Why SEO Transcends Tips, Tactics or Techniques

March 7, 2010 – 1:55 pm

When pondering a simple question, what is SEO? and is it just a bunch of tactics or techniques, this is what came to mind…

SEO Transcends Techniques

SEO is many things, but it is really the basis of understanding which keywords, markets and methods produce results. You can tweak all the meta tags and descriptions you want, add all the pages, external links or internal links you want or program in just about any platform possible (cfm, asp, aspx, php, html, xhtml, etc.) but without a firm grasp of how everything fits together, it is all in vein. Read More »

By Jeffrey Smith | Posted in SEO | Tagged Search Engine Optimization, SEO, SEO Tactics, seo-techniques | Comments (5)

SEO Basics for Beginners

March 6, 2010 – 6:38 am

If you own a small-business, and find yourself looking for SEO basics or tips and tactics to rank your website, then here are some pointers to set you in the right direction.

Just like you have got to learn to walk before you run, if you understand the various aspects of SEO, then you can combine them at will to produce the necessary degrees of relevance needed to get things moving in the right direction. Read More »

By Nick Hoffman | Posted in SEO Tips | Tagged SEO, SEO Basics, SEO Tips | Comments (2)

New “Ask an SEO” Help Section from SEO Design Solutions

March 5, 2010 – 11:46 am

A few weeks back we asked for feedback on our writing style, and specifically how we can help our readers, albeit SEO professionals or click-and-brick small business owners, improve their SEO efforts. The result: SDS How-to SEO Section.

Introducing the Ask an SEO Help Section from SEO Design Solutions

In conjunction with the daily advanced SEO written works, we will be answering your questions… so go ahead, and ask away.

Here is the first question of the How-to SEO Series: Is there any benefit to using subdomains versus subfolders? Second, how do I create a subdomain? (–Tim from Chicago) Read More »

By Nick Hoffman | Posted in SEO Tips | Tagged Ask an SEO, Ask SEO Questions, Get Help from an SEO, SEO, SEO Help, SEO Help Section | Comments (4)

SEO Tips for Google Caffeine

March 4, 2010 – 10:48 am

As of late with the new Google caffeine algorithms making their presence known, it is more important than ever to take these SEO considerations in mind.

Can You Keep Up With Google Caffeine?

1) Unique Content: Content must be unique in order to remain indexed.

2) Minimize Duplication: Duplicate content filters are more sensitive to similar templates.

3) Increase Load Time: Load time is more important than previously.

4) Increase Post Frequency to Expedite Authority: Post frequency is a valid metric which can resurrect rankings. Read More »

By Jeffrey Smith | Posted in SEO | Tagged Google Caffeine and SEO, SEO, SEO and Duplicate Content, SEO Load Time, SEO Tips for Google | Comments (6)

My Rankings Fell: Dealing with a Slip in the SERPs

February 28, 2010 – 11:34 am

If you closely monitor your SEO rankings, from time to time a ripple enters the SERP’s (search engine result pages) and shakes things up a bit in the index. You need to minimize SERP volatility and assess if it was self-induced, algorithmic, or just your competitors challenging you for your most coveted keyword space.

Rankings Slip? Assess Metrics to Minimize SERP Volatility

Don’t panic if your search engine rankings fall, fluctuations in rankings are often dubbed the Google dance and among other things, there are a number of reasons why this type of phenomenon can occur. Read More »

By Jeffrey Smith | Posted in SEO | Tagged Keywords Fell in SERPs, Loss of Rankings, My Rankings Fell, Ranking Slipped, Rankings Fell, Search Results Tanked, SEO | Comments (10)

5 Things You Should Know About SEO

February 27, 2010 – 7:02 pm

With SEO being all the rave right now, here are five things to keep in mind before engaging any SEO campaign.

5 Things You Should Know About SEO

Search engine optimization is about setting realistic goals within respectable guidelines, seeing past short-term setbacks and targeting the phrases with the most significance (and traffic) within your market. Read More »

By Jeffrey Smith | Posted in Articles | Tagged 5 Things About SEO, Cost of SEO, SEO, SEO Tips | Comments (10)

How to Avoid SEO Over Optimization

February 24, 2010 – 11:26 pm

Just because you read a few SEO blogs or heard from a friend of a friend of a friend who once heard that changing meta tags is all it takes, or just because you know how to write great content doesn’t make you great at SEO.

How to Avoid SEO Over Optimization

On the contrary using too many overlapping search engine optimization elements on a page can also send the wrong signal to ever watchful algorithms and trigger an over-optimization penalty. Read More »

By Jeffrey Smith | Posted in SEO | Tagged Avoid SEO Over Optimization, Preventing Search Engine Penalties, SEO, SEO Over Optimization Penalties, SEO Penalties, Unwinding SEO Penalties | Comments (15)

SEO Ultimate WordPress SEO Plugin Version 1.7 Released

February 23, 2010 – 11:17 am

SEO Ultimate, the free WordPress SEO offering from SEO Design Solutions, has been upgraded with a blog privacy settings monitoring system that could potentially spare websites from a major SEO misconfiguration blunder.

On some WordPress installations (e.g. those installed using certain web hosts’ software), the default settings are configured to block search engines from your site. (When configured in this way, WordPress uses sitewide noindex and robots.txt blocking rules.) Read More »

By John Lamansky | Posted in WordPress SEO | Tagged SEO Plugins, SEO Ultimate, SEO Ultimate 1.7 Released, SEO Ultimate 1.7 Unleashed, WordPress SEO | Comments (16)

Web Design Trends 2010

February 22, 2010 – 7:18 pm

We are taking a break from SEO related posts today and passing the blog to one of our colleagues Mr. Jim Brody who has some great insights regarding the topic of Usability and Web Design Trends in 2010. Without further ado, enjoy the guest post…

Web Design Trends 2010

The use of grid layouts into the design of content and site structure will be prevalent in the new fiscal year. More and more individuals are swaying away for the traditional block of texts separated by headings. Professionals now understand that usability, minimalism and navigability is the most important to communicate to their target audience. Read More »

By Jeffrey Smith | Posted in SEO Web Design | Tagged SEO, SEO Web Design, Usability and Conversion, Web Design Trends, web-design | Comments (5)

How Semantic Connectivity Affects SEO

February 20, 2010 – 4:11 pm

If you are curious about SEO or ever wondered how search engines really work, then this is an absolute must-read post from Dr. E. Garcia from miislita.com.

Dr. Garcia discuses in great detail, metrics such as “Keywords Co-Occurrence and Semantic Connectivity”.

These are the contextual building blocks search engines utilize in order to assess and rank pages based on semantic relevance, importance and context of your web pages on page content. Read More »

By Jeffrey Smith | Posted in SEO | Tagged Global Local and Fractal Co Occurrence, Keword Co Occurrence, Keyword Connectivity, on-page-seo, SEO | Comments (7)

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