How to Optimize for Google Chrome
If the predictions that soon Google Chrome will be bigger than FireFox turn true, SEOs should seriously think about making websites as Chrome-friendly as they...
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Ann Smarty is the co-founder of Smarty.Marketing, the SEO and AI visibility optimization agency, focusing on viral and Reddit marketing. Ann relies on her 20+ career in SEO to create custom search and AI visibility strategy for clients.
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SEJ Announces Disclaimer for Tool Overviews
You must have noticed by now that I am a huge fan of various SEO tools. I did attempt to explain why I love using...
What is Cloaking & Is All Cloaking Evil?
When talking about such widely used and abused (and forbidden) SEO technique as cloaking, Google’s official definition seems a bit fuzzy / general: Cloaking refers...
SEO and Web Accessibility Come Hand in Hand
Note : If you like this post also read on Web Accessibility and SEO Tools Web accessibility can be defined as: an approach to web...
Tagatum: Keyword Research by Analyzing Blog Associations
I have multiple times posted on non-standard keyword research tools and services (apart from regular keyword suggestions tools): Where to start your keyword research (reviewing...
6 Ways to Build Links with Your Graphic Design Skills
Are you good at photography, “photoshoping” or graphic design? Then why don’t you use these skills to build backlinks? Even if you are an amateur...
Div ID=”Header” Different SEO Tactics
It is quite natural a header div is one of the most important on-page elements and thus it is in constant focus of SEOs’ attention:...
5 Tools to Visualize Page Outlinking Tactics
I love playing with visualizing tools because they allow to see what you might have missed exploring a table or a graph. This time I...
Get Alerted Once Any Page Is Changed
Being automatically updates once a page is changed opens up a wealth of (probably missed) opportunities: Make sure your own page is save from hackers’...
How to Get Google to Index Your Site Deeper
Very often, especially with huge dynamically driven or user-generated websites, you might feel you have some indexing problems, i.e. Google doesn’t seem to dig your...
Yahoo Link: Operator Issues and Possible Remedies
Yahoo link: operator (and URL analysis in Yahoo! SiteExplorer) is the best method currently at our disposal to conduct backlink analysis and to evaluate either...
3 Domain Typo Generators
Last week Rand posted a brilliant linkbuilding tip that involved taking SEO advantage of mistyped/ misspelled domains. Putting aside black / white hat discussion, I...
How to Analyze a Page HTML Semantic Structure
H1 – H6 elements “briefly describe the topic of the section they introduce“. They form a page HTML semantic structure that can “be used by...
5 FireFox Extensions to Enhance Link Analysis in Yahoo
I continue collecting information for my upcoming mega-post on FireFox SEO extensions. Today I am listing add-ons that help to perform link analysis in Yahoo...
How Do You Measure Your SEO Campaign Success?
In my overviews of multiple seo tools, I repeatedly looked into tools that check or track keyword rankings. Hamlet Batista recently wrote a brilliant post...
Relieve Googlebot of Unnecessary Work
I have already looked into ways to increase crawl rate for those who suspect their site is worth more frequent bot visits. However from time...
How To Block Search Indexing If Your Site Is Under Construction
A site can’t be created in a minute; even if you prepare content beforehand, you need time to carefully upload it, settle all technical issues,...
How to Get Rid of Multiple Subpages & Not Get Penalized
SEOs come across this problem very often: what is the best way to get rid of lots of website pages without loosing rankings or getting...
How Much Might Your Website Be Worth?
Whether you want to sell your website or you are just willing to know how much you have potentially earned so far, you might be...
14 Places To Spot Popular Trends – What’s Hot Where and When?
A number of search engines and web portals track world’s hottest trends and get updated on a regular basis (instantly, daily or weekly): What’s HOT...
How To Compare Your Blog Power
Blogs are different from static sites: they are more complex living organisms – communities of people who share thoughts – in contrast to a static...
Local SEO : What if You Need to Target 50+ Locations
I continue updating you on SEO case studies here to promote idea sharing with our readers. HighRankings forums recently discussed an SEO case when a...
Find Customers and Backlinks by Adding Your Site to Coupon Directories
If you run an eCommerce site, submitting it to coupon code directories is a wise promotional method you might want to consider. You will benefit...
SheerSEO : Another Way To Track Your Google Rankings
A while ago I did a few posts on checking and monitoring your keyword position in Google with free web-based tools. Unfortunately, the handy tool...
Ways to Find Out if Your Site Has Been Hacked or Hijacked
More and more sites have fallen victim to hackers recently and some important steps should be taken to (1) secure your site and (2) monitor...
3 Ways to Give Your Keywords Prominence
While I’ve never been advocative of focusing on such an old and overused SEO technique as keyword density, keyword prominence is something you should always...
7 FireFox Extensions to Explore Page Source Code
SEOs look at the source code of almost every page – I do even when I am not analyzing the page and just browsing. That’s...
Source Ordered Content: SEO Benefits (and Drawbacks?)
Sometimes it’s very useful to return to basics and refine good old SEO techniques you might forget. SOC (“source ordered content” or “front-loading”) is one...
On-Site Geo-Targeting and Local Search Optimization
Previously, I have already touched upon tools that help in geo-targeting and compared their effectiveness. All of them are beyond your on-site optimization efforts: Setting...
What’s the Real Benefit from Google Sitelinks?
In my previous post on the topic I summarized the theories behind Google Sitelinks. Now I would like to look into and also to ask...