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You are a obviously a link schemer and not anything remotely resembling a search engine optimizer. SEO deals mostly with on-site factors of webpages and not with artificially empowering web content externally.

use-logical-naming-conventions.jpg (keywords), throw in a keyphrase in the alt attribute and get some keyphrase-rich textual content nearby.

The Title tag is not a meta tag as it was created for the Internet browser and not the search engine.

Your websites don't provide any details as to how you perform SEO. There was a day not too long ago when this forum's moderator would have removed your advertising. I have to ask myself what possesses someone to adverte SEO in an SEO forum. If you were any good at …

That's got to be some of the worse advice I have ever seen posted here. Don't pay for links people! Ever. Your own links are much more valuable. Always look within the web site to improve rankings. Links from outside sources will come, naturally, with having above standard content. That's …

Hey, isn't there a moderator here anymore. This is clearly spam.

Stop wasting time. Nice signature.

[QUOTE=sreein1986;634962]Hi, give me tutorials for SEO i want from basics good tutorials[/QUOTE] Click on some of our links to tips and SEO advice. The minute you publish an SEO book it becomes obsolete. SEO is the art of positioning web pages at the top of the search engine results pages …

The fact is that well optimized web pages with few backlinks frequently outperform fluffed up mediocre content that has hundreds of links. The number of links should develop naturally. SEOs should remain completely focused on giving the search engine the most important content, deploying the best internal linking structure amongst …

[QUOTE=pappajoe;633642]Thanks for the help. It is a nitemare. [/QUOTE] A nightmare will occur should you choose an SEO firm that will spend money buying links from link brokers. In fact, if your SEO uses any form of linking scheme (to get backlinks unnaturally) you should do well to ask alot …

I must live on a different planet than the rest of yous. I prefer MSN over both other search providers. MSN always offers me the best web pages for my search. When I started in SEO there were about 20 major search engines (Infoseek, Hotbot, Goto, Go, Northern Light, Lycos, …

[QUOTE=pesto555;625880] What do you think about this and how we will build links and everything on local markets? We will build links in Italy to mywebsite.com/it or we will ask webmasters to link to us to mywebsite.it and after this 301 redirect will bring them to us. [/QUOTE] Doesn't sound …

Google simply writes : "... Don't participate in link schemes designed to increase your site's ranking or PageRank. In particular, avoid links to web spammers or "bad neighborhoods" on the web, as your own ranking may be affected adversely by those links. ..." but then goes on to explain : …

[QUOTE=pankaj.sharma;480584]Hello Friends, I want suggestion from all you SEO gurus about web portal Optimization. As we all know this is the time of portals or Big websites. So we all people have to prepare for optimizing of Portals and Web2.0 websites.[/QUOTE] This is your type of thinking, not "as we …

[QUOTE=cscgal;470491]... If you do the best thing for your visitors and for people who read your articles on other sites, you'll get a lot farther.[/QUOTE] ... absolutely must agree. Design and code for the visitor and let the search engine determine the authenticity and importance of what you have created. …

[QUOTE=cmills83;467186]... posted an article to a few pr4 blogs and my site went from 350+ on google/yahoo to the top 100 ...[/QUOTE] I would suspect that the postings to a few blogs has had little effect in ranking changes. 350 to 100 is no more than an indication that your …

[QUOTE=stymiee;444214]I had to remove the link to your website as self promotion is not allowed at Daniweb. But I checked it out before I removed it. That checklist was pretty bad. It basically was full of advice based on myths. The checklist above offers not only far more information but …

[QUOTE=webdesigners123;368479]Guys, I have a Q. What is the best/effective method that you found to get a free one way links to your website ? Thanks,[/QUOTE] A. Create something worthy to be linked.

The art of SEO has never changed. What has happened over the last five years is that link strategists have been going around masquerading as search engine optimizer in such a huge volume that most of the Internet world has lost sight of what SEO has always been. They are …

It may take up to a year for your web site to gain enough authenticity and credibilty to find itself in a reasonable SERP position for your primary keyphrases. I never took the time to analyze your code so I am hoping that there are no spam techniques employed. Read …

Another option, and as the OP mentioned, is to delete the web pages altogether without a 404 at all. Google will discover the webpages no longer exist and after a few attempts to find them, will remove them from its index. Sure, you can prolong this event by offering a …

[quote=Estreetloans;396094]Well I do what I can. Updating content is very tome consuming but always worth it...someday, :)[/quote] That's the spirit! Go Estreetloans! Create web content!

... or, you can get yourself a Google account and use a SiteMaps. There is all the instructions at SiteMaps to get you going. I use these for every web site. This way I need not concern myself with crawling, depth or frequency. I can pretty much control what webpages …

Here is another option and good advice. Don't waste your time with artificially empowering your content externally.

Best advice. Just write articles and put them on your own web site or blog.

