http://www.seoproject.com Content Development and Search Engine Optimization News & Discussion en-us (C) 2005-06 www.seoproject.com info@rlinedesign.com Many SEO techniques focus on submitting sites to search engines, meta tags, backlinks, and other such methods. While these types of approaches do work, they can be complicated for SEO beginners. And, these techniques can be time-consuming. There is, however, one SEO technique that is perfect for beginner website owners. This SEO method is quite simple, and should really be the very first technique on which every website owner focuses. All it involves is writing good content. Many people underestimate the importance of good content on a website and instead put a great deal of time into site design and the aforementioned SEO techniques. But, what these people fail to realize is that without good content, visitors will not enjoy your website. It is unlikely that anyone will visit your site--and, even if they do visit, they will probably not ever come back because there will be nothing to compel them to return. http://www.seoproject.com/2008/05/beginner_seo_techniques.html http://www.seoproject.com/2008/05/beginner_seo_techniques.html Thu, 08 May 2008 11:14:20 -0500 There are a number of important factors in SE rankings. Keeping all of those factors in mind when working on extant or new web sites will help you achieve good SE rankings. The age of your site, number of backlinks to your site, keywords, anchor text and overall on-site optimization will all determine your overall search engine ranking. A good SE ranking will bring more visitors to your site increasing your business or online advertising profits. The longer your domain has been in existence, and regularly spidered by search engines, the better your search engine ranking will be. Obviously, this is not easily changeable; however, if you envision creating multiple sites, it may be beneficial to register and set them all up and work toward content development all at once, even if each site takes longer to reach fully developed. This tip is particularly relevant for individuals creating sites to generate online advertising revenues, since they may well own and manage multiple sites. If nothing else, it can be helpful to realize that this factor in SE rankings simply takes time, and given time, if all else is in place, your SE rankings will improve. http://www.seoproject.com/2007/07/important_factors_in_se_ranking.html http://www.seoproject.com/2007/07/important_factors_in_se_ranking.html Mon, 09 Jul 2007 16:49:41 -0500 There are a thousand different ways to market a product or company and one of the most popular ways is through the internet. However, placing a product or company on a web page is simply not the best way to market the product/company. Sure you have a website but when people search for a product if the website does not come up within the search, then the website does nothing for the marketing efforts. In order to control whether or not a website comes up and how high up in the search it appears, Search Engine Optimization or SEO is a must. The basis of SEO is simple and that is to improve a site's search ranking. This can be done through the use of coding as well as changing the structure of a site so that the site is more user-friendly. http://www.seoproject.com/2007/06/marketing_of_websites_and_seo_1.html http://www.seoproject.com/2007/06/marketing_of_websites_and_seo_1.html Sun, 03 Jun 2007 16:43:23 -0500 Being visible online is crucial to the success of websites, especially those that deal with e-commerce. A person or company can no longer submit their website to various search engines and then hope for a good ranking. There have been studies that have shown that 85% of people use search engines to find information on the Internet. If websites are not visible, they may be losing out on business. One of the main methods for being visible online is with search engine optimization (SEO). The tactics of SEO is to make the website more visible on the web by giving it more visibility on major search engines, such as Google. The fact is that search engines are very popular vehicles that will connect users to websites. The search engines and directories on the Internet provide the first step in connecting users to various sites. This is why it is important to have visibility; if the site has a high search engine ranking, the more likely it is that the search engine will connect the people that are looking for what that site offers, whether it be information, products, or services. It is important that a website be listed in the first 30 pages of search results for relevant keywords and phrases about the website. http://www.seoproject.com/2007/05/being_visible_online_is_crucia.html http://www.seoproject.com/2007/05/being_visible_online_is_crucia.html Thu, 24 May 2007 08:28:26 -0500 VBulletin is certainly an excellent piece of software, but there are many aspects of it that need work. From the title and meta description, to number of links per thread, to site map considerations, to linking strategies, this article provides a comprehensive method of optimizing VBulletin; the worlds favorite forum software provider... http://www.seoproject.com/2005/04/vbulletin-seo.html http://www.seoproject.com/2005/04/vbulletin-seo.html Thu, 21 Apr 2005 14:40:00 -0500 What exactly is Mambo? Simply put, it is an open source initiative that allows you to build your own customized content management system... http://www.seoproject.com/2005/02/mambo-open-source-cms.html http://www.seoproject.com/2005/02/mambo-open-source-cms.html Wed, 16 Feb 2005 21:05:00 -0500