She spent $8,000 at a seminar on an "internet business opportunity". Now what? [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Nov 10, 2009 - 30 answers

Can you help me become a Foreign Service Security Engineering Officer? [more inside]
posted by snapplepop on Oct 12, 2009 - 2 answers

One business + two Flickr accounts + lots of Google recognition = one frustrated business owner. Help me decide which Flickr account to use, or if I should delete both and start over. [more inside]
posted by Ann Onymous on Sep 30, 2009 - 2 answers

What is the optimal and proper format for naming e-commerce product images for the purposes of SEO? [more inside]
posted by orehek on Aug 22, 2009 - 7 answers

How does one go about promoting a porn site? I do freelance work, and recently received a proposal from a client who wants me to do promotions work for a porn site; my commission would be based on increased traffic. I have to admit total cluelessness in this arena, so I'm hoping Ask MeFi can help. [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Jul 22, 2009 - 9 answers

I have a Wordpress site. In spidering the site, and coming up with the little synopsis underneath the title, Google, Bing and Yahoo all believe that it's not a personal Web site but a spammy list of prescription drugs for sale. I don't understand why. [more inside]
posted by Kirklander on Jul 18, 2009 - 12 answers

SEOFilter: I'm no pro at this, but check out the footer here. Is this crazy strategy of any benefit when it comes to location-specific searches? One would think so, but I've never seen such an exhaustive, derivative list of pages before.
posted by study the living world on Jul 15, 2009 - 5 answers

Good free keyword tracker for SEO similar to Digital Point's Keyword Tracker? [more inside]
posted by fx3000 on Jun 17, 2009 - 1 answer

SEO Filter: My boss has asked me for a blue sky list of SEO tools. What are your favorites? (more details inside) [more inside]
posted by DrDreidel on May 6, 2009 - 2 answers

SEO for a product known by different names in different English-speaking countries? [more inside]
posted by AmbroseChapel on Apr 23, 2009 - 3 answers

Is SEO worth paying for? [more inside]
posted by man down under on Apr 20, 2009 - 13 answers

I have lost my bookmark! I am trying to find a website that gives information about a typed-in URL. Once you submitted the URL, it immediately returned technical information about the site. It might have been SEO related, but the most useful feature was that it was able to tell you the CMS the site was on (assuming it was a fairly commonly used CMS.) Does anyone know the site I am referring to?
posted by jacobw on Apr 17, 2009 - 3 answers

What are the repercussions (if any) of bad Search Engine Optimization (SEO) techniques? [more inside]
posted by jim.christian on Apr 12, 2009 - 10 answers

I want to move content from a site created in FrontPage to a WordPress-based site. What kind of SEO implications can this have? [more inside]
posted by mireille on Mar 18, 2009 - 3 answers

Is it possible to search though Google as if from multiple locations? [more inside]
posted by tracert on Feb 24, 2009 - 5 answers

How can I figure out if my webhost is blocking Google indexing? A site I manage is listed on Google but any references to it are at least several weeks old. More info inside. [more inside]
posted by tropikal on Feb 21, 2009 - 5 answers

What are external links, and what value do they provide to my site ranking? Are they important? [more inside]
posted by Nixie Pixel on Jan 21, 2009 - 3 answers

What do I need to know to start and run my company's Adwords and SEO campaigns? [more inside]
posted by AceRock on Dec 27, 2008 - 1 answer

What in the world is going on with this website (subject of a recent askme)? Have a look at these google results: site:carolscookies.com inurl:locator. Is this an indication that the website's been hacked, or is this the kind of disgusting behavior that passes for SEO these days? [more inside]
posted by jepler on Dec 18, 2008 - 6 answers

/* Is a lot of commented out text bad for a home page? */ [more inside]
posted by pixelnark on Dec 7, 2008 - 10 answers

I want to move my Wordpress blog from a subdirectory on my domain to the root directory -- i.e., I want the URL of my posts to be changed from http://www.domain.com/blog/post-permalink to http://www.domain.com/permalink . What's the best way to ensure that external links don't die? Is there a way to make sure that individual posts will retain their Google PageRank? [more inside]
posted by tweebiscuit on Nov 29, 2008 - 9 answers

Our client (Switzerland-based, but internationally operating) currently has companyname.ch as their main site. That's where all their sites' content is hosted. We've also set up companyname.ca and companyname-keyword.com for their international operations. Those sites are just one index.html page where all links then go to "companyname.ch/page=pageid&locale=ca" for the canadian site and "companyname.ch/page=pageid&from=com" for the keyworded site. We recently moved the canadian site's hosting from our servers in Switzerland to a Canada-based host for (minute) SEO reasons. Questions follow... [more inside]
posted by slater on Nov 28, 2008 - 1 answer

Should we switch from domain hack to dot com? [more inside]
posted by jrholt on Nov 26, 2008 - 6 answers

Why does my tumblr blog not show up in google search? [more inside]
posted by ecab on Nov 18, 2008 - 8 answers

SEO filter: What's this about getting descriptive domain names for forwarding? [more inside]
posted by letahl on Oct 21, 2008 - 12 answers

