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If organic SEO is so important, why are we being sold on PPC as most important by PPC trainers? Why is there less about organic SEO? Read More >> Related Forum Posts >>

In Google's Webmaster Tools there is a section where you can submit someone you think is buying links. Here is what I don't understand – can Google really penalize you for purchasing links? Read More >> Related Forum Posts >>

I work for a nonprofit that since 2000 has been operating an e-commerce website to provide emerging artists with a web presence. It has earned a toolbar PageRank of 5, thanks to some decent inbound links. Due to a variety of things, the parent company of the website has decided it's time to shut the site down. Read More >> Related Forum Posts >>

The High Rankings / MarketingSherpa free webinar that was held last week was a huge success! Read More >> Related Forum Posts >>

SEMNE (Search Engine Marketing New England) is offering High Rankings Advisor Newsletter subscribers 6 free passes to the November 18, 2008 networking event in Providence, RI featuring Nick Gerner from SEOmoz (one of the developers of the much talked about "Linkscape" project). Read More >> Related Forum Posts >>

In today's forum thread of the week, it was actually ME who had a question! I noticed that our robots.txt file had been indexed by Google and was curious if others had ever had this happen. Read More >> Related Forum Posts >>

How important is it to have a large number of indexed sites through Google? If so, how do we increase the number, and how do we edit what text appears under the link?
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I performed a keyword analysis for one of my projects, picked several powerful "traffic juicy" keywords and optimized the landing pages for those keywords. My site went to the first page in the search engines, and yet we've got no more than 100 unique visitors per month. Have you any idea why? Read More >> Related Forum Posts >>

Forum member "bobmeetin" explains how a business he's evaluating has a main website plus 4 subdomains and seems like one big organizational mess.
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In case you missed them, my September columns for both Search Engine Land and TalentZoo are definitely worth a read (if I do say so myself!). Read More >> Related Forum Posts >>

Sales are down for many businesses due to the slow economy. Business owners and CEOs are looking for that one thing that can pull them through the hard times and keep them afloat. When times get tough, many turn to SEO, hoping that it will be the ticket to increased sales. While SEO is almost always a good idea, if you're counting on it to save a failing business, you may want to rethink things. Read More >> Related Forum Posts >>

Last week Twitter decided to remove the ability to gain any link popularity via people's Twitter profile page. This set off a firestorm from some SEOs who always look for as much link popularity as they can gather. What really made them mad was that they felt that Google (via Matt Cutts) had "bullied" Twitter into the decision. Read More >> Related Forum Posts >>

For purposes of discussion, let's say my main URL is www.example.com. I have a plethora of links in my site for indexing purposes between pages. The page links all go to their respective pages properly, but are linked to example.com (without the www part). Read More >> Related Forum Posts >>

I'm wondering if there is more link value provided by a new blog if it is hosted on an IP with a different C block than the IP address of the web site itself. The owner of the business would be writing the blog and sharing business expertise with the idea of building the brand of the business.

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I recently set up a new site, which isn't something I often do, and forgot to set up the meta title and description. Now what is called up on Google for my site is HOME and a sentence from mid-page. Now that I have fixed the Web problem, how do I get the search engines to do another crawl of the site?
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I'm about to renew our contract with our search engine ranking optimization software, but thought I'd check out other options before committing. What do you folks use?

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I had the pleasure of being interviewed recently by a number of online marketing folks and thought you might enjoy learning more about me and my thoughts on a plethora of search marketing issues.
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Google has announced that they are rolling out "Google Suggest" this week, which will provide searchers with a list of query suggestions when they start typing into the search box.
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Forum member "don h" discusses a website problem that's been plaguing him for ages. Read More >> Related Forum Posts >>

I recently signed up as an advertiser with [a blog review website] so I could purchase blog review postings for one of my clients. After enrolling, I purchased a PR5 blog review posting at the standard PR5 price of $40. Eventually my offer was picked up by a blogger, but the review posting only stayed on their PR5 home page for one day as the next day it was shifted from the front page of the blog to an archived page that had a PR0. Read More >> Related Forum Posts >>

