My
name is Patrick Sexton and I wrote these articles because in my
experience most of the concerns or problems that new webmasters have
with their ranking all seem to come back to the Google guidelines. I decided to write this site as a resource for those willing to look.
Since so many people are asking the same questions I figured I might as
well write it all out to give people a place to learn about the basics
of the guidelines and also to give me something to point people to as I
am speaking about to guidelines in forums. There just didn't seem to be much clear info about the Google
guidelines out there on the net that isn't from a SEO or promotional
slant. If someone is looking for good info about the guidelines, they
often end up an pages designed to sell them something that often
distribute myths and bad ideas.
It is important to utilize what Google has provided to webmasters and the place to start is Google webmaster Central.
Other Articles I have written that may be useful (or funny) to new webmasters:
How to Market a Website if you only have 100 Dollars - This is a popular article where I asked the top names in the internet marketing world what they would do if they only had 100 dollars to market a website. Their answers are extraordinarily useful, and I was surprised and impressed with the detail they gave.
The Hitchhikers Guide to Linkless SEO - SEO stands for "search engine optimization" and this article focuses on things other than just creating links for optimizing your site.Google Custom Search (Co-op) for your Website - Google offers a website search for webmasters that is free and quick to set up. This article describes step by step, not only how to set this up, but also how to integrate it into your current website design.
Google on Buying Paid Links - I was at SES in San Jose when Matt Cutts presented about how to buy links in a manner that follows the Google webmaster guidelines.
Google, gadgets and the Widget Summit - Google had a large presence at the Widget Summit in San Francisco, what does this mean for SEO?
The History of SEO - I take a humorous look at SEO and paid links using Bloom County characters.
My videos:
Google Video SEO - My first video discussing the possibilities of video in the new Google universal results.
Google webmaster guidelines - I describe briefly in a video the importance of the Google guidelines.
How to Open a Beer with a Lighter - Hey, I can't be serious all the time :)
My Other websites:
SEOish.com - A blog about SEO, Google, and Gadgets
Colberticon.com - Stephen Colbert gadgets and stuff.
Gadzi.com - A Google gadget directory and information center.
Twizi.com - A hostel website (when I travel I usually stay in hostels, they are fun).
My Google Gadgets:
My first (rather lame) Google gadget was from my Ask Google tool here on Feedthebot, please give it a try. I have also made travel ones like Expedia and Kayak. I now have several gadgets in the Google gadget directory.
My Facebook Apps:
Sphinn Hot Topics displays the lastest stories from Sphinn. I also made one for the Big Brother tv show.
Me at conferences:
My Thank Yous to some great people...
I want to thank Aaron Wall of SEObook.com for his enormous contributions and sharing good solid information about SEO for free. You can also purchase his collected wisdom on SEO in his SEObook. He has a great set of SEO tools, in fact the source code for the spider simulator that I have on this site was provided free of charge from his tools page. In addition to providing alot of good info, he also seems a very nice guy.
I also want to thank Stu Nicholls for his website CSSplay.co.uk where my menu, shadow boxes and the neat CSS buttons come from (without using any images!). By providing info about CSS tricks and techniques instead of hoarding it he lets people like me have fun with CSS and makes the internet a bit quicker place to be.
A big thank you to Matt Cutts from Google (the defacto blog to read for those interested in Google and SEO), and while his posts are pretty much always informative, one post in particular inspired me create this website, and I think it is one of the most important advice that any webmaster should read and then read again. The post is ....SEO Advice: Writing useful articles that readers will love.
I recommend visiting SEOmoz.org and reading their blog if you are interested in the world of website promotion. They have a very nice community of people there and are friendly to newer users. They offer some of the most straight forward and comprehensive articles out there on the subject of SEO.
Thanks,
Patrick Sexton
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