SEO Articles

We frequently add SEO articles to this page for you to gain helpful up-to-date SEO information. We hope you find these SEO articles helpful not only to understand some of what we do and to hone your own SEO skills but to gain information, knowledge and insight when seeking out an SEO firm for hire.

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Tips to Effective SEO Keyword Research Analysis - Keyword research analysis can be daunting. SEO Web Consulting offers an article: 5 Tips to Effective SEO Keyword Research Analysis to help guide you thru the process.

Titles, Description and Keyword Meta Tags - Meta tags are information inserted into the "head" area of your web pages HTML code. Meta information is used to communicate information to the search engines that a human visitor may not be concerned with.  While they mostly communicate to the ‘bots, the page title tag is what is used by the search engines in the organic - or natural - Search Engine Results Pages (SERPs)...

Guide to SEO Title Tags - Of all the tags, the title tag is one of the most important factors in achieving high search engine rankings...

Guide to SEO Meta Description Tag - The Meta description does not impact your page’s ranking by itself as a stand-alone influence in the search engines, but does have a greater impact when combined with the title tag and page content...

Guide to SEO Meta Keyword Tag - While most major search engines have declared they no longer use the Meta keyword tag in their ranking algorithms, the Meta keyword tag still remains a useful way to reinforce the terms you think are important on the page...

SEO in Site Architecture
These SEO articles are excerpted from an SEO article series on the search engine optimization considerations in site architecture, website positioning and navigation. SEO in Site Architecture is when considering website design or re-design, strategically plan the website architecture to have a search-engine-friendly site architecture...

SEO Website Navigation
A good navigation menu helps your visitors navigate through your website efficiently and while it is crucial for consumer experience, it is even more important that search spiders have plenty of basic links to follow within your site... 

SEO Website Positioning
There are many different areas of website positioning to address when considering the search engine optimization of your site pages. This SEO article lists a few basic samplings for SEO consideration in website positioning....

SEO Resources

Search Engine Watch is a great resource for search engine marketing. You will find SEW latest top news stories, articles and tips on the latest SEO and SEM strategies. The SEW Blog is where you'll catch the latest SEO and SEM headlines and ongoing discussions at their Forum.

SEMPO is a non-profit professional association working to increase awareness and promote the value of Search Engine Marketing worldwide. Their activities are primarily centered on Education and Awareness. To support their educational mission, they offer an extensive library of resources, research and articles, as well as outreach activities such as Webinars and speaking events.

Search Engine Land - Danny Sullivan's search news website.

Search Engine Roundtable - Barry Schwartz's search resource.

The Ward Report - Eric Ward's monthly report on the art of link building and publicity for web content. An outstanding resource not found anywhere else.

Matt Cutts: Gadgets, Google and SEO Blog - Great discussion and insight on gadgets, Google and SEO from Google software engineer Matt Cutts.

WebmasterWorld - News and discussion for the webmaster professional. Lots of good search engine optimization resources and search engine marketing information.

Aaron Wall's SEO Book - SEO Book keeps up with the latest trends in search engine algorithm changes and provides daily search engine optimization news and tips.