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Wednesday, December 5, 2007
SEO and the Title Tag
One of the main processes in a SEO (search engine optimization) campaign is the proper use of the title tag. What is a title tag? It is a short description of the web page that is being written. What are the different features that should go while writing an SEO effective title tag? Here is a list of things to remember,
- The title tag should always come after the "header" tag
- A good title should not exceed 60 characters
- Title should comprise of keywords and relevant phrases
- Use keywords that are in the body text of the page
- Keep the title unique
- Avoid use of search engine stop words
- Title should make grammatical sense
- Try and place primary keywords at the starting of the tag
- Can sensibly repeat keyword to get more density
- Title tags must be always closed
- Do not change the title tag frequently
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SEO Directory Submission for Better Traffic
How do you propagate your online website far and wide without spending much money? Well directory submission is an online marketing and an SEO technique that is not going to be any bit expensive. Let me show how this works. The manner it works is that these directories usually have a broad scope of categories which are listed. You need to choose the specific class and category which suits your business the best. The online directory submission requires us to comply with certain procedures and guide lines to ensure a place in it. What are the advantages in submitting our details with these directories? The advantages are, - Get more results for minimal input
- Instant indexing by robots
- Website ranking enhancement
- Access to a traffic base
- Relevant traffic results in sales
- Better conversion rates
- Can beat competition
Manual directory submission process starts with the selection of the appropriate niche specific web directory followed by searching and making sure that the website's URL has not been previously submitted to the directory. This is because multiple submissions are not appreciated by directories. After digging into the directory and getting to the right category an email contact has to be established followed by filling up of the directory submission form. Once the website is submitted and approved the submission has to be again verified and one must confirm enlistment. If not listed one might have to repeat the submission process. While manual submissions take time there is automated directory submission software that has its advantages and disadvantages. Outsourcing of your directory submission project to SEO professionals is always a good option especially when you don't have the time and resources for it. Outsource Strategies International (OSI) is a US based BPO company that offers affordable services like, search engine optimization, directory submission services, SEO Marketing, SEO Copywriting Services, Pay Per Click Search Engine Advertising, and search engine marketing. Labels: automated directory submission, Directory Submission, directory submission services, manual directory submission, SEO
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PPC Advertising Basics
What is PPC? It stands for "pay per click" and is an advertisement technique used by the search engines, blogs, websites and the advertisement people. Here like anywhere else, the advertisement has to be paid for being published on the website by the advertiser but this has to done only when a user actually clicks on the online advertisement to be taken to the advertiser's website.
The major players in this online advertisement PPC programs include,
- Google Adword
- Yahoo search marketing
- Microsoft Adcenter
- Ask
- Looksmart
- Yandex
- Baidu
On the SERP (search engine results page) the ads will be presented depending on the price that the advertiser agrees to pay and the historical click-through rates of all advertisements shown for a given search. This type of advertisement focuses on the right audience all the time.
Only those visitors searching for the particular keywords will be able to see the advertisement. Thus a shoe ad will be seen only by some one who has been searching for shoes or for some closely related keywords. These"sponsored ads" will usually appear next to, and sometimes, above the natural or organic results on search engine results pages. The search engine develops a ratio which is called the click through rate (CTR) and this is got by dividing the total number of clicks by the presented advertisements/impressions. The CTR has to remains high enough for any advertisement to continue successfully.
What are the current PPC rates? Well also called as Cost per Click (CPC) the minimum prices per click start at US$0.01 and can go up to up to US$0.50.
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Tuesday, December 4, 2007
SEO Solutions to the Sandbox Effect
Do you think your website is in the Google sandbox? By definition, the sandbox effect is a theory that newly-registered domains or domains with frequent ownership or name server changes are placed in a sandbox in the indexes of Google until it is deemed appropriate for the ranking to starts.
There are still different opinions about the sandbox effect. While some think that the sandbox effect does not exist, others think of it as a result of a mathematical algorithm and not a policy decision from Google. Some feel that the sandbox does not affect results from other search engines like Yahoo or MSN. Anyway it seems that sandboxing is an inevitable process, and every new domain has to go through it in the beginning. It is observed that it can take up to one year or more for a domain to get out of the sandbox even with good SEO techniques.
What are the factors that determine how long a website will stay in the sandbox? They include the following main factors,
- Domain age - Google considers older sites to be more authoritative
- Links- The total number of incoming links that a website gets is crucial aspect of search engine optimization. More links means a more important site, but care must be taken that one does not relate to link farms as this is considered spammy.
- Content volume- A regular and good quality of content is the best
- Duplicate content- The lesser the duplicate content the better for the website.
To get out of the sandbox the best thing to do is to register the website as early as possible and only good original content should be updated on a regular basis. Care should be taken to avoid duplication of content as much as possible. Another SEO technique is to slowly build up the website's incoming links as this will help to increase the website's page rank. But it should be done on a consistent and timely basis. Getting paid back links from cheap link farms can be quite dangerous and can get a website to be blacklisted.
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Labels: Internet Marketing, Sandbox, Search Engine Optimization, SEO, SEO solutions
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