Make your posts link worthy

All of us want way more back links. That said, there are many strategies to getting links. From link baiting to paying for inclusion in directories. What makes a post link worthy, is top quality content and information people cannot find any where else. OK so do not be the weak link in the chain and polish up. Get your content to be as good as you can make it.

Best Practices in SEO

Times change, and we must change with them. Here are some of the best practices in SEO. They will help you rank high in the search engines. Please remember that some tactics that use to work fine in the old days - work no more.

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LINKS
TAGS

List of 100 top SEO forums

Here is the list of the 100 best SEO forums. True, many are old favorites, but you could see a few that are new. SEO is such a vast field that it is hard to keep in touch with all the latest developments. Of course, if you want to see what the future looks like, you can also see a Time Travel Forum.

Google wave

Catch this wave - come on in the water is fine. Dude, Google is like totally tubular, and I like some tasty waves. How do you eat a Google wave, there's no wrong wave.

Social Media

Getting familiar with new social media terms is max important as we move into an internet that is less focus on text reports, and more on user movies. The big problem I see is that user generated content is not given much value. For example, many sites like digg are nofollowing links. If a site does not appreciate my hard work, it is time to look some where else.

Youtube killing our internet

Youtube is now second biggest search engine after Google. However, the internet was design for text. It was never given the access to bandwidth necessary for streaming movies. Youtube videos are now HD. Well now that we consume movies in massive amounts, the internet is slowing down. In fact, TV over IP is killing our internet. The slowdowns are causing massive traffic jams on our information super highway. This means that we could one fine day no longer have an internet anymore.

SEO is rocket science

Google hired a former rocket scientist to work for them. This man is using conversions as his tool to makes sales improve. Well, we can all wonder about what new innovations we will soon see. I for one look forward to less spam.

increase CTR

The CTR is important as it is a component of your quality score. It helps determine how much adwords makes you pay. Please try to improve your advertisements so people believe your promise. Here are five ways to increase your click through ratio in pay per click.

OK remember to have interesting keywords and make your copy exciting. The user will often be hunting for information before they decide to purchase a product from your page. If you make your ad fun, then this will increase your CTR.

Importance of Pagerank

Often people wonder what pagerank is used for. The answer is to decide which web pages rank at top for a search term. That said, there are many variables to the algorithm. Google has told us that links are important. However, high PR links carry much more weight.

SEO is free no more

At one time it did not take much work to be position one in the search engines. Those days are over. People, there asin't no such thing as free seo. OK as we all should know by now. SEO requires hard work, and lots of time. Therefore, time is money. Although SEO is more cost effective than PPC, it is by no means FREE.

SEO vs PPC

SEO means Search Engine Optimization. Whereas PPC means Pay Per Click. Short term PPC will get you traffic. However, it is very expensive. SEO can get you low cost traffic, but it requires a lot of hard work on you. SEO vs PPC is a way to compare these two ways.

seeing RED

CNN uses a lot of red in their background. Also, MSNBC uses a lot of dark red, actually maroon. People, this is hard on the eyes. They should switch to a blue back to go easier on eyes. There is one trick to increase your traffic - improve user experience.

HTML Sitemaps

OK one secret of SEO is to have a sitemap for your pages. HTML Sitemaps help get better SEO rank for your pages. The reason is that search engines use HTML Sitemaps is to find your pages.

SEO in Keyword Research Backtype

SEO Backtype is a new tool people in Keyword Research need to learn. What we have now is a googleverse that you need to be a part of. Real time search is big now.

Google now indexes Youtube captions

All SEO experts need to stay on top of their game. Google is now indexing Youtube captions. This will make it easier to search for your mini movie. However, you can now use SEO to improve your ranking in new ways.

Web Analytics

There is much data to mine. It will show you where more profits can come. The key is to push your star products. Charting a course using Web Analytics can allow you to see which areas are more productive, and let you save money. OK many people use the 95-5 rule. That is 95% of your products generate 5% of your profit and that tiny 5% star product generate the big bulk 95% of your money.

It is important to use web analytics to find ways to make your stars improve. This way you can cut out the dogs and focus on a few cash cows.

US economic recession worsens

How can we tell? Well, minimum PPC is lower, as in a penny. It use to be a nickel and was raise up a dime, and was rising. However, now I can bid one penny. Actually, with our recession many use SEO to save money.

