One key tool for any SEO or website is utilizing Google’s webmaster tools. Google shows you problems with a variety of possible issues with pages. Also, shows top keywords in their index and more. Now, Bing has its own set of webmaster tools. As Bing has gained more market share which is still no where near Google, it is still viable to optimize your website to better serve Bing as long as it works with your Google search engine optimization. Bing is working hard to catch up all the features that Google’s webmaster tools offers so I would check back frequently to check for updates. Mostly likely Google and Bing will index your site differently so take … [Read more...]
Top 10 Web Design Tips for Small Business
July 23, 2009 By View Comments
You can look at these two ways. First, if you are just starting a website for your small business than these tips can save you a lot of time, headaches, and money from having to redo things later. Secondly, if you are finding that your website isn't achieving the results you want from either conversions or traffic than use these tips to see if your website has areas to improve. Websites don't have to be expensive to be effective. They just have to be set up correctly from the beginning. Top 10 Web Design Tips for Small Business Domain name: chose an obvious domain name that is either you company's name or keywords that represent what you are selling. Hosting: … [Read more...]
5 Things that Every Website Most Have
July 2, 2009 By View Comments
There are a thousand and one ways to create a website. You could use a content management system, blog software, or static html coding. Each of these has its own CSS style sheet to create a unique look and feel and support your brand. Clean and professional web design works no matter what business you are in No matter what business you are in or the reason for creating your website there are common themes that all successful website abide by. As you are creating your website you always need to remember you have 5-10 seconds to make a person stay on your web page. 5 Things that Every Website Most Have Professional: when you go into a brick and mortar store … [Read more...]
How long to capture visitors attention on website landing page
June 23, 2009 By View Comments
One of the critical issues to building a successful website and SEO campaign is telling your story and making the visitor want more in just a few seconds. On average you have 5 seconds to capture the attention of the visitor to make them want to spend more time on your website. Understanding what your visitors are seeing is key to reduce your websites bounce rate. Click on any website and your eyes go some where. This may sound obvious though have you ever looked at where your eyes go on your website. Does your landing page instantly let the visitor know what your site is about, the quality of your site, and where to go or what to do next. Each of these aspects … [Read more...]
4 Factors that Affect Your Website’s Bounce Rate
June 23, 2009 By View Comments
If you have started looking at the analytics on your website you have noticed the item “bounce rate.” Understanding what your bounce rate is and the factors that affect it is vital to making the most of your Online traffic. You work to hard to get unique visitors to your website to lose them. First, what is bounce rate? Bounce rate is the percentage of visitors who leave your site without ever clicking on another page in your website. Inside Your Website Factors that Affect Bounce Rate Design: Think about websites that you have visited that annoyed you and you immediately left. Do you have any of these aspects on your own site? Lots of clutter, … [Read more...]
Top 5 Reasons to Own a Blog for Your Business
June 17, 2009 By View Comments
Blogging has been around since the 1990's and you have probably heard the term the blogosphere. Blogs in their simplest form are websites that offer up to date posts on a particular topic. Each post then allows room for comments and discussions by readers. Top 5 Reasons to Own a Blog for Your Business Simple: it is the easiest way to create new content online. If you can handle typing in a Word document you can handle a blog post. Authentic: a blog is written from the author's point of view. Good blog posts are free direct advertising and offer the reader insights into the author's knowledge base. Free: you can get a blog created for free from sites … [Read more...]
Top 5 Keys to Choosing the Right Content Management System
June 16, 2009 By View Comments
In the beginning websites were created and new content was uploaded and changed through a manual process through FTP. Now, with the ever changing landscape of online business websites need more flexibility and scalability. With a proper content management system (CMS) any website owner has the power to create a dynamic and up to date site for their business. Content management systems are web based admin tools designed to make adding and changing content on your website easy and affordable. With a simple internet connection you can log into your back office to add articles, change pages, and showcase sales or specials you are running. With CMS you don't have … [Read more...]
