Sitemap consistency between Yahoo!, Google, and MSN
Friday, 17 November 2006
In case you haven’t heard yet, Google, Yahoo! and Microsoft recently announced that they will recognize the same Sitemap settings and structure.Sitemaps are an easy way for webmasters to inform search engines about the pages on their sites that are available for crawling. Simply put, a Sitemap is an XML file that lists URLs of
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Search Engine Optimization : Part 2 : Popularity (Page Rank or PageRank)
Thursday, 26 October 2006
Last week I brought you part one, “Accessibility” of our detailed SEO strategy. Without question, I’d argue your second focus should be on a Google concept called Page Rank.Simply put, Page Rank is popularity. Yes, it is sad but true, websites play the same game for visibility that we played in high school; popularity is
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Search Engine Optimization : Part 1 : Accessibility
Monday, 16 October 2006
Too often, web designers view search engine optimization (SEO) as an after thought; they pass it off to Marketing or IT responsibilities leaving their role to user experience, aesthetic design, and navigation. In some cases, they have good reason as search engine optimizers often pollute search engine results with spam, making it harder to find
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How do you create an XML Sitemap?
Friday, 11 August 2006
Some argue that small websites should create their own; with the vast majority of tools available, automate and forget about it. In short, a Sitemap allows sites to maintain a list of all their pages for indexing. There are a number of available solutions for this with many listed for novices and experts at Google.You
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Questions to ask SEO consultants
Tuesday, 25 April 2006
Need some help with SEO? Do your homework!!! Do not shop on price because you don’t want a deal nor is this rocket science. It may be confusing to you but experienced web professionals get it, SEO is fairly simple and just requires some effort. Therefore, here are some questions to ask when doing your
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Free Site Analyzer
Tuesday, 25 April 2006
Sitening.com has released one of the best SEO tools I’ve seen in some time combining a site analyzer with a running list of sites analyzed and their scores. With these tools, you are easily armed to test your site, develop a few great next steps for search optimization, and create a list of other sites’
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