ortant it is and the higher its ranking. Link popularity is all about how many links you have and how you can get more. Links to your site tell the rankmaniac 2012 search engines how important your site is. They assume that if its important enough for a lot of other sites to link to its important enough for rankmaniac 2012 them to display at the top of the rankings. Links are the single most important factor in ranking. Generally rankmaniac 2012 speaking the more links you have to your site from other sites the better your ranking. SEO Secrets V1.3 Copyright Divine Write Copywriting Pty Ltd 42 Frequently Asked Questions 42 Q How many links to my site are there A Search Google for www.yourdomain.com. Don't
search for linkwww.yourdomain.com as this only returns a subset of the links to your site. Then on the page that displays next select Find web pages that contain the term www.yourdomain.com . When you do it this way you'll see all the pages that contain your URL. In most cases the URL will be
an active link or at least it should be... if it's not you should ask the site owner to make it so. There are rankmaniac 2012 also some tools you can use For more information on tools p.43. Q Are some links better than others A Yes The ideal kind of links are those that come from relevant sites sites which use the same keywords come from important sites have a high ranking rankmaniac 2012 include your keyword as part of the visible link text include varying link text not the same link text each time and come from a page that links to few other sites. When a search engine sees a link which satisfies most or all of these conditions it says Hey this site must be credible and important because others in the same industry are pointing to it. Q How rankmaniac 2012 do I get lots of links back to my site A There are many possible ways to generate links. Some are dubious like autogeneration software and sites set up by webmasters simply to host links to their other sites and I wont be discussing
them here. Others like those discussed below are legitimate. Add your site to DMOZ Yahoo Directories and rankmaniac 2012 other free directories Check where your competitors links are rankmaniac 2012 coming from Article PR Write and submit articles for Internet publication Swap links Partner websites Pay for links For more information on these methods download our free 'SEO Secrets' eBook from rankmaniac 2012 httpwww.divinewrite.comseosecrets.htm . Q What do you think is the best way to get lots of links A Article PR. Write helpful articles and let other webmasters publish them for free in exchange for a link in the byline. With article PR you don't have to pay for the link you determine the content of the page containing the link you determine the link text and the link is more or less permanent. A single article can be reprinted hundreds of times and each time is another link back to your site SEO Secrets V1.3 Copyright Divine Write Copywriting Pty Ltd 43 Frequently Asked Questions 43 For more information read httpwww.divinewrite.comseoarticles.htm or visit www.ArticlePR.com . Q How do I write a good article PR piece A See httpwww.divinewrite.comseoarticles.htm . Q How do rankmaniac 2012 I get a high ranking using rankmaniac 2012 free reprint content A See httpwww.divinewrite.comTopRankingFree.htm . Q How long does it take to get a high search engine ranking A A long time Its impossible to say how much time youll need to spend generating links but you can be sure itll be a while no matter which method of link generation you use. You just have to keep at it until you have rankmaniac 2012 achieved a high ranking. Even then youll still need to dedicate some ongoing time to the task otherwise your ranking will drop. Q What is the Google Sandbox and is it real A The Google Sandbox theory suggest that whenever Google detects a new
website it withholds its rightful ranking for a period while it determines whether your site is a genuine credible long term site. It does this to discourage the creation rankmaniac 2012 of SPAM websites sites which serve no useful purpose other than to boost the ranking of some other site. There is a lot of anecdotal evidence supporting the theory but there is also a lot discounting it. No one has categorically proven its existence. Q What is the Google Dampening Link Filter and is it real A The Google Dampening Link Filter theory suggests that if Google detects a sudden increase i.e. many hundreds or thousands in the number of links back to your site it may sandbox them for a period or in fact penalize you by lowering your ranking or blacklisting your site altogether. There is a lot of anecdotal evidence supporting the theory but there is also a lot discounting it. No one has categorically proven its existence. Q What rankmaniac 2012 SEO companies rankmaniac 2012 should I be wary of A Be wary of SEO companies that promise or guarantee results in a given timeframe rankmaniac 2012 especially if they