SEO

Alexa, as most all webmasters know - is the most authoritative and reliable way to judge just how much traffic a website is getting.  It becomes critical to have a low Alexa ranking (Lower is better!) if you want to sell advertising on your site - or if you're looking to sell your website.

I recently had a rather interesting experience... I use 'GetClicky', as those of you who follow this blog are surely aware... and I pay attention to what keywords visitors to this site used in order to get here.  It's always a good idea to keep an eye on how people are arriving at your website - you may discover that you're ranking for a keyword or phrase that you never would have guessed.

Goal Setting - The Antidote for Information Overload

That's the question I ask myself every night, before turning in to bed... "What did I do today to earn extra money online?" If I cannot answer that question in a positive manner - then I know that no matter what else I accomplished, earning more money was not one of them.

A Simple Way to Draw Repeat Traffic!

I must confess that I’m well aware of one key concept that you should be doing on a blog, and am failing myself to follow it... this one simple trick will bring traffic, and more importantly, will bring repeat traffic, better than almost any other method...

Do Webmasters Have Brains?

I got an interesting email yesterday, and it suddenly occurred to me that perhaps the members here would like to see it, so I've included both the email I received, and my response to it:

Feeding RSS Directories - Have You?

RSS content is becoming more and more popular, and with good reason.  It allows the end user to have some control over what he wants to read - and for the webmaster, it allows him to bundle everything up, including articles newly written - and immediately publish everything. RSS is simply a method of syndicating content. The idea of aggregating content is very useful - the readers of your website can view your latest offerings without being bothered with email spam, and without taking a trip to your website. RSS allows users the flexibility to regain control of their content. The creation of RSS feeds provides content, yet doesn't force it on anyone who isn't interested in what you say.

Drupal Pathauto - Optimal URL Pattern Settings

To Follow or NoFollow - That is the Question...

The Magic of Good SEO Techiques

SEO - Search Engine Optimization - is a series of techniques that you can do to improve your 'SERP's, or Search Engine Result Pages... where you end up when someone is searching for your website.  Everyone would like to be number one - but in reality - that's going to be very difficult to achieve.  There are too many other people fighting for a number one listing for you to hope to rank as number one for your selected keywords.