Six reasons why search engines ignore your web pages

May 29th, 2008 admin Posted in Site Marketing No Comments »

Is your web site still not listed on search engines although you submitted it weeks ago? There are several reasons why search engines might ignore your web pages.1. Check if search engines can read your web page content

Search engines use very simply software programs to index your web pages. A web page that looks great to the human eye can be totally meaningless to search engines.

If you have a great looking web site that is meaningless to search engines, you won’t be able to achieve high search engine rankings with that web site - no matter how good and interesting your web site content is.

In general, search engines cannot see content that is presented in images (GIF, JPEG, PNG, etc.), Flash elements, JavaScript and other script languages or other multimedia file formats.

To find out how search engines see your web page, use a search engine spider simulator. The free IBP trial has a fully functional spider simulator that allows you to see your web pages through the eyes of a search engine.

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Six Quick and Simple Ways

April 18th, 2008 admin Posted in Site Marketing No Comments »

Seo your siteThe reason Google is the most successful search engine in the world is because they provide the best search results; pages ranked by tangible value. That tangible value is a combination of content and links, with links being the more important factor (they assume any pages linking in will only link to good content or risk their own ranking.)

 

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The New Alexa Rankings

April 16th, 2008 admin Posted in Site Marketing No Comments »

Our rankings have changed!  Click here for more.

We’ve been working hard behind the scenes for several months and are excited to announce that our new Alexa Rankings system is available.

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If Google, Yahoo, or Microsoft wants to buy your site will you sell it?

April 11th, 2008 admin Posted in Site Marketing No Comments »

I know this might be a stupid question but if ever everyone’s dream comes true, that your brilliant website idea (that gives you an above decent income) wants to be bought by the internet giants for insane amounts of cash, will you actually sell it or keep it to yourself so you will have recurring income instead of one lump sum of cash?

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Improve your Search Engine Position with Sitemaps

April 11th, 2008 admin Posted in Site Marketing No Comments »

A sitemap is a little-known secret to enhancing your Web site’s position in the search engine listings. No, it’s not a killer secret that will draw in thousands of new visitors overnight, but it is an important addition to your toolset, and not hard to implement. This article will tell you why you need a sitemap, and how to create one and submit it to the search engines.

The term “sitemap” can refer to two different things. Many large, complex Web sites provide a visual sitemap that visitors can use for quick navigation, if they already know roughly where they want to go. If your site is large or complex, you should provide one of these sitemaps for your visitors.

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Get Your Blog Google-Ranked in 30 Days or Less (Part 2)

April 9th, 2008 admin Posted in Site Marketing Comments Off

If you haven’t read Get Your Blog Google-Ranked in 30 Days Or Less, Part 1, you aren’t going to want to miss it. But, here are even more useful suggestions to put your blog on steroids without any blog-roid rage. Please read on.

25. Focus on ranking for three key words or phrases to start. The keywords you select should appear in your HTML title tags and within the site’s content when appropriate. However, watch keyword density levels. Anything above 5% starts to sound like gibberish. 2% to 3% keyword density provides more creative latitude for the content developer, and still lets bots know what the site is about.

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13 Reasons Why CSS Is Superior to Tables in Website Design

April 8th, 2008 admin Posted in Site Marketing 5 Comments »

For the past few days, we’ve been scouring the web searching for the top 13 reasons why Cascading Style Sheets (CSS) are superior to tables when designing a website. Some web designers swear that tables are better than CSS, while others believe that tables are ancient history and CSS is the only real solution to coding a web site’s layout. Since we’re one of those CSS die-hards, we’ve compiled a list of 13 reasons why CSS is superior to tables.

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9 Ways to Make Your Site More Search Engine Friendly

April 6th, 2008 admin Posted in Site Marketing 1 Comment »

se-positioning.jpg Search engines want to lead users to the most relevant information that is available online for any given keyword.

So focus on the user and ask yourself the question, “Is my page the most relevant page for this keyword online?” If the answer is yes, and you offer the best content for this keyword then you are well on your way.

The only way to get top placement in search engines is to provide very compelling information. However, search engines don’t read information like humans do.

They follow specific rules. Follow these 9 rules to rapidly boost your ranking in search engines.

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3 Top Tips for Great Web Page Design

April 4th, 2008 admin Posted in Site Marketing No Comments »

Great web page design is very important to making sure that your customers see your company in the way that you want them to. Just as you put a great deal of effort, time and resources in ensuring that your bricks and mortar storefront is bright, clean, and attractive, your website needs the same kind of attention. This article will explain the top three ways to make your website work for you!

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10 Simple Steps to Boost Search Engine Rankings

April 4th, 2008 admin Posted in Site Marketing No Comments »

There are multiple ways to boost search engine rankings, including implementing title tags and meta tags, acquiring quality links, using HTML, making site navigation easy, and adding a blog.

There are several steps to follow to ensure top rankings in search engines. Sites that follow these simple steps will likely see their traffic and search engine rankings soar through the roof. The better optimized your site is for the search engines, the better results you can expect.

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