Search Engine Promotion

How Web Design Can Affect Search Engine Rankings
The golden rule to web development of any kind is to keep your visitors in mind above all else - even search engine optimization. When choosing a domain name, one should pick either your business name (if you have a high-profile ...

The Dark Art Of Search Engine Optimization
This is NOT an article about black-hat search engine optimization tactics; rather it’s about the hidden aspects of SEO that are often overlooked. And so, without further ado, let’s get down to the meat: What are the dark tactics that ...

Sitemaker & Search Engine Optimisation Part 1
Search Engine Optimisation on SiteMaker is much like Search Engine Optimisation with any website. The key is to make sure that your site contents are focused and relevant to the keywords that you wish to rank highly on. ...

What Belongs in a Search Engine Optimization Strategies Document?
At a Cre8asite Forums thread, a user is looking for guidance on how to compile a SEO strategic document. What would be contained in such a document? The first step in writing a document like this is determining your audience...

Sitemaker & Search Engine Optimisation Part 6
It certainly plays a big part in marketing your website but traditional off-line publishing methods still play a crucial part in the overall marketing strategy of any site. Good luck, persist with your search engine optimisation, ...

How Web Design Can Affect Search Engine Rankings
Domain names can always help with search engine optimization, as it is another area of your web site that important keywords can appear. Forget about long-winded domains such as www.number-one-best-books-on-earth.com as no one will ever ...

Sitemaker & Search Engine Optimisation Part 5
For those of you who are new, these articles are about how to get your site listed and up in the rankings on the major search engines. I’ve been building my own site as a practical example as I go, and things seem to be going well. ...

Sitemaker & Search Engine Optimisation Part 3
There are two schools of thought in this, either adding your URL directly with the search engines, or using inbound links to direct them to your site more naturally. Or some combination of both methods. ...

Sitemaker & Search Engine Optimisation Part 2
Now we get to the how to’s for getting your SiteMaker site effectively optimised for Search Engines. If you’re new to this series of articles, best to read Part I first, and get the ground rules under your belt, otherise it may not all ...

Sitemaker & Search Engine Optimisation Part 4
Ok, so I’ve done the work, got my keywords worked out for my different pages, got my site listed on the major search engines (see previous article), now what do I do with them? How do I make these changes in SiteMaker? Good question. ...