Have you seen that Simpson's episode where Jasper stands at the front of the class laying out the ground rules while nursing an old school butt paddle? If you've never seen this episode or can't recall it by memory then quite frankly friend, you deserve a paddling. Without further ado:
Originally posted August 30, 2006, and updated today. This article is a brief series on individual meta tags and their impact on SEO, today's feature, the meta keyword tag.
The year is 2004, smart SEOs noted the importance of keywords and also enjoyed the use (and for some abuse) of the keyword meta tag. For those of you unaware of what the keyword meta tag looks like here is an example below:
meta content="keyword 1, keyword2, etc." name="keywords"
The smart SEO in 2004 used 3-5 unique keyword phrases on each page, the leading search engines respected and used the tags as a contributor in their ranking system, and everyone was happy. But that was then and this is now, 3/4 through 2006, how then should we deal with the keyword meta tag in today's SEO world?
Why not resurrect the quality articles? Here's a worthy piece we wrote over a year ago about SEO and it's place in a proper business plan.
A brief browse through SEO/Webmaster forums reveal multitudes of SEO information that equips any webmaster and aspiring SEO consultant to enter 'the game'. With all the information, how can one correctly apply SEO to their business plan? Where does SEO fit in? Is it a marketing item, a strategy item, all of the above? This article will outline some basic suggestions for small business webmasters looking to include SEO within a coherent business strategy plan.
For those of you who haven't heard of PayPerPost (PPP) they run a service that connects bloggers and advertisers. Advertisers pay a fee to a have a certain 'level' of blogger post/review/comment on their web site/product. Seems like a good idea? On the surface it is, and if you have loads of money in your advertising budget this is a good way to get some one way links quick and easy. Here are some things that have me puzzled though.
Well we've managed to stick around the roller coaster SEO world for a year now! As of August 15, 2007, we officially turned one year old! I know I know, I'm 3 weeks late on the announcement, but we've been busy with clients that it literally slipped our mind. Next year I promise we'll remember
We've had a few customers inquiring about price point sheets--documents that depict a service and corresponding cost. We don't have any set flat rate price point sheets because quite frankly SEO can't be done on a flat rate. One size never fits all in search engine marketing. What works for site a) is not going to work for site b) mainly because of size difference and market differences.
Fear not though, we offer something better. Rather than an informal price sheet, we welcome you to review the services we offer, and if you think that sounds about what you're looking for, feel free to give us a call or drop us an email. It's that simple, we'll figure out a web marketing solution unique your business so we can ensure meeting your online goals will happen.
Well we put together back to back interviews for the first time in a month and a bit. Not bad considering the two voices we reigned in for responses. This we welcome Pops from Design Refugee. Let's not waste any time.
Shameless plug about yourself:
After a dozen years creating websites, I have way too many personal sites scattered around:
• Business site: http://www.studiojmc.com
• My cartoons: http://toonrefugee.com
• And I help my son out at http://www.seorefugee.com
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