So you’ve put together a spectacular website, and you’re ready to go live on the Internet for the whole world to see. Not so fast there Bucky. In case you didn’t know, there are a few essential requirements that every site needs to include in order to be successful. Let’s review, shall we: 1. Privacy Policy/Disclaimer: Now, I’m not a Lawyer and don’t claim to be one, but these two documents should be standard issue for every site...
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The rage to milk money from Adsense continues into 2009. While there are many different ways to do this, it’s no secret Google is keeping a watchful eye on spam sites which automatically generate pages consistently on a daily basis. Every now and then, Adsense ‘experts’ would introduce a ‘fresh’ new way of generating pages which Google “has not caught on yet”, be it article, directory or backlink generators. While these software...
Can any new search engine beat Google, probably not, mainly because Google isn’t going anywhere but up. It is the dominant search engine with around 72 percent of U.S. online searches and its percentages are much higher in other parts of the world. (Source: Hitwise) However, there are some serious new competitors that may just take a bite out of Google’s rosy search numbers. Never know, one or several of them, may just give Google...
Obviously the obsession for most is off page SEO (building or getting links from other websites)…Well, I have a little secret for you, authority trumps it all. An authority site can rank using less backlinks, pages or keywords that any other type of website; so, doesn’t this indicate where you should apply your focus? With so many ranking factors that can impact your position, who you link to (forward-linking or up-linking from...
It is no real secret that a well written topical blog can significantly help out your website - so why aren’t you doing it? The most common reasons I hear for not starting a blog involve a lack of time to write posts, and limited ideas to write about, but taking that extra time to get some useful content out there can do wonders for your search rankings among other things. An established blog that is updated regularly gets spidered...
Search for a list of SEO factors and you’ll find that most feature at least 50. That’s 50+ elements of your website that influence your ability to rank in search engines. Sounds complicated, doesn’t it? Some SEO Consultants will tell you that ranking in search engines is about applying a precise formula to these 50+ elements - about using “special proprietary techniques” fine-tuned to search algorithms to boost your website above...
