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SEO <Search Engine Optimization> Answered
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SEO Tips - Questions and Answers on Search Engine Optimization
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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
- What are SITELINKS and how do I get them on Google?
- What are best practices for AdWords landing pages?
- Should you host in your own country, e.g., Canada in Canada, UK in UK?
- How do you VIEW SOURCE for HTML SEO code?
- How do you include location specific information in landing pages?
- How do you give someone access to Google Analytics? Add a new / authorized user?
- Is a subdomain or subdirectory better for search engine optimization?
- Which domain extensions are best for SEO? .com vs. .net, .org, .biz?
- Can keywords be 'behind' images in ALT TXT for SEO?
- Is basic Google Analytics sufficient for Internet marketing?
- Are multiple websites good for SEO?
- How do you determine how many pages of your website are indexed by Google?
- Should I 'nofollow' advertiser links?
- How do I get Google to index a page?
- What is the best SEO web hosting company?
- What are best practices for geographic SEO landing pages?
- Why is a 'sessionid' bad for SEO?
- What is an HTML / XML sitemap for SEO purposes?
- What is an HTML sitemap vs. an XML sitemap for search optimization?
- Which is better for search engine optimization - a subdomain or a directory?
- For local search optimization, should I cross-link my website to my Google Places page?
- Why are dynamic CGI links bad for SEO?
- How do you improve small business rankings in Google Places?
- Why does my business show up in my local city on Google Places, but not other cities?
- What are the secrets to ranking well on Google Places?
- Does duplicate content impact landing pages?
- How does the AdWords bidding process work?
- What does 'broad,' 'exact,' and 'phrase' means for AdWords keywords searches?
- How do you claim a small business listing in Google Places?
- Is SEO for Google different vs. SEO for Bing?
- What is a 'negative keyword' in Google AdWords?
- Should a 'news' release section be called 'news'?
- How does 'duplicate content' impact news and search engine optimization?
- What goes into a good SEO-friendly news release?
- Does the home page have more link juice than subordinate pages?
- What is a portal, and are portals helpful for SEO?
- What is a subdomain and does it help or hurt SEO?
- Can you use 301 redirects to forward a domain for SEO purposes?
- What is the ideal size for an SEO-friendly blog post?
- What is 'freshness' and SEO for the home page?
- Does Twitter help SEO?
- Which is better for SEO, blogger or WordPress?
- Do YouTube links help SEO?
- What is a .htaccess file for search engine optimization?
- How does 'add url' help with link building?
- Link building ideas for small businesses like hardwood floor refinishers?
- How do you 'not' display your address on Google Places?
- What is an ANCHOR tag and how is it useful for SEO?
- Can a new business start up use links? SEO link building?
- What is a link posting / link farm company and is it bad?
- Do interlinks between your own sites help SEO rank?
- What is the 'Anchor tag?' and how does it influence Google rank?
- Do AdWords ads / advertising count as links for SEO?
- What is the 'no-follower' plug in for WordPress?
- If we link out to links about us, is this bad for our SEO?
- What is an SEO keyword community?
- For search engine optimization, how many H1 / H2 tags on a page?
- What is the LI / UL tag and does it impact SEO?
- How many keywords go on an SEO landing page?
- How many SEO key phrases / key words go on the home page?
- Where do you place your SEO-friendly keywords vs. Page Tags?
- Does the PIPE character | work in an SEO-friendly TITLE tag?
- Is the META KEYWORDS tags important or not for search optimization?
- How many characters go in the TITLE meta tag?
- Where does WordPress place the SEO TITLE tag?
- Are tags in WordPress vs. tags for SEO / HTML?
- What is optimum SEO keyword density?
- How do you deal with SEO synonyms like 'attorney' vs. 'lawyer'?
- Google prefers text heavy pages vs. human users?
- What are the best Google AdWords classes? What is AdWords Quality Score?
- What is the difference between 'CPC' and 'PPC'?
- Do misspelled keywords impact search engine optimization?
