Archive for October, 2009

Official Google statement: how to deal with bad inbound links

October 31, 2009

Many webmasters think that low quality links or links from spammy websites can have a negative effect on the ranking of their websites on Google. The problem with links from spammy websites is that it is very difficult to do something against them. Here’s an official Google statement about bad links.

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How to get your website above the regular results on Google – without paying for it

October 31, 2009

This week, we’re showing you how you can optimize the listings of your website on Google Maps. Good listings on Google Maps can result in many website visitors.

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Five steps: How to outrank your competitors on Google

October 31, 2009

To get high rankings on Google, it is not necessary to have everything that Google expects from a great website. You just have to be better than your competitors. If you have a website with optimized web pages, it is usually the quality of the links that make the difference. The tips in this article [...]

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What’s the catch? How IBP’s Google ranking guarantee works.

October 31, 2009

You have probably seen the top 10 ranking guarantee that we give users of our website promotion tool IBP: we guarantee that your website will be found in the regular (unpaid) search results on Google for the keywords of your choice. Is it really possible to guarantee a top 10 position on Google? What’s the [...]

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TrustRank revisited: do search engines trust your website?

October 31, 2009

All major search engines use some kind of TrustRank to rank your web pages. How does this affect the position of your website in the search results and how can you improve the TrustRank of your website?

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Reciprocal links: are they great, crap or something in between?

October 31, 2009

Reciprocal links are discussed controversially among search engine marketers. Some think that reciprocal links are great, others think that they are a waste of time, another group thinks that reciprocal links work to some degree. Is there a final answer?

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A new free online keyword suggestion tool

October 31, 2009

If you want to succeed on the Internet, it is extremely important that you choose the right keywords for both organic search engine optimization and pay per click marketing. If you choose the wrong keywords, you’ll waste a lot of time and money. A new frekeyword suggestion tool helps you to find good keywords.

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The effect of your URL structure on your Google rankings

October 31, 2009

Does Google care about the position of a web page on your server? Does it make a difference if a web page is in the root directory of your website or in a sub directory? How does your URL structure influence the position of your web pages in Google’s search results? What can you do [...]

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Google’s human reviewers: real people judge about your Google rankings

October 31, 2009

This week, we’re taking a look at the effect of human reviewers on Google’s ranking algorithm. Google employs several thousand people who manually review the search results. Do they like your website?

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