Social media comes in a few different forms. There are the typical things that come to mind like Facebook and Myspace, but there are other sites like Stumblupon and Digg that are also considered social media sites. These sites can be great sources of inbound links and can really help your search engine rankings. Here are a few ideas on how to capitalize on social media to get some traffic and maybe more importantly some great inbound links to your site. Read the rest of this entry »

Perhaps the single most important thing you can do when you are going to optimize a site for search engines is to properly research the keywords and know how your audience is searching for you site. This will then guide you on the best way to optimize your site. There are a few basic steps to getting started. Read the rest of this entry »

Optimizing your blog for search engines is an easy thing to do if you start doing it right from the beginning and take the extra few minutes to follow through each time you make a post. Read the rest of this entry »

A press release is used to announce information about you, your website or company. They have plenty of uses when it comes to getting information out to various people, but they can also play a role in helping to optimize your site for search engines.

Using a press release as an SEO tool can be a little bit of an art form. First off you want the press release to clearly explain what it is that you are announcing about your site. Read the rest of this entry »

Outbound links can play a role in helping your sites rank well in search engines. An outbound link is exactly what it sounds like. It is a link within your site that links to another site. Who you link to can affect your sites ranks as can the link anchor text of those links. Here are a few things to keep in mind as you start building outbound links on your site. Read the rest of this entry »

If you run a blog chances are you are using Wordpress. It is a great piece of software and it has some amazing features that help make optimizing your blogs for search engines fast and easy. Here are a few must haves to SEO for Wordpress based blogs. Read the rest of this entry »