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It’s almost been a month and we’re finally on the 2nd part of the “Optimizing your URL and links” series of tips from Rick Dejarnette of Webmaster Central. If you didn’t click on the link I provided last time and read Mr. Dejarnette’s post then you will still find my summary pretty useful. If you’ve read it: consider this as your refresher course.
Here are the next three tips from Rick Dejarnette:
1. Use title attribute in anchor tags for internal links – As a rule it is best to use the title attribute for ALL links, whether external or internal, ...
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According to Bing Webmaster Center’s Rick DeJarnette some of the most common errors that can tank a site include:
An invalid mark-up code – To make sure that your mark-up code is valid use a validator such as the W3C Markup Validation Service. Of course when validating you should know which errors to look out for by asking the following questions:
* Does your file contain a document type declaration (DTD) statement?
* Are all of your tags closed properly?
* Are your tags written in lower case ...
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Aside from the three common page title mistakes listed in yesterday's post there are other mistakes that's often committed. The mistakes to be discussed today, unlike those of yesterday where the mistake usually lay in the lack of title, are mostly results from being overly enthusiastic about the page title. Don't get me wrong being enthusiastic about coming up with a good title is great but not if it leads to:
titles that are too long - Lengthy titles are not good not only because the whole title won't be shown on the browser tab but also because search engines ...
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We all know the importance of page titles when it comes to SEO. Even then mistakes that might not seem that important are committed again and again. According to the Google SEO Starter Guide things you should avoid when coming up with a page title include:
using default titles - This would be the biggest mistake. It isn;t too hard to come up with a page title so DON'T ever leave any of your pages with a title like "Untitled" or "Page 1"
titles that are not related to the page's content - It is great to be witty and creative with ...
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var iamInit = function() {try{initIamServingHandler(234,235,558878,"http://cdn.pis.picapp.com/IamProd/Resources/Css/css2.css")}catch(ex){}}()This is not a new topic. It has been discussed many times over in countless blogs, web sites, and books. What you use as a blog post title can ultimately work for you in terms of search engine optimization.
The sad fact, however, is that there are still a lot of bloggers out there who do not really pay that much attention to their blog post titles with SEO in mind. I have a lot ...
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5. Not following search engine guidelines. Some "SEO experts" try to use "SEO techniques" that are actually dubious since they are designed to fool the search engine. Of course you always run the chance of getting caught if you employ Black Hat techniques and of course you'll get a low ranking at the least or even be stricken out of the index. Some website owners also might do somethings on the DON'T list of search engines out of ignorance. But as always ignorance is not an excuse so you'd better read their guidelines. ...
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Many website owners unknowingly sabotage their page rank by commiting some of the most common SEO blunders listed below. To make sure that your SEO efforts aren't put to waste read on and correct any of your mistakes if you see some listed below.
1. Not having a solid marketing plan. Although your website might be be SEO optimized and you get a high page rank your business still won't benefit from it if you don't have a good marketing plan. You need ...
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As you are probably sick of my posts on keywords I promise that this will be the last one on the topic...at least for a while. We've talked about the importance of keywords in your website content. However keywords are important not just as part of your content but also in your title tags and in links. Furthermore the way keywords are placed in proximity to each other as well in the sequence of words in a key phrase are also important.
When using title tags make sure you use descriptive words or phrases. Your title tag ...
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As with all aspects of web site design don't forget your visitors needs, some keyword phrases aren't descriptive enough to use alone as a title, what you put in the title element is the text searches will see when they see a listing for your page in a Search Engines Results Pages (
SERPs).
If it doesn't appeal to your potential visitors they will not click through to your sites listing! This is precisely why the title of this page is
SEO Blog. This tells a potential visitor this page is part of an
SEO blog.
There are exceptions ...
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