Coming up with a great domain name gets more and more challenging by the day. Years ago, finding and registering a short domain name was easy. A good domain name containing your keywords is an excellent start in your search engine optimization efforts. Domain Hunter is a cool tool that helps you identify domains available based on searched keywords in Overture. So, rather … [Read more...] about Domain Search Tool
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Big Boys Getting SEO’d
If you are still waiting by the sidelines wondering if SEO is worth going for, you'd better move fast. In just the last couple days, big players with big budgets announced their SEO plans. The first is news publisher Forbes who announced their search engine ranking plans as reported by AdWeek. The second case surprisingly is a company owned by Microsoft. As reported by … [Read more...] about Big Boys Getting SEO’d
The Ongoing Debate: Developing Better Optimized Content vs. Aggressive Link Building
This is the age-old debate (since the relatively recent birth of search engines): Should you work on creating a great quality site that’s so good that people will want to link to or should you focus your energies on a linking campaign? In some SEO circles, this debate can get pretty heated. My take on this debate is you should do BOTH. While it’s great to expend all … [Read more...] about The Ongoing Debate: Developing Better Optimized Content vs. Aggressive Link Building
Optimized URLs For Search Engine Rankings
Your site URL plays an important role in several areas: Branding - If you provide products and/or services, having a easily identifiable name helps associate that product or service with your company. Let's say you provide travel information. By having a URL like travel.com, you instantly brand yourself with that service and become an authority. Of course, URLs like … [Read more...] about Optimized URLs For Search Engine Rankings
What is Anchor Text & How are Links Important to Search Engine Rankings?
Link text or anchor text is the text that’s hyperlinked with the URL of your site. They are usually descriptive in nature of the site being linked to. For example: If you want to achieve higher online sales, Search Engine Optimization is a great way to accomplish this goal. In this case, Search Engine Optimization is the anchor text. You will see the link by hovering … [Read more...] about What is Anchor Text & How are Links Important to Search Engine Rankings?