Search Engine Optimization Category

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In: Search Engine Optimization

Been a while since I’ve had time to post anything. I do have some interesting observations regarding my move from www.belchfire.net to themes.belchfire.net as it relates to search engine listings. But that’s not what I want to talk about just now.
Everything was going swimmingly until last month. Then for some inexplicable reason, [...]

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Site Move Experiences

In: Belchfire, General, Search Engine Optimization, ipb, nuke

I've moved my other site, Belchfire.net, from PHP-Nuke to Invision Power Board. In addition to changing the content system on the site, I also changed URLs from www.belchfire.net to themes.belchfire.net.
Never having done this before, I have no idea how this will effect my search engine listings and rankings. Prior to the move (completed on August [...]

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Page names

In: Search Engine Optimization, names, page

I see it time and time again, and it’s such a simple thing that many overlook. Search engines look at a number of things when deciding how to index your pages. One of which is the name of the page.
Let’s say you have you have a web gallery with artwork for sale. [...]

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About this blog

Here I discuss my search engine optimization (SEO) tips for users of Invision Power Board. Many of the concepts here can be applied to any web site or content management system. Through many years of trial and error and first hand experience, I have found many methods of improving your SERPs you can do yourself for free. Don't take my word for it though. Go search Google/Yahoo/MSN for 'xp themes' or 'vista themes' and look for my other website, Belchfire Themes, in the search results.


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