http://www.seoseonews.com en-us http://www.seoseonews.com N/A venkat@sgdndtworks.com Fri, 21 Nov 2008 05:27:59 -0600 20 http://www.seoseonews.com/articles/988/1/Writing-useful-articles-that-readers-will-love/Writing-useful-articles-that-readers-will-love.html Okay SEOs, what can you learn from my previous post about changing the default printer for Firefox on Linux? In the last week someone wrote and said “I want you to talk about SEO, and don’t give me any of that crap about good content.” I’m going to beg to differ. venkat@sgdndtworks.com (SEO News - Admin Admin) Wed, 07 May 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.seoseonews.com/articles/1488/1/-Pay-Per-Click-Boom-or-Bust/-Pay-Per-Click-Boom-or-Bust.html     Is pay per click losing momentum? Is growth in the channel waning? In a recent blog post, Steve Rubel wrote “I am calling a top to this market now. There are five reasons why a pay-per-click advertising recession looms!” venkat@sgdndtworks.com (SEO News - Admin Admin) Mon, 19 Nov 2007 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.seoseonews.com/articles/1487/1/ATT-To-Acquire-Pay-Per-Call-Company-Ingenio/ATT-To-Acquire-Pay-Per-Call-Company-Ingenio.html     AT&T announced plans to acquire Ingenio whose Pay Per Call technology they intend to integrate with YellowPages.com, according to the company press release."AT&T plans to integrate Ingenio's Pay Per Call solutions into its directory service and local search advertising portfolio, including the YELLOWPAGES.COM Network, venkat@sgdndtworks.com (SEO News - Admin Admin) Mon, 19 Nov 2007 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.seoseonews.com/articles/1473/1/-Monday-is-New-Day-for-Newsletter/Monday-is-New-Day-for-Newsletter.html     Last week I posted a poll to let you decide for yourselves what day you would like to received the About.com Photography newsletter. With 54% of the votes, Monday is the new day for the newsletter. venkat@sgdndtworks.com (SEO News - Admin Admin) Mon, 19 Nov 2007 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.seoseonews.com/articles/1373/1/Product-Design-News/Product-Design-News.html STMicroelectronics , one of the world\'s leading semiconductor manufacturers, today unveiled details of its 45nm (0.045-micron) CMOS design platform for next- generation venkat@sgdndtworks.com (SEO News - Admin Admin) Fri, 16 Nov 2007 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.seoseonews.com/articles/1299/1/Natural-Search-Engine-Optimization-SEO/Natural-Search-Engine-Optimization-SEO.html Search engine optimization has become an integral part lately in the Internet Marketing arena. With the power of search engines any business is made or broke. venkat@sgdndtworks.com (SEO News - Admin Admin) Wed, 07 Nov 2007 00:00:00 -0600 http://www.seoseonews.com/articles/1281/1/All-earning-statistics-at-your-browser-with-Allstats.html We’re glad to introduce you the new servise from Seoquake developers – Allstats Firefox extention. This extention displays your earning statistics from different Pay Per Click and advertisment systems. It’s wery convinient for webmasters, using different ways to earn money in the Web. Installing this addon you can receive all data from different advertisment and PPC systems at once. Now all data will be in your browser. And you’ll not need to check out you billings at different web sites. At a writing of extension greater work has been done. In general, difficulties emerged because of various program features of partner systems. To connect systems to extension would be much easier at xml availability, however and for today extension successfully works with such known systems, as:  &uuml      Google Adsense &uuml      UmaxSearch &uuml      PeakClick &uuml      Buckster &uuml      SoftwareProfit &uuml      AdultAdsCash &uuml      KlikVip &uuml      AdultFriendFinder It is necessary to note, that if the partner program will have statistics in the xml form, we’ll be glad to add this system in our list of supported systems first of all. It is possible to get to know with those simple technical requirements in special section of a site http://allstats.seoquake.com/tech. In the addon preferences you can choose systems you need, type in you login and password in system and add system in the accounts list. After this all data will be available from your browser. Also you can set the updating interval from 10 minutes to 12 hours. You can add, edit and delete systems at any time and see all data by one click at the extention. Download this addon you can at http://allstats.seoquake.com  Extension is free. To add other systems to extension, send your applications for the seoquake@gmail.com,  we necessarily shall consider them and try to take into account all your wishes. seoquake@rambler.ru (Maria Tv) Fri, 02 Nov 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.seoseonews.com/articles/1251/1/Search-Engine-Optimization-articles/Search-Engine-Optimization-articles.html SEO writing is very different from content writing, article writing, story writing and news writing. When I first realized my innate talent for writing stuff and putting thoughts into words, I was still reading Mills and Boons, and it was during this time that my romance storybooks were confiscated by my classroom teacher because I was reading in class. venkat@sgdndtworks.com (SEO News - Admin Admin) Fri, 26 Oct 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.seoseonews.com/articles/1249/1/5-Simple-Search-Engine-Optimization-SEO-Techniques/5-Simple-Search-Engine-Optimization-SEO-Techniques.html The lifeblood of any website/ecommerce business is traffic, and every webmaster knows the best type of traffic is natural, organic search engine traffic.  There are two very important reasons for this: (1) it is extremely targeted, and (2) It is FREE!  The hard part is getting top ranking for your sites keywords... or is it?  venkat@sgdndtworks.com (SEO News - Admin Admin) Fri, 26 Oct 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.seoseonews.com/articles/1235/1/5-things-that-have-changed-about-SEO/5-things-that-have-changed-about-SEO.html Search engine optimization is a rapidly evolving field that has gone through an amazing transition in the last 4 years. venkat@sgdndtworks.com (SEO News - Admin Admin) Tue, 23 Oct 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.seoseonews.com/articles/1204/1/Why-Search-Engine-Marketing-is-Important/Why-Search-Engine-Marketing-is-Important.html When most webmasters look at the search engine marketing for their websites, they tend to focus on cost. They will place an emphasis on the keyword phrases, and will not pay attention to other important elements. venkat@sgdndtworks.com (SEO News - Admin Admin) Wed, 10 Oct 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.seoseonews.com/articles/1200/1/The-Simplicity-of-Writing-SEO-Articles/The-Simplicity-of-Writing-SEO-Articles.html Writing SEO articles does not have to be complicated. In fact, it is really quite simple, once you know why and how you should attack the process. To better understand how you should write your articles, from a business point of view, lets look at three important business concepts that should play a role in how you design your SEO articles. venkat@sgdndtworks.com (SEO News - Admin Admin) Wed, 10 Oct 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.seoseonews.com/articles/1177/1/Search-Engine-Optimization-Articles/Search-Engine-Optimization-Articles.html SEO Articles Drive Website Traffic SEO Articles can help move websites up in the search engines and are often purchased by SEO Companies and webmasters. venkat@sgdndtworks.com (SEO News - Admin Admin) Fri, 05 Oct 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.seoseonews.com/articles/1174/1/Search-engine-optimization/Search-engine-optimization.html Search engine optimization deals with making a website achieve the best rank it can in the search engines using various strategies and techniques. venkat@sgdndtworks.com (SEO News - Admin Admin) Thu, 04 Oct 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.seoseonews.com/articles/1149/1/The-Search-Engine-Optimization-Services/The-Search-Engine-Optimization-Services.html If you have a website which you use as an extension of your business, then you want to make sure it is working