Website Launch: UltimateRoundups.com
After years of building other peoples’ sites, we recently decided to launch one of our own for the express purpose of driving targeted traffic. We are performing all of our standard SEO and SEM, so it will be fun to see what happens!
We chose our specific target for two reasons:
1. We love the topic – [...]
Learn 2 Write 4 Income
I know first hand the frustration of being stuck in an office. Personally, I don’t think we’re built to be in an environment like the typical corporate office. If you’re like me and can’t stand to be stuck, I think this article will give you some important insights.
Now, I write for income full [...]
CSS and SEO
CSS is short for Cascading Style Sheet and is a powerful tool for changing the way a website looks quickly. But not all CSS works well for SEO. One of the big mistakes we see a lot is when web developers do not use the all-important heading tags: H1, H2, etc.
Use the standard headers in [...]
Comment for SEO
One of the secret weapons of SEO writers is to use comments on other blogs and websites to improve the ranking of your own site. Two reasons make commenting especially important for website owners: the improved rankings in search engines and the credibility of having links on other sites.
Improved Search Engine Rankings
When you comment on [...]
SEO Crosslinking Basics
It is easy to neglect crosslinking as an SEO tool, but connecting your site to other communities on the web is a vital component of marketing your site. SEO writers distinguish between two types of crosslinking: offsite and onsite. While it may be obvious as to which is what and why, let’s look at ways [...]
SEO for Small Businesses
I love working with small businesses, but many owners have a difficult time seeing the value in the additional costs of a website that has been search engine optimized. I thought I would take the time to explain two perspectives on the value of SEO and how this can help the bottom line of your business – [...]
SEO: Using Titles and Headings
One of the more fundamental tools for both SEO and readability of web pages is to use titles and headings. Search engines scan your page for titles and headings to see what is the important information on the page. Your readers do the same: their eyes quickly scan the title and first heading or two [...]
SEO and Keyword Analysis
One of the big buzzwords in the SEO industry is “keyword analysis.” You hear it a LOT, and it means different things to different people. In general, keyword analysis is the ratio of a particular keyword to the total word count of an article, expressed in a percentage.
For example, if you had 100 words in [...]
Sitemap and SEO
First thing’s first: there’s a difference between sitemap (with a little “s”) and a Sitemap (with a big “S”). A sitemap (little “s”) is a page on your website that helps people find particular pages. A Sitemap (big “s”) is a file on your website in a special format that tells search engines where all [...]
SEO Keyword Selection
One of the challenges that website owners face is how to choose the right keywords for their pages. Sometimes the website owner has enough research to make an informed decision. Often keywords are chosen that only seem good to the website owner rather than what the customer may really want.
We have a method we use at [...]