Google Wants You To Talk About Your Images

Using ALT attributes smartly from the Google Webmaster Central blog has a new video from Matt Cutts on how to properly label your images so that Google Image search can properly rank them for relevant searches. In short, Matt recommends using a short but descriptive alt tag within the image source ...
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Dec. 7, 2007 at 8:49am Eastern by Barry Schwartz

21 Essential SEO Tips & Techniques

... on-page SEO factor. It's rare to rank highly for a primary term (2-3 words) without that term being part of the page title. The meta description tag won't help you rank, but it will often appear as the text snippet below your listing, so it should include the relevant keyword(s) and be written so as ...
Related Searches: Basic Seo | Seo Tips | File Name | Keywordspy

Jun. 28, 2007 at 7:41am Eastern by Matt McGee

Google On Using Images

... posted tips on using images on your site. In short, she explains that: (1) Don't put the bulk of your visible text in images, use real text (2) Use alt tags to describe the images (3) Do not keyword stuff the alt tags (4) Alt tags are more important when your navigation is all images (5) A webmaster ...
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Dec. 15, 2006 at 9:01am Eastern by Barry Schwartz

Free Web Design Tools From The Big Three: SEO Friendly Or Not?

... ranking factors, but rather a discussion of the abilities each tool offers for various ranking criteria. The items I selected for review are: Title Tag Heading Tag Bold/Strong Tag META Keywords Tag META Description Tag Alt Attribute Tag Filename Control Sitemap XML Support Test One – Title Tag Control ...
Related Searches: Javascript | Sitemap | Meta Tags

May. 3, 2007 at 1:15pm Eastern by Christine Churchill

SearchCap: The Day In Search, February 6, 2008

... Initiative, iCrossing SEO & SEM A white hat seo tool -- whatever that is, Bob Massa Makeshift Anchor Text. Link Title Attribute vs Image Alt Tags: Which is Better?, SEO Book How to avoid and elude Google's Sandbox, Mike's Quarter Possible Microsoft Live Search Update, Search Engine Roundtable The ...

Feb. 6, 2008 at 2:34pm Eastern by Danny Sullivan

Ten Copywriting Tips for B2B SEO

... top three to five results on Google. Know which keyword you're going after, and write copy accordingly. (This goes for other things, too, like title tags.) Long copy is good In B2B, long copy is a good thing. It gives you the opportunity to explain attributes and benefits that aren't readily apparent ...

Sep. 24, 2008 at 10:28am Eastern by Galen DeYoung

Total Search Marketing, Part 2

... across multiple devices. File names should be short and keyword-rich. Mobile SEO: Traditional SEO best practices with targeted keyword copy, meta tags and links to accommodate the small screen. Keep in mind that mobile queries are shorter when selecting keywords. Avoid pop-ups, frames, and Flash. Solicit ...

Jul. 30, 2008 at 8:30am Eastern by Paul J. Bruemmer

When Critiquing Large Sites, Don't Always Blame The SEO

... look at the code for a few seconds, spout off about 10 things that haven't been done on the site, impress the potential client with my knowledge of alt tags, esoteric ranking methodologies or meta tag knowledge, and then ride off in the sunset. The potential client looks at me like I am the SEO cowboy ...

Sep. 2, 2008 at 6:58pm Eastern by Tony Wright

Diagnosing The SEO Health Of Your Website

... of search engine "unfriendly" navigation such as one that requires JavaScript or Flash. Or you may be using image navigation that has no alt attribute text (aka "alt tags"). The cure: If your navigation is comprised of unindexable DHTML code or Flash, then recode it using a search ...
Related Searches: Jill Whalen | Flash | Seo Checklist

Apr. 24, 2008 at 8:57am Eastern by Jill Whalen

The Latest In Link Development

... link building as a practice. They consider it to be part of legitimate search engine optimization much as they think of creating descriptive title tags and using alt tags for images. What search engines don't condone are artificial linking activities, particularly those that create links that are of ...
Related Searches: Link Building | Incoming Links | Link Baiting | External Links

Feb. 4, 2008 at 3:48am Eastern by Vanessa Fox