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Four Steps to a Better Ranking in the Search Engines
Better RankingsFour basic things you can do now to improve your search engine rankings on Google, Yahoo, and Bing. The single question I am asked more often than any other is, "How can I rank better in the search engines." While there are thousands of different things that people can do to rank well, we have found... continue reading "Four Steps to a Better Ranking in the Search Engines"»
Fresh Content Will Bring Spiders and People Back For More
Fresh Content for RankingsFresh content will bring spiders (and people) back to your site more often. How often you update your website is extremely critical to your success on the web. First and foremost, search engines loves fresh content. Let's take two sites that cover the same topic. Site A who updates their site every... continue reading "Fresh Content Will Bring Spiders and People Back For More"»
How can I Increase my PageRank
Increase PageRankHere's a freebie for improved search engine optimization and increased PageRank. I was recently received the following question on one of my articles: I am a Coldwell Banker agent in [city] [state]. My Web site is [website] How can I get better PageRank? - D. Heck (city,state, and website have... continue reading "How can I Increase my PageRank"»
Review of Don't Make Me Think
Don't Make Me ThinkDon't make me think by Steve Krug is a refreshing "back to the basics" type of book. He brings out a number of basic usability issues:We don't figure out how things work. We muddle throughBenefits of using tabsSearch optionsWe don't figure things out, we just muddle throughThis usability tip... continue reading "Review of Don't Make Me Think"»
Blogs a New Way of Doing the Same Old Thing
Blogs - Information SuperhighwayBlogs or web logs are great, cost efficient ways of providing up-to-date information for clients and search engines.Lately it seems that Blogs have become the craze of the Internet. Everyone has one: dentists, artists, CEOs, poor starving college students, everyone. Blogs are a wonderful way to quickly... continue reading "Blogs a New Way of Doing the Same Old Thing"»
Unique Information Will Help You Get Better Rankings
Unique Content equals Better RankingsUnique content will help you rank better in the search engines. So you have a website and you want to rank well in the search engines. Well, you need to think about what you customers need and then define your unique value proposition. First if you don't understand your customers you will never do... continue reading "Unique Information Will Help You Get Better Rankings"»
Hand Picked SERPs from MSN
MSN Handcrafted ResultsForget algorithms, get hand picked results from MSN. Please take this post with a grain of salt. While in reality found on the MSN site, it is highly likely that this is completely fake. However.... if you can type 149 words a minute, and know how to code in php, we might want to talk to you...hehehe.... continue reading "Hand Picked SERPs from MSN"»
Three Steps to a Great Website
Great Website in 3 StepsMatt Cutts' three step process to a great rankings in the search engines and success out of your website.I agree with Matt on his "3 step process" to getting better rankings in the search engines. There’s SEO and there’s QUALITY and there’s also finding the HOOK or angle... continue reading "Three Steps to a Great Website"»
Are reciprocal links losing their importance?
Reciprocal Links vs. Authoritative LinksOne-way, "authoritative" links, may become the new wave of linking and leave reciprocal links in the dust (or the grave). As long as there are people in the world that do search engine optimization (SEO), there will be change in the ways that search engines rank sites. This latest change... continue reading "Are reciprocal links losing their importance?"»
Business Week Article Shows SEO Increases Revenue
SEO Increases RevenuesJust another example of how realign/redesigning your website with SEO can increase revenue. While us in the SEO industry already know this little tidbit, it was nice to see an article written in Business Week about how SEO and a properly designed website can increase revenues. The redesign and search... continue reading "Business Week Article Shows SEO Increases Revenue"»
What is V7ndotcom Elursrebmem?
V7ndotcom ElursrebmemSEOs battle it out for Google placement for the keyword "V7ndotcom Elursrebmem" in new SEO contest. Today the Wall Street Journal commented on a new Search Engine Optimization contest for the keywords v7ndotcom Elursrebmem. It seems that this contest has drawn interest from Matt Cutts (the... continue reading "What is V7ndotcom Elursrebmem?"»
