Google Sandbox: All you ever wanted to know

November 28th, 2007

Google is the world leader in online search currently. Going by the market share, it is clear why most people (myself included) chose to prioritize their optimization efforts towards results in Google. SEO has many buzz-words, most of which are quite widely used.
Some of these terms are link building, on-page optimization, keyword density, sandboxing etc. [...]

What is Nofollow tag, and when to avoid it

October 28th, 2007

The nofollow tag was introduced by Google as a means of combating spam. The theory goes like this – Google search bots do not credit any links with a rel=”nofollow” tag attached to them. Google advised webmasters to nofollow all the unwanted, unrelated links so that Google could improve their searches, by eliminating any false [...]

How To: Solve duplicate content in WordPress without plugins

October 9th, 2007

Duplicate content is a serious issue for all WordPress blogs, and most bloggers now employ different methods to show partial content. The only blogs with good search rankings which employ full posts, are usually authority blogs, which are labelled as safe and authoritative by Google’s algorithm.
Plugins are a popular method to reduce duplicate content. However, [...]

Simple SEO tips to improve your blog’s search rankings

September 16th, 2007

Every blogger has heard of the term SEO. SEO blog category is among the fastest growing – you have to look no further than the number of authority blogs that cover the topic extensively. Having some SEO knowledge is essential for every blogger to improve his luck with search engines. More organic traffic is important [...]

The best WordPress permalink structure

August 26th, 2007

The default permalink structure of WordPress is very ugly, and is a pile of meaningless jumbo, like this – http://blogname.com/?p=xxx, where xxx is the number of post. It is obvious that it does not help the search rankings in anyway, as one of the most important values in SERPs is the keywords in URL. If [...]

Do not forget http:// in WordPress posts

August 2nd, 2007

More often than not, most people type website/blog addresses without http or www. Nowadays, this is not much of a problem, as most sites have 301 redirects from non-www version to www version.
Whenever I have linked out to other blogs, I have used the URL from the address-bar. This avoids any typo in the URL. [...]

SEO for Firefox extension: Highlights nofollow, fetches PR

July 22nd, 2007

Today, every blogger and his kid(no offence ) knows what rel=”nofollow” attribute is. It is an important aspect in optimising your site for Google. Most bloggers use them to link to sites which they do not want to give credit to (like bad neighbourhood/competitors).
It is an unwritten law of the blogosphere to link [...]

What is Google Juice?

June 4th, 2007

What is Google juice? These days, everyone is concerned about SEO, and it is good to start from the basics. Google Juice, in essence, is the value that Google gives to your site, for having a priceless link from a good site. The value adds up for each link, and you get better search rankings!
Google’s [...]