SEO Blog by the Vancouver Search Engine Optimization Professionals

Flash and SEO - Can Your Flash Web Site Rank in the Top-10?

sexybunny — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 19:22:12 +0000

Contrary to what the anti-Flash naysayers would have you believe, Flash web sites do achieve top rankings on Google, Yahoo! and MSN. At the SEO Only we have specialized in Flash SEO since 1999. Many of our happiest customers own 100% Flash websites, yet enjoy top search engine rankings and the resulting traffic to their [...]

Broken Links and SEO

studio12 — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 16:01:39 +0000

In order for your website’s links to be of value they must be related to the content of the page and they must be active, linking to real websites. Broken links can lower your search engine ranking. Choose the sites you link to carefully based upon relevance. Ideally you should deep link to the most [...]

SEO is War

Admin — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 05:42:52 +0000

SEO is a declaration of war. It is driven by your intense passion to be the best, to outposition your oponents; rising victoriously as a leader in your industry, seizing market share in battle after battle. As you go into battle you want a mercenary (skilled SEO marketing professional) at your right hand, not an [...]

The Importance of Being Listed in Yahoo! & DMOZ

Cole Wiebe — Wed, 17 Oct 2007 20:41:30 +0000

Having your site listed on Yahoo! and the Open Directory Project (DMOZ) is one of the best ways to gain high quality backlinks. Being listed on these top directories also influences your placement in other search engines and directories. Yahoo! charges $299 annually for a listing in their directory. They do however guarantee that your site [...]

Review | TNX.net Contextual Advertising

Cole Wiebe — Sat, 13 Oct 2007 04:14:39 +0000

Contextual advertising has become one of the most lucrative monetization vehicles available to bloggers and affiliate publishers. Our own blogs and sites have done particularly well with contextual ad links. As publishers, here are the factors we consider when evaluating a contextual (text link) ad or affiliate program: Is it easy to sign up? Is the [...]

SEO Shortcut - Purchasing an Aged Domain

Cole Wiebe — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 17:15:22 +0000

The Internet and search engines have reached a new level of maturity and sophistication. Search engines are putting more and more weight on the age of the domain in their algorithms. If you purchase a domain that ranks reasonably well, but where the owner has failed to monetize the site or convert visitors into buyers, and [...]

Three Types of Internet Searchers to Optimize For

whitewolfdesign — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 02:57:54 +0000

There are three unique types of searchers who visit the search engines you are targeting. 1) Navigational Searchers Navigational searchers are searching for a specific website. Sometimes, it’s because they have visited the site before or perhaps someone described it to them. Often, they have heard of a particular company or its products. Perhaps they were flipping [...]

The Next Internet Millionaire

seo-guy — Wed, 05 Sep 2007 03:56:53 +0000

What do you think about this? I personally think this show will reduce the credibility of those of us who provide legitimate services and products online, fueling the ‘get rich quick on the web’ ebook craze to new heights. Imagine the wave of spam that will follow this show’s airing and the flood of bogus [...]

How Much Should You Pay for SEO?

brandon_forsythe — Mon, 03 Sep 2007 17:55:40 +0000

SEO experts and Internet marketing consultants don’t always agree on SEO pricing and budgeting, but on average the SEO budget recommendation works out to 4 - 5 times the cost of the website. In other words, if a company’s annual website budget is $15,000.00, SEO and Internet marketing should be between $60,000.00 and $75,000.00. To their [...]

Review | WebTrends WebPosition 4 Professional

lisa — Wed, 15 Aug 2007 02:16:48 +0000

SEO Only uses WebPosition 4 Professional as its search engine ranking benchmark. WebPosition not only shows monthly rankings on the leading search engines. It helps target keywords, analyze conversion rates and optimize web pages. At SEO Only, we’ve depended on WebPosition software for eight years. Our clients recognize the WebPosition reports as an industry benchmark.