What impact does “page bloat” have on Google rankings?
Deepesh from New York asks:
“What impact does ‘page bloat’ have on Google rankings? Most of the winners in SEO seem to have very simple pages (very few images, HTML-only design) – sometimes to the detriment to the user in a poorly designed page.”
Recorded on April 23, 2009.
Duration : 0:1:52
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Is that web creator Wix.com really SEO friendly?
Ok, so we do web design, but we’re used to working in HTML, CSS, C++, JavaScript, etc.
We had a client contact us asking if they had already purchased their bandwidth, storage, and domain name from a site, if we could set it up for them. We agreed. (Saves us time)…
well it turns out it was wix.com where they purchased bandwidth, storage, and then a separate domain name hosted through a site they recommended.
Here is the thing. We don’t like using strictly flash based programs like wix.com. We signed up for the forum and found out several things were NOT available for use (HTML embedding, shopping cart that was actually usable, etc). We also found out wix.com is still in BETA version. (Nice to know now!)
Well it claim’s its SEO friendly. Our client asked us a few weeks ago why it wasn’t registering on google.com, yahoo.com or other search engines. We tried our hardest to get it to come up (Pardon me if I sound uneducated..my BF does most of the web design, I just help with what looks good & where)
It claims the free pages are SEO friendly. Well we tried to make our own free page to see how long it would take to show up. NEVER DID.
My BF asked their support team why it wasn’t showing up and we found a question that said it would take 10-15 days for google to pick up the site….(I’ve personally read it can take up to 6 months for a new site…)
This site has been up for MONTHS now, had plenty of searches and will still not come up. I’ve read that Flash made sites are VERY HARD for google and other search engines to pick up on. Is that true?
We found out through the "Ceo" of the company that wix uses a big SWF file for their main site (the actual place you sign up make your site etc.) then everyone’s individual site is ONE xml file. So bascially they have one SWF file running a million or so XML files.
Will this show up or should my client try to get his money back from them?
did you try using the 10 tags wix gives you under settings?
btw i’m also considering using wix to make a website for a small company but they don’t want to be limited to only having 10 tags so i’m trying to figure out if theres some way to get around that or if i should just dump wix. (my question –> http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20090816085645AAfZVFf) would you know anything about this matter?
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SEO is Very Important to Your Web Site
While Search Engine optimization (SEO) is very important to your web site, especially if you want to expand your web site’s exposure, you need to make sure that it is done properly. For more detail go to: www.search-engine-premiere.com.Your web site cannot afford to fall victim to the bad practices of SEO. Also, if you pay for a Search Engine company to do your SEO work for you, then your wallet cannot afford this either. So, do be careful that you do not pay too much money for too few results. You also need to be sure that you do not fall prey to bad SEO techniques. In order to ensure that this does not happen, there are some really important steps that you should take before you hire a company or an individual to do SEO work for your web site. These steps include:
Before you even talk to this SEO person or firm, you are going to need to find out how well-known and experienced they are. Make sure that you ask them for their list of clients and whether any of them are available for you to talk to. You should then contact these clients to find out if they were satisfied with the SEO work that this person or firm did for them.
Spend some time examining their portfolio so that you will know what kind of results they have accomplished.
Make sure that you have them explain to you how they are going to optimize your web site so that those people who are using your keywords in the major Search Engines are able to find your site. Stay away from those techniques that Search Engines consider spam: using doorway pages, hiding text in the background, utilizing re-directs and other such methods that have been blacklisted.
You should get at least 3 proposals, all from different SEO companies or people. Then you will need to look at these very carefully so that you can see if there are any similarities. This will help you to know who is being honest with you and who is trying to sell you something that is not going to work. For more detail go to: www.huge-niche-keywords.com.You will also be able to look at the different prices that you would be charged. Of course, you will need to remember that the cheapest service is not always the best service. On the other hand, the highest priced service may not be offering you a complete and feasible course of action. So, you need to try to find a service that is going to give you what you want within the price range that you can afford.
Before you even pay for the service, you need to make sure that you get everything in writing. You will then need to read through this document very carefully to make sure that it covers everything that you have discussed, including what methods will be used to achieve the results you want. Once you are sure that you have read and agreed to these documents, you will want to have them signed by both parties. (For very large jobs, you may wish to consult with a lawyer before signing anything.)
Be sure that you clearly state what the terms of payment are going to be. While you are not going to find any SEO person or service that is willing to do work for free or work that will be paid on a performance basis. However, most will not shy away from a base plus performance incentive package. You also should not pay for everything up front. Instead, you should pay 50% up front, then 50% once the work was completed. All of this should be as clearly defined in your contract as is possible so that everyone who is involved will be protected, just in case expectations are not met.
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FREE SEO Tools and how to use them
Free search engine optimization (SEO) tools with the audience in the Affiliate Summit.
