Search Engine Optimisation Frequently Asked Questions

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One of the things we pride ourselves on at BoduWeb is the ability to explain options and alternatives for your website in simple language. As part of this policy, we've grouped together common questions that crop up in the area of search engine optimisation with new clients, and provide answers here. Whether or not you choose to bring your business to Bodu Web, we hope the questions and answers provided below will help you develop a clear idea of search engine optimisation is, and how to effect it for your web site.

If you have a question relating to search engine optimisation, send it to us using the online submission form on the right of this page, and we'll try to answer it as quickly and clearly as possible. If the question can be of help to others, we'll also publish it here on this page.

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Not only do we provide faqs on search engine optimisation, Bodu Web also brings you search engine optimisation headlines and links from arround the web. Search Engine Optimisation is a minefield, but the more you read, the better prepared you can be. Headlines are taken from various sources, and displayed using xml parsing technology. All headlines are displayed in good faith - please let us know in cases of errors, complaints or ommissions

How Does Google Deal With Duplicate Content?

Many web publishers deal with content theft. It can be frustrating to have your work scraped and republished - and worse - have that content plstered with ads and outranking you! So how does Google deal with the problem? Interesting article: "When encountering such duplicate content on different sites, we look at various signals to determine which site is the original one, which usually works

Source: Search Engine Blog.com | 9 Jun 2008, 11:35 pm

Submit 2 Please

A warm welcome to new advertiser Submit2Please.com. Please support them, if you can. They offer a full-service submission and link building service, which includes directories, social bookmarking, press release distribution service, and more. Submit2Please have been established since 1999.

Source: Search Engine Blog.com | 9 Jun 2008, 7:09 pm

Google Arrogance

Heh.

Source: Search Engine Blog.com | 21 Apr 2008, 7:01 pm

Professional SEO Advice - By Subscription

A few of these services have been popping up of late. The business model described here. These services aim to provide high end advice that wouldn't be possible under a free publication model. I've been handed the keys to two such offerings, SEOBook and MarketMotive. Knowing the guys behind these sites, I was expecting a high standard of advice. I'm pleased to say, that's exactly what's on

Source: Search Engine Blog.com | 9 Mar 2008, 6:58 pm

Link Building Secrets Revealed

I was asked to contribute to this project. There's some great tips in here. Top devious linking strategy award goes to: "In many cases it's hard to build links to commercial pages where you are selling something, so some people create an informational page build links and then 301 it to commercial page later on. Why not avoid the middle step, instead of 301-ing the page later on put the

Source: Search Engine Blog.com | 9 Mar 2008, 4:59 pm

Does PageRank Affect The SERPS?

I missed this one a month or so back. Just in case you did too, here's a great report on the effect of PR of the SERPS by HTML4SEO.

Source: Search Engine Blog.com | 10 Dec 2007, 7:16 pm

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Search engines strive to do one thing - provide relevant results to searches. So, the best possible SEO practice is to ensure your page is well-written, informative, and original. It's far from the only thing that you need to do, but there's no better starting place for getting good seo results.

Baffled?

Have you arrived here looking for answers on SEO, and yet remain baffled? Send us in a direct question using the form on the top right of this page, or better still, contact us directly and we'll try to answer your question. SEO is far from easy, but it's also an area where simple changes can effect great results. If you've got a site that should be doing better, but you don't know where to start, get in touch with bodu web for a free consultation. We'll analyse your site, and propose a concrete plan to get you ranking well.