Googlebot + IFrames ?
How does googlebot treat iframes? Does it follow the src attribute like a link? Is the iframe content analyzed as if it was part of the page where it is included? ...
seo
What are the limitations of Loose XAML?
I have been experimenting with WPF and rendering strict XAML markup in a web browser, also known as Loose XAML (explained here and here). It strikes me as mostly useful for displaying static content. However, it also appears possible to bind to an XML data provider. Loose XAML files are not compiled with an application, which create...
Getting paid for SEO optimization
A friend of mine works for a small web development firm. They have a pre-packaged product that they basically brand with respect to each client that they take on. Recently, their clients have been interested in SEO, but few of the people at the firm know enough about web standards, search engines, etc. to do enough effective SEO on their...
Google Page Rank - New Domain / Link Structure Migration
i've been tasked with re-organizing a pure HTML site into a CMS. if all goes well, the new site will eventually become the main URL, and the old domain will be phased out. the old domain has a decent enough page rank, and the company wishes to mitigate any loss of page rank for that. in looking over the options available, i've discovered...
First Google Search Result (SEO?)
When a site gets into the first position of Google's organic search results, Google sometimes renders additional links for the sections of that website. For example, if you search for jQuery, jQuery.com is the first search results. In addition to a link to jQuery.com, the jQuery Documentation, Tutorials, Plugins, Download, Works, Ui, Abo...
What's wrong with my sitemap?
Hi, We have a sitemap for our site http://www.appsamuck.com/ The sitemap is here http://www.appsamuck.com/sitemap.xml But Google seems to hate it. My question is why? I'm just staring at it now saying to myself it looks right. Am I missing something? 3 Paths don't match We've detected that you submitted your Sitemap using a URL pat...
SEO for Ultraseek 5.7
We've got Ultraseek 5.7 indexing the content on our corporate intranet site, and we'd like to make sure our web pages are being optimized for it. Which SEO techniques are useful for Ultraseek, and where can I find documentation about these features? Features I've considered implementing: Make the title and first H1 contain the most...
How to make search engines find my AJAX content.
I have a page which dynamically loads a section of content via AJAX. I'm concerned that this means the content will not be found by search engines. To show you what I mean, the site is at http://www.gold09.net and the dynamic content is at /speakers.php - Normally no one would visit that second link, it's just loaded into the first page...
Is it good to include title="" within your links?
I am developing a website and for the main navigation, I was thinking it would be a good idea to include the title attribute. <a href="/results/" title="Results">Results</a> Is this a good thing to do? Also, is it good for SEO and accessibility? ...
Domain redirection to the same page and Google
We developed a website for a client and he has purchased the .com, .net, .info versions of the domain. Is there any way to redirect all to the same page without being considered by Google as duplicated content and therefore penalized in the ranking position? ...
Generic htaccess redirect www to non-www
I would like to redirect www.example.com to example.com. The following htaccess code makes this happen: RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^www\.example\.com [NC] RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://example.com/$1 [L,R=301] But, is there a way to do this in a generic fashion without specifying the domain name? ...
Is the meta type="title" tag needed and what's the best format for the title tag?
I have seen some websites use the following tag: <meta type="title" content="Title of the page" /> Is it needed when you have a <title>? Also, what's the best formatting for a page title? Some ideas: Page Description :: Company Name Page Description - Company Name Page Description <> Company Name Company Name: Page Description ... ...
SEO google keyword position tools?
Hi guys, I want to check our google postions for several keywords every day and make a note in a spreadseet. At the moment, we have a student doing it but it's a rubbish job and it doesn't seem fair on them! Are there any tools available to automate this process? I have tried rankchecker by seobook.com, but although that should be exac...
Best approach for redirecting a large number of old URLs to new URLs?
We are re-platforming for a client, and they are concerned about SEO. Their current site supports SEO friendly URLs, and so does the new platform. So for those, we are just going to create the same URL mapping. However, they have a large number of other URLs that are not SEO friendly that they want to permanently redirect. These do not f...
Looking for an SEO book...
I am pretty much a complete beginner when it comes to SEO, other than the basic concept of it. I am looking for suggestions on books for SEO implementation, and I don't have any books yet on it. So, any help or advice would be appreciated! Thanks! ...
How do I determine if an asp.net url has been "rewritten"?
I'm using http://urlrewriter.net/ to rewrite urls at my website. For example, I'm rewriting: http://www.example.com/schedule.aspx?state=ca to http://www.example.com/california.aspx What I'm trying to do (for SEO purposes) to to dynamically add the meta tag: <meta name="robots" content="noindex,follow" /> only to the page t...
How do I convince the Googlebot that two formerly aliased sites are now separate?
This will require a little setup. Trust me that this is for a good cause. The Background A friend of mine has run a non-profit public interest website for two years. The site is designed to counteract misinformation about a certain public person. Of course, over the last two years those of us who support what he is doing have relent...
SEO compatibility for dynamic website
Hi friend, I had read that SEO is applicable for static website, which holding the information in the initial page itself.. I want to know whether is it possible to achive the SEO for dynamically added informations.. I mean here i used ajax for loading information, in this situation how can achive SEO, is it possible.. please help me....
Google friendly affiliate code
I'm looking for a way to implement a referral system for my web site. Initially I went with http://mysite.com/?affid=0001 and used the affid in the query string affid value to record referrals. The problem with this is that from some common Google search phrases the link with the affid appears before the standard link in a Google search...
URL redirects; for general purpose use, which is better: server-side or client-side?
Take a very simple case as an example, say I have this URL: http://www.example.com/65167.html and I wish to serve that content under: http://www.example.com/about UPDATE: Note that the 'bad' URL is the canonical one (it's produced by a CMS which uses it internally for linking), so "/about" is just a way of polishing it. I have two...