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SEO Reality Check: Why you will never reach the first page of Google

Rethink the keywords you optimize for your blog or website!

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SEO Reality Check: Why you will never reach the first page of Google

I’m here to talk about the top mistakes that people make in SEO in relation to keywords, which in turn, basically guarantee that they will never reach the top of Google.

Let’s say that I’m starting an online shop focusing on baby products.  The problem that most people encounter in relation to keywords, is that they use terms  like “baby products” without recognizing their popularity or exploring other options.
consider online entities like Babies-R-Us and Graco that have hundreds of thousands of dollars to commit to online marketing.  Large companies like these dominate the online marketing world because they have almost unlimited resources while, sadly, you do not.
Also, consider how search engines like Google rank sites: the shorter the keyword, the more searches you will have.  Therefore, the shorter the keyword or phrase, the harder it is for you to rank number one in Google

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Makeover Your Blog with Free Themes

My favorite is the decayed theme!

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Makeover Your Blog

Eight seconds.
No, I’m not talking about bull riding or that 1994 movie with Luke Perry.  I’m talking about the amount of time you have to convince visitors to your website or blog to stay visitors on your website or blog.

For blogging, this is especially important.  If you want your visitors to turn into readers, and your readers to turn into regular readers, your web design needs to be user friendly and interesting.  To give your blog a quick makeover today, try out some of these free Wordpress blog themes.  These are just some of my favorites that I’ve come across recently.  Your readers will thank you )

Business Themes

Desk Mess Theme

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Coffee Desk Theme

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Trendy Themes

Decayed Theme

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Dark Splash Theme

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If you are having trouble getting your blog ranked, try visiting our SEO blog to read helpful articles on how you can optimize your web page.  You can also visit our free search engine submission to get your blog listed in over 100 search engines and directories!Read more at www.submitsolution.com
 

Is Facebook falling apart?

Is the giant social networking site falling victim to its own terrible privacy policies? What can they do to keep those who value their online rights from leaving in droves?

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Is Facebook falling apart?

The feelings of privacy violation are completely understandable, and perhaps even unavoidable. Facebook is a social network so its information is not meant to be completely private. Perhaps people’s concerns are just the result of their own carelessness in posting too much information or not studying the rules to keep it hidden. Or maybe it’s a combination of shifting, hidden or hard-to-understand rules, as well as people’s decisions not to read the fine print.
Heffernan notes, “As Facebook endeavors to be the Web’s headquarters – to compete with Google, in other words, and to make money from the information it gathers – it’s inevitable that some people would come to view it as Big Brother.”
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the novelty of finding people on Facebook is wearing off, and I suddenly started looking at Facebook in a whole new light. Maybe Facebook’s services never really had a future, but they were just a fun diversion – a flash in the pan.Read more at www.submitsolution.com
 

Superman vs. Bing Visual Search: Who’ll come out on top?

How does Microsoft Bing’s visual search really stack up? Will this ever get better?

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Superman vs. Bing Visual Search

The other day, I had an image in my mind of a strange object and I wanted to find a picture of it online. The only problem was I didn’t have a clue what it was called. The image in my head was of a scene in “Superman II”
Luckily, my resourceful coworker found it on Amazon.com, I believe. I could now put a name to an image – Newton’s cradle!
This story illustrates my need for a visual search engine and not simply a text-based one. Luckily, Microsoft and Google are both heading in that direction.
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None of the Bing Visual Search galleries look like they would help me find Newton’s cradle because they mostly include people, entertainment and electronics. But it’s new, so I’m willing to cut Microsoft some slack. I’m sure they will get better as they get a feel for what people are (literally) looking for.Read more at www.submitsolution.com
 

The Importance of Unique SEO Content Writing

Cater to both your readers and your market niche to power-up your search engine rankings.

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The Importance of Unique SEO Content Writing

SEO… It’s been around since the creation of the internet, but hasn’t really become a focus of companies to use until five years ago. Search engine optimization has successfully helped hundreds of companies reach high on search engine lists to get noticed more by on-line users.

There are a few things you should look for when writing SEO-quality content. First, make sure your content is not duplicated or copied from somewhere else. This includes even just a sentence or phrase; it could affect your rankings. Original content is the best way to go to and preferably by a real human being – not a robot.

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One last thing – when writing, be sure to keep in mind who your audience is. If you write very informal on a medical website, then viewers will not be impressed and not think it’s professional and won’t purchase services.Read more at www.submitsolution.com
 

How are you ranked? What you need to know about inbound links

If traffic to your site is waning or nonexistent, try implementing these simple ideas into your current SEO tactics.

