Site-Wide Keyword Density Guides SEO and Content
Keyword density is a common term in search engine optimization to describe the number of important keywords in an article. But it also works well at the website level.
SEO experts have traditionally touted the importance of keyword density at the article level because word repetition signals the topic of the article to search engines. (more…)
Search Engine Rankings Becoming More Unpredictable
Search engine rankings for high authority pages have gone from being largely predictable over many years to largely unpredictable. Abrupt changes are replacing gradual ones.
Consider a page with unique, highly targeted information that grabs the top spot in Google search results for 10 years straight. The content is so unique that the page has no competition. (more…)
Page Freshness Benefits AdSense and Search Rankings
Page freshness often leads to better numbers for both contextual advertising and search engine optimization.
The concept of page freshness may cover just about any element in an article or document including: (more…)
Content Diversity Expands Site Audience Potential
Content diversity is a useful strategy for stretching the boundaries of a website and reaching more niche audiences.
Diversifying content also means a website can potentially find some new keyword phrases that get highly ranked in search engines. (more…)
Content Marketing Often Begins with a Question
Effective content marketing, like any type of content, often begins with a question.
The question doesn’t have to appear in the actual written content. Instead, the question should appear in the thought process that eventually leads to the article. (more…)
Title Changes Alone May Improve Search Rankings
Sometimes even a simple title change may lead to better search rankings and search engine optimization.
I have written thousands of articles over the years that have had varying degrees of success with search rankings. On busy days when I have been more focused on clients during my consulting work, I sometimes have written an article or article title in haste.
During occasional content audits, I look at old articles for ways to improve them. Those ways include better: (more…)
How Long Do Google and Bing Take to Index New Sites?
Publishers of new websites naturally want to see their sites appear in search engines as soon as possible.
Getting Google, Bing and other search engines to index a new site is not immediate. Instead, the process can take anywhere from days to weeks. Some people claim the search engines took months to add their sites. (more…)
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