Comments on: the power of search: making your blog content discoverable http://www.ninebyblue.com/blog/the-power-of-search-making-your-blog-content-discoverable/ by Vanessa Fox Wed, 14 Oct 2009 20:07:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Ash http://www.ninebyblue.com/blog/the-power-of-search-making-your-blog-content-discoverable/comment-page-1/#comment-1008 Ash Mon, 18 Aug 2008 13:58:59 +0000 http://www.ninebyblue.com/2007/07/29/the-power-of-search-making-your-blog-content-discoverable/#comment-1008 I have another perspective to this story. Check this out http://www.hurricanesoftwares.com/2008/08/15/7-tips-to-optimize-your-blog-for-seo-success/ I hope it will help. I have another perspective to this story. Check this out http://www.hurricanesoftwares.com/2008/08/15/7-tips-to-optimize-your-blog-for-seo-success/

I hope it will help.

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]]> By: Butterfly Media Romania Blog » Blog Resources http://www.ninebyblue.com/blog/the-power-of-search-making-your-blog-content-discoverable/comment-page-1/#comment-992 Butterfly Media Romania Blog » Blog Resources Sat, 18 Aug 2007 22:19:42 +0000 http://www.ninebyblue.com/2007/07/29/the-power-of-search-making-your-blog-content-discoverable/#comment-992 [...] is here: Making Your Blog Content Discoverable and the other here: Ensuring Your Blog Is Crawlable Making Your Blog Content [...] [...] is here: Making Your Blog Content Discoverable and the other here: Ensuring Your Blog Is Crawlable Making Your Blog Content [...]

]]> By: Vanessa http://www.ninebyblue.com/blog/the-power-of-search-making-your-blog-content-discoverable/comment-page-1/#comment-991 Vanessa Sat, 11 Aug 2007 10:41:47 +0000 http://www.ninebyblue.com/2007/07/29/the-power-of-search-making-your-blog-content-discoverable/#comment-991 Aha. Funny. The link worked for me and misled me into thinking all was good. Thanks! Aha.

Funny. The link worked for me and misled me into thinking all was good. Thanks!

]]> By: Jordan Kasteler http://www.ninebyblue.com/blog/the-power-of-search-making-your-blog-content-discoverable/comment-page-1/#comment-990 Jordan Kasteler Sat, 11 Aug 2007 08:11:05 +0000 http://www.ninebyblue.com/2007/07/29/the-power-of-search-making-your-blog-content-discoverable/#comment-990 Vanessa, thank you for your clarification on silos. The hyperlink still is broken though. It wasn't the naming of their site it's the "http://www." is actually "htp:/ww." Vanessa, thank you for your clarification on silos. The hyperlink still is broken though. It wasn’t the naming of their site it’s the “http://www.” is actually “htp:/ww.”

]]> By: Vanessa http://www.ninebyblue.com/blog/the-power-of-search-making-your-blog-content-discoverable/comment-page-1/#comment-989 Vanessa Mon, 06 Aug 2007 16:13:21 +0000 http://www.ninebyblue.com/2007/07/29/the-power-of-search-making-your-blog-content-discoverable/#comment-989 Dennis, good to know! Thanks! Dennis, good to know! Thanks!

]]> By: Vanessa http://www.ninebyblue.com/blog/the-power-of-search-making-your-blog-content-discoverable/comment-page-1/#comment-988 Vanessa Mon, 06 Aug 2007 16:12:54 +0000 http://www.ninebyblue.com/2007/07/29/the-power-of-search-making-your-blog-content-discoverable/#comment-988 Ah, but see. The site is called sk*rt, but its url is sk-rt.com. I know, perhaps they should rethink that. Regarding internal linking, the most important thing is just to ensure that every page on the site is found through at least one link. I don't know that themes/silos are necessarily that important. In my experience, search engines evaluate each page individually, and you don't dilute anything by not organizing things into particular categories. I personally haven't seen evidence that search engines classify pages in groupings like this -- which is not to say they do or don't, I just haven't seen it. My experience has been that if you have 10 pages on your site, all about the same topic, but those pages are scattered in various directories and randomly linked, those pages are just as likely to rank for the topic as they would if they were all grouped into one directory and linked categorically together. The important things seem to primarily be things like keywords on the page, anchor text, and relevant links. Ah, but see. The site is called sk*rt, but its url is sk-rt.com. I know, perhaps they should rethink that.

