Owning Your Category Online - Is Our Website Broken? by Scott Sedwick

"Owning your business category online is more than just a few keywords...  Is your website broken?"

8 Essential SEO techniques by Matt Colyer

1) Title Tag - The title tag is the most powerful on-site SEO technique you have, so use it creatively! What you place in the title tag should only be one thing, the exact keyword you used for the web page that you are trying to optimize. Every single web page should have it's own title tag.

How to Get the Best Deal on Your SEO Project by Scott Jason

If you own or manage a business Website, chances are you are at least somewhat familiar with the concept of search engine optimization (SEO). You may have read any number of books and articles on the subject and possibly given it a try yourself. Or perhaps, after exhaustive research, you decided that your time is better spent in your area of expertise. If that’s the case, I have some good news for you. There is such a thing as affordable search engine optimization. In fact, when you know what to look for, it can be a real bargain.

If Content is King, then surely Relevance is Queen! by Jason Hulott

There has been a lot of to-ing and fro-ing in the search engine world of late and there are lots of conspiracy theories as to why these things happen. It is easy as a webmaster to get caught up in these webs of intrigue. You get email notes about them, you view so-called experts' thoughts on bulletin Boards - hey you probably even read things in newsletter articles!

Why Articles Are Not The Route To High Search Engine Rankings by Priya Shah

If you have any interest in getting high search engine rankings for your website (and who doesn't) you've probably been sold the idea that writing and publishing your own articles will do it for you.

The Budget Webmaster’s 6 Step Guide to Improving Existing Rankings in Google by Tinu Abayomi-Paul

You know the scenario. You get an occasional click from Google for a certain keyword. You go to find out why you aren’t getting more clicks, and you find out that you’re ranked in the 30's, 50's, or heaven forbid, the 300's. “Great”, you think, “I finally get ranked for a good keyword and it’s a worthless ranking”. Not necessarily.

The Other Side of the Search God's Abracadabra! by Liji Elizabeth Thomas

Primarily, what you need to digest is the fact that search engines fall short of Mandrake’s magic mechanism! They simply don’t create URLs out of thin air but instead send their spiders crawling across those sites that have rendered prayers (and expensive offerings!) to them for consideration.

Get Better Search Engine Rankings with RSS by Satyajeet Hattangadi

Learn how to get your pages indexed faster and rank higher on search engines using RSS

What is The Google Sandbox Effect? by Jakob Jelling

In the age of fair competition you may find it hard to believe that a search engine may hinder the appearance of a new website.

Beyond Hits! by Philippa Gamse

Six steps to analyzing and profiting from web traffic logs for non-profits and associations.

Are Search Engines Worth It Any More? by Philippa Gamse

Should you be tearing your hair out over your search engine positioning? What really matters when it comes to search engine strategy and how much time and emphasis should you place on them?

A SEO Checklist by Jane McLain

Use this checklist to make sure all your Web pages can be found by search engine spiders and indexed and ranked correctly in the major search engines.

Beyond Search Engines by Jane McLain

Don't rely on search engines alone to bring visitors to your website - here are ten other ways you can generate traffic.

Your Website Title Could Be Costing You Money by Joe Duchesne

Your website title is vital to your efforts of getting traffic online. Most websites either have no title or have only their company name as a title. This and other mistakes cost website owners search engine ranking and website sales.

Choosing a good domain name isn't always so simple. by Joe Duchesne

Registering a domain name may seem like a simple matter. You could be making your life more difficult by choosing the wrong domain name for your website. Keep the following points in mind before you register a domain name for your website.

Search Engine Marketing 101 For Corporate Sites by Tom McCracken

When most people want to find something on the web, they use a search engine. Millions of searches are conducted every day on search engines such as: google.com, yahoo.com, msn.com and many others. Some people are looking for your website. So how do you capture people searching for what your site has to offer? Through techniques called search engine marketing (SEM).

Linking for Traffic not Positioning! by Jason Hulott

With more and more experts and search engine enthusiasts claiming the right way and the wrong way to handle link swapping, link exchanging or reciprocal linking! There are also two schools of thought on the reasons link swapping. We discuss those here...

Got Spiders? by Isaiah Hull

Many internet marketers blow mountains of start-up cash on their websites just trying to break into search engine rankings. I was one of these internet marketers.

What is the Google Dance? by Jakob Jelling

As with any good web developer, the ability to time the changes Google will update your website and refresh the content for better SEO (Search Engine Optimization) is in your favor. Welcome to the world of “Google Dance”.

What is PageRank? by Jakob Jelling

Chances are you have been on the Internet and have been surfing in and out of websites looking for valuable information pertaining to a favorite topic or researching a subject for school or work.

Developing A List Of Keywords For Marketing by Catherine Franz

Keywords are the backbone to search engine optimization, SEO for short. Developing a list of the words that are right for your website is crucial to visitors finding your site. Marketing Master and 15 year veteran on the Internet, Catherine Franz, shares with you in this article, how you can create your own list of keywords for each page or for the entire website.

Linking for Fun and Profit by Steve Pronger

Success in the search engines requires both on-page and off-page optimization. This article explains the off-page factor, i.e. building links to your site the RIGHT way.

It's The Same Deal For Both Search Engines And Real Estate by Kirk Bannerman

Online business webmasters should not be obsessing over Google Page Rank or Alexa Traffic Rank, but instead should be focusing on the most important thing of all.

Link Building: To Link, or Not to Link, That is the Question by Vik Tailor

How to find link partners without getting hurt in the search engines.

Search Engine Optimization Strategies To Drive More Targeted Traffic To Your Website by Guy Ray

Use these search engine optimization strategies to drive a truck load of laser targeted traffic to your website, build your opt-in list and multiply your profits.

Google Slavery...Old Habits Die Hard by Kirk Bannerman

Webmasters that stick to the old ways and focus entirely on Google are missing out on a lot of search traffic these days if they are not also well ranked by Yahoo and MSN.

Analyzing Google's Backlinks Is Close To Worthless by Kim Anton Hollenner

Analyzing backlink and gain full control with link structures and linking campaign.

Google Page Rank Is Dead - Or Is It? - Part I by Martin Lemieux

For a long time now, marketing gurus all over the world have been talking about google page ranking. Page ranking is simply Google's way of measuring your pages accordingly.

Hens Lay Eggs (HLE) by Silke Stahl by Silke Stahl

“HLE” is a bit of a joke term, (or possible tongue in cheek could be a better label) coined in my Network Marketing Group - it stands for "Hens Lay Eggs" and is a take on the exponential growth theory - recruit two people, who recruit two, etc, and in six weeks you'll have 50,000 people sending you $250,000 - the false promise of MLM...

How To Design A Search Engine Friendly Website by Arif Hanid

This article aims to highlight the areas a web designer should think about and incorporate into their design for search engine effectiveness