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		<title>Rank at the top with SEO</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ranking close to the top on the most important Search Engines is the actual key to bringing free, specific niche traffic to your website. Search Engine Optimization (SEO) will assist to take your website higher than your competitors, and that much closer to that number 1 spot.
When a search is performed on Google, the ensuing Search Engine Results Pages (SERPs) are determined depending on certain criteria laid out by that specific Engine. These criteria would be the position and density of the chosen keywords within the site, external link popularity, ...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Ranking close to the top on the most important Search Engines is the actual key to bringing free, specific niche traffic to your website. Search Engine Optimization (SEO) will assist to take your website higher than your competitors, and that much closer to that number 1 spot.</p>
<p>When a search is performed on Google, the ensuing Search Engine Results Pages (SERPs) are determined depending on certain criteria laid out by that specific Engine. These criteria would be the position and density of the chosen keywords within the site, external link popularity, and arrangement of the web page to name just a few. Not only does each search engine use a assorted set of criteria for ranking websites, but also these rules are continuously changing as they purify their results on a continual basis.</p>
<p>The subsequent will help you on your way to optimizing your own content and site:<br />
Keyword Analysis When designing websites, finding the correct key words means significant research and is one of the most difficult and most time-consuming duties. It means using the keywords which you would like to used when searched for, and then figuring out whether anyone searches on these keywords and how common they are. For particular keywords, others may have to be selected that give a better search-to-competition ratio. It is also important to guarantee keywords are relevant and precise to each of the web pages. Each web page should be optimized individually depending on the content of that site.</p>
<p>Also Website Design, There are two things a Webmaster should try to attain when designing websites. First thing would be, it must be eye catching and pleasant to the viewer. Your website will almost certainly be the first introduction to your business and by that it must be resourcefully written and give them  easy access to the tools and research they are looking for.</p>
<p>With all that tough work getting visitors to your website, you do not want them to hit the back button the first 2 seconds they land on your page. The most important goal of each web page should be either to present something the viewer is looking for, or to point them to the direct page.</p>
<p>Secondly, the website needs to be set up to be search engine friendly . To make certain all your website&#8217;s pages are correctly indexed with all the search engines, it is key to stay away from broken links, automatic redirects, and pages that hold uninformative content.</p>
<p>Site Content With the website&#8217;s code optimized for search engine readiness, and your keywords selected to balance the message you want to put out to your viewers or clients, now would come to that oh so fun  duty of writing those content-rich articles that will sell your merchandise or service to the purchaser.</p>
<p>Writing rich content that contains the essential keywords, and yet stays very easy to read and comprehend without being unnatural, means that much thought and can take extensive time and hard work. Websites optimized in this way and staying clear from the fast solution such as black Hat techniques, are more likely to produce a constant flow of direct specific traffic to your business and avoid your website from getting dinged or even excluded overall.</p>
<p>In finial submit, Review, Modify, Submit again, and rinse wash and repeat! Optimization is an never ending mission. It is key to review your rankings at least one to two times a month and to evaluate your website against your competition. Not only do fresh websites emerge all the time, but search engines, constantly alter their ranking criteria, so that a ranking on the first page today, may suddenly drop to page 3 the next week. It is also essential for a website to grow in size and content, otherwise it will fall behind the numerous other websites on the Internet struggle for the same top ranking you are looking for.</p>
<p>With determination and a little by little each day, your Search Engine Optimization (SEO) efforts should show repeated rewards as you head to that number one spot.</p>
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		<title>SEO and Article Marketing</title>
		<link>http://www.affiliate-friends.com/2008/12/11/seo-and-article-marketing/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Dec 2008 10:44:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[SEO and Article Marketing mend together to give you the best answer for a website promotion that you can have. Forget PPC programs, and don’t even think about ezine marketing. Not anything can win over  free adverts on the index listings of the main search engines.
