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SEO DivaSEO DivaWhite hat SEO advice and tips for newbies. Learn how to code your web site, use titles and meta tags, and write content the search engines will find and index. Articles
Share Your Documents - Get Links and Traffic
2008-06-06 01:17:00 A new site I discovered, Scribd, is a “document sharing community” where you can: Upload and share your documents. Find interesting documents by category, by topic group, by searching, or by just browsing our library. The interface is nice, and it’s easy to upload a document and add a description and tags. Most document file formats are accepted, ... More About: Traffic , Links , Share , Documents
SMX Advanced - Here I Come!
2008-06-02 18:10:00 Today I’m off to Seattle to attend SMX Advanced. This is my first search marketing conference and I’m very excited to be going. I hope to learn a great deal more about online marketing, link-building techniques, and whatever else I can glean from the gurus that will be there. I believe there’s a “Don’t tell anyone for ...
Remember to Include Your URL
2008-06-01 19:49:00 This post really only needs to be one sentence long: Make sure you include your URL in all your print media and promotional items. Three times more people will visit your site if your URL is on your business card, letterhead, direct mail postcards, calendars, magnets, pens, etc. That pretty much sums it up! Copyright © 2008 SEO Diva. ...
Don?t Waste Your Links
2008-05-30 18:21:00 Many bloggers and web site owners assiduously build links back to their sites, using the name of the site as the text and the home page as the link. Unfortunately, by doing so they have wasted, or at the very least, watered down, a lot of time and effort. This type of link building looks ... More About: Links , Waste
Evolution of a Blog
2008-05-28 22:41:00 When I first started the Diva, it was because it was a requirement of my new job at Terralever in July ‘07. I had never blogged before, and was terrified of sounding like an idiot in front of a global audience (yeah, like everyone was just waiting to read my blog). My first posts are pretty ... More About: Evolution , Blog
Silver Lining to High Gas Prices
2008-05-28 01:45:00 Today I filled up my little car with gas and it cost $61. Ouch! There is a silver lining to this dark cloud that online businesses should jump on. Because of high gas prices, one third of adults in the US are more likely to shop online instead of driving to a physical store. According to a ... More About: Silver Lining , Silver , Gas Prices , Commerce , High
Hoopla for Woopra
2008-05-22 18:52:00 A promising new arrival on the web analytics scene is Woopra, which offers live tracking and real-time analytics. You can actually track visitors as they move through your site. Other features include one-click access to multiple blogs and web sites, visitor and member tagging, real time notifications, plugins for blogs and CMS platforms, and interestingly, click-to-chat. ... More About: Analytics
The Difference Between Pages and Posts
2008-05-21 00:42:00 When should you write a post, when should it be a page, and what’s the difference, anyway? Posts are frequent entries, tend to be shorter, and contain information that is immediate. If you’re a real estate agent, your posts may revolve around homes you just listed; a decorator would write posts on the the most chic, ... More About: Blogs , Content , Pages , Difference
Multi-Author Your Blog
2008-05-18 02:51:00 Keeping up a blog can be a real chore. The ideal is to have 3 - 5 posts a week, and if you’re writing on the side after your day job is over, that can get tough. With 3 blogs to keep up with, plus client blogs, my brain starts spinning sometimes. Giving up a ... More About: Blogs , Blog , Multi , Author
Co-Author Your Blog
2008-05-18 02:51:00 Keeping up a blog can be a real chore. The ideal is to have 3 - 5 posts a week, and if you’re writing on the side after your day job is over, that can get tough. With 3 blogs to keep up with, plus client blogs, my brain starts spinning sometimes. Giving up a ... More About: Blogs , Blog , Author
How to Set Up An RSS Feed Reader
2008-05-16 23:01:00 I’ve had several readers tell me they’re confused about how to set up an account for RSS feeds. They click on the big feed button on my blog, and from there are not sure what to do. Since I only got into utilizing feeds myself a few short months ago, I understand - I used ... More About: Reader , Feed
Optimize Your PDFs
2008-05-16 15:31:00 Some sites will try to use PDFs for crucial information instead of making them web pages. I think this is a bad idea and recommend against it. In fact, being the Diva, I insist they rework them as web pages. Whitepapers, technical articles and surveys, on the other hand, work well as PDFs. They need ...