Over the past few weeks, I've had a few run-ins with plagiarism in various forms and thought I'd take the opportunity to have a little rant about it. My hope is that by discussing it, people will become more educated about the issue and perhaps it will become a little less rampant online. Read More >> Related Forum Posts >>

Karon Thackston has a great article on her blog that I highly recommend. Read More >> Related Forum Posts >>

When the term "linkbait" first appeared on the search marketing scene a few years ago, I wasn't too keen on it because it has a lot of negative connotations. In fishing, bait is not really a good thing (to the fish). One minute the fish thinks he's going to have a tasty meal, and the next minute he IS the tasty meal! Works out nicely for the fisherman, however. Read More >> Related Forum Posts >>

Today. Here are some thoughts on another one of SEMPO's online training courses. Enjoy! – Jill Read More >> Related Forum Posts >>

I have a client who has 2 domain names: namehere.com and differentnamehere.us pointing at the same IP address. Is it bad SEO to have multiple domain names for the same site? And will this negatively impact search engine results for each? Read More >> Related Forum Posts >>

The front page of my website has a [toolbar] PageRank of 4 and most of my inner pages had a PageRank of 3. After this quarter's Google [toolbar] update, my homepage remained a 4, but most of my inner pages went down to a 2. Read More >> Related Forum Posts >>

Regarding long-tail keywords, I often find it difficult optimizing them in an article, mainly because it can look unnatural if you include them too often. How do you recommend I deal with this problem? Apart from in the headline, at what density do they need to be mentioned in an article in order to maximize our chances of getting good listings? Read More >> Related Forum Posts >>

Is your website sick? In many ways, SEO consultants are like doctors, only instead of analyzing your personal health symptoms, we analyze the overall health of your website. It's true we're not working with life or death situations the same way doctors do, but having a website that is not receiving all the targeted search engine traffic it could be, is a sign of a sick website. Read More >> Related Forum Posts >>

If I have the same title tags and keywords as the company listed first in Google, Yahoo, etc., why don't I get a high ranking? Read More >> Related Forum Posts >>

Read the third installment of my "Avoiding SEO Brain Freeze" series at TalentZoo. Read More >> Related Forum Posts >>

Here is the scenario: I had a Virtual Private Server (VPS) with 9 websites on it that were all interlinked. It worked great for awhile. Then in Nov. 2004, Google did a big adjustment, and all 9 of my sites dropped out of sight. Read More >> Related Forum Posts >>

Search engine results seem to vary for US states. For instance, one of my clients gets top results while one of my clients from another state doesn't get the same results. Read More >> Related Forum Posts >>

When you're done reading the SEO Standards threads, here's a good one on sitemaps. Read More >> Related Forum Posts >>

Forum member "lenwood" has provided a client with lots of SEO recommendations that should ultimately increase their search engine traffic. That is, however, if the client would only implement them! Read More >> Related Forum Posts >>

Now that the nofollow link attribute has been around for awhile, and even sanctioned by Google's Matt Cutts for "PageRank Sculpting," forum member "nethy" is wondering what your thoughts are on it. Read More >> Related Forum Posts >>

If you're looking for an organized SEO method that won't confuse you, you may want to check out my recent columns at TalentZoo. I'm writing an series of articles on how to do on-page SEO from start to finish in a step-by-step manner. Read More >> Related Forum Posts >>

I was checking to make sure that all my client's PDFs were appearing in Google's index and noticed something odd. Luckily all the PDFs appear when I do a site:yoursite.com filetype:pdf. Read More >> Related Forum Posts >>

Is someone more likely to click on my organic or paid search result if they appear side by side? Read More >> Related Forum Posts >>

You briefly hit on ROI and basically described perfectly a dilemma I have. We are a B2B manufacturer of machinery that costs anywhere from the 10's of thousands to the 100's of thousands each. We sell a handful of these machines each year. Consequently, the buying cycle can take up to a year or more. How would you suggest we figure ROI and conversions for this kind of business? Read More >> Related Forum Posts >>

An interesting topic of discussion has broken out in the forum regarding whether Google understands the "theme" of a website.

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I have a customer who is convinced that for maximum SEO, the page length must be between 450 and 625 words. He has a software program that tells him this. Is there any truth to it?

