SEO Optimization Specialist

Recently I was pleased to find out one of the websites I have been spending considerable SEO time on has risen to some great ranking spots in Google search results.  I started SEO’ing for a semi-popular keyphrase for the first few months, then after getting to the second page I started working on a more popular term.  I am now on the front page for both those terms so I began a third one about 2 months ago and have been steadly rising for that one too.

Now I have decided to step back and do some internal link building to inner category pages to try and leverage some less common keywords that the main page will likely not be able to compete for.  The point I am getting at is that quality SEO work is not just about optimizing, keyword research and ranking for major terms but it is important to have a good overall SEO strategy that encompasses the entire site.  By doing this you can bring in lots of great qualified traffic.  So don’t just concentrate on your home pages, spread the SEO love throughout your site.

Check out this great, new Canadian Link Directory.

Over the past couple of toolbar exports of page rank most in the business have noticed it seemed to get easier to get a high rank.  It seems this has cheapened Googles image and now they have tweaked the algorithm to make getting a high page rank a lot tougher.  Over the past 24 hours it appears many sites have taken a PR dive.  Here is a prelimanary list of some of the sites effected:

pegasusdirectory.com (PR3 from PR5)
linkcentre.com (PR3 from PR5)
suntimes.com (PR7 to PR5)
addurl-free.com(PR3 from PR5)
Engadget (from 7 to 5)
AutoBlog (from 6 to 4)
Problogger (from 6 to 4)
Copyblogger (from 6 to 4)
Search Engine Journal (from 7 to 4)
Quick Online Tips (from 6 to 3)
Forbes.com (from 7 to 5)
SFGate.com (from 7 to 5)
joystiq.com/ (PR6 to PR4)
tuaw.com/ (PR6 to PR4)
linux.org  (PR6 from PR9)
accessify.com  (PR5 from PR9)
irt.org   (PR4 from PR8)
brajeshwar.com  (PR4 from PR7)
GoGuides.org  (3 from 5)

Some are shouting that this is some sort of penalty but I think it is just an algorithm tweak.  There seems to be many sites effected that don’t buy or sell links so without an official statement from Google we might never know for sure.  One thing for sure is you can expect to see much fewer PR6+ sites around the web.

We are pleased to announce the launch of our new finance directory portal, take a look at site news for grand opening discounts on review for inclusion.  There is also a finance blog on this portal.

A great new health directory portal just launched and it is a great way to promote your health related websites.  Here is the professional look of this site and it integrates a blog, articles and a directory all-in-one.

This brand new bidding directory offers a great new unique twist on getting extra promotion on the front page.  It lists the top two websites from each of 10 parent categories for a total of 20 home page links.  You can still find the ‘regular’ top 10 as well.  This directory also uses unique articles in the categories to bring in quality relevant search engine traffic.  Right now the minimum bid for a featured link is $6.00 and deep links are given for extra value with each submission, so don’t wait, stop by now and submit your website for review for inclussion in this comperhensive resource.