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Ethics, Best Practices and SEO - A Crisis in the Profession?

There has been much debate recently on the practice of ethical Search Engine Optimization (SEO). The recent removal of a high profile SEO company from the Google results has plunged the industry into yet another debate on what is ethical and what is not in our profession. Ask any two SEO's what they consider to be ethical in their pursuit of top results and you will most likely get two very different answers. Hence, the lack of agreement on what is ethical and what is not. Read 'Ethics, Best Practices and SEO - A Crisis in the Profession?'.

Beginner's Guide to Search Engine Optimization

Search Engine Optimization, also known as SEO, is the art and science of making web pages attractive to the search engines. The better optimized the page is, the higher a ranking it will achieve in search engine result listings. This is especially critical because most people who use search engines only look at the first page or two of the search results. Read 'Beginner's Guide to Search Engine Optimization'.

How Tagging and Keywords Stack Up

Fed up with being shovelled content by search engine algorithms, a segment of searchers have switched to tagging and social bookmarking to find online information. Can you capitalize off this new wave of search? Read 'How Tagging and Keywords Stack Up'.

Make your website search engine friendly

Search engines happen to be one of the fundamental ways that Internet users find web sites. That's the reason a web site with good search engine listings can see a dramatic increase in traffic. Good listing remains atop on the wish list of every website owner. Read 'Make your website search engine friendly'.

How to Analyze a Competitor's Website

Competitors' websites, if analyzed properly, can give you all sorts of information that you can use to increase the traffic and the popularity of your site. You can use these sites to analyze your own market. Read 'How to Analyze a Competitor's Website'.

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How to Find the Best Keywords for a Niche Site

Now that you've decided to begin creating niche sites the next logical step in the process is to decide what kind of niche site you want to create. That is, you must pick a niche topic. Once you've done that, you can pick a set of niche site keywords to use in order to attract search engine spiders to your site, as well as actual human visitors. Read 'How to Find the Best Keywords for a Niche Site'.

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Keyword Research Strategies For Article Writers

If you write articles, you probably know how important it is to use keywords in helping to get them indexed by search engines, and in getting the attention of publishers who might want to use your content. Read 'Keyword Research Strategies For Article Writers'.

Are You Targeting The Wrong Keywords?

Like it or not, the keywords and phrases you select to describe your site within your META tags and body text can make or break your listings in the search engines. It's a sad fact that most companies are targeting the wrong keywords and losing traffic as a result. Even sites that have excellent rankings will not benefit if those rankings are for unsuitable keywords. Read 'Are You Targeting The Wrong Keywords?'.

Professional Keyword Research Strategies

Keyword research is an integral part of any SEM initiative, whether it may be PPC or SEO, so it's important to do it right. Its also important to do it right from the start, Google spiders (the bots that indexes web pages) can takes up to months before they cycle to your site, so if you target the wrong keywords initially, it could take months to fix. Read 'Professional Keyword Research Strategies'.