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There's no need to guess the answer to this one. Just check out Alexa's authoritative rankings here: [url]http://www.alexa.com/topsites[/url]

SEO are the techniques applied to your website to generate organic traffic from search engines to your website. SMO on the other hand refers to using social media to gain brand recognition, interact with your customers and also generate traffic to your website. With SEO your focus is making your …

Hi, There are several factors you'd need to consider before choosing an ideal tool suc as the size of your site, traffic received, geographic area your site is targetting etc. You could try compete.com or other tools by Omniture and Coremetrics. Though though they're quite expensive, they're ideal for large …

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I would suggest that you get a Facebook page and your unique vanity url to your Facebook page and share links to your posts on your page. For best results please make sure you purchase a couple of Facebook ads or Sponsored posts or at the least Promoted Posts. This …

@guinanie: I agree. when you actively participate in other forums and give sound advice you (and in extension, your forum) is bound to be noticed and soon other will be participating in yours.

Since you started with Constant Contact why not ask them if they can provide you the kind of custom solution you need. I use VerticalResponse and so far so good. But there are several email marketing service providers out there so you can try others too before you make your …

Hi ellenwillss Whether you're looking at if from an SEO perspective or not, forums are a great place for you to share knowledge and the more time you spend helping others on the forum, the more you'll receive in terms of building your reputation as a resource person in that …

An important element of your blog posts that attracts readers is your titles. Make them catchy, controversial, intriguing, etc. Write on product reviews etc and anything that would attract your audience in your niche to visit your posts. Focus on the content of your blog posts. Make sure that each …

For me, I think for you to really make good money from Google Adsense you need a site that can generate 100k traffic per month. And if you're fortunate enough to have many sites running Google Adsense and generating that amount of traffic then, you can be said to be …

One key purpose for blogging or indeed for engaging in any social media activity is to create a community of persons interested in your products or services. So when you get persons to register on your blog, this is great as it suggests that they have found your blog to …

Hi everyone, Please if for instance you have a website based in the UK and it's target market is also based in the UK. Yet the majority of traffic to the website comes from the US, what can you do to remedy the situation? Your comments will be highly appreciated.

Hi everyone, Does anyone here have any experience with marketing automation service providers e.g. Eloqua, Marketo, etc - which would you recommend? Your comments will be highly appreciated.

In my book, there really is no 'best' way. You just have to keep implementing the ideas you've given and be patient.

Focus on updating your websites with great content on a regular basis and this would help you get valuable backlinks to your website. Content is king is the rule when it comes to gaining high rankings on search engines. You need to take advantage of blogs, Facebook pages, Twitter, etc. …

If you do social media right, you'll definitely get quality back links. You social media strategy has to be focused on engaging and interacting with your customers/fans/followers not just merely posting news items or other people's content. Hope that helps.

Hello, Please pardon me if I've made this post in the wrong forum and kindly direct me to the right forum, if need be. My problem is as follows: I noticed recently that when I type in a wrong URL instead of going to the default page not found page …

Please which search engine are your ads on? Your ad coming on #1 is as a result of a combination of factors e.g. keywords, ad quality score, cpc etc. Since we're not previleged to see the actuall advert/campaign, it's not something that one case easily guess what's the problem. Maybe …

SEO and PPC compliment each other and are best used together to get maximum ROI. So its not so much about which is better but rather how best and to use each of them.

Use a PR service like PRWEB. I would also suggest you submit your site to several search engine using a search engine submission service provider. Then also signup for Google Adwords. This should get you off to a good start.

I'd suggest you use [url]http://www.wordtracker.com/[/url] its a very robust tool that helps you to find niche and long tail keywords for your website. Moreover, you get a free trial.

IMHO I believe the following tools are your best bet. Google Insight for Search: [url]http://www.google.com/insights/search/#[/url] Google Search-based keyword tool# [url]http://www.google.com/sktool/#[/url] Google AdWords: Keyword Tool: [url]https://adwords.google.com/select/KeywordToolExternal[/url]

You would need to provide your site URL for us to diagnose the problem. It's not easy to proffer solutions based on just the few information you have provided.

I suggest you use between 8 to 10 keywords that are related to the web page, and your products or services. You might as well use it as stated by cscgal.

