Search Engine Strategies Forum

Some months ago Matt Cutts informed us that PageRank Sculpting is not possible any more by using the rel=nofollow attribute. Nofollow method is straightforward and time efficient comparing to other methods such as iframes, javascript, Java, flash etc. An other problem is that the sites that already use nofollow might …

Hi folks, Black Hat search engine optimization is defined as unethical techniques that are used to get higher search rankings. It is not recommended but I am finding people are doing it and being said that it is effective for short term. People use black hat tactics to get instant …

hi everyone! i need a suggestion. i am a newbie at the forum but i have already found a looot of good and valuable information. and maybe someone can help me with the problem.. My questions is about the links acquisition. on what pages should i buy links and is …

I have the web site in place. It's got good SEO. Keywords on the pages, links are optimized, everything is ready. How do I go about getting a search engine to recognize it (google) and how do I get a higher search engine positioning with it?

Hello, Can anybody suggest me that increase in PR will results in increase in traffic or it is vice versa. as i m promoting these website from last 2 years but i only able to increase traffic not PR (3 only). [url]http://www.primetechsoftware.com[/url] Kindly suggest your views on same & if …

Though Google constantly updates its algorithms, Google's PageRank is considered a very important SEO indicator. In your experience, have you witnessed situations where it made you think otherwise?

PPC Ads definition PPC is an acronym for Pay Per Click. PPC advertisement is a form of advertising where advertisers pay for visitors on cost per click basis. Advertisers can also place PPC ads on search engines. PPC ads are also popularly known as sponsored listing. Note that the payment …

I have a blog & how i can generate revenue from it

Hi, I recently heard a new ppc campaign builder program "Efficient PPC". How you all think about this. Anybody used it. Please post ur review. Thanks Max

Hi, I am going to build some links for my websites. Is directory submission still effective for SERPs and google pr? ( i read some news that it isnt effective anyway few months back). Any experts here care to share their experiences and advices? Thanks

Companies today are leveraging networking sites to gain better visibility on the internet as its more user-friendly and cost-effective too. I too have started using networking sites to get my website or personal known widely..

Do you use Google Caffeine? Did you notice a difference in your search results? Or most importantly, will you optimized your website differently for Google Caffeine?

Hi folks, I ready on one of the SEO blogs that fter five years, Google has finally owned the patent to the design of its home page. So anyone who tries to copy its design will face patent infringement from Google. The patent refers to whole Google Home Page as …

Hi Webmasters: I have been online a few years and still can not understand clearly about how SEO works. I write at least 3 articles to post on my blog for one site and submit to 7 social bookmarking sites. At the same time write 3 different articles to submit …

I do not understand why Google cannot find the website I have created. I have created a website for a local restaurant which has 3 domain names: [URL="http://nygrillandbistro.com/"]http://nygrillandbistro.com/[/URL] [URL="http://nygrillandbistro.ca/"]http://nygrillandbistro.ca/[/URL] [URL="http://nygrill.ca/"]http://nygrill.ca/[/URL] In the header, I have used to what I believe to be the appropriate meta tags. When I Google 'NY …

I just read on mashable today about how Google has increased their search box. This change reflects the trend that many users include more than 2 search terms to generate a search. [url]http://mashable.com/2009/09/09/google-supersized/[/url] So in regards to SEO for your site, will this change prompts you to include longer keyword …

There are tools that analyze visitors’ behavior and generate the list of resources people also like to visit (Alexa.co), there are tools that analyze users’ bookmarking preferences and generate the list of sites having similar tags when bookmarked (Delicious and FoxMarks). [URL="http://www.webguild.org/2009/09/how-to-find-similar-sites-with%C2%A0tags.php?p=p2"]"Similar site"[/URL] is the tool that is also "mainly …

i read a blog post this morning on Search Engine Land about how the number of keywords or keyword phrases have increased, thus the power for one individual keyword has decreased. I think people do this to increase the chances of obtaining relevant SERPS. [url]http://searchengineland.com/coming-soon-paid-search-without-keywords-25312[/url] So what do you think?

Just how sick do you have to be to upload hundreds of porn videos, disguised as videos suitable for kids, to the most popular of video sharing sites? And how sick do you have to be to do so under the impression it is either funny or somehow exposing a …

[I]I'm special, so special. I got to have some of your attention, give it to me! ~Pretenders, Brass in Pocket [/I] Ah the games companies play trying so hard to get our attention. For the last 6 weeks or so Microsoft has done a fine job of turning the media …

Though PPC reports can be obtained in document format, you can also receive in csv format for data extrapolation. So if you do data analysis on your PPC results, which Excel plug-ins or data visualization tool do you use to make sense of this data?

I just want to post my frustration and sheer contempt for the new AdWords interface. It's making it very difficult for me to get anything accomplished quickly, and is the reason I am still at the office right now. So, without further ado, dare I say ... GRR.