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I have plain html pages that describe the various health-related products that I recommend. If one of my readers wishes to purchase a product, they click on an "order now" button, which takes them to the desired product at my shopping cart.

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I really would like to go to a SEO conference someday, but which? I'm not an SEO novice and PPC is not my strategy. Plus being #1 what could anybody teach me, anyway? Now, I know that is a very stupid and dangerous statement. ;-) Future trends or expert hints very specific to my site are what I think I need. What do you think?

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This week we read Marketing Sherpa’s 2008 Search Marketing Benchmark Guide, and have provided our thoughts about it for you here. Enjoy! – Jill Read More >> Related Forum Posts >>

I am coming across a lot of offers for software for SEO.  A lot of them are
offering different sorts of analyzers, etc. — which I’m not sure are
helpful.  Is there any sort of software that is real SEO software and
actually does some actual SEO work to your site?

 

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I mentioned last time that we were going to start offering highly personalized SEO training classes (limited to 10 people per class) at our High Rankings headquarters in Framingham, MA. Read More >> Related Forum Posts >>

If you'd rather learn from the comfort of your own home/office, we have an alternative for you -- our video of a past High Rankings seminar (different from the training sessions mentioned above, but just as good!). Read More >> Related Forum Posts >>

We haven't hit you up for a poll in awhile because we didn't want to wear you out. But now we have a survey for you that's a little bit longer than usual. Don't worry, it's really not that long, only 10 questions, and one of those asks for your email address (if you want a crack at the free gift). Read More >> Related Forum Posts >>

SEMNE, the search marketing networking organization for New England, is having an event entitled "Wikipedia & Search Marketing" on Jan. 9, 2008 in North Hartford, CT at the Tumblebrook Country Club from 6:30PM-9:30PM. Read More >> Related Forum Posts >>

Our friends at ROI Revolution are starting their next round of Google Analytics online training classes on January 10, 2008. There's still time to sign up, and still time to get a $100 discount using our affiliate discount code of HIGHRANKINGS in the coupon field. Read More >> Related Forum Posts >>

The Search Marketing Expo (SMX) West Conference is quickly approaching! It's going to be held on Feb. 26-28 at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, CA. Register before Jan. 11 to save $400. I'll be there speaking at some sessions, and I hope to see you there as well! Read More >> Related Forum Posts >>

Forum member "Vini" wonders why his/her website keeps going down in the rankings rather than up. Read More >> Related Forum Posts >>

I am in the process of changing all my URLs from things like news123.html to OurCompany_Announces_New_CEO.html Read More >> Related Forum Posts >>

Market Motive is a new, subscription-based website which brings together some of the top minds in the Internet marketing world to teach you SEO, Web analytics, PPC, social media, online publicity, and more. Read More >> Related Forum Posts >>

It appears the text Google is now showing [for a particular keyword phrase] is from our DMOZ directory listing. Read More >> Related Forum Posts >>

My company is considering building some new sites where content is loaded from a database. We plan on using static URLs no matter what, but we are wondering if it matters whether the content comes from static, unique HTML files, or if the HTML page is served from a database. Read More >> Related Forum Posts >>

Two weeks ago, my Google PR was still at 0/10. We have a 6-month-old site, for which I've been doing many of the "slow growth" SEO tactics as my time allows. This week, I find that my Google PR is now 5/10. Read More >> Related Forum Posts >>

Search Engine College has launched Search Engine Wiki Read More >> Related Forum Posts >>

Forum Member “Deverill” is ticked off at the SEO guy in his office due to some strange advice he is giving. Read More >> Related Forum Posts >>

One of my biggest headaches is working out how to charge and how much to charge my clients for my services. Read More >> Related Forum Posts >>

The SEO world is abuzz today with Google’s smack in the face to a number of websites that are selling obviously paid-for, keyword-rich text links. Read More >> Related Forum Posts >>

I noticed something interesting the other day that made me wonder whether links that have the nofollow attribute on them can/do still pass anchor-text “juice” in Google. Read More >> Related Forum Posts >>

