Going to the Horse's Mouth
People often act as if search engine optimization is a great
mystery. It's all shadows and guesswork, secret formulas and black
hat subterfuge.
Hey, SEO does have its share of mystery. The Google algorithm is
locked up tighter than Colonel Sanders' fried chicken recipe and
there are certain clues that Google spokespeople refuse to give
up.
However, the bulk of SEO is fairly easy to understand. Search
engines exist (and profit) because people can use them to find
information. If they don't provide good results, people won't use
them.
So, the goal is good results. What does that tell you?
It should tell you that you probably ought to work on building a
good site with solid information that answers real questions,
right?
Obviously, there's more to making it work than that. It's not as
simple as doing something well. There are levels of complication,
best practices and many other considerations in play.
But, fortunately, most of the key questions beyond that are
answered by the people at Google. Read Matt Cutts' blog and the
comments of other Google staffers. Read their webmaster guidelines.
You can get the lowdown on high ranking, in large measure, straight
from the horse's mouth.
Date Published: Jul 02, 2009 - 4:29 pm
Should You Build Your Static Site with Wordpress
Wordpress is a blogging platform. If you're not blogging, you don't
need to use Wordpress, right?
Not necessarily. Although Wordpress may be primarily used for
blogging, it's actually a feature-rich content management system.
It can make site maintenance and the uploading of new content
incredibly easy via its intuitive and flexible back-end
administration panel. The tool is also supported by a huge and
dedicated user base, making it a constantly evolving and improving
piece of software.
Even those who recognize that fact often stray away from using
Wordpress for their VRE sites because they want the look and feel
of a traditional static website. What they might not know is that
themese are available to make Wordpress into a dead ringer for a
static site while maintaining all of the “under the hood” content
management value the platform offers.
Search engine friendly, easy to use, designed to handle regular
content updates... It sounds like the perfect VRE site builder,
doesn't it? Well, it just might be. Especially for those who aren't
accustomed to working with other forms of CMS, Wordpress can be a
great way to build a traditional-looking VRE website.
It may not be the best system for every need and there are a few
workarounds one must use in order to get Wordpress ready to serve
as a VRE creator, but overall its a compelling choice.
Date Published: Jun 14, 2009 - 4:26 pm
XsitePro Templates Review
The XsiteProTemplates web site specializes in unique niche
templates and web sites catering to the large XSitePro Clientele of
Internet Marketers.
These sites are unusually bright and active, and are a far cry from
the typical website created by the site builder.
XSitePro Templates are very easy to upload, and
if you have a domain name and hosting ready, your site can be up
and running in literally minutes.
For a more complete XsitePro Template Review
click here
Date Published: Jun 09, 2009 - 12:33 am