Tag Archives: SEO Tips
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 StoryGoogle Pagerank Update July 20 was Minor
Google has started the inner pages Pagerank update and this is what many webmasters are also seeing. The homepage (official declaration) of the PR update is not yet done. I noticed only few PR changes on some internal pages on TechJaws.com. This could be the beginning of the major Pagerank update for all pages, including [...]
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 StoryMost Popular Blogs of 2009
It has been a busy year, but one that was exciting and filled with a lot of buzz. TechJaws has published over 600 articles in 2009, covering everything from Antivirus to SEO and so much more. We look forward to writing and sharing new blogs in 2010. Our top ten blogs by referral and search [...]
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 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 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 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 [...]
Full StoryHow to Increase Web Traffic Through Search
The most important thing outside of anything else is that you want to be relevant and reputable! Avoid copying and pasting articles, videos or images that have already been published. Be creative and write about what you know well and write often! Selecting Keywords Think about how you or other users will type keyword phrases [...]
Full StoryHow to Achieve Top Rankings in Search Engines
The proper term is known as SEO, or Search Engine Optimization. Many people who are trying to achieve search engine ranking through keywords make the mistake of choosing the wrong keywords to target. How do you choose the proper keywords? Choose a keyword phase that has no more than 4 keywords. If you are targeting [...]
Full StoryHow to Configure Friendly URLs for WordPress
It’s simple to configure friendly URLs on a self hosted WordPress blog. It will also improve your Search Engine Optimization. Why have Friendly URLs? Dirty URLs Complex, hard-to-read URLs are often dubbed dirty URLs because they tend to be littered with punctuation and identifiers that are at best irrelevant to the ordinary user. Example: http://www.techjaws.com/?p=123 [...]
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