Video Rating: 4 / 5
Matt Van Wagner, CEO, FindMeFaster, interviews Bryan Eisenberg, co-founder of FutureNow, about SEO tools of the trade at SES Toronto 2009. Bryan says if he could only select one SEO/analytics tool to take with him on a desert island, it would be Google’s Website Optimizer. Bryan says the main reason for his choice is because while 79% of organizations are measuring data, only 30% of organizations are doing anything based on that data. Google Website Optimizer allows you to test different options on your website and allows for visitors to your website to choose and select which are the best options for them. Bryan also recommends the web development toolbar, whyslow and knowem for ID management. Bryan also previews some of the new analytics tools his company is working on, one is called Ontarget, which is tied into Google analytics. For more info: www.futurenowinc.com http www.searchenginestrategies.com
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Did You Know That You Can Bring In Some Dollars By Strategically Using YouTube?
Did you realize that you can bring in some USD by strategically using YouTube? Below is some advice and pointers on how to make some cash online creating videos and putting them up on YouTube. Pick your niche Just like every other sort of promoting or list building efforts, you have to choose a pick a niche. Select keywords Next you've got to choose your keywords. Become Creative With valuer Video Selling : In order to make a result on the spectators, these few points will help you create effective and influencing valuer videos. This will help you to make fast and straightforward web videos which can sometimes be uploaded to your valuer blog.
Harris County Housing Statistics 4th Quarter 2009. Seattle Washington valuer Video From The Field. The most critical part of using videos to generate free traffic to your website is consistency. Folks who watch your videos need to believe that you can be trusted and you are in it for the long term. Just let me tell you this, like article promotion and blogging, you won't see an immediate rush of big free traffic charging into your internet site right away. Nonetheless what will occur is, shortly after 1 or 2 short months of posting your videos, you may build substantial equity and trust with your spectators and position yourself as sort of a pro in your field.
Even if you stop making videos after that, you may still carry on enjoying an amazing quantity of FREE traffic from the few months ‘ of creating videos for many-many years yet to come. After you learn the way to create your videos ( it’s simple and free ), then you can efficiently create as many videos as you need and submit them to film sites. To start with video selling, here are 5 tips : one. Learn the way to create your videos. If you can do this, you may have no problem is keeping your viewer’s attention. There actually is zip to making a video. If your videos will be a bit longer, then you have got to shift the focus of them once in a while. A technique to do this is to split up your talk ( assuming it is a live video of you talking ) into different perspectives. To paraphrase, show each segment of the video from another angle or point of view. Move your body if you are seated.
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The Basics of Launching Your Home Based Business
Copyright (c) 2009 Richard Walker
When starting a home based business, the first thing you want to do is make sure that there are companies and people out there that need or want what you are offering. The secret appears to come either with something new and innovative which is represented poorly but is still very useful, or with a product which comes up with superior quality or features in a field of competition.
You will need to do some research on the product or service you’re offering in order to get a clear idea of the competition levels versus the uniqueness of the product and conduct a needs analysis in order to find out if only a few people would be interested in your product or service, or if there would be tons of people lining up to buy.
When starting a home based business there are some options that need to be considered prior to launch. For instance, what kind of business are you planning on conducting? Where will this business be located? How will your raise enough capital to get it going? What kinds of marketing strategies do you have in order to effectively grown the business entity?
There may be other comparable businesses on the market, but you still need to find an opening through which to access the client’s thought process, to draw his attention and then to expand upon it. Marketing experts warn against moving too quickly when starting a business, trying instead for a gradual growth for less of a risk.
Consider how much capital you will need to raise before you are able to launch your home business with a decent chance at success. To get the big bank loans, don’t forget your marketing plans when you apply; or you just could risk it with a personal loan. Your local bank is the preferred method for starting a home based business rather than splitting shares with outside investors. Keep your borrowing at respectable levels with good equity in your business.
Whether or not the business is run online, the Internet is more useful than any other marketing outlet. A good web site is one of the most valuable tools to represent your home based business to consumers. Pick a qualified professional, and have it built or have an existing website overhauled and keep it updated every so often for maximum effectiveness. Get your website together before officially launching your home based business, because a good site is important to customers.
When it comes to the growth of your business, it is important that you do not ignore the importance of marketing. Before you begin with a home based business, it’s important to make sure that your concept and strategy are adequate. This can mean consulting with an expert in marketing and SEO optimization. People who wonder why their business isn’t prospering are usually the same people who ignore the importance of Internet marketing. In order to boost your business levels and sales, it is never too late to initiate campaigns and start implementation of marketing strategies that involve SEO/SEM marketing online.
