Thaidoweb 2008

Don’t share this with people of a nervous disposition because I really can’t restrain myself any longer.
Picture the scene if you will…
[A conversation last week though it could be this week or the next - it happens all the time...]
Anon: “We want lots of people to find our website but it doesn’t seem to be happening for some reason.”
Michael: “Can you tell me some of the methods you’ve been using to market your website?”
Anon: “Well really we’re just waiting for [...]

There’s a stiff wind blowing in a new direction on the web. And you’d benefit from taking the time to notice the direction its headed.
Website owners are clamoring for “holy grail” hyper targeted (relevant) links from sites with a lot of traffic and high pagerank. More than ever, we are all looking for fewer links to our sites, but much more powerful links.
Another trend to watch and certainly implement on your site is getting the links out of your link [...]

Search engine optimisation ? it’s the holy grail of website design, or, put another way, a buzzword which means "get listed on Google." Because lets face it; if your website doesn’t show up on a Google search, you may as well not have one. It’s like opening a shop on the moon.
So, how do you get listed? It must be very difficult, no? I mean, look at all of the website companies charging a fortune for "optimisation" services. Well, quite. [...]

If you’re feeling a bit of confusion and frustration about how to get visitors to your website and generate more sales, I know exactly how you feel. I felt the same way until I stopped listening to every “big time” marketer that came along with the latest traffic generating trick.
You’ve got dozens of gurus vying for your attention and every one of them has the solution to all of your problems. Right? The proliferation of messages that promise a traffic [...]

Webmasters every day are trying to get as much traffic driven
to their own websites as possible. Some methods that they are
using to attain high levels of traffic include search engine
optimized web pages, purchased links, directory submissions, and
of course pay per click campaigns, otherwise known as PPC. PPC
campaigns take within Overture’s system or Google Adwords.
But what if there was a way to grow organic link backs for a
minimal cost to you, the webmaster? Relevant link backs are
showing to be the [...]

This one has been making the rounds all week so it deserves a mention here. A couple of products have cropped up claiming to actively predict a websites future PR – before the update. Ludicrous? Isn’t that like the holy grail of SEO? Good grief.
As it turns out iWEBTOOL does not predect pagerank. Sean has a great article on iWEBTOOL and really pulls their pants down on his blog.
The company has been debunked in several [...]

The holy grail of getting your website listed is getting your website spidered.
Once the spiders from Google, MSN and Yahoo spider your site and find unique content, they know that your website bears watching. The trick is to get those spiders to come back often and find new content every time. Here is how I do it.
Create Unique Content
There are two ways to do this. The first is by creating your own completely unique content.
Making your own unique content is [...]

It’s in the lips of every respectable SE marketer. It’s
considered to be the “holy grail” of your linking efforts!
What’s that? Marketing with articles, of course!
You will often hear how you can make your way to the top of the
search engines, on any given topic, by writing articles and
using them to promote your business.
And it’s true! But, what they usually don’t tell you is that
there will be dozens or hundreds of sites and publications that
will use your content without giving [...]

It’s in the lips of every respectable SE marketer. It’s
considered to be the “holy grail” of your linking efforts!
What’s that? Marketing with articles, of course!
You will often hear how you can make your way to the top of the
search engines, on any given topic, by writing articles and
using them to promote your business.
And it’s true! But, what they usually don’t tell you is that
there will be dozens or hundreds of sites and publications that
will use your content without giving [...]

Everyone wants to know the big secret to driving traffic to their website. Every day I see an article or an ad talking about driving people to your website. Driving traffic to a website has become the “holy grail” on the internet. People are realizing that ‘if you build it, they won’t come… unless you give them a reason’. Website traffic just doesn’t happen by itself. Your website is just one of many millions on the web and people rarely [...]