November 2002

Kimberly Krause Berg

There's No Rabbit Underneath My SEO Hat

SEO professionals teach web site owners how to enhance their web sites for both the user and the search portal so that both can find what they're looking for....

Andrew Goodman

Prime Google AdWords Keywords Still Ignored by Many Businesses

If it goes zip when it moves, and pop when it stops, chances are you can still advertise it online for pennies a click....

Eric Lander

Creating Useful, Traffic Retaining Web Sites

A web site should always be seen as a work in progress. If you are serious about retaining your web sites' traffic, you need to find and develop ways to make users stick around and come back often....

Andrew Goodman

Eight-Point Winter Overture Advertising Tune-Up

As the pay-per-click ad industry has grown, so has competition amongst advertisers. Fortunately, campaign management interfaces are improving, which will help the detail-oriented advertiser who wants to work smarter get ahead of the pack....

Jill Whalen

Rankings in AltaVista and Google

As far as AltaVista goes, you are correct: they don't seem to bring much traffic these days, even when you have many top-ten rankings. Of course, they just reinvented themselves a couple of weeks ago. Therefore, it's impossible to say what the future holds for them....

Kimberly Krause Berg

How To Impress Search Engines and Users - Focus: Web Site Navigation

Who says you can't be creative while trying to adhere to search engine optimization or usability standards? Though it may seem like a lot of extra work now, with a little practice, designing for searches, sales, traffic and users can become second nature to you....

Andrew Gerhart

Spotting a Phony SEO Company

One of the easiest ways to spot a phony search engine optimization company is by their wild claims....

Jill Whalen

SEO Mailbag Bonanza

Playing SEO catch-up. How to separate keywords. Redoing a Web site. Using country-specific language TLDs. Keyword stuff. PageRank and its effect on rankings....

Eric Lander

Demanding Future Innovations from Search Engines

While it is great to know that engines are out there making some money for themselves, there is still much work to be done for the users of search engines and search portals. The Internet is still far too young for the engines to pack their bags and simply believe they have done a great job providing search results....

Kalena Jordan

How To Integrate Keywords Into Your Web Site Copy

The simple truth is this: search engines read text and not much else. You absolutely, positively need to use text on the pages of your site that you want indexed and ranked highly. Not graphical text that you created in your fancy design software, but actual, visible body text....

Paul Bruemmer

Optimization of Dynamic Sites Requires Precision

Dynamic sites require highly specialized search engine marketing strategies. Learn how dynamic databases are created, why they are hard to index, and what strategies can be used to increase dynamic site visibility....

Kimberly Krause Berg

How To Impress Search Engines and Users - Focus: Web Site Structure

To build a successful Web site takes more than being a skilled programmer or user interface designer. Fortunately, being found in searches, generating sales and traffic plus showing consideration for site visitors can all be achieved using the same basic techniques....

Jill Whalen

Multiple Domain Names Pointing to One Site

I have heard through the grapevine that if you buy many domain names and point them back to your home page, when the search engines find this out they will shut you off. Is that true at all?...

Eric Lander

Inktomi Subscriptions: Worth the Cost?

For the past few months, subscribers of Inktomi inclusion have been walking a tight line regarding the overall worth of their URLs' subscription. It is odd though, to imagine not wanting to spend the money for Inktomi search engine inclusion... Find out if Inktomi is right for you....

There's No Rabbit Underneath My SEO Hat

Prime Google AdWords Keywords Still Ignored by Many Businesses

Creating Useful, Traffic Retaining Web Sites

Eight-Point Winter Overture Advertising Tune-Up

Rankings in AltaVista and Google

How To Impress Search Engines and Users - Focus: Web Site Navigation

Spotting a Phony SEO Company

SEO Mailbag Bonanza

Demanding Future Innovations from Search Engines

How To Integrate Keywords Into Your Web Site Copy

Optimization of Dynamic Sites Requires Precision

How To Impress Search Engines and Users - Focus: Web Site Structure

Multiple Domain Names Pointing to One Site

Inktomi Subscriptions: Worth the Cost?