Pauline Kerbici has put on her interview hat once again, this time to speak with Danny Sullivan, Editor-in-Chief of Search Engine Land, about in-house SEM/SEO vs. agency SEM/SEO. Take it away, Pauline! - Jill Read More >> Related Forum Posts >>

I have a question: I created a site (read a book on HTML, a book on SEO, and a book on globalization of websites). After about 10 months, the site is doing very well and I am pleased with its rankings. Read More >> Related Forum Posts >>

I am currently looking at doing SEO work for a [generic type of alcohol for drinking] industry-related website. I have come across one problem though. Read More >> Related Forum Posts >>

We have an information site which sells nothing. Our site consists of about 140 articles. I have authored several, and I'm wondering about submitting a couple of my articles to certain type of sites which claim to boost links to your site. Read More >> Related Forum Posts >>

To gain credibility, I often send my clients to sign up for your newsletter to show that I am not the only one telling them whatever it is I am telling them at the time. With that, the answer to a question from your last newsletter could severely hurt my (our) business. Read More >> Related Forum Posts >>

I hope you will take the time to read my latest column at Search Engine Land, where I wonder whether SEOs have lost the plot. It's all about making sure that when you make changes to a site for SEO purposes, you truly understand the reasoning behind why you're making those changes. Unfortunately, many people don't. Read More >> Related Forum Posts >>

The Google Analytics Online Training Course from ROI Revolution that we mentioned last week is starting this Thursday, Oct. 4. You can still apply the $100 High Rankings discount by simply typing "highrankings" into the discount code field when you register. I believe that even if you miss the first live class you could watch it online, so don't be shy about signing up late. Read More >> Related Forum Posts >>

I wonder if you can help me. We have a website in New Zealand and it is hosted here too. We are expanding our business to Australia and building a new website for this. My web company has said that the new site should be hosted in Australia as we would get a good start with Google.com.au. Do you agree with this? Does Google take into account where your site is hosted for rankings? Read More >> Related Forum Posts >>

I am a small business owner with a circa 2003 website that needs an overhaul both in terms of SEO optimization and visual appeal. I have no time or talent to do this and want to hire a company.

 

I have received a reply from one company that said the problem with my website is that it was written in FrontPage. They implied that that was a problem both from a design perspective and for SEO. Do you agree? And if so, does my website need to be recreated in HTML?

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I submitted our website sitemap to Google a while back, but I was reading a forum this morning where somebody was saying you have to submit every page to Google. What is the real procedure and are sitemaps important? Read More >> Related Forum Posts >>

I have a really quick question I hope you can help with. There is a small business in town that is paying $200 a month to have another company make sure it stays at the top of the ranking lists in search engines. Now if there is no new competition, except maybe a new office every few years, is it necessary to pay them, or could they do it themselves with the guidance you offer on your website? Read More >> Related Forum Posts >>

I came across your site on Google while trying to find some information and found it very helpful. However, I did have a question that was not covered. Will the search engines be able to find text in a PDF document, or am I better where possible to include the information in a web page? Read More >> Related Forum Posts >>

In Part 1 of this series, I introduced you to Announce It!, an online candy-bar-wrapper manufacturer that was seeking professional help with their search engine copywriting. Read More >> Related Forum Posts >>

The old cliché is wrong. All our lives we’ve heard, “It’s not what you say, but how you say it.” That may occasionally be true, but for the most part it’s what you say AND how you say it. Read More >> Related Forum Posts >>

Hey everyone! I’m back from vacation and the conference and raring to go. Today’s article is an updated version of one I wrote back in 2004 on the art of SEO. I recently reviewed it and was surprised at how accurate it still is today. I figured there are many of you on the list who never read it the first time around, and for those who did, you’ve probably forgotten it by now. Read More >> Related Forum Posts >>

Forum member “SEMMatt” wonders if it’s good or bad that the Title tags on his website are all the same. Read More >> Related Forum Posts >>

Forum member “malhyp” asks if there’s a benefit to using both the singular and plural forms of his/her keyword phrases when optimizing. Read More >> Related Forum Posts >>

