When considering optimizing your site, obtaining quality, inbound links from established, high quality sites is a must for long term search engine rankings to take hold. Some factors to look for (in no particular order of importance): Age of domain High on relevant content Easily-indexed pages (minimal use of dynamic linking) Trustworthiness (TrustRank) The age of … [Read more...] about The Value of Domains in SEO
Google Adwords Keyword Suggestion Tool
Google just released the AdWords Keyword Suggestion Tool [users must be logged for the link to work]. The Google Adwords Keyword Suggestion Tool features: Keyword list sorting. Sort the results of your keyword search by popularity, performance history within the AdWords system, cost, and predicted ad position. Easy keyword manipulation. Select a few keywords here and … [Read more...] about Google Adwords Keyword Suggestion Tool
Splogs Clogging Up Blog Search
The Wall Street Journal reported how the rise of spam blogs called splogs are affecting the search results. Technorati says that between 2% to 8% of the 70,000 blogs created daily are phony blogs. These splogs promote anything sites like online casinos and pornography and are filled with keywords that help them rank in blog search. They also place Google Adsense to … [Read more...] about Splogs Clogging Up Blog Search
Exploding Web Growth
According to NetCraft, a October 2005 survey yielded responses from 74,409,971 sites. During the height of the dot-com boom in 2000, the annual mark of 16 million. In comparison, 2005 added 17.5 million sites, the strongest year ever. While the dot-com bubble may have burst, the interest and involvement of people and businesses in all things online is at an all-time high. … [Read more...] about Exploding Web Growth
SiteMaps – Key to Indexing Your Entire Site
I wrote in an previous post about what spiders were and how it plays a role in search engine results. I also discussed Google SiteMap use in getting your site indexed properly. While you can submit a Google sitemap and you can wait to be indexed, there are many other benefits to having a well-designed sitemap. Sitemaps are one of SEO's secret weapons because they allow the … [Read more...] about SiteMaps – Key to Indexing Your Entire Site