Scannability - How People Read on the Web
ScannabilityIncreasing the scannability of your website can determine just how many people will read what you have to say.Did you know that 79 percent of website users do not read pages on the web word by word. They scan them. This has to do with how the web presents information. People cannot leisurely read a little... continue reading "Scannability - How People Read on the Web"»
Creating Web Copy That Brings In Customers
Online Writing AdviceThe content on your website should always help pull in your visitors, not push them away. So, you've optimized your website for search engines, but have you optimized it for visitors as well? When a user arrives at your website from a search engine, they have typed in specific words that they are hoping... continue reading "Creating Web Copy That Brings In Customers"»
Differences Between Natural Doorways and Bad Doorways
Doorway PagesDifferences between "natural doorway" pages and doorway pages that will get you banned from the search engines.Many people do not understand that you can have "multiple doorways" into your website. Not everyone is going to "come in" through the "front" homepage.... continue reading "Differences Between Natural Doorways and Bad Doorways"»
Web Design vs. Graphic Design
Web Design vs. Graphic DesignThere are numerous graphic designers out there who really know their stuff when it comes to print design, brochure layout, and Pantone Matching System (pms). However, not all graphic designers are good web designers. Web design is a totally different medium where the "paper size" (the screen... continue reading "Web Design vs. Graphic Design"»
AH Digital FX Studios Featured in River City Weekly
River City WeeklyRecently AH Digital FX Studios was featured in River City Weekly's article about businesses in Idaho that have succeeded on the web. (Full Article (535 K pdf) )Kevin Keefe remembers answering the phone in Idaho Falls late one night, and on the other end was a voice with a unique accent. “Hi,... continue reading "AH Digital FX Studios Featured in River City Weekly"»
Taking the Time to Do Something Wrong
Worth DoingToo many people are so nervous that they are going to make a mistake that they let the world pass them by without really getting better. I recently read the following quote in The Wizard of Ads by Roy H. Williams. "Anything worth doing is worth doing badly until I've learned to do it better.... continue reading "Taking the Time to Do Something Wrong"»
Live PageRank Dead or Changing
Live PageRankLive PageRank, a popular tool among Search Engine Optimizers and Website Designers, has either shut down or is being updated. Ever since Google began updating the PageRank on their toolbar every 3 months instead of every month, people have tried to guess their "current" or "live PageRank".... continue reading "Live PageRank Dead or Changing"»
2010 SEO and Website Predictions
SEO and Website Predictions2010 will be the year of shorter, more concise, and quicker information. I read SEOmoz's 8 predictions for SEO in 2010 and figured I'd make my own (some of which I total agree with SEOmoz. Conversion Rate Optimization will take off. After reading Call to Action by the Eisenberg brothers I was convinced.... continue reading "2010 SEO and Website Predictions"»
White Hat vs. Black Hat - High Risk and Low Risk Tactics
White Hat and Black Hat TacticsAt a recent SMX Conference, Matt Cutts (head of Google Web Spam) gave great examples of Black Hat and White Hat tactics as either high risk or low risk. Here are some blackhat/whitehat tactics and their relative risk factors: TopicHigh Risk"Black Hat Tactics"Low Risk"White Hat Tactics"... continue reading "White Hat vs. Black Hat - High Risk and Low Risk Tactics"»
The Power of the Title Tag in Rankings
Great Title TagsGive every page a unique title that is focused on that specific page's keywords. One of the main things that unknowing webmasters do is create pages that have all the same title. This happens because they do one of the following: tagThey use a template for their html and don't take the time to change... continue reading "The Power of the Title Tag in Rankings"»
Achieving better web usability and quicker navigation
Website UsabilityEliminating questions allows you to achieve better web usability and quicker navigation making your site much more effective. Today you can do almost anything in a minute or less, more specifically when it comes to the web, it is important to create web sites so that they can be quickly navigated.... continue reading "Achieving better web usability and quicker navigation"»
Are you in the 'Golden Triangle'
The Golden Triangle - Rank in the Top 3A recent eye tracking study shows that there is a "golden triangle" where 100% of searchers look when using search engines.After all the buzz about the importance and benefits of being on the first page of search results, we have even more evidence that being in the top three is even more important.... continue reading "Are you in the 'Golden Triangle'"»
IE 7 Embraces RSS With Great Functionality
Internet Explorer 7 RSS FeedThe new RSS feed reader in Internet Explored 7 (IE 7) has a number of really good features to facilitate better RSS feed reading. While there are many people worried about how quickly IE 7 will roll out (especially after all of the bugs people have been reporting lately). However, I would like to commend... continue reading "IE 7 Embraces RSS With Great Functionality"»
How to Build Effective Websites 101
Effective Websites 101Many small companies are making a wise choice and investing in professionally designed websites that raise the company's level of professionalism, exposure, and sales. I have had people come to my saddle shop and they were surprised to see that we are just a a small shop because the website made us... continue reading "How to Build Effective Websites 101"»
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