Importance of SEO for Pinoy Businesses February 27, 2006
(Visited 28943 times)Jozzua.com has a lengthy essay on the importance of SEO for Filipino entrepreneurs. Jozzua does a good job integrating SEO/SEM into his site’s Philippine entrepreneurship theme.
CSS Image Replacement February 26, 2006
(Visited 36056 times)I guess we all know, Search Engines cannot read the letters on a jpg file. If on the mast head of your website you have some image that uses a really nice font saying:
“My Company Name - My Unique Selling Proposition Why You Should Get My Service.”
Search engines cannot see that. That is one reason why the Alt Attribute supposed to be used, but if you want to use purely text, you can do a CSS Image Replacement technique.
In your HTML File:
div id=”myimage”
span
My Company Name - My Unique Selling Proposition Why You Should Get My Service
/span
/div
In your CSS File:
#myimage …
Job Opening: 2 SEM Specialists (Ortigas, Pasig) February 23, 2006
(Visited 16988 times)Got this email from Michael Bitanga, President & CEO of The Design People, Inc. They’re looking for 2 SEM Specialists for their Ortigas office.
Based in Los Angeles, California, with an office in Manila, Philippines, The Design People, Inc. is a web consulting and design firm that serves fresh ideas daily. We create compelling websites that deliver the digital solutions our clients demand.
We’re committed to service, collaboration, and communication throughout each step of the web development and design process. Our team specializes in custom website design and hosting, database development, Flash animation, online branding, search engine placement, mini-disc authoring, and Internet …
With or Without You WWW February 19, 2006
(Visited 16152 times)Dupe (duplicate) content found on several pages just makes your page lower in ranking than actually making it higher in SERPs (Search Engine Results Pages). Duplicate content is like diluting the focus on a single page since there are many other similar pages. So if you have been doing this with multiple domains, do not do it and better have them redirected using a redirect 301. If you do not know how to do this, there are several ways to do it, doing in the httpd.conf file in Apache, doing a couple of lines in .htaccess, or using headers in …
SEO Jobs 2/16/2006 February 15, 2006
(Visited 13802 times)Found three SEO-related jobs posted at Jobstreet Philippines:
Search Engine Optimizer Web Developer with SEO experience Experienced Copywriter (SEO knowledge a plus) SES China and China Search Marketing Tour Updates February 13, 2006
(Visited 14257 times)I’ve been designated the country sponsor for the Search Engine Strategies China conference and the China Search Marketing Tour.
- For SES hotel and airline information, click here. If you need help with your travel arrangements, send me an email and I’ll hook you up with the event organizer.
- For the list of topics to be covered during the two-day conference, click here. I’ve been invited to speak during the Linking Strategies panel discussion so hope to see you there.
The China Search Marketing Tour provides a unique inside look …
SEO Job Opening at MatrixMT
(Visited 11061 times)I was contacted recently by one of the executives of Matrix Media Technologies, Inc. They’re looking for a SEO specialist to join their Philippine office. He told me the successful applicant can expect a 35,000-55,000/month compensation package.
Matrix Media Technologies, Inc. is a leading specialized search engine marketing firm.
We are looking for an individual to join our top of class search engine marketing team supporting our aggressive growth. This individual will be responsible for assisting the Marketing and Technology team in improving search engine visibility and ROI through search engine optimization. Candidate needs a …
Microsoft offering MSN search logs for academic study February 9, 2006
(Visited 16249 times)Microsoft Live Labs is offering MSN search logs and enhanced API access in the Accelerating Search in Academic Research 2006 program. This is a request for proposals for the academe to enhance research and publication in search. Microsoft is funding projects worth $35,000 on the average.
The research project can be related to SEO since the log excerpts will be made available. However, these may not be used for profit as is. Instead, they can be used to develop new optimization techniques based on relevant data.
I think local universities can make use of this opportunity, especially since salaries and other …
BigDaddy Comparison Tool February 7, 2006
(Visited 12975 times)See how BigDaddy results compare with a list of common Google datacenters via the BigDaddy Datacenter Watch tool by Tony Hill.
Beginner’s SEO Corner - Cleaning up the code
(Visited 16757 times)What do search engines read? Do they see the exact same thing as we see websites?Search engines see text, and they do not see images. Bear this in mind for two main things.
If your images is an image of text, that text may be important content to be indexed. Too much code just puts in too much ‘garbage’ in it. Too much unnecessary code that searchs engines do not actually care about, or worse, they might index a bunch of garbage that is not needed. Now coming up with a tutorial on how to do things would take me all day. Let …
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