0 10 Elements of a Perfectly Optimized Page

One area that search engines have made a number of significant advancements in recent years is in how they evaluate content on a website. So what does a perfectly optimized page look like in 2012? Let’s look at 10 elements. 1. Title tags are still important, but it’s not a good idea to over-optimize them. 2. Descriptions still don’t appear to add much ranking value, but can help encourage clicks. 3. Header tags still need to be relevant. 4. URL still ideally mentions the keywords. 5. Content is now about semantically relevant supporting keywords, not multiple mentions of the keywords. The example chosen is a recipe, because in order...

0 5 Things Bloggers Should Not Do In The First Month Of Blogging

As a new blogger we are excited about making money online or setting up business that we forget a lot of important things that is required. Here are 5 Things Bloggers Should Not Do during the first month of blogging at least. Bloggers Should Not Expect Overnight Results After just weeks into blogging, you find many bloggers quitting their blogs. One of the main reason being the determination and the lack of understanding of how the system works. Its important for you as a new blogger not to expect over night results. Bloggers are frustrated and vexed that their blog is not making any money at all and there are hardly 10 to 20 visitors...

0 All About Anchor Text - Whiteboard Friday

Welcome to our first Whiteboard Friday of the new year. It's 2012 and we're going to kick it off by examining the intricacies that revolve around anchor text. Although, this may seem like a very basic topic, we are going to cover some lesser known aspects of anchor text that is sure to satisfy even our more advanced SEOs. Enjoy and don't forget to leave your comments below! Video Transcription Howdy, SEOmoz fans. Welcome to another edition of Whiteboard Friday. Happy New Year. This is the first Whiteboard Friday of 2012, and today we're talking about anchor text, which could seem like a basic topic. But, in fact, there are a lot...

0 How Google+ Uses SEO to Steal Search from Facebook and Twitter

  Google's Superior SEO StrategyNotice anything odd about your Google+ profile? Does it rank incredibly well in Google’s search results for your own name?Colleagues note that their G+ profile now outranks other online identities that they’ve worked for years on. My own Google+ profile, just 5 months old, ranks #2 for my name. It now ranks higher than both my Twitter and Facebook profiles, even though I use those services far more often.Profiles aren’t the only thing ranking. Individual Google+ posts frequently appear in search results as well.Ranking for people’s names is one of the Holy Grails of search, like Amazon ranking for...