for you. Anybody can develop a website and get it hosted on the Internet, but that doesn't guarantee anybody is going to ever see it. venkat@sgdndtworks.com (SEO News - Admin Admin) Wed, 26 Sep 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.seoseonews.com/articles/1145/1/How-To-Get-Traffic-To-Your-Website/How-To-Get-Traffic-To-Your-Website.html Today, the biggest problem that new website owners have is: How they can get traffic to their website? Significant amount of time and energy is spent today on this single task. You or your webmaster needs to commonly focus on venkat@sgdndtworks.com (SEO News - Admin Admin) Tue, 25 Sep 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.seoseonews.com/articles/1107/1/-Search-Engine-Optimization/-Search-Engine-Optimization.html Simply refers to the manipulation of a site to gain top rankings on the three search engines that dominate the search traffic on the net: Google, Yahoo and MSN venkat@sgdndtworks.com (SEO News - Admin Admin) Mon, 10 Sep 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.seoseonews.com/articles/1100/1/Achieving-High-SEO-Search-Engine-Ranking/Achieving-High-SEO-Search-Engine-Ranking.html Very few topics have inspired as many tangents, as much false information . . . incurred as much abuse as search engine optimization. With the few shreds of information search engines reveal about their actual methodologies, optimizers struggle to get that extra edge over the competition, armed with esoteric theories of keyword density, precise meta-tag length, optimal internal linking, and just about any other detail that a search engine might happen to factor into its rankings. venkat@sgdndtworks.com (SEO News - Admin Admin) Thu, 06 Sep 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.seoseonews.com/articles/1085/1/Importance-of-Search-Engine-Ranking/Importance-of-Search-Engine-Ranking.html Of course first, you must have a good website to start out with. If you have a terrible website, even a large amount of traffic won’t be very beneficial. Visitors will simply leave. venkat@sgdndtworks.com (SEO News - Admin Admin) Fri, 31 Aug 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.seoseonews.com/articles/1084/1/SEO-for-Beginners/SEO-for-Beginners.html I had a learned marketing friend of mine comment that the information on SEO on our blog was ok for a propeller-head, but didn’t really help a business owner, so this article is intended to set the stage for information contained in the related articles. venkat@sgdndtworks.com (SEO News - Admin Admin) Fri, 31 Aug 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.seoseonews.com/articles/1080/1/Most-Deadly-SEO-Sins--Common-mistakes-even-experts-fail-to-notice/Most-Deadly-SEO-Sins--Common-mistakes-even-experts-fail-to-notice.html If you are initiating Search Engine Optimization of your website, you probably have done some study about SEO techniques through forums and articles. You may have somewhat worked out a roadmap of how to proceed with the site optimization process. venkat@sgdndtworks.com (SEO News - Admin Admin) Thu, 30 Aug 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.seoseonews.com/articles/1074/1/Why-use-a-Search-Engine-Marketing-Service/Why-use-a-Search-Engine-Marketing-Service.html With hundreds of millions of people using search engines each and every day to locate information, products, or services, attaining a high ranking search position on sites like Google and Yahoo! is vital for businesses of all sizes. venkat@sgdndtworks.com (SEO News - Admin Admin) Tue, 28 Aug 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.seoseonews.com/articles/1073/1/High-Rankings-SEO-Process/High-Rankings-SEO-Process.html Note from Website Marketing Plan Network publisher Bobette Kyle: One of the most difficult marketing strategies for new site owners is ranking well in organic search engine listings. venkat@sgdndtworks.com (SEO News - Admin Admin) Tue, 28 Aug 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.seoseonews.com/articles/1067/1/Log-file-analysis-and-SEO/Log-file-analysis-and-SEO.html If you own or manage a website, you are probably already aware of the importance of your log files or site statistics. Such data can give you insights about your site's usability, errors in your HTML code, the popularity of your site pages and the type of visitors your site attracts. venkat@sgdndtworks.com (SEO News - Admin Admin) Sat, 25 Aug 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.seoseonews.com/articles/1055/1/What-SEO-should-you-avoid-/What-SEO-should-you-avoid-.html In order to earn money the easy way, many SEOs employ unfair means to direct the search engine to their site. These tricks, known as “black hat SEO”, grant only momentary listing. Once the search engine discovers these tricks, the particular SEO is dealt with severely. venkat@sgdndtworks.com (SEO News - Admin Admin) Wed, 22 Aug 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.seoseonews.com/articles/1051/1/Simple-SEO-Truths/Simple-SEO-Truths.html According to the 1998 Georgia Tech GVU User Survey, 85 percent of respondents found Web pages from search engines. Since then, other studies have reported 50 to 80 percent of Web site traffïc comes from search engines. venkat@sgdndtworks.com (SEO News - Admin Admin) Tue, 21 Aug 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.seoseonews.com/articles/1050/1/Search-Engine-Strategies/Search-Engine-Strategies.html Search Engine Strategies in New York last week proved to be one of the busiest shows ever. It seems to go from strength to strength. venkat@sgdndtworks.com (SEO News - Admin Admin) Tue, 21 Aug 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.seoseonews.com/articles/1046/1/Weekly-Rap-up-of-Search-Engine-Industry-News---813---817/Weekly-Rap-up-of-Search-Engine-Industry-News---813---817.html A summary of search related news items that occurred this week including Microsoft completes acquisition of aQuantive, AOL Mobile Search launches with Moviefone, MapQuest and CityGuide, Yahoo! Local gets a new makeover, a new service called TwitKu combines Twitter and Jaiku into one interface, and finally, American Airlines is the latest to file suit against Google over trademarks used to trigger AdWords ads. venkat@sgdndtworks.com (SEO News - Admin Admin) Sat, 18 Aug 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.seoseonews.com/articles/1044/1/Top-5-Fatal-SEO-Mistakes/Top-5-Fatal-SEO-Mistakes.html 1. JavaScript Navigation One of the most common Search Engine Optimization questions is "Why won't X Y or Z search engine index my internal pages" one of the most common reason for this is that the site uses JavaScript for site navigation including dropdown box menu's and fancy sliding DHTML menu systems. venkat@sgdndtworks.com (SEO News - Admin Admin) Sat, 18 Aug 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.seoseonews.com/articles/1043/1/Three-SEO-Articles-Everyone-should-Read/Three-SEO-Articles-Everyone-should-Read.html Search Engine Optimization (SEO) is science and art. SEO methodology isn’t difficult. It’s finding authoritative and trustworthy SEO authors that is difficult. venkat@sgdndtworks.com (SEO News - Admin Admin) Sat, 18 Aug 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.seoseonews.com/articles/1042/1/The-Instant-Brand-Killer/The-Instant-Brand-Killer.html With the increasing uptake of social media sites such as Digg, Technorati, Slashdot, YouTube and MySpace, together with community bookmarking sites like Del.icio.us, Reddit and Ma.gnolia, companies the world over can reach their target markets via a whole new channel. venkat@sgdndtworks.com (SEO News - Admin Admin) Fri, 17 Aug 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.seoseonews.com/articles/1037/1/How-To-Become-Number-One/How-To-Become-Number-One.html Do you accept second best in life? Would you like to become the top dog in your chosen field of expertise? Are you interested in learning about how you can become number one? In this article I am going to be explaining about the skills and attitude that I believe are required to reach the top, I hope you enjoy the read. venkat@sgdndtworks.com (SEO News - Admin Admin) Thu, 16 Aug 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.seoseonews.com/articles/1035/1/7-Steps-To-Profitable-Niche-Markets/7-Steps-To-Profitable-Niche-Markets.html