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		<title>Why does Google hate my site?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Aug 2011 07:45:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[SEO Optimization]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;My site is showing up for my major keyword phrases in Yahoo and MSN but I&#8217;m nowhere to be found in Google. Why does Google hate me? (Or alternatively, my site was doing well on Google but its rankings have suddenly plummeted. Am I penalized?) If you&#8217;re going to be in the SEO biz, or [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>&#8220;My site is showing up for my major keyword phrases in Yahoo and MSN but I&#8217;m nowhere to be found in Google. Why does Google hate me? (Or alternatively, my site was doing well on Google but its rankings have suddenly plummeted. Am I penalized?)</p>
<p>If you&#8217;re going to be in the SEO biz, or even if you&#8217;re just trying to get your own personal business site more exposure in the search engines, you need to realize that rankings (and the traffic they may bring) are not static. You may get comfortable seeing your site rank highly for your most coveted keyword phrases, but don&#8217;t ever assume it will remain there forever.</p>
<p>Sites do not get penalized or banned unless something has been done which deceives the search engines. Deception generally comes in the form of hiding stuff or trying to artificially inflate link popularity. If you&#8217;re not playing games with the engines, then you don&#8217;t ever have to worry about penalties. If your site is suddenly gone, it&#8217;s most likely because of a major algorithm shift. The search engines are constantly tweaking their algorithms, and new sites are always being created, so ranking fluctuations are part of the normal course of business.</p>
<p>Because of this, it is crucial to optimize your site for lots and lots of related phrases. This will ensure that when some phrases go AWOL, the others will perform well for you. I can&#8217;t stress enough how important this strategy is to your SEO campaign, as well as your piece of mind. Never be married to any 1 or 2 specific phrases. Yes, it&#8217;s cool to rank highly for the most coveted ones, but if they&#8217;re that important to you, then you should purchase PPC ads that are triggered by them.</p>
<p>The best advice I can give you is to change your mindset from &#8220;&#8221;rankings&#8221;" to &#8220;&#8221;targeted traffic and conversions.&#8221;" I know I sound like a broken record with this, and it may even seem like a convenient excuse; however, if you don&#8217;t want to make yourself crazy, it&#8217;s best to ignore rankings, and instead work hard at making your site better and better. While your various keyword phrases are on an emotional roller coaster at Google, you won&#8217;t even notice a blip in your traffic or sales if you&#8217;ve got all your bases covered. It may be cliché, but it really does work and it does pay off in the long run. &#8221;</p>
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		<title>Learn SEO &#8211; Search Engine Optimization Tips To Drive Traffic</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 09 May 2011 06:29:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Thomas</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[SEO Optimization]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Internet Marketing]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you are a new to internet marketing, search engine optimization (SEO) is sometimes hard to understand in the beginning. SEO is the ability to make an article or a web page optimized for the search engines. Once the article or webpage has been SEO optimized the search systems such as Google, Yahoo and Bing [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>If you are a new to internet marketing, search engine optimization (SEO) is sometimes hard to understand in the beginning. SEO is the ability to make an article or a web page optimized for the search engines. Once the article or webpage has been SEO optimized the search systems such as Google, Yahoo and Bing now have the ability to rank and index the page or article appropriately.</p>
<p>Basic SEO Techniques Internet Marketing</p>
<p>The ability to create an article or webpage to automatically jump to number 1 seems impossible but if a page is optimized correctly it has the ability to get top ranking for low competitive keywords. To produce a basic search engine optimization page needs to have the following.</p>
<p>1. Keyword density between 2-4%<br />
2. Meta keywords tags<br />
3. Meta description tags<br />
4. Keyword in the title<br />
5. Use H1, H2 and H3 tags throughout the page</p>
<p>Using these three factors forms the basics of SEO and creates a page that is ready for the search systems like Google. Many individuals that start a blog or website do not use any SEO techniques or SEO tools to optimize each page. Studies have shown that those webmasters who took the time to use many of the optimization tips, have shown that by doing onpage optimization their articles and pages receive more traffic and visitors than those webmasters who have not done any SEO at all.</p>
<p>Top SEO Techniques That Will Help Drive Traffic</p>
<p>Many of the search engine optimization techniques are used widely by many successful internet marketers. Many keep these SEO strategies to themselves and are not very forthcoming when it comes to explaining how to get traffic or to become number one in the search such as Google. The top 3 strategies of search engine optimization is as follows.</p>
