'SEO Myths'

Starting this week, Yahoo search results have a new label: “Powered by Bing.”  What?!  Yahoo and Microsoft’s Bing once were two search engines vying for 2nd in market share, behind all-powerful Google.  Their limited alliance –  centered upon Yahoo’s adoption of Bing’s search technology and advertising display — is a major attempt to offset Google’s [...]

In what was billed “an exclusive interview with a top SEO pro,” Allison Kulage shared valuable wisdom with industry leader LinksManager.com.  Read the full interview here.  Accomplished journalist Elliot Borin recorded conversations with Upright SEO Director Ms. Kulage in July, publishing the full article this past weekend. Topic: The value of link building — gathering [...]

By now, most people recognize the 2 main types of search engine results: 1) organic/natural listings (#1-10 down results page) 2) pay-per-click (PPC; paid ad results). Not you?  No prob.  Let’s compare…

It’s surprising that people still believe that meta tags are how you get your site ranked. If you’re not in the business of SEO, though, this common misconception is widely accepted. However, all SEOs know that all the major search engines completely ignore the meta keywords tag. And if you find an SEO that doesn’t [...]

It’s a common misconception that buying up additional domain names and pointing them to your main domain will help your site rank better. I only wish it were that easy. If it were, I’d be at GoDaddy buying up every combination of SEO-search-engine-optimization-cincinnati.com, .org, .biz, .info… you get the picture. There are occasions when you [...]

The question often arises – “If I move my web site to a new host or a new server, will it affect my search engine rankings?” The short answer is no, as long as you do it right. Clients move their web sites to a new host or a new server for a variety of [...]