Recent Articles From EvanCarmichael.com http://www.evancarmichael.com/ http://www.evancarmichael.com/SEO/1247/THEMED-LINKS-QUALITY.html http://www.evancarmichael.com/SEO/1247/THEMED-LINKS-QUALITY.html This article will explain the importance of link quality, and its application to link building. Everyone may have a different understanding of what “quality” is on terms of links, but essentially that is your decision entirely. If you have an existing site, that you need to build links for, use this as a reference check list to ensure that you are link building properly. I am going to review the key 6 areas. http://www.evancarmichael.com/SEO/1247/SEARCH-RANKING-ARTICLES.html http://www.evancarmichael.com/SEO/1247/SEARCH-RANKING-ARTICLES.html This article will guide you through the main reasons you should be using article writing as part of your SEO efforts to gain backlinks and link popularity, or in other words, turning content into links and traffic. Getting targeted traffic is a direct result of this process. This will apply to both new and existing sites, and I am covering here what to do when writing articles. http://www.evancarmichael.com/SEO/1247/ALL-ABOUT-LINKS-FOR-SEO--PART-2.html http://www.evancarmichael.com/SEO/1247/ALL-ABOUT-LINKS-FOR-SEO--PART-2.html In the previous article on this topic, I covered the main types of links you want to get for your site. On the last part, I will clearly state which types of links to stay away from pursuing, and I will further explain some misconceptions about the good types of links. http://www.evancarmichael.com/SEO/1247/Search-Engine-Optimization-for-Google-Yahoo-and-Msn.html http://www.evancarmichael.com/SEO/1247/Search-Engine-Optimization-for-Google-Yahoo-and-Msn.html In this article I will review the similarities and differences between the ranking algorithms of Google, Yahoo and Msn. Google and Yahoo are considerably reasonably close in terms of off-page factors weighting compared to Msn, which is more on the on-page side. Like Google, Yahoo and MSN will discount obviously identical and unnatural looking anchor link text. Since these algos are frequently updated, I will only concentrate on those factors that do not. Otherwise, mayor updates should take place for them to be replaced by other/better methods. http://www.evancarmichael.com/SEO/1247/Search-Engine-Optimization-SEO-Density.html http://www.evancarmichael.com/SEO/1247/Search-Engine-Optimization-SEO-Density.html This article will guide you through the main myths around keyword density and SEO. Even though keyword density should be a part of your SEO efforts, there is a lot of confusion about what “density” is and how to apply it properly. Also, how much is density percentage is good? This will apply to both new and existing sites, and I am covering here what to know about keyword density. http://www.evancarmichael.com/SEO/1247/All-About-Links-For-SEO.html http://www.evancarmichael.com/SEO/1247/All-About-Links-For-SEO.html This article covers a much discussed topic in the SEO community. Also, clients and often site owners come up with questions about what links to get, and how to get them. Note that I will not consider reciprocal links here, because of better alternatives, because of better alternatives, and because their effectiveness only applies to a small number of sites, who use them under 10% of their overall link ratio. I will review the main types you want to get for your site. http://www.evancarmichael.com/SEO/1247/Directories-Submissions-and-SEO.html http://www.evancarmichael.com/SEO/1247/Directories-Submissions-and-SEO.html This article will guide you the importance of directories submissions in launching a new site, or ranking an existing one. I am going to review 6 important areas. http://www.evancarmichael.com/SEO/1247/Search-Engine-Optimization-SEO-Basics--Part-2.html http://www.evancarmichael.com/SEO/1247/Search-Engine-Optimization-SEO-Basics--Part-2.html In the second and final part of this article I will cover the remaining 5 areas that relate to solid Search Engine Ranks for particular number of key phrases. Again, this will apply to any type of website, on any industry you are targeting. http://www.evancarmichael.com/SEO/1247/Search-Engine-Optimization-Basics--Part-1.html http://www.evancarmichael.com/SEO/1247/Search-Engine-Optimization-Basics--Part-1.html The first thing you should know about SEO is that Consistency is the “key word”. Because of that, in this article I will cover the immediate areas that relate to solid Search Engine Ranking for particular number of key phrases. This will apply to any type of website, on any industry you are targeting.