http://noviceseo.com Sharing more than a years worth of SEO study Sun, 06 Jul 2008 20:36:58 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Do you want to increase the chances of your website ranking higher than your competitor? Images and graphics are often overlooked in the  SEO process but with Google’s new universal search methodology, this is one area that can no longer be ignored. A few simple steps can help you increase your ... http://noviceseo.com/2008/07/increase-your-search-return-presence-by-optimizing-images/ One of the most important, if not the most important factor of SEO that I have learned is proper planning. SEO for a new website starts with pen and paper long before the first line of html is coded. In the beginning, I was one that sat down and ... http://noviceseo.com/2008/07/effective-seo-begins-on-paper/ We often times hear about the proper use of anchor text for internal linking and inbound links. For internal linking purposes we can take that theory a step further by using Anchor Text Sentences. While most websites have a standard menu setup with anchor text, the site developer can actually ... http://noviceseo.com/2008/07/use-anchor-text-sentences-for-internal-linking/ “Rome wasn’t built in a day.” That’s what my mother used to tell me. Little did I know that back in the 1960’s she was laying the foundation for good SEO.  Patience is probably the single biggest factor in a successful SEO campaign. I don’t know how many times I have ... http://noviceseo.com/2008/07/seo-requires-patience-patience-patience/ It has been a year since I opted to remove my “links” page from www.truckerhub.com (the SEO project that started this blog). At that time my research on the subject of SEO suggested that “links” pages were no longer a good thing and could actually harm the chances of a ... http://noviceseo.com/2008/07/1-year-since-link-page-removal-effects-on-website/ This is a reprint that I copied off a cache version of my blog before I lost it and my video on how I did this which was on another posting. Originally Posted In August 2007 On May 2, 2007 I started working on SEO for the website www.truckerhub.com. I ... http://noviceseo.com/2008/07/reprint-how-i-went-from-600-to-14-in-100-days-on-google/ I lost it all. I didn't back up my blog and for whatever reason, when I moved it to a new server it all vanished. My old server had already deleted everything and now I am starting over.  But that is ok. I have learned a lot in the last ... http://noviceseo.com/2008/07/noviceseocom-lost-all-data-no-backup/