2 December 2008
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Search Engine Optimization (SEO) has been a concept that has been around for years. It predates Google if you can believe that. I remember, because my first Web designs predate Google too. In 1998, Google was small fish against MSN, ruler of IE browser search bar, and Yahoo, the hub of the Web. Even then, SEO was a buzz term and anyone serious about designing websites that got indexed learned the tips and techniques necessary for robot loving.
Today, many of those basic tips and techniques are still valid. Search Engines are smarter, faster, and have expanded to consume the girth of the internet. Robots scan and index hundreds of sites every minute. Finding your placement amongst search rankings has never been harder but thankfully, it is not all out of our hands.
Of course, I could never explain how it all works in a single blog post. Why does it work? How does it work? Does anyone truly know? Thankfully, everything I know about SEO I learned online and you can too.
ê¿êspi20.com recently covered a few key SEO techniques that anyone can get started on right now and create a huge impact on their search engine results. Learn, “Just What The Heck Is SEO And Why Do You Want It?“, why “Pictures Are Not Only Worth 1000 Words They’re Worth SEO“, and “One Last Step To Achieve SEO Nirvana“.
One of my favorite resources for mastering the blogiverse is Darren Rowse’s Problogger.Net. Along with a wealth of information such as, “7 Essential Things You Should Be Doing When Your Blog Is Still Young” you’ll find you are only just breaking the surface of Problogger’s fantastic content with, “How To Get Search Engine Traffic To Your Blog“.
I’ve even dug a gold nugget of information from Chris Garrett on “The Right Way To Build Internal Links For Blog SEO“.
With so much information available it can be hard to distill and absorb. Would you rather I broke it all down for you element by element? Or should I just keep the links coming from time to time?
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wow! nice article on SEO, very well explained about seo really very interesting.thanks for sharing such a good information.
I think you put me in elevated company when you include links to my site and Darrin Rowse in the same post Not that I’m complaining mind you!
Other sources for SEO information come from Google itself. But as anything in life, buyer beware – or in this case, reader beware. Before compiling the information I wrote in my articles, I read a boat load, tried and tested some things and came to my own conclusions about optimizing my site.
I know I have a PR of zero there.
I would like to blame that on a past association with PPP, but I long since removed those posts and incorporated all the things Google says will help, but still have a zero, so I am quite sure I’m missing something.
It may be something as simple as my domain name. Who looks for eyespi? Much less 20 of them?
Like most of you, I will continue in my quest for PR and when I get it, I’ll most likely still be in the dark as to HOW I got it
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Margaret´s latest blog postGiving a Little, Getting a Lot
I’d love to have in your own words. Sorry – more work for you. But at least you wouldn’t have to go searching for ideas for a series of blog posts.
@topranked: Thanks for the compliment.
@Margaret: Thank you so much for visiting, Margaret! It’s fantastic to see you here. I feel like I’ve mostly fallen into my PR3. I’ve known the basics of SEO but have never written with the intention of building a strongly ranked site. In all honesty, search results make up only a tiny fraction of my blogs traffic. Still, as I teach so do I learn.
@Jean: I’m thinking of just that, Jean! Thanks for sharing your feedback and I’ll see what I come up with sharing SEO hints and tips based on what I know and what I’ve learned over the years.
You are not a complete webmaster without learning SEO… I am spending 4 hours daily in seo alone..