Anchor Text


Posted December 23rd, 2008 by seor 3 Comments »
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SEO – Anchor Text

Anchor text in a web page is a gateway to yet another page in the website. It reflects what you can expect from the page, which you are about the view. So, anchor text is an important entity in web design and search engine optimization (SEO).

SEO experts have come up with various ways to write the anchor text in a standard website. They feel that if you optimize the anchor text, you will be able to attract more customers and increase search engine ranking.

Anchor Text is important for both internal website structure and external linking.

Internally it is wise to use anchor text with your keywords when you link between pages in your website.

To use an Anchor Text Hyperlink view code example here:

Your anchor text

When you discuss a topic in the content of your web page and mention a keyword that is covered on its own page, you should use a hyper linked anchor text to that page. Anchor text is a factor that can increase your Search Engine Results for keywords and are assumed to be part of Google’s algorithm to determine search engine results.

A prime place to have anchor test is also in the footer section of your website where copyright information is placed.

Example:

2005 Copywrite- All rights reserved “Keyword” www.yoursitename.com

(Hyper Linking the word “keyword” to the url for the page where this Keyword prominent)

External Linking should also utilize the anchor text hyper linking method.

Your anchor text

From articles, to forum signatures, to reciprocal links or, link to us directions, all should include your Major Keyword as a descriptive anchor text hyper link.

It is smart to utilize several different keyword anchor text hyperlinks for various different backlinks. Make a list of all your major keyword phrases and create the anchor link code. Each time you link to a different site, attempt to place a different anchor text link on each site. If you have five major keyword Phrases, you should have multiple links for each of those anchor text hyperlinks.

Watch your search engine results and traffic increase when you utilize the power of anchor text hyper linking.

SEO Improvement Via One Way Links


Posted December 23rd, 2008 by seor 2 Comments »
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SEO – Improve Via One Way Link – 3 Easy Steps to Improve Your Page Rank

Targeted One-way links are the most beneficial. Linking to sites within your same dedicated theme is also important.

3 Easy Steps to Improve Your Page Rank through One Way Back links are

Directory Submissions

Besides the Major search engines there are countless smaller Directory Sites where you can submit your website. Most are free and a majority do not require a Link back to their site. You will need to have a well-written title tag, website description, and keywords. We suggest that you copy and paste your title tags, description and keywords, into a text file so that you can copy and paste as you submit to a variety of Directories. It may also be wise to change your title to include different Keyword Phrases as you expand and submit to numerous directories.

The site below contains a large number of directory sites that are SEO Friendly and normally free.

http://info.vilesilencer.com/main.php?rock=seo-friendly-c.php

You can also easily make a free keyword rich back link via stmadvertising.com.

You can also do a search for “SEO Friendly Directories” and get a list from any major search engine.

By submitting to directories, you are creating a Back link to your site. As the directory grows and ages, your Back link Page Rank can grow as well.

Article Submission

Articles are the fasted and easiest way to gain back links.

There are many article submission sites, each have different protocols. Some of the best are:

http://www.articlefinders.com

http://webpronews.com

http://www.certificate.net

http://www.articlecentral.com

http://www.ezinearticles.com

http://www.goarticles.com

http://www.ideamarketers.com

Press Release Submissions

The press release submission is relatively close to an article submission process. The Press Release sites have human reviewers that look for content and style in true journalistic fashion. The want a good headline and a good story that includes the Who, What, When, Where, Why and How.

If you can write an effective press release that is picked up by a major news source, you can gain tons of traffic; as well have a quality link from relatively high Page Rank trusted sites.

For different Press Release sites, just do a simple search for that term.

If you can successfully write a few articles, submit to several free SEO friendly directories and get a well-written press release picked up, your Back links, Page Rank and Traffic will grow exponentially.

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Keyword Research


Posted December 23rd, 2008 by seor 1 Comment »
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Keyword research is about the most important part of your success. You can be great at implementing all the proper SEO techniques, but it will all be in futile if you target the wrong keywords.

Before you code a line, or write a single word down, you should begin doing your keyword research.

The first thing I want you to do is go to goodkeywords.com and download the keyword tool they have there. It will allow you to search a keyword and for that search keyword it will also tell you the number of times a keyword or keyword combination has been searched for over a time period.

Now you’re just starting out, and your chances of getting ranked highly for a generic keyword is very slim. Instead of trying to optimize “keyword”, try to optimize something a little narrower like, “Keyword Research”.

You really shouldn’t write for the engines. Write your content so it’s readable, fresh, and above all navigable.

If you write about your keywords, and use them in your content you will be just fine.

Remember, sites that are written for HUMANS, with SEO in mind will do better in the long run, than sites that cheat.

Your ultimate goal when you do research for keywords (both high paying keywords and keywords that get a lot of traffic), is to find a happy medium between the amount of traffic you can expect if you rank well and the amount of competition you will have. If you can’t rank well for your chosen keyword, try to rank well for a keyword combination.

In order to be successful in getting the high positions in the search engines you also need to know how much competition there is for a word. Keywords or keyword phrases that are very competitive need more than just a well optimized page to rank high in the search engines. Off-the-page factors like link popularity and anchor texts in the links that point at your web page are very important to consider when choosing keywords.

In conclusion keyword research is the first and most decisive step you will take when optimizing your web site. It will determine how successful you will be.

Your keyword research should be a factor in your meta-tag writing and your page titles.

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