Can a Website be Over-Optimized?

Can a Website be Over-Optimized?

Before we jump into the main topic, let us take a moment to refresh our memory. Website optimization for search engines (SEO) is an ongoing process whereby a series of activities take place over time to improve a website’s search engine rank.

Some (not all) of the activities included in website optimization include:

-building inbound links to internal pages
-creating outbound links to external pages
-creating content that has a minimum keyword density
-utilizing meta tags to get your website seen and
-putting the same content over various web pages to create a network of revenue-generating websites.

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Write for Humans and Not for Search Engines

Write for Humans and Not for Search Engines

Why It Is Important To Focus On Your Human Visitors and Not Search Engine Bots?

In the very early days of the Internet, the content industry was quite a bit like the Wild West. At that time, specific rules had not been established and the people who could sling out the most keywords in their content were getting the bulk of the Internet visitor traffic.

Website owners who were trying to create usable resources on the Internet started to get frustrated because the search engines were falling prey to keyword stuffing and were sending traffic to content mills and similar websites instead of legitimate experts.

In response to the

Affected by the Google Penguin Update?

Affected by the Google Penguin Update?

Has your website and organic search engine rank been affected by Google’s recent Penguin Update?

The Penguin update was released in late April 2012 and has impacted a significant number of web properties.

Read the official blog post on Google’s Webmaster Central Blog.

Google is continually working to create a relevant and credible search experience for its users and this update continues the tradition. The main goal of this update is to penalize websites that are “spammy” and attempt to “cheat” the search engine by utilizing techniques that are considered to be unacceptable. The focus is on what is being termed “over-optimized” websites: those that are targeted more toward search engines and not

SEO Pricing Explained

SEO Pricing Explained

SEO pricing is a complex issue to tackle as it depends on many factors and needs a comprehensive seo analysis. Based on your industry, your competition, your organization’s geographic penetration, SEO can cost anywhere from hundreds of dollars to tens of thousands of dollars or more.

Furthermore, the cost of SEO also depends on the project model followed by your SEO vendor of choice.

TYPES OF SEO VENDORS

Let us first look at the various types of SEO providers that are available to you:

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SEO Update: Long Tail Keywords ROCK!

	 SEO Update: Long Tail Keywords ROCK!

As a follow-up to our blog post from March, here is an update to the SEO campaign for MCS, also posted at https://web20ranker.com/white-label-seo-campaigns/.

The website for Mortgage Contracting Services (MCS) – www.mcs360.com – is ranking at #1 on www.google.com for multiple keywords that are directly tied to their website.

AND

it is ranking in top 10 results for keywords that are not directly being promoted – longer tail keywords that are, of course, part of the content of the website.

Some examples (these searches were performed in www.google.com)

Fort Myers Abandoned Property Ordinance appears at #1

Hillsborough County Abandoned Property Ordinance appears at #5

Wilmer Texas Swimming Pool Ordinance