According to Yahoo Search Blog, that they will be having a Search Index update that will affect the Yahoo search engine’s crawling, indexing and ranking algorithms. The update will be implemented soon and during the process there will be a changes in ranking and page shuffling in the index.

The Deleting URL’s in Site Explorer has now been addressed and the Deletes is currently working with Site Explorer.

view the source at: http://www.ysearchblog.com/archives/000533.html

SIDE COMMENTS: This will be another challenge to search engine experts as every website battles to the top of search engine result.

more power!

James

Look at American Idol’s traffic:

David Cook
http://youtube.com/watch?v=h_aiawC-9aM
Views: 1,348,414

Jason Castro
http://youtube.com/watch?v=TdnzKgq-B6Y
Views: 947,228

American Idol 5 worst
http://youtube.com/watch?v=8MoEsz42fnw
Views: 1,109,852

What does this mean from the perspective of an affiliate marketer? If we can re-direct traffic from youtube’s hottest video to our site then we may no longer be having headaches as to where to get traffic.

more power.

James

After you have exerted effort in optimizing your website and still need additional traffic you may want to use alternative sources. Below are some of the list that you can generate traffic.

1. Forums - community forums can be a great resource for your traffic. Members of these sites interact with each other that lead to referring of websites. Put your website’s url within your signature block so that other members can view your site. Just make it sure that the forums that you will be joining is related to your website’s topic.

2. Groups - both yahoo and google groups is another great source of traffic. Members interact with each other through email subscription. You can send a notice to the group members regarding your website or answer members query.

3. Article Submission - submit articles to different article directories like ezinearticles.com. If your article is approved by the admin, other members can use you content provided that your signature or copyright notice is attached at the end of the article. This is another great resource of link building. Be sure that the article that you are submitting is your original work otherwise you might be accused of copyright infringement.

4. RSS Feeds - this is one of the easy ways to get additional traffic specially if you are using wordpress. You just submit your rss feeds to different blog directories and wallahh, you just advertised your website.

5. Offer free ebooks and other stuff - one example is offering free web templates at opensourcedesign.com Just include your keyword/url at the footer of the template. In this way you can have more inbound link coming form the site that uses your template.

There are still a lot of ways to increase traffic (aside from the generic search (engine)). One just need to think creatively.

Other ways that you may want to explore further to increase web traffic:
1. Youtube.com
2. Build squidoo lens.
3. Submitting Press Releases to prdirecories.

good luck to our success!

One of the most painful part of being a webmaster is maintaining the number of visitors that comes to the website. If the surfer wasn’t able to bookmark your site then most likely they will again have a hard time finding you. Below are some suggestions to help you make your customers as regular visitors and stay connected with them.1. Newsletter Offer a subscription of newsletter to your visitor, this will help you update your target visitors about they new contents, launching a products, or whatever things that will keep them posted on what is happening to your site. I cam across to a website where it tracks down storms in different parts of the globe, and the best thing about the site is i can get updates where the located. Pretty cool huh?

2. Offer Freebies. I have seen a lot of website owner offers this kind of strategy and believe me it really works. Freebies may include ebooks, software tools, or industry reports. Just make sure that the items you are giving away are really free and not something that can be set aside.

3. Always Update Your Content. This will give your target the reason to come back to your site. If you are not updating why will they come back. Always updating your site will also increase your popularity in the search engine system.

4. Give incentives. Reward the people who are referring your site to their friend or relatives. This will help in building your network of customers. You may offer this strategy when you can already afford to have the system.

5. Ask for feedback. I use to do this everytime I completed a sale. This will make you improve the services or products that you are offering. There are still a lot of things that can help you maintain your visitors, the above outline is the basic foundation and can help you get started. Be creative and find new ways. Remember every website must is unique.

About the Author:
James Montealegre is currently the website owner of work at home tips. He also offers web design and other related services, you may visit his website at web design templates, philippines

The three mostly used search engines today are Google, Yahoo and MSN. Most search engine optimizers aim to achieve higher website ranking on these three major search engines. But it is not as easy as other search engine optimizers may have thought of it. Why? Because these three major search engines use different algorithms and criteria in ranking websites. Because of this, search engine optimizers need different search engine marketing strategies to rank well on Google, Yahoo and MSN at the same time.

This article presents some pointers that search engine optimizers must consider in optimizing their websites for MSN. MSN is considered to be the search engine that is easy to impress. Search engine optimizers can relate to the many demands of Google and Yahoo. In the same manner, search engine optimizers can relate to the easy competition in MSN ranking.

Pointers To Consider in Getting A Higher MSN Ranking

MSN is not as meticulous as Google or Yahoo in terms of its ranking. Search engine marketing experts can attest to the fact that it is quiet easy to get a competitive listing on MSN than on Yahoo and Google. Search engine optimizers aiming for a higher ranking on MSN must consider two factors that affect MSN ranking:

• MSN reads and uses Meta Tags.
MSN, like the other search engines, puts emphasis on Meta Tags. MSN reads and uses Meta Tags in identifying the rank of a particular website or web page. Meta Tag is one of the major criteria that MSN uses in determining whether a certain web page deserves to be included in the search results and under what rank will it appear. Since Meta Tag serves as one of the bases in getting a higher ranking on MSN, be sure you have one on each of your web pages. Search engine optimizers must incorporate the most relevant keyword on their web pages’ Meta tag. MSN checks on the keywords’ prominence and density, as well.

• MSN is less meticulous on reciprocal links.
Search engine optimizers must understand that MSN is less meticulous when it comes to links. It value links just like Google and Yahoo but it does not seem to be very particular with the age or stability criteria of the links. MSN does not put heavy weight on the issue of quality and nature of links pointing to a particular website.

Just like Yahoo and Google, MSN has its own algorithm or criteria in ranking websites in its search results. However, there is one thing that these major search engines are commonly looking for: it’s original, fresh and quality web content. So as search engine optimizers strive for higher ranking on MSN, it is advisable that they strive for good content, as well.

This article is written by nPresence an online web marketing agency that specializes in Search Engine Optimization, Pay Per Click advertising, Content Management Systems, Web Design, Conversion Tracking and Analysis. For all your all your web marketing needs, please see Internet Marketing Tips.

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