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SEO at the Core
You just launched your site and now you want to be rich and famous and you may go about it all wrong. The first thing most people do is try to find a way to rank high in search results in a matter of a week or two, but it doesn’t come that easy. Your [...]
Full StorySEO Off Page Best Practices
Listed below are SEO best practices to increase referral traffic and link building. I provided tools that will help you to achieve good results and keep you out of harms way from bad sites. Social Engagement Building: This is an affective way to build online reputation. Select the most popular social networks like; Facebook, Twitter, [...]
Full StoryHow to Setup Preferred Domain www or non-www
A www and non-www of the same domain are treated as two different URLs. You should maintain the consistency and should always use the same URL version. When checking backlinks to your site, you may see two different results when using preferred and non-preferred domains (‘www’ or http:// without the www). To specify your preferred [...]
Full StoryHow to Prevent Page Titles from being Truncated in SERPs
It’s very important to keep your page titles less than 66 characters. If you go over the 66 character count, your page title will be truncated in the SERPs (Search Engine Result Pages). The character count is also dependent on word composition at the point of truncation. Yahoo! recommends 67 characters as a limit. Search [...]
Full StoryHow to Improve Search Traffic Using the Right Keywords
A web page should only be optimized for 2 or 3 keywords, anymore than that you are creating keyword saturation – It’s what I like to call it. You need to remember that you are not the only webpage on the internet; you have competition, and a lot of it. How do you find the [...]
Full StoryHow to Write Better Anchor Text
Anchor text is the clickable text that a user will see as a link. The anchor tag looks like this <a href=”http://www.techjaws.com/how-to-write-better-anchor-text”>How to Write Better Anchor Text</a>. It’s very important the anchor text accurately describes the content on the external or internal link pages. If I was referring to an article on link building, my [...]
Full StoryWhy Hyphens are better than Pipes for SEO
I came across an interesting video by Matt Cutts head of Google’s webspam team. I was already aware that hyphens are better than using pipes for blog titles. What’s a pipe? It is the character or key below the backspace on a standard keyboard. To use a pipe, just hold down your shift key and [...]
Full StoryHow to Use Keywords to Improve Search Traffic
Keywords are the life blood of writing for the web. The first thing you should do is research and know your keywords. Try not to dominate every keyword in your niche, be selective. Here are a few suggestions about keywords: Target a set of keywords in every post, but avoid over using them too many [...]
Full StoryAvoid Using FFA Pages to Increase Link Popularity
You want to avoid using FFA (Free For All) pages and link exchange programs as most search engines, such as Google says that FFA sites are an artificial and illegitimate way to increase link popularity. Google considers “link farms” spam, and will ban your site for participating in an FFA or link exchange program. A [...]
Full StoryIncrease Traffic to your Blog with this Method
There are so many ways to increase traffic to your blog. And in no order, they’re; Social Networks – StumbleUpon, Reddit, Digg, etc. Forums and Message Boards – Being an active member with your blog URL in your signature. Guest Posting – A great way to build your reputation and gain fans. Online Ads – [...]
Full StoryGet Some Link Juice As GeoCities Plans to Close
This just in! Hot off the press: GeoCities is closing October 26,2009. Dear Yahoo! GeoCities customer, We’re writing to let you know that Yahoo! GeoCities, our free web site building service and community, is closing on October 26, 2009. On October 26, 2009, your GeoCities site will no longer appear on the Web, and you [...]
Full StoryMany SEO Experts Don’t Know Jack
Before you or your company invests money in SEO, please do your homework and do it thoroughly. Avoid reaching in your pocket because they say they been doing it for years. Get proof before making a commitment. What to check before hiring an SEO Firm Proof – First off, review the SEO consultant’s website and [...]
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