Paid links are links from other websites purchased solely for the value of the link rather than for direct clicks. Paid links have become so popular that auction sites have sprouted up for just this purpose and they can even be bought on eBay. There is no particular problem with paid links per-se however I

A web search engine is designed to search for information on the World Wide Web. The search results are generally presented in a list of results often referred to as search engine results pages (SERPs). The information may consist of web pages, images, information and other types of files. Some search engines also mine data available in databases or open directories. Unlikeweb directories, which are maintained

A search engine results pages (SERP), is the listing of web pages returned by a search engine in response to a keyword query. The results normally include a list of web pages with titles, a link to the page, and a short description showing where the Keywords have matched content within the page. A SERP may refer to a single page of links returned, or

Search engine optimization (SEO) is the process of improving the visibility of a website or a web page in search engines’ “natural,” or un-paid (“organic” or “algorithmic”), search results. In general, the earlier (or higher ranked on the search results page), and more frequently a site appears in the search results list, the more visitors it will receive from the search engine’s

Writing articles is a great way of getting inbound links and generating quality traffic. Articles give you the opportunity to control the content on the linking page meaning that you can guarantee that it is totally relevant, it’s a one-way link, and it’s a link that you’ll actually get traffic from. Let’s assume that you

Link building is a very important part of SEO.  Inbound links are still up 62% of the capacity of a site to rank, more than any other factor. As a result, the deployment of an active link building campaign is essential to any deployment of SEO. Here are 5 effective techniques for enhancement of the links

Next Update Nobody knows when the next Google Pagerank update will happen, but it is expected in June or July of 2013. The last one was 4 February 2013. Last Updates Google updates Toolbar Pagerank every 3 or so months: 4 February 2013 – Confirmation here. 7 November 2012 2 August 2012 2 May 2012 7 February 2012 7

On May 30th, Google announced the release of Google+ Local, replacing Google Places and adding several important upgrades including social features and Zagat reviews. The new Google+ Local pages will be indexed and show up in search results, so optimization and reviews will play an important role in future SEO strategy. This means a significant

Will Google Ban Your Website if You Complain? Do you accuse Google of penalizing your site as an act of revenge? It may sound silly, but if you search through the online forums you will notice comments about webmasters accusing a sinister Google of searching and destroying the sites of the webmasters who complain about