I have not been in the class in about a year so maybe you have covered this recently. Plug Boards are popping up everywhere: 1. Do they help at all for SEO? 2. What do you think about them for marketing outside of SEO? Thanks, Cynthia Powell, South Carolina Chicks & Cubs Hi Cynthia! You …
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Cricket, It seems that more and more people are using Image Search tools in Google and Yahoo (and others). I have done a lot of reading about how to optimize your images & pages to increase your image search ranking. At one point, typical keyword searches in Google Image search were finding and ranking images …
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Dear Cricket, Are there any rules of thumb or guidelines about opening one of your own webpages in a new window? For example, in my website, I have many external links to other websites. For these, I always open them in a new window. However, I also have many internal links. In most cases, I …
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Hi Cricket! I am in round 2 of your SEO and Marketing classes and am learning so much. I am currently redesigning my entire web site and am wondering if you can reccomend any FrontPage classes that would be of the same quality as your SEO and Marketing classes? Or furthermore, do you reccomend FrontPage …
Read More »Making SEO a Selling Point 0
Cricket: I’m into my second session with the SEO class, and following the marketing classes rather closely. So, I’m still a relative “newbie” on your lists. I’ve learned enough to know that there is still tons to learn, and I appreciate your good work. I think this question falls between the cracks, between Marketing and …
Read More »Design for a Target Audience 0
Dear Cricket, I have a question. When a person builds a website or has a website built for them, I have seen different templates for that. My question is: Should the template reflect you as a person or what you are selling? For instance, I love gardening and I love the water, but I don’t …
Read More »Domains vs. Subdomains 0
Hi Cricket, I am interested in learning more about subdomains. When, if at all, is it best to investigate this option as an add-on to your main domain? For example, the purpose of my main site is to offer virtual office administration and business support services. One of my long-term goals is to utilize my …
Read More »Impact of Design Changes 0
Hello Cricket, The good news is that I’m not just getting traffic, I am getting sales! I hadn’t had any from the site until I began your course and made some changes. I’m on the first page of Google for many of my search terms. My problem is that the template that was one of …
Read More »Stop Bad Incoming Links 0
Dear Cricket, Recently I noticed that there are some unsavory websites linking to my site. I am concerned that this could reflect poorly on the credibility of my business or affect my search standings in Google. Can anything be done to stop these bad incoming links to my sites? Tina Clarke, England Original Abstract …
Read More »Impact of Font Size on SEO 0
Dear Cricket, I know that some fonts are better to use than others simply because they display correctly on more computers, but I was wondering if the size of the type I use in my product descriptions has any impact on SEO . I personally like larger type (I do wear reading glasses) and think …
Read More »Impact of Domain Age on SEO 0
Dear Cricket, Is it true that if you purchase a domain name for 5 or 10 years or more it will improve your google ranking, rather than paying for 1 year at a time? Charles Buhrmann, Texas Texas Programmer Hi Charles! It is believed that Google may take how long you have owned a domain …
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Cricket, I am basically a blank slate in regard to my web site as I am not currently offering a service or product. I have in the past been an AS-400 programmer, but like you have given up the corporate world for perhaps a better enriched life. I do not have any workable ideas and …
Read More »Corporate Logo Guidelines 0
Hi Cricket, In the Business site review someone asked me whether it was legal for me to display the MS Word logo on my site. I am checking here with you to get your opinion. It is on my home page and is used where I explain that books or manuscripts should be sent to …
Read More »Password Protected Site 0
Hi Cricket! I have a wholesale soap company on-line with a shopping cart. To protect my customers and also so I don’t sell to just anybody I have a password protected site. I’m sure this is a problem with the search engines plus for those seeking out products like mine. I’ve been giving this some …
Read More »Moving To A New Domain 0
Hi Cricket, I am going to be changing my domain name this week. I consulted with a trademark attorney and decided this was the best thing for me to do. Further research revealed 3 others using the same business name I initially chose. I am not indexed by the search engines yet as I just …
Read More »Changing Your Web Hosts 0
Cricket: I am curious if I switch web hosts how that will affect my current SEO rankings. I am with several hosts now and I think it is needless to spend money on others when I can just have one host. When switching are there any special considerations I need to take? Craig Mullins, …
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Hi Cricket! Content Management Systems are increasing in popularity by quantum leaps. Because they are driven by php there seem to be serious SEO considerations and/or consequences. Are you going to be addressing this issue in your classes? Do you know if Google is planning to adjust its spider bot code to be able to …
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G’day Cricket, OK, I’m rather confused about something – just what do your sayings of “Pay it Forward” and “keep paying it forward” actually mean? No matter how hard I try, I simply can not work out what it means. Maybe it’s a cultural thing, or maybe I’m just stupid. (cheesy grin) Cheers, Matt De …
Read More »Should I Exchange Links? 0
Hi Cricket! Since my site is being seen by more, I am getting more requests for linking. Today I received one from a site that sells coffee makers–which would be great since my site sells coffee/tea. However, upon further inspection I realized this site (the-coffee-maker.com) is actually just an entire affiliate page. Yes, it’s coffee …
Read More »Google Link Search Operator 0
Hi Cricket! I have another question for you!! This is regarding link exchanges and google. When I type in link:www.craftedcustomgifts.com google only sees 7 pages that link to me. However when I use a link popularity checker I see many more people who have linked to me. Why doesn’t google recognize these links and what …
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