SEO (Search Engine Optimization)

SEO Tool SEM Rush Adds New Keyword Trend Data

December 22, 2009 – 4:02 pm

If you are engaged in SEO and curious about which keywords are driving the most traffic to your website in Google, the SEO Quake team who brought you SEO Digger and now SEM Rush has recently added a new keyword tracking metric to their online arsenal known as “Trend Data”.
This feature highlights historical keywords and [...]

Balancing Keyword Acquisition, SEO and Website Authority

September 25, 2009 – 9:03 am

A website replete with authority often overlooks the magnitude of what becomes possible as the site as a whole evolves. It’s like groveling for peanuts when you could have steak instead.
Don’t squander your SEO on less competitive keywords as a long-term SEO strategy. The vision, scope and depth of optimization must evolve as your website [...]

By Jeffrey Smith | Posted in Search Engine Optimization Myths | Also tagged Keyword-Optimization, keywords, Keywords SEO, SEO, Targeting Competitive Keywords | Comments (14) | seo

Keywords and Modifers: How Visitors Find Your Website!

July 22, 2009 – 11:19 am

Let’s face it, websites do not optimize themselves and while SEO may not be rocket science, it does require tact and there are various stages and layers involved before you start ranking for substantial keywords. This is why it’s imperative that you create a blueprint for success and use it as a schema to develop [...]

By Jeffrey Smith | Posted in Internet Marketing | Also tagged Keyword Modifers and SEO, Keyword-Optimization, keywords, Rank for Multiple Keywords, Search-Behavior, SEO Keyword Research | Comments (51) | seo

Website Authority: Editing Content for SEO Value

November 28, 2008 – 6:55 pm

Since the topic of reviving old content was brought up earlier today (from linking to a post from the past), I thought it was only fitting to dig into the SEO archives again to harvest yet another opportunity to drive home a point.

Can Editing Your Pages Produce Organic Rankings?
A website is a work in [...]

By Jeffrey Smith | Posted in Mini-Blogs | Also tagged Internal Link Optimization, Reviving Content for SEO, Topical Relevance, website-authority | Comments (11) | seo

Unique Search – Targeting Semantic Root Phrases and Keywords

November 14, 2008 – 8:49 am

There is a saying we throw around the office, target the root and devour the low hanging fruit. Simply put, low hanging fruit (keywords with high conversion and low competition) are one of the best kept secrets of SEO.

There are more keywords under the surface than their are keywords revealed.

By Jeffrey Smith | Posted in SEO Basics | Also tagged long-tail-SEO, Optimizing Multiple Keywords, Targeting Marketing, Topical Relevance | Comments (5) | seo

You Can’t Buy Credibility

November 13, 2008 – 12:40 am

You can buy links, you can buy domains, but let’s face it, you just can’t buy credibility. Credibility takes time, typically there is no way around it. You have to earn your stripes, and with SEO, actions speak louder than words.

Time is an equation that alludes to authority and authority begets popularity. Sensing that this [...]

By Jeffrey Smith | Posted in Search Engine Optimization Myths | Also tagged Credibility the Final Frontier, Virtual Theming to Create Credibility, Website Authority and Credibility | Comments (3) | seo

An Overview on Taxonomy, Relevance Score and Website Authority

November 4, 2008 – 9:04 am

The process of how a website develops credibility and authority among its digital pier group is rather intriguing. One moment your clawing and scratching just to get anyone to notice your site exists, then the next thing you know your website has more traffic from your preferred audience from search engines on accident than most [...]

By Jeffrey Smith | Posted in SEO | Also tagged Data Cloud Folksonomy, Topical Relevance and Taxonomy, What is an Authority Website | Comments (12) | seo

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