SEO is an acronym for
"search engine optimization". It is the process of analyzing your potential design and problems for search engines indexing and positioning. In other words, making your web site and its content attractive, relevant and visible to search engines and web searchers.
There is nothing worse than having a beautiful web site with excellent written content, though you still lose traffic or you even keep potential visitors away, while your site cannot be found.
Before you begin optimizing your pages for Search Engines, consider that the following search engine optimization techniques are
SPAM! * automatically generated doorway pages;
* cloaking and false redirects;
* keyword stuffing;
* hidden text or hidden links;
* pages loaded with irrelevant words;
* duplicated content on multiple pages;
* misspelling of well-known web sites;
* unrelated and centralized link farms;
* other methods that try to trick search engines.
If you use one of the above techniques, you might get short term results, but it's most likely that your site will be banned from search engines, and therefore you will put your business at severe risk.
You will have more success, if you will optimize your site for humans, and not machines.
Good luck with Search Engine Optimization.
More about:
http://www.google.com/support/webmasters/bin/answer.py?answer=35769More about
"Search Engine Optimization (SEO)" from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seo Don't miss this article too! "
Why SEO should be important to you".
An excellent SEO Analysis Tool! VALUABLE RESOURCES & TOOLSPlease report broken links or other issues, as misleading information, etc.Search Engine Optimization & Marketing Training *
Search Engine CollegeSEO Code of Ethics * Search Engine Optimization Code of Ethics
http://www.bruceclay.com/web_ethics.htmSearch Engines Guidelines for Webmasters * Google Webmaster Guidelines
http://www.google.com/webmasters/guidelines.html * Yahoo! Search Site Guidelines
http://help.yahoo.com/help/us/ysearch/basics/basics-18.html * MSN Guidelines for Webmasters
http://search.msn.com.my/webmasters/guidelines.aspx * Ask Jeeves Guidelines for Webmasters
http://sp.ask.com/docs/about/policy.html * Open Directory Editorial Guidelines
http://dmoz.org/guidelines/include.html * Zeal Guidelines Overview
http://www.zeal.com/guidelines/overview.jhtml * Overture's SiteMatch™ Content Guidelines
http://www.content.overture.com/d/USm/ays/sm_gl.jhtml *
Filing at Google a reinclusion request - howto http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/reinclusion-request-howto/ *
Remove content from Google's index http://www.google.com/support/webmasters/bin/answer.py?answer=35301Search Engines Spammer Reporting * Overture, AllTheWeb
feedback@Overture.com * AltaVista
http://www.altavista.com/help/contact/search * Google, AOL
http://www.google.com/contact/spamreport.html * Ask Jeeves
http://sp.ask.com/docs/about/contact_tuwyt.php * DMOZ / ODP
http://report-abuse.dmoz.org/ * Lycos
http://help.lycos.com/watchdog/watchdog_1_help.asp * Inktomi, MSN
reportspam@inktomi.com * Teoma
ask@teoma.com * Yahoo
reportsearchspam@yahoo-inc.comSandbox & Banned Sites Checker Tools * Google Sandbox Checker Tool
http://www.searchenginegenie.com/sandbox-checker.htm * Google Banned Site Checker
http://www.searchenginegenie.com/google-banned-site-checker.php * Yahoo Banned Site Checker
http://www.searchenginegenie.com/yahoo-banned-site-checker.php * MSN Banned Site Checker
http://www.searchenginegenie.com/msn-banned-site-checker.php * Another Google Banned Tool
http://www.123promotion.co.uk/tools/googlebanned.phpSearch Engines Information for Webmasters * Google Information for Webmasters
