Category: SEO tips and tricks
How we Analyzed and Improved our Term Frequency – Inverse Document Frequency (TF*IDF) in 10 Minutes
Last week, we discussed the importance of TF*IDF to SEO and we learned a few things, which is good. The thing about SEO is that a lot of it is trial and error so we’re going to be taking learning about TF*IDF which means Term Frequency – Inverse Document Frequency a step further by doing a case study on it using actual data from the SEO Hacker website.
The Ultimate YouTube SEO Guide
How do I set up SEO on YouTube?
Quick Answer: The two main things to consider for YouTube SEO is your Video Content and User Engagement. For Video Content, consider these factors: Title, Description, Tags, Transcription, Channel Authority, Content Delivery, Content Length, Thumbnail Options, Age Restriction. Once you’ve created a strong foundation with your Video Content factors, you’re likely to rank higher. When it comes to User Engagement, make sure you’re creating videos that are useful, informative, and entertaining. Factors to take note of are: Views, Inbound Links, Social Shares, Embeds, Comments / Responses, Like (Thumbs Up), Thumbs Down, and Favorites.
How to Leverage from your Competitor’s Success
Ever wish you can beat your (most amazing) competitors but you feel like you don’t have all the resources and power to do so? That’s okay, for there are so many ways to do it, and so many tools that you can use to help you.
The Untold SEO Secret Behind Dwell Time Metrics
There are very few things written about Dwell Time Metrics (A.K.A. User Activity Metrics) as a ranking factor relative to linkbuilding, on-site SEO, and yes, even microdata. Knowing that Google sneaked in the Phantom 2 update (which became known as the “Quality Update“) to their core algorithm right when they launched the highly-awaited, “Mobile-geddon”, this untold SEO secret has become even more important.
How To Find The Best Sites For Guest Blogging
How to find the best Guest Blogging websites:
Quick Answers: Here are a few good tricks to find the right Guest Blogging opportunities: first, make a list of all the blogs in your niche or industry; second check if the sites publishing these blogs accept guest posts; third, assess if the blog is prolific, authoritative, and has a strong presence online; and lastly, prepare your pitch for the webmaster on why you should be allowed to write a guest post on their site.
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How Regular Expression Affects SEO
This is perhaps one of the things that an average SEO specialist overlooks. Regular Expression is an important part of technical SEO. In this entry, I’ll discuss the basics and uses of Regular Expression.
8 Web Design Flaws that Can Ruin your Site’s SEO
When it comes to creating a website, one of the first questions you should ask yourself is, “Should I focus on a fantastic design and user experience or on search engine optimization?”
How to Avoid Getting Un-Guest Posted
Recently we’ve had the experience of submitting, good, clean, honest guest posts for our clients to “respectable” sites. Little did we know that a few days after they published our guest post, they would put nofollow tags in the link(s) or they would remove the link(s) altogether. How do you avoid this?
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How Robots.txt and Meta Tags Affect Search Engine Crawling
If you are concerned about the privacy of your website and you do not want the search engine crawlers or bots to crawl certain pages of your website, then “Robots.txt” is the one-stop solution that will keep the crawlers away from the ‘No Entry’ zone.