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SEO

What You Should Know About Website Validation

June 8, 2010
valid html

I don’t spend a lot of time worrying about whether or not my website’s code is valid or not.  And by valid, I mean if it conforms to the W3C standards or not. Sure, I try to always use the proper markup when creating sites, but even if I slip up a time or two, [...]

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Building an Adsense Site on WordPress: Keyword Research

May 4, 2010
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The following information uses a newly created Adsense site I created on Burkitt lymphoma as an example. While the information is sound, your mileage may vary. Building a website that is designed to bring in revenue from the Adsense ads you place on it can be a worthwhile project that can bring you a seemingly [...]

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30 Second SEO Tips

April 28, 2010
seo for everybody

SEO can be a difficult and tedious process at times.  But thankfully that is not always the case.  Here are 14 quick and easy tips that can easily help your site rank better in the search engines. Image file names.  You can use the file name to give a tiny boost to your overall SEO [...]

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Clean Your WordPress Sidebar To Improve Navigation And SEO

February 1, 2010
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I was approached by Mohammed from msafi.com and he thought that this article he wrote might be of use to readers of this blog. I agreed with him and decided to republish it here. You can find the original publication here Most people just accept the default, out-of-box layout of blogs even though they know [...]

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To Live And Die By Google

December 14, 2009
eggs basket

Are you putting all your eggs in the search engine basket when it comes to building your blog?  Focusing your efforts on search engines to bring in visitors and build a reader base is a good way to build up your blog, but if it is the only method you are using then you are [...]

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12 Blogs That Can Give You A Solid Internet Background

December 2, 2009
cap and diploma

To get a competitive edge in this world it can really help to have a solid educational background. It is no coincidence that the people who are most successful in their fields also have an extraordinary amount of knowledge and insight in their respective areas of expertise.  Anyone wishing to become a savvy internet guru [...]

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SEO Secrets For Everybody

November 22, 2009
seo secrets

SEO has been thought of by many people as a bit of a mystery, and that only a handful of knowledgeable people employing unknown magical methods actually understand it.  For the past several years I have fought to understand the ins and outs of effective SEO, and have since become adept at it.  But SEO [...]

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Spamming Is Not A Form Of SEO

October 25, 2009
seo spam

SEO, or Search Engine Optimization, is often thought of as some mysterious and magical form of voodoo that only the highly gifted can accomplish. Well, it’s not really that but you do have to have knowledge of how search engines work and how they rank websites. One of the best ways to get a high [...]

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One Reason Why Your Best Content Is Lonely

October 23, 2009
lonely content

A common question I have been asked by some people is why their prized blog posts receive little to no traffic. After reviewing their article and their blog I saw that everything looked good, and their article was of high quality and informative. The problem wasn’t on their end, it had to do with things [...]

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WordPress SEO For Beginners: The Content

October 14, 2009
blog content

This is the final article in the “WordPress SEO For Beginners” series. This ends the basics of onsite SEO. If you missed the previous articles on permalinks, meta tags, or blog layouts I recommend reading them as well. The content on web pages is of critical importance in how it ranks in search engines for [...]

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