Google has decided to stop labeling pages in their Supplemental Results Index as such, and some webmasters are up in arms over it. Personally, I think it’s smart of them not to differentiate the results anymore, as all it served to do was cause unnecessary grief for people. Read More >> Related Forum Posts >>

Forum moderator Jonathan Hochman (jehochman) noticed a post on Matt Cutts’ blog asking people to vote for what features they’d most want added to Google’s Webmaster Tools. Jonathan thought it was curious that one of the proposed features would tell webmasters which pages on their sites don’t validate. He wondered why Google would do that if they don’t care about pages that validate. Read More >> Related Forum Posts >>

Last night was our third SEMNE event (Search Engine Marketing New England), and we were humbled to have Dan Crow, director of crawl systems at Google, spilling the beans about how to get your site into Google. He talked for a half hour or so, and then proceeded to answer audience questions for at least another hour. As I sat there listening to him (yes, I actually listened to this one!), I was struck by what an awesome opportunity it was for everyone in that room to be provided with such important information — straight from Google. It was clear that the 100 or so people in the room agreed. In fact, at 7:30 on the dot, everyone spontaneously stopped their networking activities and simply took their seats without being asked to. These folks definitely came to hear Google! Read More >> Related Forum Posts >>

There has been a debate about the use of keywords for years. Many SEO copywriters will tell you that using keyphrases in their entirety is the best practice for getting high rankings. Others insist it really doesn’t matter — that as long as all the individual words within the phrase are used, your copy will do its job. Before we get into whether keyphrases are best used in their entirety or as individual words, let’s sidestep for just a minute to talk about the inner workings of information-retrieval systems (aka search engines). Read More >> Related Forum Posts >>

Forum member "DannyAFC" tells us that he ranks well on the competitive keywords in his industry, but he's getting concerned because his cache dates are starting to get quite old. Read More >> Related Forum Posts >>

In another post, "DannyAFC" says he feels that his site needs a redesign but isn't sure what elements he can safely change without hurting his search engine rankings. Read More >> Related Forum Posts >>

Does what you name a page (not the “Title” but the file name) matter to search engines when they crawl a site? Read More >> Related Forum Posts >>

When I am searching on terms that apply to our website or our specific products I’m finding that the perfect phrases or keywords have tons of competition. And the more obscure phrases that don’t have a lot of competition are not searched on much. Read More >> Related Forum Posts >>

I have to create some pages for a client. They are full of images and little to no content and have no title tags…however, they still want SEO services…*groan* Read More >> Related Forum Posts >>

My understanding is, if you have Meta tags with keywords and descriptions, this should also be reflected in your actual page content. But what if you have an ecommerce site and a homepage that displays mostly products and very short descriptions, and a menu with category names, etc.? Read More >> Related Forum Posts >>

In case you missed it, my column at Search Engine Land this month called "Don't Sweat the Small SEO Stuff" caused a bit of a stir online (which was my intent!). Read More >> Related Forum Posts >>

I wanted to discuss the possibility of developing a best practice/checklist
guide for our company to follow.  Our new  initiative will be to launch 50
or so micro-sites focused on our key product categories.  These sites will
need to be rolled  out quickly.

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What if you have 2 identical websites with the same Meta tags and same content, but one is “100% HTML web design (clean code, CSS design)” and the other is “100% Joomla, fully loaded with SEO options”? Read More >> Related Forum Posts >>

Forum member "rachellee" wonders if there are any good SEO software programs around. Read More >> Related Forum Posts >>

Forum member "fromtherooftops" has an ecommerce site and has a bunch of SEO-related questions for the crew. Read More >> Related Forum Posts >>

Forum member "sleidia" wonders why his or her website isn't performing well, even though it has a high ranking for a specific keyword phrase. Read More >> Related Forum Posts >>

Someone emailed me with a list of quick questions about some SEO terminology they didn’t understand. I figured if one person was looking for these answers, many of you would be, too. Read More >> Related Forum Posts >>

We have a website with tips and advice about health products. The competition is quite tough in this field, but we have one product that is doing extremely well in search engines and other websites are starting to link to it as well. Read More >> Related Forum Posts >>