The key with SEO is keywords. People use SEO to get website traffic, which causes more sales, and increases your money.

Meta tags gone

Back in the day I would create meta tags for my new pages to tell search engines what they were. Google now says meta tag keywords have no value. This is so very grim. I am sad to see meta tags go.

It is because spammers did abuse the meta tags. However, just because one man like George Adamski say he met blond UFO aliens and went to venus in a flying saucer. Well, I do not throw away all eye witness testimony. OK as I always say, consider the source.

Google Suggest

OK you can use Google Suggest to find easy links and get traffic. This is a great tool from Google. It is free and max easy to use. Try out Google Suggest today.

Hey is social media killing print magazines?

There is proof that social media is killing print magazines. Sadly, for the world of news, newspapers are going to soon be joining the dodo bird in the extinct column. Hey, guess that means more work for us SEO bloggers. Those big city papers are like the books at the library. It is not cool to be seen viewing one.

Deep Link

I like to get people to deep link to my site. Lets face it. The front page is full of clutter, but a deep link takes a user direct to the content they are looking for. It is for that reason that you can save money. As well as time with a deep link strategy.

Landing page design

OK you only have a few seconds to make that sales or the viewer can hit the dreaded back button. Landing pages are everything. It is important to do LPO or landing page optimization using the following design principal.
Proximity
Content
Arrangement
Relationship

Drop in serps

OK many of you did notice a drop in serps due to an algo change. What do we do when we get a drop in serps? First is analysis. Check all you gray area optimizations. Maybe one of them runs against the rules. Also, check your competition. What are they doing?

It could be months before you regain your footing in the search engines. Plan to create a lot of links and content to make for a strong comeback.

optimize your shopping cart

Shopping cart abandonment is a major problem. The trick is to get a user to buy in. Sadly, many will chicken out after they start typing in their data. Here is how to avoid losing sales when optimizing your checkout routines. There are many tactics. Well, my favorite is free shipping. Few things turn off a customer more than paying $5.95 on shipping for a $4.95 product.

Cell phones in search

I see a major sea change in search as people move to a smaller platform - the cellular telephone. Cell phone search is the future. It is time to get ready for some major interest in new media that can answer the phone.

increase CTR

In order to make more sales you need to increase your CTR or Click Through Ratio. Also, search engines use CTR as a measure of how good your site is. Here are five ways to increase your click through ratio. The most important in the article is to have your keywords in the top line. Most users will not click unless they see the keyword in the top line. Therefore you must craft your code so that you emphasize your keywords to get a max CTR.

Live Chat

Live Chat can keep you in touch with your viewers. The audience like to interact with site authors. Also, live chat is important in link building. This is one more reason to use Live Chat as your tool to interact with your users.

SEO is growing

OK even in 2009 with our recession, SEO is growing. This industry is important in our new future. It is a lot more than analytics and adding a few key phrases to a page. The move is to totally optimize the user experience.

Beginning Keyword Research

Keyword research for beginners is a great idea. Gold standard is Google. Perhaps you can see how we can use keyword in your content to get traffic. This agreement is that you need to create more content and target it to your users.

People, keyword research is your key to success. Focus on creating valuable content and make sure that you use keyword to help users find it.

Google at 1 trillion

Google has hit a new mile stone index one trillion URL. This is great news for an eagle eye SEO as we have to go about getting an audience for the one trillion pages. At this phenomenal rate there will soon be so many pages that not even all the people on earth are an even match for the growing amount of content.

Long Tail SEO

Long tail keywords supply over 50% of my traffic and my main keyword less than 10% total. That mean Long Tail SEO is important. In fact, creating content to capture long tail searches is probably one of the best methods to generate traffic for your site. The more pages you can create, the greater chance you have of getting a viewer to find you.

CRO - conversion rate optimization

I am going to crow about CRO. Here are some CRO - conversion rate optimization resources for you. This is a max important topic. CRO is the way to go. First we have SEO, then LPO (Landing page optimization) and now cro. The sequence leads to greater sales for you. When you improve your traffic model, add fresh new content to attract link bait, and most important improve your landing pages you can get better sales of your products and more satisfied consumers.

