Articles tagged “SEO”

File and Folder Names

Do File or Folder names matter? Filenames usually carry very small significance in Search Engines, although every little helps. By choosing the correct filename you can increase your...

Default Stop Words

There are a number of words that search engines will treat differently when looking over your website and when you perform a search. These so called Stop Words  don't provide meaning...

Keyword Prominence in the TITLE tag

Keyword prominence measures how close the keyword appears of the beginning of the sentence. The closer to the beginning your targeted keyword appears, the higher the prominence will be, with a...

Alt Text

Optimizing Images The <alt> attribute has the fundamental purpose of briefly describing the image, so that if the image is not present for any reason, it can be replaced by the...

Chatper 8: Semantic Markup

“A day wasted on others is not wasted on one’s self.” - Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities What does this quote have to do with Semantic Markup? Read on to learn...

SEO Resources

SEO Resources Now that you have all this information about your website, we are sure you are asking yourself "What do I do now?". Sifting through pages and pages of SEO books can be...

Chapter 4: Insight Tab

Here is one of the most important overviews of the program. The Insight Tab lists and categorizes all the text and link elements of a web page. You will be given an overview of the words found in...

Increasing Social Media Awareness

Using Social Media Not everyone feels the same way when it comes to the social networking sites, but what cannot be denied is that if you have an online presence in one of these venues and you...

Chapter 1: Getting To Know Website Insight

As soon as a correct URL has been entered, and the 'Get Insight!' button pressed, WI goes out to collect an enormous amount of data. This data gather is very similar to the spidering...

JavaScript

The Use Of JavaScript JavaScript is commonly used to enhance web pages and increase functionality. JavaScript can be used to do things such as display the visitors name on a web page, show...

HTTP Referrers

If your web hosting provider grants you access to your Statistics, and you can view your HTTP Referrers, this can be very valueble information. You can do a search through these statistics for...

Mirror Sites

What Is A Mirror Site? The term "mirror site" refers to an identical website hosted on another domain/website address. Large websites usually provide a mirror website for different...

Internal Linking

Optimizing Your Links Just as Inbound links are important, internal linking structure can have a large effect on how your pages will rank in search engines. For optimal performance we...

Dynamic Sites

Dynamic sites are defined as sites that retrieve data from a "database" and display it in the users browser. Generally, a single CGI ("Common Gateway Interface") page or script...

Image Maps

Although the use of image maps can save time and effort in cases where a single image should link to more than one URL, image maps cannot be read by search engines. This means that any links in...

Chapter 3: Components Tab

Here you will find an overview of your page components. It provides you with information about their individual file sizes, combined file sizes (total page weight) and download speed. The...

Chapter 5: Keywords Tab

The Keywords tab shows a list of the words that Website Insight has determined are acceptable and also those not acceptable that are used on your page. You can even find out what links might be...

Chapter 8: Social Visibility Tab

Are you listed on Facebook? Do you have a listing in Google+? There are a number of different social networks that can help you get noticed as well as gaining a reputation with your visitors. This...

Chapter 12: Generating an SEO Report in Website Insight

Yep, you asked for it, we listened. Using Website Insight you can now create customized reports based on the scanned data the app finds. Within a matter of minutes, you can export a...

Why Nested Tables Are Bad For SEO

Why Nested Tables Are Bad Using nested tables may seem like the easier route to take when designing a website, but they are not recommended for a number of reasons. First, they require a longer...

Improving Load Times

Speeding Up Your Website Slow loading pages not only make it difficult for visitors to access your site, some may simply leave it altogether. Google considers page load speed an important...

Chapter 2: Understanding SEO

Search Engine Optimization, also known as SEO, comes with many definitions depending on who you ask. In general SEO points to the process of optimizing your web pages so that search engines will...

Chapter 6: Search Visibility Tab

Similar to the Search Visibility tab in the Page section, this area covers your search visibility for your entire site.  Search Visibility Tab Features of the Search...

Chapter 9: Search Friendliness Tab

We’ve compiled a list of the major issues that many sites and you’ll find Search Engine statistics listed here as well. Search Friendliness Tab Features of the...

Chapter 10: Website Health Tab

On this tab, you’ll be able to view information about your website’s health (so to speak). At the top, you’ll see the Server Response Header information. This gives you...

How Domain Age Works

What is Domain Age? The domain age is determined by the date of registration until the current date. If you have a low domain age, all you can do is wait (or invent a time travel device)....

Chapter 7: Site Keywords Tab

The Site Keywords tab allows you to compare the keywords of two separate web pages on your site! This will not only help to increase your keyword density it will also allow you to ensure your...

Chapter 14: Website Insight Tools

Included in the latest version of Website Insight, there are three powerful tools; Meta-Data Generator, Image Compressor and File Compressor . Our Meta-Tag Generator helps you add...

Open Graph & Twitter Card

“A day wasted on others is not wasted on one’s self.” - Charles Dickens, A Tale of Two Cities What does this quote have to do with Open Graph and Twitter Card? Allow us...

Website Insight SSL Check

Use SSL to boost your Google Page Rank Yep, that’s right! Google stated back in 2014 that adding an SSL 2048 bit certificate on your website will provide you a boost in your page rank. By...