SEO Info Page
Hyphen vs Underscore in URL
This has always been a topic of discussion in relation to SEO and building websites. I have always thought it was important, but not critical to use hypens instead of underscores in a URL. However, since it is so easy to solve I have always recommended using hypens and not underscores as seperators. If you [...]
Being a Website Mechanic
It is a niche I really did not plan on, but it is probably the best description of what I do on a daily basis. Thanks to the SoloBizCoach for pointing that out during one of our chats. Using the term mechanic invariably brings to mind a car mechanic, and a website mechanic is very [...]
Tracking Live Incoming Search Terms
Thinking about all the instant stuff we have on the net I thought it would interesting to watch incoming traffic generated from search engines. I setup a script on a couple test sites that email me the Domain, Search Term, Search Engine and Landing Page whenever a visitor comes from a search engine. With over [...]
Google Instant Search Changes
The new Google Instant is a big change. One thing I have noticed is that you can not have Google Instant turned on and set your default setting to display more than 10 search results at one time. I have had mine set to 100 search results for as long as I can remember. The [...]
View from a search spider
There is a big difference in what you see on your screen and what a search engine spider sees. There are a lot of things that a spider can not interpret like we do. Javascript, Images etc… I have found it extremely beneficial to use a text browser to dissect a web page. Google recommends [...]
Google Promote and Remove
Google is experimenting with new Promote and Remove buttons in the SERPS moving the search experience to a more personal level. They clearly state that this is an experiment and it may only last a short time. This experiment lets you influence your search experience by adding, moving, and removing search results. When you search [...]
Keep It Simple
Most people have heard of the old KISS Principle, Keep It Simple Stupid. The KISS Principle should also be modified for the Internet, here are some examples: Keep It Simple Social (Networking) Keep It Simple SEO Keep It Simple SEM One of the things I have noticed over the last few years is how so [...]
Keywords Help
Understanding keywords is essential to having success in driving traffic to your site. The problem is usually that people see a hot topic and decide that is a great keyword. The most popular keywords are not always the best to use though. Sometimes it is better to dig a little deeper and find keywords that [...]
Minimal WordPress Theme Download
The Minimal WordPress Theme can now be downloaded from here. This is the theme I am running on this site. I added a YouTube video hook on the Single post page. Instead of using a WordPress Plugin that would be an additional step I took my AJAX API Video plugin and incorporated it into the [...]
Wasted Year on Internet Marketing
This is basically the answer to the question I have been asked most recently, which is, “why have you sold some of your sites and quit working on other projects”. Well, I realized I have wasted about a year working with Internet Marketing, probably two if you consider the time I put in. A little [...]
Minimal WordPress Theme
I think this WordPress Theme, if you could call it that, is growing on me. I keep looking at all the themes that are out there and a lot of them are just cluttered. There is always a lot of talk about how each new WordPress Theme is designed for SEO better than the last. [...]
Guaranteed Search Engine Rankings
I just got an email from a company, (I am not going to print their name or link to them for several reasons), and here is what they told me … …offers you a way to get your web site onto the first page of Google and other search engines guaranteed!… I have not seen [...]
Baseball Analogy of Blogging
I spend more time reading blogs than I do blogging. After some of the conversations lately I realized that there is an excellent Baseball analogy that fits blogging. “Get em on, get em over, get em in” The basic baseball principle is that you do not need Home Runs to win the game, you just [...]
New WordPress Theme from CyberCoder
As usual I have to do things a little different. I have been wanting to create some WordPress themes but I just keep putting it off. The more I read about SEO and WordPress the more frustrated I get. What I believe about SEO is very similar to what Shoemoney posted here. To me SEO [...]
Adjustment to my WordPress unTheme
While getting this WordPress Theme down to the bare essentials I realized I would need at the minimum two CSS divisions to utilize a sidebar. This means that the stylesheet is not empty, there are two divisions, one for the content and one for the sidebar. The goal for this theme is to use the [...]
WordPress Theme Experiment
While contemplating what to do with this domain name I came up with an idea. I love WordPress and I started thinking about doing another blog, I mean, what the heck I already have 10 to 20 I am trying to keep up with, what would just one more be. However, I really struggled when [...]
Organic SEO Lesson
Search engines want true organic listings, and for some reason a lot of people struggle with this concept. If you write an original article you are creating an organic (natural) post. And the results you achieve might just surprise you. And yes, this is probably harder for me as a programmer than you can imagine. [...]
Google Supplemental Index now mainstream, tag dead
The Google Supplemental Index is not going away, however, the tag that displays on supplemental results is. Onl July 31st, Google announced that they will drop the Supplemental tag from showing in the SERPs. …we’ve decided to stop labeling these URLs as “Supplemental Results.” Of course, you will continue to benefit from Google’s supplemental index [...]
CyberCoder gets a new look!
It only took a couple hours, but it sure looks better than the previous design. I launched this site several months ago and spent all my time on the technical aspects instead of the look and feel. I tend to always go “function over fashion” first. But since Garry Conn would not stop teasing me [...]
WordPress Duplicate Content
One of the problems with WordPress is that it creates a lot of duplicate content, and there have been a lot of conversations on whether search engines, especially Google penalize you for duplicate content. It seems that it is not a penalty but a filter. If you create a standard WordPress site you will have [...]
