Archive for September, 2008
You have heard of links – way too many times, if I am not mistaken. Links here and links there. Inbound links, back links, outbound links, link love – all these terms are used so many times that even a newcomer to blogging and SEO would at least have an idea what a link is. But how is linking important to SEO?
Before we can answer that, let us take a look at the difference between outbound links and inbound links. So what are outbound links? As the name ...
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Haven’t gotten enough of SEO jargon from the previous post? Well here are some words that you will probably encounter as you embark on your SEO journey. Again, thanks to SEOmoz for the list.
back link (inlink, incoming link) Any link into a page or site from any other page or site.
bot (robot, spider, crawler) A program which performs a task more or less autonomously. Search engines use bots to find and add web pages to their search indexes. Spammers often use bots to “scrape” content for the purpose of plagiarizing it ...
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If you are new to SEO, you might find yourself being lost with the various terms that you come across. In an effort to help you out, I have chosen some of the most commonly used SEO terms as presented at the SEOMoz.
adwords Google Pay Per Click contextual advertisement program, very common way of basic website advertisement.
affiliate An affiliate site markets products or services that are actually sold by another website or business in exchange for fees or commissions.
alt text A description of a graphic, which usually isn’t displayed to the end user, ...
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One very common pitfall that bloggers may take tend to take lightly is focusing too much on search engines when writing their content. This is quite understandable because of the very high value that is placed on SEO practices. However, there is another aspect of SEO that may be overlooked. I am talking about thinking about your readers – your human readers.
Go back to the first moment that you thought about starting a blog. Why did you want to have a blog? Why did you want to write? The ...
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