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 Anonymous writes: "By Kim Krause © 2004
You've likely heard of the movie, Jerry Maguire, with its famous line, "You had me at hello." Jerry Maguire was luckier than web sites we find in search engines. Many web sites don't attract user devotion at the first word, let alone after scanning the home page."
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| Anonymous writes: "Search Engine Traffic Breakdown
Over 90% of US search engine traffic is driven by Yahoo!
or Google owned search technology
- source: Search
Engine Watch. Additionally Ask
Jeeves owns around 5% of the traffic. You may hear the names of many other
search engines, but most of them are powered by the above search engines in
one way or another. For example, Yahoo! owns Inktomi,
AltaVista, and AllTheWeb.
All three of those search engines are powered from the same database as Yahoo!
Search. A few meta search engines also drive a decent amount of traffic.
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Anonymous writes: "Copyright © 2004, Rob Schmultz
The rate of change online used to be fun. Chasing the cutting edge was an exciting occupation with limited accountability. But now ROI, quarterly budgets, and the need to grow sales AND profits have replaced the cutting edge as the object of our efforts. Yet despite the transition to more traditional business goals and outcomes, the rate change remains the same."
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Sharon Housley writes: "Nigritude Ultramarine
Search engine optimization experts are having fun with Google. Experts, with DarkBlue.com at the helm, are holding a contest to determine how Google really works. Experts are competing, with the goal of optimizing a webpage for a non-sensical phrase: 'nigritude ultramarine'. On May 7th, the day the terms 'nigritude ultramarine' was announced, typing the phrase into Google generated no search listings. Search engine optimizers hoping to define themselves as industry leaders are all vying for the number one spot. Others see the contest as an opportunity to test theories and experiment without jeopardizing existing traffic. Some webmasters are leery at staking their professional reputation on a contest with an undefined number of participants."
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Anonymous writes: "In the process of designing a website for clients the question inevitibly arises "How do I get a good search engine ranking?". This is a very good point and the answer is not as clear cut as you may think."
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Anonymous writes: "By Heather Reimer (c) 2004,
In the past, most savvy website owners recognized the value of strong, compelling content; they appreciated the importance of copy that commands attention and persuades visitors with reason and with art to buy something or take a particular action."
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Robert Williams writes: "by Robert P.Williams copyright 2004
Finding free and/or low cost website advertising can be a difficult task.
If you search the internet however you will discover there are several free and low cost tools available to you.
Listed here are some free and low cost techniques for increasing your website traffic."
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Glenn Murray writes: "By Glenn Murray *
About 80% of website traffic comes through search engines. And research shows, if you're not on the first 2 pages, most people won't find you."
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Anonymous writes: "Search Engines & Site Marketing 101 (the no-cost approach!)
1. There are many ways to grow in the search ranks without spending money on search engine submission...
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Kirk Bannerman writes: "As a member of several search engine optimization forums, I have recently noticed (especially since Yahoo recently decided to try their hand at competing with Google) that the stress level of many webmasters has gone way up. This applies not only to webmasters involved in Internet-based home businesses, but to webmasters in general."
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Brian Daniels writes: "by: Brian Daniels
Google uses PageRank to rank your pages. To maximize your rank, you must understand how to work with it.
Page rank is defined as follows:"
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Daria Goetsch writes: "Search engine optimization for today's search engine robots requires that sites be well-designed and easy-to-navigate. To a great degree, organic search engine optimization is simply an extension of best practices in web page design. SEO's relationship with web design is a natural one. By making sites simple and easily accessible, you are providing the easiest path for the search engine robots to index your site, at the same time that you are creating the optimum experience for your human visitors."
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Steve Robichaud writes: "Copyright © 2004, Steve Robichaud , Blogging Help for Me
Even people who don't own a computer know what blogging is. Everyone is talking about it. Heck, even the Doonesbury comic strip ran a few panels on the subject. Anna Kournikova even has a blog for crying out loud!"
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Mark Daoust writes: "Copyright © 2004 Mark Daoust
Search engine optimization is one of the most popular topics in Internet Marketing. The reasons are obvious. Search engines provide highly targeted traffic at a zero or very low cost. There are a lot of myths, debates, and disagreements over what is good Search Engine Optimization (SEO). We have decided to look at 7 principles that you should definitely follow when optimizing your site for search engines. "
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Anonymous writes: "When exploring good keyword choices there are several steps one must consider. The most important step is putting your self in the shoes of the type of customer you want to target. Just make a list of the keywords or phrases you think that customer would enter into a search engine or directory when searching for your company or site. A good tool is WordTracker.com which will help you brainstorm different key phrases. Ask friends and associates which words they would use to search for your site on the internet, if they were looking for a site similar to yours."
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Anonymous writes: "by: Matt Colyer
SEO(Search engine optimization) is one of most popular online marketing tool for any website. With more websites coming online every day the competition gets larger, so you have to make sure you can out SEO them before they out do you. In this article I will tell how to increase your ranking and how to out do your competition.
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Anonymous writes: "by: Robin Eldred
There are a lot of ways to promote your website and, unfortunately, a lot of these methods are mistakes. Here is a list of some of the more common mistakes (often referred to as Black Hat SEO) that you should steer well clear of. "
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Anonymous writes: "Copyright © 2004 John Jantsch
I suppose the real reason for a local small business to have a website at all is to provide information for the local market, generate leads from local shoppers. Up until now too many small businesses have created websites more like monuments to their company name. If someone knew the name of the company, they could probably find the website. That was good to a point but what about those people who just know they need what you sell but they don't know anybody who sells it? "
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Diane Hughes writes: "Copyright 2004 Diane Hughes
It’s still happening. "Florida," "Boston," "Ginger," and "Brandy" are just a few of the many Google updates that have hit within the last few months. And Google is still issuing periodic updates as we speak. No one can say for sure what’s going on or what to expect. One thing is for sure... unless you want to get bamboozled by Google (again!), you’d be wise to take action to prevent it now.
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Tinu AbayomiPaul writes: "Copyright 2004 Tinu AbayomiPaul
There is a lag time between the indexing or updating of your site, and the time it takes to show new results in the database. Depending on your site, where it was linked from, who it was linked from, and who knows what other factors, the amount of time varies.
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