Why shell out to have an advert on the right hand side of Google, that everyone knows is an advert, when for a smaller amount of money (no money at all) you get a beautiful list on the left hand side that everyone regards as ...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>SEO and Article Marketing mend together to give you the best answer for a website promotion that you can have. Forget PPC programs, and don’t even think about ezine marketing. Not anything can win over  free adverts on the index listings of the main search engines.</p>
<p>Why shell out to have an advert on the right hand side of Google, that everyone knows is an advert, when for a smaller amount of money (no money at all) you get a beautiful list on the left hand side that everyone regards as being connected with trustworthy sites. Not only is it free, but it is also a more striking listing that a compensated Adwords or Yahoo Search Marketing advert.</p>
<p>Correct search engine marketing can do that for you with a modest amount of assistance from article marketing to give you a publicity jump start. A  small number of links back to the web page of your choice from your Author’s Resource Box to help Google to assist you. Google and the majority of other search engines gaze upon links back to your website (actually a page on your site) as being an sign of the relevance of your site to the search phrase being used by the search engine customer seeking information.</p>
<p>Search terms are frequently named keywords, and it is worth your while learning how search engine perceive keywords. Do you know that a search term such as search engine optimization is broken down by the search engine into the three individual words, and it then looks through its index of spidered web pages for these three words. The page with most relevance to all of these gets listed first, and then will go on from there till those relevant to only one of these words gets ranked.</p>
<p>Of course, there would be a lot more to it then that. A site with a huge deal of significance and high-quality content with reference to ‘search engine’ will be listed above one with poor content on ‘search engine optimization’, even if that is the title of the web page. A website that contains all three words will be listed highest if it contains good relevant content, but not if it does not.</p>
<p>There are tactics and strategies that can be implemented to give yourself the best possible chance of a greater listing. A high listing can never be guaranteed, hence the dishonesty of those presenting it. Each and every one that can be obtainable is an improvement, but not a specific listing position. Any advert on the internet that offers a definite top 10 position is lying, unless they are referring to a top 10 position for a silly keyword such as “silly keyword listing”. If you have a web page optimized for that, you might get even a #1 listing on all the search engines, but who would really uses that term in a general search?</p>
<p>SEO and article marketing can be united to supply you with the greatest possible listing for the content articles on your site, since search engines in general list web pages, not domains. There are strategies that can be used to take advantage of on that standing and even attain a #1 listing, but no optimization expert can ever promise that. Except, of course, they work for Google and know the business inside and out and are willing to help you, (which is highly unlikely).</p>
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		<title>Tips for SEO that prove to work</title>
		<link>http://www.affiliate-friends.com/2008/12/09/tips-for-seo-that-prove-to-work/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Dec 2008 10:30:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Even though the idea of SEO can be somewhat complex, there are a number of basic search engine optimization practices you should take note before beginning any SEO associated activity. These fundamental principles are vital for any web page or website for which you are attempting to optimize. Keep in thought that these are just some of the basic SEO practices you should take into context.
1. Fist and foremost, MetaTags
Metatags are clear-cut lines of code at the top of your page (source code) that inform the search engines about your ...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Even though the idea of SEO can be somewhat complex, there are a number of basic search engine optimization practices you should take note before beginning any SEO associated activity. These fundamental principles are vital for any web page or website for which you are attempting to optimize. Keep in thought that these are just some of the basic SEO practices you should take into context.</p>
<p><strong>1. Fist and foremost, MetaTags</strong><br />
Metatags are clear-cut lines of code at the top of your page (source code) that inform the search engines about your page. I inform you that you need to be sure to include the following meta tags: title (no more than 7 words and unique for each page), keywords, description, author, and robots tag. The robots tag inform and instruct the search engines to read all or a number of pages on your website.</p>
<p><strong>2. Create or update your sitemap</strong><br />
Developing a site map is a easy yet highly successful way of giving search engines the information they require to crawl your whole website. This makes sure that the engine has an up-to-date record of your pages and content. The important key to improving search engine results is making it simple for your website pages to be found and crawled. There is free software on over the internet and can be found with a basic search, what this does is  aids you create a sitemap. Once you generate a sitemap for your website, present to Google and Yahoo. In addition, place a link to the site map on your home page.</p>
<p><strong>3. Make certain that all navigation is in HTML , this is key.</strong><br />
Too many times there is navigation in the form of java script or images. Even though  the navigation in theory still works in this arrangement, it&#8217;s not optimized. The benefit of creating your navigation in HTML is that you time after time build internal links all through your website by keeping the navigation steady and easily recognized by search engines.</p>
<p><strong>4. Make sure that all images include ALT text</strong>.<br />
