SEO Tips

[SenseiSteve]

Search Engine Optimization (SEO) has become very philosophical in terms of defining how it works, what works best, what strategies are old hat, who are the real experts, what are the major search engines looking for, how to improve Page Rank (PR) and Search Engine Results Pages (SERPs) and how relevant each are.

Everyone seems to agree that content is KING, matched with relevant keywords. Long versus short tail, follow versus no-follow, community building versus commercial backlinks are terms debated everyday in SEO forums by practictioners - some with years in the industry and some just cutting their teeth in the industry.

If you’re looking to increase traffic to your website, SEO tips abound on the Internet. My recommendation is to subscribe by the guidelines offered by the major search engines themselves. Google presents some in-depth insight into their strategic guidelines. Published (hard bound) books on the other hand are frequently outdated before they ever hit the stands, as it can take 1 to 2 years to go to press. Forums are an excellent venue for debating strategies with others actually practicing in the industry.

 

[handsonhosting]

If you have the money - StomperNet is a GREAT source of information. Not cheap, but the methods used when implemented correctly do work, and work very well.

SEO seems to be offered by many people these days. Some believe that they are SEO Experts if they modify a META tag and submit to google.

I've had my experiences with various SEO places, including one of the largest (web.com) but getting results proved very difficlut as their methods were outdated So out the window went $5k, and due to their recommendations, we also lost a number of areas that we HAD been producing in in the past.

SEO is ever changing, what was right last month may not be right this month. If you do the searches on the internet and come accross recomdations in forums, please PLEASE check the date of the thread. Something suggested in 2005 likely will not work in todays envionment!

 

[romes]

Yeah, that is very true handsonhosting...But, no matter the area of which you are planning on buying something research is key. Do not take someone's word, do your some RESEARCH and then make your decision on weither or not to buy the product/service.