It is the last day of June so it is time again to start gathering statistics. Just a few quick items to report until tomorrow. Across all of the keywords I track I jumped a total of 156 positions. Each keyword I track jumped an average of 2.2 positions this month and my average keyword [...]
I’ll throw this out there for Google to grab in case anybody else needs to do this… I have a MySQL database with a table containing a field called date. In that field (which was poorly setup as a text field) I wanted to change the format of the contents from a MM/DD/YYYY format to [...]
Normally when you think of optimizing websites or pages for certain keywords you think just a few keywords. It can be challenging to optimize for large volumes of keywords, keeping your important keywords ranking well at the same time.
Now when I meet with clients we create two lists. One list is short and consists of [...]
Although not a website I designed, I’ve been consulting the International Aeronauts League of Ballooning on how they might improve their website and reach more people.
Phase one was completed yesterday by eliminating the use of frames on the website. This alone should help spiders index the site more completely. Using frames can have a [...]
Search Engine Optimization ( SEO ) is a growing field. Some clients are hiring one company to design the aesthetics and visual design for a website, another firm to construct the website, and yet another company to provide search engine optimization and marketing services.
So what if you hire one company to do all of them? [...]
I’m about to launch a new website, this time one I developed for my own purposes rather than another client. Ultimately I needed to decide what I would use for a domain name. Based on the service being offered, the most logical domain name choices were already taken, so I needed to become a little [...]
A few days ago I wrote about gathering website statistics and a couple of gripes I had with AWStats. George Smith commented that I should try NetTracker Lite. So I did.
First I spent quite a bit of time going through their online demo. Very nice indeed! It replicated all of the statistics I gather [...]
Looks like Google is up to tricks again, now they are unveiling Google Sitemaps where you can generate an XML file with a complete Sitemap for Google to index. This ought to have developers scrambling to complete sitemaps for submission.
It also means that there will likely be a new round of plugins for CMS [...]
Today marks the last day of May so I’ll be gathering monthly website statistics today and tomorrow. Today I’ll be gathering stats regarding my position on the search engines. Tomorrow website traffic statistics.
A popular suggestion for dieters is not to pay too much attention to your daily weight. The body naturally fluctuates a little [...]
Once people understand the concept of how inbound links can increase your search engine rank, the next question comes “How do I find sites to link to me?” Does your industry have any association websites? Are you a member of a chamber of commerce that includes links? Soon people exhaust the more obvious potential linkers [...]