Matt Cutts admits that placing keywords early on page makes a difference If you’re already a believer in on-page SEO, it probably won’t come as a surprise that Matt Cutts made the admission that placing keywords early on your page makes a difference. However, there are plenty of SEO professionals out there who claim that …
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Matt Cutts verifies that keywords in URL help
In a recent Q&A, Matt Cutts verified that having a keyword in a URL, does ‘help a little bit.’ Without directly answering the question of whether or not having your keyword early as opposed to later in the URL, he does (in my mind) imply that it does help to have it early in the …
Read MoreSEO/SEM 2009 Trends
SEO/SEM 2009 Trends In looking for new SEO trends for 2009 (specific to Google), I encountered a few new things. Most importantly of these are: Google is moving towards personalization, which means search results will be less universal and more personalized to specific users and possibly those Google deems have similar interests. Google is also …
Read MorePathless Category Links (v1.0) for WordPress
Another Coder just released a plugin that allows WordPress users to get rid of the “category” directory in top category URLs. So for example, the URL for my Google Analytics How-To category now looks like this: http://www.seoracle.com/google-analytics-how-to-tutorial Instead of this: http://www.seoracle.com/category/google-analytics-how-to-tutorial In addition to this, the old URL (with the “category” directory) now 301 redirects …
Read MoreSEO Ranking 101: The 6 Steps
SEO is mainly about content and inbound links. More to the point, it’s about good content, and good links. Ultimately, it’s about a lot of good content, and a lot of good links. Fine-tuning is useful, but it should be the last on your list. Here are the 6 steps for building a strong SEO …
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