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Smart Traffic SEO Tip #40 – Search Queries in Google Webmaster Tools

Google have been making some recent updates to their Webmaster Tools. Known before as “Top Search Queries”, Google has shortened it to “Seach Queries” but added some new features…..

The Value of Top Rankings on Page 1

Chitika.com (online advertising network) have released some data research they have done on traffic generated from different ranking positions in Google. We all know that top rankings bring in the most traffic but it is good to have some more data to support this showing the value of top rankings and the need for a good SEO campaign…..

Google TV – Bringing the web to your TV

More and more now we use our laptops or PC’s to surf the net and watch the latest programmes online through live streaming. Unfortunately this is not as enjoyable as watching on your 40″ Plasma or 32″ LCD. Google are looking to change that and are attempting to combine these 2. This has been tried before but with Google’s domination of online media if anyone can succeed then it is them…..

Google Wave

In-charge of organising and planning of a specific activity involving groups of people? This is easy since people now have mobile phones but how can you track each conversation and replies with your phones? You could probably try Facebook for your conversation but can you add images or videos while having your conversations…..

Smart Traffic SEO Tip #39 – The very useful HTML Sitemap

You can call it the index page or table of contents for your site. One of the most important tools to help users and search engines discover your internal web pages…..

Smart Traffic SEO Tip #38 – What are Sitelinks?

Sitelinks are a set of links shown below the main search result, linking to the pages within the site. Google’s process for generating Sitelinks is completely generated…..

Smart Traffic SEO Tip #37 – Creating a subdomain or a folder?

Subdomain vs. Subfolder, Subdomain.site.com OR www.site.com/subfolder

A few key facts regarding subdomains and subfolders….

Smart Traffic SEO Tip #36 – Javascript Redirects/Meta Refresh Redirects

The use of Javascript/Meta Refresh Redirects is a form of spam and a violation of Google quality guidelines. Why?

Smart Traffic SEO Tip #35 – How to Guide Search Engines to Find your Most Important Pages

Some pages get indexed and are crawled easily by search engines depending on how your website’s navigational links are structured. For your most important pages, they should not be hard to find. But how would Search engines know if they are the most important ones or not…..

Smart Traffic SEO Tip #34 – What is a good domain name?

One of the first things you will do once you have decided on building a website is choosing a domain name. Ideally you would be able to buy an old domain with some history and backlinks similar to your target market. If not you will need to register a new domain name…..