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Search Engine Friendly URLs

Friday, May 15th, 2009 admin No Comments »

SE-Friendly URLs can make a significant difference to a website’s positioning in the SERPs. This is not achieved by a plugin. In fact, its a core WordPress mechanism for controlling the URL’s on every page. By default, the URL’s are garbage: e.g. www.yoursite.com/?page_id=16
What you want is an explicit, keyword-rich URL! A search engine friendly URL… [...]

The WHY of SEO – A Thermal Life Jacket for the Economic Ice Age?

Wednesday, January 21st, 2009 admin Comments Off

Whilst most people have heard the term “search engine optimization” – surprisingly few people seem to really understand WHY it is absolutely essential.
When the economic gravy pot is bubbling merrily, and there’s ample business gravy slopping over, even the mediocre get a share. But when the economic ice age casts midnight shadows at noon, and [...]