Archive for September, 2008
Why you should stay active with Twitter
Many people underestimate the power of Twitter. The fact is, using Twitter can not only be enjoyable but the benefit of having a large group of followers can be huge when you start pushing your website or articles that will help you get exposure.
Always Double Check Your SEO
Each month we continue to see the margins shrinking in the paid search market while the market itself continues to grow. That all seems to be stemming from the fact that competition isn’t really entering into the market as often as they should. The days when one company would battle another for their spot on the SERPS seems to have all but disappeared.
Holding SEO/SEM Responsible
There’s become an increasing issue in the world of SEO that has been crippling business for many individuals who aren’t doing in house work. That issue is credibility. The fact is, SEO is not an exact science. Nor is it something that one can get certified or accredited in any reputable manner.
Why Companies Shouldn’t Cut SEO
The economy has clearly seen better days. No one is going to argue that point. But the fact is that many companies are taking this crunch as a sign to cut corners. Not a bad idea overall, clearly money needs to be saved somewhere, but SEO is not the place for it.
Is Google Chrome A Threat?
We’ve been in the middle of a browser war for some time now. Internet Explorer, FireFox, and Safari have all been battling for our attention. But now that Google has entered the game, things may change drastically.
Will Google Suggest Change The Playing Field?
Google could very well be changing the entire SEO game on us very shortly thanks to their improvement on the Google Suggest tool. If you’re not already familiar with it, we’ve seen it very active in Google Chrome and every other Google toolbar out there as a way to offer up suggestions as to what the user is actually looking for. The Suggest tool manages to negate a lot of the issues that people had been having with entering in misspelled words and what not. This will specifically cut out those website owners that managed to make their site what it is today due to the use of misspelled domain names.
Optimize Your Website For Yahoo! Search
When building your site up with search engine optimization in mind, it’s easy to forget all the other sites that aren’t Google. Understandably so, as much of your search engine oriented traffic will be from the big G anyways. But for the amount of time it takes to put a little more focus into a few things, or even just add a few additional touches, you can make your site that much more appealing to the Yahoo! bot that will be crawling through your pages.
Optimize Your Website For MSN Live Search
MSN/Live is considered to be one of the most abused search engines currently operating. While i can bring you some traffic, it’s probably not going to compare to the traffic you receive from Google or Yahoo!. While this doesn’t mean you should ignore MSN/Live completely, you don’t need to tailor your focuses specifically to gaining visitors from their search engine. Much of what you do for other search engines will actually pay off just as well on MSN/Live, however there are a few tips that won’t hurt you to take advantage of for those extra few visitors you receive.