Your image alt text is spidered by search engines. If you&#8217;re not counting your keywords in your alt text, your losing out on a gigantic opportunity for enhanced search engine result position. Be sure to label your images correctly and they may still show up as the number one outcome on Google. In addition, Google has a database of images (Google Image Search) that indexes pictures too.</p>
<p><strong>5. Use Flash content cautiously</strong>.<br />
As stated earlier, content generated through java script or flash is a big no-no. Some webmasters like to use flash because of the appearance. It&#8217;s acceptable to use carefully, but only after your site has been appropriately optimized with key SEO in mind.</p>
<p><strong>6. be certain that vital page elements are HTML</strong>.<br />
Also remember when optimizing a web page crawlers are simply only checking out your source code. Everything you&#8217;ve put collectively using an image or other multimedia component is likely to be unseen to search engines. Therefore, the most important elements of your page, where the heart of your article is obtainable, should be on hand in W3C optimized HTML source code.</p>
<p><strong>7. Set up  keywords in your site content the correct way</strong>.<br />
You have probably heard about the significance of inserting the correct keywords or keyword phrases in your content. To demonstrate the search engines that your article is focused on a particular keyword or keyword phrase, be sure to sprinkle it throughout the content. Additionally, contain the KW(keyword) in headers and sub-headers. That is to tell that your keyword should be contained in an h1, h2, or h3 tag.</p>
<p>Knowing and leaning to optimize your website’s content for search engines needs time and most of all, persistence. Start with the basic and begin to grow and work on each and every single day, this is the only true way you can master the art of SEO.</p>
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		<title>SEO Strategies for MORE Profit!</title>
		<link>http://www.affiliate-friends.com/2008/12/08/seo-strategies-for-more-profit/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Dec 2008 12:46:02 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here I will go over some SEO strategies and better inform you of some things you should know.
Search engine position optimization is  key and has a critical part in rising both the amount and value of the traffic some one can bring to their website. A higher search engine position ranking someone can anticipate to notice more targeted browsers and consequently more earnings.
As one can see optimizing their site to reach the optimum position on the search engines has a direct effect on the level of income one can achieve ...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Here I will go over some SEO strategies and better inform you of some things you should know.<br />
Search engine position optimization is  key and has a critical part in rising both the amount and value of the traffic some one can bring to their website. A higher search engine position ranking someone can anticipate to notice more targeted browsers and consequently more earnings.</p>
<p>As one can see optimizing their site to reach the optimum position on the search engines has a direct effect on the level of income one can achieve from their site, therefore, it is vital that one incorporates search engine position optimization as part of their ongoing business plan.</p>
<p>With a attempt to aid you amplify your search engine standings and hereby access and obtain more income,<br />
Here are some key pint strategies for you to o reference back to.</p>
<p>For the most part, optimizing your site for the greatest search engine position takes some time and applying some specialized actions, but there is one significant subject that must be in done before you try to take on search engine standing optimization.</p>
<p>Your site should be updated with fresh and unique content, for both your viewers and all the major search engines. Once you have updated and have loaded your web site with loads of related and informative articles and content, you should begin to optimize this content for all the  search engines.</p>
<p>You will need to start by doing your homework and searching all probable keywords and phrases that can be associated with your sites content. The keywords you select are extremely important when it boils down to it. Keywords that are too broad can be very cutthroat and difficult  to rank good in. For maximum results, use two or three word keyword phrases. Bring up to date your web content articles to comprise these keywords, when at the same time using one keyword per page.</p>
<p>Another fact to take into place would be (Keyword density) which means - the quantity of times your selected keyword appears all through any given page is know as keyword density. Keyword density plays an important part in search engine position optimization, as the amount of times a keyword appears on a page will help the search engines understand what your page is about and therefore, rank it accordingly. One should strive for a keyword density of 1-3%. Very little, and your pages can get overlooked and un-categorized, on the other hand if you have too much, and your pages could get dinged and marked as Spam. When creating content always keep your readers in thought first then search engines.</p>
<p>This next section is somewhat more technical, but will complement the strategies that were gone over from above. This would include using your keywords in the following ways and would be suggested: page title tags, keyword meta tags, explanation meta tags, and on internal and external links to different pages throughout your site. Using your keywords in this way will help strengthen what your site is about from a search engine position optimization stand point and point of view.</p>
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		<title>When Your Rank Drops</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Dec 2008 18:01:03 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Anybody who relies on search engines for traffic – which will probably be every webmaster out there – has a general disorder. It is our obsession with our rankings. It only makes sense that this be so common. In all, those rankings IS our business. At least as far as supplying those prospects we so very much need.