won't expand on their methods for generating links back to your site. Q What tools can you recommend A There are many very useful tools to help with your SEO. The following are just selection. All tools are free unless otherwise indicated. Backlink checker httpwww.webuildpages.comneato Backlinks by IP address httpwww.webuildpages.comcclassindex.php Link Popularity Tool httpwww.marketleap.compublinkpop SEO Secrets V1.3 Copyright Divine Write Copywriting Pty Ltd 44 Frequently Asked Questions 44 Number of links required to rank httpwww.iblcheck.com Google Alert httpwww.google.comalertshlen Google Sitemaps httpwww.google.comwebmasterssitemaps Google Sitemap Generator httpjohannesmueller.comgs Google rankmaniac 2012 Toolbar httptoolbar.google.com Indexed Pages httpwww.webuildpages.comcachecachetoolpublic.pl Keyword Analysis Nichebot httpwww.nichebot.com Keyword Analysis Overture httpinventory.overture.comdsearchinventorysuggestion Keyword Analysis WordTracker Paid httpwww.wordtracker.com Keyword Difficulty httpwww.seomoz.orgtoolskeyworddifficultytool.php Keyword Identifier httpwww.googlerankings.comultimateseotool.php Keyword Density Measurement Simple httpwww.livekeywordanalysis.com Keyword Density Measurement Complex httpwww.gorank.comanalyze.php Plagiarized Copy Search httpwww.copyscape.com Traffic Rank httpwww.alexa.com Search Engine Rank httpwww.marketleap.compublinkpop SEO Report httpwww.urltrends.com Top 10 sites for a keyword by no of backlinks and age httpwww.webuildpages.comseotoolswhoischeckbykeys.pl Top 10 sites for a keyword httpwww.webuildpages.comcoolseotool Spider Simulator httptools.summitmedia.co.ukspider Q I'm confused about all the terms used in SEO can you help A See 'Glossary of Terms' p.46. Q What is keyword analysis A The first thing you need to do when you begin chasing a good search engine ranking is decide which words you want to rank well for. This is called rankmaniac 2012 performing a keyword analysis. Keyword analysis rankmaniac 2012 involves a bit of research and a good knowledge of your business and the benefits you offer your customers. For more information download our free 'SEO Secrets' eBook from httpwww.divinewrite.comseosecrets.htm . Q Do I need to submit my site to the search engines A Theoretically no. But I wouldn't risk not doing it especially as it's free. As soon as you register your domain name submit it to Google Even if you havent built rankmaniac 2012 your site or thought about your content submit your domain name to Google. In fact even if you havent fully articulated your business plan and marketing plan submit your domain name to Google. For more information download our free 'SEO Secrets' eBook from httpwww.divinewrite.comseosecrets.htm . Q Should I submit my site to the search engines more than once A No need. Although some of the search engines allow you rankmaniac 2012 to do this there's really no need. SEO Secrets V1.3 Copyright Divine Write Copywriting Pty Ltd 45 Frequently Asked rankmaniac 2012 Questions 45 Q What are directories and should I submit my site to them A Directories are websites or web pages which simply list lots of website rankmaniac 2012 and give a quick description of the website. Some are free and some require you to pay for a listing. Free directories are useful because you get a free link. However the links aren't worth that much. Paid directories can be good if they're relevant but they can cost a lot in the long term so choose wisely. One essential directories for any website is the DMOZ Open Directory Project. rankmaniac 2012 SEO Secrets V1.3 Copyright Divine Write Copywriting Pty Ltd 46 Glossary of Terms 46 Glossary of Terms AdWords See Sponsored Links. algorithm A complex mathematical formula used by search engines to assess the relevance and importance rankmaniac 2012 of websites and rank them accordingly in their search rankmaniac 2012 results. These algorithms are kept tightly under wraps as they are the key to the objectivity of search engines i.e. the algorithm ensures relevant results and relevant results bring more users which in turn brings more advertising revenue. article PR The submitting of free reprint articles rankmaniac 2012 to many article submission sites and article distribution lists in order to increase your website's search engine ranking and Google PageRank. In this sense the PR stands for PageRank. Like traditional public relations article PR also conveys a sense of authority because rankmaniac 2012 your articles are rankmaniac 2012 widely published. And because you're proving your expertise and freely dispensing knowledge your readers will trust you and will be more likely to remain loyal to you. In this sense the PR stands for Public Relations. article distribution lists User groups e.g. Yahoo MSN Google Smartgroups and Topica groups which accept email submissions of articles in text format and then distribute these articles via email to all of the members of the group. rankmaniac 2012 See also