Keyword Research on the cheap

Don’t have big budgets to do keyword research? Read on… STEP 1 – GOOGLE SEARCH The wildcard (*) operator tells Google to substitute it for one or more words that would normally appear in the search phrase.  Here are a couple of examples of how you can use the wildcard operator: If you type [“black …

Is the order of links on a page important for SEO?

I watched this nice short video from Matt Cutts answering questions from the community. This is about the important of links in a page and their position relative to other links on the page. Matt from Lexington, KY asks: “Is first link priority an on-page SEO factor? If so, should we modify CSS or JavaScript …

Twitter Weekly Updates for 2010-01-24

Seasonal flower arranging: http://www.artisticflowerarrangements.com/blog/index.php/seasonal-flower-arranging # RT @lizajlee: Thank you Sandro for helping me to finish Artistrun.org as my own art blog now! http://www.sandrosalsi.com/testimonials.html # How to avoid an adsense penalty: https://sandrosalsi.com/2764/banned-from-adsense-how-to-avoid-it-from-happening/ # The 2010 Hiring Challenge: http://www.prevueassessments.com/blog/2010/01/the-2010-hiring-challenge/ # Google Social Search: tips and tutorials: https://sandrosalsi.com/2752/google-social-search-tips-and-tutorials/ # SEO tip (4): get diffefent type of links and …

Twitter Updates for 2010-01-22

SEO tip (4): get diffefent type of links and do not add links too quickly # SEO tip (3): When linking to your site don’t always use the same anchor text # SEO tip (2): link to internal Pages # SEO tip (1): Stay Away From Link farms # Twitter does not allow images. Either …

LinkedIn for SEO

You can use LinkedIn to get 3 great links pointing to your site (with keywords in the anchor text). In your profile they give you the opportunity to add three hyperlinks to websites of your choice. If you’re not trying to optimise your site for “My Website”, “My Portfolio” and “My Blog” it might be …

Twitter Updates for 2009-06-29

Blog optimization tip (9): Use a Good URL Structure. Use permalinks to create search friendly URL’s/ # Blog optimization tip (10): Use your own domain name. Companies go bankrupt all the time. You cannot rely on FREE hosts. # Blog optimization tip (11): Manage Your Trackback & Comment Spam. Don’t allow masses of spam links …