For those of you who are professional writers that don’t run your own websites online, you may not have heard of the Google Panda update. Essentially, Panda is an algorithm run by Google against its search index that it uses in the wake of stinging criticism about its search result being cluttered with low quality [...]
After much Internet angst regarding Google’s most recent search engine algorithm update called Panda (or in some places, the Farmer update) there seems to be some discussion around what exactly is a content mill and how content mills work. What Do Content Mills Do? Content mills, like many forms of new media, are not specifically [...]
Deciphering how Google ranks websites and determines its Search Engine Results Pages (SERP) is the focus of Search Engine Optimization, or SEO. Numerous SEO professionals and SEO consultants offer ongoing advice to website publishers about how to get webpages to rank higher in Google search rankings, with the goal being to attain the coveted #1 [...]
To get more search engine traffic there are a lot of things you can do. You can read all about search engine optimization until you go blind. You could even hire an SEO consultant if you have money to burn. You could comment on a thousand blogs a day with a link back to your [...]
With one tiny post, Senior Google Engineer Matt Cutts has shown that SEO professionals don’t know anything. Oh, and by the way, search rankings don’t work like you (or those pros) think they do anymore.
If this weren’t an online blog that depended in no small measure on the traffic generated by readers looking for information via search engines, that title would have been more catchy, more appealing, and more fun. In other words, more likely to grab the reader’s interest and more likely to be enjoyed by the reader. [...]
Do some reading on domain names and what good ones are, as well as a little bit on search engine optimization and eventually you will come across the very sound advice to only use www.domain.com or domain.com, but not both. The idea is two-fold. First, you don’t want to lose out on your search engine [...]
Recently, I’ve noticed that the more time I spend trying to “SEO” my various sites and pages, the less I actually write. That is a HUGE problem, because it turns out that nothing, and I mean nothing, counts as much for search engine results rankings than writing, or as the SEO pros call it, content. [...]
Can Squidoo lenses be of any value to someone who is not a dedicated Squidoo guru?
If you are serious about your blog or website, then you have to have an XML sitemap in the root directory of your site. If you are running a WordPress blog, that can be easier than it sounds thanks to a free plugin called XML Sitemap Builder WordPress plug-in. The XML sitemap building plugin automatically [...]
Is this true? As you may know, I’ve been working on building my own web empire. These sites are filled with what I think is really good (and hopefully really well written) content that users would find very interesting. As these site mature, I am experimenting with monetizing them, primarily through Google’s AdSense product because [...]
