Google Webmaster Tools has been a tried and true friend to all webmasters and SEOs alike. The tool is Google’s way to give webmasters an inside view of how Google sees their website. Like many Google tools, GWT has changed over the years with new features and new interface design.While these changes have been wholly incremental, there has yet to be a comprehensive dissection of everything that GWT has to offer. Until now. We took a deep walk through the new and improved GWT and have provided a detailed analysis of the bells and whistles that make Google Webmaster Tools a much-used tool. Dashboard New and Important: This area is for important alerts about your site. This is the first place most webmasters should look to make sure there … [Read more...]
How to get Google to index your site in minutes
You've done your keyword research and decided on a topic for your next blog post. You write the article and it comes out great! You even find some awesome pictures to include. It's all optimized and ready to go. You hit submit... and wait. But 24.. 48... even 72 hours later, the search engines still haven't indexed your new blog post!It's happened to all of us, and the wait isn't fun. Especially if you are impatient like I am. But there are ways to get google to index your site in minutes.Yes, minutes. After I am done with my indexing process (which takes 5 minutes at most), I check to see if the post is indexed in google. 99% of the time, its already indexed. I'm going to share my secrets with you. You'll probably recognize the … [Read more...]
5 SEO Tips for Beginners
Navigating the world of SEO can be extremely difficult. There's tons of information out there, but it is often confusing for those who are new to SEO. As detailed as some guides can be, they still leave questions unanswered. The SEO "Gurus" often get too caught up in their "Expertise" that they forget who the reader is.We are going to go over 5 SEO tips for beginners in this quick article. If you have never put any SEO tactics to use before, this guide is for you. More specifically, we are going to focus on the most important part of search engine optimization, which is building a solid foundation. Without a solid website, more advanced tactics such as building backlinks, anchor text, and utilizing schema markup will not be as … [Read more...]