In case you’re unaware, Google has recently reached an agreement with Twitter to include tweets in their search results.
Archive for the ‘Search Engine Optimization’ category
SEO Tips for Twitter Content
November 9th, 2009A Way to Get Quality Backlinks and High PageRank
February 28th, 2007I came across an interesting blog post about getting quality backlinks and high PageRank.
Have you ever added a little chunk of HTML/Javascript code (sometimes called a widget) on your website to add a fun or “live” informational element to your site? e.g. a stock ticker, a weather report, or a graphic depicting the stage of pregnancy you’re in?
» Read more: A Way to Get Quality Backlinks and High PageRank
Can Google Toolbar Cause Pages to Be Indexed?
December 15th, 2006
So, you created a new web page and visited your new page using a browser installed with Google Toolbar.
You hope that your page will somehow be indexed by the Google search engine…
Tools to View PageRank of Links on a Web Page
November 30th, 2006
Do you know the Google PageRank (PR) of the links on your web page?
There are several ways you can find out the link PRs:
- Enter each link URL in a PR checking service, or
- Open each link and see the PR in Google Toolbar, or
- Use the Website PR Overlay tool by SEO Bench or Visual PageRank tool by iWebTool
Dedicated IP PageRank Advantage Myth Busted!
November 18th, 2006
I just came across an interesting post by Matt Cutts indicating that there is no difference in Google PageRank treatment between a site hosted on virtual hosting (multiple sites on 1 IP address) versus a site hosted on a dedicated IP address.
How to Increase Blog Search Engine Traffic by Porting to WordPress
November 7th, 2006Here’s a story of how Chris Pearson apparently increased his search engine traffic by 455% in just one month (from September to October).
He made two simple changes:
- He ported his blog from MovableType to WordPress
- He based his design code on the Cutline framework
» Read more: How to Increase Blog Search Engine Traffic by Porting to WordPress
New Google Webmaster Tools
October 29th, 2006Google has added a few new features in to its webmaster tools.
The new features include:
1) Googlebot activity report
It shows you the following:
- Number of pages Googlebot has crawled your site per day
- Number of kilobytes of data Googlebot has downloaded per day
- Average time it took for Googlebot to download pages.
Google Now Indexes URLs Containing “&id=” Parameter
October 29th, 2006It’s now official. Google search indexing algorithm has been updated to index URLs containing the “&id” parameter.
Well, does this mean you should ignore using friendly URLs or permalinks?
» Read more: Google Now Indexes URLs Containing “&id=” Parameter
Redirect Affiliate Links to Increase Click-Through Rate
October 27th, 2006If you are using regular affiliate links to promote an affiliate program, chances are you are missing out on traffic and commissions. You might want to use redirection links instead.
Here’s how a direct affiliate link and a redirection link look like:
Direct affiliate link: http://www.example.com?id=123 (where 123 is your affiliate ID)
Redirection link: http://www.yoursite.com/product.html
Notice that the redirection link appears to be like a regular static page on your site. » Read more: Redirect Affiliate Links to Increase Click-Through Rate
Searching for Internet Marketing Notes?
October 26th, 2006Wowee! In less than 2 weeks, this blog has been listed as #1 on Google for the search keywords internet marketing notes.
Nothing is permanent on Google. For now, I’ll just savor the moment. 
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