To help eliminate duplicate content being picked up by search engines, many webmasters out there either force website visitors to redirect to their website domain with or without the "www" prefix. How can I always show "www" in front of my domain, even when people just type in mydomain.com?
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Grade Your Website
So does your website make the grade? One of my favorite resources to visit for general website search engine optimization advice is Website Grader. This free resource gives you a quick summary of all the things you are doing right and wrong when it comes to managing your website. To start off, all you need to do is visit the Website Grader website and plug in your website address.
7 Successful Forum Hosting Rules
Building and hosting successful forums on your website can be a lot of hard work. Just like you would do if you were building a house, you have to build your forums with a good foundation. Here I have for you seven different successful forum rules you should keep in mind when you either set up a forum script, or look to redo some of your forums to make them easier for users to navigate through.
Search Engines Can’t Find You?
When you are starting up a new website, one of the big concerns seems to be if the search engines have found it yet. I have talked with many a stressed out webmaster who have lost their faith in the world, just because Google has not yet crawled their newly launched website. Here are a few suggestions to make sure your website gets found by the search engines out there.
Siteholic: Simple Site Ranking Tool
Check your website’s social ranking status with Siteholic. This neat tool will give you a lot of details concerning your domain’s age, Google PageRank and other search engine and social network ranking statistics you need to keep track of. The best thing about it is, it keeps all these details, all in one location, on one very simple page.
Embed Anything
Looking for a way to embed articles or images into your own website layout? Embed Anything is an interesting new service that delivers you the chance to embed both on the fly. The idea here is simple, let your visitors embed your content – rather than just taking it.
7 Ways Linkbait Generator Could Cure Cancer
Not sure what you should blog about? I have a generator that should help!
The Linkbait Generator is here to help you come up with a topic that will sure to grab eyeballs.
Improve Your Search Engine Snippets
Your meta description says a lot about your web page. If you get a lot of visitors from Google, it could be the only thing you have to use to sell them on clicking that link to find out more information. So what steps can you take to make your search engine snippets stand out?
I have a few simple tips to share:
- Ensure each page has a unique meta description. Each page has different content, so you should make sure your meta description reflects the content inside.
- How about length? Ideally, your meta description should be kept between 70 and 160 characters long.
- Make sure it is explicit enough and contains keywords relative to that web page’s content.
For more help with meta descriptions, check out these two resources:
This should make for a fun weekend project, and I can promise you will see even more traffic from the various search engines out there.
Quick All in One Web Site Analysis
WooRank is an impressive new web site analysis tool worth singing the praises of. I have several of these types of online tools bookmarked, and I have written about most of them. The thing that separates WooRank’s analysis of a domain over any other tool is the plethora of information they provide to you.
Make Your Web Analytics Work for You
Often our web site statistics we gather are there to help us do better, but very rarely are we rewarded for them doing well. GoingUp! is not only a great new web site analytics tracker, but it will also pay you back in return.
Having a good web site analytics package is key to having a successful web site. You have to know what your visitors like, what they don’t like, and where you could improve.
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