Everyday life, Boutique SEO tips and marketing tricks from a WAHM running an online boutique website.
I feel like I've finally come out of the "new baby" haze. You know that feeling you get when you've endured months of nighttime feedings combined with the hormonal daze that you're in after giving birth. Not to mention trying to figure out a new routine, which is impossible because your new little bundle of joy changes his mind every other week about what his routine is. I vaguely remember … [Read more...]
Word has it that Google and other search engines will use picture names in their algorithms when determining where to place sites in their search engines. So, instead of naming your picture bow76589.jpg, try baby-hairbow-76589.jpg. Search engines read hyphens as a space (you should never leave spaces in your picture names) and you just added two keywords to the page. If you have 3 … [Read more...]
In "Search Engine Optimization Checklist - How to Get Top Rankings in Google Search Results for FREE" Derek Gehl recommends using relevant inbound links as a way to boost your SEO. One quick and easy way to do this is with directories. There are tons of directories for every topic imaginable - use these to your advantage when creating your links. I've started the process for you. I did a quick … [Read more...]
Search Engine Optimization Checklist - How to Get Top Rankings in Google Search Results for FREE By Derek Gehl Do you want to discover top search engine optimization strategies so you can get top rankings in Google, Yahoo and MSN search results for free? Of course you do! According to Marketing Sherpa, almost 134 million people in the U.S. regularly use search engines when looking for … [Read more...]
How do I get traffic to my site? This is one of my most frequently asked questions, or similar versions such as "my site has been live for x months and I haven't had a sale - is this normal?" Getting a website is a baby step toward running an online business. At first, it seems like the biggest step, but really it's just part of a process. There are many factors to consider when trying to … [Read more...]
A client pointed me to the site www.sitesolutions.com, and I love their webmaster tools. One that I've already used on my own site is their SEO analysis. It gives you a clear indication of how you are using your keywords and meta tags and precisely what you can do to make them more effective. I'm not promoting their paid services, I don't know anything about them, but they do have some … [Read more...]
Many people have asked me how often they should submit their site to search engines, and in conjunction, which search engines should they submit to. I've done a little research and combined that with my own experiences to try and answer this question. When I first started out, I submitted my site to Google and Yahoo, what most people consider the major search engines, every 3 or 4 weeks. I knew … [Read more...]
I found a great site targeted at small business SEO. Matt McGee's Small Business SEM. I love his tagline "Because not everyone can throw thousands of dollars at the ‘How do we market ourselves online?’ question…" Small Business SEM has a wealth of information, all targeted towards small businesses who often have to do the bulk of SEO on their own. His style is no nonsense and … [Read more...]
by Scott Lindsay When an online marketer is designing and setting up web pages they may use a Meta information to allow search engines to gain an understanding of what their website or web page is designed to do for visitors. Once upon a time in the land of Cyber it was believed that a Meta Tag could be the silver bullet that allowed you to gain high rankings in search engines. The fairy tale … [Read more...]
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