Getting to the top of the Search Engines IX How Many Backlinks do you have? A bit of a detour today. I have had several people ask how they can find out how many backlinks they have to their web site. A good question and one I can answer. First thing you want to do is go to Yahoo.com rather than ...

SEO Off Page III What is a backlink? I’ve already spent a couple articles talking at least in part about back links without specifically explaining what a backlink is. According to Wikipedia, Backlinks are incoming links to a website or web page. In the search engine optimization (SEO) world, the...

Getting to the top of the search engines VII In out last post we suggested that the key to getting ranked higher in the search engines was getting back links. Today, we will look at that a little closer, but first we are going to discuss my perceptions as to what Google is looking for when it ran...

Getting to the top of the Search Engines VI Over the past two weeks or so, we have focused on what I call “On Page” search engine optimization. We are now ready to move forward to discuss the “Off Page” factors that affect how Google and the other search engines rank your site. It was important t...

In our last discussion we talked about keyword density and the need to have your keywords appear on your page, frequently but not too frequently. The need to do so early on your page, and some suggestions on making sure you had enough words overall to appear substantive to the search engines and ...

In our last article, we discussed the hidden or invisible “on-page” factors that can help or hinder your ability to rank high on the Search Engines. Today we will look at some on-page factors that matter as well. By on page I am talking about the text that people can read on your home page. From ...

The hidden essentials to attract the search engine bots are your title tags, your keywords and your meta description.  In addition, your keyword should appear on your page in an

tag. We will discuss each in this article. First let’s talk about where to find your hidden code.  Go to a place o...

There are two main areas of attention when discussing how to move your website to the top of the search engines. The first are the on-page factors and the second are the off-page factors. The on-page factors are the easiest and quickest to deal with and are where we will start to focus our attent...

What’s a top listing on Google worth?   Whether you are a home stager in Philadelphia or a shoe store in Omaha, or a Dentist in Los Angeles, getting your business to the top of local search engine results can make a significant difference to your profitability.   How much more traffic does the to...

Yesterday, I described a problem that a lot of home stagers and other businesses have. When your web site starts out with a splash page, and/or your site uses a lot of flash coding you can become invisible to the little bots Google and others send around the internet to index sites. And that mean...