- How does a non-profit get donors via SEO?
- Should a blog have SEO-friendly keywords?
- Do URL's affect SEO rank on Google?
- How many keywords go into the META tags?
- How do you use CTRL+F in Firefox for SEO?
- Do plurals and singulars matter for SEO?
- Where do you place your SEO keywords?
- How do you optimize for plural / singular variations of keywords?
- Does Google+ (Google Plus) help or hurt SEO?
- Are reciprocal links good for SEO link building?
- What is a conversion rate for AdWords or SEO?
- Is Bing important for SEO optimization? Bing vs. Google for SEO?
- How frequently should I update my XML sitemap for SEO?
- How quickly will Google reindex your site for search optimization?
- How does Joomla work with Google Analytics?
- Is a straight HTML site better than WordPress for SEO?
- What is the best target keyword density for SEO?
- Does repeating your keywords help?
- How many keywords can you have on an SEO page?
- Can you use Google Analytics for Facebook?
- Do your META KEYWORDS need to appear in the body for SEO?
- Do directory listings help Google SEO performance?
- Does spaces, hyphens, and underscores matter for search engine optimization?
- How can you SEO optimize a franchise website?
- Is .com better than .net, .biz, .info for SEO?
- How do I double check my SEO company?
- How can you de-index / de-list your site from Google?
- How long do blog posts help on SEO?
- Is blogger better than Wordpress for SEO?
- How do you clear out Google customization for SEO?
- Is the WIX template SEO friendly?
- Can you optimize for national searches vs. local searches?
- What is a good B2B strategy for Twitter?
- What is the best SEO-friendly CMS platform?
- Do interlinked websites help SEO?
- Best SEO CMS (content management systems) - your opinion?
- How do you get your YouTube video on Page 1 of Google search?
- What is pay-per-click (PPC), AdWords advertising?
- Can Google tell fake from real inbound links for SEO?
- Can you guarantee a top ranking on Google for SEO?
- Should keywords for SEO be singular or plural?
- Do keywords matter for YouTube?
- Do coupons help search engine optimization? Google Places?
- What does site: mean on a Google search?
- Is Blogger better than WordPress for SEO?
- Do domains help SEO?
- SEO tips for WordPress?
- Our AdWords expire early in the day, why?
- Does the header tag (H1 / H2) help for SEO purposes?
- Where is the CPC data hidden in the Google Keywords Tool?
- Which is more important Google Places or Google SEO strategy?
- Is there a keyword limit for SEO?
- What is the best SEO-friendly e-commerce platform?
- Does video help SEO?
- Do keywords matter for SEO? What about keywords and links?
- What are the best PAID SEO (Search Engine Optimization) tools?
- Do keywords in links help for SEO?
- Should SEO links contain the target keywords?
- Can a business have multiple Twitter accounts for Twitter marketing?
- Is Facebook good for B2B Marketing?
- Does YouTube marketing help Facebook marketing and vice-versa?
- How do companies like roofing companies use blogs or Twitter marketing?
- How do you encourage Yelp / Google Places reviews?
- For effective search optimization, how frequently should you resubmit your XML sitemap?
- Is WordPress an SEO-friendly CMS platform?
- Is there duplicate content in META tags?
- What is Google Shopping or Merchant Center?
- What's the best CMS system for SEO?
- If the META KEYWORDS tag is ignored in WordPress, what do we do for SEO?
- How do you get listed on Google Places / Google Local?
- Do paid links hurt SEO rank?
- What is link-buying, or link schemes?
- Is Open Site Explorer accurate? - SEO Tips
- How do you SEO a template Website?
- For effective SEO link-building, should an outbound link be text or graphic?
- How do you get your URL into Google?
- Do social mentions help SEO?
- How do links impact SEO rank?
- How do personalized results hurt search engine optimization.
- Web domains vs. SEO keywords, how do they interrelate?
- What is a 'Rich Snippet' / What is the 'Rich Snippet Testing Tool'?
