In a previous post I examined how to put together an HTML / XHTML template that is optimized for the best possible Search Engine rankings. This entailed creating a logical HTML structure that puts the important content first, minimizing the <head> length, externalizing CSS and Javascript to speed up loading times, and generally using minimal markup.
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Using CSS to Create an SEO Friendly HTML Layout
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Flash and SEO: How are Flash Sites Indexed by Google?
Why doesn’t my site show up in Google? If I had a nickle for every time I heard that question. A typical answer a couple of years ago would have been “well, of course it doesn’t show up, you built it in Flash!” But then Google started indexing Flash, and has since continued to improve their Flash search algorithms, recently adding the capability to index external Flash resources.
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Choosing the Right Open Source PHP CMS for the Job
Choosing the best CMS (Content Management System) for a website or web based project can be a daunting task. Take a look at OpenSourceCMS.com and you can see that currently there are over 200+ CMS demos you can try out in the PHP category alone. Faced with this many options, and having to make a decision within a limited time frame, what do you do? Read More
Building Optimized, SEO Friendly XHTML Templates
Depending on which sector your business is in, or what topics your site or blog deals with, your SEO strategy (or lack of one) could be what determines whether your site receives traffic or not, and therefore whether or not it is successful. I hear a lot about the importance of the title tag, meta keywords, meta descriptions, internal and external linking, and body copy optimization. But if you are in a highly competitive market, most top-20 sites probably already have these elements optimized. So how could you gain further advantage over your competitors?
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Use PHP and Javascript to Import and Display Google Analytics Data
Logging into Google Analytics to check your daily site stats is all fine and dandy, but sometimes you are short on time and it becomes an unnecessary step, especially if you are already logging into some type of CMS to edit your site’s content. Read More »