XML Sitemaps Improve Site’s Visibility In Search Engines

March 25, 2009

I have seen many websites and blogs do not have XML Sitemaps properly in place. It is a good technique to improve site’s visibility in search engines.
XML Sitemap (upper-case) and sitemap (lower-case) are 2 different things. Do not confuse by their names which are very similar to each others. In this article, I am focusing [...]

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Definitive WordPress SEO Guide In Progress

March 24, 2009

WordPress is probably the best blogging platform available in the market. I believe many of you are using WordPress. But I discovered that many bloggers do not optimize their WordPress blog to be search engine friendly. This has made them losing a big chunk of targeted traffic coming from search engines. As you know, search [...]

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How Do You Get A Domain Indexed In Google?

March 23, 2009

Getting a domain indexed in Google is a very beginning step in the SEO process. We used to submit our domain to Google manually in the past. But this technique doesn’t work anymore as Google has changed its algorithm to depend more on reliable and authority sites on discovering new domains. This old technique might [...]

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Will Your Keywords Result In Sales?

March 21, 2009

During the process of search engine optimization, people often talk about the importance of keywords selection that offers high traffic and low competition. But there is another important factor that most people overlook.
The second factor that we need to consider is whether the keywords have a high probability of commercial intention. Are people searching to [...]

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New Logo And Favicon For BlogHighlight

March 20, 2009

I have just updated blog logo and favicon yesterday. For those of you in the RSS feed who haven’t come out, you can check it out now. If you have noticed, I have made some minor changes such as adding retweet button and sphinn button.
I think I’m a perfectionist and I’m always not 100% satisfied [...]

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BlogHighlight Reached First Milestone

March 20, 2009

I would like to announce that BlogHighlight just reached its first milestone, passing the line of 100 subscriber. Since the launch of this blog 2 months ago, I have been working hard to grow this blog. I would like to thank all my loyal subscribers to make it happened in 2 months time. I hope [...]

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How To Find Good Longtail Keywords

March 18, 2009

In my previous post, I have mentioned the importance of targeting longtail keywords. Longtail keywords research is essential because we don’t want to go into red ocean and competing with other established and well-optimized websites with tons of backlinks. It is difficult to overtake them in search engine rankings and usually this process will take [...]

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11 Tips Converting Commenters Into Loyal Readers

March 16, 2009

There are so many good contents on the web trying to grab the attention of website visitors. No matter how good you write, there is someone who writes better than you.
In order to breakthrough and stand out from the rest, we need to convert your commenters into loyal readers. How to do that? Win their [...]

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Benefits Of Not Having Exact Match Domain Name

March 14, 2009

Many SEO experts discussed about the great SEO value of having exact match domain name. Google and other search engines use domain name as a criteria during search engine rankings evaluation. It means if the domain name exactly matches with your tageting keyword, then you are likely to get high ranking in the search engine [...]

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Breaking Number Of Links Per Page

March 13, 2009

There is a recommendation from Google to keep the links on a given web page to a reasonable number, preferably fewer than 100. Why to limit the number of links on a web page? Is the recommendation still valid? Can I ignore the guidance?
Why To Limit The Number Of Links On A Web Page?
According to [...]

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