Semantic Web

The future of the internet could be a

semantic web

What we are seeeing is a move into AI and other technology. Perhaps voice recognition will aid in a web that is based on speech instead of text.

Google tracks impressions conversions

Hey folks, good old Google can now track impression conversions. This is very max important because before we needed to wait for a click in order to be able to see a conversion. Well, now things are max better for us.

Adsense earnings

OK are your Google Adsense earnings falling? Well, the answer is that we are in a severe economic recession. That affects how much business can pay for ads appearing on your web site. Hopefiully, next year the company advertising budgets will increase.

using KEI

KEI or Keyword Effectiveness Index is important in SEO. What is KEI or Keyword Effectiveness Index? Well, it is an algorithm developed by Sumatra Roy to calculate the ease of getting to the top of the search engines. It uses the total traffic and the amount of competition to calculate a score for your KEI value. Each individual keyword is assigned a value.

Avoiding a Google Penalty

IT is important to avoid a Google Penalty. This could crush your rank and clear your traffic. There are many reasons for a Google Penalty. It is wise to not igore your problems. The way to diagnose your web sites condition is to check the TOs and see that you are in good graces.

Bid on your own brand?

People ask, if you should. OK yes you should bid on your own brand keyword terms. It is an old trick to use PPC to get even more sales. Actually, I prefer to have both the yellow slots and white slots with my brand on them. It forces competition to be further down in the search list. This is an XLent way to get even more traffic and hopefully more profits.

Youtube for SEO

OK some say you should not use Youtube for getting links. However, one of my web sites get over 50% of its traffic via Youtube. In fact, Youtube is a traffic magnet and it is interactive. The big problem is that it does not pass PR to your pages. Rather instead you pass PR to it. This could be a problem for SEO, but I find Youtube an XLent source of clicks and comments. Also, I can talk face to face with my audience and not pay for hosting the videos. All in all, it is very win win.

SEO tips for beginners

Here are some new SEO tips for beginners. Break down the complexity. This is not that hard to do. SEO is a way to get your site in a top ranking position. Most of the tips are old hat, but come on follow through and you too, can become an SEO expert.

Google Ranking Factors

Here is a list of Google Ranking Factors. Please make sure you optimize all of them so your web site can be at the top of the search engines. Sadly, many SEO experts only work on a few of these Google Ranking Factors.

Happy birthday googlle or Goog11e

Well, it is happy birthday Googlle. 11 years of growing. King of search engines, we love your XLent algo. Googlle makes finding new web pages easy for us. From college students to super spy secret agents - everybody uses the power of Googlle.

Search is essential

Search is essential for freedom. Knowing is important is a world based on knowledge, and what we do not know can hurt us. I feel search is only a baby now. This child, it will grow up.

Google SideWiki

Google launches Sidewiki a toolbar product that lets you do web annotations of pages you like or not. This new toolbar has pr back on. Thanks, we need the pr bar back. Also, Google Sidewiki will let you see what other think. This is part of move toward social media.

Keyword Research Basics

Here are some keyword research basics.

First create a keyword list, then sort if by KEI, next start to create content around the top keys. Make it one page per keyword and group them into themes.

OK now create links using those keyword in the anchor text.

Bad web habits hurt your sales

Bad web habits can make users hit the dreaded back button. If you get visitors and have few customers spend time improving your site. SEO is great, but landing page optimization is essential to getting more biz. Please work on site navigation to increase your conversions.

mixx goes nofollow

Here we are, digg went nofollow. OK now mixx is going nofollow. Expect more companies to join the band wagon. It is getting just interesting to see who is following who.

measure success

How do you measure success in press? Getting a good Advertising ROI offline is more expansive. I use coupon codes that are different for each magazine. This makes it easier to track sales and improve my measures.

A balance of online where I use Google Analytics and offline is essential in your success.

Anchor Text

OK one of the secrets of SEO is anchor text. The most important facet is getting backlinks. Well, here is anchor text analyzer tool that checks backlinks. This power tool will help people find out where your backlinks are coming from and give you ideas as to how you can improve you anchor text.

SEO success

Here are seven points for your SEO success. I believe the most important is to use Google Analytics to measure your SEO campaign. Well, we all need metrics to measure our success. The important thing is to see what your ROI or return on investment is. Although some say SEO is free. It is my view that your time has value. The key is to make the most of your efforts in an SEO arena.

