Five SEO Things You Don't Want To DoThere are numerous things you can to manipulate your site to help it perform better in the search results. There are literally hundreds of different factors that are analyzed, many of which you, as the site owner, have direct and immediate control over.
Link Building for a Global SEO EconomyGlobal link building sounds very glamourous, like something you'd do wearing Chanel and drinking seriously good wine that I wouldn't know anything about, not being the glamourous sort. However, it's something that makes you roll up your French-cuffed sleeves and do some major dirty work. While the basics remain the same (get quality links, write good content, do your usual on-page SEO), there are a few extras to consider that should enable you to live in the middle of nowhere and successfully help clients all over the world.
Keyword Discovery for SEOThe general steps for approaching a keyword discovery project are:
1. Define your keyword strategy, business goals and objectives.
2. Identify and build your initial set of keywords.
3. Refine those keywords and sort them into meaningful groups or themes.
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High-Value Link Building and SEOYou've probably heard that obtaining links from authoritative sites is a must for your long-term Web site promotional plan. Certainly, this is a key piece of advice that we provide to all of our clients. Today, we'll discuss the steps to obtaining such links.
20 Bookmarking sites for SEOBookmarking's positive effects for search marketers should not be in any doubt. An intrinsic part of any Web 2.0 campaign, a good bookmarking strategy will drive relevant, interested and targeted traffic to your website. What's more bookmarks are links too, which means you'll also inherit some PageRank goodwill. Interestingly, this still applies even if the 'NoFollow' attribute is brought in to play as the tags and categories used to sort bookmarking sites are a huge source of valuable information for search engines.
5 Tips For Successful Business Blog Optimization1. Find a practical purpose for starting a blog. There are many reasons why companies would benefit from starting and publishing a blog. Some might use blog software as a content management system for an online newsroom or to archive newsletters to the web.
69 Link Building Strategies for SEO1. Make sure that your navigation is spiderable. Either use (anchor text carrying) text based navigation, or an image based navigation with relevant alt attributes attached to each image link.
Search Evolution and SEO at GoogleImagine a Google ranking engineer bursts into your office. 'I have a great idea for improving our search results!' she exclaims. 'It's simple: Whenever a page's title starts with the letter T, move it up in the results three slots.' This engineer comes armed with several example search queries where, lo and behold, this idea actually improves the results significantly.
'Volatility Watch' for Better TradesThere are rules of thumb in every field of interest. I am referring to certain generalizations and assumptions that people make and observe. In the markets there are many but one that catches my attention lately is the correlation between the directional movement of the market and the volatility that is expressed in option pricing. The rule of thumb is; when markets go up the volatility goes down.
Target Practice for Better TradesI often use analogies to teach principles and I have often said that you can't throw a pile of lumber off a cliff and have it land in the shape of a house. Stocks, indices and commodities charts can look random and erratic but there is usually a pattern hidden in there. From the right perspective those random and erratic movements can suddenly take on powerfully precise and rhythmic symmetry.
Those Darn Market Makers and Better TradesI just finished a training session on the internet and I answered a question that I have answered 100 times before or more. It got me a bit worked up because there is far too much mythology out there about the market and how it works and who does what to whom. I am going to attack one of the straw men of trading myths.
Option Pricing with BetterTradesOption pricing is a mystery to most traders. They struggle to comprehend terms like implied and historical volatility or intrinsic and time value, or the 'Greeks' (Delta, vega, theta, gamma, rho...). These terms are intimidating and my experience suggests that at least half the folks you hear talking about them do not really understand very much about them. It is important to at least be intellectua
Playing Opening Gaps in BetterTradesI have written before about the many types of GAPS and I have mentioned the fact that opening gaps are very common while true gaps are very rare. I have also mentioned that there may be a legitimate strategy of just playing opening gaps. This has sparked many questions about the actual details of the strategy so I thought it worth the time to detail the actual playing of opening gaps.
Know When to Hold em' for Better TradesGood Morning,
Kenny Rodgers had a popular hit with this title that spoke of the gambler's need to manage risk and stay in control. As a trader you too must control your risk and manage your trades but trading is not gambling, it is more like farming or adding a new product to business's product line. Setting stops must be seen as the limits and tactical tolerances of risk that would go into any
BetterTrades and Market Mind GamesThe adage goes 'If Doctors and Attorneys are so smart, why are they still practicing their professions?' Well, it is a fact that to be good you must always keep honing your skills. The persistent practitioner becomes the consistent performer.
Divergence for BetterTradesI love to teach technical trading but I have an aversion to letting technical indicators get out of hand. A recent check revealed over 120 indicators that were available to use on my charts. This is also not including many economic indicators that can be and are used by folks to overlay charts and predict activity.
BetterTrades and 'FUNNYDAMENTALS'The end of last month, a broker from New York calls me. He has called several times over the last year to tell me I need to open an account with him because he has such a great buying opportunity. He was armed with a strong list of fundamentals that just had to convince me to give him money to buy this stock. Well I enjoy talking to him because he proves my points about staying neutral and playing
Big MAC Divergence in Better TradesIndicators are a powerful tools and they generally have a very specific function. They measure specific aspects of behavior and that behavior is compared to the chart movement. Some indicators are very narrow in focus i.e. only relavent in trends or only in compression patterns while other indicators work well in nearly any market patterns. Some of the more common and respected indicators measure
Earn To Profit with BetterTrades from Earnings SeasonWe are currently in earnings season - a time when companies announce their earnings results from the past quarter. These much awaited announcements can cause quite a bit of volatility in the markets, especially when the results are something other than expected. But, as a trader you can learn to capitalize from this volatility and profit from some unique trading opportunities.
BetterTrades Industry Spotlight Part 2In part I of this article you read how the Internet E-Commerce industry is one of the better performing industries this year. Within that industry we selected three stocks that have good fundamentals and strong trading patterns. Those stocks are eBay (EBAY), the University of Phoenix Online (UOPX) and Getty Images (GYI). Finding the right stocks to trade is half the battle. The other half of the b
Don't Be An Average Trader, Use BetterTradesWe are in the midst of earning's season and the market could not be any more crazy. Today, most of the stocks that were reporting posted better than anticipated earnings and the Dow managed to break a 5-day losing streak. This week the housing sector posted good permit applications and sales numbers, two indicators that bode well for a continued strong housing market. Many of the basic economic in
Four by Four Trading for BetterTradesSome months are diamonds and some are coal but most of the time I settle for gold. Last month was diamonds all the way; four trades on with four winners. In my book that is 'Four by Four Trading'.
Better Trades and 3 Lessons You LearnLESSON 1. AVOID THE COMMON THIEF
I have noticed that some people display a common error in judgment that can be devastating. It's kind of like letting a thief into your home and saying, 'please turn out the lights when you leave.' The next morning you wake up and the house is empty, the safe is open, and all your deeds are missing. A few days later you get a call from your pension plan coordina
The Difference for Better TradesWhen I was an accountant, I was frequently amazed by the choices of my clients. They spent more time choosing a household appliance than they did learning how to handle their investments. When it came to buying an appliance, they spent hours trying to save $50. Would they trust the appliance store salesperson to tell them if they were getting a good deal? Nope, they would do the comparing on their
Better Trades: A Powerful-Profitable-Cash-CowDear Traders and Friends:
Lately I have had many students ask me about the QQQQ's - so much that it merits a rewrite. The QQQQ is an incredible choice for making money in today's market. Taking the time to learn this EXCHANGE TRADED FUND (ETF) could put fun, fast cash into your pockets. Don't let the fact that it is called an ETF scare you away. It is very simple to play. I missed making hundre
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