Should I Buy & Utilize Keyword-rich Domain Names to Supplement My Main Domain

October 8, 2009

Be careful with this.  Many people adopt the line of thinking that buying additional keyword-rich domain names will make the process of getting more traffic to their main domain easier. Let me tell you, if you can’t sit at a table with a group of experienced SEOs and hold your own discussing in-depth SEO topics, [...]

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So, How Long Does It Take To Start Getting Organic Traffic?

October 7, 2009

“My site’s been up for two whole months now and I’m still waiting not getting any traffic.  How long do I have to wait?”
It’s a question that gets asked surprisingly often. For those of you reading this who were about to ask that question, read on.  For those who have found themselves answering this question [...]

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A Quick Review of Optimization, Tools & Processes

October 6, 2009

Those that don’t do optimization at all or don’t do it on any kind of regular basis may ask if it is better to go after long tail (i.e. less competitive keywords) or higher trafficted keywords? And with so many keywordcombinations for a targeted keyword, how does one go about making a shortlist of terms to target?

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Which to Use–Extra Long URLS or Short & Sweet URLS?

October 5, 2009

There are two issues to think about when considering how to name your web pages: SEO and visitor click-through rate. On the SEO side, it is fairly well documented that using keywords in the URL adds slightly to a page’s ranking potential. As far a click through goes, evidence is a bit more vague, but it is generally considered that a spammier looking URL will be clicked on less often than one that looks less spammy–and the more words used in the url, the spammier it will look.

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What Link Building Method is Best for Your Website?

October 2, 2009

The reason for actually doing link building is because search engines typically rank sites that have more more popularity and authority higher than sites with less of it. Back links build popularity and authority for your site if they are located on sites that are popular and authoritative in their own right. Sites of that nature only link to material that is of value to their visitors. You must create content that is of value to the visitors of the sites you want links from and then contact those sites and request a link in a manner that accomplished your goal.

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Domain Masking – A Possitive or Negative for SEO?

September 15, 2009

There are better alternative to redirecting via a domain mask if SEO is of primary importance – here’s why…

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How URL / Domain Capitalization Effects Servers, Google

August 27, 2009

Example:   domainname.com/page1  domainname.com/Page1
IIS:   both URLs will get a server response of 200 and google will index both pages as different URLs
Linux: the correct URL will get a 200 and the other will get a 404
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Generating Traffic

March 3, 2008

In the quest for driving visitors to the blog, I ran across a site that has had quite a bit of commentary about it over the past six months or so.  It’s called blogcatalog.com and it’s value has been discussed by many online including Andy Beard, Sphinn, and problogger –just to name a few.  I [...]

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Miami Search Engine Optimization

February 13, 2008

Yes, METAPILOT is a local Miami Company. Check out our site here: Miami search engine optimization . We’re available by phone or in person to speak with you about meeting your site’s sales goals.
Everyone should understand the difference between rankings and profitability.
There are numerous companies out there that speak primarily about getting you [...]

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A Little SERP Love from the Google Mother Ship

December 17, 2006

I noticed a couple of hits coming from Google’s direction over the past week and since I haven’t paid much attention to metapilot.com’s indexation for some time, so I figured it was time to take a look.Google:
site:www.metapilot.com shows 4700+ results and it looks like about 35 of them are my actual pages–not the previous owner’s. [...]

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