http://www.SEOpages.com Articles, Tips n Tricks on Search Engine Positioning, Optimization, Marketing, Top Ranking, Web Promotion etc SEO Pages : Articles, Tips n Tricks on Search Engine Positioning, Optimization, Marketing, Top Ranking and Web Promotion Nakul Goyal (mailto:nakul@seopages.com) http://www.SEOpages.com/images/logo.gif http://www.SEOpages.com Building a web site is only the first step in a long process when starting an online internet business You need traffic to your web site and the best way to get traffic is through incoming links from other sites http://www.SEOpages.com/articles.php?articleId=20 2005-12-02 Tom Worsley (mailto:TomWorsley@seopages.com) Link Building is vital for a good placement in any search engine and most website owners are unaware of this or don39t really understand how it actually works http://www.SEOpages.com/articles.php?articleId=19 2005-12-02 Dale Maxwell (mailto:DaleMaxwell@seopages.com) When we talk about search engine positioning and higher rankings at search engines a listing in the ODP is of crucial importance Google the most popular search engine uses DMOZ directory data readily to increase its database of web sites One of the most vital steps in getting your website indexed by major search engines is submitting it to the Open Directory Project ODP http://www.SEOpages.com/articles.php?articleId=18 2004-02-24 Nakul Goyal (mailto:nakul@nakulgoyal.com) Do you know which text does Google pick from a web page while displaying results for a particular search The answer is that Google picks the TITLE of the webpage as the first line of the result and the DESCRIPTION of the webpage extracted from the meta description tag as the description of the result The keywords searched are shown in bold the title as the first line followed by the description of the webpage We all read the description of the result find our desired information http://www.SEOpages.com/articles.php?articleId=17 2003-12-24 Sumit Bahl (mailto:sumit@seopages.com) Search engines use robots to crawl or spider web pages on the web these robots or crawlers are nothing else but special programs written for reading web page information including text links graphics headings etc These crawlers or robots tend to follow a special specification file known as the robotstxt file For example if a search robot visits a site httpwwwseopagescom then it first looks for the robots text file at httpwwwseopagescomrobotstxt http://www.SEOpages.com/articles.php?articleId=16 2003-12-24 Gaurav Singhal (mailto:gaurav@seopages.com) Google undertook a major update in its search algorithm which started on November 16th of 2003 popularly known as the Florida Update an exclusive Google Dance Although Google performs Google dance reindexes the whole web almost every month but this was an algorithm update This update resulted in dramatic changes in the search results at Google as millions of websites that were at the top or near the top positions in the search results for specific keywords came tumbling down hundreds http://www.SEOpages.com/articles.php?articleId=15 2003-12-17 Nakul Goyal (mailto:nakul@nakulgoyal.com) Google the greatest search engine maintains an index of all the pages that it crawls in the database This index is updated or reformed after a rough time interval of about one month however the exact dates fluctuate and are not disclosed The update process of this mega search engine is popularity known as the Google Dance Google also happens to be one of the very few search engines offering free submission and that is why it is having over 34 billion pages in its database http://www.SEOpages.com/articles.php?articleId=14 2003-12-17 Nakul Goyal (mailto:nakul@nakulgoyal.com) Headlines originated from newspapers because newspapers targeted to induce the reader to read the full article after reading just the headline This is possible only if the headline is attention grabbing and written handsomely responsive in simple words we can say saying more in few words All users these days are in a hurry to find their desired information or product from a website once they are diverted to the site by any search engine or a link http://www.SEOpages.com/articles.php?articleId=13 2003-12-11 Gaurav Singhal (mailto:gaurav@seopages.com) When a search is made on a crawler based search engine thousands of pages are found matching to the search terms but only 10 or 11 results are displayed on the first result page being the most relevant ones and every website owner wishes to see hisher website appearing on that page Here are some tips compiled for webmasters to help you reach nearer to your goal both for the keywords you think are important and for phrases you may not even be anticipating http://www.SEOpages.com/articles.php?articleId=12 2003-12-02 Sumit Bahl (mailto:sumit@seopages.com) Primary objective of search engine optimization is to make the business overcome the competition and bring quality traffic