[QUOTE=TheNerds.net;370597]... I was hoping to get some advice on some of the next steps we should take ...[/QUOTE] The site seems very visitor friendly and that should remain your primary concern. As far as SEO goes, I only looked on the landing page, usually the most important page of a …

[QUOTE=woofytalk;361526]What other methods are they using to get a top listing in organic search?[/QUOTE] It is called search engine optimization, and, as you have demonstrated, it has little at all to do with incoming links.

[QUOTE=Spiderweb;208215]Hi everyone, anyone could explain for me this issue that my site get top in Yahoo all the time but every Saterday and Sunday my competitor takes my position ( Mine down to second and sometimes to the 5th or 6th position in the first page ). other days in …

Submit it once. Google will decide for itself when it will crawl and how often. I do however, suggest you submit a Google SiteMaps and keep that updated regularly. Just keep making changes to the site and Google will keep coming back to check it out.

[QUOTE=stymiee;364644]There is no such thing as a bad incoming link. The worst that can a link can do is nothing at all... [/QUOTE] Better let Google know this ... Google : ... Don't participate in link schemes designed to increase your site's ranking or PageRank. In particular, avoid links to …

..., the search engines may (not always) remove or ban websites (from the natural search results) using the same IP address ... ... That's a myth ... I think I can clarify this one. The question revolves around whether or not a web site will get banned due to the …

Why don't you just ask us if we want to participate in a linking scheme?

[QUOTE=Jhon100;369705]I have seen this place, is is very interesting <snip> You can see all directories the submission is free. The directory about 200 directories. This url offer information about category and page rank[/QUOTE] What a farse. I wouldn't waste your time submitting to this crap. Concentrate on developing your own …

[QUOTE=dss;367750]Thanks to all in advance.[/QUOTE] You now realize that you have completely wasted your time with your previous SEO efforts and your obsession over PR importance, why don't you just concentrate on creating unique, valuable content that is worthy linking to?

You can throw in SBO a few times to dilute the longer term but that won't help much as the SEs can reward terms that have equivalents within close proximity. They are smarter than ever them darn search engines. Think of other terms such as businessman or investor ... Do …

Six months ago I would have suggested that you find suitable and relevant directories to submit to manually. Today, I feel that directory listings are a waste of time. Frequently they cause more harm than good to your web site. There are so many out there it is virtually impossible …

Take a deep breath. How do you feel now?

I prefer the Yahoo denser results over the Google netfulls but can still find what I want better and faster with Google. I like MSN most of the times. Tolerance for it vital in keyphrase competitions nowadays. I have seen some pretty weird SERPs though. Makes me kinda wonder sometimes. …

[QUOTE=inovice;286701] What m I missing out? [/QUOTE] ... the joy and satisfaction one receives from creating something uniquely worthwhile for an Internet visitor.

>this_page_name_is_very_long_or_is_it.htm use-hyphens-instead-of-underscores.aok :)

[QUOTE=markov;286407]... cloaking ...[/QUOTE] It seems to be about tricking everybody and everything. First trick the search engines then trick the visitor. Seems to me like you have a bad case indeed, something similar to the ever contagious Adsense flu. I recommend that you take two aspirins, get a good night …

[QUOTE=ocinternetadv]Google pretty much ignores your description all together.[/QUOTE] pretty much : altogether wishy : washy I am curious to read how you support this position. Do you have anything credible to back this statement? something based on fact? or are you just slinging SEO advice around based on what someone …

[QUOTE=stymiee]You'll have far more luck improving your rankings with Google by getting more relevant links to your website. Make sure those links use anchor text with the keywords you hope to rank well for.[/QUOTE] It requires no luck to displace a keyphrase competitor; when one decides to outclass them with …

[QUOTE=roxxy]Though most largest search engines do not 'spider' the keyword Meta Tags on your page...[/QUOTE] To think that the 'largest search engines' haven't had a little wee sneaky-peek into your meta tags is like thinking that the nurse hasn't seen your dirty shorts. I know that's a bad analogy folks …

Looks very clean. Good content. Good linking strategy. Last cache on 26 Jun 2006. No site links, no back links. Bad choice of domain extension, should have went with a dot com. You can overcome the search engine's disfavour by staying clean and growing. Sounds like a new site that's …

[QUOTE=pctec]I think Im in the wrong bizz... :)[/QUOTE] In Canada, the salary for an SEO expert ranges from $25,000 a year to $100,000. Business minded SEO experts operating on their own can make about the same money as an average lawyer does. Are you still in the wrong business or …

I'm starting to guess that Daniweb girl is on vacation as links within messages seem to be surviving threads. Usually these are quickly edited out by the forum moderator.

[QUOTE=rickyreter]hi,how do i get traffic to my forum,and how to improve it. pete[/QUOTE] Why do you need a forum?

Between here and the authoritative Usenet group A.I.S.E. [URL=http://groups.google.com/group/alt.internet.search-engines]alt.internet.search-engines[/URL] pretty covers the whole spectrum of SEO.

[QUOTE=stymiee]It doesn't make a difference either way. Meta Tags, which is what I am assuming you are talking about, have no real SEO value anymore. So, either way is fine as how they will be used by the few resources out there that use them will use them and interpret …