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2006 September 4 • seoPageviews are Obsolete
article: "Remember when web site traffic was talked about in terms of ‘hits’? Eventually we moved away from the term hit because everyone realized it was pretty meaningless."
[credit: bBlog]
Google announces Webmaster Central
website: Google has just introduced a slew of new tools specifically designed to allow webmasters to learn more about, and to interact with, Google's crawling and indexing systems. Complete with a topic-specific blog.
[credit: Download Squad]
Top Web Directory List
tool: - Directories Rated by Inbound Link Quality - ILQ. This list of Top Web Directories contains the Top Web Directories rated by the quantity of inbound links each directory has from dir.yahoo.com, DMOZ, EDU and GOV sites.
2006 August 19 • seoSeven Myths about Search Engines Demystified
article: Some of these myths are actually just out dated techniques and some are misunderstandings because the web is such a new medium.
2006 May 27 • ecommerce, seo, toolsYahoo Site Submission
tool: In what appears to be a response to Google Sitemaps, Yahoo now offers a free site submission tool. Site owners can submit a top level URL, or the location of a text file with a list of URLs, that they would like included in the Yahoo index.
[credit: Nexus - E-Commerce]
Keyword Research with Wordtracker
tutorial: Keyword research is important to good search engine results. Wordtracker, which isn't free but they do offer a free trial that works well, is a must use tool to improve results.
[credit: Ask Dave Taylor!]
Building Google PageRank
article: A link in page A to page B is a recommendation of page B by the author of A. The 'quality' of a page is related to the number of links that point to it. Applied across the whole web (recursively).
2005 November 24 • seoPageRank Explained
article: The basics of Google's PageRank system explained.
[credit: 456 Berea Street]
Google and Yahoo Interfaces
article: An interesting overview of the differences/similarities between the interfaces of Google and Yahoo. The side-by-side layout makes it clear how stiff the competition is between these two companies.
[credit: Bokardo]
SEO Wiki
Wiki: The outline of the Wiki covers everything from the why of SEO to SEO terminology to URL rewriting to submitting your site to search engines to what not to do.
[credit: Search Engine Roundtable]
Search Engine Optimization
article: A nice primer on the Basics of Search Engine Optimization.
[credit: design PRINCIPLES]
7 ways to promote your website
article: The pros and cons of seven popular website promotion techniques.
[credit: Silktide]
Quick Answers To Odd Questions
resources: Links to many specialized search tools including RefDesk, How Stuff Works, Internet Movie Database, Project Gutenberg, and others.
[credit: TiKouka]
Traffic Building Tips
article: Six simple and fool proof traffic building tips.
[credit: YourTotalSite]
Natural Keyword Use
article: Do you write fake copy? Keyword-rich copy can raise search engine rankings, but only if it's not forced.
1. Vary keywords and phrases. What alternatives might searchers use?
2. Read copy out loud. Would you say this to a customer?
3. Breakup key phrases by using all the search string words in a sentence, in the same order but with minor breaks in between.
[credit: CC-Tnewsblog]
Google Cheat Sheet
resource: An excellent link for any Google user to keep handy. [credit: The Pre-Commerce Blog]
2004 October 15 • seoClusty
website: Clusty is a 'Clustering engine' which searches and clusters your results into folders by grouping similar items. Read the 'About' section of the website to find out more. [credit: the daily div]
2004 October 10 • seoSearch: The Current and Next Big Thing
article: "Search is not restricted to entering a text field and getting back a collection of links" [InfoDesign]
2004 September 19 • seoA9 Search Engine
website: A9 lets people navigate, annotate and store Web pages they've visited, and as the TiVo digital video recorder does with television programs, it will recommend sites based on users' past preferences. [credit: UXblog]
2004 September 5 • seoThe Inner Workings of Robots, Spiders, and Web Crawlers
article: Robots, a.k.a. spiders or Web crawlers are used to feed data to a user, such as Google. Most robots are useful, but some, such as EmailSiphon and Cherry Picker are spambots. Here, you'll learn what robots do and how to gain control over them.