Town of Eu has SEO Problems

It speaks to the importance of the internet, specifically search, that it is not only businesses but even small towns that are very concerned about SEO. A town of 8,000 people in Normandy, France has decided to change its name because it doesn't place well in SERPs. (Believe me they don't. I've searched them in all major search engines and unless you add the word "town" to their name you won't find them in the first page.) The reason for the town's problem is not that their name is that their name is actually a highly competitive term - Eu. ... 0 Comments

Good Blogs – Dead Blogs

Ever wondered where all the traffic you used to get have fizzled down? Ever wonder why wonderful content isn’t getting the attention it should be? Well, blogs being ever so a dynamic technology driven social phenomenon, defining parameters can be a killer. SEO is a very difficult thing to grasp for non-believers that a simple blog can earn you money easy. You might have all the killer titles and content, throw in the hottest keywords but you still get zit in terms of traffic, why? You might want to step back and take a look at something you might ... 0 Comments

What Is Link Baiting?

I am sure that you have seen this term – or a derivative of it – so many times. But do you really know what link baiting is all about? To be honest, when I first forayed into the world of blogging, I encountered the term link baiting so many times but I did not really pay that much attention to it. One reason I had was that term seemed to carry a negative connotation to it. As such, I didn’t really feel the need to look at it more ... 0 Comments

More Ways To Link Bait

So you’ve tried blogging about the news. You’ve also tried writing about a popular topic and contradicted what the public has been saying. Has it gotten you enough link backs to your posts? If not, and you are looking for other ways to link bait, then read on. I have more ways for you to link bait. Attack, attack, and attack some more. Now, I have to tell you that this method of link baiting is one of the most effective. However, I also have to tell you that this method is ... 0 Comments

How To Link Bait

The truth is that you can do just about anything in order to get links to your blog and that will fall under the tag link baiting. If you remember, that is we defined link baiting, according to Darren Rowse. So what are some of the more popular ways that people link bait? One, by blogging about the news. There is a reason newspapers –both online and offline – get a lot of readers. What they offer is fresh and relevant. One way to attract links would be to ... 0 Comments

Getting Inbound Links: Write Articles

In the last post, I shared some insights on how you can get inbound links. To recap, we talked about submitting your blog to blog directories. This can get you links pointing to your blog and at the same time, gain exposure for your blog. Here is another way by which you can create inbound links. Have you ever come across web sites which are basically article repositories? An example would be Ezine Articles. This web site provides a lot of articles on various topics – basically anything under the ... 0 Comments

Some SEO Jargon

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, ... 1 Comments

Content Writing: Focusing On Your Readers

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 ... 0 Comments

Blog Content Should Be A Priority

So have you come up with the best and most creative domain name for your blog? Maybe you have even registered it and pointed your Wordpress or Blogger blog to publish to that domain. Does this mean that you can sit pretty and expect your search engine ranking to go up? Does it mean that you can expect your daily visits to shoot up? Definitely not. There are so many aspects to SEO for blogs. Just because you have taken one step does not mean that you do not have to do ... 0 Comments

The Power Of Creativity In Choosing Domain Names

We ended with the example of del.icio.us in the last post. This kind of domain name takes advantage of the existing extensions. Is this a good way to create a domain name? I think that it could be – if you can come up with a word (or words) that makes sense and that is (are) related to your blog content. Some of the more popular domain names making use of this technique: sear.ch b.uy tel.ly beach.es justcurio.us designm.ag podca.st foot.ie Why not challenge yourself to see if you can come up with a suitable domain name? Another way ... 0 Comments