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25 Commonly Believed SEO Myths – for SEO Starters

Vamsi — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 10:59:03 +0000

Came across this article at DailySEOblog.com by Mani Karthik, it is one good list put together in terms of what is true and what is not in the SEO world.

People have their own theories on what works and what doesn’t. While some things are never revealed officially by search giants, SEOs figureout by practice. This is one such list you should have a look before you start optimizing your website. I don’t have second opinions on any of the points listed by Mani.

Quoting a few points from Mani’s list of 25:

3. Changing the crawl rate settings in Webmasters tools console will change the Google crawl rate once and for all.
Apparently not. Google will also check your posting/publishing frequency and set an appropriate crawling frequency based on it, despite your manual setting.
10. A flash page means bad SEO.
Not at all. Using flash will definitely give you less options for SEO compared to a content rich page, but that doesn’t mean bad SEO. You can focus on other SEO factors and get equally good if not better results.
11. Adding a WordPress blog will automatically fix your site’s SEO.
WordPress is a great tool. But just adding one to your site/replacing with it will not give you any edge. You have to use it wisely to get the results.
14. Sitelinks appear only for websites who have high PR.
Sitelinks are auto generated for websites with high traffic. There is nothing you can do control them except to block some of the links from appearing using WebMaster tools
22. SEO is a one month process. Do it and get it done !
SEO is not a quick fix. It requires regular check ups and updates. Nothing can be achieved in short term.

Read the full article here: Top 25 commonly believed SEO myths.

How about a blog on your static website?

Vamsi — Mon, 16 Jun 2008 10:19:46 +0000

Blogs always have the edge over static websites to bring in traffic. Having a blog added for a static website is very helpful. I’ve recommended the same to several of my clients at work and few SEO friends in other companies. If a client is interested in a blog, I was more than willing to help them out and they are always happy to have someone with good knowledge in Blogging and SEO/SEM together.

Ultimate source mp3 collection Mp3 music
Source of artists biographies – Artists Zone

Checkout “Putting A Blog on Your Static Website” a post at Daily Blog Tips which is a part of a series of posts on Website Traffic.
I’m sure you would be convinced too.

Happy Blogging!

Blogs Surpass Newspapers & Magazines in Popularity on Google

Vamsi — Mon, 12 May 2008 06:41:51 +0000

Stats source: Google Trends

Another close-up screenshot with data for the last 30 days:

And here is the new Definition of blog:

source: http://www.labnol.org/

Spending thousands of dollars but very low ROI on Google AdWords?

Vamsi — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 08:25:08 +0000

Paying a lot on Google AdWords and making nothing? Well, I’m sure you might be bidding for generic keywords like “cameras” or “mp3″ (based on your business and keywords). Generic keywords like this have a very high Min.CPC could range from $5 to $70 or even more and have a very less conversion rate

because most of the people clicking these ads might just be searching for something and you showed up with an interesting ad and you got clicked, with a $25 a click and no sale means simply adding this to the negative ROI. Instead you could you long phrases which have less CPCs.

Observed this years ago when I first stated working on AdWords and saved a lot of money and ofcourse improved conversion rates exponentially.

Update: You might want to read this for better understanding.

Increased backlinks by 1000% in a month?

Vamsi — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 07:41:52 +0000

Increased your backlinks by 1000% in a month? then you should probably check this one out. Connected Internet tells you how and why backlinks can be dangerous if the technique is not used properly.

For years I have been very careful about backlinks for all my client sites and I’m sure my cautious and slow backlinking methods paid back.

Do not fall for the email and advertisements which says “Guaranteed top 10 positions in all major search engines” or these days people are mailing like “Your site is no where in Google? We will bring you to the #1 position for atleast 10 keywords in less than a month. We have invented a new way to achieve Google rankings….. “ Dont fall for this stuff people. It will never work like that. Even if your site afterall ranks for some keywords in the top, soon your domain will be a victim of penalization. You will just endup wasting a lot of money which you can rather use in Google AdWords or hire a good SEO Company or better a Freelance SEO if your budget is low.

Best Search Engine Marketing and Contextual Advertising Blogs

Vamsi — Mon, 16 Oct 2006 13:55:36 +0000

for the SEOs and SEMs, these marketing blogs are a must read.

AdRants (www.adrants.com)
Did-It Frog Blog (www.did-it.com/blog)
Got Ads? (gotads.blogspot.com)
JenSense (www.jensense.com)
Google AdWords & AdSense Blogs
Marketing Vox (www.marketingvox.com)
ProBlogger (www.problogger.net)
Traffick.com

More blog lists:
- Best Search Engine News Blogs
- Best SEO, Search Engine Optimization Blogs
- Best Search Engine Owned Blogs
- Best Search Engine Marketing and Contextual Advertising Blogs
- Best Blog Search Engine Blogs

Best Search Engine Owned Blogs

Vamsi — Mon, 16 Oct 2006 13:52:55 +0000

these blogs are a must read for search engine savvys.

Yahoo Search Blog (ysearchblog.com)
Ask Jeeves Blog (blog.ask.com)
MSN Search Weblog ~~(blogs.msdns.com/msnsearch)~~ is now (http://blogs.msdn.com/livesearch/)
Google Blog – All of Them (googleblog.blogspot.com)

Best SEO, Search Engine Optimization Blogs

Vamsi — Mon, 16 Oct 2006 13:51:29 +0000

Here is the list of best seo blogs.

StuntDubl (www.stuntdubl.com)
FishSEO (www.fishSEO.com)
SEOMoz (www.seomoz.org)
SEO SpeedWagon (seoblog.intrapromote.com)
TextLinkBlog (www.textlinkbrokers.com/blogs)
SEO Black Hat (seoblackhat.com)
SEO by the SEA (www.seobythesea.com)
Jim BoykinÃ¢â‚¬â„¢s Blog (www.jimboykin.com)
Link Building Blog (www.linkbuildingblog.com)
Stepforth SEO Blog (news.stepforth.com)
Matt Cutts Blog (www.mattcutts.com/blog/)
Greg BoserÃ¢â‚¬â„¢s WebGuerrilla (webguerrilla.com)
SEO Book (www.seobook.com)

Best Search Engine News Blogs

Vamsi — Mon, 16 Oct 2006 13:49:42 +0000

I was looking for some of these blogs to add in my desktop feed reader(FeedDemon) and found a good list at the Search Engine Journal.
Will post these series of search blogs in different post for better search engine visibility.

Just incase if you want to subscribe to the best of these kind of blogs, here is the list:

Best Search Engine News Blogs:

Pandia (pandia.com)
MarketingPilgrim (marketingpilgrim.com)
SearchEngineBlog.com
Search Engine Lowdown (searchenginelowdown.com)
Search Views (searchviews.com)
John Battelle Search Blog (battellemedia.com)
Search Engine Watch Blog (blog.searchenginewatch.com)
Threadwatch (threadwatch.org)
Google Blogoscoped (blog.outer-court.com)
Search Engine Roundtable (seroundtable.com)
Research Buzz (researchbuzz.com)
Top Rank Blog (toprank.blogspot.com)

Google Toolbar 4 Beta

Vamsi — Mon, 30 Jan 2006 06:58:24 +0000

Now you can make your Toolbar as unique as you are. You can add buttons and bookmarks; get instant search suggestions; share web pages with friends; and enjoy the Toolbar’s pop-up blocker, web form filler, and spellchecker.