Archive for June, 2008
Link Bait - What Is It? How To Do It?
One of the most powerful and long lasting ways to get incoming links to your website is to utilize write great content that other webmasters would want to link to. A shorter term for describing this is “Link Bait”. A well written or authority article can bring in a lot of traffic as other respectable websites are more likely to give you credit for it and link to it then rewrite it and pass it off as their idea. Link Bait articles are the ones that blow up on social bookmarking sites most commonly, whether that was the intent of the writer or not.
50 Article Directories That Always Approve
Article directories allow you to gain some excellent links back to your website in a contextual setting. Instead of using the authors box to simply list your name, you are allowed to put an anchor text link back to any site you choose as long as it doesn’t break any terms that the directory has laid out.
Don’t Confuse Page Rank For Progress
One of the first things that those new to the world of SEO and blogging do is jump on the Page Rank band wagon. What was once a very powerful tool, no does more for those trying to market to new SEO and bloggers than for those trying to learn. Nearly any website that writes about PageRank and doesn’t explain the following, is doing so to make money off of your visit, and they’ve succeeded.
Utilizing Google Webmasters Tools - Part 3
Links
The links tab provides you with plenty of great options to help you see what links Google can see internally and externally. There are three different options within this tab.
Utilizing Google Webmasters Tools - Part 2
Diagnostics
The diagnostics area of Google webmasters tools shows you detailed information for fixing errors or problems caused by a regular Googlebot crawl, a mobile Googlebot crawl, or content related issues.
Utilizing Google Webmasters Tools - Part 1
Google provides a series of great tools for SEO at absolutely no cost. Considering that Google is easily the strongest search engine that drives the most traffic, it’s always a good idea to utilize some of the free tool that they offer. After all, their bat, their ball.
How To Properly Use Robots.txt
Robots.txt is a specific file that can be placed in any folder of a website to dictate the interaction that specific website has with search engine robots and spiders. Using the robots.txt file to do such is part of the robots exclusion standard (also known as the robots exclusion protocol). Robots.txt is not mandatory for search engine robots to follow, but in general practice, they do follow them to set a standard.
Join A Blog Network?
Joining a blog network can be very beneficial for your site, but not a lot of them can actually bring you the benefit that you need for it to be worth it. You’ve often got to give up a little bit of freedom to conform to their rules, but then your content hits their sites and those affiliated with it.
Google Adsense And Firefox Referral Programs
By now you’re probably pretty well acquainted with adsense and how it works as a contextually based ad generation service. But have you had a chance to look into their referral program?
List Of 100 PR 5 - PR 8 Directories
If done correctly, directory submissions can be a very powerful tool. Although you could easily submit your website to every directory out there, it’s always good to aim for the ones with established niches and next to no ads. Paid directories should almost always be avoided as few of them offer the value that their fee demands. Below you will find a list of basic directories to use. Feel free to add to it in the comments section:
