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 | Use Firefox for SEO, but test your sites in Firefox, Chrome, Safari, Opera, and IE.  |
| | PART 1 1. INTRODUCTION: When you are starting with your first SEO project, you may feel as if you have been told to empty the ocean with a teaspoon, there is so much to know and so much to do. Well, don't freak out, it is not as bad as …  |
| | Hi All: I have recently started using a web-based texting service; it is just easier than texting on a cell phone. I have a few concerns, and I would like to see if anyone has any answers. 1. Is there a free or low-cost web-based service that turns texts into …  |
| | Basic Craigslist NOTE: This article assumes you have an Wintel PC. If you have a Mac, then the ideas will be the same but you will need to figure out which programs you want to use. INGREDIENTS: You will need: 1. A PC with an internet connection plus: - A … |
| | Re: Directories Hi googinup: Yes, directories are important, but only as a PART of your off-page SEO. You need to do other things, too, such as social media marketing, blog posting, article marketing, and other things. Want to know how to start? Look at my tutorial on this site, "Basic Directory Posting" … |
| | Hi all: I just started using the SEO Quake plugin for FireFox 5, and I noticed something strange. My homepage is rated as PR1. My subpages, such as services, contact us, etc., are ranked at PR2. [snipped] Is this common? What causes it? How can I get the prime site … |
| | Hi All: As part of my SEO, I tried to get my auto glass company listed in Google Merchant. Now, with auto glass, there really is not a fixed price. It varies by: - Year, make, and model of the vehicle. Obviously a windshield for a Mercedes will be much … |
| | YES! It definitely does matter. You want to get the oldest URL that is within your budget and relevant to your business. You can always check out the site information at whois if you don't trust the site checker you are using. |
| | Hi Thiru.b: There are many ways to get backlinks. The white-hat ways are: - Listing your site with directories - Posting blog comments - Posting forum comments - Article Marketing - PR Marketing - Social Media marketing, such as Twitter, Facebook, Google+, LinkedIn, etc. There are more, but you get … |
| | Read the tutorial at the top of this forum! This will get you started. |
| | HI anuragini123: I don't quite know what you mean by "backlink tool". Do you mean: - A way to check backlinks? - How to get backlinks? - How many backlinks you have? Please be a little clearer. Backlink tool, on this forum, is about as open-ended a question as possible. … |
| | Re: Backlink Check I use several backlink checkers. I have several on tap so I can compare their results; also, as these are free links, sometimes they are down. [url]http://www.highqualitybacklinks.com/backlink-checker/[/url]. This one not only gives me backlinks, it also tells me Aleza ranking and PR. [url]http://www.searchbliss.com/seo-tools/backlinks-report.asp[/url] [url]http://www.backlinkwatch.com/index.php[/url] [url]http://www.freesearchengineoptimizationtools.com/backlink.php[/url]  |
| | Definition of SEO: Search Engine Optimization. That collection of techniques used to ensure the search engines, especially Google, can find and index your site. The techniques break down in several ways: On-page and off page. Look on this forum for a LOT of information about these. Black Hat versus White … |
| | Jessica, Google is the 800 pound gorilla of search. There are other search engines, such as Bing and Yahoo. There are metasearch engines, too, such as Dogpile (runs you search on 20 engines at once!) But still, Google has over 60% of the search market. If you optimize for Google, … |
| | Re: About rankings Hi Daniel: Um.... um.... um.... That is like asking a doctor to explain anatomy in three easy lessons. First, you need to do your keyword research. Then you need to do your on-page SEO Then you need to do your off-page SEO and keep on doing your off-page SEO until … |
| | Re: SEO Sure you can. BUT! 1. Have them give you references--companies they have put on the first page of Google, Bing, and Yahoo. 2. Have them tell you how they will do it. Look on this forum for "black hat" SEO techniques. If the company is going to use "black hat" … |
| | Hi Clerisy: You can do a lot of technical analysis of your bounce rate, view time, etc., but I feel there really is only ONE true gauge of your SEO success: Sales. Have they gone up? If yes, then your SEO campaign is a success. Of course, that assumes you … |
| | Re: have we any tool Hi Willson: No, I do not know anything that can predict the future accurately. Google Trends is good, Google Insight is good, but to accurately predict the future is not possible. You can give probabilities, but not certainties. Good luck. John  |
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| | Re: SEO School A formal school, such as going to class, taking tests, etc? I have not heard of anything like that, but I am not all-knowing. The way I learned is the old-school techie way of doing it: Poke around in the program first, ask stupid questions, then buy a "for dummies" …  |
| | Black hat is defined as something the search engines don't like, as essentialy they are deceptive. Black hat techniques try to trick the search engines (Google, Bing, and Yahoo) into giving a site an undeserved high ranking. Some techniques are: 1. Posting junk to forums. You have seen them; the … |
| | Today, I went to check my web site's SERP rankings. Yahoo and Bing, no problem; they are firmly on page 1, where they have been for more than a year. Google, big problem. My site is now on Page 3 for one keyword, and not even in the first 10 …  |
| | I keep up with SEO by getting e-mails from companies, including HubSpot. I also look at the technology section of Yahoo News; they frequently have articles of interest. |
| | HI tadisaus2: You can hire someone, but look at it this way: It should only take you about an hour a day to post 10-15 directory postings. If you work 25 days a month, that equates to 250 to 375 directory postings per month. Want the easy way to do … |
| | Hi Sharma: You need to: 1. Write good, original, quality, grammatical, and correctly spelled content. 2. Ensure your keywords are on the correct pages. You already did your keyword research, right? Right? 3. Ensure you have: - H1, H2, etc., tags - Alt tags for your images - Meta tags …  |