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What you need to know about inbound links

Unless a website is cached or saved by search engines on a regular basis, the links found on it won’t count toward the search engine optimization of the sites it links to.
earch engines will have to get creative to solve that problem in their methodology.
Returning to caches, I learned a cool trick at the Webinar that I would like to share. If you want to know if a Web page is cached by Google, all you have to do is type “cache:www.thesitename.com” into a Google search and it will tell you. Sites that are cached by Google can be useful in generating SEO because they are actually read by Google.
The big question is how do you get inbound links? After you’ve gone through and added great content that is relevant to your keywords, you can start using the following sources to get inbound links:
- Directories
- Paid Listings
- Article Syndications
- Blogs
- News Releases
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SEO and Bing: Should you be worried?

Companies are wondering how Bing is going to affect their SEO and whether or not they should make the extra effort to cater to this “Decision Engine”s way of doing things.

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How Could Bing Affect Your Current SEO Rankings?

Microsoft released Bing (formerly known as MSN Search) just a few months ago with more than $80 million being spent in promoting it. An issue that has been brought up was whether the SEO rankings of companies would be affected. If Bing becomes more increasingly popular, then companies will need to start catering their SEO techniques to it or else they’ll lose out on searches being made there.

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Bing is still fairly new so many are waiting to see its long-term effects. Right now, some are saying it’s a good idea for companies to make the extra effort within the next year to increase ranking to take advantage of Bing’s advertising push.
Even though I don’t think Bing will be as strong as Google, I still think it’s a good idea for companies to get involved with it during this popularity burst. And if Bing does end up being a top search engine, then companies will benefit more receiving traffic from more than just Google.Read more at www.submitsolution.com
 

PPC Tip: Why do People Click?

Learn why people generally click on PPC ads in order to write affective ads of your own. You’ve only got so many characters… use them wisely!

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Demystifying Pay-Per-Click Ads

Pay-Per-Click ads can be a great marketing tool, there’s little doubt about that.  However, this form of advertising is more difficult than it looks.  Sure, anyone can come up with a slogan, title or headline that they think properly describes their product or service.  But is that really a good and effective ad?  In this post, we will outline the six major reasons why people click on ads and how you can apply this to your own online marketing strategy.

Here are the 6 reasons why people click
Benefits: Readers feel like they will benefit in some way by clicking on the ad.

Brand: Readers recognize the brand.

Differentiation: The ad is different from the others around it and somehow attracts readers’ attention.

Curiosity: Readers want to know more about what the ad implies, claims or asks.

Legibility: The ad makes logical sense to readers.

Call to Action: Readers feel inclined to click on an ad that calls them to action.

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SEO Tip: Increase Your Traffic by Optimizing Images

Tap into the image search market, which accounts for hundreds of thousands of Google searches every day!

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SEO Tip: Increase Your Traffic by Optimizing Images

Here’s the scenario: You’re searching for information on the most poisonous spider in the world, the black recluse, which you’ve recently learned has been found in an area near your home.  Desperate for information that may help you protect yourself and your family from the dangerous arachnid, you type in “brown recluse” in a search engine bar.  As the information is populating, several articles on the effects of the spider’s poison, the origins and known locations, or other subjects pulls up, looking very promising.  Then there are the pictures.  Lots of pictures of the huge, brown and black spider and even the damage its bite inflicts on the human body.  Which of the two would draw your eye?
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Image searches account for hundreds of millions of searches on Google everyday.  By optimizing the images on your site, you can tap into this market and begin a new side of Search Engine Optimization for your company.Read more at www.submitsolution.com
 

SEO and PPC a Yummy Combination

Combine SEO and PPC properly to achieve tremendous results.

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SEO and PPC a yummy combination

The unattainable goal for many search campaigns is the ever-elusive melding of PPC and SEO tactics for bigger and better top-line results. Theoretically, the two should go together like peanut butter and jelly.
That’s how Herndon Hasty starts his superb Search Engine Watch article, “Of PPC and PBJ: Combining PPC and SEO Effectively, Part 1.”

Hasty argues PPC and SEO are completely different from each other and they accomplish their goals of higher Web traffic in distinct ways. They don’t completely mesh, but they create something better than they could alone, if they’re done right. They both have the ability to drive qualified traffic to your site and help build your revenue.

Not all search terms are equal when it comes to search-engine marketing.
With SEO, it’s essential to get your keywords right the first time.
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