Sorry I'm afraid there's no silver bullet to SEO. It takes a lot of time and hardwork but be rest assured that in time, all your effort is bound to pay off. There are loads of resources online like the one you've already been given. But SEO is not a …

Great comments given by all. But I think @AirForceOne summarized it best. I'd just add that increasing traffic to your website is not in itself a silver bullet. I always like to highlight that clicks/hits do not pay bill - conversion does. So work on the conversion goals of your …

@joelchrist: Read the review at [url]http://email-marketing-software-review.toptenreviews.com/index.html[/url] I've found it to be very useful.

[QUOTE=zuchri;1351950]stick with forums like this, read blogs like smashing magz and learn from the showcases featured, using softwares like dreamweaver may help, but eventually hand coding is the best approach, good luck[/QUOTE] Well said. That's exactly what I had in mind. Apart from the certificate, there's a limit to what …

You would do well to get Google's Search Engine Optimization Starter Guide pdf document. Click the link below. That should get you off to a very good start. [url]http://static.googleusercontent.com/external_content/untrusted_dlcp/www.google.com/en//webmasters/docs/search-engine-optimization-starter-guide.pdf[/url]

The old saying the 'content is king' comes into play here. If you have great content on your site and it meets the needs of your niche market, you'd definiteltly have loads of people linking to your website courtesy of Google, etc.

Death to the PC? It must be a joke or something! I personally don't think its possible for a long time to come. The advert was just trying to create some propaganda to make people click.

Let me lend my vote to Quality Link i.e. links from other relevant/authoritative sites in your niche. That is what counts the most. A single quality backlink is worth far more than several irrelevant backlinks and its worthy to note that having a lot of irrelevant backlinks can even harm …

Well for starters, you've come to the right place as daniweb is full of valuable advice. What you need do is follow through and all the suggestions given in this forum, persist and persevere and most of all, be patient. Achieving a high pagerank cannot be done in a single …

There is [url]www.xml-sitemaps.com[/url] its a free online tool that does a great job. No need to download anything, just type in your url and it does the rest! Hope that helps.

Hi ellenwillss, You've already been given fine definitions of what keyword density is all about, so I wouldn't repeat that again. I just want As with most things in life, balance is the key. You need to find the right balance of keywords compared to the amount of content on …

The best way to promote or market your product depends on the product and the niche market you are targetting. You need to know what appeals to your niche market, where they hang out etc. Unfortunately, there is no silver bullet. It takes time, lots of plannning and market research. …

The best thing to do is to have good content on your site. There's no point striving to get to the first page/or #1 on Google if you don't have great content. Content is King as they say.

It all depends. LinkedIn has a more corporate audience unlike Facebook. But both have have their strengths and target audience, so you just have to know how best to use both to get your desired output. So its not really a case of which is better but rather your target …

Hi WEPrimo, I see you've been given some great advice already so I will try not to repeat. But I felt I should emphasize that SEO is not a quick fix / one-off thing. It's a long-term thing and you need to keep at it for months before you start …

I think you've already been given some great advice here. So the little bit I would add is that you should not go trying to spend a lor of money to promote the site but rather focusing on a niche market creating great content to satisfy that market and wait …

I think one of the best ways businesses can use social media for branding and creating word of mouth and this is what I try to do.

@selicon.valey I'm trying to understand what you're refering to, but if my understanding is correct, I think basically what you want to do is link your site to your Facebook & Twitter (sorry I can't speak on Myspace etc) page is such a way that your website updates would be …

In addition to all the good advice nikesh.yadev has already given you, you'll have to be patient and continue doing these things. In time the links will come, that's if you don't give up.

IMHO with social media, you try to create a community around your brand. Social media has a rather 'pull' effect in attracting persons who are truly interested in your brand rather than other forms of advertisements whereby you try to 'push' your brand in front of persons who may/may not …

@jennypits: I like the way you've analysed it. What is important is the strategy you use in creating a 'social' community around your brand. The persons that follow you on social media sites would sooner or later become your brand custodians. Whether or not they become 'paying' customers is not …

@sharon fisher: Thanks for highlighting this. It buttresses the fact that we have to be more careful about what we post online.

Very interesting. Thanks for sharing. We need to use social media responsibly and exercise caution.

Google has better geo-targeting abilities than Yahoo! So if your target audience is outside Europe and the US, then I believe Google is the way to go.

I think Jrafique means Dmoz and not Domz! It's not too difficult getting your site listed on Dmoz once you find the correct category to list it in. But its highly worth your while to submit to them. The problem is that they don't really have enough human editors to …

It's like the story of the tortoise (SEO) and the hare (PPC). Whilst PPC can get you way ahead of your competition in a matter of days, ultimately it is a SEO strategy that will help you to ultimately win the race.