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 | Use Firefox for SEO, but test your sites in Firefox, Chrome, Safari, Opera, and IE.  |
| | PART 1 1. INTRODUCTION: When you are starting with your first SEO project, you may feel as if you have been told to empty the ocean with a teaspoon, there is so much to know and so much to do. Well, don't freak out, it is not as bad as …  |
| | Hi All: I have recently started using a web-based texting service; it is just easier than texting on a cell phone. I have a few concerns, and I would like to see if anyone has any answers. 1. Is there a free or low-cost web-based service that turns texts into …  |
| | Basic Craigslist NOTE: This article assumes you have an Wintel PC. If you have a Mac, then the ideas will be the same but you will need to figure out which programs you want to use. INGREDIENTS: You will need: 1. A PC with an internet connection plus: - A … |
| | Re: Directories Hi googinup: Yes, directories are important, but only as a PART of your off-page SEO. You need to do other things, too, such as social media marketing, blog posting, article marketing, and other things. Want to know how to start? Look at my tutorial on this site, "Basic Directory Posting" … |
| | Hi all: I just started using the SEO Quake plugin for FireFox 5, and I noticed something strange. My homepage is rated as PR1. My subpages, such as services, contact us, etc., are ranked at PR2. [snipped] Is this common? What causes it? How can I get the prime site … |
| | Hi All: As part of my SEO, I tried to get my auto glass company listed in Google Merchant. Now, with auto glass, there really is not a fixed price. It varies by: - Year, make, and model of the vehicle. Obviously a windshield for a Mercedes will be much … |
| | YES! It definitely does matter. You want to get the oldest URL that is within your budget and relevant to your business. You can always check out the site information at whois if you don't trust the site checker you are using. |
| | Hi Thiru.b: There are many ways to get backlinks. The white-hat ways are: - Listing your site with directories - Posting blog comments - Posting forum comments - Article Marketing - PR Marketing - Social Media marketing, such as Twitter, Facebook, Google+, LinkedIn, etc. There are more, but you get … |
| | Read the tutorial at the top of this forum! This will get you started. |
| | HI anuragini123: I don't quite know what you mean by "backlink tool". Do you mean: - A way to check backlinks? - How to get backlinks? - How many backlinks you have? Please be a little clearer. Backlink tool, on this forum, is about as open-ended a question as possible. … |
| | Re: Backlink Check I use several backlink checkers. I have several on tap so I can compare their results; also, as these are free links, sometimes they are down. [url]http://www.highqualitybacklinks.com/backlink-checker/[/url]. This one not only gives me backlinks, it also tells me Aleza ranking and PR. [url]http://www.searchbliss.com/seo-tools/backlinks-report.asp[/url] [url]http://www.backlinkwatch.com/index.php[/url] [url]http://www.freesearchengineoptimizationtools.com/backlink.php[/url]  |
| | Definition of SEO: Search Engine Optimization. That collection of techniques used to ensure the search engines, especially Google, can find and index your site. The techniques break down in several ways: On-page and off page. Look on this forum for a LOT of information about these. Black Hat versus White … |
| | Jessica, Google is the 800 pound gorilla of search. There are other search engines, such as Bing and Yahoo. There are metasearch engines, too, such as Dogpile (runs you search on 20 engines at once!) But still, Google has over 60% of the search market. If you optimize for Google, … |
| | Re: About rankings Hi Daniel: Um.... um.... um.... That is like asking a doctor to explain anatomy in three easy lessons. First, you need to do your keyword research. Then you need to do your on-page SEO Then you need to do your off-page SEO and keep on doing your off-page SEO until … |
| | Re: SEO Sure you can. BUT! 1. Have them give you references--companies they have put on the first page of Google, Bing, and Yahoo. 2. Have them tell you how they will do it. Look on this forum for "black hat" SEO techniques. If the company is going to use "black hat" … |
| | Hi Clerisy: You can do a lot of technical analysis of your bounce rate, view time, etc., but I feel there really is only ONE true gauge of your SEO success: Sales. Have they gone up? If yes, then your SEO campaign is a success. Of course, that assumes you … |
| | Re: have we any tool Hi Willson: No, I do not know anything that can predict the future accurately. Google Trends is good, Google Insight is good, but to accurately predict the future is not possible. You can give probabilities, but not certainties. Good luck. John  |
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| | Re: SEO School A formal school, such as going to class, taking tests, etc? I have not heard of anything like that, but I am not all-knowing. The way I learned is the old-school techie way of doing it: Poke around in the program first, ask stupid questions, then buy a "for dummies" …  |
| | Black hat is defined as something the search engines don't like, as essentialy they are deceptive. Black hat techniques try to trick the search engines (Google, Bing, and Yahoo) into giving a site an undeserved high ranking. Some techniques are: 1. Posting junk to forums. You have seen them; the … |
| | Today, I went to check my web site's SERP rankings. Yahoo and Bing, no problem; they are firmly on page 1, where they have been for more than a year. Google, big problem. My site is now on Page 3 for one keyword, and not even in the first 10 …  |
| | I keep up with SEO by getting e-mails from companies, including HubSpot. I also look at the technology section of Yahoo News; they frequently have articles of interest. |
| | HI tadisaus2: You can hire someone, but look at it this way: It should only take you about an hour a day to post 10-15 directory postings. If you work 25 days a month, that equates to 250 to 375 directory postings per month. Want the easy way to do … |
| | Hi Sharma: You need to: 1. Write good, original, quality, grammatical, and correctly spelled content. 2. Ensure your keywords are on the correct pages. You already did your keyword research, right? Right? 3. Ensure you have: - H1, H2, etc., tags - Alt tags for your images - Meta tags …  |
| | Important? Not really. However, it takes only a few minutes, and it certainly can't hurt. Ideally, it should be done as soon as your website is up, so your alexa rankinig can rise. |
| | Hi All: I am having a bunch of trouble with Craigslist; basically, I think I need more phone numbers so I can make new accounts. Until I can do that, I want to post image ads on CL. The only image ad service I know of is Use.com, where I … |
| | Hi CanadaFred: I must protest your categorization of forum postings, directory postings, and blog commenting as "grey hat"; in other words (if I understand correctly) a less-than-ethical method that borders on, but is not, black hat SEO. I do not feel these methods, used in moderation, are unethical. Directory postings … |
| | Hi all: I have a slight problem, and I need s little advice. I need to know which image format loads fastest - jpg - gif - png Basically, I have all my images as .PNGs. Half of them are 40 X 40 pixels. The other half vary in size. … |
| | Re: Please help me Have you tried Craigslist? When I went to the CL site, I found it in about 1 minute. |