- For SEO, how are keywords different from meta tags?
- For SEO, if the CPC is too high, what can you do?
- How do you do SEO for a travel writer?
- Why does Mercury Insurance lag vs. Geico in terms of SEO?
- How do you get stars next to a Google search result?
- What is SEO for a music critic, like?
- Are AdWords bids / CPC useful for SEO?
- What is Google AdSense? How do you participate in it?
- How do you SEO video? SEO YouTube?
- How frequently should you update your blog?
- For SEO, what are the 'biggest bang for bucks' to dos?
- Does advertising affect SEO (Search Engine Optimization)?
- What is the best blogging platform - Typepad? WordPress? Blogger?
- For search engine optimization, where do you put your keywords?
- Is an Adobe Flash landing page bad for SEO?
- For an XML sitemap, how frequently do you update it?
- For search engine visibility, how often should you update your XML sitemap?
- How do you determine what you want indexed by robots.txt?
- Using the site: command disagrees with Webmaster tools, which is more important?
- Does WordPress slow down a website; how can you accelerate WordPress?
- Is a registration from a landing page a 'bounce'?
- For home page SEO, how many 'one click' from home page links can or should you have?
- If Google does NOT index iframes, how do we co-promote things like YouTube videos?
- Does Google see website content / changes below the home page?
- Can you have multiple listings for Google Places?
- How do we build local, SEO-friendly links?
- For link sculpting, how many links is too many?
- How can we best set up outbound links for SEO?
- If your site is not thematically unified, how should you SEO it?
- Do social mentions (e.g., Tweets) help SEO?
- Can you buy links from SEO City media as a link-buying scheme?
- Is Brightcove SEO friendly?
- Facebook for businesses, what are the basics?
- Do subdomains help for SEO?
- How do you fix the TITLE tags in WordPress for SEO?
- How many H1 tags should you have on a page?
- How do you find out about the rel="nofollow" attribute or Akismet Plugin?
- Does WordPress have two, ambiguous TITLE tags? Is there a META TITLE tag?
- Should you encourage reviews on Google Places? How?
- Are frames good or bad for SEO?
- For SEO, can you include words like DISCOUNT or BEST or 50% off in your TITLE tag?
- Should you have single focus or multi focus pages for best SEO?
- Should your domain contain an SEO-friendly keyword?
- Do you get penalized for having too many header H1, H2 tags?
- Is there a tool to see the TITLE tags for your entire website?
- How many keywords do you put on a page for SEO?
- Does embedding a YouTube video on your site help for SEO?
- Which counts for more inter - or intra site links for search optimization?
- Are affiliate sites SEO friendly?
- What is a 'bounce rate,' and do external links affect it?
- How do you use free press release services for SEO?
- Do keywords influence domains for search optimization?
- What is a good SEO link building strategy for attorneys?
- Competitors names as keywords for SEO or AdWords, good, bad?
- Is WordPress SEO friendly? What is the best SEO plug in for WordPress?
- What is a 'shadow site' for keywords?
- For local search SEO, can you be listed on Google / Google Places without a website?
- Can you use cities, states, locations for SEO local keywords?
- Where do you put keywords for search optimization?
- Is AdWords participation related to SEO / natural results on Google?
- What is more SEO powerful - links or meta keywords?
- What is an XML sitemap and how do you upload it?
- Can you use WIX and have an XML sitemap?
- How do you use SEO for a new category product?
- How frequently should you update your site map?
- Doesn't Google Places crowd out natural search results?
- Is a dash or an underscore better for SEO?
- Is WordPress SEO friendly?
- Is local search different in the UK?
- What are personalized search results on Google and their impact on SEO?
- How do you make a strong SEO-friendly home page? Text?
- Is Adobe FLASH good for SEO? Can you optimize Adobe flash?
- What does AdWords Competition Column Mean?
- For search optimization what is keyword density and why does it matter?
- Is the TITLE tag important only on the Home page for SEO?
- How do you know the search terms for PPC (AdWords) inbound searches?
