How Fast Can I Increase My Website Rankings

Our Search Engine Optimization plans begin as short as 6 months.However, for new domain names, we recommend

Unfortunately, the answer to this is easy; NO. There are multiple reasons why this is an ineffective method of creating backlinks. Check out this SEO Forum Article titled “Do Adword adverts count as backlinks from adsense sites?”

Reasons AdWords Ads Don’t Increase Backlinks

Search Engines Spiders or Robots Won’t Read JavaScript Data

So here is the first nail in the coffin; your AdWords ad is written in JavaScript. Search engines robots and spiders do not analyze Javascript (yet); they simply will not read and interpret the data. A search engine spider will not conclude that the object is linking to your site. And finally, even if they did, AdWords ads work by redirecting the user through Google’s servers –not directly to your website.

AdWords Redirects Traffic Through Google’s Servers Before Linking to Your Website

That’s right; even if AdWords ads counted as backlinks, Google would be first on the list of beneficiaries. If you notice the status bar in your browser after clicking on some AdWords ads, you’ll notice the URL “google.ad.sgdoubleclick.net”. Read this article about a common problem with Mozilla Firefox causing redirection error(s) that preventing you from contacting this server (and can subsequently cause problems displaying Google AdWords ads)

Does AdWords Attribute to an Increase in My Google PageRank, Rankings or Pages Index?

Again, unfortunately, NO, says Matt Cutts. (Or, supposedly no, say the conspirators) Check out this posting from his blog, summarized below:

“Joining service X (AdSense, blogsearch, News crawl, any Google service that uses a bot) doesn’t queue up pages to be include in our main web index … Just as always, participating in AdSense or being in our blogsearch doesn’t get you any ‘extra’ crawling (or ranking) in our web index whatsoever. You don’t get any extra representation in our index, you don’t get crawled/indexed any faster by our webcrawl, and you don’t get any boost in ranking.”

Read Matt Cutts full article about how Google services affect PageRank and other domain and link scoring.

Wikipedia defines open source by stating it “describes practices in production and development that promote access to the end product’s source materials.” In other words, once the project is completed the source code will be made available to the public at no charge. Though free, the use of most open source projects are still bound by some type of agreement, or license.

Common Open Source Public Licenses

Some of the most common public licenses (out of a list of many found here, provided by opensource.org):

GNU General Public License version 3.0 (GPL-3.0)

GNU Library or “Lesser” General Public License version 3.0 (LGPL-3.0)

PHP License 3.0 (PHP-3.0)

Simple Public License 2.0 (Simple-2.0)

Popular Open Source Projects

Below is a list of current open source projects, each with a brief description:

Mozilla Firefox

Category: Web Browser

From Website: “The common thread that runs throughout Mozilla is our belief that, as the most significant social and technological development of our time, the Internet is a public resource that must remain open and accessible to all.”
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WordPress

Category: Blog/Website Platform

From Website: “WordPress is web software you can use to create a beautiful website or blog… The core software is built by hundreds of community volunteers, and … there are thousands of plugins and themes available to transform your site into almost anything you can imagine.”
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Putty

Apache HTTP Server

MySQL Community Server

Yes, it can and Smith-Digital, located in Houston Texas, can help. Search Engine Optimization (SEO) is a strategy used by website designers and web developers to optimize the structure, content and links within your website. This optimization prepares your website for search engines, making it easier to be fully indexed. All websites that want to rank better in search engines, rank number one on Google or rank high in local map results need SEO.

How Long Until My Website Rankings Increase?

Some of our clients see drastic increases in traffic after the first session. It is recommended that customers secure their domain name as far in advance as possible. This helps establish longevity for the domain name. Domain names that are recently registered will more than likely not rank high within their first three to six months. An option is to purchase established domain names, however these can be very expensive. The best policy is always to register the domain name first, and begin search engine optimization as soon as the website is completed and online. Also, make sure to submit your URL to Google to be indexed as soon as you have content online. This will give you an idea of your starting point with keywords, and the amount of competition you will be up against.

Should I Trust Companies that Offer “Guaranteed First Page Results”?

Do pigs fly? If getting first-page status on Google were that easy, no one would stay for long. You will always notice (in Google, at least) consistency with the top, quality organic results. These websites are distinguished above others, as their content and”popularity” show. Established websites that have been optimized for a year or more stand a high chance of remaining in the “first-page” results even after discontinuing SEO services. Smith-Digital does not guarantee any specific rankings, however we do guarantee to use 100% acceptable, “white hat” techniques to naturally increase your website’s organic rankings in search engines like Google.

What is WordPress?

WordPress blogs are a great way for you and/or your business to get a web presence quickly.When it comes to blogs, content is by far the most important aspect. Blog writers should take time and care to publish article and posts that are relevant to their site. Using a platform that allows for easy social network sharing is also very important for a successful blog. Smith-Digital uses WordPress for all of blogs that we develop. Being that WordPress is an open source platform, blogs can be setup quickly and are very cost effective. Plugins for social media sharing, as well as RSS feeds, can enable a site to get their information out quickly. Blogs are also very helpful for search engine optimization. Content that is relevant to the rest of the website will help increase the size of your site, and can help to quickly increase your search engine rankings. If you are looking to get your message out, or would like to use a blog to increase the amount of content and frequency that your site is updated, Contact Smith-Digital today for more information.

Are you looking to increase website traffic? Do you need more traffic for your business? Smith-Digital offers search engine optimization services to increase traffic to your website. Our team of search engine optimization professionals will handle all aspects of SEO for your website, including:

Increase Website Traffic with More Content

The fact is, sites with more and better content rank higher in search engines. Let Smith-Digital provide you with an in-depth analysis of your current website (if any), as well as an estimate containing our proposed updates. Our articles are always over the 300 word minimum, and will be tailored to your industry or existing content. Our team of copywriters will work with you to increase traffic to your website.

Optimizing Website Structure

Building your website properly is important too. Using TAGs, ALTs and Descriptions to provide additional information to search engine web crawler bots is also important. Minor changes to the structure of your website can help with increasing traffic to your website.

Link Building

Using outbound links throughout content, and generating incoming (reciprocal) link. Many compare having inbound links to “votes” for your website in search engines. Realistically, links help search engines crawl the internet,and without them the bots would go nowhere. Try to have at lest one outbound link on every page, and make sure the content on the site is relevant to your website.

Optimizing Images and Links

Optimizing the images and links found within your website is a quick and easy to to help with your search engine optimization (SEO). These tags provide additional information to search engines that is not normally available when including an image. Links should have titles and alts for both search engines and users alike; when a user rolls their mouse over the link, the text contained in the ALT tag will display in their browser.

We will discuss the common error codes associated with your website and web hosting account. The definitions for these status codes have been excerpted from the World Wide Web Consortium’s webpage; “HTTP/1.1: Status Code Definitions“. All credit for quoted information is assumed given to W3C. They are an excellent group. Visit the previously listed page for all HTTP status code definitions.

404 Not Found Error

“10.4.5 404 Not Found

The server has not found anything matching the Request-URI. No indication is given of whether the condition is temporary or permanent. The 410 (Gone) status code SHOULD be used if the server knows, through some internally configurable mechanism, that an old resource is permanently unavailable and has no forwarding address. This status code is commonly used when the server does not wish to reveal exactly why the request has been refused, or when no other response is applicable.”

You are used to seeing this in Internet Explorer and FireFox as “Server not found” or “Web page not found”. This status code means the filename or folder is not found; it does not (currently) exist. Depending on your server and hosting account, you may be able to modify or replace the templates used for these pages. Adding your company’s logo or a brief contact form or phone number is a great idea.