For many, the most daunting stage of beginning an information or other Internet marketing business is deciding which niche market to choose. venkat@sgdndtworks.com (SEO News - Admin Admin) Thu, 16 Aug 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.seoseonews.com/articles/1024/1/What-all-top-Google-websites-have-in-common/What-all-top-Google-websites-have-in-common.html While it is okay to admire and envy all those sites enjoy top ranking with leading search engines like Google, it is much more important to study these sites closely. venkat@sgdndtworks.com (SEO News - Admin Admin) Tue, 07 Aug 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.seoseonews.com/articles/1015/1/Google-MSN-and-Yahoo-Search/Google-MSN-and-Yahoo-Search.html To maximise your website traffic through the search engines you need to focus on the Big3! venkat@sgdndtworks.com (SEO News - Admin Admin) Sat, 04 Aug 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.seoseonews.com/articles/1000/1/Consultant-In-House-or-Firm-Which-is-best-for-your-SEO-needs/Consultant-In-House-or-Firm-Which-is-best-for-your-SEO-needs.html Businesses that are active on the world wide web, no matter how great or small, are beginning to realize the necessity of search engine optimization. As with almost all things Internet related, however, their are a number of considerations to be made which can affect the level of success they achieve. venkat@sgdndtworks.com (SEO News - Admin Admin) Wed, 01 Aug 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.seoseonews.com/articles/998/1/Is-it-Worth-Sponsoring-Wordpress-Themes-and-PHP-Scripts-/Is-it-Worth-Sponsoring-Wordpress-Themes-and-PHP-Scripts-.html Thanks to the great participation of you (my readers), the “Questions and Answers” category of Linkrain is going to be filled with some useful information within the next days. Today Aninaruto asked me: venkat@sgdndtworks.com (SEO News - Admin Admin) Tue, 31 Jul 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.seoseonews.com/articles/996/1/Make-9000month-with-Wordpress-themes/Make-9000month-with-Wordpress-themes.html Over a million people are using Wordpress to blog and the number of Wordpress users is increasing every day. Every blogger wants his blog too look good but most of them don’t have enough web design knowledge to create their own theme, that’s why they usually download themes created by web designers. venkat@sgdndtworks.com (SEO News - Admin Admin) Tue, 31 Jul 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.seoseonews.com/articles/994/1/If-Your-Web-site-Sales-seems-Dead---then-Heres-a-surprise/If-Your-Web-site-Sales-seems-Dead---then-Heres-a-surprise.html How are your online sales doing lately? Have you read articles recently that talk about how the old-fashioned online sales letter is dead? venkat@sgdndtworks.com (SEO News - Admin Admin) Tue, 31 Jul 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.seoseonews.com/articles/985/1/City-Firm-Analyzes-Website-Visitors/City-Firm-Analyzes-Website-Visitors.html Website operators and online businesses will soon be able to unmask their previously anonymous customers and paint a profile of their communities thanks to a six-month-old Victoria firm. venkat@sgdndtworks.com (SEO News - Admin Admin) Fri, 27 Jul 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.seoseonews.com/articles/980/1/Q-and-A-with-Mr-SEO/Q-and-A-with-Mr-SEO.html As I have stated before, every page of your site should be optimized for its own term or terms. Your menu should reflect those terms as best as possible.In most cases, the home page targets the main term of the site. Let\'s say your site was about \"discount shoes\". venkat@sgdndtworks.com (SEO News - Admin Admin) Thu, 26 Jul 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.seoseonews.com/articles/979/1/What-you-can-do-while-you-wait-for-your-SEO-to-kick-in/What-you-can-do-while-you-wait-for-your-SEO-to-kick-in.html It is always hard to launch a new site. Optimization is always the best way to go, and not just for the obvious reasons. Optimizing your pages from the start has other benefits. venkat@sgdndtworks.com (SEO News - Admin Admin) Thu, 26 Jul 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.seoseonews.com/articles/978/1/What-is-Professional-SEO/What-is-Professional-SEO.html There is a great debate in SEO today. It's about the nature of SEO – what it is, and what it is supposed to do. venkat@sgdndtworks.com (SEO News - Admin Admin) Thu, 26 Jul 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.seoseonews.com/articles/976/1/-Which-is-best-for-your-SEO-needs/Which-is-best-for-your-SEO-needs.html Businesses that are active on the world wide web, no matter how great or small, are beginning to realize the necessity of search engine optimization. As with almost all things Internet related, however, their are a number of considerations to be made which can affect the level of success they achieve. venkat@sgdndtworks.com (SEO News - Admin Admin) Thu, 26 Jul 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.seoseonews.com/articles/970/1/Choosing-SEO-as-Your-Career/Choosing-SEO-as-Your-Career.html Its always better to know in advance what you can expect from a career in SEO.Some Good Reasons to Choose SEO as Your Career venkat@sgdndtworks.com (SEO News - Admin Admin) Tue, 24 Jul 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.seoseonews.com/articles/950/1/Search-Engine-Optimization-Certification--3-Observations-for-the-future-SEO/Search-Engine-Optimization-Certification--3-Observations-for-the-future-SEO.html When it comes to search engine optimization certification, it's a topic that is becoming quite popular. To the active public and business owner in general, there is a very real need for skilled SEO professional people. venkat@sgdndtworks.com (SEO News - Admin Admin) Sat, 14 Jul 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.seoseonews.com/articles/943/1/Why-Search-Engines-Fail/Why-Search-Engines-Fail.html Imagine asking a stranger for directions to a clothing store. Chances are, the stranger will tell you one of two replies. They'll direct you to the nearest clothing store they know of, or they'll send to to the last one they just passed. But you're looking for the latest Spongebob Squarepants kid's shirt. venkat@sgdndtworks.com (SEO News - Admin Admin) Fri, 13 Jul 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.seoseonews.com/articles/942/1/What-Does-Search-Engine-Optimization-Mean-The-Basic-Concepts/What-Does-Search-Engine-Optimization-Mean-The-Basic-Concepts.html If an individual is able to optimize the search engine results for his website, then he is able to boost and divert the traffic that goes into his website by giving his site omnipresence in the vastness of cyberspace. seo can greatly help any website get a good position in search engines, thereby improving that site's chances of success. venkat@sgdndtworks.com (SEO News - Admin Admin) Thu, 12 Jul 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.seoseonews.com/articles/940/1/SEO-Hits-Charleston/SEO-Hits-Charleston.html he Search Engine Academy of South Carolina or SEAofSC will conduct the workshop for different levels of seo: Beginner which will run for 2 days, the Advanced level for 3 days and Mastery for 5 days. The workshop is to be hosted by Tracy Fredrychowski, an seo professional. The workshop will take place at the Radisson Hotel Charleston Airport in North Charleston, South Carolina from August 20-24, 2007. venkat@sgdndtworks.com (SEO News - Admin Admin) Thu, 12 Jul 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.seoseonews.com/articles/918/1/Marketers-may-need-to-rethink-SEO/Marketers-may-need-to-rethink-SEO.html Traditional search engine optimization methods may have worked to increase website traffic in 2005 or 2006, but users' search habits are changing and marketers may need to change how they target the market through search. venkat@sgdndtworks.com (SEO News - Admin Admin) Wed, 06 Jun 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.seoseonews.com/articles/915/1/How-Much-to-Pay-for-SEO-Services/How-Much-to-Pay-for-SEO-Services.html The question comes up often. Many people have been burned by SEO Services, but many have also been rewarded by SEO Services. Like any business transaction or purchase you should only spend your money when you feel comfortable.  