SEO for MSN

MSN is often considered the best search engine for starting out, because it isn’t as strict as the other two major search engines, Google, and Yahoo.  For one thing, MSN doesn’t seem to have the “sandboxing” requirements of Google, which delay a new site, or new changes, from taking immediate effect on the ratings.

Essentially, this make MSN a great practice place to get your

SEO for Google

Since Google is today’s world leader in search engines, it is important that your SEO endeavors are designed for maximum exposure in Google.  In many ways, it has been Google that has brought about the emergence of search engine optimization.  A decade ago, search engine optimization largely amounted to using a set of key words or phrases over and over again, and the way to get a high place in

Advanced searching in Google for the SERP/SEO masters

There are some amazing ways to use advanced searches in Google.  For this article, we’ll look at some advanced search methods that are of particular interest to webmasters and SEO/SEM professionals, and which you may not have ever even heard of.  Many of these searches define how the search term is to be located in the search results, which offer a great deal

Why its not a good idea to submit your brand new site to googles site add

So you’ve created a website, and now all you need is to be listed at the top of search results, and to have the visitors come flooding in.  The good news is that hardest part of the work is over.  The bad news is that you are only beginning to get your site on the top of the heap.  You *could* rush off to Google and list your site

Robots.txt what is it and how should you use it

On your website, you will want a top level file called “robots.txt.”  This file is used to specifically give indexing permission to web spiders, or to take it away.  As a spider begin to index your site, it will first scan the robots.txt file, and take note of all files and folders that are forbidden.  This can be used to prevent search engine spiders from

Do web page updates affect ranking?

It is a common question to ask, whether updating your website pages frequently will affect you page rankings.  The answer is a simple yes.  Updating a website frequently will definitely have some bearing on the PageRank and other search engine ratings.  However, the effect itself is dependent on the updates made, not on the fact of the update itself.  But let’s look at it a

Are Meta tags a thing of the past?

Many SEO experts will look you in the eye and explain patiently that meta tags are no longer of any use, and go on to say that search engines no longer use them.  So if meta tags are no longer used, why haven’t the tags been discontinued? Or maybe they are only used by the file server, and not for indexing by spiders.  Or maybe those so-called SEO experts haven’t got it

SEO for yahoo

Yahoo and Google do not see eye to eye when it comes to search engine ratings.  The algorithms they use give importance to different SEO specifics.  The good news for webmasters is that Yahoo isn’t as secretive about what they want to see. The following is a short list taken from a yahoo help page:

    * Original and unique content of genuine value
    * Pages designed primarily

4 simple SEO techniques

There are four simple SEO techniques, if you want to have a quick start on the ranking process, that will give your website a boost.  Each provides relevance for the content of the page, and encourage search engine spiders to crawl your site often.

Meta Tags
Applying SEO to your meta tags may be the easiest way to establich relevance for your web page.  First, you’ll want to

SEO and the NO-FOLLOW meta tag

HTML includes a meta tag to allow a site designer to communicate, albeit in a one-way fashion, to search engine spiders, often known as robots.  This can be useful in a number of ways, blocking all robots from indexing the page it used in, inviting all robots robots to the indexing, and similarly allowing or disallowing said spiders from following the links contained on the page.  In