Applying to internet sites is one of the most straightforward ways to build links to your websites, however such a practice is not without problems, there is a prevalence of small directories and list operators who mainly exist to swindle you. For instance a website directory operator may constantly launch new world-wide-web websites, focusing all [...]

If you read The Search Engine Showdown, you know Google is my favourite search engine. Why? Google always offers the most results for any given search (they currently have over 8 billion pages indexed), it’s faster than the Audi Quattro we test drove this morning, and 9 times out of ten, in my experience, all [...]

Link popularity has been written about ad nauseum, but most articles address the subject from a perspective circa 2001. The available information usually focuses on topics such as reciprocal linking or the current price of a PR6 link. But following outdated link building advice is more likely to get your Web site penalized than it [...]

Once you have built and uploaded your home business website the next step is to start promoting it both offline and online. Offline methods include putting your web address on your business cards, stationary, brochures, flyers, pamplets, home sign, automobile or whatever literature you can. Online methods generally start with submitting your home business website [...]

Search Engine Optimization, optimizing your website for it to be visible in the search results of a search engine’s query or in a search result of a directory. Basically, SEO is a marketing strategy for your site. To be included in the top ten search results of an impressive search engine/directory guarantees a return of [...]

There are plenty of tips to help you enhance your adsense revenue in the net, and I’m always seeking for new points. Today, I come back to the Help section of my google adsense account and find treasure there… optimization tips https://www.google.com/support/adsense/bin/static.py?page=tips.html webmaster guidelines http://www.google.com/intl/en/webmasters/guidelines.html I strongly advise everyone to study the full content yourself. [...]

If you’re a webmaster, you’ve probably spent almost as much time going after link exchanges as actually building your website. Gaining in-bound links, especially from websites with a higher PageRank than your own, can increase your own PageRank on Google, and help your site attain a better overall ranking in Google search results. Proposing link [...]

First of all, the Google directory is really just the open directory project (ODP: url here) with a few adjustments. While listings on DMOZ.org are arranged within their category according to simple alphabetic order, listings in the Google Directory are based upon PageRank [link]. Thus, sites with higher PageRanks will show up higher on the [...]

Directories are important to your ranking and success with Search Engines. In a nutshell, search engines are completely automated and usually there is no need to submit. Directories all have human editors who review your site and you do have to submit to them to be listed. But you must submit the right way or [...]

Creating a successful Internet presence involves much more than designing a great web site or having the “perfect” product. Listing your web site with the Search Engines is your first step; however, you must not solely rely on the Search Engines to bring you traffic. You must design a complete promotional strategy and work it [...]