venkat@sgdndtworks.com (SEO News - Admin Admin) Tue, 05 Jun 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.seoseonews.com/articles/914/1/-Will-Googles-FeedBurner-Scorch-Organic-SEO/-Will-Googles-FeedBurner-Scorch-Organic-SEO.html Last Friday, Google announced it was acquiring FeedBurner for an undisclosed sum, rumored to be approximately $100 million. Just before that announcement, Google’s acquisition-in-progress of FeedBurner had generated some speculation among SEO professionals. venkat@sgdndtworks.com (SEO News - Admin Admin) Tue, 05 Jun 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.seoseonews.com/articles/912/1/-Worldwide-SEO-Myths-and-Misconceptions.html I've been quite the SEO (define) traveler this year, speaking on optimization and search usability in Germany, England, China, and Ireland (my current favorite). Though I greatly admire and respect my colleagues for spreading the word about effective SEO, I'm also concerned. venkat@sgdndtworks.com (SEO News - Admin Admin) Mon, 04 Jun 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.seoseonews.com/articles/913/1/-Worldwide-SEO-Myths-and-Misconceptions/-Worldwide-SEO-Myths-and-Misconceptions.html I've been quite the SEO (define) traveler this year, speaking on optimization and search usability in Germany, England, China, and Ireland (my current favorite). Though I greatly admire and respect my colleagues for spreading the word about effective SEO, I'm also concerned. venkat@sgdndtworks.com (SEO News - Admin Admin) Sun, 03 Jun 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.seoseonews.com/articles/911/1/New-Concept-in-Web-Directories-Allows-Site-Owners-to-Fully-Control-Link-Placements/New-Concept-in-Web-Directories-Allows-Site-Owners-to-Fully-Control-Link-Placements.html The Szab Network has announced the launch of Dare Directory (www.DareDirectory.com), which offers a unique concept in Web directories allowing webmasters and site owners to have full control over the placement of their links within the Web directory venkat@sgdndtworks.com (SEO News - Admin Admin) Sat, 02 Jun 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.seoseonews.com/articles/910/1/-Five-reasons-why-you-need-an-SEO-strategy/-Five-reasons-why-you-need-an-SEO-strategy.html  Search Engine Marketing helps site owners meet their various online marketing objectives such as generating leads, sales or simply building awareness. venkat@sgdndtworks.com (SEO News - Admin Admin) Sat, 02 Jun 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.seoseonews.com/articles/906/1/100000000-Ways-To-Invest-In-SEO/100000000-Ways-To-Invest-In-SEO.html  There are over 200 signals analyzed by search engines, creating an endless combination of tactics and strategies that can be employed to achieve exposure, rankings, and—by far the most important—conversions. venkat@sgdndtworks.com (SEO News - Admin Admin) Fri, 01 Jun 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.seoseonews.com/articles/905/1/-Increasing-the-the-SEO-Industrys-Profile/-Increasing-the-the-SEO-Industrys-Profile.html A recent post at SEOmoz once again brought up consider the plight of the Search Engine Optimization industry; as effective and needed as SEO consultants are, blackhats and webspammers have given the industry a black eye. venkat@sgdndtworks.com (SEO News - Admin Admin) Thu, 31 May 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.seoseonews.com/articles/904/1/Wikipedia-Asks-For-Help-Editing-The-SEO-Article/Wikipedia-Asks-For-Help-Editing-The-SEO-Article.html A popular Wikipedia editor Jehochman has requested that several respected SEOs contribute their time to editing the SEO wikipedia page.  venkat@sgdndtworks.com (SEO News - Admin Admin) Thu, 31 May 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.seoseonews.com/articles/903/1/Survey-confirms-important-page-elements-for-SEO/Survey-confirms-important-page-elements-for-SEO.html A recent survey by German firm Sistrix analyzed the web page elements of websites ranked top in Google. venkat@sgdndtworks.com (SEO News - Admin Admin) Thu, 31 May 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.seoseonews.com/articles/902/1/Dallas-SEO-Services-company-launches-its-new-Pay-per-click-Management-and-Search-Engine-Marketing-site/Dallas-SEO-Services-company-launches-its-new-Pay-per-click-Management-and-Search-Engine-Marketing-si.html SEO 1 Services, the Dallas based search engine optimization company has launched its new internet Marketing site. From pay-per-click (PPC) management, press release writing and distribution service, to comprehensive consulting and online visibility solutions SEO 1 Services is a one stop shop in search engine Marketing (SEM). venkat@sgdndtworks.com (SEO News - Admin Admin) Wed, 30 May 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.seoseonews.com/articles/900/1/How-to-Make-your-URLs-SEO-Friendly/How-to-Make-your-URLs-SEO-Friendly.html It is a well-known fact nowadays that without SEO a Web site stands many chances of not being indexed by search spiders, therefore risking not being ranked high enough (or even at all) in the SERPs. The result: poor conversion rate. venkat@sgdndtworks.com (SEO News - Admin Admin) Wed, 30 May 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.seoseonews.com/articles/901/1/Get-SEO-Certified-by-an-Internationally-Recognized-Organization/Get-SEO-Certified-by-an-Internationally-Recognized-Organization.html  Search Engine Optimization tests and credentials are now being provided through annual memberships with www.SEOcertification.org, to individual SEO professionals, SEO consulting companies, and educators. Members who pass the SEO certification exam will receive an “SEO Certified” logo to display on their site. venkat@sgdndtworks.com (SEO News - Admin Admin) Sun, 27 May 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.seoseonews.com/articles/894/1/Website-Optimization-Firm-Re-Invents-SEO/Website-Optimization-Firm-Re-Invents-SEO.html Thinkbigsites.com (TBS), headquartered in New York and Arizona is a pioneering leader in the search engine optimization industry. This world-class website optimization firm has developed and unleashed upon the market place a proprietary SEO technique that allows its clients to realize significantly more website traffic than had previously been possible through typical or orthodox SEO methods. venkat@sgdndtworks.com (SEO News - Admin Admin) Thu, 24 May 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.seoseonews.com/articles/892/1/Top-Three-SEO-Mistakes/Top-Three-SEO-Mistakes.html In the process of creating a presentation for catalog retailers at a DMA conference, SiteLogic's Matt Bailey has distilled the essence of SEO into three common things that businesses do wrong. venkat@sgdndtworks.com (SEO News - Admin Admin) Wed, 23 May 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.seoseonews.com/articles/891/1/SEO-expert-Kalena-Jordan-on-search-engine-ranking-success/SEO-expert-Kalena-Jordan-on-search-engine-ranking-success.html Universal Search will change the way people search as a whole, therefore impacting the existing business models of SEO and SEM firms, SEO expert Kalena Jordan says in this Pandia interview. Learn what’s important and what’s not in search engine marketing. venkat@sgdndtworks.com (SEO News - Admin Admin) Wed, 23 May 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.seoseonews.com/articles/890/1/-How-Web-20-Affects-SEO-Strategy/-How-Web-20-Affects-SEO-Strategy.html "Web 2.0" was originally coined by O'Reilly Media in 2004. Web 2.0 properties are perceived as harbingers of second-generation Web usage, such as interactive communities and hosted services that facilitate collaboration and sharing between users. venkat@sgdndtworks.com (SEO News - Admin Admin) Wed, 23 May 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.seoseonews.com/articles/887/1/Eye-Logic-Media-Announce-the-Most-Profitable-SEO-wholesaler-Packages/Eye-Logic-Media-Announce-the-Most-Profitable-SEO-wholesaler-Packages.html Eye Logic Media a privately held company in the search engine optimization (SEO) Search Engine Marketing (SEM) field announced today that it now offers new levels of SEO Wholesale Packages. This has been brought about as a