Last week in our WebProWorld forums, one of our moderators Bill Hartzer made what I thought was an interesting post about promoting your site without search engines. Bill’s post basically consisted of a question as to what methods existed -aside from search engines- for promoting your site.
Spotlight On Apples Upcoming Desktop Search Engine
Last week, Steve Jobs, Macintosh CEO, unveiled the upcoming update for Mac’s OS X. The update, version number 10.4, is called Tiger. The differences in this update are not so much visual; rather, it’s more of a performance enhancing revision.
Telstra Prepared To Launch Sensis Search Engine
The Australian-based Telstra Corporation is expected to launch a search engine built around their Sensis property, a Yellow and White pages-based service. This move is seen as defensive strategy against Google and Yahoo.
Search Engine Optimization Tools
Well, I bet many of you have been trying to find tools to help you in optimizing your website for search engines. So I thought I would throw together an article with a list of really useful tools (and of course ill give you a link to their websites so you can download them to!)
Search Engine Friendly Site Navigation
Daniel Boone was known as one of the most famous trailblazers. Boone helped blaze a trail which later became known as the Cumberland Trail. A few years later Boone blazed the trails from the Carolinas to the, then, western territories, those trails became known as the Wilderness Roads. While people can blaze trails in the wilderness, search engine spiders cannot. Search engine spiders require through your site to find your pages.
Delusional Search Engine Optimization & SEO Tips
Why do People Become Successful?
Usually it is the result of having extreme natural gift or a passion for a topic. Sometimes success is a function of luck. On the web it is the syndication of thought that makes people extremely successful.
Five Things Most Search Engine Optimization Firms Wont Tell You — But That You Need to Know Before You Spend a Dime
So, you want your Web site to rank high on Google and other search engines.
Hiring a Search Engine Marketer
Many website owners put the cart before the horse- anxious for search engine traffic and rankings, the first thing they do once their site is complete is buy a “submit to 1,000 search engines for $29” service. Unfortunately, what they receive is a tenfold increase in e-mail spam but no increase in search engine traffic.
Search Engine Optimization SEO is Dead. Long Live SEO
I get a lot of inquiries from web site owners looking for magical search engine optimization results. I wonder where they’re getting the idea that top rankings can be had so easily for such a minimal investment. Many truly believe that Google’s most competitive rankings can be conquered that easily.
You Had Me At the Search Engine
You’ve likely heard of the movie, Jerry Maguire, with its famous line, “You had me at hello.” Jerry Maguire was luckier than web sites we find in search engines. Many web sites don’t attract user devotion at the first word, let alone after scanning the home page.