- How does Google Suggest / Related Searches compare vs. the Keyword Tool?
- How fast does Google pick up changes to your home page?
- What is the Confirm, Engage, Act model of landing pages?
- How can you make Adobe Flash SEO optimized?
- In terms of SEO friendly Website organization, are directories important?
- How do I tell someone who doesn't know HTML how to link to me?
- Do domains matter for SEO? Is the .co, .biz, .info a good SEO extension?
- How do you estimate SEO traffic for small geographic areas?
- Which SEO tools are the best to use?
- Where should you place outgoing links for SEO?
- Are reciprocal links from trusted sites good for search optimization?
- Can you have multiple H1 tags on a page for SEO?
- Does the TITLE attribute help SEO for images? For link tags?
- Does pointing domains at one domain help for SEO?
- How frequently should you change your tags, like TITLE for SEO?
- Should you use the same meta keywords across all pages of a website?
- Are there limitations to how rapidly you should change SEO tag content?
- What is the difference between keyword volume and keyword value for SEO?
- How important are local SEO search keywords to non-local companies?
- How important is Page 1 for SEO? First three search results for SEO?
- Is there a free tool to determine your Google rank?
- Should Meta Tags be the same or unique on all pages?
- How targeted should 'landing pages' be for SEO?
- What is AdWords CPC, and why does it matter for SEO?
- Is the META KEYWORDS tag ignored by Google? Ignored by Bing? What gives?
- If keywords appear on Keyword Spy that do not relate to our company should we be worried?
- How frequently should you update a site?
- In the Google keyword tool what is local vs. global? What is an exact phrase?
- Can you have too many SEO keywords?
- Do stop words matter for SEO? Such as 'and' or 'or?'
- How do you upload an XML sitemap on a WordPress site?
- How much does an AdWords account cost?
- Do people used advanced search operators for SEO?
- How frequently do I have to update my XML sitemap?
- Does advertising on Google help with organic SEO listings?
- For Google Places and SEO do city names matter for optimization?
- Is Google PageRank a function of organic rank in Google?
- What does the Google+ / Google +1 mean in search results?
- Should I start with AdWords or SEO?
- How do you select a good SEO company?
- Do multiple domains help for search engine optimization?
- Does a good Google Places listing outperform SEO? AdWords?
- Where do you put your SEO keywords? Meta tags?
- Is locksmith banned in Google Places?
- Where does the description come from on Google? And does Google ignore meta tags?
- What is a link farm? We have thousands of links, is that good?
- What is the Google Mayday update?
- How do you get into Google Shopping listings? Merchant Center?
- For a British / Irish company what is the best SEO strategy?
- What does CPC mean in the AdWords keyword tool?
- Does Google ignore keywords for SEO, or ignore meta tags, or both?
- What does the Google +1 mean on Google search results?
- Is locksmith banned on Google Places?
- What is a good keyword density? What is natural syntax?
- What does the 'A' and 'B' mean on Google Places?
- Was the Google Panda update important? Overhyped?
- Is social media effective? Is social media marketing worth it?
- Where do you place your XML sitemap for Google?
- Should the XML sitemap index all page for search engine optimization?
- How does Google compare with BING for SEO?
- What is a good CPC / SEO click thru rate?
- Is Yahoo Site builder effective for SEO?
- Can you measure the SEO impact of an XML sitemap?
- How do cities, states, geographies affect Google Places SEO?
- Is Adobe Dreamweaver good for SEO?
- How do you get Google to reindex your site, quickly?
- How important are search engines other than Google for SEO?
- Do SEO friendly press releases need to be standard products?
- Is an Adobe Flash Website SEO friendly? Google friendly?
- How many keywords is too many keywords for search optimization?
- Is Safari an SEO-friendly browser? Safari vs. Firefox?
- Do you need an HTML sitemap?
- Regarding Google Analytics, how do you use it for Search Optimization?
- Should you change existing URL's to more Google friendly URL's?