Regarding internal linking, the most important thing is just to ensure that every page on the site is found through at least one link. I don’t know that themes/silos are necessarily that important. In my experience, search engines evaluate each page individually, and you don’t dilute anything by not organizing things into particular categories. I personally haven’t seen evidence that search engines classify pages in groupings like this — which is not to say they do or don’t, I just haven’t seen it.

My experience has been that if you have 10 pages on your site, all about the same topic, but those pages are scattered in various directories and randomly linked, those pages are just as likely to rank for the topic as they would if they were all grouped into one directory and linked categorically together. The important things seem to primarily be things like keywords on the page, anchor text, and relevant links.

]]> By: Jordan Kasteler http://www.ninebyblue.com/blog/the-power-of-search-making-your-blog-content-discoverable/comment-page-1/#comment-981 Jordan Kasteler Sun, 05 Aug 2007 05:00:48 +0000 http://www.ninebyblue.com/2007/07/29/the-power-of-search-making-your-blog-content-discoverable/#comment-981 Vanessa, might want to fix that http://www.sk-rt.com hyper-link. It's missing URL characters. Also, could you provide more info on internal linking? Is there a right and wrong way to go about cross-linking (referencing) other pages of content on your site. (aside from relevant anchor text). I ask this due to Bruce Clay's series on Siloing. Vanessa, might want to fix that http://www.sk-rt.com hyper-link. It’s missing URL characters. Also, could you provide more info on internal linking? Is there a right and wrong way to go about cross-linking (referencing) other pages of content on your site. (aside from relevant anchor text). I ask this due to Bruce Clay’s series on Siloing.

]]> By: DennisG http://www.ninebyblue.com/blog/the-power-of-search-making-your-blog-content-discoverable/comment-page-1/#comment-987 DennisG Tue, 31 Jul 2007 00:46:54 +0000 http://www.ninebyblue.com/2007/07/29/the-power-of-search-making-your-blog-content-discoverable/#comment-987 Love these three posts about The Power of Search. Small thing to ad: Typepad also has a automatic sitemap generator. Love these three posts about The Power of Search.
Small thing to ad: Typepad also has a automatic sitemap generator.

]]> By: Larry Hosken http://www.ninebyblue.com/blog/the-power-of-search-making-your-blog-content-discoverable/comment-page-1/#comment-986 Larry Hosken Mon, 30 Jul 2007 04:47:17 +0000 http://www.ninebyblue.com/2007/07/29/the-power-of-search-making-your-blog-content-discoverable/#comment-986 I tried searching the web for [rockin penguins] and found out that the sites that already rank high for this phrase aren't even about penguins that rock. One is a forum about music that was active briefly in the year 2005. The other... appears to be a writers' forum. I wonder how these folks might feel about a link exchange. Something relevant. Like, they could say "Welcome to the Rockin Penguin Forums, where we discuss all kinds of music! (If you wanted actual rockin penguins, you might like _rockin-penguins.com_)." And then you could provide a link back to them. "If you're not interested in penguins who rock, but would enjoy penguin-themed music conversation mostly in 2005, you might enjoy _rockinpenguins.proboard70.com_." I tried searching the web for [rockin penguins] and found out that the sites that already rank high for this phrase aren’t even about penguins that rock. One is a forum about music that was active briefly in the year 2005. The other… appears to be a writers’ forum. I wonder how these folks might feel about a link exchange. Something relevant. Like, they could say “Welcome to the Rockin Penguin Forums, where we discuss all kinds of music! (If you wanted actual rockin penguins, you might like _rockin-penguins.com_).” And then you could provide a link back to them. “If you’re not interested in penguins who rock, but would enjoy penguin-themed music conversation mostly in 2005, you might enjoy _rockinpenguins.proboard70.com_.”

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