result of the desire to deploy their services on a scale suitable for an expanded range of organizations across all industries. venkat@sgdndtworks.com (SEO News - Admin Admin) Mon, 21 May 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.seoseonews.com/articles/886/1/New-Search-Engine-Optimization-Network-Creates-the-Holy-Grail-of-SEO-Tools/New-Search-Engine-Optimization-Network-Creates-the-Holy-Grail-of-SEO-Tools.html Search engine optimization firms and Internet marketers around the globe are in awe. Search Engine Trust, http://www.getsearchenginetrust.com an Internet marketing company that owns over 3,000 websites, has developed a SEO system that is being called the Holy Grail of search engine marketing. venkat@sgdndtworks.com (SEO News - Admin Admin) Mon, 21 May 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.seoseonews.com/articles/885/1/-Dealing-With-SEO-Pseudoexperts/-Dealing-With-SEO-Pseudoexperts.html Today's column is in response to a couple of hot-button search engine topics: Jason Calacanis recently published the opinion that SEO is bull. Additionally, Did-It's David Pasternack recently stated that the Search Engine Strategies (SES) conferences should be renamed "Search Engine Tactics." venkat@sgdndtworks.com (SEO News - Admin Admin) Mon, 21 May 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.seoseonews.com/articles/883/1/GoogleVersal-Search--The-End-of-Outsourced-SEO-/GoogleVersal-Search--The-End-of-Outsourced-SEO-.html GOOGLE'S RECENT MOVES--FROM ITS MULTIMILLION-DOLLAR acquisitions of YouTube and DoubleClick to its foray into in-game advertising--have led to industry speculation about the company neglecting search in its pursuit to become the dominant Web portal. venkat@sgdndtworks.com (SEO News - Admin Admin) Sat, 19 May 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.seoseonews.com/articles/879/1/Customise-title-tags-for-good-SEO/Customise-title-tags-for-good-SEO.html  A computing expert has said that customising title tags is a good way to boost your search engine optimisation (SEO).Thomas McMahon, writing in Search Newz, claims that the SEO Title tag is a plug in that allows users to customise a blog's title tags for each individual post. venkat@sgdndtworks.com (SEO News - Admin Admin) Fri, 18 May 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.seoseonews.com/articles/878/1/SEO-Warfare/SEO-Warfare.html Search engine optimization is misunderstood and despised by those who have had consistently failed at using it, or have been repeatedly beaten by those who were successful with it. venkat@sgdndtworks.com (SEO News - Admin Admin) Fri, 18 May 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.seoseonews.com/articles/876/1/SEO-Title-Tag---Customize-Your-Title-Tags/SEO-Title-Tag---Customize-Your-Title-Tags.html The SEO Title tag is a plugin that I've known about for a while, but never messed with. Boy was I missing out. venkat@sgdndtworks.com (SEO News - Admin Admin) Thu, 17 May 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.seoseonews.com/articles/874/1/All-Pakistan-SEO--Internet-Marketing-Workshop-at-Pearl-Continental-Hotel-Karachi-on-May-5-6-2007/All-Pakistan-SEO--Internet-Marketing-Workshop-at-Pearl-Continental-Hotel-Karachi-on-May-5-6-2007.html  (PRLEAP.COM) A.I. Training & Consultancy has successfully arranged a mega workshop event on “SEO / Internet Marketing” at Pearl Continental, Karachi.  venkat@sgdndtworks.com (SEO News - Admin Admin) Thu, 17 May 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.seoseonews.com/articles/870/1/SEO-Report-Card-Error-Pages-Create-Big-Issues/SEO-Report-Card-Error-Pages-Create-Big-Issues.html Modernmini sells modern-style babies' and children's furniture, toys, bedding and more. Its site is powered by the Zoovy platform. Founder Pazit Kagel, a designer and mother of three, requested a site grade, and I'm happy to oblige. venkat@sgdndtworks.com (SEO News - Admin Admin) Wed, 16 May 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.seoseonews.com/articles/868/1/Are-Search-Engine-Rankings-Dead/Are-Search-Engine-Rankings-Dead.html The phrases “search engine optimizaton” and “rankings” have gone hand in hand since the start of the search marketing industry. Agencies have gone so far as to use “rankings” as part of their name such as Jill Whalen’s High Rankings, David Wallace’s “Search Rank” and of course, our company “TopRank”. venkat@sgdndtworks.com (SEO News - Admin Admin) Tue, 15 May 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.seoseonews.com/articles/867/1/Vertical-Leap-rumbles-SEO-hackers-on-clients-website/Vertical-Leap-rumbles-SEO-hackers-on-clients-website.html Vertical Leap, the leading managed search engine marketing firm, exposed the seamier side of search engine optimisation today. The discovery also revealed a major potential security risk for companies who are not only unwitting accomplices in obtaining fraudulent links by unscrupulous website optimisers, but who may well see their own ranking positions crash as a result. venkat@sgdndtworks.com (SEO News - Admin Admin) Tue, 15 May 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.seoseonews.com/articles/863/1/-SEO-Copywriting-Expert-Reveals-Secrets-to-First-Page-Results/-SEO-Copywriting-Expert-Reveals-Secrets-to-First-Page-Results.html SEO Copywriting expert and owner of SEO Content Solutions Christine OKelly reveals a little-known secret that has helped her clients instantly achieve first page search engine visibility. venkat@sgdndtworks.com (SEO News - Admin Admin) Tue, 15 May 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.seoseonews.com/articles/862/1/Internet-Home-Business-Ideas-Search-Engine-Optimization/Internet-Home-Business-Ideas-Search-Engine-Optimization.html If you have just started an internet home business opportunity with a duplicate (look-a-like) website, then it is the first task to do is search engine optimization (SEO).  venkat@sgdndtworks.com (SEO News - Admin Admin) Mon, 14 May 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.seoseonews.com/articles/858/1/Some-Things-To-Consider-When-Evaluating-Your-Website/Some-Things-To-Consider-When-Evaluating-Your-Website.html You have either put a lot of effort into your website or you have paid someone else a lot of money to put the effort in for you. Either way, whatever the purpose of the website, you want to get the most out of it. The question now becomes, how you can tell if your website is likely to succeed. venkat@sgdndtworks.com (SEO News - Admin Admin) Sat, 12 May 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.seoseonews.com/articles/856/1/Dont-Sweat-the-Small-SEO-Stuff/Dont-Sweat-the-Small-SEO-Stuff.html Among clients, forum members, newsletter subscribers, and seminar attendees, many hours of my day are spent answering questions about organic SEO. One thing I've noticed is that newbies and oldies alike are paralyzed when it comes to optimizing their websites because they have an irrational fear of doing something wrong. venkat@sgdndtworks.com (SEO News - Admin Admin) Fri, 11 May 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.seoseonews.com/articles/855/1/SEO-The-Bubble/SEO-The-Bubble.html I was just interviewed about SEO for articles by Forbes and the Wall Street Journal last week. This week Forbes, which hosts doorway mesothelioma pages, has another one titled "Should You Hire a Search Engine Consultant?"  