SEO, or search engine optimization, is a discussion about how to create content online so that search engines like Google, Bing, Yahoo, YouTube, DuckDuckGo, or even Amazon can more easily find your content for relevant searches.
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If you're reading this SEO stuff because you aren't ranking, here's my basic SEO checklist and my advanced keyword discussion.
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Recently I’ve been reading a lot of hype about private blog networks and how they can boost the rank of your website very effectively. There are being touted as “legitimate link building”, and an “Penguin proof SEO strategy”.
It’s a load of bullshit.
Using a private blog network is one of the most dangerous things you could do to your business, and it’s going to balloon your budget as well as create a never ending time-suck.
Video doesn’t have to, but should be part of your overall SEO strategy for your affiliate website. Videos add a multimedia element to your content, keeping readers engaged longer, and reaching out to a different type of content consumer. Readers can skip a video they don’t want to watch, while more visual people will stop […]
WordPress is the most used website building tool or CMS (content management system) on the web today. The platform is extremely flexible. Almost any kind of website can be built using WordPress. Things like social media networks, job portals or boards, web directories and much more, can be developed using WordPress as a base. There […]
What is SSL? SSL stands for Secure Socket Layer and is a cryptographic protocol for providing communications security between networks. However, TLS (Transport Layer Security) is gradually replacing SSL as the improved standard for securing data transmissions over computer networks. For many years, SSL has been the way communications over the Internet is secured. Interacting […]
Google isn’t just synonymous with search but also analytics, thanks to the popularity of their statistics software, Google Analytics (GA). Google Search Console (GSC) and GA are similar in the sense that they both provide analytical data. However, they serve different purposes, which is why you should probably use both. Google Analytics GA helps Webmasters […]
If you are just getting started in online business, you already know that there are conflicting opinions on what works and what doesn’t. But how can you tell who’s right? Who you choose for your mentor can decide the future of your site and your business, so you need to know the difference between Black […]
Tags are one of those things that many in the SEO industry have mixed feelings about. Do WordPress tags affect SEO? Yes, they do. However, whether that’s positive or negative will depend on how you use them. Tags are one of the default features that come with WordPress. They are used to further classify content […]
How do I disavow backlinks? That’s a question often asked by people who have dabbled in shady link building schemes or have been a victim of a negative SEO attack. Sometimes it’s simply paranoia. Regardless, the goal of the disavow tool is to help clean up your backlink profile. Disavow increased in popularity after the […]
You’ve spent a lot of time developing your website and web pages. You’ve crafted specific Meta description texts, SEO titles and keywords for each page. Everything seemed great except for one problem. You checked the SERPs and realized that Google isn’t showing your specified meta description text. Why doesn’t meta description not appear in Google? […]
Internal linking is a critical aspect of SEO and one that can boost rankings whenever opportunities are maximized. However, it isn’t something that a lot of website owners think about in much detail. The standard answer is just kind of “link to relevant content”. But what if you want to link to a series of […]
