SEO Tips & Techniques

1. Search Engine Differences, Updates and Changes,
2. Indexing Problems and Questions

Ask your questions about the best ways to optimize your site to rank highly in the search engines.

SEM/SEO Resources and Advice

1. International / Multilingual Search Marketing Issues,
2. Aging Delay / Sandbox Issues

Search engine marketing and Webmaster resources and general advice.

Search Engine Friendly Design & Usability

1. Internal Linking,
2. CSS/XHTML Discussion and Questions,
3. Shopping Cart Discussion

If your site isn't spiderable, you'll never achieve high rankings. Post your questions and tips about creating sites that are spider-friendly, as well as user-friendly.

Keyword Research

The key to a good optimization technique is targeting the correct keyphrases. Ask questions and get tips here.

Website Content and Online Copywriting Issues

Learn the ins and outs of what type of content you need for your website, as well as SEO copywriting and writing copy that sells.

Link Building

1. Social Media Marketing,
2. Buying Links,
3. Reciprocal Linking,
4. PageRank Discussion and Questions

Ask questions about and discuss interesting ideas for building up quality links that point to your site. It's not just about reciprocal linking any more.

Submitting to Directories

There's no need to submit to search engines anymore, but you do still need to submit to directories. Learn how to do it correctly the first time.

SEO No-no's

Wondering if a certain technique you heard about will hurt your rankings more than help them? Ask about it here and see what our experts say.

Pay-per-click (PPC) Search Engine Advertising

1. Paid Inclusion/Trusted Feed,
2. Adsense and Other Contextual Advertising

Post info and questions about Google AdWords, Overture and the many smaller PPC engines.

Web Analytics, Server Logs and Tracking ROI

Get insights on the latest tools and techniques for tracking the keywords in which people are finding your site, when bots come around, unique visitors, conversions and measuring success.

Dynamically Generated Site Issues

If your site is generated from a database and uses PHP, ASP, Cold Fusion, etc., post your questions and information in this forum.

Technology and Coding

1. Redirects, 301s, 302, htaccess, mod_rewrite,
2. Robots.txt

Questions and discussions about specific technologies such as browsers, platforms, programming languages, and add-ons.

Publicity and PR (Public Relations)

Obtaining free publicity is a great way to market your business and establish credibility. Ask your PR questions or post your publicity tips and tricks.

Business Issues

Many SEO consultants and Internet marketers wear every hat when it comes to running their business. Post your questions and ideas for making your business run efficiently and smoothly.

Contracting and Subcontracting

Find a professional to do search engine optimization, usability, copywriting, or technical work on your site or for a client. Post projects or job postings.

Branding Yourself and Becoming an Expert

1. Blogs, RSS Feeds and How to Market Them

The Internet gives us more opportunity than ever to brand ourselves and our companies as experts in our field. Learn what it takes here.

Internet Marketing

1. Domain, Hosting and Registrar Questions

Discuss things like email marketing, affiliate marketing, article distribution and other online marketing efforts.

Best Posts and Articles of the Week

High Rankings forum moderators and members provide links, snippets and opinions regarding the most interesting posts and articles they've encountered during their web travels.

Industry News

Discuss the latest happenings with all the major search engines and any other interesting SEM/SEO or Internet marketing news or articles.

SEO Events

List search engine marketing events or discuss recent conferences or sessions. Please PM a forum administrator before adding a new event.

Forum Press

If you find any references made to the High Rankings forums, please post it in here.

Search Marketing Organization Info

Discuss the latest news on the various search marketing organizations that are out there.

Web Site Review

Get some objective feedback on how others view your site. Be prepared for honest answers. Must read forum rules first.

Forum Tips and Help

Find out about the features of this board, ask a question, or make a suggestion here.

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