks as if it is recreating the famous DMOZ open directory project by trying to take the best elements of a directory site, search engine and a bookmarking site and teaming it up with a mix of experts in the areas they feel are lacking. Dfinitive plans to ...

Search keywords are very important, most recently illustrated by utube.com owner Ralph Girkins. He complains that YouTube is ruining his website's business. Universal Tube and Rollerform Equipment Corp (his company) can't seem to conduct business because the popular video sharing site is hogging the spotlight. From what he said in an interview, it sounds like he doesn't know how to optimize his ...

In this issue of Googleholic we cover: Gmail Keyboard Shortcuts Google Video in Japan Government to be trained on SEO Pictures of Google's China Office Google is targeting the $10 Billion local ad business Continue reading Friday's Googleholic... ...

File this under "somewhat suspicious." SEOmoz, a Seattle-based search engine optimization company, has their Web 2.0 award winners available. I say it's somewhat suspicious because 1) who cares what SEOmoz thinks, and 2) there's no year associated with the awards. Clearly these aren't from 1998, but even going to nominate next year's candidates doesn't give you a year. Maybe this is all a ruse, ...

Alessandro Fulciniti at Web-Graphics has collected his top 20 bookmarks of 2005. They're all, of course, web development links with a focus on CSS and JavaScript with some design, typography, AJAX, and search engine optimization thrown in. Every one is a must-read for anyone doing web development in 2006. ...

Search Engine Optimization is all but a dirty phrase these days, but SEOpen is a neat Firefox extension regardless. It puts at your fingertips rank, traffic, and incoming links information from more than a dozen sites, including Google, Yahoo, MSN, and Alexa. SEOpen also gives you access to other information like WHOIS data and HTTP response headers, all from one right-click menu. ...