10-plus SEO Questions - Google Rules

By Jill Whalen

This morning I woke up to someone having submitted a pile of SEO questions using our newsletter question form. At first I thought, "Yikes, that's kind of pushy to think I have time to answer all those questions!" But then I remembered that this was a newsletter week and I still had no idea what I was going to write about. A second look at the questions made me think that you guys would probably be interested in the answers to many of them, so it worked out perfectly.

Most of these questions have been answered in greater detail in various articles that I've written, so if you'd like more info on any of them, I've linked to the relevant ones for your convenience.

Thanks to Umair R., who submitted these questions.

Google: Page Speed May Become a Ranking Factor in 2010

 By Chris Crum
Over the course of 2009, a consistent theme that Google has been involved with is that of speed. In announcement after announcement, Google has talked about the importance of speed on the web, and how the company wants to do everything it can to make the web a faster place. Has it occurred to you that how fast your page loads may have a direct effect on how your site ranks in Google?

How Many Links Does It Take to Get to the Middle of Google Page One?

By Dave Davies (c) 2009  

Everyday it seems, people are asking me about the optimum number of inbound links they need to acquire for their website in order to rank well in Google.

My answer is going to seem a little flip, but it is the honest, best answer.

SEO Cheat Sheet – 12 Steps To A Better SEO Score

Some of these points might be ideas or strategies you have heard
before but never really acted on but I made a point to focus on the
top things to do and not try and write a book for you to try and
read through and then ask yourself, "where do start".

Free SEO Tools For Your Website

Effective SEO strategies require a lot of effort and time. Although in the search engines market exist very advanced tools that cost a lot, there are many free SEO tools which can help the novice and advanced SEO marketer to save valuable time. Here is a list of free and proven for their effectiveness SEO online instruments:

Use Facebook Ads For Your Marketing Campaign

by:Barbara Holbrook
Facebook ads are quickly becoming the top choice for targeted online ad campaigns. Whether your goal is lead generation, sales, or improving brand recognition, a targeted campaign will always have better results.

10-plus SEO Questions - Google Rules

This morning I woke up to someone having submitted a pile of SEO questions using our newsletter question form. At first I thought, "Yikes, that's kind of pushy to think I have time to answer all those questions!" But then I remembered that this was a newsletter week and I still had no idea what I was going to write about. A second look at the questions made me think that you guys would probably be interested in the answers to many of them, so it worked out perfectly.

How to Control Your Listing Text in Google's Search Results

A Google Webmaster Help video from Matt Cutts released on Nov. 10, 2009 got me thinking how the listing text in Google's search results can easily be overlooked by some webmasters in their SEO efforts.

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