What is a 404 page? It is a page that tells your visitors when they go to a specific page that it no longer exists. Using a custom page for this is a benefit, especially to search engines like Google. The search engines index websites and all of their pages, including the 404 page. One
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Stop Over-Optimizing SEO on Your Blog!
I know, I know, it really sucks! All that effort you put into optimizing your site for search engines might actually come back to bite you in the butt. At SWSW 2012 (South by Southwest conference), Matt Cutts, and several others spoke about search engine optimization in their panel “Dear Google & Bing: Help Me
[Continue Reading...]The Importance of Sitemaps
Sitemaps are important because they allow the search engines like Google and Yahoo! to index your entire site and leave it available for other internet users to find. A sitemap is defined: A site map (or sitemap) is a representation of the architecture of a web site. It can be either a document in any
[Continue Reading...]Pingbacks And Trackbacks: Using Them Successfully
A lot of times when I go to my WordPress administrator panel, I look at the trackbacks. Sometimes it may be someone referenced a post in twitter, or another person’s blog. According to Wikipedia, A trackback is one of three types of linkbacks, methods for Web authors to request notification when somebody links to one
[Continue Reading...]How Can Pinging Your Site Be Beneficial?
To understand how pinging your site be beneficial, you have to understand what “pinging your site” is all about. To ping your site is sending the link or even feed link of your website out through one or many services that help index your site faster. It also tells search engines your site is updated.
[Continue Reading...]12 Link Building Strategies To Give Your Website A Leg Up
Link building for a lot of people is confusing or may be time consuming. However, for those who may not have the money to spend on link building companies, building links is a huge undertaking. I am sharing 12 simple link building strategies to give your website a leg up. 1. Start a Twitter Page
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