As you know, there are a few semantic web search engines out there. Do you use them? If so, what do you think? Do you optimize your your web sites for these search engines like: opencalais.com and wolframalpha.com

i stumbled upon this random ppc ad site and wasn't sure if anyone has had any luck or experience with them? Copaclick [url]http://www.copaclick.com/[/url] gunna give it a shot, just figured id check for community feedback before jumpin it -Tim

assume My website name is mobileseach.com When i enter the mobilesearch.com in google , it does not give my website name in the search list. So for that to happen some one suggested to use keywords specific to my website like mobile search or something like that . How to …

Hello Forum Friends: I created about 2 articles to post on my blog for my dating sites. The article blog is located at a sub folder (ex: domain.com/articles/). On each article, I created a few links to link to my homepage for some keywords. My question is: Should I link …

yes my question is plain, ...is future of seo is bright or like ...other things which lose there value with time.

Hello frds, am not so good in english but i want to become a seo now am doing link building ,please give me your views can i become a good seo without good communication skills ?

Hello, I just registered and would have read many of the posts and think they are very informative. I have a websites and wondering if anyone could help me out in increasing sales (by better SEO, obviously). Any advice is greatly appreciated. Any recommendations on getting guaranteed placement companies that …

Like global audience, i want to target local audiences via local search engines. Could anyone please suggest me, how can i do that?

I am new to ppc management, is there any stategy that anyone can share with me that works consistantly to get new clients in? Heck I'll even take ideas of stategies that dont always work consistantly.

First off, this is not really my first post. I forgot my username/password so I just re-registered. I'm happy to be here....again! I have a month old site (vBulletin with WordPress as the front page) geared towards the town I live in. I have Google AdSense integrated into my vb …

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The other day I had a conversation with my colleague, strategic planner, about social media and digital advertising as a push or pull marketing. I think that the terms are now very fuzzy and getting blurred, especially with social media. Why? Well, I believe the platform allows for both a …

We all know that google doesn't like to index dynamic pages. However, I just checked up on the latest daniweb.com pages indexed by google, and guess what I found? Google has indexed just about every member's profile page, but not the forum threads! The member profile pages contain less original …

Hi Though I am a frequent poster, I just noticed the tag option on this site. So I wonder, what effect does tagging do with the posts here versus the posts that are not tagged?

I am trying to create an authority site on a topic ranking for multiple keywords. Are there any special on-site tips to doing this? For example, if you have a page targeting a single keyword would it help to have 10 other posts using variations/similar words and have all 10 …

Many advertisers use DART data to monitor metrics for their PPC campaign. I looked at one report recently and it could be confusing for a first timer. So what advice do you have for someone who has never reviewed such data before?

Hello I am new to this and I was takes to get my companies website up in the SE list. Can anyone out there help me, I would like to know what would be the best first steps in getting this site up in the SE's, I would be grateful …

Most of you are trying to make huge amount money from your websites. But, most times you are not able to make money according to your expectation although it is not difficult to do. There are many websites owners who are doing well and making huge money. You have to …

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When Microsoft first announced their retail strategy back in February I wrote a post called [URL="http://www.daniweb.com/blogs/entry4030.html"]Microsoft Retail Strategy Doomed to Fail[/URL] and I haven't changed my view. Today,[URL="http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=3358"] it became clear[/URL] that in the face of all common sense they are continuing to push forward with this wrong-headed idea. Remember, …

Yesterday, [URL="http://www.google.com"]Google[/URL] [URL="http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2009/07/introducing-google-chrome-os.html"]announced[/URL] that they are entering the Netbook operating system market with the Google Chrome OS--a Linux-based, web-oriented effort. On the surface, I see this as yet another ploy to take my Netbook from me. No, Google won't realize any direct profits from taking over my little blue Netbook …

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One of the big rules of online advertising as I understand it is that you count success to a great extent based on how many people click through to your site. It's really the basis of how people get paid by Google for [URL="https://adwords.google.com/select/AdSenseLoginToAdWords"]Google AdSense[/URL]. If you get click-throughs you …

I've seen a lot of love for Microsoft's newly branded search engine, [URL="http://www.bing.com/"]Bing[/URL] lately and frankly I just don't get it. Bing landed a couple of weeks ago with a huge ad budget (as I wrote in [URL="http://www.daniweb.com/blogs/entry4372.html"]Microsoft Ad Wars Turn to Google[/URL]) and a big splash, but I've used …

The Google Android OS is coming to the Acer Aspire ONE netbook, and sooner than you might imagine. As a happy ONE owner myself, and a keen observer of all things Android, the news that it could be as soon as Q3 this year really pleases me. Jim Wong, President …

Lots of talk about [URL="http://wave.google.com/"]Google Wave[/URL] last week, but after reading five articles that all described it in a similar fashion, I still didn't quite get what all the fuss was about. Finally, at the behest of one of my [URL="http://twitter.com/CharJTF"]online friends[/URL] I looked at the first 40 minutes of …

[URL="http://adage.com/digital/article?article_id=136847"]Ad Age reports[/URL] that Microsoft is ready to spend $80M to try and turn people's attention away from Google, the dominant search market leader, and toward Bing, Microsoft's latest search engine offering. Much like Microsoft's attempts last summer to prop up Vista, trying to turn consumers to a new product …