to a website But before entering into proper SEO activities business competitor analysis is a much important thing to peer into Any type of marketing analysis should include a thorough and revealing competitor analysis The following steps make your competitor analysis more easy and specific http://www.SEOpages.com/articles.php?articleId=11 2003-11-28 Sumit Bahl (mailto:sumit@seopages.com) All search engine optimization articles talk about keywords specific keywords targeted keywords exact keywords etc and all that stuff Its extremely difficult to properly optimize your website if you are not sure which keywords your visitors are using to try and find you in Google In this article I will explain you about how to find most appropriate targeted and frequently searched keywords relating to your business http://www.SEOpages.com/articles.php?articleId=10 2003-11-14 Manish Kaushal (mailto:manish@cwsteam.com) Google is no doubt the worlds most sought after search engine in the 21st century You can very well make out its importance with the fact that Yahoos primary search results are powered by Google About 150 million searches are conducted at Google everyday so it becomes extremely important to understand the factors that Google considers while showing the search results http://www.SEOpages.com/articles.php?articleId=9 2003-11-14 Manish Kaushal (mailto:manish@cwsteam.com) Google Ad Words a wonderful and cost effective way to advertise has great flexibility on the part of the advertiser heshe can make it running in minutes and can change ads whenever feels doing it after tracking the response of the visitors and the conversion rate However testing keywords and ads to improve the conversion rate is a never ending process and one has to be very selective and alert in choosing the right keywords http://www.SEOpages.com/articles.php?articleId=8 2003-11-06 Nakul Goyal (mailto:nakul@nakulgoyal.com) Newbies might be wondering that what are Ad Words and what are they used for The answer is that ad words are small advertisements that appear on the right side of a search result page at Google the mighty search engine which is used more than 150 million times per day to conduct searches offers ad words advertisement at its site http://www.SEOpages.com/articles.php?articleId=7 2003-11-04 Nakul Goyal (mailto:nakul@nakulgoyal.com) Search Engine Optimization has been the talk of the street these days as more and more companies are entering this SEO service sector and all claim to make a website appear among the top 10 results in major search engines ie Google Yahoo Lycos AltaVista etc How can a novice individual make a decision of choosing an SEO company to optimize hisher website among this roar of bids and claims Which factors to consider while deciding to hire an SEO company http://www.SEOpages.com/articles.php?articleId=6 2003-10-30 Nakul Goyal (mailto:nakul@nakulgoyal.com) Quality Search Engine Optimization services involves a lot of activities on the part of a search engine optimization company including tag analysis keyword optimization HTML optimization link building listing etc and for this reason it is becoming more complex and expensive these days http://www.SEOpages.com/articles.php?articleId=5 2003-10-27 Nakul Goyal (mailto:nakul@nakulgoyal.com) Link popularity can be defined as the number of links that point to a webpage Link Popularity is an essential factor used by almost all of the search engines to rank websites Link popularity indirectly defines the popularity of the website in terms of search engine ranking If many good web sites link to your site you39ll have a good position in the search engines results relating to your concerned topics http://www.SEOpages.com/articles.php?articleId=4 2003-10-27 Nakul Goyal (mailto:nakul@nakulgoyal.com) This article is intended for webmasters who already have a webpage set up on the internet I have recently set up my own webpage and this will be a conclusion of what I have learned from my own research on the web and from taking part of several discussion forums You must be aware that advertising your site on a zerobudget will take up a lot of time and you can expect a long going process http://www.SEOpages.com/articles.php?articleId=3 2003-10-27 Daniel Bjorklund (mailto:daniel@seopages.com) More and more high tech companies are improving marketing effectiveness by search engine marketing While many companies have lots of experience with software and web development but they often lack the skills required to achieve and maintain top ranking on search engines http://www.SEOpages.com/articles.php?articleId=2 2003-02-01 Nakul Goyal (mailto:nakul@nakulgoyal.com) These days all seem to be taking about search engine ranking search engine placement and all that stuff but halt What is the basic purpose behind all these activities just think thats SALES http://www.SEOpages.com/articles.php?articleId=1 2003-01-01 Nakul Goyal (mailto:nakul@nakulgoyal.com)