venkat@sgdndtworks.com (SEO News - Admin Admin) Fri, 11 May 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.seoseonews.com/articles/853/1/SEO-Training-in-South-Carolina---Hands-on-SEO-Workshop-Teaches-Top-SEO-Certification-Skills-to-Businesses-in-Lexington-Greenville-and-Charleston-SC/SEO-Training-in-South-Carolina---Hands-on-SEO-Workshop-Teaches-Top-SEO-Certification-Skills-to-Busin.html  The Search Engine Academy of South Carolina (SEAofSC) announces a 2-Day Beginner, 3-Day Advanced and 5-Day Mastery Professional SEO (Search Engine Optimization) Certification Workshop, delivered throughout South Carolina by SEO Professional Tracy Fredrychowski. venkat@sgdndtworks.com (SEO News - Admin Admin) Thu, 10 May 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.seoseonews.com/articles/850/1/A-Survival-Guide-to-SEO--Wikipedia/A-Survival-Guide-to-SEO--Wikipedia.html “Who knows about Wikipedia?” asked Neil Patel. “Everyone,” he answered. And this is exactly why the session “Wikipedia and SEO” was completely packed at the 2007 SES New York show. venkat@sgdndtworks.com (SEO News - Admin Admin) Wed, 09 May 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.seoseonews.com/articles/847/1/-SEO-Site-Analysis-Knowing-the-Score-Part-4/SEO-Site-Analysis-Knowing-the-Score-Part-4.html If you've been keeping track of this series, you're well on your way to crafting a strategic SEO (define) plan for your Web site. venkat@sgdndtworks.com (SEO News - Admin Admin) Wed, 09 May 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.seoseonews.com/articles/841/1/Do-W3C-Compliance--Accessibility-Impact-SEO/Do-W3C-Compliance--Accessibility-Impact-SEO.html Can W3C compliance and accessibility impact your Search Engine Optimization?Hey Doug thanks for the question, the answer is definitely maybe. venkat@sgdndtworks.com (SEO News - Admin Admin) Fri, 04 May 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.seoseonews.com/articles/840/1/-Driving-SEO-Outsourcing-Success/-Driving-SEO-Outsourcing-Success.html Most of us have a goal we are pursuing. Some of us want to retire early, others want to run a marathon, and some dream of buying a house. Whatever the goal, achieving it requires focus, effort, and commitment, as well as paying attention to its unique success drivers – those factors that contribute to the attainment of the goal. venkat@sgdndtworks.com (SEO News - Admin Admin) Fri, 04 May 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.seoseonews.com/articles/839/1/SEO-Report-Card-Need-Pages-At-Product-Level/SEO-Report-Card-Need-Pages-At-Product-Level.html One site review request really stood out in this month's batch. Kyle Kano is the owner and operator of The Honey Jar, and he is just 17 years old. Kyle got the idea for his online business when, on a family trip to Colorado, he noticed a shop selling Honeyville Honey — a product made locally in his hometown. venkat@sgdndtworks.com (SEO News - Admin Admin) Thu, 03 May 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.seoseonews.com/articles/836/1/Customized-SEO-services-website-Submitedge-Launched/Customized-SEO-services-website-Submitedge-Launched.html Kush Technologies recently launched its SEO services website Submitedge. Submitedge hopes to cater to the requirements of webmasters that are looking for customized services instead of the norm of complete search engine optimization. The site offers on site purchase of services and is one of the few merchant certified sites on the net, offering such search engine optimization related services. venkat@sgdndtworks.com (SEO News - Admin Admin) Sat, 28 Apr 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.seoseonews.com/articles/835/1/What-Makes-An-Ideal-SEO-Client/What-Makes-An-Ideal-SEO-Client.html But truth be told, I love talking to people about SEO. Its really interesting to me, learning about the kinds of situations companies are in, their marketing goals and how theyre going about growing their business (or business unit) online. Search marketing is like solving puzzles in a way, except with the SEO industry, the picture on the puzzle changes every so often. :) venkat@sgdndtworks.com (SEO News - Admin Admin) Sat, 28 Apr 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.seoseonews.com/articles/831/1/Personalization-And-The-Death-Of-SEO/Personalization-And-The-Death-Of-SEO.html … as we know it. On February 2, 2007 Google launched its big push into personalized search results. This was, to many, a dark day as SEO’s scrambled to determine exactly what this meant for the industry and for our clients.  venkat@sgdndtworks.com (SEO News - Admin Admin) Thu, 26 Apr 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.seoseonews.com/articles/830/1/-SEO-commitment-essential-as-consumers-go-organic/-SEO-commitment-essential-as-consumers-go-organic.html  Agencies specialising in search engine optimisation (SEO) will be heartened by recent E-consultancy research which shows that the majority of companies are committed to more investment in natural search. venkat@sgdndtworks.com (SEO News - Admin Admin) Wed, 25 Apr 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.seoseonews.com/articles/829/1/Whos-Your-SEO/Whos-Your-SEO.html With its recent purchase of Internet ad serving developer and provider DoubleClick, Google has taken another step into the deep end of the ethics pool. venkat@sgdndtworks.com (SEO News - Admin Admin) Wed, 25 Apr 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.seoseonews.com/articles/824/1/SEO-improves-with-well-edited-copy-ACES-panelists/SEO-improves-with-well-edited-copy-ACES-panelists.html Journalists from across the country gathered here last week for the 11th national American Copy Editors Society conference to discuss their expanding roles in an industry whose bottom line is becoming increasingly dependent on the Internet.They shared their own challenges and some best practices for editing online. venkat@sgdndtworks.com (SEO News - Admin Admin) Tue, 24 Apr 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.seoseonews.com/articles/823/1/Internet-Shopping-Carts-and-SEO---A-Small-Business-Guide/Internet-Shopping-Carts-and-SEO---A-Small-Business-Guide.html Internet shopping carts can be user-friendly, enticing to the eye and abide by every standard for web accessibility and usability going.  However, if its target audience is not seeing it, it may as well not exist.  This article recommends guidelines you may follow when pursuing efforts to achieve higher rankings for your chosen keywords. venkat@sgdndtworks.com (SEO News - Admin Admin) Tue, 24 Apr 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.seoseonews.com/articles/822/1/Leading-SEO-Training-School-Expands-Into-New-Mexico-and-Arizona-Search-Engine-Academy/Leading-SEO-Training-School-Expands-Into-New-Mexico-and-Arizona-Search-Engine-Academy.html SEO industry educators Robin Nobles and John Alexander recently announced more new localized Search Engine Academy classes are soon to be available in Albuquerque, New Mexico and Arizona in the ever expanding North American network of http://www.searchengineacademy.com training schools. venkat@sgdndtworks.com (SEO News - Admin Admin) Thu, 19 Apr 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.seoseonews.com/articles/821/1/-Is-Your-Developer-SEO-Compatible/-Is-Your-Developer-SEO-Compatible.html You always make sure your developer makes your website compatible with all major browsers, all popular resolutions and even all connection speeds (or at least you should). As far as marketing the site goes, that’s the problem of your marketing department, right? Wrong. venkat@sgdndtworks.com (SEO News - Admin Admin) Thu, 19 Apr 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.seoseonews.com/articles/820/1/2-MONTHS-FREE-SEO/2-MONTHS-FREE-SEO.html  How can someone make a year's worth of services better for you as a customer? By giving you something for FREE of course! I know I love when I get free stuff, am sure you're the same. venkat@sgdndtworks.com (SEO News - Admin Admin) Thu, 19 Apr 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.seoseonews.com/articles/817/1/lifeBLUE-Media-Web-Design-and-SEO-Re-Launched-Under-New-Name/lifeBLUE-Media-Web-Design-and-SEO-Re-Launched-Under-New-Name.html lifeBLUE will become a full service Web design, application development and search marketing consultation firm prominent in the Dallas area and online. A recently completed Content Management System (CMS) and eCommerce Solution only add to the arsenal of Web-based initiatives that lifeBLUE provides its clients. venkat@sgdndtworks.com (SEO News - Admin Admin) Thu, 12 Apr 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.seoseonews.com/articles/816/1/Why-Public-Relations-And-SEO-Should-Become-Best-Buds/Why-Public-Relations-And-SEO-Should-Become-Best-Buds.html Website promotion is a competitive, lucrative industry where everyone from Manhattan Public Relations(PR) Firms to small-time Search Engine Optimization (SEO) companies are vying for a piece of the pie. Ironically, on the information super highway, it is because of the lack of knowledge that most SEOs and PRs have for one another that neither side is able to offer a truly effective and affordable solution, which yields Return