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Debunking 10 Popular SEO Myths Created By So Called “SEO Experts”

by Sam on September 30, 2011 in Search Engine Optimization with 4 Comments
SEO Myths

For years the art of search engine optimization has been praised as the end-all, be-all in runningasuccessful, money making website; and because of this thought, many persons self proclaimed as “SEO Experts” started popping up all over the web creating a lot of hype surrounding SEO practices and in the process, sent a lot of their dedicated followers on wild goose chases that yielded little worthwhile results.

The truth is that Google, the biggest authority on SEO and search, provides all the information and strategies required for mastering your niche through search. The information they provide is surprisingly very simple and straightforward and will prove to be less hassle and reap more rewards.

So let’s do some myth busting to shed some light on the truth about SEO. Continue reading →

When Is The Next Google PageRank(PR) Update Anyway?

by Sam on November 11, 2010 in Search Engine Optimization, Search Engines with 3 Comments
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I’m not sure if anyone else has noticed but Google has not updated Pagerank for sites in its index for about 7 or 8 months now. Usually, Pagerank updates occur automatically by google’s servers every 3 or 4 months and for the past few years it has been very predictable. Honestly, I almost forgot about Pagerank and its importance and have just been focusing on using proven SEO techniques for building client websites and helping them rank better in search engines. Continue reading →

Tip Of The Day: Download Google’s SEO Starter Guide & Learn To Dominate Search Results

by Sam on October 6, 2010 in Search Engine Optimization, Tip Of The Day, Tutorials with 15 Comments

For today’s tip I will be directing you to the most accurate guide on how to make your websites search engine friendly and rank well in search engine results pages, which is the Google Search Engine Optimization Starter Guide. This PDF is a MUST READ for new and seasoned web publishers and developers and provides all the necessary information required to begin to master Search Engine Optimization. Forget about what everyone else has to say about SEO for a little while and download and start reading the guide from the team at Google.

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How I Increased My Search Engine Traffic By 1,000% in 4 Months

by Sam on July 27, 2010 in Blogging & SEO, Search Engine Optimization, Statistics with 17 Comments
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Google currently uses over 200 signals to examine the entire link structure of the web and to determine which pages are important and relevant to particular user search queries. The weight and importance of each signal / factor differs greatly and practicing the right search engine optimization techniques is vital to your online success through search.

Since the launch of Sam’s Web Guide, I have experienced an increase of over 1,000% in search engine traffic and the method for achieving this was not very difficult but has been very specific. Although there are so many factors that search engines use for determining ranking, today I’m going to share the most important techniques I employed that have helped my blog to soar even in tough times.

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26 Major Google Search Engine Ranking Factors Every Blogger Should Know

by Sam on June 24, 2010 in Blogging & SEO, Search Engine Optimization with 31 Comments
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Google states that there are over 200 factors used for ranking websites and determining site authority in search engine results pages. Some factors, however, have more weight than others and proper practice and use of these will guarantee a healthy search engine profile and attract tons of targeted traffic to your site / blog.

Here are 26 major factors that Google uses in measuring up your site / blog and determining your authority. Although there are over 200 factors, the ones listed below provide more powerful results within the shortest period of time.

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Will SEO Be Necessary in the Next 5 Years?

by Sam on March 12, 2010 in Search Engine Optimization with 29 Comments

As bloggers, most of us have invested thousands of hours online in an attempt to ensure our success at blogging. We write interesting posts, interact with other bloggers worldwide, we read, study and some spend most of their time optimizing their sites for search friendliness and better search engine rankings. So the question comes to my mind: Are we spending too much time working on and talking about SEO when it may not exist in the next few years? Continue reading →

23 Easy Ways to Guarantee More Links to your Site

by Sam on February 28, 2010 in Other Tutorials, Search Engine Optimization, Tutorials with 20 Comments

There is a growing debate on the net whether link popularity will be relevant in the medium term as search engine algorithms continue to change and evolve to be more efficient and facilitates easier methods for the average webmaster to focus on SEO related tasks. Personally, I think that link building is here to stay for the foreseeable future since Google uses linking data intensively. Continue reading →

How to add your website to Search Engines – Google, Bing & Yahoo

by Sam on February 26, 2010 in Other Tutorials, Search Engine Optimization, Tutorials with 1 Comment

This is a quick tutorial on how to submit your websites to 3 of the major search engines – Google, Bing & Yahoo

It is very important to get your website listed in the major search engines. This is a basic free submission that allows web users to access your website through organic search, provided that their search keywords match the ‘crawler accessible’ content you have on your site and your website has already been crawled and indexed. (We will discuss key word selection and search engine optimization in another post) Continue reading →

How does the Googlebot view your website

by Sam on February 26, 2010 in Other Tutorials, Search Engine Optimization, Tutorials with No comments

Let’s face it, we cannot be successful on the web without acknowledging the power of google and the importance of having a high search ranking on the world’s top search engine. However, to be successful, we need to know what google is looking for, what the crawlers/bots want to find, and also how to make it easy for them to find our content. To do this, let’s become the eyes of the google-bot (The google web client used to index and search the web for new content) and to do this, google has an excellent tool called the ‘Fetch as Googlebot tool’. This tool can be found within google’s webmaster tools. Continue reading →