There’s no doubt. Wholesalers USA knows their customers. They’ve spent the time digging through log files to analyze site stats. They’ve spoken with customers on the phone and emailed with them. They’ve used client feedback to develop new products that have taken off like a rocket. Read More >> Related Forum Posts >>

I recently had an inquiry from someone who was looking for some possible SEO consulting with me. He was in the process of a redesign and wanted to be sure not to make any mistakes along the way, which is super-smart! The time to be looking at SEO is definitely in the beginning stage of any design or redesign project. Read More >> Related Forum Posts >>

Are Sites Created with CSS Better than Those Created with Tables? Read More >> Related Forum Posts >>

Your email newsletter is one of my favorites, and I get a bunch of them from SEO “experts” and others. Read More >> Related Forum Posts >>

My SEO’s Good. Now Should I Work On Conversions? Read More >> Related Forum Posts >>

Forum member “seo_bright” has a couple of SEO questions for the High Rankings Forum members this week. Read More >> Related Forum Posts >>

A client of “Bobmeetin” was given some advice about registering a bunch of alternate domain names. Bob knows it’s not good advice, but decided to come to the Forum for a little back-up. Read More >> Related Forum Posts >>

"Christelle" wonders if it would be useful to get some free hosting accounts in order to test out some SEO techniques. Read More >> Related Forum Posts >>

"Heather" wonders what to tell her clients when the rankings she sees for their site at MSN are different from the ones they see. Read More >> Related Forum Posts >>

"Jammin' Jake" tells the forum, "My employers would like to start three new websites for these three aspects of our consulting services to focus on each individual consulting service." Read More >> Related Forum Posts >>

Recently I had the pleasure of speaking with John Jantsch of Duct Tape Marketing about search marketing for small businesses. Read More >> Related Forum Posts >>

The title tag has been — and probably will always be — one of the most important factors in achieving high search engine rankings. In fact, fixing just the title tags of your pages can often generate quick and appreciable differences to your rankings. And because the words in the title tag are what appear in the clickable link on the search engine results page (SERP), changing them may result in more clickthroughs. Read More >> Related Forum Posts >>

I found out quite by chance. I noticed a research brief in my inbox entitled, “Bad Web Experience Impacts Brick and Mortar Shopping.” Being primarily focused on Internet business, I really didn’t pay it much attention. But then I noticed it made reference to a customer’s online experience, too, so I read on. Read More >> Related Forum Posts >>

I work for a nonprofit retreat center for which our main offerings are (you guessed it) retreat programs. Until recently, whenever we sent out email flyers about our programs, we had the link go directly to the program’s unique page on our website. Our marketing director has been trying to make a case for sending the clicker to the landing page that would then direct the clicker to a list of programs, including the one on which he or she clicked. Read More >> Related Forum Posts >>

I have a question relating to Meta tags and the head document. Read More >> Related Forum Posts >>

Keywords. I have been designing web sites for 5 +/- yrs, so I am aware of what they are and how they are being used / can be used. I’m not saying I am an expert, just that I’m not a novice. Read More >> Related Forum Posts >>

Not quite 2 years ago, Scottie Claiborne wrote a brilliant article here in HRA on how to switch to a new domain while avoiding the nasty effects of the aging delay. Read More >> Related Forum Posts >>

I am working for a Flash site that is brand-new. How can that be indexed and come up in the SERPs? Read More >> Related Forum Posts >>

I recently met with a company that provides SEO as one of their services and I was told point-blank that our site is written with the “wrong code,” and therefore the search engines can’t read it. I use FrontPage and have nothing more fancy than text, tables, pictures, and some links to other industry sites. Should I be suspicious? Read More >> Related Forum Posts >>

I recently SEO-ed my site. Yahoo started re-indexing my website: they already showed 37 of the new links (internal URLs) within my site. This morning I had another look at these links within Yahoo and got an unpleasant surprise: they showed the links from the previous version of my site. I’m wondering if you have an explanation of why this happened. Read More >> Related Forum Posts >>

I really would prefer having company name come first, but I feel, looking at competition that the best search term leading off (3-5) words at beginning and the company after… Read More >> Related Forum Posts >>