Richard Walker
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Positive Impact of White Hat SEO Techniques
All websites are created with single aim to get higher search engine ranking and earn greater profits. Thus struggle for top SEO ranking is everlasting making it an on-going procedure for websites as search engines change their criteria and preferences for keywords.
SEO experts that are reliable and genuine always opt for ‘white hat SEO techniques’ that create long-term online results. In white hat SEO, all rules and regulations laid by search engines are followed by site optimizers. Indexing of the content is done in exact way that can be viewed by the users. Created Website content aims at the customers instead of the SEO algorithms.
White hat SEO is the legal way to optimize a website in order to make it generate satisfactory web traffic. Chances of website getting penalized also reduce due to absence of wrong SEO techniques. The strongest point is good quality content and truthfulness. Keep your website structure simple and ensure that the programming and software part is simple and easy to understand especially for search engines. This would lead to better ranking of your site because of well optimized keywords/phrases.
Primary goal of white hat SEO is to offer website that has helpful information and is build properly. If you put quality content on your website than naturally the chances of getting links from other sites increases. Websites may take some time to get noticed, but it has a long-term effect on the success of your website.
Websites using this technique consists of appealing design and have better navigation links. For better promotion you can post meaningful text on other websites of your preference. The text or comments you put up on another website should be meaningful.
Widely used white hat SEO techniques are as follows:
1) Directory submission
2) RSS feed
3) Site feedback
4) Quality content formation
5) Creation of site maps
6) Article submission
7) Allotting back links
White hat SEO increases the attraction quotient of a website as it presents original content simple to understand and delivers right kind of information. Sometimes white hat techniques take much time to show up the results which could make you feel that it is not the right option! But the wait here is always worthwhile without any risk of your website getting blacklisted by the search engines. SEO experts of good repute and knowledge understand this fact and abide by the guidelines laid by the search engines.
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Google I/O 2009 – Site Review by the Experts
Google I/O 2009 – Site Review by the Experts
Matt Cutts
A rare opportunity, to get your site reviewed by the experts. We’ll take site submissions via e-mail and before the session starts, and go through real-life issues that effect developers when it comes to optimizing their app for search.
For presentation slides and all I/O sessions, please go to: code.google.com/events/io/sessions.html
Duration : 1:2:4
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Some Sneaky Secrets To Get Free Website Traffic Now!
by Gill A Taylor
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Have you heard of these superb yet economical ways to get free website traffic? When you want to get your website off the ground, try out these four simple strategies that will get free traffic to your newly constructed website. No worries about cost, because their all free, hooray! So let’s cut some financial corners and look at the best four strategies.
Search Engine Optimization (SEO) is something that should really become second nature to anyone that has a website or blog and wants to get free website traffic. Google loves you guy, so make it easy to be loved. Give the search engine spiders what they want to see, and you will be seen. SEO can basically be divided into 2 parts:
The first type would be on site SEO. Web crawlers digging through the Internet for relevant search results are called SEO spiders or robots. Use your important keywords in all the right places including page name, all titles and in your content to get free website traffic through search engines. Include alt tags for your images as spiders cannot see your beautiful pictures all that well. A well fed spider can be a great friend to have.
The second side is called off site SEO. It has to do with how other websites link to you using anchor text links. These clickable texts are sometimes uncontrollable as you generally cannot tell another website how to link to you. If possible you want people to link to you using the keywords that complement your site. The authority and content relevancy of the site linking to is also quite important. All this will help to get free website traffic by upping your page rank and improving your search engine rankings.
Social Marketing: This could really get free website traffic in masses. Offer a helping hand, share some free content and resources. If you give people a reason to follow you, they will gladly oblige, and you’ll look like a good guy in the process, not just some slimy marketer.
What I can also strongly advise this: Don’t do what other people do; you want to stand out from the crowd. It’s never too early to start creating and promoting your own brand, so do it from day one. Stay active, this is true for your blog and your profile, consistency is very important, get into a habit of updating your blog and your Facebook or MySpace profile. People like to see development.
Forum marketing: I say there is not a major difference between social marketing and forum marketing. These guys are discussing exactly the stuff that you want to sell them. Just keep in mind not to push your product too much. Make yourself part of the community first. Suggest some ideas or share your thoughts about their subject and display some value with free stuff or news if they come to your site. You should get free website traffic by giving them a link to click on in your digital signature.
Article writing: I really like this one, and it works like a charm. Write high quality content articles and distribute it to the masses by submitting them to multiple article directories. You will get free website traffic from the backlinks in the article or in your resource box. Keep your articles highly targeted and get your audience to go to your site. Remember that your article will stay on the web, so do some keyword research, just like the SEO we discussed, and include it in your title and body text.
Go ahead and start to apply these four steps discussed when launching your website and see the difference in your bank account when you don’t have to pay to get free website traffic! We’ll talk more about certain things and discuss it in detail later. See you soon!
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