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Search Engine Optimization (SEO) is the process of improving the visibility of web content in search engines using an understanding of search engines' processes and algorithms. Also known as "natural" or "organic" search, it is distinct from paid web advertising.
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Movie Database - Load images from API or locally?
It would be better to do it yourself.
You don't want to rely on an API (if it goes down or it gets discontinued).
More often than not, relying on external APIs will slow down the load times of your …
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How long does it take to be approved to the Dmoz directory?
Submit the site and focus on other SEO efforts. …
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Can adding a blog be an effective method for improving SEO?
A blog can be beneficial to SEO, IF it contains quality content. Lets face it: Getting backlinks to a "boring" corporate website can be extremely difficult. …
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Two WordPress blogs on the same domain - How to add the sitemap?
Install the Yoast SEO plugin on both installations and then add the generated sitemaps to your Google Webmasters account. …
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Which is better for SEO, one page for all products, or one page for each product?
Expanding on John Conde's answer:
Search engines such as Google will pay more attention to the content that is located at the top of your page, simply because it is more likely that this content repr …
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Dealing with usernames in the URL
To make it scalable, you should use multiple sitemaps. In Google Webmaster tools, you can specify multiple sitemaps, which means that you can create one that is specific to user profiles.
Bearing tha …
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Why does Google give different results based on country code for same set of keywords?
Google will customize search results according to a number of different factors. This means that different users will see different results. These factors include, but are not limited to:
Your searc …
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Will it be good to use branding TEXT at the start of Meta description?
Three basic rules for writing meta descriptions:
Use a meta description that is likely to lead to higher click-through rates. Do you think that your brand name will make a user more likely to click …
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Why is Google Webmaster Tools marking empty pages as Soft 404s?
What is the correct http status code to handle these types of pages
which exist, but may/not have data on them in the future?
If no data is present, I would specify a noindex, follow directive. …
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Does the time a user spend on your site affect your Google ranking?
I don't think that Google have ever stated that bounce rate is a ranking factor.
However, my personal belief is that "click back" rates are a factor, simply because it would be too useful a metric fo …
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How to remove a website completely from search engine indexes except the home page?
Try putting the following robots.txt in the root of your website:
User-agent: *
Disallow: /
Allow: /$
Note that it will take time and that you can use Webmaster Tools to manually request their remo …
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What is the correct way of creating backlinks and anchor text?
Links need to look natural and using the same anchor text, over and over again, will be treated as over-optimization. Look back on any organic backlinks that you've attained in the past and you'll see …
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How can i report to University of Kentucky someone using their webpage to get seo rank?
Contact the university directly: http://www.uky.edu/UKHome/subpages/contact.html Ask to be patched through to whoever maintains their website. Or just ask for their email address. Let them know about …
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no index no follow after page load
Unfortunately, this is one of those things that you will need to test for yourself. Although Google has been known to index JavaScript-generated content; there doesn't seem to be any case studies out …
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backlinks to our site are being ignored by google thus affecting our SEO
As John Conde pointed out, the link: method is ridiculously inaccurate.
However, I'd also like to point out that Google Webmaster Tools isn't fully accurate either and that it can take a noticeable am …