SEO Help - Meeting in 1 HR [more inside]
posted by doorsfan on Oct 13, 2008 - 8 answers

New website with a new address can't compete on Google against its previous incarnation, which has been up (at a different address) since forever. And we can't use a 301 (or any other) redirect. Is there anything else we can do? [more inside]
posted by springbound on Sep 21, 2008 - 6 answers

I have just discovered the world of incoming links tools like Marketleap which check incoming links to my site. There are several, and Marketleap confirms this for search engines like Yahoo, AlltheWeb, etc. But Marketleap and Seocentro.com - the two links tools I've checked - list zero incoming links from Google. Google Analytics is tracking the site; the site appears on a Google search; but a Google search for link:(mywebsite).com brings up a big fat "0" on Google. What could be the explanation for this?
posted by Holly on Sep 7, 2008 - 2 answers

Is it worth it to register a "the*.com" domain if "*.com/net/org" is already registered? Are there any SEO issues?
posted by Memo on Aug 31, 2008 - 7 answers

Does adding symbol characters to your title meta tags hurt your SEO? Our company has a title format of "-- Our Web Site : A Page --" and since we're going through a redesign I was wondering if it might be a good time to drop that convention.
posted by napdynmite on Jul 16, 2008 - 10 answers

How do I block Googlebot and other bots from indexing a certain part of a webpage? [more inside]
posted by jrholt on Jun 9, 2008 - 16 answers

What are currently the best keyword research tools or software? [more inside]
posted by Blue Buddha on May 29, 2008 - 1 answer

Special characters in Search Engine Optimisation - anyone know what the deal is there - specifically '@' for an 'a'? [more inside]
posted by swisspotter on Mar 25, 2008 - 10 answers

Does a website that has had the full SEO treatment have to suck? [more inside]
posted by Thorzdad on Mar 23, 2008 - 20 answers

Under the hood of Google Analytics. GA does a great job of segmenting paid and organic search metrics - traffic, keywords, etc. How does it know one from the other ? [more inside]
posted by superfurry on Mar 13, 2008 - 3 answers

How do I get Google to recognize a search for "melophobe" is a search for my webpage "mel.opho.be"? If you search for "delicious" the first hit is del.icio.us, however if you search for "melophobe" my website is nowhere to be found. It's obviously the top hit in a search for "mel.opho.be" but honestly, people aren't going to be Googling it with the periods. I know there must be a solution, but I'm having a hard time figuring it out.
posted by jrholt on Mar 12, 2008 - 10 answers

How dodgy is this third-party supplier's SEO practice? And if it is dodgy, how do we tell our customer? [more inside]
posted by i_am_joe's_spleen on Feb 7, 2008 - 14 answers

Why does my site keep showing up on search engines with out of date met descriptions and keywords? [more inside]
posted by clockworkjoe on Nov 30, 2007 - 7 answers

How did I get blacklisted from Google, and how can I get un-blacklisted? I realize this question is similar to one asked back in 2005, but was really hoping that things have changed significantly since then. [more inside]
posted by chinese_fashion on Oct 18, 2007 - 10 answers

Why have Google and Microsoft shunned my web site? And why does Google's sitemap control panel think my robots.txt file is unreachable? [more inside]
posted by JDHarper on Aug 27, 2007 - 7 answers

I'm starting a new job and need to get up to speed on web analytics and SEO. [more inside]
posted by snickerdoodle on Jun 26, 2007 - 8 answers

How can I parlay the sudden improvement of my freelance writing resume into career advancement? [more inside]
posted by hifiparasol on Jun 22, 2007 - 6 answers

I am looking for someone to explain Google's search results. The reseach I have done says you need to have lots of good links coming into your site from other high PR sites. I am wondering why Google does not use website visitors. Ie. If you have 100,000 visitors per week, this must be better than a site with 1000 visitors per week, but has high PR incoming links.
posted by bytheowner on May 22, 2007 - 8 answers

.htaccess question -- how many redirects is too many? [more inside]
posted by crickets on Mar 30, 2007 - 13 answers

My website/blog has all but disappeared from Google. What happened, and what can I do to fix it? [more inside]
posted by mendel on Mar 30, 2007 - 10 answers

What are some good resources out there such that I can bring myself up to speed quickly on Search Engine Optimization? [more inside]
posted by ScreechingEyeballStupidShitboxClownshoes on Mar 27, 2007 - 13 answers

I need a piece of software or a web application that will help me track a URL's performance relative to specific keywords over time. [more inside]
posted by aebaxter on Feb 19, 2007 - 3 answers

Doing Search Engine Optimisation for companies, been recommended IBP but its alittle overpriced for the business licence. Any others like IBP that are equally as good for less? [more inside]
posted by spinko on Aug 28, 2006 - 2 answers

How can I get Google to re-index my site and how did it find it in the first place? [more inside]
posted by AmbroseChapel on Aug 21, 2006 - 14 answers

What is the point of PageRank, and why do people think that's a silly question? [more inside]
posted by AmbroseChapel on May 31, 2006 - 30 answers