Blog - Archive for the ‘ Web Marketing ’ CategoryFree Web Hosting – 5 Reasons Why To Stay AwayJanuary 20th, 2010When is comes to web hosting there are certainly a lot of choices you can choose from. In the beginning it can be overwhelming, and really a big decision. There are a handful of red flags that you should be aware of. Also, as weird as it sounds people are actually acquiring free hosting packages, but in this article I will be discussing many reasons why I feel you should avoid these free services. Understanding The Google Link Popularity AlgorithmOctober 27th, 2009Google is by far the most important search engine on the net. To rise to the top of their search engine, you need to improve your link popularity and you need to understand how they measure your link popularity (over 50% of all search engine traffic comes from Google, and if you can rise to the top, you will likely rise to the top of all the other search engines as well). Link popularity is defined as the number of sites that are linking to your site. Some websites have thousands or even millions of sites linking to them, while others might have only a few. The search engines use the number of inbound links your site has as a measure of how important your site is, which translates into your search engine ranking. The actual number of links to your site is not the only variable used to calculate your link popularity. The search engines also examine the relevance of the links to the subject matter of your site. For example, if a website that sells vitamins has 4,000 inbound links, but the source of most of the links are websites that have nothing to do with vitamins, then the algorithm that search engines use to determine link popularity will take that into account, and the link popularity score will not be very good. What Is Alexa Ranking & How Does It Work?October 26th, 2009
Alexa is an online tool used to rank website traffic. The relationship between Alexa rankings and how popular a website is however, is not simple or obvious. They consider website ranking, links, traffic, and many other criteria known only to the most experienced Alexa users. It can be mysterious optimizing a site for Alexa. One, it appears outgoing links to important, heavily traffic websites, matters. Relevant links are helpful to site visitors. Search engines want to know if a site is worth going to. If it is, they are happy to index it in a higher spot. This is a general rule of thumb that you should keep in mind at all times when performing SEO operations. The simple difference between a site with moderate search results and a site with high search results is that the site with the higher results is generally more user friendly. Alexa Ratings and other rating systems try to emulate how a visitor will see your site. Once they’ve determined the worth of your site to a visitor they index it accordingly. This is why it is so important to have relevant links. If you are linking to sites that your users would find interesting, Alexa will enjoy it. Free Website Submission To Major International Search Engines!October 26th, 2009This article outlines where and how you can submit your website for free and be listed in some of the world’s largest and most used search engines and also website directories. Please remember that due to the large amount of submissions these search engines and website directories receive each day, that review time for inclusion can be any where from 1 to 6 weeks. So here’s the list you have been waiting for:
Other search engines and website directories where your site will be included in by submitting to Google, Yahoo! and Bing include:
Good luck and happy submitting! |
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