Uncommon SEO – Choosing a Proper Webhost

Melanie Prough | July 31, 2009

There are many factors we look at when choosing a proper web host. There are literally thousands of hosting providers in the World and there are many, many considerations to take into account. I like to take a systematic and structured approach and narrow down my field of possible hosting provider candidates before I even look at prices. I write down a list of criteria that I must place on choosing an appropriate website host and these form my requirements base.

SEO vs. SEM – ROI Myth Busted

Melanie Prough | July 23, 2009

Return on investment or ROI, as it is commonly referred to, is one of the deciding factors for any course of action involving investment of financial resources. For quite sometime now, a debate has been raging on whether search engine optimization (SEO) has better ROI than professional search engine marketing (SEM).

SEO in 10 easy Tips

Melanie Prough | July 9, 2009

Having your site top-ranked for a hot keyword can effectively improve your traffic and therefore your profits as well. All you need to do is to optimise your content and create many links of different quality. But if you don’t have any money to start off, its hard but it can be done.

SEO Can Either Make Or Break Your Company

Melanie Prough | July 7, 2009

One thing that you should always take into consideration about your website is search engine optimization. Marketing on the internet is a viciously competitive area. You have to be up-to-date on all your knowledge and resources to make your web site better than the rest. All the other sites are struggling to get their site on top of the search engine rankings, and if you don’t do the same then you could be left in the dust.

SEO Link Building with Web Content Secrets

Melanie Prough | July 5, 2009

It’s the timeless question: how do you get other sites to link to you? The most commonly discussed ways are reciprocal linking (swapping links) and buying links. Yet there’s another important tool for building links that should be a part of your toolbox: distributing content in exchange for one-way inbound links.

Converting Artificial Keywords Into Natural Keywords

Melanie Prough | July 3, 2009

One of the major aspects of search engine optimization (SEO) is the use of keywords both in the Meta tags of a site and throughout the website content.

Software & Venue Specific SEO Services

Melanie Prough | July 1, 2009

As you run your website on a day to day basis, you gain skills that are at times very specific to your website software or niche. The needs and education for your SEO plan is no different. There are many different types of SEO specialties and specific platform or niche services which will be relevant to your website.

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