Tag Archives: SEO

Ten Blue Links

Posted on January 11, 2012

Remember when Google was ten blue links?

Today, for the first time, I was actually taken aback by the amount of visual crap on Google results.

Posted in Google | Tagged SEO, SERP | Leave a comment

Google Instant Scraper – The Best Tool for Google Instant SEO

Posted on February 8, 2011

Optimize your site, find niche keywords

Introducing: Google Instant Scraper, a powerful free tool for niche marketing and keyword research. Find high-traffic, relevant long-tail keywords in seconds.

How the Google Instant Scraper works:

Enter a “seed” keyword (or multiple keywords separated by commas) and choose how many levels deep you would like to scrape;
The Scraper gets results from Google Instant for that keyword. These are level 1 keywords.
For each level 1 keyword, the Scraper gathers results from step #1 and adds them to the list. These are level 2 keywords.
Repeat #2 and #3 for levels 3 and 4 keywords
The list is sorted by the # of queries, and the excluded keywords are removed from the list

In this way, the Instant Scraper builds powerful, targeted keyword lists in seconds…for free. Read more…

Posted in Affiliate Marketing, SEO | Tagged Keyword Research, Keyword SEO, Keywords, Niche Marketing, SEO, SEO Research, SEO Tool | 12 Comments

Google Instant Scraper – Free SEO Keyword Tool

Posted on February 7, 2011

This tool allows you to dig multiple levels deep in Google Instant Search - start with one keyword or a list of keywords and get thousands of relevant keywords!

Start by entering a seed keyword in the Seed Keywords field below.

Seed Keywords (comma-separated)Tip: try not completing a phrase; instead of "Plumber", use "Plumb"	Example: Cats,Dogs
Exclude (comma-separated, optional)	Example: Grooming,Food
With More than # Queries (optional)	`0` will remove keywords without query numbers
# of Levels Deep	The higher the level, the longer the search will take.
Results Display	Table CSV Keyword-Only List

Tagged Google, Google Instant, Google SEO, Instant Search, Scraper, SEO | 1 Comment

A Great SEO Tool For Geo-Targeted Keyword Combinations

Posted on February 1, 2010

Save Time Creating SEO-Friendly Keyword Combinations

As an SEO, one of the things I do on a regular basis is come up with keyword permutations and combinations for many locations related to the corporations I am engaged with. What I often do is I use PHP scripting and create multiple arrays of keywords, locations, and services, then mix them up…similar to the SEO WordSpinner script.

There’s a great script that does this in an instant. It’s called the Local PPC Adwords & Keyword List Creator, and it does exactly what it sounds like it does.

Kick SEO Ass with SEO WordSpinner Plugin for WordPress

Posted on January 1, 2010

Click to Download SEO WordSpinner 2.0.4

Download the SEO WordSpinner Plugin and test this great plugin out.

Refresh this page to experience content spinning in action.

Why use a content spinner?

There are a lot of content spinners out there (I won’t even bother linking to them, most are for spamming, not for SEO). The existing products allow you mass-export articles then submit them across content networks to build links using spammy articles. That is not what this plugin does. This plugin allows you to enhance your site’s SEO by reducing duplicate content.

Google has been improving its handling of duplicate content by implementing use of the canonical tag and updating its algorithm. They don’t punish a site for duplicate content, but having unique content is still better than duplicate content.

Different content in different context

Each category page
Each tag page
Any search result page
And this single article page

Each of those pages will show the full content or an excerpt (summary) of the content on this page. Each will show a title for this article. The SEO WordSpinner plugin allows you to mix things up so that on each page, users will see different content that means the same thing, therefore avoiding duplicate content issues if done properly. Read more…

Posted in Plugins, SEO, WordPress | Tagged Article Spinner, Content, Content Spinner, meta tag, SEO, SEO Plugin, SEO Plugins, SEO Title Tags, SEO WordSpinner, tag, Title Tag, WordPress Article Spinner, WordPress Content Spinner, WordPress Plugins, WordPress SEO, WordPress SEO Plugin, WordPress SEO Plugins | 121 Comments

Add Canonical Tags to Shopp Plugin for SEO

Posted on October 21, 2009

I am building a store using the Shopp plugin, and I noticed that there are possibilities for duplicate content issues:

A product can be accessed both by /shop/{productID} and /shop/{product-slug}
A tag can be accessed using /shop/?shopp_tag={tag-uri} and /shop/tag/{tag-slug}
A tag can be accessed using /shop/?shopp_category={category-id} and /shop/{category-uri}

Should Google somehow find it’s way into indexing these pages, the value of the identical indexed pages may drop. Canonical tags aim to remedy this situation, and are implemented by the hugely popular and awesome All in One SEO Pack plugin (see my other SEO tips regarding AIOSEO Pack plugin).