| | Important? Not really. However, it takes only a few minutes, and it certainly can't hurt. Ideally, it should be done as soon as your website is up, so your alexa rankinig can rise. |
| | Hi All: I am having a bunch of trouble with Craigslist; basically, I think I need more phone numbers so I can make new accounts. Until I can do that, I want to post image ads on CL. The only image ad service I know of is Use.com, where I … |
| | Hi CanadaFred: I must protest your categorization of forum postings, directory postings, and blog commenting as "grey hat"; in other words (if I understand correctly) a less-than-ethical method that borders on, but is not, black hat SEO. I do not feel these methods, used in moderation, are unethical. Directory postings … |
| | Hi all: I have a slight problem, and I need s little advice. I need to know which image format loads fastest - jpg - gif - png Basically, I have all my images as .PNGs. Half of them are 40 X 40 pixels. The other half vary in size. … |
| | Re: Please help me Have you tried Craigslist? When I went to the CL site, I found it in about 1 minute. |
| | Hi Mukes: There are a few things you can do to optimize your images: 1. ALT TAG your image. 2. Check your load time with one of the online tools. If you have too many images, load time suffers. 3. You can also edit your images to reduce the load … |
| | Hi Zesiranjha: Before you do your off-site SEO, you need to ensure your on-site SEO is good. Your off-site SEO listing is excellent. Just remember, you can make all the lists you want, but you actuallly have to do the work to get the results. |
| | Hi Tad: I agree with some previous posters: 1. Ensure your on-site SEO is up to speed. 2. Both article marketing and directory listing have their place; use whatever works best for your. SEO is more of an art than a science at this point. However, there are a few … |
| | Re: Increase ranking Hi Roy: Let me see if I can make it easier for you: 1. This is a long-term process, not a project. You will be doing SEO until the day you take your website down. 2. First, you need to do your on-page SEO. You will want to review the … |
| | Hi All: I have the following situation, and I need some advice. I am helping out a friend with SEO for his web site. After starting the project, he called me and said his web person was beginning to freak out, that my friend's web site could be banned. I … |
| | Hi Mike: Um, a little more information, please. 1. Have you compared this keyword with other, similar keywords to see if this is a high number of searches? 2. Is it a short, one- or two-word phrase, or is it a longer phrase (long tail)? 3. Are you marketing to … |
| | Hi Nuclear: Try a few simple tests: 1. Go to the website, using different browsers. 2. In DOS, do a ping <website>. You want to see 100% or so response. 3. In DOS, do a tracert <website>. You want to see a full trace from your PC to the web … |
| | Hey Guys: I tried Blekko and OpenSiteExplorer.com - both worked. Thanks. I have been looking for something to replace the non-result at highqualitybacklinks.com John |
| | Hi: I have a few tips on generating and using QR Codes: 1. If you are only going to generate one QR code, make the code using the Text option; the others are less flexible. 2. DON'T use the VCard option; really looks bad. 3. Post it on your web … |
| | Hi Hits: You need to do BOTH. You first do your on-page SEO, optimizing your site. Don't forget to add the links to your social marketing sites (i.e. Twitter, Facebook, etc), blogs, and other links you feel are needed. Then you need to do your off-page SEO. This consists of … |
| | Hi Hits: I am afraid I don't understand your question. Do you want to go back to a directory ypu previously posted to and change your listing? That is fairly simple; if you registered with the site, you just log in to your account (you did keep a record of … |
| | Hi All: I have the following problem, and I am turning to the forum for a little insight. I want to a link to Google Plus1 on my site. However, I am using GoDaddy's Websight Tonight website builder, and I find it to be maddening; things that should be easy … |
| | Hi All: I would like to give a few tips on making your life easier when it comes to putting links on your site. 1. When you make a blog, set up a social media site, etc., copy the URL into a file for future reference (I didn't, at first). … |
| | Hi All: Here, in order, are the places I use to do my directory postings: [url]http://www.web-directories.ws/General/Free/[/url] [url]http://www.whenweseo.com/web_directories/free_directories.jsp[/url] [url]http://www.directorycritic.com/free-directory-list.html[/url] [url]http://www.greatdirectories.org/free.html[/url] Does anyone have any others to add? I use these so much I keep running into sites I posted at before! John |
| | Hi All: I use Notepad to save files I am putting up on the web, especially for Craigslist and SEO. I copy and paste my keyword lists into it; the problem comes with the way the words are organized. Craigslist prefers the keywords (and don't use that word in a … |
| | Hi: After having posted to over 1,000 directories, there are a few things I would like to bring to the attention of directory owners and operators: 1. When you ask for information, such as the URL, the e-mail address, the description, or whatever, PLEASE put any restrictions right on the … |
| | Hi MosesAaron: No, I don't think the length of the long tail keywords matter, just the relevance. John |
| | This article assumes you have already done the following: 1. Built, activated, and optimized your website. 2. Done all your on-page SEO 3. Verified it and listed it with Google, Bing, and Yahoo, including your sitemap. 4. Listed your site with social media sites such as Twitter, Facebook, and LinkedIn … |
| | You need to do both on-site and off-site SEO OFF SITE SEO will include: - Social Media, such as -- Twitter -- YouTube -- Facebook -- FourSquare - Ensure your site is registered with (among other sites) -- Google +1 -- Digg -- Delicious - Directory postings - Article Marketing … |
| | You sound like you have a good handle on your off-page SEO. How about your on-page SEO? Metatags, alt tags for your photos, H1 tags, good navigation.... Check out some of the other threads in this forum for more details. Remember, on-page and off-page SEO are complementary; both need to … |
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