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Registering Extra Domain Names Has Zero SEO Value Suppose you have invented a new product. It is an Atomic Lint Remover. Naturally, you will want to register the domain name AtomicLintRemover.com as soon as possible. You register a domain name by going to an Internet Domain Name Registrar. After you type in the name you want, […]

Many so-called SEO companies and bogus SEO “experts” offer packages of backlinks. The assumption is that these links will improve SEO, and place your website higher in search engine results. Google’s policy is very clear. It is against Google Webmaster Guidelines to buy links What this means is that Google knows about the websites that your links

1. Write Text To Attract Search Engines Your web pages should be written to attract search engines, not people. Why? Because if search engines do not rank your page well, the only visitors you will receive are those you give your link to directly, or from websites that link back to yours. To accomplish this objective,

High quality pictures make a good impression, so you should pay particular attention to taking them. Here are some tips. Composition Compose your pictures carefully. The beam of light is the focal point of this picture. The people add to the picture’s composition, not distract from it. The important concept here is that you want

Invisible text is hard to read. The image above is an example of using invisible text on your website. Some website owners think this is stylish, but it is actually very bad practice. You want people to read the text on your site, so why make it hard to read? Indoors, on a large screen,

Autoplay is a leading cause of visitors bouncing from your website. It’s 2:00 AM in the morning and you are lying in bed with your significant other browsing the Internet. You discover a website, and it immediately begins playing music. In panic, you try to find the almost invisible volume icon or button on your

Use social media to drive visitors towards your website, not away from it. The #1 mistake people make is to send people away from their business website to social media. It’s the wrong direction. You want visitors to stay on your website so you can make the desired conversion. Once visitors have arrived at your website through

As shown in the picture, if your site has a properly configured certificate, it will either show a padlock icon, the word Secure, or something similar. Or, if you do not have one, it may show Not Secure or display some other warning.

There are two types of “free” domain names. The first places ads on your site. The second locks you into a hosting plan. You don’t want either one.

The fold is the bottom of the web page before you start to scroll it, or the bottom of the above picture. It is a mistake to put important content below that point (below “the fold”) because visitors must scroll the page in order to see it.

They might not….