Why Google’s PR is important for a forum
Written on 17 Mar, 2010 at 2:24 in SEO | viewed 934 views times | 0 Comments
I have already posted about what Google’s PR or PageRank is. Many of the SEO Kiddies live for the day when Google “update” the PR every 3-4 months (when in reality they update it every day internally). Many of the... (Continue reading)
Why does Google use DMOZ?
Written on 5 Feb, 2010 at 1:31 in SEO | viewed 1,012 views times | 0 Comments
Firstly no one except Google has any idea of what a listing in the web directory DMOZ has on the ranking of websites in the search engine results. Many people like to believe that a web site listed in DMOZ... (Continue reading)
What signals do self-promotional links tell the search engines?
Written on 8 Jan, 2010 at 6:07 in SEO | viewed 1,352 views times | 2 Comments
We all know the importance of building links to web sites to improve traffic and improve search engine rankings. For forums, building links to individual threads is a great way to take advantage of the long tail part of the... (Continue reading)
What is DMOZ? Understanding DMOZ
Written on 5 Jan, 2010 at 18:24 in SEO | viewed 1,123 views times | 0 Comments
DMOZ or the ODP (Open Directory Project) is a web directory that so many want to get their websites (or in our case, our forums) listed in to build a backlink to their sites from a site that the search... (Continue reading)
Are links from .edu & .gov sites worth more?
Written on 28 Dec, 2009 at 15:32 in SEO | viewed 1,369 views times | 0 Comments
The simple answer is NO. There are many SEO myths out there and this is one of them. There is a popular belief that backlinks from .gov and .edu sites carry more weight than other top level domains. Google have... (Continue reading)
Optimize the welcome message for the visitor and the search engine
Written on 23 Dec, 2009 at 23:36 in SEO | viewed 1,001 views times | 0 Comments
It is always a good idea to optimize a site primarily for a few main keywords that you are targeted for a search engine ranking, but at the same time implement strategies to get all your threads indexed so you... (Continue reading)
Who wants what from web directories
Written on 20 Dec, 2009 at 2:11 in SEO | viewed 951 views times | 0 Comments
Is the web directory industry out of control? (many commentators think it has been for a while). Just look at all the new directories being announced by the SEO Kiddies at webmaster forums like Digitalpoint and on sites like Directory... (Continue reading)
Bounce Rates and Forums
The bounce rate is one metric that can be used to analyze what is happening on your forum. It is defined as the percentage of visits to a single page on your site and they leave your site from that... (Continue reading)
mozRank and mozTrust
Written on 10 Dec, 2009 at 7:26 in SEO | viewed 1,978 views times | 0 Comments
Google’s Page Rank is updated on a daily basis internally and a snapshot is exported to the Google Toolbar for us to see on a somewhat irregular scale (see the dates). What we get in the toolbar is a historical... (Continue reading)
Do forum signature links help a sites ranking?
Listening to the SEO kiddies on some SEO forums, you can’t help but notice how they heavily promote posting in forums to link drop signatures and profile spam as a way to help build backlinks to a web site to... (Continue reading)
A SEO book that is NOT out of date!
I have never been a big fan of books on SEO (search engine optimization) as there can be a very long time lag between when a book is written by the author, the editors do all their work on it... (Continue reading)
The robots.txt file
Written on 3 Nov, 2009 at 19:39 in SEO | viewed 2,678 views times | 0 Comments
The robots.txt is a file that can be used to restrict access to your site or parts of your site by preventing access from the search engine robots as they crawl the web. Most of the time this is used... (Continue reading)
What is an “Authority Site”?
Written on 2 Nov, 2009 at 2:40 in SEO | viewed 1,515 views times | 0 Comments
An ‘Authority site‘ is a site that seems to get an extra ranking boost from the search engines. Somehow, in their analysis of the site and its backlinks profile, the search engine algorithm recognizes a site as being an ‘Authority’.... (Continue reading)
Watch out for these SEO Scams
Written on 29 Oct, 2009 at 17:22 in SEO | viewed 470 views times | 0 Comments
If you decide to engage a SEO’er (Search Engine Optimizer) to help with the SEO on your forum, how do you tell which ones to stay away from; which are the ones running a scam?; which are the ones that... (Continue reading)
How not to get a site listed in DMOZ
Written on 21 Oct, 2009 at 20:40 in SEO | viewed 788 views times | 2 Comments
I have already covered How to get a forum listed in DMOZ, now this is how to go about not getting a site listed: 1. Do not submit a site under construction or a forum with not many members and activity.... (Continue reading)
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