<p>1. Build quality one way links<br />
2. Use other traffic sources other than Google, Yahoo and Bing<br />
3. Onpage SEO optimization</p>
<p>The strategies have been around for a longtime but many internet marketers take these strategies and do not fully understand what to do with them.</p>
<p>Search Engine Optimization Tools</p>
<p>There are many different tools on the market today that can be used for search engine optimization. There are those tools that will analyze your position on Google, Yahoo or Bing, analyze your article or page and give a link count. There are other tools that will build links by distributing articles to article directories, post comments on blogs or post comments on forums and this is completed done by automated software with a push of a button.</p>
<p>Organic SEO Tips</p>
<p>Organic search engine optimization is the process of getting your article or website on page 1 in the free section of search engines. This is accomplished by doing the proper keyword research, building links, onpage SEO and driving traffic from other sources.</p>
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		<title>To SEO or To PPC?</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Sep 2010 08:09:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Thomas</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[SEO Optimization]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The online community is definitely a large market place that you cannot ignore, especially if you have an internet business. There are thousands if not millions of consumers that you can tap in the internet. At the same time, the internet also poses a quite different challenge. The easy access that internet provides also gives [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The online community is definitely a large market place that you cannot ignore, especially if you have an internet business. There are thousands if not millions of consumers that you can tap in the internet.</p>
<p>At the same time, the internet also poses a quite different challenge. The easy access that internet provides also gives you as much competition as you can imagine. It is too crowded and congested.</p>
<p>Having a website is not enough to make your business running and able to compete. You must take other alternatives to give way for the online community to access your website at any rate or chance possible.</p>
<p>You have to expose your website. Make it known. It has to be visible. It has to be frequently targeted by consumers and surfers.</p>
<p>Invest in marketing your internet site. There are basically two options available to you, the SEO and PPC. These two are probably the most desirable alternatives you can get for your internet business as strategy for search engine marketing.</p>
<p>1. SEO</p>
<p>SEO stands for Search Engine Optimization. Some researches indicate that 60% &#8211; 70% of internet surfers and users actually resort to using the Google search engine to find and locate web sites and pages, for any topic they desire. SEO is the process taken to make sure that the internet uses will find your website when ranked among the top results of a search. This way you can make sure that you will be visible and can clearly stand out from the rest.</p>
<p>To get a search engine optimization, you will have to build on your own internet site frequently hit internet links to web site pages. The process will involve IBLN or Independent Back-Linking Network, wherein hundreds or even thousands of pages will be utilized to promote a particular website of a client.</p>
<p>In SEO, there is no need for you to pay for the clicks although it will require you to spend time doing research to get a favorable combination of ads and target audience. The SEO process is a long term one. It requires months, 6 months at the least, before the proper outcome is fully achieved, but once the goal is accomplished, you will definitely get a steady source of profit.</p>
<p>2. PPC</p>
<p>PPC means Pay Per Click. It gives way advertising on a search engine. These are sponsored listings that you see whenever you make a search. There will be a charge whenever a visitor or web surfer clicks on any of your ads. There will first be a bidding process. The highest bidder for the price per click will definitely get the chance to be first listed in the search engine.</p>
<p>With this kind of advertising, you can still basically control your campaign as you get to create your own ad. You will also manage the target audience and still stay within the bounds of your budget. Most of the providers of PPC advertising will allow you to specify the target market, either by topic, industry or geographical location. You can also very well check if your ad gets to be shown at all and if it is competitive with the rest.</p>
<p>There are some guaranteed benefits when you get to maximize the PPC strategy.</p>
<p>PPC lets you advertise to the whole of the online community. It is also relatively easy to set up.</p>
<p>At first glance, PPC advertising may seem very expensive. Could it possibly happen that someone out there will go on clicking on your ad? This will definitely give you a large bill without the expected profit on your part. If this provides a lot of worries, be rest assured that there is a protection for you. Networks are able to recognize fraudulent clicks.</p>
<p>You can also set a budget for a certain period. The moment your budget has been used up by the target number of clicks, your ads will no longer be displayed until the next period you want it again displayed.</p>
<p>You will also be able to adjust well to changes in market demands and trends.</p>