The Shopp plugin does not feature canonical tag support, so here’s a modification you can make that will add support for it without changing any core files in All in One SEO Pack, or in Shopp. Read more…

Posted in Shopp, WordPress | Tagged All in One SEO Pack, Canonical, Canonical Tag, SEO, Shopp Plugin, Shopping Cart, WordPress SEO, WordPress Shopping Cart | 6 Comments

WordPress Search Engine Friendly Logo

Posted on March 5, 2009

Optimize your logo using SEO-friendly techniques.

Google’s algorithm likes text more than images. It likes headlines more than paragraphs. You can increase how much weight your headline has by only having one or two of them. Having the same headline across all pages reduces the value of it each time.

Instead of having your logo be an image, or H1 image replacement using CSS, it’s now best practice to use a H1 (heading 1) for your home page and a P (paragraph) for the rest of your pages. Then, you can use the headline for your page’s title instead, and get more bang for your buck.

This is nothing new, but it’s best practice, and I hope those who don’t know this technique or code may find this helpful. Read more…

Posted in SEO | Tagged CSS, H1, Logo, SEO, SEO Link, SEO Logo, WordPress header, WordPress SEO | 1 Comment

An Inside Look: 4 Step SEO for a Denver Solar Company

Posted on March 3, 2009

4 Steps to optimize a website — a Denver solar case study

This is an inside look into my process for optimizing a pre-existing website. This will cover lots of the aspects of the SEO I’ve done, but not all of it…These steps are often my first round of optimization on a site. Once I do these four vital SEO steps, I move on to content SEO and more link-building. Read more…

Posted in SEO | Tagged Denver SEO, Denver Solar, Denver Solar Panels, Google, Google Local, Google SEO, Local, Local Search, Local SEO, SEO, SEO Profiles, SEO Steps, Sitemap, Solar Installation, Yahoo Local, Yahoo SEO | 3 Comments

You need Denver SEO if you want to rank well in Google.

Posted on February 4, 2009

Google SEO for Denver is like fishing

Can a Denver business afford to rank poorly in search engines?

Katz Web Design is an SEO company in Denver. This is our blog. Need help with your website’s search presence? Call 970-882-1477 for a free consultation. Read more…

Denver SEO Case study: Ignite Matchmaking

Posted in KWS, SEO | Tagged Denver SEO, SEO, SEO Ranking | 3 Comments

SEO It! Bookmarklet – Improves Search Results in iPhone & Safari

Posted on January 28, 2009

Format your search results for SEO

Works great for SEO searches on the iPhone!

ArrayIt’s frustrating doing searches with SEO in mind, then having Google add SearchWiki, personalized results, and other localizations that mess up what you wanted: accurate results. Here’s the solution: The SEO It! Bookmarklet. Read more…

I do lots of searching as an SEO. I look for ranking, competition, additional keywords, etc. I use Google a LOT. And I use Apple’s Safari browser.
By default, I am logged in to my Google account, and have Google preferences set to showing 100 results at a time. The problem? Google shows different ranking and links based on the number of results you see.
I have Google Web History enabled, and Google provides me with “Personalized results based on my search history.” When doing SEO, I don’t want these results: I want what others will see.
I use SearchWiki to move up results of websites I have created. When trying to get accurate SEO ranking, this is frustrating.
I do SEO searches on my iPhone, too – where I need to manually strip out the annoying &client=safari to see a normal results page.

Enter the SEO It! Bookmarklet

Posted in SEO | Tagged Bookmarklet, Firefox SEO, Google, Google SEO, iPhone Search, iPhone SEO, Personalized Search, Safari, Safari SEO, Search Results formatting, SEO, SEO Bookmarklet, SEO for iPhone, SEO Tool, Web History | 1 Comment

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