This is another one of the controversial questions in many of the SEO (Search Engine Optimization) forums, yet it is very easy to answer for any particular search engine. While popular belief seems to be that pages should be very short (less than 10K) to rank well with the leading search engine, this article conclusively answers that question? with a completely different answer. The methodology is really quite simple for this question. I gathered the results of the queries naturally performed last month by myself and three associates using Yahoo and Google....

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What is Google Sandbox? Google Sandbox is applied on new websites, it determines the timing of site inclusion as well as ranking in Google search engine results (SERPS).This process could take up to 6-8 months, which could be against your plans causing frustration to webmasters. The question is what is to be done during the time in which websites are in Google Sandbox? Do not waste time on checking your website listings in results page instead emphasize on SEO methods to accelerate your listings & improve status of ranking results....

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Before we explore the world of search engine optimization, it is vital that you know a little about how search engines work and their relative market shares. It will help you to prioritize your activities later! (a) What are Search Engines and who powers them? There are essentially four different parts to a typical large search engine; the crawler, the directory, sponsored results and the search engine itself. Crawlers (e. g. Google) automatically visit web pages to compile their listings, making use of a so-called robot or spider (eg....

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Perhaps the simplest of all the lessons I have learned about writing for search engines is to keep my pages simple. That is to say, whether I am thinking about my readers or about Google, there is a huge advantage to keeping most of your pages confined to a single topic. There are three approaches I take to the creation of a page, and each has a significant impact on how high the listing for that page appears on Google. >> #1 - When I don't think about Google and cover multiple topics. There are times when a page is put up simply for the benefit of my readers and, for one reason or another, covers a number of different topics....

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Anchor Text (also called phrase linking) can significantly improve your web pages relevance in the search engines. Optimized or keyword rich anchor text can help your web site gain positioning in the search engines as well as help drive better targeted search traffic. What is Anchor Text? Anchor Text is the visible hyperlinked text that you see on the page, here is an example: To read more about search engine optimization techniques, check out my Search Engine Optimization blog. Anchor text should be used to indicate the subject matter of the page that it links to....

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What had happened? Further research there, and a bit of soul-searching, revealed why. I had too many pseudo-directory pages with auto-generated external links. Snippets from search engine results were used as descriptions of said links. Said links were run though a redirect script. These are hallmarks of pseudo-directories and 'AdSense scraper'* sites. Google is reportedly trying to filter these from its 'SERPs'**. I say reportedly, because Google doesn't announce these purges. They are inferred....

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Page Rank (PR) is a specific value for a website page given by Google. It is Google's measure of the importance of a certain site page. The scale is between 1-10. Google gives your website high PR if it is popular. It's based on the number of votes other websites give for your website. Those websites give votes to your site by putting a link to it on their websites. When you link your site to another website, that means you vote for it. From this information, if you want your site to have a high PR, then you have to get as many votes as possible from other websites....

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Let me guess, you've read article after article on howto FINALLY get your site ranked at the top of the searchengines. In fact, your mind is probably spinning with info and now you are just flat-out confused. Am I right? Well, this article is going to erase that confusion andset you on the right path to higher search engine rankings...the easy and SECRET way! Take a deep breath and clear your head. I'm going to give you 3 TOP tips to instantly help your rankings. We will follow the K. I.S. S Method (Keep it simple stupid!...

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