2006 search engine optimisation articles

Compelling headlines to improve your search engine ranking (January 2006) Write compelling headings that attract both search engines and your desired kind of site visitor.

2005 search engine optimisation articles

The secret benefit of search engine optimisation: Increased usability (December 2005) How a website optimised for search engines also improves its usability.

What makes a quality link target? (October 2005) Finding quality link targets requires you to do more than just look at the Google PageRank - Follow these nine top tips and find the best websites out there to get links from.

Google's advice for your website: Content (September 2005) Google seems to be awarding more and more importance to good content - find out why and what you need to do.

Don't submit your website to any search engines (August 2005) Find out why you can still get a high search engine ranking without submitting your website to the search engines.

Build up links to your website (July 2005) Learn how to get incoming links into your website so you can achieve a high search engine ranking.

The definitive link building strategy (June 2005) Learn how to go about starting that all-important link building campaign, to help ensure a higher search engine ranking for your website.

Six powerful ways to find link targets (May 2005) Building up links into your website is one of the most effective ways of achieving a high search engine ranking - find out how to find the best websites from which to request links.

Keywords phrases in linking text (February 2005) Placing keywords into linking text gives search engines a clue as to what each destination page is about.

The write to link popularity (January 2005) Writing articles is one of the best way to improve the link popularity of your website - find out why.

2004 search engine optimisation articles

The secret benefit of accessibility part 2: A higher search engine ranking (October 2004) How a website optimised for accessibility helps it achieve a high search engine ranking.

Does a question mark in the URL affect ranking? (September 2004) Find out how using dynamic URLs can affect your search engine ranking.

Hiring a search engine marketing company (August 2004) Thinking about hiring a search engine marketing company? Find out what you should be looking for and when to run away.

Link popularity - who should you link to (July 2004) How to increase your link popularity by deciding who to link to.

Does keyword location on page affect ranking? (July 2004) Find out the best places to position your keywords on web pages to increase your search engine ranking.

Pay-per-click: Buying your way in (June 2004) Help search engines delve deep into your site.

You had me at the search engine (June 2004) Follow this advice and your site users will be able to find the information you want them to find.

Does the number of links on a page affect its ranking? (May 2004) Find out how the number of outbound links affect the ranking of web pages.

About the Open Directory (DMOZ) (May 2004) Find out all about submitting your website to the Open Directory (DMOZ).

How to find good keywords (March 2004) Get the best keywords for your website.

Search engine optimisation: The basics (February 2004) Learn the all-important SEO basics with these tips and guidelines.

2003 search engine optimisation articles

Search Engine Optimisation (SEO) without usability - an exercise in futility (October 2003) There's not much point in getting to the top of the search engines if people can't find what they're looking for once they get to your website.

The myth of "guaranteed #1 ranking" in search engine marketing (June 2003) Find out why no one can guarantee a number one search engine ranking.

Site maps and hypertext links: "Food" for search engine robots (March 2003) Find out how to help search engines delve deep into your site with hypertext links and a site map.