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Choosing Your Keywords

Choosing your keywords is the most important aspect of search engine optimization. Choosing the wrong keywords to target will results in poor traffic that doesn't convert to sales. This guide walks you through the process of deciding which keywords to target that will generate the best targeted traffic.

On-Page Keyword Optimization

On page optimization is often overlooked, but it is a vital part of search engine optimization This guide will walk you through the process of how to optimize your webpages for your chosen keywords.

Organizing Your Website Page Structure

Making your site easy to navigate is essential, not only for your customers but also for search engine spiders. A site structure that is easy to navigate will not only make life easier for people using your website, but also for the search engine spiders. If your website structure isn't properly designed it can have disastrous consequences on your search engine rankings.

Understanding Google PageRank

Google PageRank is often very widely misunderstood. People often think that getting a better PageRank will also mean better search engine positions - this simply isn't the case. This guide will help to dispel some of the myths surrounding the infamous Google PageRank indicator.

Getting Your Site Indexed

Before you start getting good search engine rankings you need to get your website indexed by the search engines - seems logical...! This guide will explain how you can get your website indexed in the minimum time possible.

Importance of Link Anchor Text

Link anchor text is the fundamental concept behind search engine placement. This guide will explain what link anchor text actually is, and how to use it to get better search engine results.

Internal Linking

By improving the way the pages on your website interlink with each other can have massive benefits on your rankings. This guide explains why.

Submitting To Web Directories

Submitting to web directories is an easy way to generate good quality, one-way links to your website. This guide will explain how to submit your website to hundreds of web directories extremely quickly and efficiently.

Setting Up Link Exchanges

Link exchanges are a good way of increasing your link popularity by mutually exchanging links with other websites. This guides explains the do's and don't of link exchanging.

Finding Link submission Forms

Many website now offer a "Submit Your Site" facility enabling you to quickly setup link exchanges between other websites. This guide explains how to find these link submission pages on relevant websites.

Writing Articles

Writing articles related to your industry is becoming a very popular way of firstly promoting your product or service online, while also increasing your link popularity. This guide explains how to write a good article, and also how to distribute your article to generate the best level of exposure.

Writing a Press Release

Writing a press release is not only limited to the offline business community, it is also a viable option for the online community as well. By writing a press release you can announce a new product or service that may be picked up by news networks. This guide will explain how to write a good press release that will generate the best level of coverage.

Advanced Keyword Optimization

From reading the 'Choosing Your Keywords' and 'Importance of Link Anchor Text' tutorials you should have a sound understanding of keyword optimization, both on-page and off-page. This guide will explain how to maximize your keyword exposure to target a wider variety of keywords.

How to Avoid Being Banned

Modern search engines have strict terms of service, if your website breaks any of these terms or conditions then you may find your website being penalized or worse, actually banned entirely from the search engines. This guide explains how to avoid the common pitfalls that some websites make.

The Google Sandbox

The Google sandbox is a term used to describe a system in Google whereby new websites do not attain good rankings for anything between 8-18months for popular search terms.

Google TrustRank

Whether or not Google TrustRank actually exists it is an import concept of how search engines might base use levels of trust as a part of their ranking algorithm. This guide explores what factors might be considered by a search engine when considering a level of trust for a website.