In previous posts we’ve discussed some techniques for SEO using Web 2.0 technologies. Below are some tips for maximizing SEO for Silverlight sites. 1. The title tag should include the most important information about your site. It should state the purpose and give some indication as to the content of the site. 2. The most [...]
It’s no secret that websites built completely with Adobe Flash are not very friendly when it comes to search engine optimization. The biggest reason for this is that Flash hides the text of the website, which contains the valuable keywords that can be indexed by web search engine robots. This keeps Flash websites from showing [...]
Some of you may be asking, “What the heck is a link wheel?” A Link Wheel is a new, effective SEO strategy that is created by writing multiple articles on a specific subject that all link together to form a wheel. To construct your link wheel, you should include at least two links in each [...]
Some forms of “Web 2.0” innovations, such as blogs and wikis, are by nature optimized for SEO. The reason is that they are primarily static web pages composed of readable text that can be easily indexed by web search robots. Other forms of Web 2.0 technologies are not so SEO friendly, because links and text [...]
Here is a quick list of common link building tactics that you can use 100% of the time for any SEO project. Remember, this is outside of compelling content that will go ‘viral’ and assumes that no competitor research or link building strategies have been developed. It is meant to be a quick list of [...]
A key part of SEO strategy is internationalization. Internationalization involves structuring and formatting web sites so that they consistently receive higher search rankings inside the geographical region being targeted. There are several SEO practices that will result in higher web site rankings when targeting specific regions or groups of people. Probably the most obvious practice [...]
To keep abreast of internet marketing techniques, there are several ‘out of the box’ methods that I use for research. One of which is monitoring Black Hat SEO discussions. According to Wikipedia, Black Hat SEO attempts to improve rankings in ways that are disapproved of by the search engines, or involve deception. I regularly visit [...]
One year ago, Forbes published an article called “Eight Ways to Make Money Online”, here is a quick recap of their list: 1. Virtual Story (Ebay) 2. Matchmaking (Buyer & sellers) 3. Virtual Warehouse (Dropshipping) 4. Content Provider (Subscribers) 5. Content Provider (Advertising) 6. Domain Directory 7. Domain Flipping 8. Virtual Futures Market Full story [...]
