Few people know that there is an entire group of websites and businesses that are heavily invested into making you believe that your website needs to have expertly crafted SEO. Yes, that’s right… They want you to think that SEO is some unobtainable goldmine of success for your site. And if you pay them enough, they’ll make the seemingly impossible become possible. As a general rule in life, you should know that there are two main types of business ideas: the first is solving an existing problem and the second is creating a problem and then selling the solution. You guess what’s going on here. Continue reading “Search Optimization is a Scam, Advice from the Experts” »
Search Optimization is a Scam, Advice from the Experts
Expert Advice: 5 Time-Saving Tips to Keep Your Site Content Fresh
Whether you own a business site or personal blog, it’s important to keep it updated constantly with fresh content. Doing so helps attract and maintain attention as well as keeping the search engines busy. We know that website maintenance can be challenging because it’s hard to find time and content. The only thing easier than buying your visitors (bad idea) is to make sure your website is rich in content and keywords accurate to the site. Continue reading “Expert Advice: 5 Time-Saving Tips to Keep Your Site Content Fresh” »
BW Special Report: The Top 10 Secrets of Google Page-Ranking You Need To Know
We all know that Big ‘G’ (Google) is the most dominant search engine service out there… Period. So it would be in your benefit to master the right SEO techniques, right? Well the main keyword to focus on is Authority. Google measures your pages’ importance and usefulness to a search by looking for how much of an authority your website has over others. Google loves to look at this, especially branding. This guide/report is designed to help you figure out the best way to develop your site according to how Google looks at it. As a visitor of BeginnerWebs.com, you are granted exclusive access to this special report (because everything here is free). Continue reading “BW Special Report: The Top 10 Secrets of Google Page-Ranking You Need To Know” »
Google Updates Search Algorithm – Is it good or bad?
So with the announcement of Google’s search algorithm update comes good news and bad news. You see, the change currently affects different sites in different ways.
The decision is supposed to benefit sites with good original content. Webmasters with sites that offer what Google considers to be “quality”, original content are supposedly going to benefit from this. Google’s aim is to cut down on what some call “content mills”. These are sites that hoard content to be optimized for the older algorithm, which would have placed them on the top of the results.
This is important because the top position usually averages around 25-35% of the click ratio compared to the other nine results. When sites like these are knocked off the top spot, their traffic drops like a rock. The second place click ratio is much lower, at fewer than 15%. If a page drops to the second page of results, then it gets practically no traffic. Continue reading “Google Updates Search Algorithm – Is it good or bad?” »
Error 404 or Page Not Found
The Error 404 or Page not found occurs when a website visitor asks for a page that cannot be found on your site. This error page is displayed, which is a HTTP (Hypertext Transfer Protocol) standard response code, and indicates that the request for the page was communicated and received by the server but the server was unable to find it. The usual reasons for the display of the Error 404 are incorrect links on the site or the requested page may have been moved or deleted. A 404 Error page also indicates that the page that was requested may be available again in the future. The 404 error page should not be confused with the “Server Not Found” error page which means that a connection to the server did not occur at all. Continue reading “Error 404 or Page Not Found” »
A Beginner’s Guide to Google AdWords
So, you decided to try Google AdWords, perhaps you received a free voucher with you hosting or just want to give it a go. Piece of cake, right? Wait until you try – it’s actually not so simple.
Firstly Google is quite, erm…, specific, about what ads, keywords and landing pages should be like. If it’s not right, your ad will rank low, and won’t get shown. This can be very frustrating for a beginner. Hopefully after reading this article, you can avoid many of these pitfalls. Continue reading “A Beginner’s Guide to Google AdWords” »
Richer Content for Better Search Engine Optimization
In order for your website get higher ranking positions in search engines, it must be rich in content above all. If you don’t know what SEO (Search Engine Optimization) is, then check out SEO and META Information for more help and for terms used in this article.
Keywords
Search Engine Optimization is exactly what you’d think it is; it’s the optimization of your web pages for higher rankings on search engine results. In other words, the better optimized your website is, the higher up your pages will show when someone makes a search query in a search engine. Optimizing your website doesn’t just mean adding “title” and “description” tags (though that is very important…). It also means making sure that your page content is rich in information and keywords. Continue reading “Richer Content for Better Search Engine Optimization” »
Why You’re Not Making Money…
An article about where your focus should be at the start and further down the road.
Intro
Ever wondered why your visitors aren’t coming back or why your site isn’t producing any income (or not what it could be producing)? Whether you run a website or haven’t started yet, these tips will surely prove to be invaluable. By changing your focus, you’ll see an increase in return visitors and revenue.
Where Your Focus Should Be
Your focus is the most important factor for success in any size website. Believe it or not, if your focus is making money from the “get go”, then you won’t get too far. You should be focusing on the content first. Just like a Brick and Mortar business, your site should put the customer first. If your site doesn’t sell directly then you should be even more focused on content. Good content attracts happy visitors, and happy visitors will boost you affiliate and cost-per-click ad revenue.
Using Blogs for Backlinks Can Get You Better Search Rankings
Have you ever noticed that when you submit a comment on a blog or forum, that there is almost always a field for you to enter your website? The truth is that most webmasters overlook this and lose out on hundreds or even thousands of potential visitors per day. Continue reading “Using Blogs for Backlinks Can Get You Better Search Rankings” »