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Seo

Choose A Good Domain Name

Updated: April 2, 2022

In this article I will explain the steps you should take when choosing a domain for your organization.  Domain Names are very important because they are what your customers, visitors or users will use to return to your website.  In order for your site to be successful they will need to implement most of the following steps.

Everything you need to know about robots.txt

Updated: February 17, 2022

Robots.txt doesn't quite work as most people assume, so I am writing this article to clear things up.

Remove a Page From Search Engines

Updated: February 17, 2022

In this article I explain how you can remove pages or sites from Google.

Robots noindex meta tag

Updated: February 17, 2022

Matt Cutts did some great research on how the index meta tag is handled between search engines.  I summarize his results in this article.

No Follow

Updated: February 17, 2022

Nofollow is a great way to reduce comment spam and keep your site a reputable source for search engines.

Moving A Website

Updated: February 17, 2022

How to move a website keeping Search Engine's in mind.

How Google Uses Metatag Keywords

Updated: February 17, 2022

I wrote this article because I found there were a lot of SEO Experts stating that the meta tag keywords is important.

Keyword Tool

Updated: February 17, 2022

Are you trying to pick a domain name? or choosing keywords to litter through your site? A great way to see which words are searched for the most are Keyword tools.

How Many Links per Page

Updated: February 17, 2022

Do you know how many links (a href) you should have on a single page? Matt Cutts has written a great article which puts things into perspective.

Dont Hide Text

Updated: February 17, 2022

There was a time when a spammer would hide text from either the user or a search engine.  This technique doesn't work because Google is really good at catching spam.  This article discusses some common spam tatics that should not be used.

Canonical Link Tag

Updated: February 17, 2022

I find there is still some confusion with canonical link tag.Here I explain and provide resources to everything canonical tag realted in this article.

Coming Soon Page

Updated: February 17, 2022

Will a coming soon page hurt your rankings?

Google Authorship Markup

Updated: February 17, 2022

Google displays the author of content in certain search results.