tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-81805654201531618922011-11-27T15:19:39.239-08:00tips on search engine optimization from Goatsmilktavern Studios, LLC.murrydanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13487724737172833171noreply@blogger.comBlogger261100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8180565420153161892.post-83657849515320545512007-11-13T18:19:00.000-08:002007-11-13T18:39:26.001-08:00

I read over at SEO-Theory about "Using Content Page Guide Optimization", and realized that I had completely quit using content guide pages. I have been having a bit of trouble holding my rankings for Goatsmilktavern Studios and I was looking for a way to make it a bit more stable. A content guide page may be just what I was looking for. Content guide pages are pages on your website that act

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There are 2 approaches to link building, quality visibility and sheer numbers. Both are helpful to the web site, but which is best for the stage of the SEO campaign you are currently in. Separating your campaign into stages, or surges is important for building an effective SEO strategy.I like to start my SEO campaigns with an increase in sheer numbers. A large quantity of links will help a web

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Michael Martinez at SEO Theory wrote a great post today about "landing pages". I have always stressed the importance of landing pages, and optimized the pages of my site to rank for particular keywords. The key to landing pages is discovering what are the most important pages of your site that you want customers to find. I hate "about us" pages, and I believe the "about" information should be

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Today Dave Naylor announced he has removed the no follow tags from his blog and replaced them with strict moderation. His blog is one of my favorite sources for SEO news and updates and this is a big deal because so many "authority" blogs wrap their links up tight and keep all their juice to themselves. If this becomes a trend across the board, you may begin to see more quality discussions on

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I am a Safari/Opera kind a guy, I guess I spend so much time making sure my HTML and CSS are valid that I only want browsers that read strict/valid code, but I came across this great Firefox plugin called SEO Quake that gives you a head start on competitive analysis. SEO Quake installs a tool bar in your SERPs that shows the # of pages in the directory for a site, the # of pages indexed on the

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My last post was about what you should do in the first 6 months of a SEO contract. The first 6 months is the time when you establish your rankings, you should be able to achieve some decent goals within this time and be on the 1st or second page of the SERPs. If the niche is competitive, the second 6 months is when you start taking on the big guys in the top positions, this is where you need to

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Search engine optimization is not something that will just happen overnight, it takes time and many adjustments. When you offer SEO services you need to make it perfectly clear that for best results the client must enter a long term contract of at least 6 months to a year. I don't really like the 6 month option, because that is only enough time to build a strong base optimization, and if the

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I really hate when people worry about PR, but I need to start posting some tools on this blog, so here you go. Honestly, page rank has nothing to do with SERPs and comes naturally when SEO is done "right", so don't get all tied up in the "My PR goes up to 11" thing. I believe the only good thing PR is good for is it gives you a good pricing scale when you are selling links(don't tell Google I

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Firefox is growing to be the majority in web browsing, but it still has it's quirks. When you design a new web site you HAVE to test it in different browsers. Most people have noticed that Firefox will put a dotted border around links that have been clicked on, here is a simple bit of coding to stop that annoyance.a:active, a:focus {outline: 0} Add to: | del.cio.us | digg

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Today a guy asked em where I got the energy to manage a graphic design firm that creates 4 publications weekly, manage a web design company, and run my own business, Goatsmilktavern Stusios. I gave him some spill about it being about the "end goal". I have thought about his question all day and would like to thank him for forcing me to reflect on the topic of "bustin' ass". The true answer is

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This post is mainly just to get the web site for The Store indexed, but I could take a moment to talk about the power of Blogger. I personally like Wordpress much better than I do Blogger, but one day I realized, Google owns Blogger. If you have a Blogger blog that has frequent updates, Google will crawl it every time you ping a new post. So I will keep this blog active to get new sites

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One of the most important thing to know when going into a SEO campaign is how much work is going to be involved. I would never advise anyone not to partake in a good fight, it could be fun, but you should always know if you will need to pack a lunch. When you research your keywords and have a good list of what you are going to use, check out the competition for the phrases. First thing you need

