Oct 21st 08 Posted by Judith

5 Web Site Traffic Tips

I was recently asked “If a new site owner wanted to know how to start increasing traffic to their site, what would be first 5 things you would advise them to do?” Hmmm… As far as I’m concerned it is tough to limit to 5 things because their are literally hundreds of things you can do. Let’s start with the the basics below as a new site starting point for increasing... read more

Oct 14th 08 Posted by Judith

Where Are Thee with the Top Three?

When your site was in development your consultant should have worked with you to determine what the keyword phrases were that your target market would likely use to find a site such as yours. If they didn’t, you now know for a fact that your site is not in a position to have a chance to pull relevantly for your targeted keyword phrases. See, optimizing a site when working with those who really... read more

Sep 2nd 08 Posted by Judith

“They Said They Could Get Top 10 Positions for My Site!”

First, who is “they?” “They” are always popping up as the experts on advertising to zeppelins!  I never seem to be able to get an answer when I ask who ” they” is…  Second, “Top 10″ for what? Your specific keywords? Or, phrases “they” deemed “they” could accomplish that for you? Very important distinction folks! Those of... read more

Jul 31st 08 Posted by Judith

Spiders, Crawlers and Bots Oh My!

Bots, Spiders, Crawlers are all nick-names for the little programs that are constantly scouring the Internet indexing every file they find. You can see which Bots have visited your Web site in your site’s stats. For example, Googlebot is Google’s little indexing program. These Bots are how search engines become aware of your site and new additions/pages so you can be listed accordingly.... read more

Jun 17th 08 Posted by Judith

Guaranteed Top Ten Search Engine Rankings!

I spend quite a bit of time explaining how search engines work contrary to all the hype and noise out there. In the 13+ years I’ve been marketing online, getting ranked with search engines went from “something that just happened” to, as some have laughed at my recent description, “a science fair project.” Back in the day, sites created with the target market in mind by... read more