'SEO Myths'

SEO Myth #3 - If I put my keywords in my meta tags, this helps my rankings

Thursday, April 3rd, 2008

YAHOO.Shortcuts.annotationSet=YAHOO.Shortcuts.annotationSet||{};YAHOO.Shortcuts.annotationSet[’lw_1205509492_0′]={”text”:”meta keywords tag”,”weight”:2.07348,”type”:[”shortcuts:/concept”],”category”:[”CONCEPT”]};YAHOO.Shortcuts.annotationSet[’lw_1205509492_1′]={”text”:”Google”,”weight”:0.25,”type”:[”shortcuts:/us/instance/organization/company/company_name”,”shortcuts:/us/instance/organization/domain”],”category”:[”ORGANIZATION”],”metaData”:{”canonicalName”:”Google Inc.”,”domain_name”:”Google”,”domain_url”:”http://www.google.com/”,”exchange”:”NMS”,”symbol”:”GOOG”}};YAHOO.Shortcuts.annotationSet[’lw_1205509492_2′]={”text”:”Yahoo”,”weight”:0.25,”type”:[”shortcuts:/us/instance/organization/company/company_name”,”shortcuts:/us/instance/organization/company/yahoo_property”,”shortcuts:/us/instance/organization/domain”],”category”:[”ORGANIZATION”],”metaData”:{”canonicalName”:”Yahoo! Inc.”,”domain_name”:”Yahoo”,”domain_url”:”http://www.yahoo.com/”,”exchange”:”NMS”,”symbol”:”YHOO”,”yprop_description”:”Discover email, news, shopping, search, music, fantasy sports, and more.”,”yprop_name”:”Yahoo!”,”yprop_url”:”http://www.yahoo.com/”}};YAHOO.Shortcuts.annotationSet[’lw_1205509492_3′]={”text”:”MSN”,”weight”:0.25,”type”:[”shortcuts:/us/instance/organization/company/company_name”,”shortcuts:/us/instance/organization/company/ticker”,”shortcuts:/us/instance/organization/domain”],”category”:[”ORGANIZATION”,”TICKER”]};YAHOO.Shortcuts.annotationSet[’lw_1205509492_4′]={”text”:”meta description tag”,”weight”:2.98352,”type”:[”shortcuts:/concept”],”category”:[”CONCEPT”]};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 […]

SEO Myth #2 - Buying multiple domains will help my ranking

Monday, March 24th, 2008

YAHOO.Shortcuts.annotationSet=YAHOO.Shortcuts.annotationSet||{};YAHOO.Shortcuts.annotationSet[’lw_1206413364_0′]={”text”:”something.com”,”weight”:1,”type”:[”shortcuts:/us/place/virtual/web_site”],”category”:[”IDENTIFIER”]};YAHOO.Shortcuts.annotationSet[’lw_1206413364_1′]={”text”:”something.net”,”weight”:1,”type”:[”shortcuts:/us/place/virtual/web_site”],”category”:[”IDENTIFIER”]};YAHOO.Shortcuts.annotationSet[’lw_1206413364_2′]={”text”:”Google”,”weight”:0.25,”type”:[”shortcuts:/us/instance/organization/company/company_name”,”shortcuts:/us/instance/organization/domain”],”category”:[”ORGANIZATION”],”metaData”:{”canonicalName”:”Google Inc.”,”domain_name”:”Google”,”domain_url”:”http://www.google.com/”,”exchange”:”NMS”,”symbol”:”GOOG”}};YAHOO.Shortcuts.annotationSet[’lw_1206413364_3′]={”text”:”companynameco.com”,”weight”:1,”type”:[”shortcuts:/us/place/virtual/web_site”],”category”:[”IDENTIFIER”]};YAHOO.Shortcuts.annotationSet[’lw_1206413364_4′]={”text”:”companyname.com”,”weight”:1,”type”:[”shortcuts:/us/place/virtual/web_site”],”category”:[”IDENTIFIER”]};YAHOO.Shortcuts.annotationSet[’lw_1206413364_5′]={”text”:”Linux”,”weight”:0.25,”type”:[”shortcuts:/us/tag/news/thing”],”category”:[”NEWS”]};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.
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SEO Myth #1 - Changing hosting will affect my rankings

Friday, March 14th, 2008

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 reasons. […]