Get Positive Search Results for Your Business
2008-05-15 19:06:00 Jeff Quipp from Search Engine People has a great post on 50+ Sites to Help You Bury Negative Posts About You or Your Company. What if you don’t have any negative publicity, but you’re also not showing up for positive results? Use his tactics for online reputation management to enhance yours. Go down the list ... More About: Google , Business , Online Marketing , Social Networks , Results
Get Stumbled Not Banned
2008-05-14 00:24:00 StumbleUpon is now banning sites that are using the social media site to increase exposure. This means no more giving your own blog or site a thumbs up, thinking you are are just saying "Hey come check this out!" No contacting your friends on Stumble, either, asking them to give you a thumbs up. Nope, ... More About: Social Networks , Banned
Google Adds a New Twist to Search
2008-05-09 20:01:00 Google has been testing a new search algorithm, where searches with This Type of Capitalization, THIS TYPE OF CAPITALIZATION, and no capitalization return different results. I’ve been testing it, and with some searches I get the same results, but with other I get vastly different results. Try it out for yourself and see what happens. For the ... More About: Google , Search , Keywords , Twist
You Scratch Mine, I?ll Scratch Yours
2008-04-23 21:49:00 Cleverly named, Scratch Back is an interesting concept. I first noticed the ScratchBack widget on DazzlinDonna’s blog. For $5 you can have a (no follow) ad link on her blog. The ad is placed at the top of the list, and as other advertisers join, the link drops, until it has dropped off the list of 15 ... More About: Online Marketing , Links , Mine
Replace CAPTCHA with ASIRRA
2008-04-16 19:37:00 CAPTCHAs drive me crazy. Often the code is so warped I can’t decipher one of the letters or numbers. If I can read it, for some reason when I type the code in it’s usually wrong the first time. If I lose any of the data in the form I’ve just completed then I tend ... More About: Tools , Word , Press , Blogs , Captcha
Web Transparency and Audience Engagement
2008-04-14 23:32:00 A simple explanation of web transparency is that it embraces open communication and empowers all users with a voice on the Internet. Transparency does not exist as one-way communication but includes everyday participation by all parties. Sharing information online has become the norm - witness personal blogs and Twitter. Young people have grown up with this ... More About: Audience , Engagement
SEO Diva Toolbar - Tools and Resources for Search Engine Optimization
2008-04-11 05:45:00 I’m excited to present my new toolbar! It contains SEO related blogs to keep you up to date and SEO tools to help you optimize your site. I think it’s kinda cute! You can download it from this link: SEO Diva Toolbar If you would like to see something added, or if I’ve missed an important tool or ... More About: Tools , Search Engine Optimization , Resources , Search , Search Engine
Google?s Privacy Policy Requirement
2008-04-08 20:53:00 If you run Google AdSense ads on your blog or web site, you need to be aware that on March 3rd, Google made a change in their Google AdSense webmaster terms, requiring all publishers to have a Privacy Policy on web sites that display AdSense ads. In Section 1 You must have and abide by an appropriate ... More About: Privacy policy
Your Meta Description May Affect Your Rankings After All
2008-04-02 18:55:00 It’s “common SEO knowledge” that your meta description does not help your Google rankings. I’m not so sure I agree with this assessment, though. The meta description is the snippet that shows up in a Google search below your title. If you don’t have a description in your source code, Google will pull a snippet from ... More About: Meta , Description
Must-Have Directory Link
2008-03-31 20:42:00 In performing reverse engineering for a client on their competition, I discovered the Clush Directory was listed as a highly relevant and weighted backlink. The site has a PR5 and the link itself showed up in the results as a PR3. From the Clush Directory itself, this is what you get with membership: Guaranteed Rapid Inclusion into ... More About: Link
Link Directory Discounts
2008-03-24 17:28:00 Here are a couple of discount deals from two very good paid link directories: Aviva Directory is having a 3rd birthday special, and is offering $20 off all new submissions. Enter the following coupon code when you’re submitting your site: birthday3. This offer expires on March 31, 2008. MassiveLink s .com is offering a 50% discount through April 30, ... More About: Online Marketing , Discounts
Promote Your Blog in These Directories
2008-03-20 17:54:00 It’s so easy to write your posts, use the plugin All-in-One-SEO to optimize the title and tags, and think you’re done. But what about advertising your blog and getting traffic? How do you do that? Word of mouth generally won’t do the trick. I’m as guilty as everyone else about letting my poor blogs languish. But ... More About: Promote , Links , Blogs , Blog , Directories
29 Niche Social Media Sites
2008-03-18 18:20:00 This list has been making the rounds on the Internet. I got it from SEO Chat. It will save you a ton of time researching niche social media sites to submit your site/blog to. AgentB (Deals) AutoSpies (Autos) Babblz (Parenting) Ballhype (Sports) blogs4God (Christian) BuzzFlash (News) Care2 (Social Action) Dealigg (Deals) Dissect Medicine (Health & Medicine) DNHour (Domaining) DZone (Developers) Game Diggity (Game Videos) Hugg (Environment) Meme or Lame (Gadgets) Mixx ... More About: Media , Social Networks , Sites , Niche
Grab This Blog Tool
2008-03-05 23:38:00 Some of you may remember the hullabaloo on Active Rain about my Dirty Sexy SEO post title. Here’s a tool that will soothe all those ruffled feathers. Dan Zarrella’s LAF Title Check will break down the words in your title and display the link effect using popular Digg stories. You can also check a specific ... More About: Tools , Word , Press , Blogs , Blog
Best of the Web Discount Promotion Code
2008-03-03 20:00:00 Best of the Web is one of the better directories around. Google likes it, too, which counts for a lot. Right now they are offering a promo code for discounted submissions. It’s good through the end of March. Throughout the year, we like to provide our valued members with savings on additional BOTW listings. It’s been a ... More About: Promotion , Links , Code , Discount
WordPress Guide Series
2008-02-22 16:49:00 Do you know how your WP blog works, what files to put where, and how to upgrade to the latest Word Press version? Read the first installment of WordPress Guide posts to learn how to install your blog to an existing web site, how to upgrade it without messing anything up, and what should be in ... More About: Wordpress , Series
List of 500+ Social Bookmarking Sites
2008-02-21 22:21:00 Brandon, owner of the forum at VBulletinSetup, posted a ginormous list of over 500 social networking sites. He has them separated into types of sites, including ‘manage bookmarks’ sites, search engines with bookmarking, format/subject specific, and more. The list is quite comprehensive. It includes PageRank of the site, CMS, date of inception, links, features, tools, ... More About: Social , Social Networks , Sites , Social Bookmarking , List
Sphinn Sphamm
More articles from this author:2008-02-21 21:07:00 A lot of Sphinn sphamm is showing up in my Google reader today. They must be deleting it almost as soon as it hits, but there’s plenty of it coming up in my Sphinn RSS feed. I hope the spammers quickly figure out it doesn’t do them any good. Although maybe disruption is the goal. At ... 1, 2, 3 |
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