Archive for March, 2008
Wednesday, March 19th, 2008
So the question is what cud be the possible effects of the rel=”external” tag? what are its use ?
Umm … after having a long research about this tag i had seen many people think that it is like nofollow tag. It helps in prevent PageRank Pass .. this is not at all true !!
So what exactly is rel=’external’ ?
rel=’external’ is a part of xhtml code necessary to open a new window, but it requires javascript to execute this action.
function externalLinks() {
if (!document.getElementsByTagName) return;
var anchors = document.getElementsByTagName("a");
for (var i=0; i
var anchor = anchors[i];
if (anchor.getAttribute(”href”) &&
anchor.getAttribute(”rel”) == “external”)
anchor.target = “_blank”;
}
}
window.onload = externalLinks;
So the conclusion is that it will still pass Page Rank to the linking site. The only thing it will do is to open a site in a new window like target=”_blank”.
Source: DigitalPoint
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Monday, March 17th, 2008
Already discussed about SEO Tips in my earlier post .. for webmasters and bloggers .. and after getting a very good response out there I planed to write this article about On Page SEO. There are more then 200 factors Google rank a website. Now you will ask me What are those factors google rank a website in its search results ?
Well its not only hard and difficult to tell all those factors google rely while ranking a website .. but here are some important factors m telling google rely most !!
- First analyse your keywords and chose keywords to be optimized.
- Make it sure that your targeted keywords are directly proportional with the content of your website.
- It is highly recommended to use unique and short quality rich meta tags based on targeted keywords.
- Remember content is king so write unique content using your primary keywords.
- Add quality content on your website at least once in a week to let Google know that your website has something new.
- Always keep Your javascript and CSS in an external file.
- Make sure that your code is clean and do not exceed more then 100 Kb.
- Always use a 404 error page.
- Using <h1>, <h2> and <h3> tags in your content is simply a good idea to tell search engines what is good and important.
- Develop a good and clean website structure based on your keyword analysis.
- Make sure that your URL’S are short and meaningful .. Mod write if needed.
- Using js, drop-downs or images for navigation menu is not a good idea so better go for plain text links.
- Make the page rich in content and resource not with images and flash.
- Using alt text for images and links is a great idea.
- Build Site Map so that search engies will easily find whats new in your website.
- Use rel=”nofollow” attribute to control the PageRank flow.
- Use SEO Redirect or 301-redirect non-www version to www version (or vice versa).
- Out-linking using primary keywords in anchor text is good.
These are some of the most important point i think google and other search engines considers while talking about On Page SEO or You can say are Important Google Ranking Factors.
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Monday, March 17th, 2008
A website’s inner structure is very much important in terms of usability as well as for SEO. I had seen hell lots of tips and tricks on having a Good Internal Structure for a Website… but m going to tell some simple tricks which will take minimum of 5-10 minutes and will make your website user as well as seo friendly !! So here are my tips …
- Don’t Link a Page to itself.
(i.e.. a post title linking to itself on the post page.)
For bloggers: Find <a href=”<?php the_permalink() ?> in your post.php file and remove it.
- Avoid several links to one and the same page [from one place].
Example: with blogs we usually see 3 links to a post page:
1. Title: site.com/page_url
2. “Comments” link: site.com/page_url#comments
3. “Read more” link: site.com/page_url#more
Although this is good for users as it helps in navigation to go to the post part they want to go. But for spiders these links might be distracting, so it is recommended to use nofollow tag.
- Use Niche Anchor Text while Linking to older post.
(i.e… While linking to some old or related post, don’t use anchor’s like this post - or here - type proper anchor text.)
- Use only one type of blog archives.
(i.e.. Wordpress have nearly 3 types of archive: by date, by category and by author. I will suggest to go for the second type. It is useful from users point of view as it is easy to find post related to some topic. It is also nice while talking about SEO as it contains your keywords.)
- Take care that each of your pages has internal outlinks.
(i.e … Normally i had seen people used to forget to link to other web pages from Contact Us page… as if a spider goes there, it has nowhere to go then. You can call it an internal dangling link (It is also wise to optimize your 404 page this way).
It is also recommended to check my Post for SEO Tips and On Page SEO.
Source: SEOSmarty
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Thursday, March 13th, 2008
Update: Just in 1month Google again Updated PR Check PR Update April.
Seems like Google slapped websites involved in Buying and Selling links passing Pagerank in this PageRank update. I was aware about this fact and hence i already warned every one in my article Are Paid Links Evil in Real?. Seems like many sites getting slapped with a drop in PageRank.
Here is a list of some sites, including major publishers, Seems to have taken a hit overnight.
I am sure there are many more websites which are affected and slapped. Is this a direct hit by Google against sites that sell paid links?
If you are selling links on your website then i will suggest you to use Nofollow Tag . While selling links on your website !! That will not only save your rankings but also save the ranking of your advertiser !!
I had also seen some search engine optimization having some affective results for there clients.
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