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to the moment. Much more appropriate words could appear, too. • To understand the way Wordtracker functions, use its free version, although its paid version offers much more functions. Never count on orphaned key words! Two or more words combination is a much better variant than an orph...

The days of free search engine traffic are over! (And the reign of cheap search engine traffic has begun!) Okay, that may not be quite the case *yet*, but you really do have to work hard (or pay someone to work hard), to even get close to guaranteeing a top 10 position on search engines lik...

Like many other useful toolbars out there so is the Google Toolbar. I consider this toolbar a must have for any serious search engine optimizer and anyone who searches the internet on a regular basis. Here's why… The Google Toolbar has grown significantly in features since inception. It now f...

A recent post in a discussion list suggested that Google is becoming the Microsoft of search (dominating web search as Microsoft dominates PC operating systems). So I decided to research a theory - one I'd developed about search engine traffic. I dug into the traffic stats on three of my own si...

By now, virtually every webmaster has heard or read that the major search engines are responsible for 80% or more of the traffic received by most web sites and that most searchers never look beyond the first 20 - 50 search results. Not surprisingly, an entire industry devoted to search engine r...

UNDERSTANDING THE WWW. I came to the web with an itch to build content, and I needed to understand the technology utilized to build the Internet. Early on, I confronted the question about whether it was necessary to use the www. in my website URL. It really began to be a concern to me when ...

The rules for search engine directory submissions are very different than the rules for getting listed in the search engines. Therefore please read the general submission guidelines in my previous article (Part 2), before proceeding with the more detailed explanations below for each search engin...

A Pay-Per-Click search engine (also called Pay-Per-Ranking engine) allows you to place your site at the top of their results almost immediately. This comes at a price, though. The idea is pretty simple. You put in a "bid" for how much you're willing to pay per click-through on certain keywords...

Getting your web site listed in the major search engines is an absolute necessity. Why? Because 85% of all people on the Internet use them when searching for information. When they type the keyword or keyword phrase in a major search engine, up pops your web site, or at least you hope so. The...

When you design a website how do you start ? Do you start with the banner graphics at the top, or the order page or maybe the sales letter ? All of those are areas that have to be created but they're really not the place to start. The place to start is by answering one simple question abo...

A Brief Introduction To Link Popularity As webmasters research various ways to get more traffic to their site one method that is gaining more and more publicity is Link Popularity. Link Popularity is the number of links that point to your website as measured by the search engines. In theory if y...

There are a number of ways to improve your clickthrough rates (CTR) for ads on Google Adwords. Here are some tips to help you get started. 1. Target your ads to the right Audience. You do this by selecting keywords and phrases which are relevant to your product or service. Avoid keywords that...

So you were just at a website and were so impressed with their navigation bar you want something just as cool for your own site. No problem. If you know where to look you'll find plenty of generators that will allow you to easily pump out some very slick menus. Let's take a look at some: ...

Most links pages are defective! The worst ones can have nine near fatal flaws. How does yours stack up? As a veteran link exchanger I’ve spent countless hours in front of my monitor. Like a Vegas slots player hoping to hit the jackpot, err, I meant to say looking for prime candidates. So ...

Forbes magazine reported that pay per click ads accounted for $1.4 billion in 2002 and are expected to increase to $8 billion by 2008. The fundamental core elements of a successful pay per click program are constant monitoring, analysis, and refinement. Pay per click search engines offer a way...

An HTML email form is often used in email marketing to generate a greater response from potential customers. However their is not much information on how to actually create an interactive html email form or template to achieve this. Part 1 (http://www.isitebuild.com/html-email) of this article...

A completed website that is listed in search engines, hosted on a reliable server, and ready for action is a great thing. It holds nothing but promise and potential for greatness. I remember looking at the first version of auctiontrainer.com with pride. Eventually, however, that pride turned t...

Ever since Google began placing importance on its Page Rank system, website owners have been scrambling to get incoming links to their websites, usually through the means of trading links. Incoming links are important in the Page Rank system, because they are seen as "votes" for your site, and t...

Does your website make you money? My website does. I've built several successful websites, actually, and this 2-part article shows the steps I take when creating a profitable website. I can't guarantee *your* success, obviously, but the article's based on the checklist I use to create my...

Some words about Internet marketing... It doesn't stop with search engines. As a matter of fact, search engines may be the vehicle that brings the least amount of traffic to any given site. An increasing number of people are frustrated with search engines. For one thing, finding the correct ...