The word cloaking in SEO for some brings about negative connotations. This technique if used correctly, however, serves its purpose and won't get you banned. Here's the Definitive Guide to Cloaking. … [Read more...] about A Cloaking Primer
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Estimated Click Rates for Top 10 Search Results
Ever wonder what number of clicks you can expect for position #3 in Yahoo or #7 in MSN? Wonder no more... SEO Scoop derived data for Click-Through-Rates (CTR) of top 10 search results based on data from AOL. Total Searches:9,038,794 Total Clicks: 4,926,623 Click Rank1: 2,075,765 Click Rank2: 586,100 = 3.5x less Click Rank3: 418,643 = 4.9x less Click Rank4: … [Read more...] about Estimated Click Rates for Top 10 Search Results
My Favorite Collection of Search Research Tools
Whois and Reverse IP Lookup: Whois Web Hosting Info - This tool not only allows you to check domain whois, you can also use it to do a reverse IP lookup. All without logging in! Keyword Research: Overture and Google Keyword Suggestion Tool - Combo keyword tool to gives the searcher one-click access to all the popular free keyword research tools in the market. Great … [Read more...] about My Favorite Collection of Search Research Tools
Article Marketing Works!
Just checked my stats and found a surge in traffic from an article that was written several months ago (Secrets to Successful Blogging), got syndicated on a site picked up by Google News yesterday. The traffic surge continued till this evening when the news was refreshed again. Article syndication has proven in this case to not only be excellent for SEO, but also for … [Read more...] about Article Marketing Works!
Google Ban Checker Tool
Big G already notifies select webmasters of issues that lead to penalization in their search engine through their Sitemaps program. Webmasters using obvious spammy techniques will not be notified under their Sitemap program. In addition to using the Google Sitemaps tool to see if a site's been banned from Big G, there's a free software tool available that runs right from … [Read more...] about Google Ban Checker Tool