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5 Easy Ways To Use RSS On Your Site

January 9, 2010 by Titus Hoskins  
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5 Easy Ways To Use RSS On Your Site

Reading time: 6 – 10 minutes You hear so much talk about RSS these days on the Internet and in the media. Everyone is acknowledging it’s importance in boosting your site’s presence on the web. Not to mention how it can increase your site’s traffic and ranking. But what exactly is RSS and how can I actually use it on my site? Try these Five Easy Ways… First, just what is RSS? RSS stands for ‘Really Simple Syndication’. Basically, RSS allows you to directly deliver your content to all interested parties… don’t come to us; we will deliver the information to you or your website. It syndicates your content. It lets you send updated headlines and brief summaries to your subscribers. In a nutshell; it’s simply a more efficient way to get your content ‘out there’. Many people associate RSS with Blogs or Blogging because Blogs are usually written in XML or RSS format (code like html) so that these headlines and postings... 

Seo Elite Review On Google Top 10 No-No’s

January 9, 2010 by David E. Edwards  
Filed under SEO

Seo Elite Review On Google Top 10 No-No’s

Reading time: 6 – 10 minutes So, you want to be in the Google Top Ten? Then this Seo Elite Review on the Top Ten things to avoid when designing and optimizing your website will ensure your website gets maximum exposure without incurring penalties. Seo Elite Experts Worldwide have graciously contributed to this Google top ten article and at this time agree that the following list of optimization no-no’s are valid at the time of writing. Seo Elite Review To Title Tag Stuffing Stuffing the title tag within your website code is possibly one of the quickest way to drop out of the Google top ten. Titles such as “Keyword Stuffing, Stuffing Keywords, keyword stuffings, keyword stuff” is simply not going to cut it in the eyes of Google, and with so many word repetitions is almost a guarantee of getting a Google demotion. This tends to happen when Google’s ’secret police’ suddenly throw up a red flag against your website’s structure and demote or in... 

SEO in the Web 2.0 Era – The Evolution of Search Engine Optimization – An SEO White Paper

January 8, 2010 by Will Fleiss  
Filed under SEO

SEO in the Web 2.0 Era – The Evolution of Search Engine Optimization – An SEO White Paper

Reading time: 13 – 22 minutes Table of Contents I. Introduction II. Search Engines: A Brief History III. Web 2.0: The New Internet IV. Web 2.0: The Technical Landscape V. SEO Linking Strategy in Web 2.0 VI. Social Media Optimization: A Piece of the SEO Puzzle VII. Usability vs. Searchability: The RIA Search Challenge VIII. Googles Personalized Search: The End of Traditional SEO? IX. Search Behavior R&D: Customized Engines and Long Tail Keywords X. Conclusion References I. Introduction To those of us whose passion for the growth of the World Wide Web is exceeded only by the marketing possibilities that emerge from that growth, the Internet has become a playground for the imagination. There is a large number of marketers, however, who are fascinated by the Web but approach its marketing capabilities more out of necessity than lifestyle. The Internets capacity has advanced in so many areas in the past few years that marketers playing catch-up are at a significant disadvantage. Marketing... 

How to Hire a Good SEO Marketer

January 7, 2010 by Helen Overland  
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How to Hire a Good SEO Marketer

Reading time: 8 – 12 minutes SEO (Search Engine Optimization) is the art and science of making search engines rank your site high in the natural search results when someone types in a query. That’s the intent of SEO, however. Since SEO is still an emerging field, there is no “governing body”, and the rules sometimes change. A good SEO professional understands these changing rules, and knows how to properly apply them. A bad SEO specialist generally makes mistakes, or purposely tries to deceive the system to win “fake” high rankings. It is not true that you have no control over what appears in the search engines. The content that you put on your site determines where you appear in the search engine results page (SERP). If your site is about “widgets”, you’re probably not going to appear in search results about “bus fares”. The most important thing you can do on the web is to represent yourself honestly. If your site is about... 

Suggestions While Working With an SEO Company

January 5, 2010 by Singh Himanshu  
Filed under SEO

Suggestions While Working With an SEO Company

Reading time: 4 – 6 minutes Based on my experience in executing SEO projects for over half a decade, I am posting a blog entry which deals with the suggestions for a client working with any SEO professional or SEO firm for optimizing his website. Have complete faith in SEO professional: Once you finalize SEO professional or SEO Company, trust their skills. Also you need to trust their knowledge and experience. Do give them freehand to work on their methodology and indulge yourself in learning basics about their methodology and approach. You can discuss the blueprints they prepare for your website, in detail with them. This will help your SEO professional in gaining your confidence and also will help you in reaching a comfort level with your SEO professional. Have reasonable / realistic expectations about your SEO project: SEO can’t work miracles irrespective of their experience and past track record. Especially if the site is new, it may take months to really see traffic building...