Up
the Sandbox
Keith
Thompson article - Google Sandbox |
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Go
to any internet marketing forum you want
these days and one of the topics is sure
to be whether or not there is a "sandbox"
at Google where new sites are forced to
come and play for 3-6 months before joining
the ranks of ranked and searched results.
On the surface it would appear that this
is so. New sites are typically taking
a long time to get indexed and even longer
to show up in the search results. So hence,
the sandbox theory. Let's examine some
possible reasons and more importantly,
our reaction to it.
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Submitting
your site to the Open Directory
Sumantra
Roy article - Directories |
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In
this article, we focus on how you can
get your site an optimum listing in the
Open Directory. Even if your site is already
listed in the Open Directory, you should
read this article to find out how you
can get multiple listings in the Open
Directory.
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Becoming
an Open Directory Project Editor
Sumantra
Roy article - Directories |
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Getting
your site registered by the Open
Directory is vitally important
as far as search engine positioning is
concerned. In order to see how you can
do that, see my Submitting
to ODP article on this topic.
However, sometimes, it may so happen that
try as you might, you just do not manage
to get your site listed in the Open Directory.
Or, it may also happen that the description
under which your site is listed is not
optimum.
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Whats
in a name? How to use file and directory
names to boost your search engine rankings
Donald
Nelson article - SEO |
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In
addition to providing relevant content,
it is the presentation of the content
that plays an important part in separating
sites that reach the top of search engine
queries and those that are buried on page
25. One factor in presentation and optimization
that is often underestimated is the naming
of files and directories.
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Small
Budget SEO: Top 5 Search Marketing Actions
for Firms on a Limited Budget
Sage
Lewis article - SEO basics |
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Instead
of hiring a search marketing firm to do
a few full blown services, consider doing
as much work as possible in house while
using an SEO expert hourly on a consulting
basis.
What a company should do with its website
often depends on how the website is designed.
Luckily, businesses on limited budgets
typically have simple websites designed
as .htm, .html, .asp, or .cfm. These are
the tactics we would recommend for those
sites.
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