Tools for Determining Keyword Relevancy: Part 3
Basics: Ranks.nl webtools include a free version of their Keyword Density Analyzer. Currently, they are up to version 3.1 and include some very useful features. Using the tool is straighforward. Simply past a URL in the analyzer and past an optional focus term. The tool quickly looks over the page and reveals some basic information […]
Tools for Determining Keyword Relevancy: Part 2
Dave Naylor’s Keyword Density Tool is another tool that many SEOs recommend while doing on-page analysis. It helps to determine how relevant a page is for a given keyword phrase. Let’s take a closer look. Basics: David Naylor’s free tool has grown into a pretty good part of any SEOs repertoire. Simply enter the URL […]
404 Errors: Soft vs. Hard
Traditional (Hard) 404 Errors Simply put, 404 errors are ‘Not Found‘ error message. It is the standard HTTP response code, indicating that communication was made with the server but the page could not be found. A 404 error often occurs when a page has been moved or deleted. Such errors are very common on websites- […]
SEO Kryptonite Showdown Part 3: Frames
Frame Kryptonite What are Frames? HTML Frames define one particular window or frame within a frameset. The <frame> tag allow the site creators to add documents or an independent window inside an normal site page. Difference between Frames and iFrames? iFrames are simply Inline Frames, and all the formatting is contained within the iFrame tag. […]
SEO Kryponite Showdown Part 2: JavaScript
JavaScript Kryptonite What is JavaScript? Used to create dynamic, interactive user experiences on websites, JavaScript is a programming language that runs on the site visitors computer, meaning it’s client side computing. Support for JavaScript is built right into modern web browsers, as long as the visitor has JavaScript enabled. Are JavScript and Java the same? […]
SEO Kryptonite Showdown Part 1: Flash
What Makes for SEO Kryptonite? Any type of site code technology that is difficult for Google to read may be considered SEO Kryptonite. Google is getting better at reading all kinds of sloppy code and file types, but as an SEO it’s always better to take a more straight forward approach when creating websites or […]
View Source Top 5: What Exactly Do I Look For?
SEOs know that viewing the page source of a particular web page is an essential first step to analyzing how much and what kind of SEO strategy may be needed for a site. A lot can be seen in just a few minutes by taking a look under the hood and viewing some of the […]
Meta Descriptions: For SEO or Visitors?
Simply put, metadata is data that describes other data. Webpages include metadata–called meta tags–that describe the content on the page. These include the Meta Title, Meta Description and Meta Keywords. Titles are really important for SEO, descriptions are really important for searchers and keywords are not important at all. Ignore them, unless you particularly like […]
Richie-Rich Snippets
Almost 2 years ago, Google announced Rich Snippets, making it possible to structure specific data to be displayed on Google’s search results pages. It’s been getting a lot of love lately, because local search has become so important and Rich Snippets are very useful for geo-targetted search phrases, such as restaurants and product reviews. There […]