<p>In deciding which of the two strategies will work right for you, think of your goals and of your resources. They definitely offer benefits and advantages that will work for your good. The better way to approach this two is to evaluate according to your short term and long term plans. Take the PPC course for your short term goals and choose SEO if you have long term ones.</p>
<p>There world is out there for you now. Just make sure you do what will work best for your entrepreneurial endeavors and visions. The secret to success lies in your hands. Just study your options well and you’ll get exactly what you want.</p>
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		<title>The Importance of Engine Optimization</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Jul 2010 03:06:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>admin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[SEO Optimization]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Engine Optimization]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Engine optimization is very important in order to increase your business. In this era a large number of people are facing a huge downfall in the business. Recession has increased the downfall to a huge extent. So if you really want to protect business then you need to go for an effective SEO. If you [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Engine optimization is very important in order to increase your business. In this era a large number of people are facing a huge downfall in the business. Recession has increased the downfall to a huge extent. So if you really want to protect business then you need to go for an effective SEO.</p>
<p>If you are designing a new website or if you want to update your existing website then in both the cases search engine optimization plays an effective role. If you want that your website should get the highest position then you need to take the help of a company that has a leading name in the market in terms of search engine optimization. Though there are large numbers of companies present in the world, that are into the business of SEO but you should always choose the best for your business.</p>
<p>Big SEO strategies include website marketing, keyword search and link popularity. By finding the right keyword and by proper research you can bring the website at the top. Another important benefit of this is that it leads to more traffic and that too free of cost. Site optimization is important as it gives you high rank. SEO is considered to be the hottest and fastest way by which you can drive traffic towards your site.</p>
<p>Content writing also plays a major role in SEO. If the content of the website is not informative then it is not going to attract large number of customers but if the content is informative then it will attract more customers towards the website. A web portal can only become popular if the owner has given informative and knowledgeable content to the people. When people go on a website then they do not look to the website only they read what is being written on the website.</p>
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		<title>Off Page Optimization in SEO Service</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jun 2010 07:36:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kathy Austin</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[SEO Optimization]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Search Engines]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[SEO Services]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The principal goal of Search engine marketing is to acquire your web page inside the major of search results rankings. This includes the keyword choice and optimization of those people search phrases similar with the theme and written content in the website to obtain greater standing in distinct search engines like Google and yahoo. Ranking [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The principal goal of Search engine marketing is to acquire your web page inside the major of search results rankings. This includes the keyword choice and optimization of those people search phrases similar with the theme and written content in the website to obtain greater standing in distinct search engines like Google and yahoo. Ranking depend within the search engine optimization behavior as effectively because campaign tactics adopted by the web page.</p>
<p>Away web page optimization plays a excellent role in attaining increased rankings in significant Google. This refers towards major aspect that is linking to all your site. You will find large variety of issues to handle in shut off web page optimization to boost search results rankings and create targeted traffic to your web site. Therefore it is a continuous means of world-wide-web promotion. This usually matches with the on the web advertising of one is site. In shut off web site optimization you are not necessary to transform anything at all inside the internet pattern or layout.</p>
<p>Usually off page optimization in SEO services consists of the pursuing responsibilities Hyperlink building will be the most important part of off page optimization. This would be the means of raising back-links of website from the means of reciprocal, the best way and 3 way web link making strategies. A directory submission is the means of submitting web sites inside the directory in order that it gets identified because of the search engines. This is usually a method of having one of the ways website link as well as escalating visitors to the site.</p>
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