Tag Archives: seo

Why Usability is An Important Part Of SEO

Awesome article regarding usability: Why Usability An Important Part Of SEO .
I’m constantly blown away by complicated layouts that seem to say to the site visitor.. get outta here we don’t actually want you looking at what’s in our site!.. The above article gives us yet one more reason to make sure our sites are [...]

3 SEO Myths Shattered | Blogging Elements

Good post by Ashwin, which brings to light a couple of issues that we’re constantly dealing with as SEO’s.
3 Wordpress SEO Myths Shattered | Blogging Elements
I feel it important, however to point out one possibly dangerous flaw. His first statement regarding Meta tags not being a must.
He is correct in his explanation that for SEOs [...]

RDFa and a Practical Semantic Web

If you’ve no clue what RDFa is, no problem. If you’re not sure, no problem. If you heard about it and want to know more, again no problem!
Came across a great article: RDFa and a Practical Semantic Web which really helped clarify many confusions that I had regarding RDFa, what it is and how I [...]

Meta Tags

What are meta tags? A meta tag is a snippet of code located between the <head> </head> tags in an HTML document. Defined, "meta" is the shortform of "metainformation".
Meta tags are often used incorrectly and laypeople and designers alike are often uninformed as to their meaning.
Originally meta tags were used to help "make sense" of [...]

The strong link between Usability & SEO

Here’s a great post dealing with one of my personal favourite topics, usability. To the detriment of many sites, usability is an often overlooked aspect of web design and seo. The value of usability in the architecture and design of a successful web enterprise cannot be underestimated. Check out the article and watch here, in [...]

Improving Google Ranking….

I came across this article which, though having many similar points to my article on linking, lays out some specifics on how to ensure good quality in-bound links to your site, check it out:
Google is by far the most important search engine on the net. To rise to the top of their search engine, you [...]

Google Webmaster Central

Known and well used by those experienced in search engine optimization, Google Webmaster Central is often overlooked by novice optimizers, web designers, and website owners alike (usually because they just aren’t aware of it). Webmaster Central contains a plethora of valuable tools to help you optimize your site, improve rankings and answer all your [...]

alt & title attributes

There is a great amount of confusion regarding the use of the alt=”” and title=”” attributes in both web design and seo. I would like to help clarify their purpose in the web site and how they should be used.
The alt=”” attribute is defined by W3C Schools under the <img> tag as follows:
Required attributes
Purpose: text
Description: [...]

Linking IMHO…

I’m consistently asked about linking strategies by existing clients as well as website owners calling me up to ‘kick the tires’.
It is very true that the number and quality of IBLs (inbound links), that is links on other websites that link to pages within your domain, are a very important factor used by most Search [...]

Composing a website

Almost without fail, a potential client approaches me and wants a website. As the years have gone by I’ve learned that the vast majority of people out there simply don’t know or understand the various pieces to the puzzle (if you will) that go into creating a complete website.
Though I have greatly improved the quantity [...]