While there are many ethical SEO firms serving Internet users today, a few notorious practitioners also exist. One of them called me just the other day.
“We can get your site to be number one in the search engines for the top 20 search terms you choose,” promised the telemarketer. I don’t usually give […]

Some webmasters report that search engines account for 75% or more of their total website traffic. However, it’s important not to become too dependent on search engines for new business. Achieving a top listing from a major search engine is becoming more and more difficult over time. The competition for top spots is intense and […]

Relevant links from other websites are the foundation of any
decent ranking in the search engines. Finding those links,
however, can be a daunting task at first. These three strategies
are the basic stuff for helping newer web sites gain one way
links.
If you’re not quite sure how to go about beginning to build up
relevant one way links for […]

Search Engine Optimization (SEO)
Search Engine Optimization, also known as SEO, is the art and
science of making web pages attractive to the search engines.
The better optimized the page is, the higher a ranking it will
achieve in search engine result listings. This is especially
critical because most people who use search engines only look at
the first page or […]

Having been in this industry for as long as I have, I often
forget some of the basics. Well, it’s not that I forget, it’s
just that I assume that everyone else in the industry has the
same knowledge level as I do.
So when I get a “newbie” asking a question like “Why are my
Google results different […]

Ok, so over the past month or so I’ve been collecting various search engine optimization questions from all of you. Today, I’m going to answer what was the most frequently asked question over the past month.
You guessed it… What is the Google Sandbox Theory and how do I escape it? When you finish reading this […]

So you need a domain name for your brand new internet business. You may even have some cool ideas for a new domain name combination that will really impress your friends. Question is, is your new domain name going to help your business or hurt it?
What could be simpler than choosing a domain […]

My Grandfather ran a small Grocery Store and when you would
ask him a Question about his Business he would laugh and
reply does Macy’s Tell Gimbel’s. (At the Time Gimbel’s was
a major Competitor of Macy’s in the New York Department
Store Market.) Well if Macy’s were on the Internet
back then they could be telling Gimbel’s […]

There are many Black Hat techniques that people use to try and influence Googles ranking of their sites, the simple thing to remember is that THEY DO NOT help your rankings, are simply a waste of your time and sooner or later will lead to a Google ban for your site. Sure there are sites […]

Increasing your search engine rankings should certainly be one of your main goals if you are looking to increase your targeted traffic. The reason for this is if you improve your search engine rankings, you’ll increase the amount of visitors your website receives, and when you increase traffic to your site you are going to […]