- For SEO, do you need to resubmit your XML sitemap?
- How does the site: command work in Google?
- How should images be named for Search Engine Optimization?
- Is the H1 / H2 tag good, bad, for SEO? More than one H1 on a page?
- Is Bing important for SEO?
- Keyword Eye is no longer free, what's an alternative SEO keyword tool?
- Is there an alternative to FireFox RankChecker?
- Is YouTube useful for SEO (Search Engine Optimization)? SEO for YouTube and all that?
- How do you measure SEO links, link building?
- How and where do I post SEO-friendly press releases?
- Subdomains for SEO, example - WordPress - good or bad?
- For search optimization, how are blogs different from press releases?
- In terms of free press release distribution, how frequently can I send out PR's?
- Is duplicate press release content bad for SEO?
- Should I link outward to my Google Places / Yelp Reviews?
- For SEO link-building, do inbound text links count as much as image-based links?
- Is article submission good for link building / SEO?
- What is SEO internal link sculpting? WordPress link building?
- How do you migrate a WordPress blog to your own domain?
- Why do link measurement sites disagree on the number of links?
- If I have outbound links to my books on Amazon.com, is this bad for SEO?
- How do widgets work as SEO link-bait?
- What are the best locations for SEO-friendly links?
- How can you edit your source HTML for SEO?
- Where does the search description come from on Google, if not the META DESCRIPTION?
- What are best SEO practices for images / ALT attribute?
- Can you be on Google Places / Local without a website?
- How do you control frequency in merchant center?
- For search optimization, can you have too many IMAGES with ALT attributes defined?
- For SEO, can you use CSS / Stylesheets to 'hide' text?
- Do you have a good sample SEO keyword worksheet?
- What HTML tags are the most powerful for Search optimization (SEO)?
- What are the 'advanced search' terms in Google?
- How do you change your TITLE, META DESCRIPTION, and other tags on your Website for SEO?
- Is Firefox or Internet Explorer (IE) the best browser for SEO?
- Is the 'keywords meta tag' no longer an SEO factor?
- Does capitalization matter for SEO (Search Engine Optimization)?
- How do you get 'local' data for keywords in the Google keyword tool?
- For search engine optimization (SEO), how many keywords should you have?
- What is 'keywords spamming,' or 'web spam?'
- What does 'competition' mean in the Google AdWords keywords tool?
- If SEO is competitive, how do you stand out above competitors?
- How does SEO work for GoDaddy's Website Tonight Platform?
- How does Google Places / Yelp work for local business SEO?
- How does image SEO work, SEO for images, XML image site map?
- Can ETSY be made to be SEO-friendly?
- How does Adobe Flash work for Search Engine Optimization?
- What is an XML sitemap vs. an HTML sitemap?
- AwStats vs. Google Analytics - How does Google Analytics differ from AwStats?
- Do META TAGS matter for SEO? Search Engine Optimization? Google?
- What is a 'Google Slap' in terms of SEO? AdWords? AdSense?
- What are the keyword no-no's for SEO?
- If your website shows up as slower than most in Google Webmaster Tools, what should you do?
- Woopra vs. Google Analytics; How is Google Analytics different vs. Woopra?
- How do you get the top of Google Places?
- What is Google encrypted and SEO?
- What is the limit on keywords for SEO?
- If your competitor is dominating Google, what can you do?
- How do you do SEO for new categories?
- Do blogs help with SEO (Search Engine Optimization)?
- Are there word limits for the META DESCRIPTION tag?
- How does Google customization for search work?
- Is the KEYWORDS META TAG extinct / dead for Google SEO?
- How do you SEO Google Places / SEO for local search?
- What are the BEST SEO books ever? Top Ten SEO Books? Top Recommended SEO Books?
- What steps should one follow for successful SEO?
- What does BOUNCE RATE mean in Google Analytics?
- How do you SEO optimize / improve Adobe Flash Websites?
- If everyone use similar keywords, which sites win in Search Engine Optimization?
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