http://www.google.com/webmasters/bot.htmlSEO Tutorials * SEOmoz | Beginner's Guide to Search Engine Optimization
http://www.seomoz.org/beginners.php * Do It Yourself SEO, Where Do I Begin
http://www.jaankanellis.com/seo-where-do-i-begin/ * Basics of search engine optimisation
http://www.456bereastreet.com/archive/2005...e_optimisation/ * Website Promotion Tutorials by instantPROMOTION
http://www.instantposition.com/website-promotion/ * Google vs Yahoo! vs MSN Search: Defining Search Engine Relevancy
http://www.seobook.com/relevancy/SEO TIPS * Ten Tips to the Top of the Search Engines
http://www.highrankings.com/tentips.htm * Bruce Clay Search Engine Optimization Technical Tips
http://www.bruceclay.com/seo-tech-tips/techtips.htm SEO/SEM Books *
Search Engine Marketing BookSEO Desktop Software *
GR Search Engine OptimizerFree Online SEO Tools * Page Strength SEO Tool
http://www.seomoz.org/tools/page-strength.php * instantPROMOTION SEO Tools
http://www.instantposition.com/free_tools.cfm * Sitening SEO Analyzer - A Web Standards & SEO Web Design Page Analyzer
http://www.sitening.com/tools/seo-analyzer/ * Reaction Engine Free Online SEO Analysis
http://www.reactionengine.com/ * Digitalpoint Keyword Ranking Monitor (Search Engine Positioning Tool)
http://www.digitalpoint.com/tools/keywords/ * SEOBook Free SEO Tools
http://tools.seobook.com * AbiLogic Page Keywords Analyzer
http://www.abilogic.com/seo/ * SEO Scanner
http://www.webmasterbrain.com/ * Keyword Density & Prominence
http://www.ranks.nl/tools/spider.html * Meta Tag Analyzer
http://www.submitexpress.com/analyzer/ * Search Engine Keyword Tracker & Keyword Ranking Tool
http://www.digitalpoint.com/tools/keywords/ * Web Site Analysis
http://www.sitesolutions.com/analysis.asp * Free Robots.txt Generator
http://www.mcanerin.com/search-engine/robots-txt.htm * Robots.txt syntax checker
http://www.sxw.org.uk/computing/robots/check.html * Robots.txt Validator
http://www.searchengineworld.com/cgi-bin/robotcheck.cgi * Link Vendor SEO Tools
http://www.linkvendor.com/seo-tools/ * Bad Neighborhood Text Link Checker
http://www.bad-neighborhood.com/ * Free Site Map Generator
http://www.freesitemapgenerator.com/Free SEO Desktop Tools * WebCEO
Download Web CEO for FREE * Good Keywords
http://www.goodkeywords.com/ * Free Monitor for Google
http://www.cleverstat.com/google-monitor-query.htm * SEO Junkie Site Wide Duplicate Content Analyzer
http://www.seojunkie.com/2006/05/24/site-wide-duplicate-content-analyzer/ * GSite Crawler Google Sitemap Generator for Windows
http://gsitecrawler.com/Web Site Submission at Major Search Engines * Google
http://www.google.com/addurl/ * Yahoo!
https://login.yahoo.com/config/login?.src=s...om/free/request * MSN
http://search.msn.com/docs/submit.aspxWeb Site Submission at Human-edited Directories * DMOZ
http://www.dmoz.org/add.html * Webnauts Net Human and Search Engine Friendly Web Directory
http://directory.webnauts.net/suggest-link.phpSEO Discussion Forums * SEO Workers
http://forums.seoworkers.com * Webnauts Net
http://forums.webnauts.net * Digitalpoint
http://forums.digitalpoint.com * Google Community
http://www.googlecommunity.com/ * Search Engine Forums
http://www.searchengineforums.com/Social Bookmarking * Social Bookmarking (all in one)
http://ekstreme.com/socializer/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.webnauts.net%2F&title=SocializerSEO JokeA declaration of the abbreviation
SPAM:
S = SITES
P = PLACED
A = ABOVE
M = MINE
Turn on your loudspeakers to hear the spam hymn:
http://www.mailmsg.com/sounds/spam-song.wav---
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