SEO for Bloggers

Here are five SEO Tips for business bloggers, that will help you maximize your total traffic. Most people need to add header tags like H1 tags to blogs to make certain keywords more powerful. These as well as ALT TAG that goes in pictures will add power to your SEO campaign. Please take some time and learn these powerful techniques.

Google Analytics for PPC

OK use Google Analytics for intelligent adwords exam. Let us examine how we use PPC in our campaign. The idea is increasing our ROI by getting good keywords. These max pro keywords have high CTR and XLent conversion.

Keywords are your key to success

OK many are fighting for keywords on the internet. SEO is based on ranking high for high traffic keywords. Sadly, many are now aware of the fact that much of your traffic comes from long tail keywords. Also, the long tail conversion rates are much higher. Theyfore you should focus on content creation around the long tail keywords.

SEO in msn

MSN is AKA Bing will become a bigger player in the future. Many web designers are gearing up for msn seo. This is a good idea. Do not put all your eggs into a single basket, because you could get crushed. Will going after google only be what most of your competitors do - BINGo!

reverse dictionaries to find keywords

OK using reverse dictionaries for keyword research is a great way to find new keywords. This allows you customers to locate your site. Discover what phrases your buyers are using for their purchases.

conversion of traffic into sales

Right now less than 5% of your traffic turn into sales. Foir many it is less than 1%. How do we convert traffic into sales. Well, if SEO - search engine optimization is about getting you traffic, then LPO - landing page optimization is about converting that traffic into sales of your product.

improving your SEO

Here are seven tips to becoming a better SEO. Basically the most important thing is to get links from authority sites. Links for sites that are relevant to what you are trying to move.

That said, many people need to find the right mind set to attain success in SEO. The most important facet to getting a high rank is to have quality content that will drive people to link to your site. This is the most important component in improving your SEO.

our coming DIGG-saster

Hey, sorry folks, but today, DIGG went nofollow. This is a real DIGG-saster. I mean is DIGG now trying to scare away people who post stories? What we are seeing is the latest inDIGGnation in the down fall of a once great social networking site. It was a great idea to give link juice to new stories and allow users to vote on them. However using nofollow will wilt the interest in posting new content on the DIGG-saster.

Blogs are a time sink

Not just to read, but also to create. I hate to create. Well, not always, but it takes time away from other things. Is it time to drop your blog?

Yahoo meme

OK so move over Twitter, because Yahoo meme microblogging platform is coming through. Yahoo meme is suppose to compete with other platforms, but we still remember that 360 folded like an old pup tent. Hope meme can carry on.

Reddit vs Digg

For success in SEO posting in social networks to get your pages noticed is important. There are many big social areas, but today I can compare Digg vs Reddit. Digg is bigger and more corporate, but reddit seems to be more interesting.

I find that I used to like Digg a lot before the digg bar and their new URL shortening move. It is not that much fun anymore. Is Reddit better than Digg?

Google Caffeine is coming

Google Caffeine is shaking up keyword rankings. This Google Caffeine is a major change in the algorithm. Get ready for a tsunami of changes to your web site as the world adapts to a bingable world with new powerful search engines. That's a new word I created - BINGable.

SMO - social media optimization

Optimization, what a word, and what a concept. Well, you all know SEO, and there is LPO - landing page optimization. Step on right up here folks and meet SMO. Acutually, SMO means social media optimization. That is using sites like DIGG to power you up.

I think that you need more traffic, but it has to be quality. Social media will get you the exposure your site requires. The key is to stay active in the social arena.

using phrase based optimization

Most SEO is going to focus on keywords, but what about our pal - phrase based optimization. This is a part of SEO.

SEO for ALT Text

Optimizing ALT attributes is important in SEO. I use the ALT TEXT to tell search engines what a picture is about. This gives me traffic from image search as well. Please take some time and add some alt tags to your pages.

SEO mistakes

1999 called, they'd like their keyword stuffing campaign back. People, things that worked in the past like yellow tiny text on a white background are now red flags. Here are ten very common SEO mistakes.

Please learn what works now. Just because an SEO strategy got you great max rankings in the past, does not mean it is a good show now. Work up a list of mistakes and fix them on your own web sites.

