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SEO Tips - Questions and Answers on Search Engine Optimization

In both our free webinar on the Top Ten Free SEO Tools / Google Rank as well as our paid SEO training, we receive many interesting and informative questions from students on how to get to the top of Google. Questions range from the TITLE tag to what is the META KEYWORDS tag, to how to build links and more. We post our questions and answers in this forum for the community to see. You can read the question below or submit an SEO question by email.

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SEO Tips by Topic - Questions, Answered

• How does VIDEO work with SEO?
• My Google Analytics has both the default.html and no file / showing up, why?
• Can your URL's be too long for Google?
• What is the index.html ending mean?
• Can Google read navigation tabs?
• Can a page be too long for SEO?
• How does duplicate content impact SEO?
• What is the maximum character / word limit for the META DESCRIPTION tag?
• How do you install RANKCHECKER by SEO BOOK for Firefox?
• Should you change your TITLE tags frequently?
• What is the difference between an SEO friendly landing page and a regular page?
• Does 301 redirect / forwarding hurt my SEO rank?
• What is the trick to writing SEO-friendly keyword heavy prose for Google?
• Can you retrain Google to reindex your website, frequently?
• Can outbound links by me, help my SEO clients?
• Do social media links such as Facebook links, Twitter links, help SEO?
• Should you include blog / news posts on our home page, why?
• Can third party news be used for SEO?
• Can you use 'tip' articles for news? What about article syndication and SEO?
• Is a Wordpress blog good for SEO?
• Do links on Facebook, LinkedIn, and other social media sites help with SEO?
• Should I pay bloggers to link to my website?
• Does running Google ads or other ads impact your SEO?
• How does the NOFOLLOW attribute impact SEO and link building?
• In terms of PDF's or external documents, should you link out to content or host yourself for SEO?
• Is there a limit to the TITLE tag for SEO?
• Can you convert a WORD doc into HTML?
• How do I get Google to reindex my website?
• How fast will Google reindex our content for SEO?
• Do domains impact Search Engine Optimization (SEO)?
• How do I get Google sitelinks to show up?
• If you make a lot of changes to your tags will that, initially, hurt your SEO?
• If I use a Photoshop plug in for my SEO, can I still optimize?
• What is a good 'free' action for a landing page?
• What is an exit, or immediate exit, in Google Analytics?
• In Google Analytics I see both a '/' and a '/index.html' what does this mean?
• Can contests be used for link building?
• Any specific advice for Wordpress and SEO?
• How long does it take Google to reindex my website?
• If I see my site at the top for SEO, is it really there? For others?
• Do .edu, .com, .mil domains affect SEO performance?
• For SEO-friendly blogging is it best to use Blogspot?
• If the META KEYWORDS tag is ignored, where do you put your keywords for SEO?
• Should I focus on short, long, or competitive keywords for my SEO?
• Can you have an XML sitemap for an e-commerce website?
• Should keywords be on the home page or throughout the website for search performance?
• Does Google punish you for duplicate content?
• If we are CACHED by a spammer, what can we do?
• What about the Apple iWeb for SEO?
• Is Google Boost and/or Google Tags worth it for advertising?
• Where do the keywords go?
• Are paid links, buying links, link farms - bad?
• How do you create an HTML sitemap?
• Can you create an HTML site map, automatically?
• Is PHP SEO-friendly?
• Are javascript web links better, or worse, than A HREF links for SEO?
• Should you place news on PRLOG.org as well as your own website?
• If our landing page is getting traffic, should we perfect it?
• Are PHP site maps OK for SEO?
• Should I rename my domain to a keyword heavy domain for search purposes?
• What does the CANONICAL tag mean?
• Is PHP SEO / Google friendly?
• Is a clean home page good for SEO?
• What do the search queries mean in Webmaster tools?
• If we have date-sensitive information, should it be in the XML site map?
• Where should a business name be in the TITLE tag for search engine optimization?
• How far does Google index the TITLE Tag for SEO?
• Does your Google SERP (search engine results page) vary by day, by search?
• Can we use competitors name in our search engine optimization strategy?
• How can I sign out of my Google account yet stay signed in for Google Keywords?
• Can you optimize Google in foreign languages, such as Google Spanish SEO?
• How do subdomains work for SEO?
• Does Yahoo matter for SEO? Is Yahoo dead as a search engine?
• Should you use the META KEYWORDS tag for SEO?
• Does Google index scrolling content such as news on a home page?
• How does a TYPEPAD or WORDPRESS blog relate to a website for SEO purposes?
• What is the relationship between blog posts and the home page for SEO?
• Should the home page be static, dynamic, or changing for SEO purposes?
• Are two way or reciprocal links good or bad for SEO link building?
• Do URL shorteners impact SEO link building?
• How do you get into Google Shopping results? Google Merchant center and SEO?
• How can Youtube be used for Google / SEO?
• Can Google penetrate behind registrations?
• Do outbound links hurt or help SEO?
• Does article syndication and comments help or hurt SEO link building?
• How should a BLOG work with the HOME PAGE for SEO?
• How many keywords can you put in your TITLE tag? Strategies?
• How does Google Local / Places search work vs. natural search?
• What is the relevance of the Header Family / H1 / H2 to SEO?
• Can you have TOO MANY keywords?
• What can you do to make Adobe Acrobat PDF's SEO or Google Friendly?
• Once we make SEO changes, how do we get Google / Bing to reindex?
• How many characters is the TITLE tag for best search engine optimization?
• Can you 'double nest' tags such as the H1, H2 for SEO purposes?
• Can Google read videos? Are videos / Youtube good for SEO?
• The more you use a keyword is that better for SEO?
• Can images be SEO / Google friendly? What about the ALT image attribute?
• Is there a limit to your keywords for search engine optimization?
• How do you monitor keywords across social media sites?
• Can you hide keywords in your source vs. visible text?
• What is a starred result in Google? What is personalization?
• Can you use a competitor's name as a keyword for SEO?
• How does Bing differ vs. Google in terms of SEO?
• Can keywords be HIDDEN from SEO view?
• Do the dates of reviews impact the SEO / rankings in sites like Google Places or Shopping?
• What's the difference between links and backlinks?
• Do keywords in your website URL / address help SEO? - SEO Tips
• How does an XML sitemap differ from an HTML sitemap for SEO?
• What does CONTENT TARGETING mean in Google Analytics?
• How can you EXCLUDE pages from being indexed on Google?
• How can images or Adobe Flash work with SEO?
• How do you use Google Analytics with e-commerce, especially not on your own domain?
• How do we build links, get links, solicit links?
• What are the best link-building strategies?
• Do directories like DMOZ.org and YAHOO matter for SEO?
• What are links, backlinks, and how do they impact Google / SEO?
• How effective is Google Boost vs. Google AdWords for Local Searches?