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Over the past few years of studying search engine optimization I have read and been told that my sites need to concentrate on building "relevant" links. I understand the issues with relevant links and trust ranking and avoiding link farms. I also understand that if most of the information on the page is centered around the subject matter of my sites it will help with keyword relevance to the

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When choosing keywords one must keep in mind the frequency that the targeted term is searched for. You shouldn't optimized your site for a keyword or term that gets only 10 or so searches a month. When using the different keyword tracker tools, look for a high traffic keyword or key term to be the primary focus of your optimization. Leave the words or phrases that get around 100 searches a

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When optimizing a website for the search engines you have to weigh your keyword density and how it effects the quality of your content. The most important thing is providing quality content your readers can use and content that gives them a reason to either come back or link to your website or blog. If your keyword density percentage is too high, it could interfere with the delivery and

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The rel=nofollow experiment has been put on hold for the time being, the 4 weekly publications I make have been taking all my time due to a shortage of manpower. I would like to talk about an important part of my strategy for the experiment, Google Alerts. Google Alerts is a service provided by Google to tell readers when links have been indexed by their spiders containing keywords set by the

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As part of your job as an SEO specialist it is your job to test the limitations of the search engines. I will be performing a series of "experiments" this weekend with websites and blogs that have nofollow tags to see if Google is following them. I have been reading on blogs like Dave Naylor's and Matt Cutts' about how some link juice trickles through the nofollow tags found on some blogs and

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There are many theories about choosing a good domain name. Domain name has very little to do with your influence on the search engines, content carries more weight. For example Goatsmilktavern.com is doing just fine in the SERP's for "New Orleans SEO", "New Orleans Search Engine Optimization", and so on. This site is doing well because my content is about SEO, but I don't even show up in the

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I came across a post at Dave Naylor's website that got me thinking. It seems the W3C website is not using nofollow tags on their "registered members" page, so is this considered a paid link? W3C is transferring a lot of link juice to the companies that "register" with them, including Google. According to their new "law", will they penalize these "members" for a paid link?Read more HERE.

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Now that you have brainstormed and discovered the basic keywords that you will be using, it is time to refine that list into a list of keywords that people are actually searching for and them map them to your pages. During the brainstorming process we didn't think about what people actually search for, now we will discover these magic words as they relate to your site. This phase of the process

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Goatsmilktavern Studios has added free reciprocal link submission to their website. The process is simple and painless. Create a link to your website or blog in a matter of seconds, all we ask is that you place a reciprocal link on your website or blog first, then, BAM, you have a link to your website or blog. This is the easiest SEO on the web. Submit your link to Goatsmilktavern Studios today.

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Keyword research is the cornerstone of SEO, without good keyword research, your chances of a well optimized website are pretty slim. Keyword research is no longer just for a long list of terms in your keyword tag, but from an optimization standpoint, it will dictate the wording of most of your websites content. Understanding keyword research and development begins with understanding how your

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Check this out! I just checked my rankings in the Google. SERPs, I am doing pretty good. I haven't really done that much offsite SEO to the Goatsmilktavern Website.I had intentions of really slamming the search engines when I was done writing all of the content for the site, but I am creeping up without any links. I really thought it would be harder than this considering I am competing with other

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I have added a new blog to the Goatsmilktavern website. This blog will be for posts dealing with projects by Goatsmilktavern Studios. You can find it at http://neworleanswebdesign.wordpress.com.

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Search Engine Optimization companies are making a fortune by doing the menial work that is overlooked by many designers. It is ridiculously easy to do most of the work done by most SEO companies, all you have to do is create good habits.There are 9 main points you should focus on: • Keywords • URL Text • Description META tags • TITLE tags • Image Names • ALT tags • Header tags • Content •

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Here you will find articles from aroud the web about search engine optimization (SEO) and web design. I will do all the hard work for you and find great articles to help you optimize your site, all you have to do is come here and read them. I will try to post something new every day. For more information go to Goatsmilktavern Studios

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