LPO - Landing Page Optimization

Landing Page Optimization (LPO) is very important. Here are seven tips to increasing conversion. The key is to keep it simple and focus on your message. Please make your call to action powerful and intense.

sure is cold out here

Today, got a call from a friend who I helped with SEO and optimize his web site. He is going bankrupt cause sales are way gone. The stock market may have bounced off its terrible march lows, however our megarecession is as yet young. People are still laying off employees and cutting back hours on those that remain.

Why do biz fail? OK, in most cases it is poor sales. This is what is crushing most firms now. I did warn people of a soft summer that is turning into an awful autumn. It will be a very cold and icy winter soon.

It is a great time to focus on creating back links and other less glam SEO tasks now that you have more time than money. Also, it is easier to get help these days because people are less busy than before, but please remember not to spend too much money, now is saving.

power on seo

The main power on SEO is that you get more people to see your site. OK once they are inside your online grocery your job is to get them to buy. This is called LPO or landing page optimization. What you are optimizing is conversions. However, first you need traffic to move your product.

SEO is a scam?

According to Fox news, SEO is a top online marketing scam. This is the press we get.

Sadly, many SEO guru types are helping make people worry about what seach engine optimization is all about. The problem is that most people fear scams, but do not understand our mission.

High conversion SEO

OK one key to profits is to find keywords buyers are using to find products they intend to purchase. Higher converting SEO is key. Start of with making a list of your buyer keywords. Then do LPO - landing page optimization to boost your score. Please remember to do a test on your new content to see how well it converts visitors into customers.

Directory submissions for SEO

Folks, many ignore this great ol skool tech at their own peril. Directory submissions helps your SEO because they provide quality high PR back links. This is important for both traffic and exposure. Getting more links should be your mission one. There are many high quality directories to submit your blog to.

Power of blog comments

Hey, you can use blog comments for link building and to gain traffic. That is great because we can all use more good traffic. Actually, good traffic converts well and help you increase sales. In contrast, its nasty brother - trash traffic will suck up bandwidth and slow down your shopping cart.

Link content

It is important to have content add value to your SEO. OK we know that site design comes first and then SEO, but while you design your site and make it visually interesting, please add link content to make it SEO friendly. For example, place keyword rich phrases near the top of your articles.

google moves links to left

People are seeing google moves links to the left, so sure you may wonder how this is going to affect your sales. OK news is that your CTR is now 10% rise over on right. True you might rather have them on the right, but left means more clicks and hopefully for you - more selling.

Getting papers to write about your site

Already, many of us have seen a boat load of traffic when our web site appears on newspapers. However, how do we get journalists to write about our website? There are many options as in:

unique content
sensational story
odd news

It is time to get cracking and create reasons to be in the news.

Google updates search

Industry giant Google is seeing a threat from guess who - BINGo. OK yes Google is using new search engine algo. This will impact your traffic, and could mean a make or break for your new biz. Hey folks you need to get up to speed.

optimize your PPC campaign on conversion

OK so you want to improve sales, why not optimize your PPC campaign to increase conversions. This way that same ad budget will get you more sales. Actually, one key tip is to make your PPC ad block more exciting. Try to promote a new product that your customers might need. Push your price, but maintain quality.

Keyword Research

OK many tools like word tracker and keyword discovery are great, but they cost money. Thankfully, Google provides us with free keyword tools. Keyword research for SEO is a great way to find more words to add to your list of needed content.

Major mistake that can destroy your blog

Here are five SEO mistake that can stop progress on your blog. This is a great way to check up on your content. It is important to see what you are doing wrong.

unnatural linking

Google takes a dim view of unnatural linking. In fact, you can see that incentivized linking can ruin a search algo. The question is - what is unnatural. Well, getting a boatload of hi pr lynx can set off a red flag.

SEO scam

OK many flat rate SEO services are a scam. They take your money, but do little to improve your web site. The hard work needed to get you decent traffic is not on their agenda. Time to invest in a reputable agency.

On page optimization

While link building is important, yet we should not ignore on page optimization tactics for search. This is a way to get higher rankings on the listings. Search engines place much emphasis on titles and subheads, make sure they are descriptive and keyword rich so you get a boost.

