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Smart Traffic SEO Tip #27 – About Region Tags

Previously we discussed Rich snippets and Site Hierarchies displayed in Google search results. Today we’ll tackle Region tags, an additional feature in Google search results that is useful for users. These tags actually provide valuable information about website locations right in the green URL line…..

Smart Traffic SEO Tip #26 – Site Hierarchies Displayed in Google Search Results

Aside from Rich snippets, Google provides other additional information in Search results. Usually, Google shows only simple green URLs at the bottom of search results. In last November 2009 Google launched a new feature which displays site hierarchy showing the precise location of the page on the website. It actually provides valuable context and new navigation options for the users to easily get the information they are looking for within the site…..

Smart Traffic SEO Tip #25 – Overview on Rich Snippets

Rich snippets are additional facts and data from a site that are being shown in search results. This data include reviews, ratings, price range and just this month, Google launched rich snippets for recipes, wherein searchers can see the total cook time for a specific menu. Please see image below. The ones inside the red box are what we call rich snippets…..

Smart Traffic SEO Tip #24 – Guidelines for URLs in an XML Sitemap

In creating an XML sitemap, there are guidelines to consider on what URLs to include. A sitemap can contain URLs or a list of sitemaps. For a sitemap that contains a list of other sitemaps, consider saving it as “Sitemap index file” and use the following XML tags…

Smart Traffic SEO Tip #23 – XML Sitemap

The XML sitemap is used by Google’s robots when looking at a site and it is a way of telling them what pages are important. It is a list of a site’s pages and submitting them to Google is important to try and help increase the number of pages indexed. Google will not guarantee to index all pages but it could increase the chances of getting pages indexed…

Smart Traffic SEO Tip #22 – Removing URLs from Google Index

You have already blocked the page using robots.txt file or meta noindex tag, still the pages you have blocked are still appearing in Google searches. What do you do next?

Smart Traffic SEO Tip #21 – Ways to block your Site from Google – Use of Server-side Authentication

Previously, we discussed two effective methods in blocking a site from Google. Another useful and effective method – the use of server-side authentication…..

Smart Traffic SEO Tip #20 – Ways to block your Site from Google – Use of Meta NoIndex Tag

Yesterday we discussed about blocking a site with the use of robots.txt file. Another method to prevent all robots from indexing a page of your site is to place the following meta tag…..

Smart Traffic SEO Tip #19 – Ways to block your Site from Google – Use of Robots file

In our previous blog posts we discussed about banned sites, reasons why we should avoid linking to them and methods to check whether the site is indexed or not. While many are trying hard to get their pages indexed, there are some that choose not to index their site or a portion of site’s pages in Google. It may be a secure site, a mirror site duplicating others or a test site…..

Smart Traffic SEO Tip #18 – Signs a site may be Banned from Google

Previously we discussed about avoiding links to banned sites but how would you tell if the site is banned in Google?

First, what is a banned site? A banned site is a site completely removed from Search Engine’s index, particularly Google.