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Remove Google Indexed Websites

SEOnotepad — Sun, 29 Mar 2009 00:08:00 +0000

Site owners are familiar with the method of preventing your websites from being indexed with the use of the robots Meta tag, which commands engines not to include this particular website in their searches.

But what if your website is already indexed? How do you remove them from the list? This, however, might depend on the case, which is explained by Google

Blocking Search Engines with robots.txt

SEOnotepad — Sat, 28 Mar 2009 00:08:00 +0000

This happens to so many people: you make a website and they don’t want just anyone to be able to access them. Unfortunately, once your website goes live, many search engines like MSN, Google, Yahoo, etc., are already way ahead of you in terms of indexing your work.

You can, however, create a command that will tell search engines to not include your website. First you have to create a

Blogs, SEO, and Google Indexing

SEOnotepad — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 00:08:00 +0000

Back then blog posts really took a while for the crawlers or indexers at Google to enlist. The time it took was at least three months. It wasn’t only until mid-2000 when the people at Google were working harder. Indexed materials are becoming more frequently fresh and better as time passes by. There have even been cases where posts were on the list in a matter of minutes.

For those of you who haven’t realized this yet, this fact is

Doing SEO for WordPress

SEOnotepad — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 00:08:00 +0000

WordPress is perhaps one of the most popularly used websites for Search Engine Optimization, but starting out may not be as easy as it sounds. More often than not, you will have to get used to a couple of things in WordPress and learn a few tricks to help you in your trade. One of which is focusing on your permalinks.

First thing you need to know about is working with permalinks. Your default permalink will look something like:

Defending Your Site From Scrapers

SEOnotepad — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 00:08:00 +0000

One of the problems with RSS and Pingbacks in SEO right now is the presence of scrapers or lazy black hat webmasters over the internet that steal your own blog content using some commands that redirect content from your well made blog to theirs. This is actually copyright infringement, so webmasters should know how to defend their own blogs.

While there is no current means of necessarily

Getting Exempted from Google Sandbox

SEOnotepad — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 00:08:00 +0000

Google Sandbox is there to prevent new websites from going into mainstream search engines immediately by putting them on probation first in order to reduce the instances of search engine spam.

But while it is an effective way to prevent spam, it also affects the efficiency of some webmasters whose content need not be doubted. There are, however, methods (ones that are legal, of course) that can

Making Money with Blogs

SEOnotepad — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 20:27:56 +0000

Blogging is perhaps the staple for every person who wishes to make money online. While there are indeed other methods of doing the same, the profits from blogging benefit you long term because of what blogs are capable of.

Keyword Phrases: How Long?

SEOnotepad — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 20:26:49 +0000

Dealing with keywords is very important because this is one of the things that make SEO so effective. This is why many wonder if they should use only single generic keywords or should they narrow down their scope by being more specific with keyword phrases?

While there is indeed no hard and fast rule in the making of keywords (it’s really all a case-to-case basis), most experienced optimizers use 2-3 words for keyword phrases. This is

Should I Get Google Adwords?

SEOnotepad — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 20:25:39 +0000

YES! Here are a couple of reasons why you should invest a little bit for this form of advertising:

1.Generally, you are able to reach a wide range of target recipients at a very fast pace. You don’t have to wait any longer than 15 minutes and your information is accessible already. Furthermore, Google is patronized by more than 80% of the internet surfing population, which means you not only get quick exposure but you get

Three Tools for SEO Neophytes

SEOnotepad — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 21:40:00 +0000

Starting out with Search Engine Optimization can be confusing, but there are some very good tools available to everyone which can make the job somewhat easier. Google is not only the leading search engine today, it is also a driving force in providing tools to help webmasters get the most out of their websites. As always, quality content is a vital factor, and building relevance is aided by various online utilities.

Here are three