Search:

I'm actually looking for good SEO tools myself. SEO has gone from 2% of our business three years ago to almost 40% of our business this year, so I've been looking for a good way to both track what we...

Hey all,
I've been doing SEO on a certain site for several years now (I'll keep the names out for now), and have been comparing it to a competitor's site. Here are some stats:

Site 1:
Number of...

I've switched from text links to image links with alt tags on almost all my client sites. I believe it looks more professional, and helps with branding.
I started doing this several months ago, and...

I agree, content is king, but how the content is written is vitally important. I work with many different types of business, and they know their business very well, but that doesn't mean they know...

We use the Meta refresh a lot, and it can help search engines. For instance, we will set it up this way:

<meta name="robots" content="noindex, follow" />
<meta http-equiv="refresh"...

I agree. We are hired to do a job. Does a contractor retain rights to a custom-built home? No. Our clients pay us to design their site, not our site, so the copyright should go to them.

Up until now, we've always just given all rights to the client. Of course, we've always added that into the cost as well. It's saved us a lot of hassle.

The DMCA (Digital Millennium Copyright Act) actually has very detailed information for web site owners on what to do, how to do it, and how to determine if the complaint is real.
It also protects...

I was a network engineer for far longer than I care to admit... :), but I've been able to use that experience to help with migrating my sites.

I have moved up to 50 sites at a time (kind of forced...

I've done this myself before, and it has worked for a while, but every major search engine has a "report spam" feature. If even one person uses that link against one of your sites, you are very...

I've been using the tools at Site Report Card (SiteReportCard: Web Site Optimization and Promotion Tools), but it's kind of basic. Does anyone else have other ideas

Interesting, I always figured if they didn't show up in the link: results they didn't matter.

I've got a question about backlinks. Our site (Intra-Designs) has backlinks from all our clients, plus many many directories, and many other sites, but they're not showing up. Everyone is talking...

I've used Adsense for several years. My revenues dropped by about 75% this year as well. I've not "given up," but I've been looking at other avenues of residual income.
My Amazon.com reseller...

The tricky part is to figure out EXACTLY what "proper notice" means. To one company, it means a letter in writing with certain exact words. To another, it may have to be an email to a specific...

Dealing with the ISP or hosting company is a major pain. I actually posted about something similar not long ago at:
http://www.webproworld.com/google-discussion-forum/63659-google-removed-links.html...

I run a community web site, and we have enjoyed a page rank of 6 for several years. In the past few months, Google has dropped it to a 3, and I became concerned.
However, it hasn't affected the...

This has turned into a great discussion. As far as the actual copyright issue, we are suing them (and publishing everything they did so everyone knows about it... lol). The site was just a regular...

Wige,
That's some great information. However, I've always read that it's best to keep link text the same to better your chances in search engines. For instance, if you are a web desgin company,...

We have been under an attack by a rival web design company (Tacoma Web Design & Print :: Artifex Business Identity Development) for about a year. I got so sick of it that I've decided to file suit...

I'll give Joomla a try, but isn't wordpress a blog software?

I've been looking at open content management systems for years now, and they all seem clunky and difficult to set up/manage.
I started with PHP Nuke, and it seemed a very comprehensive solution,...

It looks like the Overture Inventory keyword tool is no longer being updated. The last month it shows for me is January 2007. Is there another way to access this tool that you know of?
Thanks!

http://www.intra-designs.com/images/ty_clown.jpg

Thanks!

We actually do some sites for low/no cost, but they have to be a non-profit, Christian organization based in Western Washington. We get a lot of inquiries about it, but few follow through when I ask...