It’s secure to say that all of us have awaken up to see our standings fall from page 1 to a position that can only be measured up to being signed up in ...]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Anybody who relies on search engines for traffic – which will probably be every webmaster out there – has a general disorder. It is our obsession with our rankings. It only makes sense that this be so common. In all, those rankings IS our business. At least as far as supplying those prospects we so very much need.</p>
<p>It’s secure to say that all of us have awaken up to see our standings fall from page 1 to a position that can only be measured up to being signed up in the all general business relocation program. Which basically means you cannot be found , no where …. This would come as very , very bad news .<br />
Something you should do if this happens is, and remember you may not be capable of fixing the problem quickly but, you will at the most be in a much well off position to begin to start and deal with it.</p>
<p><strong>No need to panic or worry.</strong></p>
<p>This is extremely important to keep in thought. Take it critically, but never loose composure. There are many answers why standings can drop. Sometimes it happens because one of Google’s well-known algorithm miss-haps or shake-ups. This might be a brief shift that will see your rankings restored in short order. The key at this point is to stay clear of the temptation to do something that will only bring your site down in the long run , its long-term rankings &amp; your business itself.</p>
<p>Many people will go out on a limb and work extra hard and make large-grade changes in their site. By trying to bring it in context with what they assume the search engines want right this second , right now. This can in fact hurt their ranking in the search engines as they change the structure and layout of their site. It will throw off the search engine bots and gives an impression of uncertainty, a deficient order of consistency in the site. That’s no good for standings. So take this into play, never worry never stress and never panic.</p>
<p><strong>Give some thought what have you changed recently?</strong><br />
From time to time your standings drop  because of something you did. For instance, I have seen rankings plummet because people have messed up the code on some redirects . Have  you added some new pages lately, maybe new articles on that last page you have been working on? Double check and see to it that the links in them, and to them, are routed correctly. When you read the URL redirect wrong you are pointing the search engines to wrong 404 pages and they do not like this.</p>
<p>There are many things that could make the standings to fall. bare in thought that you should oversee  changes you have completed up to 3 weeks prior, just for a precaution.. Search engine bots differ in how often they come by your site, so they may be acting out on a  modification that is old news to you, but very  new to them.</p>
<p><strong>Keep working hard</strong>!<br />
It’s tempting to turn to the dark side of SEO, become a Black Hat when you see your rankings drop. In particular when you see a powerless site, or a totally unrelated one, surpass yours. It has happened before and so many have been there.</p>
<p>But you know what the right choice is, even if it’s hard to refuse to go along with doing a small amount of  cloaking. What you must do is strive to keep building a great  site: adding relevant, targeted content, working on your site structure so that all content can be found &amp; indexed by the search engines, working on links to your site. A little boring? Yes, sometimes. But it’s the best choice, especially for those of you looking to be in big business for the long-run.</p>
<p>Bare in mind these 3 tactics and guided steps next time you see rankings slip. It’s okay to be a just a little upset or mad. It’s also okay to be taken aback. It’s even okay to be a little annoyed. Vent, and then get back to work, success awaits you.</p>
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