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Re: Are Meta tags really dead?

Adrian is right that Yahoo does take the meta keywords tag into account (at least for now). Google however, does not.

I usually suggest to place only the keyword (or words) that you're optimizing that page for within your meta keywords tag. Nothing more than that. The last thing you want to do is stuff that meta tag with keywords unrelated to your page.

And what Aletta said about your description tag was dead on. You should place your keywords within your description as they will get bolded when your web page shows in the search engine results. Google does take your meta description tag into account - it won't give you much by way of a traffic boost but it does help, as Aletta said to get people to your site.

I like to think of the meta description tag as a "mini sales page" to encourage people to visit my site over my competitions.

- Kristine Tuesday, November 18th, 2008

Re: Can Directory Submission Service Harm Your Site?

Thanks EvoBilly. Tuesday, November 18th, 2008

Re: Can Directory Submission Service Harm Your Site?

Hi There -
I'd like to offer my two cents here if I could.

The first thing that's important to remember is that not all directories are created equal. Just because something says it's a directory does not mean that it will be a worthwhile link to your site and there's quite a few directories that will do you no good whatsoever; all they do is take up a lot of your time submitting to them.

Second, Google especially does frown upon too many links to your website too quickly. If you go from 0 to 100 in a matter of a week, this sends up a few red flags to Google and could possibly make them scrutinize your website more than they normally would.

I've always suggested to my SEO clients to keep the link-building to around 20% new links each month based upon the number of links you currently have.

For example, if you currently have 100 incoming links to your site, then over the next month you'd add 20 new incoming links. The following month, since you'd have 120, you'd then add 24 new incoming links.

I know that a lot of people want good search engine rankings nearly overnight, but it just doesn't happen that way. A good link building strategy will be slow and methodical; in other words, natural.

I hope that helps shed some light on the topic for you.

- Kristine Tuesday, November 18th, 2008

Thanks Mark!

Reading it now. I'll get back with you when I'm finished.

All the best Monday, October 9th, 2006

Record Audio, Save as MP3, Turn into Podcast - How?

Hi everyone!

I really want to start a podcast for my site and know how to record my audio, save it as an MP3, stuff like that but really don't know how to turn that into a "Podcast".

Can anyone give me some pointers? Or maybe Mark, can you do a video on it :wink:

Once I get the audio portion of it down I'd like to turn it into a video podcast as well.

Thanks everyone!
Kristine Thursday, October 5th, 2006

$800 a month? LOL sorry I would never pay that. Never.

LOL!!! Me either.

However, in the spirit of being positive, I would like to add that I cannot YET afford it.

However, even if I could I don't think I would. Mark has done wonders for my business already Thursday, October 5th, 2006

Thanks John.

Another surprise I got today was on one of the forums I have been posting to, I had a PM from someone who had read one of my posts and wondered if I could help them out a little bit since they were new to the business.

That just felt so great!

Without Mark's guidance I wouldn't be anywhere NEAR where I am right now.

Thanks Mark!!!!

Kristine Thursday, September 7th, 2006

Pay Per Click Demonstration, Part II

Thanks Mark for your thoughts. I too am curious about it and will be testing it on a few pages to see how it pans out.

It doesn't go live initially until early 2008 so I'll be sure to check back in and let folks know if it's paying off or not.

- Kristine Commented on Thursday, December 13th, 2007

Pay Per Click Demonstration, Part II

Hey Mark! Kristine here (the one who suggested that you get married in Vegas like we did months back - LOL!!!) - I can't wait to see the split testing...it's always interesting to see what happens. I have a question for you on something similar to PPC that just came through my mailbox the other day called PPP (Pay Per Play) - I don't know if you've heard anything about it but I value your opinion and would like to know what you think about this *new* kind of PPC and if it would be worthwhile pursuing. Thanks for reading... My Affiliate link to the program: www.connectingwahms.com/information/ppp.php Non-Affiliate Link: http://www.sellingppp.com/ Have a safe trip to LA tomorrow! Kristine Hi Kristine, Great to hear from you again! I have my doubts about that audio pay per play idea as it seems similar to popup ads and I'm not sure if the relevancy would be all that great. But I could easily be proven wrong by results as testing will prove everything. All the best! Mark Commented on Monday, December 10th, 2007