I have better backlinks than my competitor and my site is also optimized, but why is my competitor’s ranking better than mine? Our backlinks are around 90 and the competitor’s backlinks are around 55. What can I do for better rankings than the competitor? Read More >> Related Forum Posts >>

In the scheme of things, do you think it is important to add outbound links from a web site? Read More >> Related Forum Posts >>

I have a client who has a website in England for his English branch. He also has a branch in Turkey that doesn’t have a website yet. He would like to use the template for his existing English website for his new Turkish website. Read More >> Related Forum Posts >>

I recalled some advice you gave on redirecting multiple domain names from a while back and to my surprise I was actually able to locate it on your site... Read More >> Related Forum Posts >>

I have been using Overture’s “Keyword Selection Tool” for a long time. Lately I have experienced problems with it. Read More >> Related Forum Posts >>

I have a client whose web site has been created in Cold Fusion. I am not all that familiar with these types of pages but right now most of their page text and metas are being pulled from another document and are not actually part of the “live site code.” Read More >> Related Forum Posts >>

At the beginning of October we regenerated our entire site and ran into a very strange problem. All of a sudden all our search results were showing up under one of our old domain names. Read More >> Related Forum Posts >>

If my pages are in a table, and if I add a header to that table for a caption, put my main keyword for that page in it, and make it a bold and big h1 tag, will it help? Read More >> Related Forum Posts >>

We’ve got a thread in the forum where we’re trying to figure out who coined the phrase “search engine optimization.” Read More >> Related Forum Posts >>

As you know there are a lot of so-called SEO/SEM experts/gurus claiming all
sorts of things. The analogy to me is like "quack" doctors compared to the
genuine article.

Are there 6 or a dozen questions that would expose those purporting to be
experts? Read More >> Related Forum Posts >>

Karon's back today to show us the results from the Julie's Jewels copywriting makeover that she wrote about last time. Read More >> Related Forum Posts >>

We've listened to your feedback and understand that you'd like to be able to have more advance notice for our seminars, so we're announcing that our spring event will be held March 15th and 16th, 2007 at the Crowne Plaza Northstar in the heart of downtown Minneapolis, MN. Read More >> Related Forum Posts >>

My CEO has been forwarding me your newsletters for some time now. I am in need of advice, and I am hoping you might be able to help me out. We offer online services and have been online since 1997 with our websites. I know a little about SEO because I was once a junior SEO rep for my former SEO manager but my primary skill set is not doing SEO but more managing those who do it. Read More >> Related Forum Posts >>

Time for a pop quiz! Name three products that sell better when a facts-based approach to copy is taken. Read More >> Related Forum Posts >>

Do you have a page that used to rank #1 in Google that is now suddenly ranking #31? Read More >> Related Forum Posts >>

Sixty-year-old newbie here with his first e-book! My site is unlinked --
just "up there."   I teach project management for a living -- but ill health
is forcing early retirement, and I have an urgent need to keep paying the
mortgage! Read More >> Related Forum Posts >>

It's one of the best pieces of copywriting advice I've ever been given. "As often as possible, start your paragraphs with sentences that hook readers and drive them deeper into the copy." Read More >> Related Forum Posts >>

Forum member “arteworks” noticed a competitor site that had a keyword phrase
in a comment tag wrapped with an H1 tag.  Is it spam or just stupid?  (Or
perhaps both!) Read More >> Related Forum Posts >>

The length of search phrases continues to grow. Back when the Internet was just an upstart, single keywords were the only thing you needed. But in recent years we've seen the number of words used in search phrases triple and quadruple. Read More >> Related Forum Posts >>

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In cases where a client is smarter than you are about SEO, insists on saturating his keyword pages (10 per 200-word page) at 5% (which includes the keyword phrase in two header lines), and currently (without keyword saturation) consistently hits in the top 20 on his Google searches. Read More >> Related Forum Posts >>

My friend and fellow High Rankings® Seminar speaker Matt Bailey writes today's guest article. Read More >> Related Forum Posts >>

KeywordDiscovery announced today that they have a UK-specific keyword database! Read More >> Related Forum Posts >>

Are your search marketing results as good as they should be? Get the most up-to-date tactics you should consider to improve your ROI for 2007. Read More >> Related Forum Posts >>