Press release for backlinks

OK one way to get quality backlinks is a press release. This should be obvious to all of us, but many times we drag our feet. It is not that expensive to do a press release, and the increase in traffic is great. That means more exposure for your new product and well as that very important media buzz factor.

gov to regulate SEO

Time have come when our gov wants to regulate search engine and SEO. The reason is the power of SEO to make a little site appear in front of millions. At one time you had to pay big bucks to have a TV station license and now with Internet any nobody can command the power of the web.

Future of Youtube

Hey, we use youtube for SEO like every day now. It is a great way to drive traffic to your site. In fact, this is world's biggest audience for internet TV, but some say Youtube is doomed. They point to losses of over half a billion dollars per year and an economy in ruins.

Future of TV or television is over an internet. Hulu proves this as it bulks up. Perhaps in the future we can have a very new service with more commercials and less content, but I feel TV over IP is in.

Making money in keywords

It is important to make money from your keywords. Do your research before you select them. Try to make sure you spend less money than you will get in return.

blogging in a recession

Well, some say that blogging in a severe recession is a waste of time. This is not so. Typically, sales will be down, but you make contacts and find out things due to interaction with people over the internet.

Death of search engines?

OK so some say a death of search engines. Well, just a few days ago, who would have though that mighty Yahoo would bite the dust as a search platform. I mean Yahoo is better than MSN, Bing, Live or whatever m$ is calling the new search engine.

You see that a doctor is still called a doctor, but a sewer worker is constantly changing a in waste water engineer, water recycling professional, what next - Aquatic purity executive?

You think m$ cannot kill search, well I do. There platform is buggy and unstable. OK you still think they can pull it off - BINGo!

new tool from wordtracker

Wordtracker has a new tool. This is great because it can be use to find keyword for your SEO campaign. The new tool should be a big boost for you. I use wordtracker keywords a lot to create content.

way to merge adwords and analytics

OK you can merge Google Adwords and Analytics to create a winning package. This is a great way to track your PPC campaign as well as keep track of percent conversion. Therefore gear up to use the new Google tools.

Finding links in your back yard

Paying for links is tasting the forbidden fruit. However, it is possible to get them with out shelling out some cold cash. In fact, there are many ways to find links that exist right under your nose.

Right in your own backyard are more chances to find links than you might believe. Most of these are local companies that are ready and willing to trade links with you for greater exposure. Plan ahead how you will approach them and what your SEO game plan is.

Page segmentation

Page segmentation is hot these days. It is part of your new SEO campaign. People need to group items that are similar in close proximity to each other so that they are seen as parts of a group. The test is to see if search engine can find your item more quickly if you use page segmentation. Try it and see.

SEO algo changing

Algorithms for SEO are adapting to a new view. OK as big biz goes into SEO we see a push for more algo changes. The ol skool SEO tricks do not cut it anymore.

SEO work slows

OK as our economic crisis worsens, you may notice that work has slow down considerably. This is because small firms do no have the money to be spending on SEO. For example, a real estate firm might not want to outsource SEO work to optimize for certain local keywords when residential home foreclosures are at a record rate and houses are not selling. In fact, the emphasis is on conserving cash.

Digg hijacks links

The Digg url now takes you to digg rather than your article. This is bad. Digg now hijacks links. Please be advised that twitter no longer white lists Digg over this change. The Diggbar is illegitimate and a way for Digg to get more traffic at your expense...

unemployment soars

OK 15 states have over 10% unemployment. This is bad news if you want an SEO jobs. Few firms are hiring, but an ace that you have is that many firm are looking at SEO instead of PPC as a way of saving money. Lets face it, SEO is cheaper. In fact, you can save a company a lot of money if they focus on key keywords to drive traffic.

Microsoft and Yahoo team up against Google

The twin titans are in trouble, both Microsoft and Yahoo have lost a lot of market share. Well, word on our street is both are teaming up to fight Google. This will get interesting.

HTML 5.0

You need to get with the program as in HTML 5.0 for web design. This will help make your web pages much more powerful. Get ready for a new page design using HTML 5.0 and CSS.

Traffic Magnet

OK one great way to get traffic flowing to your web site is to post a Youtube video. This is easy to do. Get a FLIP movie camera that can do an HD video. They are on sale for about $129 and shoot 720p HD. The movie camera comes with a USB port and software to edit your videos and even upload to Youtube.