on Investment (ROI), on a large scale for their clientele. venkat@sgdndtworks.com (SEO News - Admin Admin) Thu, 12 Apr 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.seoseonews.com/articles/809/1/CMS-Systems-With-SEO-In-Mind-Yooter-InterActive-Now-Does-Both/CMS-Systems-With-SEO-In-Mind-Yooter-InterActive-Now-Does-Both.html Yooter InterActive Marketing, LLC now offers CMS development. Yooter has been working on perfecting their SEO skills for more than a decade in order to provide clients with the best service and rankings possible. Now added to their list of skilled employees is the CMS development team. To see the difference, contact Yooter today. venkat@sgdndtworks.com (SEO News - Admin Admin) Mon, 09 Apr 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.seoseonews.com/articles/808/1/The-History-of-SEO/The-History-of-SEO.html What do you think of this summary of the history, origin and evolution of the SEO industry?1990 to 1993The first search engines are developed. Apparently, the fist one on record is Archie. This work is done mainly at an academic level. venkat@sgdndtworks.com (SEO News - Admin Admin) Mon, 09 Apr 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.seoseonews.com/articles/807/1/Has-SEO-Jumped-The-Shark/Has-SEO-Jumped-The-Shark.html  Jason Lee Miller posted an article earlier this week that highlighted the top ten items that search algorithms are looking for when crawling a site, according to a panel of SEO experts. This is no doubt valuable information for anyone who is new to the search optimization realm, but how much insight is offered to veterans in the industry? venkat@sgdndtworks.com (SEO News - Admin Admin) Mon, 09 Apr 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.seoseonews.com/articles/806/1/SEO-All-Stars-Rank-Top-10-Algorithm-Factors/SEO-All-Stars-Rank-Top-10-Algorithm-Factors.html This isn't reverse engineering, says SEOMoz's Rand Fishkin, who called a virtual quorum of the top 37 minds in the SEO business. It's a list of 35 factors that make up, in Fishkin's estimation, 90-95 percent of what Google's algorithm is looking for when determining rankings. venkat@sgdndtworks.com (SEO News - Admin Admin) Fri, 06 Apr 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.seoseonews.com/articles/805/1/SEO-Is-Easy-Lets-Look-At-The-Hard-5-Percent/SEO-Is-Easy-Lets-Look-At-The-Hard-5-Percent.html The SEO world has always had its supporters and its detractors, and it's never made a great deal of difference. The bigger battles often waged within the community between the whitehats and blackhats. The whitehats would rant and rave about how the blackhats could get clients in trouble and how blackhat tactics generally junked up the SERPs.  venkat@sgdndtworks.com (SEO News - Admin Admin) Fri, 06 Apr 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.seoseonews.com/articles/804/1/SEO-Friendly-Directory-Accepting-Submissions/SEO-Friendly-Directory-Accepting-Submissions.html We promise to keep the distribution of Webworld-directory data, and the submission process to this data, entirely free. We will support our data users who choose to add proprietary and revenue generating content, and other non-free value-added functionality upon versions of the Webworld-directory in which they download. In turn, data users agree to attribute use back to us per the free use license. venkat@sgdndtworks.com (SEO News - Admin Admin) Thu, 05 Apr 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.seoseonews.com/articles/803/1/Does-your-SEO-Only-Know-SEO/Does-your-SEO-Only-Know-SEO.html The SEO industry has changed significantly in the last few years. Gone are they days when SEO focused exclusively on top search engine rankings. Today's SEOs, or at least any worth paying more than one dollar to, are focusing on many other aspects that were once traditionally left to more marketing minded people. venkat@sgdndtworks.com (SEO News - Admin Admin) Thu, 05 Apr 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.seoseonews.com/articles/799/1/Attention-Business-Coaches-Do-you-have-an-SEO-Expert-in-your-arsenal/Attention-Business-Coaches-Do-you-have-an-SEO-Expert-in-your-arsenal.html One of the top complaints that business coaches hear from their clients is “how do I attract more customers?” Most business owners concentrate so much on joining and participating in networking groups, or spending their marketing budget on magazines, signage and local media which may or may not have the greatest ROI. Most clients of business coaches neglect their websites and other online Internet Marketing efforts. venkat@sgdndtworks.com (SEO News - Admin Admin) Tue, 03 Apr 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.seoseonews.com/articles/798/1/CMS-Systems-With-SEO-In-Mind-Yooter-InterActive-Now-Does-Both/CMS-Systems-With-SEO-In-Mind-Yooter-InterActive-Now-Does-Both.html In the early days, Yooter InterActive, LLC ( http://www.yooter.com ) focused on improving rankings and customer service. "How do we give the clients exactly what they are looking for?" Well, today this is no different. Due to the expanding and ever changing economy and demands of the customers, Yooter InterActive, a Search Engine Optimization firm, is yet again excelling with their level of customer services. venkat@sgdndtworks.com (SEO News - Admin Admin) Mon, 02 Apr 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.seoseonews.com/articles/794/1/Another-SEO-Challenge-This-Time-for-Godin/Another-SEO-Challenge-This-Time-for-Godin.html If you don’t know who Seth Godin is, you probably don’t read a lot of marketing blogs or marketing books. He’s authored about a dozen, including my personal favorite entitled “All Marketers Are Liars.” He’s spoken at Google and his blog was recently listed as the number 1 marketing blog in the world. venkat@sgdndtworks.com (SEO News - Admin Admin) Fri, 30 Mar 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.seoseonews.com/articles/790/1/SEO-Publish-or-Perish/SEO-Publish-or-Perish.html The gist of it is - if you are such a great SEO, wouldn’t you make a ton more money publishing your own sites? And even though it reeks a little bit of the SEO are scum debates that were raging through the blogoshpere a short while back, and I stayed out of that one because I just don’t dignify questions like “when did you stop beating your wife?”, Brian Provost’s question does have some merit (note that Brian’s update post does make it clear that it was not specifically an attack on SEOs venkat@sgdndtworks.com (SEO News - Admin Admin) Tue, 27 Mar 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.seoseonews.com/articles/789/1/Host-Gator-to-Launch-Search-Engine-Optimization-Hosting/Host-Gator-to-Launch-Search-Engine-Optimization-Hosting.html Houston, TX -- Host Gator, a leading provider of shared, dedicated and reseller web hosting, announced that it will soon launch hosting services enhanced for search engine optimization under the brand SEO Hosting. In addition to all the expected SEO capabilities, this new service enables customers to optimize their web sites for search engines by enabling them to host on multiple C classes. venkat@sgdndtworks.com (SEO News - Admin Admin) Mon, 26 Mar 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.seoseonews.com/articles/786/1/-Search-Personalization-and-SEO/-Search-Personalization-and-SEO.html What I find challenging about the SEO (define)/SEM (define) industry is the constant, quick evolution of SERP (define) appearance. As researchers and search engine software engineers gain knowledge about online search behavior, they test and adapt search interfaces to make the querying process a more positive user experience. venkat@sgdndtworks.com (SEO News - Admin Admin) Mon, 26 Mar 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.seoseonews.com/articles/785/1/Host-Gator-Ready-to-Launch-SEO-Web-Hosting/Host-Gator-Ready-to-Launch-SEO-Web-Hosting.html Host Gator, a leading provider of shared, dedicated and reseller web hosting, announced today that it will soon launch hosting services enhanced for search engine optimization under the brand SEO Hosting. In addition to all the expected SEO capabilities, this new service enables customers to optimize their web sites for search engines by enabling them to host on multiple C classes. venkat@sgdndtworks.com (SEO News - Admin Admin) Sat, 24 Mar 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.seoseonews.com/articles/784/1/Host-Gator-to-Launch-SEO-Hosting-Site/Host-Gator-to-Launch-SEO-Hosting-Site.html Web hosting provider Host Gator (hostgator.com) announced on Friday it will soon launch hosting services enhanced for search engine optimization under the brand SEO Hosting.Host Gator says in addition to all the expected SEO capabilities, this new service will enable customers to optimize their Web sites for search engines by enabling them to host on multiple C classes. venkat@sgdndtworks.com (SEO News - Admin Admin) Sat, 24 Mar 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.seoseonews.com/articles/780/1/Japans-SEO-Future/Japans-SEO-Future.html On my last day in Japan, I can report that there is a huge market for Japanese SEO services.And there are many companies not only with this understanding, but actively pursuing technologies to help them with their own SEO efforts, and to assist their clients better SEO their sites for more search powered success in Japan.  