581. Search Engine Submission - 08/16/2005
Search engines are one of the most important ways to gain traffic. Altavista,
Google, FAST, Lycos and many others receive more hits than you and I can ever
even dream to. By submitting to them, you'll be able to capture a small part of
the h...
582. PPC Search Engine Advertising - 08/16/2005
As it is sometimes difficult or almost impossible to achieve a top position
in the search engines for certain keywords, one often ends up thinking "isn't
there an easier way to do this?". Well, of course there is, but it isn't
...
583. Meta Tags - 08/16/2005
Meta tags are little lines of code that are placed between the <HEAD> and
the </HEAD> tags in your site's HTML code. They are designed to give search
engines instructions on what your page is about and how they should treat it.
T...
584. Link Popularity - 08/16/2005
Based on what I've seen when I've analyzed top ranking pages in search engines,
and on what many other search engine optimization experts have told me, link popularity
(the amount of links other sites have pointing to your site) is becoming a ...
585. Keyword Optimization - 08/16/2005
Keyword optimization, the art of choosing the correct keywords, is one of the
most important things related to search engine optimization. Sadly, it's also
one of the things people tend to spend too little time on. They think up a few
keywor...
586. Doorway Pages - 08/16/2005
Doorway pages are pages that have been designed for one purpose only, to rank
high in the search engines for a particular keyword and then direct the arriving
visitors further into the site. Usually their design is relatively simplistic
and ...
587. Cloaking - 08/16/2005
Cloaking is a technique that is used to display different pages to the search
engine spiders than the ones normal visitors see. The usefulness of this ability
results from the fact that good search engine optimization often requires sacrificin...
588. Improve Search Engine Ranking With Click... - 08/16/2005
"Improve Search Engine Ranking With Click Popularity"
While the technology has been around for quite a while, there's still relatively
little information available on click popularity and its role in the algorithms
of search engines. Most...
589. How to submit to Yahoo - 08/16/2005
Yahoo can still rightfully be called the king of directories, despite the efforts
of DMOZ and Looksmart to dethrone it. In recent years, the directory has grown
in size, its prices have risen and it has become harder to submit to it.
Even so...
590. Submitting your website to the ODP - 08/16/2005
The Open Directory Project, or the ODP, is a directory similar in layout to Yahoo
and Looksmart. ODP's biggest difference to its competitors is that it is run by
over 37,000 volunteer editors, who do their work without receiving any monetary
...
591. Looksmart, The Pay Per Click Directory - 08/16/2005
Founded in 1995, Looksmart has since then become one of the three largest website
directories, the two others being ODP and Yahoo. While the Looksmart site does
not draw as many visitors as Yahoo, nor does its data have as many users as ODP's,...
592. Boost Your Traffic With Website Directories - 08/16/2005
Directories are places where users go to find websites, just like they do with
search engines. However, there are significant differences between the two. For
people who are trying to boost the traffic to their sites, it is vital to understand...
593. Ranking High at Google - 08/16/2005
When Google went online in late 1997, it entered a market that was already filled
by several other competitors. To mention a few, Altavista, HotBot, Excite, Infoseek
and Lycos had all managed to claim their own share of the searching industry....
594. The Weight of Google PageRank in Ranking - 08/16/2005
As Google continues to reign as the top search engine referral source, we all
continue to check our PageRank (Download the Google Toolbar to view a web page's
PageRank score). SEOs and webmasters scramble to increase their PageRank to a
resp...
595. A Little Mistake That Costs Your Website... - 08/16/2005
"A Little Mistake That Costs Your Website Hosting Business a Fortune"
Over the last seven years, I've bought website hosting from several different
companies. I noticed that the majority of webhosts make the mistake of thinking
...
596. The Problem With Web Hosting Today - 08/16/2005
When it comes to web hosting, the quality of the bandwidth is as important (if
not more important) than the hardware your site runs on. That's because even with
the fastest web server, your site will come to a crawl if it's connected to poor
...
597. Web Hosting; Make Them Work for You - 08/16/2005
There are two main types of host providers. They are called the have and the have-nots.
Hosting companies are not just parking garages for your domains. They have many
options and tools that you can utilize. Some host providers install and run...
598. Market Your Website Around Your Budget - 08/16/2005
Traditional Internet marketing wisdom states that website owners should take
advantage of pay per click search engines. With their highly targeted, keyword
driven traffic, pay per click search engines are no doubt a quality candidate
f...
599. Choosing the Right Host For Your Business - 08/16/2005
Every webmaster cringes at the thought of moving hosts. Like moving your home
it can be messy and sometimes problems arise. But if you follow these simple
steps, your move will be less painful.
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If youve been...
600. Nine Things To Know Before Selecting The... - 08/16/2005
"Nine Things To Know Before Selecting The Web Host For Your Business"
It may seem simple yet it is often times overlooked. When it comes to choosing
the right Internet hosting provider for their websites, the majority of business
...