http://www.seobegin.com Recommended SEO reading Thu, 18 Dec 2008 16:13:50 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en [caption id="attachment_235" align="alignright" width="100" caption="Flying with SEO"][/caption] SEO techniques have been regurgitated time and time again, the same old stuff spouted by different people. it is not often i write about SEO unless i have got something new to add. So whats new? Instead of going into great detail about a million ... http://www.seobegin.com/2008/12/are-you-a-linkhater/ [caption id="attachment_206" align="alignleft" width="200" caption="Russ Jones"][/caption] Russ Jones is one of those die hard SEO`s who has a strong ethical SEO foundation, a web developer by trade whose natural progression into the SEO industry has taken him to the top of his game.  Starting out over 12 years ago, Russ has ... http://www.seobegin.com/2008/08/russ-jones-good-honest-seo/ [caption id="attachment_156" align="alignright" width="255" caption="SEO Cake"][/caption] What you will need:- Domain name (Avoid using additives, or artificial colours) website, blog (The filling) Robot.txt file (Mixed to desired taste) Sitemap.xml (This helps cake buyers know whats in your cake) Google Analytics account (Too much sugar and not enough salt?) Preparing to bake your cake; You already have your clean ... http://www.seobegin.com/2008/08/seo-cake/ Understanding site architecture from an SEO standpoint http://www.seobegin.com/2008/08/content-categorisation-by-rand-fishkin/ [caption id="attachment_148" align="alignleft" width="128" caption="Rand Fishkin the instantly recognisable face"][/caption] Depending on where you stand, scratch that no matter where you stand you will be able to see Rand`s choice of footwear, from pretty much anywhere on the planet thanks to google earth and the glimmering sheen that blinds us all.  ... http://www.seobegin.com/2008/08/rand-fishkin-terrible-shoes/ It`s 4am in the morning and i was ready for wrapping it up for today (yesterday?) when i was searching through .net links and came across the SEO Rapper, news to me but very on topic, better than your usual angle on getting the SEO message across, i`m an instant ... http://www.seobegin.com/2008/08/seo-rapper/ Content has and always will be the single most important factor in deciding the relevancy of your pages, the more unique content you have the better the chances are that you will be found for the products and services you are targetting. http://www.seobegin.com/2008/08/content-is-the-reigning-monarch/ So many years have passed and still i come across pages that say "Home Page" or "Page 1" in the title of their pages. Or better still the same title repeated continuously throughout the website. First off lets concentrate on the importance of the title tag, it is one of the ... http://www.seobegin.com/2008/08/keyword-use-in-the-title-tag/ Network Solutions Sr Vice President Stephanie Leffler and her good honest and basic guide to SEO http://www.seobegin.com/2008/08/network-solutions-sr-vp-beginner-tips/ [caption id="attachment_96" align="alignleft" width="163" caption="Neil Patel"][/caption] Neil infamously gave a blogger a public tanning (2007) by simply applying basic SEO to a fairly innocous blog to demonstrate how ethical SEO technique can improve traffic by 10 to 20% within 30 days. It made me laugh no end, its great to see that ... http://www.seobegin.com/2008/08/neil-patel-the-basics-nailed-on/