Wiep Knol did an interesting test in order to determine the value of an alt attribute, in comparison with a title tag and anchor text. It’s definitely worth reading it ! Thank you Wiep for sharing this great info!
Are image links valuable as regular text links?
Tests in the past, as well as [...]
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Wiep: “A Good Alt is Better Than a Bad Anchor”
12 Easy Mistakes that Plague Newcomers to the SEO Field
Again a great article from Rand Fishkin.
1. Repetitive Keyword Targeting
If you’re targeting a specific keyword term or phrase, it’s not necessary, and often ill-advised, to place that keyword in the title tag, H1 and body text of every page on your site. It’s certainly OK to use the term/phrase in passing and when relevant, [...]
Using Stats from site: and Sitemap details
Every now and then in the webmaster blogosphere and forums, this issue comes up: when a webmaster performs a [site:example.com] query on their website, the number of indexed results differs from what is displayed in their Sitemaps report in Webmaster Tools. Such a discrepancy may smell like a bug, but it’s actually by design. Your [...]
March 5th, 2009 | Erdal | 0 comments | Lees meer
Matt Cutts: “Paid posts should not affect search engines”
Matt Cutts posted an interesting post on his blog:
Clear disclosure of sponsorship is critical, and that includes disclosure for search engines. If link in a paid post would affect search engines, that link should not pass PageRank (e.g. by using the nofollow attribute). Google — and other search engines — do take action which can [...]
The Internet Marketer’s Checklist For Determining If a Business Idea is Worth Pursuing
Danny Dover wrote a great article about the Internet Marketer’s Checklist. I would like to share few tips on his post.
* Throw away the idea that you will succeed because you’re an exception – It is very unlikely that you are the next Bill Gates/Steve Jobs/Mark Zuckerberg/Peter Thiel. These people did not start their [...]
Overview Web Analytics articles
Here are some great posts about Web Analytics that you have to read:
Google Analytics JavaScript is Broken – SEOMoz
How Many of Your Visits are from iPhones? – Google Analytics Blog
Integrating Twitter Into Web Analytics – Industry Insights (Omniture)
Mobile Analytics with Google Analytics – Bryson Meunier
New Version of Tag Builder Available – WebTrends Blog
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February 28th, 2009 | Erdal | 0 comments | Lees meer
LinkVooDoo: Backlink checker & Website Evaluator.
Link Voodoo is a powerful combination of a TrustRank Score Calculator and a Backlink Analyzer. These are just the first two steps in what will be a complete and revolutionary set of professional link building tools. Sign up to receive tips on how to improve your rankings, as well as weekly progress reports on your [...]
February 27th, 2009 | Erdal | 0 comments | Lees meer
Next Web Analytics Wednesday(WAW) Event: 25/03 (Gent)
Following the success of last Web Analytics Wednesday (WAW) in Antwerp, bSeen and the Web Analytics Association are very pleased to invite you to the next Belgian WAW that will take place in the superb Zebrastraat center in Gent on the 25th of March 2009, starting at 6:00 PM.
The event will be hosted and generously [...]
Fix website 404 errors with Errorlytics
Errorlytics is an easy to use service that centralizes reporting and handling of 404 “Page Not Found” errors for your websites. Errorlytics gives you the tools to transparently fix the problems quickly and easily so they never happen again. No more regex writing, no more messing with your .htaccess file for search engine friendly redirects. [...]
February 21st, 2009 | Erdal | 0 comments | Lees meer
Peers FireFox Addon: realtime search previews
Here is another very interesting FireFox Addon you can use.
Peers provides realtime search previews for your Location Bar and Search Bar. It shows search results, suggestions and search engine shortcuts for most search engines.
* Search Google or Yahoo while you type
A realtime preview shows up immediately.
* Search in the Location Bar and the Search [...]
