3 SEO Techniques You Can Completely Forget About

Posted August 15, 2011 – 2:20 pm in: DIY SEO

We are pleased to publish a guest post by Ashvin Sawmynaden with a new take on SEO. Ashvin is a web marketing specialist currently working on the ACCESS Formation Surete Aeroportuaire website.

The search engine optimization world is one that can literally scare people out of their skin. With the number of unrepentant scammers running around, the speed at which things keep changing and the tons of things to learn, it is often frustrating to most people. Small businesses and blog owners are particularly at risk as they may not have the required knowledge for more advanced and effective SEO techniques and are often left chasing tips and hints that will eventually enable them to boost the visibility of their website.

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However, the complex world of search engine optimization comes at a cost. There are techniques that are no longer very effective and can even downright hurt your website, but that are nevertheless being used by a lot of webmasters. Worse yet, even some shady agencies actually recommend these burnt out techniques, thereby ensuring that more people keep wasting their time implementing things that will never help their website visibility. This article lists the most popular three SEO techniques you can stop worrying about.

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Best keywords for a small business: Focus on the ‘long tail’

Posted April 5, 2009 – 7:06 pm in: DIY SEO, small business

The best website keywords for small businesses are ‘long tail’ keyword phrases because they generate more qualified visitors and there is less competition for the top 10 search engine results

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Small business SEO: Top 5 things to increase your website’s search engine visibility

Posted March 24, 2009 – 2:22 pm in: DIY SEO, small business

Top 5 do-it-yourself SEO tips for improving search engine results positioning (SERPs) for small business websites

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Use Google toolbar for do-it-yourself SEO

Posted March 23, 2009 – 11:30 am in: DIY SEO

The Google toolbar is a handy tool for do-it-yourself search engine optimization (DIY SEO) for small businesses and web publishers. If you enable the Google Page Rank indicator, you can see the Google Page Rank for every web page you visit.

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