Category Archives: seo

Black-Hat SEO success story

Posted on February 16, 2011 by yair

The Ney York Times has an excellent story about a phenomenal black-hat SEO campaign that resulted in super ranking for J C Penney, one of America’s leading retailers, operates over 1,100 department stores throughout the United States. Search Engine Land has a … Continue reading →

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Matt says NoFollow

Posted on March 17, 2010 by yair
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The shorter (your url) – the better!

Posted on June 22, 2009 by yair

Every now and then I bump into stupid mistakes that web developers do, and sometimes it really hurts to watch. Take a look at this URL: http://www.syrolight.com/web/8888/nsf/sbs.py?&_ID=12633&G=11813&did=5067&PF=1&SM3=12633&SM=11813?=EN&_UserReference=F2ADA3622DE0ABB14A3F44C7 What the hell is happening here? This URL should be ILLEGAL! The programmer … Continue reading →

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How To Find The Best Domain Name

Posted on June 3, 2009 by yair

One of the most frustrating steps I face when building a new website is looking for a great domain name. Since nearly every domain name you can think of is already taken, some creativity is needed here. So here it … Continue reading →

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How to do a good keyword research

Posted on January 29, 2009 by yair

I was recently asked by some customer what is the secret of a good keyword research. My answer was there is no secret   When he asked for the details, I started writing this post, so you all know what … Continue reading →

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Improving WordPress SEO

Posted on June 12, 2008 by yair

Using WordPress? If you’re looking for SEO improvements, checkout this excellent WordPress SEO Guide. It has quite a lot of good ideas for optimizing your blog, with the relevant plugins. I would recommend doing most of it. One of the … Continue reading →

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SEO Friendly Web Development Companies

Posted on April 30, 2008 by yair

It happened lately a few times that I asked customers to make changes on their website and got the answer “the company that built our website said that it is impossible”. I heard it even on simple requests like removing … Continue reading →

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Got your company name in page title? Remove it!

Posted on April 2, 2008 by yair

I was asked by one of my customers to explain why removing the company name from all his pages titles is a good idea. It just didn’t make any sense. As you can see in this list of Top Factors … Continue reading →

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First SphinnCon Evar!

Posted on February 10, 2008 by yair

Last week was first SphinnCon Evar, how lucky are we to have it here in Israel. Did you see me behind Barry on the 4th picture? I AM FAMOUS The event was excellent, very VERY interesting people spoke up, and … Continue reading →

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The SEO Success Pyramid

Posted on February 4, 2008 by yair

Small Business SEM has an excellent post about the SEO Success Pyramid. “…the best SEOs don’t talk to their clients about rankings; they talk about the process of making great web sites that earn traffic and convert visitors into customers. … Continue reading →

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