Comments on: Some basics of honest SEO everybody should follow http://www.texttechnologies.com/2008/06/19/some-basics-of-honest-seo-everybody-should-follow/ Understanding technology ... in both senses of the phrase Tue, 26 Jan 2010 08:35:38 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Curt Monash http://www.texttechnologies.com/2008/06/19/some-basics-of-honest-seo-everybody-should-follow/comment-page-1/#comment-43152 Curt Monash Fri, 20 Jun 2008 18:33:18 +0000 http://www.texttechnologies.com/?p=253#comment-43152 Dan, I'm in vehement disagreement with that hint. 1. To a first approximation, it doesn't matter. Pages get search engine respect, not sites, except in extreme cases good and bad. 2. Having a separate domain lets you optimize the blog better, for readers and search engines alike. For example, www.thetruthaboutwidgets.com is a better URL for SEO than www.acme.com/blog. And www.thetruthaboutwidgets.com/green-ohio-frobulators is definitely a better URL than www.acme.com/blog/node/17. 3. It's not just URLs. Title tags and description tags (the two metatags that matter) are apt to be more beneficial as well. 4. Realistically, standalone blogs wind up being more "blog-like" than blogs integrated into sites. One gets more involved in the blog community with them. Marklogic's and Vertica's off-main-site blogs are more successful than any on-site company blogs I know, except at very prominent outfits like Sun or else at blog/social-media technology companies. I could go on, but I'll spare you ... :) Best, CAM Dan,

I’m in vehement disagreement with that hint.

1. To a first approximation, it doesn’t matter. Pages get search engine respect, not sites, except in extreme cases good and bad.

2. Having a separate domain lets you optimize the blog better, for readers and search engines alike. For example, http://www.thetruthaboutwidgets.com is a better URL for SEO than http://www.acme.com/blog. And http://www.thetruthaboutwidgets.com/green-ohio-frobulators is definitely a better URL than http://www.acme.com/blog/node/17.

3. It’s not just URLs. Title tags and description tags (the two metatags that matter) are apt to be more beneficial as well.

4. Realistically, standalone blogs wind up being more “blog-like” than blogs integrated into sites. One gets more involved in the blog community with them. Marklogic’s and Vertica’s off-main-site blogs are more successful than any on-site company blogs I know, except at very prominent outfits like Sun or else at blog/social-media technology companies.

I could go on, but I’ll spare you … :)

Best,

CAM

]]> By: Daniel Weinreb http://www.texttechnologies.com/2008/06/19/some-basics-of-honest-seo-everybody-should-follow/comment-page-1/#comment-43148 Daniel Weinreb Fri, 20 Jun 2008 13:07:12 +0000 http://www.texttechnologies.com/?p=253#comment-43148 I heard a little SEO hint at BarCampBoston. If your company has a blog, do not make up a new domain name for it. Put it underneath your company's own domain name, e.g. www.mygreatcompany.com/blog. That way, so I'm told, links to it help SEO your main site. It's a very simple thing, but apparently a lot of people don't know it. I heard a little SEO hint at BarCampBoston. If your company has a blog, do not make up a new domain name for it. Put it underneath your company’s own domain name, e.g. http://www.mygreatcompany.com/blog. That way, so I’m told, links to it help SEO your main site.

It’s a very simple thing, but apparently a lot of people don’t know it.

]]> By: sem experts http://www.texttechnologies.com/2008/06/19/some-basics-of-honest-seo-everybody-should-follow/comment-page-1/#comment-43142 sem experts Fri, 20 Jun 2008 10:53:20 +0000 http://www.texttechnologies.com/?p=253#comment-43142 Thanks for the post. This post will help the enterprises and freshers of this field to some rules and tips for search engine ranking. Thanks for the post.
This post will help the enterprises and freshers of this field to some rules and tips for search engine ranking.

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