Are you tracking your website
June 14, 2009 By View Comments
Do you know how many visitors are finding your website? Do you know what your visitors are doing on your site? If you answer starts with the how many hits you have then probably not. Every possible photo, link, video, and so on is a hit so one simple page could have 100 hits. You need to know how many visitors you are getting on a daily basis and what they are doing. Google Analytics is a free service that delivers more information on your traffic then you will ever use. Google Analytics gives you a code to place in your footer of your website so the code shows on every page. Once you have your analytics installed on your website you need to make looking … [Read more...]
Fix WordPress Version 2.8 Websites Goes Blank or White Page
June 11, 2009 By View Comments
If you are one of the unlucky bloggers who decided to upgrade your Wordpress blog to 2.8 you might have your entire site go blank or white. Don't Freak Out - It is Fixable That is good advice though it didn't work for me who is lucky I didn't break my fist after I upgraded and my entire site went blank. If you are reading this then you know that I got it all back up. If you need solutions for fixing your Wordpress blog then go to HighTechDad.com's post where is goes through a bunch of steps on what you need to do. I want to thank Michael from High Tech Dad as he when above and beyond to help me get my site back. … [Read more...]
Two Things Your Company Should Have Online
June 2, 2009 By View Comments
With the present economy the way it is companies are cutting back on their marketing budgets. One the biggest cuts is to internet marketing as most companies haven't gotten a firm grasp on the power of the web to market and increase sales. With less money to spend on marketing it is important to understand what is most important for your business. An overall strategy for positioning and branding your company is more extensive than the information in this post, though the goal of this post is 2 things that your company should have online. Your company should have one blog. A blog is a great way to interact with your customer on a more direct way. The writing … [Read more...]
Yahoo’s Geocities is Closing its Virtual Door
May 31, 2009 By View Comments
If you go to Yahoo Geocities you will find out that you can no longer create a new account. Yahoo has announced that later this year it is shutting down Geocities, a now ancient free hosting platform. Nothing has happened to existing account yet though you have to get your data out of Geocities before it officially closes it virtual door. Yahoo says that more detail on retreiving your data this summer. Yahoo will not be offering a new free web hosting service and is offering a discount for those that want to transfer their websites into their paid hosting accounts. I would imagine not too many people take Yahoo up on this offer since the whole point of Geocities … [Read more...]
Why My Website Isn’t Working
May 28, 2009 By View Comments
So your website isn’t creating the traffic or revenue that you thought when you got into this business. There can be many different reasons a website fails to reach its potential. It could be that major issues like unclear direction for the website, some can be issues you are unaware of like broken links, or it could be that you utilize too much flash that distracts both your visitors and the search engines. The following is a look at common issues that keep your website from achieving success. If you are reading this article for the latest search engine optimization tips then you are on the wrong article. The goal of this article is to take a look at your thought … [Read more...]
Web Development
May 28, 2009 By View Comments
Web development for this day and age has become complicated. With the rise of the internet has come hundreds of different ways to make a website. Authority SEO was founded by successful web business owners who have gone through years of different online fads and successes which has created a team capable of developing customized solutions for any business. "Analysis of LiveLeanToday.com's sales funnel showed potential customs leaving the site on a questionnaire. Changing the sign up process increased conversions by 200%" Many web development companies have a certain program or solution that they attempt to fit for everyone. Authority SEO utilizes it vast resources … [Read more...]
Now Comment Using OpenId profile
Authority SEO now lets you comment on posts using your OpenId profile. You can now use your DISQUS, Twitter, Facebook, and OpenId to interact and exchange views with Authority SEO and its readers. OpenId is your Internet profile that you can use on many websites so you don' t have the need for many different usernames and passwords. Over 40,000 different websites support the use of OpenId for user profiles. At the bottom of the post just click the icon to log into your OpenId profile and add your comment. … [Read more...]