Mar | 24 | 2008

The Blogger’s Guide to SEO

Posted by Guru as Marketing and Search Optimization, SEO Features One of the best holistic guide to optimising a blog is Aaron Wall's Blogger's Guide to SEO. It is not the most in-depth guide but it covers all the basics (and a bit more) and is written in a such a way that even newbies in SEO will definitely understand. The guide also links out to lots and lots of tools and references that will be are very useful and helpful. Not convinced that you should read it in full? Here's the outline just so you'll see how much you can learn from it. Background What Google Knows About Your Blog Why ...

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Mar | 20 | 2008

Blog SEO: Keyword Tools (WordTracker)

Posted by Guru as Marketing and Search Optimization, Software and Widgets, SEO Features One of my all time favourite keyword tool to use is WordTracker. I used it before I even discovered Google Keyword Tool and continue to use it whenever I need a good analysis of keywords. Note though that when I talk about Wordtracker I am not referring to their Free Keyword Suggestion Toolbecause quite frankly that one sucks. It is good for giving you a list of alternative keywords but beyond that you will almost get nothing from it. Here's an example of what you'll get from the free keyword suggestion tool....

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Mar | 19 | 2008

Blog SEO: Keyword Tools (Google Keyword Tool)

Posted by Guru as Marketing and Search Optimization, SEO Features On my last post I discussed the importance of choosing the keywords with which you want to optimise your blog for. It IS however, pretty hard to choose which keywords you should use without any help. Thankfully there's plenty of keyword tools available on the internet. When using keyword tools though remember that you should use one that not only allows you to come up with a good list of relevant keywords and phrases but that would also help you determine which of those relevant keywords are likely to bring you more traffic. Here are a few of the best ...

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Mar | 18 | 2008

Own Domain = Serious Blogger?

Posted by Jimmy as Blog Tutorial, Opinion, SEO Features As I was going about my daily business of browsing blogs, I realized that a lot of bloggers are actually proponents of the “get you own domain” movement. Though the tag may not be existent, the movement may very well be real. I have come across a lot of posts encouraging people to get serious and ditch the free blogging sites. Is there any merit in doing this? Does getting one’s own domain really equate to being a serious blogger? Perhaps the answer lies in the rationale behind getting one’s own domain and the definition of ...

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Jan | 23 | 2008

Exhanging Links with Similarly Themed Blogs

Posted by Guru as Linking, Marketing and Search Optimization, SEO Features Last time I mentioned how automated blogrolls are not useful for SEO purposes. Blogrolls using plain HTML is still useful but those that use external javascripts do neither you nor the one you link to much good (except that it can of course drive traffic to the site). If you want to get more inbound links though to help your page rank better you can exchange links with similarly themed blogs as part of your link building strategy. There are several advantages to link exchanges: 1. Relevance - The most obvious advantage of exchanging links with similarly themed blogs is that ...

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Jan | 22 | 2008

Learning SEO: A Continuous Process

Posted by Guru as SEO Features The thing about SEO and anything to do with computers and the internet is that the industry they belong to is such a a vibrant one so that it evolves so fast. Search engines continuously refine their algorithm and look for ways to improve search and as they evolve ways of optimising websites and blogs also change. This doesn't mean that the basics of SEO no longer apply. What this only means is that reading an article or book on SEO this month and really understanding what it means and even applying the sound SEO principles on your own site/blog ...

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Dec | 25 | 2007

Learning SEO: Official Search Engine Blogs

Posted by Guru as Marketing and Search Optimization, SEO Features If you are into SEO and plan on reading blogs then it is plain silly to miss out on what you can learn from the official blogs of the top search engines - Google, Yahoo, Ask, and MSN. Although not everything on the blog will be about SEO nor even relevant to SEO keeping yourself updated on the latest search engine news/developments will definitely aid you in your SEO efforts. After all SEO is about search engines and there is no better place to learn more about the search engines than their own blogs. Note though that not all the ...

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Dec | 17 | 2007

SEO-Browser: Quick SEO Checker

Posted by Guru as Marketing and Search Optimization, SEO Features If you want to know how search engine crawlers see your site you should try using SEO-Browser. I know it's a bit geeky but I actually like entering random sites into this very useful tool and seeing how optimised they are. It is surprising that given all the hype about SEO you will still find plenty of websites that does not take SEO into account at all. As an example (and I hope they don't get mad but improve their site if they see this post) try entering Flatpak's URL and parsing it using SEO-browser. Although I absolutely ...

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Nov | 27 | 2007

Weblog Usability: The Title Says it All

Posted by Guru as Tips, Writing, Marketing and Search Optimization, SEO Features Being a witty writer is great but when it comes to titles you'd better make your title not just witty but informative as well. A good post title is something that catches people's attentions. If you are into linkbaiting you know the importance of catching people's attentions. In my previous post where I cited examples of successful link baits a single glance at the titles will convince you that the titles, in part, contributed to their success. For example if the eBook “Zero Cash, A Little Talent and 30 Days” instead had some bland title like "Starting an Online ...

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