Aug 18, 2010 Posted by Judith

What’s an SEO Schmoe?

Yes, there are reliable folks out there who do a great job with SEO. They make sure they benchmark their work, they understand the platform the site is on and more importantly they work with a client’s knowledge of their market and what they want their site to accomplish to ensure the SEOing going on is what the client needs to reach their stated goals. More importantly, those who really get SEO,... read more

Aug 10, 2010 Posted by Judith

WordPress How To: Learn About SEO

Along with all the buzz about WordPress, SEO tops the list on most onliners information overload list. Today, I thought I would provide you with a nice little resource, wrapped up in one post that you can bookmark and refer to as needed. We start with the fact that the Search Engine Optimization of your WordPress site is critical to your long term “findability” so you aren’t a needle in... read more

Jan 12, 2010 Posted by Judith

Wrap Your Head Around Great Organic Search Engine Rankings

So many gurus, packages, quick fixes — what is one to believe? Believe that getting great rankings are within your reach if you are willing to earn them. There is no secret formula; nothing you really cannot do yourself. But first you have to wrap your head around what it takes to get great organic rankings. Who doesn’t want to be in the top 5, 10, top page for organic (free) listings? ... read more

Aug 12, 2009 Posted by Judith

How are We Supposed to Get One-Way Inbound Links!?

I bet you’ve thought about this yourself! If link exchanges are risky then how do actually get people to link to you? When asked this question, my response is “it’s all about the content”. Have content worth linking to and the links will happen. Simple, right? Wrong! While that’s the short and sweet of it, there are many other considerations that you need to be aware of,... read more

Aug 11, 2009 Posted by Judith

Another Reason to Use Firefox: SEO Blogger WordPress Plugin!

One of the most talked about topics around The IStudio is SEO. That’s why I write about search engine optimization so often. I get questions, track what folks are asking and if I can help, offer tips or even a neato plugins, resources or applications to make the issue less confusing and a bit easier if possible. I’ve used FireFox for years — actually I make a concentrated effort to use... read more

Jul 8, 2009 Posted by Judith

WordPress How To: PageRank Sculpting

While WordPress is inherently more SEO friendly, SEO in regard to “PageRank Sculpting” comes up daily around here. For the most part the folks who ask me have heard about PageRank Sculpting, don’t know what it is and want to know how to do it. First, what is PageRank Sculpting? PageRank Sculpting is what was called Dynamic Linking back in the day. The gist is that you are trying to... read more

Jun 16, 2009 Posted by Judith

7-Minute SEO Guide

SEO (Search Engine Optimization) has always, to me, been a combo of common sense and simple good writing principles. I was naturally SEO’ing sites back in the day before this term was even coined! Folks are always asking me how what they can do to SEO themselves. That’s when I suggest they dump their static HTML site and move over to WordPress and use it as a CMS (Content Management System)... read more

Jun 9, 2009 Posted by Judith

Are You a Habitual Keyword Stuffer?

While some cannot remember what life was like BI (before Internet), one would think we’ve progressed in the area of how to properly use the title, meta and image alt tags within our sites. But nooooooooooooooo, instead we are still back in the 1990s when it comes to understanding the important tags that can help with our SEO efforts. The tags haven’t changed. Same tags. Their importance... read more

Jun 2, 2009 Posted by Judith

What Do Search Engines Want?

Something entirely different than what many site owners want or are wiling to put the knowledge acquisition and effort in to offer. What is that I hear you say? A Web site that is well designed overall, thought out and grown over time. Unique quality content not to be found elsewhere that provides value to your site visitors. Accurate and unique title tags for each and every page. Accurate and unique... read more

May 27, 2009 Posted by Judith

WordPress How To: SEO Permalinks

The default URLs or Permalinks created by WordPress are not user or search engine friendly. There all kinds of ways to tweak your Permalink structure to suite your needs, you can read all about Permalinks here. For example the WordPress default Permalink looks something like this: http://www.theistudio.com/muse/?p=123 So here’s a quick and easy tip to solve both of these issues. When in WordPress,... read more