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Entries Tagged as 'Search Engine Optimization'

Ann Smarty

SEO & the Value of User-Generated Dictionaries

January 8th, 2009 by Ann Smarty | No Comments

I have already blogged on using dictionaries for keyword research. Most of the online resources mentioned in that post are based on traditional English dictionaries that offer accurate definitions, grammatically correct phrases and usage patterns.
The interactive nature of the Internet has made room for a new linguistic tool: user-generated dictionaries:
Taking advantage of the dynamic nature […]

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Ann Smarty

Search for SEO eBooks and PDF Tutorials

January 7th, 2009 by Ann Smarty | 3 Comments

1. Scribd (already mentioned at SEJ) is a huge user-generated database of eBooks and community of writers. Due to the huge volume of eBooks it contains and also being user-generated (and thus used for self-promotion most of the time) in nature, it is not so easy to find something valuable there. You can try […]

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Ann Smarty

ExactFactor: Track and Compare Your Search Engine Rankings with Ease

January 7th, 2009 by Ann Smarty | 7 Comments

I’ve been reviewing rank-cheking tools previously and also looked at both sides of the problem asking the readers if rank checking is worthwhile in general. Anyway, whether Google rankings are in your SEO campaign focus or not, you might be interested to know about a new rank chaking and comparing tool: ExactFactor.

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Ann Smarty

Track Google SERPs for Reputation Management and Rankings Monitoring

January 2nd, 2009 by Ann Smarty | 9 Comments

I’ve been looking at a few rank checking and monitoring tools previously. This time I am going to share a few ways to monitor the top Google results position changes by RSS, email or FireFox. This short guide will be useful for:

tracking recent brand name mentions (by monitoring the advanced date-range search);
tracking your (core) […]

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Ann Smarty

How To Research Links From Domain

December 29th, 2008 by Ann Smarty | 2 Comments

While I have previously touched upon a few tools allowing to explore any page outbound links (explore and validate page outbound links, visualize page outlinking tactics, etc), I never looked at ways to find all websites a given domain links out to.

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Ann Smarty

Organize Your Keywords with WikiPad

December 29th, 2008 by Ann Smarty | 6 Comments

I am a strong believer that a successful keyword strategy is tightly connected to an effective keyword organizing. When you are playing with your keyword lists back and forth, you generate new great ideas and come to important conclusions.
Today I am offering a quick tip on organizing your keywords with a free open-source utility - […]

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Ann Smarty

What’s the Best Way to Determine a Web Page Value?

December 22nd, 2008 by Ann Smarty | 10 Comments

A while ago I did a couple of much-discussed posts: one on treating outdated pages and one on getting rid of multiple subpages. The important point both of these posts are missing is that before trying to decide what to do with the obsolete page you should first define its SEO value.
A great thread at […]

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Ann Smarty

Hacker Attacks That Can Damage Your Site & SEO

December 19th, 2008 by Ann Smarty | 6 Comments

A great thread over at WebmasterWorld forums lists most common hacker attacks types, their footprints and features.
These attacks can cause damage to the presentation of your site, the users who visit your site, and also leave a negative taste on your search engine rankings.
I’ve figured the discussion is worth attention and organized it into a […]

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Loren Baker, Editor

Take Advantage of .TV Domains for SEO and Reputation Management

December 19th, 2008 by Loren Baker, Editor | 6 Comments

There is a very large untapped market of creating .TV niche and business oriented online video sites which your business may be overlooking in your online marketing and search engine optimization strategy. If your business has a strong brand, then people are searching for your brand online. If your business does television commercials, then when […]

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Ann Smarty

10 SEO Bookmarklets to Analyze Page Links and Images

December 17th, 2008 by Ann Smarty | 20 Comments

Here is the third part of my SEO bookmarklets collection. If you missed the first two, be sure to check them out: Google bookmarklets and bookmarklets for on-page SEO diagnostics and domain stats analysis.
This time I am listing SEO bookmarklets allowing for a quick access to more on-page factors: page internal and external links and […]

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