On-page SEO is an online marketing tactic that helps your website ‘show up’ in search results. Using on-page SEO can help you to generate leads for your business without having to buy online advertising. SEO isn’t the only way to enhance your website’s visibility in search. For a strong online presence you need […]
Refresh your keywords for search success I know, I know – such drama. But I wanted to get your attention. And besides, posts about keywords aren’t always the most attention-getting posts on the web. Still, keywords are the foundation of on-page SEO and organic results. So pay attention. Marketing materials
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Keywords are the foundation of on-page SEO Before you begin any web content project, you need to build your keyword list. Building your list means hunting down those keyword terms and phrases that your potential website visitors would use to search for your products and services. As I have mentioned
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WordCamp Toronto Presentation Given by Ruth Maude & Dawn Comber Optimizing Your WordPress Site and Web Content for Search Session Description In these back-to-back sessions, you’ll learn the steps to take to help your site do better in search results. Session One will be an overview of SEO tactics to optimize
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If you’re like me – and even if you’re not, you might not have the image schtick nailed down when it comes to web writing or blogging. I thought I’d share some tools and tricks I use for my blog. These are online resources and tools that can help you
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Updated: Google no longer offers a Keyword Tool but now has a Keyword Planner. Google has many reasons to have moved to a planner as opposed to a tool. You can still use and should use the keyword planner before you write your website content. How you use the planner
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A while back, I wrote about tactics that draw and keep your website audience. One tactic I mentioned was using keywords within your website. Using keywords effectively in your website or blog will increase your visibility in search engine results (keeping in mind, there are other factors that impact those
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According to Wikipedia the number of Web users doubled between 2005-10 and was expected to surpass two billion in 2010. And as of today, there are at least 7.73 billion pages indexed by Google !Yahoo and Bing. These two stats point out: the web is growing – and fast [forgive me
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Need some awesome tools to help develop your web content? Google has a few of them, including a keyword tool, Google Insights (to watch trends) and the Wonder Wheel. Armed with these, you can put together relevant, knock ’em out content for your pages and posts and help your website to rank well.
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Google will be introducing a new feature to organic Search for Google account holders over the next several days. It’s called Google Instant. The main feature of Google Instant is that your search results will begin to appear as you type your query into the search function. This new interface
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In the past, I have recommended to clients that we submit their newly developed website to the Open Directory Project (also called ODP or dmoz – www.dmoz.org). I did this as an SEO tactic. Historically, ODP has given a great backlink from their website to your website and helping your
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Some SEO tactics are considered outdated. But I still use them – but for different reasons. Do you still use alt tags in images for SEO? Keyword metatags? What about submitting sites to directories?
