September 1st, 2010
Asep Onde
This is a classic question but still drive everybody nuts trying to figure it out: Can you really rank your sites higher if you can get it to DMOZ, Yahoo Directory, and the likes?
Some say yes, some say no. Here’s my view and opinion:
My view on DMOZ
URL suggestion on DMOZ is free – one problem though: Getting your site listed on DMOZ is a tough job. It’s said that you need to know a DMOZ editor to help your site getting listed on it. As we know, DMOZ power some major directories, such as Google Directory – so listing your site in it commands quality.
By “quality” I mean that your… Click here to continue »
August 26th, 2010
Asep Onde
Google ranking algorithms are changing on regular basis. But when the change is officially announced, I think webmasters and SEO specialists should pay more attention to it.
You can read regarding the latest Google ranking algorithms change from Google Webmaster Central blog.
Here’s the announcement is all about:
“Today (Aug 20, 2010 – ed) we’ve launched a change to our ranking algorithm that will make it much easier for users to find a large number of results from a single site. For queries that indicate a strong user interest in a particular domain, …we’ll now show more results from the relevant site…”
What this means to search result pages?
The first search results… Click here to continue »
August 19th, 2010
Asep Onde
You implement all on-site optimization tips you can get to achieve higher search engine ranking. You even hire SEO specialists to rank your site better. But quite often, practicing those tips and hiring those guys are actually hurting your site’s reputation on search engine. What could possibly go wrong?
Well, one possible answer to your question is that because your site is using illegal SEO techniques (excessively) that will cause your site’s search engine ranking penalized, even blacklisted.
Now, instead of hiring those spammy, scammy and dangerous SEO services, why don’t you try using a web tool that can help you analyze what’s wrong with your site. One of such SEO web tool is… Click here to continue »
August 15th, 2010
Asep Onde
Forget the alchemy surrounding Google ranking algorithms. Achieving high ranking in Google is actually simple. The secrets are actually lying on the simplicity of the techniques.
Here are how to achieve high ranking in Google search engine result pages:
- Write quality content (d-uh!) on regular basis, preferably those that bait for backlinks, and promote your content to as many people as you can – Digg it, Stumble it, Mixx it, etc.
- Write lots of articles and submit them (along with your link on the ‘resource box’) to top article directories like Ezinearticles.com and ArticlesBase.com (spoiler: Your unique article on EzineArticles.com vs. the copy of it on ArticlesBase.com: The copy could rank
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August 9th, 2010
Asep Onde
Well, it’s actually not only on web directories, but on any kind of sites. This is a link building basic, but surprisingly, not many recognize the importance: Search engine indexed pages.
I myself have a misconception about this before. I am not an SEO specialist, but I do SEO and link building for my sites and also my clients’ sites.
I used to think that submitting my site to 3,000 web directories will give me 3,000 backlink. Here is some logic why you will get less than 3,000 backlink, even far less:
Approval rates
Chances are, your link submissions won’t be accepted to all web directories you submit to. Even a 70% to 80%… Click here to continue »
August 6th, 2010
Asep Onde
Many SEO experts suggest that Whitehat SEO is the way to go. However, it seems that Google doesn’t really want us to go whitehat anymore. Here’s why.
Google changes its ranking algorithm on regular basis. No problem. Google hates web directories. No worries. Google faves quality content. A-okay.
Now, the thing is, Google wants to keep us ‘honest’ by controlling what can and what can’t in search engine optimization and link building.
Exercising control, to a certain extent, is actually necessary. But limiting website owners’ movement in doing SEO and link building is like Google trying hard to make our lives miserable, especially in making money online.
Some evidences:
Google favoritism toward big
… Click here to continue »
July 31st, 2010
Asep Onde
Forget submitting your sites to hundreds of social sites. Forget using social bookmarking script to get your content to hundreds of social bookmarking sites. Here’s an interesting analysis report from Woopra that explains why you should focus on 3 or at least 9, instead of hundreds of social bookmarking sites.
The analysis discovers the top referral traffic sources of more than 100,000 sites monitored. The result is interesting and giving us some clues about which social sites to promote your content to.
Here are the top 9 social sites to focus your traffic generation effort on:
Top social networking sites: Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn
In social network category, Facebook leads all social networking… Click here to continue »
July 27th, 2010
Asep Onde
Bing’s move in search engine market is pretty aggressive these days. Here are some reasons why you should start to optimize for Bing:
1. Bing has an eye-candy front end design and user-friendly features
You know what it is: the fine background that keeps changing on regular basis. Bing loves its background so much, it is launching a gallery for its background. The good look itself sparks interest to many web surfers and search engine users.
Not only that, Bing dedicates Yahoo-like special section on popular search categories, such as Bing’s Entertainment Hub.
2. Bing is growing fast and increasingly popular
In the US, Bing is getting bigger market share along the… Click here to continue »
July 23rd, 2010
Asep Onde
There is enough confusion surrounding what’s acceptable SEO and link building practices according to Google. However, if you look at it closely, Big G’s principles are actually easy to follow despite being ambiguous at best.
One of the ambiguous principles is Google’s reciprocal link exchange policy. How ambiguous? Just check out Google’s explanation regarding reciprocal link exchange that violates Google’s webmaster guidelines:
Excessive reciprocal links or excessive link exchanging (“Link to me and I’ll link to you.”)
The number one question regarding the violation: How excessive is excessive?
Only Google knows how to measure and quantify ‘excessive.’ But we can definitely use our common sense to ‘classify’ what ‘excessive-ness’ of reciprocal link… Click here to continue »
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