Here's a question for you to answer in your newsletter. I was recently quoted a job by an SEO consultant, and he kept using the term "organic" to describe the methodology. What does this mean? And do I want it? Read More >> Related Forum Posts >>

I have been receiving your excellent newsletter for more than 3 years and find it an invaluable help to understand the ins and outs of SEO. Indeed I am sure that your advice has been instrumental in achieving a top 5 listing for the last 3 years in Google for my London site. Read More >> Related Forum Posts >>

How many characters are allowed in the keyword Meta tag? How will the crawler treat a page that goes over this limit of characters? Read More >> Related Forum Posts >>

I wonder if you can give me a steer on a particular SEO problem. I have a client who specializes in acupuncture and other alternative remedies in London We would like to optimise for the conditions she treats such as back pain, insomnia, headaches, etc - about 40 different in all. Read More >> Related Forum Posts >>

I have been a regular reader of your newsletter for some time. I hope you have time to give me your thoughts on the following comment that I received from a website designer. Read More >> Related Forum Posts >>

The site I'm asked to work on really has no room for keyword rich copy (or any copy in general). Nor do they want it there. They're very much in favor of the current design which is mostly products. They like the way it looks. The copy -- in their opinion and to some degree mine too -- would look odd, even though everyone now understands the value of this copy on the front page. Read More >> Related Forum Posts >>

I represent a golf accessory manufacturer considering doing some serious SEO/SEM. We are interested in determining the real efficacy of SEO/SEM as it translates into online unit sales growth or online revenue growth. I have searched through many, many sites and haven't been able to come up with any good stats that demonstrate B2C improvements in eCommerce sales after applying SEO/SEM. Read More >> Related Forum Posts >>

The usually unflappable High Rankings® Forum admin Alan Perkins has had it with all 3 PPC providers and rants about it this week. Read More >> Related Forum Posts >>

I have an interesting case of a client who is wanting to do a “soft launch” of his site. The client wants to make the landing page or homepage a login section with little to no information about his product on it except for the name of the product and login details, as he wants to keep […] Read More >> Related Forum Posts >>

I’d like to thank you for the great information that you make available. I read it and implement it — and it works. Thanks! Read More >> Related Forum Posts >>

Forum member "suzstephens" asks: "Can anyone explain the difference [between] ALT and TITLE image attributes? Read More >> Related Forum Posts >>

The following is an email exchange I had with someone who was wondering whether he would benefit from attending our High Rankings® Search Marketing Seminar in Dallas on Oct. 19-20, 2006. Read More >> Related Forum Posts >>

Here’s Karon’s latest and greatest article on…well…writing articles! Read More >> Related Forum Posts >>

Forum member “excel30″ asks whether it’s worth getting a link on a PR0 page. Read More >> Related Forum Posts >>

Push the button of every SEO expert and he/she will start talking about the importance of links for high rankings. Read More >> Related Forum Posts >>

In our forum thread of the week, new forum member “Carica” posted some information showing that many people have a lot of misconceptions about SEO. Carica was surprised by this, but we old, crotchety moderators weren’t. Read More >> Related Forum Posts >>

I'm looking for some advice on the impact of natural search on two companies that have merged so I can advise on how best to proceed. They currently have two sites that perform well in the SERPS and have different content but are obviously competing on the same keyphrases and are now one company. Read More >> Related Forum Posts >>

Do the search engines see the addition of this character: | in the title tag as words/characters, thus reducing the amount of words you should put in the title tag? Read More >> Related Forum Posts >>

I have a question for you. Do extensions have any bearing on search engine return? For example, are sites with .com extensions returned at a higher ranking than a site with .net or .org? Read More >> Related Forum Posts >>

I have found some great information on 301 redirects, but nothing which exactly answers my two questions. Read More >> Related Forum Posts >>

Do you know if repeating keywords in the URL will help increase rankings within search engine results? If so does it have a big impact? Read More >> Related Forum Posts >>

You were talking about robots.txt files and how you want to use them to prevent the search engines from indexing duplicating information. I use a Miva cart and custom Miva pages. Read More >> Related Forum Posts >>