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Google’s Webmaster Tools Have Exciting New Features

Google continues to enhance their toolset to give those of us who are professionals in the SEO and Web world, more data. Feed me data! They recently launched a new version of the Webmaster Tools which gives you more data from the back end, which complements Google Analytics. Google Analytics is great at giving you [...]

How to Submit Your Website to a Search Engine for Free

When you’ve built a brand new Web site, or even added new pages to your existing Web site, it’s easy to get impatient and want Google and the other search engines to find you now! Unfortunately, there’s no quick road to getting indexed. It can take two, three or four weeks or more for new [...]

Get Your Business Listed On Google Maps In Five Steps

You can get your business listed on Google’s map or local business listing in five easy steps. It’s important to claim your business listing and correct any misinformation. These steps will help you show up higher on the map if you’re already there.

Facebook Security for Professionals: How To Manage Your Friends

If you’re a professional who wants to network on Facebook, how do you separate your personal information from people you don’t want to see it? Learn how to create lists and give them permissions so you can have your professional and personal lives at the same time on Facebook.

Easy WordPress Blog Setup Instructions

It’s easy to learn how to set up hosted WordPress so that it’s secure from hackers and spammers. Learn which plugins will help you with your SEO efforts as well.

Ping Server List for your Blog

Set up your ping server list for your blog so that your blog entries get found by the search engines quickly.

Top 10 List of Steps to Get on Google

The Bay Area Search Engine Academy’s top ten list of things that you need to do to get listed on Google and Yahoo! Follow these steps and you’ll get indexed more quickly, and will get more traffic to your site. They are sorted by the easiest (#10) to the most difficult (#1).

How To Use Header Tags With SEO

Use header tags to help your SEO efforts work better for you. You can apply formatting to header tags and use them as a formatting element in your content. But headers really shine when combined with your keyword phrases to help get the page listed higher in the search engines.

How To Measure Keyword Density – Does Keyword Density Matter?

Keyword density is a measure of how effectively you’re using your keyword in your content of your Web site. Does it really matter and influence your position on the search engines? What is the “right” keyword density that you should shoot for?

Multiple Domain Names: Do They Help Search Engine Position?

Having multiple domain names or keyword-rich domain names point to a single Web site is not a good practice. It can actually harm your position on the search engines. Having multiple domain names is fine, but you have to manage them properly so you don’t harm your search engine position.