venkat@sgdndtworks.com (SEO News - Admin Admin) Fri, 23 Mar 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.seoseonews.com/articles/779/1/SEO-Self-Reflection/SEO-Self-Reflection.html SEO articles abound on social media linking strategies. SEO blog posts are legion on the topic of link and widget bait. SEO forums buzz endlessly about reciprocal versus one-way linking. There is no doubt that all of those various types of external, inbound links matter. But how often do we discuss internal linking strategies? venkat@sgdndtworks.com (SEO News - Admin Admin) Fri, 23 Mar 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.seoseonews.com/articles/777/1/SEO-Around-The-Globe/SEO-Around-The-Globe.html SoloSEO has been quite a surprise. When we launched last November, we had no idea the draw a stand alone SEO system would have, nor the level of interest it would generate.It has been truly a whirlwind. We did some quick figuring the other day and discovered that domains from over 40 different countries are currently using our site to SEO their sites. venkat@sgdndtworks.com (SEO News - Admin Admin) Thu, 22 Mar 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.seoseonews.com/articles/776/1/Whats-Important-to-Search-Engines-and-Whats-Not/Whats-Important-to-Search-Engines-and-Whats-Not.html I recently had an inquiry from someone who was looking for some possible SEO consulting with me.  He was in the process of a redesign and wanted to be sure not to make any mistakes along the way, which is super-smart!  The time to be looking at SEO is definitely in the beginning stage of any design or redesign project. venkat@sgdndtworks.com (SEO News - Admin Admin) Thu, 22 Mar 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.seoseonews.com/articles/775/1/Deep-Linking-Is-Your-Key-To-SEO-Success/Deep-Linking-Is-Your-Key-To-SEO-Success.html Times are changing, the question is are you changing too? SEO has always been something which has divided people's opinion but one thing is clear, time never stands still, what worked yesterday may not work tomorrow. venkat@sgdndtworks.com (SEO News - Admin Admin) Thu, 22 Mar 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.seoseonews.com/articles/772/1/SEO-The-Duplicate-Content-Penalty/SEO-The-Duplicate-Content-Penalty.html The question of Google's supposed "duplicate content penalty" seems to be on everybody's minds these days. This issue is particularly relevant for dynamic ecommerce websites, as they often have multiple URLs that lead to the same product content (or nearly the same, with only a variation in the product's color or size). venkat@sgdndtworks.com (SEO News - Admin Admin) Thu, 22 Mar 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.seoseonews.com/articles/771/1/-Move-to-a-New-Domain-Without-Losing-Rankings/-Move-to-a-New-Domain-Without-Losing-Rankings.html I remember reading somewhere that moving house is the second most stressful life experience, following the death of your spouse. In certain SEO (define) circumstances, moving to a new domain can be like moving house. venkat@sgdndtworks.com (SEO News - Admin Admin) Sat, 17 Mar 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.seoseonews.com/articles/770/1/Rays-Seo-continues-to-grow/Rays-Seo-continues-to-grow.html Since 2003, Jae Seo has tried to add a two-seam fastball to his bag of tricks, only to forego the pitch when the new season began. This year, hitters better beware."It's my ball now," Seo said after pitching four innings of one-hit ball Thursday against the Cleveland Indians at Chain of Lakes Park venkat@sgdndtworks.com (SEO News - Admin Admin) Sat, 17 Mar 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.seoseonews.com/articles/769/1/Expert-offers-insight-to-SEO/Expert-offers-insight-to-SEO.html This week we delve into the world of SEO, posing some questions to a local expert, Jaan Kanellis.  Jaan is the owner of KBK Marketing and also has a blog.  I talked with a few bloggers and then came up with a list of questions on what we would like to learn about SEO, this can be extremely helpful to bloggers trying to build traffic as well as bloggers who are eyeing doing paid blogging.   It also is great information for those of you out there with Business websites. venkat@sgdndtworks.com (SEO News - Admin Admin) Sat, 17 Mar 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.seoseonews.com/articles/765/1/Selling-SEO-Services-On-A-Performance-Basis/Selling-SEO-Services-On-A-Performance-Basis.html Some prospective customers have offered to pay me on a performance basis. Should I consider providing search engine marketing services for these types of clients? Answer: There are many ways to structure these sorts of deals, but generally I would probably avoid most of the offers because a lack of willingness to pay until results are achieved is often an indication of a lack of trust. venkat@sgdndtworks.com (SEO News - Admin Admin) Fri, 16 Mar 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.seoseonews.com/articles/764/1/Is-Search-Engine-Optimization-Mainstream/Is-Search-Engine-Optimization-Mainstream.html Some SEO industry leaders have written about how they believe search engine optimization as a discipline has crossed into mainstream consciousness. They usually go on to quote that SEO has been mentioned in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, on Googles website and generally all through the online business world and MSM (main stream media). venkat@sgdndtworks.com (SEO News - Admin Admin) Tue, 13 Mar 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.seoseonews.com/articles/763/1/Undertone-Networks-Launches-SEM-and-SEO-Service/Undertone-Networks-Launches-SEM-and-SEO-Service.html Undertone Networks, a premier online advertising network, announced today that it has launched Undertone Search, a new service that offers both Search Engine Marketing (SEM) and Search Engine Optimization (SEO).  venkat@sgdndtworks.com (SEO News - Admin Admin) Mon, 12 Mar 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.seoseonews.com/articles/762/1/Search-Engine-Rankings-Software-Upgraded-to-Streamline-SEO-Process/Search-Engine-Rankings-Software-Upgraded-to-Streamline-SEO-Process.html  Los Angeles, California - (Website Hosting Directory) - March 12, 2007 - SEO software, Traffic Travis, has developed a 2.0 version, including more features to streamline the SEO process, designed to facilitate search engine ranking, for website owners of all levels and experience, without the need for a big marketing budget. venkat@sgdndtworks.com (SEO News - Admin Admin) Mon, 12 Mar 2007 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.seoseonews.com/articles/640/1/Search-Engine-Optimization-Meets-Online-PR/Search-Engine-Optimization-Meets-Online-PR.html We all know by now that content is king. To effectively market your products or services and to establish yourself as a leader in your industry, writing and distributing articles is the way to go. One of the primary benefits of getting your content rich articles indexed in the search engines is so that you can increase your websites’ overall PageRank, while continuing to build exposure for your company. iv_mit@yahoo.co.in (I.V.K Murthy) Fri, 23 Feb 2007 00:00:00 -0600