Posts Tagged ‘SEO’

No more excuses: start blogging!

Jul 25, 2008

A new study shows that only 15 percent of Fortune 500 companies use blogs to communicate with consumers. That’s pretty shocking from the consumer perspective as well as an Internet marketing. But the real question is why?

According to SearchRank, many companies–smaller ones included–don’t realize they can set up a blog for no cost. They also think they have nothing to write about, which is probably one of the biggest misconceptions when it comes to blogs. If you have business (of any kind), you have plenty to say: from industry news, company news, opinions on industry-related news and events, etc. The list goes on and on.

Think you can’t benefit from a blog? Think again. A blog is an easy way to get your news and views out there, to share information and also get inbound links to your site. There’s nothing to lose.

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URLs: how long is too long?

Jun 23, 2008

In terms of SEO, descriptive URLs for inside pages are best. Try to avoid abbreviations or shortening/combining words until they’re nonsensical jargon. Easy enough to remember. But, on the flip-side, there’s speculation that being too descriptive (and too long) and come off as spammy, and may actually hurt your search engine ranking.

So, what’s too long? Here’s an example discussed on Seroundtable.com:

http://www.gadgetguy.com.au/small-kitchen-appliances-toaster-kettle-coffee-machine-blender-juicer-channel7-sunrise-australia-42.html

Wow, that’s a lot of keywords crammed into one URL. Even if it’s not clear if such a long URL would hurt a page ranking, you can be almost certain no one would remember that URL, which is another reason to have concise ones to begin with.

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