The SEO and Marketing Power of the Right Domain Name

The strength (SEO Value) of your domain name was reported in Search Engine Ranking Factors V2 by SEOmoz in 4/2007. The study was completed by 37 of the top SEO professionals in the world. They report that using a top/strong keyword in your domain name is rated 3 out of 5 important and effective. Next, you’ll want to know this; it’s rated 2.8 important/effective to have keywords in page URLs. read more…

SEO Pricing & Costs – What Should You Charge / How Much Should You Pay?

As someone who gets to spend a lot of time comparing notes with owners of search marketing firms, as well as referring a lot of people seeking SEO services, I have a somewhat strong grasp on the pricing & cost structures of the SEO business. That said, it’s a very big world out there in search, and while my knowledge comes from a few dozen companies and a couple hundred referrals, there’s no scientific or survey data contained in this post – it’s all experience and intuition. read more…

Googles webmaster help center is a must read.

Check out Google’s Webmaster Help Center for information on understanding the best way to get your website listed in the right way and right search area in Google.

Google’s Webmaster Help Center

List your website with AboutUs.org

At it’s base, AboutUs is an attempt to document the breadth of the internet via a WikiWiki to provide information not just on domains and websites but the people, thoughts, technologies and more that make up the internet. Using collaboration, we provide a resource to the community that surrounds, builds, visits and participates in AboutUs. On a smaller scale, this is something that many websites attempt to do in different ways. One interesting take on this theme is the work done at Qwert.net, which uses their “Quick Web Enabled Research Tool” to build little “snapshots” of towns/communities from businesses to activities. Currently focusing on a few areas in Australia, Qwert.net collects and displays it’s information using computer technology to provide basic listings (address, business types, location) as well as enhanced listings which feature more detailed information and images. Searching the website is managed via a variety of options, from business listings to locations, types of businesses, services provided and more.

Get your information on AboutUs.org

Google Sandbox

Google Sandbox is something every website owner and webmaster should understand if you care about marketing your website and SEO.

Follow this link to 14th Colony’s website to learn about Google Sandbox and how it relates to your website or your clients websites.

Simply Google

Simply Google contains links and related information that is highly useful to website developers and webmasters.

 www.simply-google.com

Check your website page rank (PR)

Follow this link to check the page rank or PR of your website before you start your marketing then continually recheck your PR to monitor how well your efforts are working in raising your websites page rank.

A PR of 4 or better should be your goal. It will take some time so do not expect to see a huge jump right off the bat. SEO takes time and effort but if done right can increase your website visits by leaps and bounds, doing SEO wrong can bury your website and make it 10 times as hard to work back up.

Search Engine and Direcotry Submission Links

Google
Open Directory Project
Live Search
Yahoo
Alexa
Add URL-Free
Jayde
Link Forever
Submit Url Free
URLZ
Free Directory
ExactSeek
Cyber-Find

Try to find places to submit your website or blog to that has a PR of 4 or better. A select base of links from a shorter list of higher PR sites is much better than a long list of low PR sites.