Hey do you go far enough back on the web to remember HotBot?
I was just checking my logs and what do I see? A referral from Hotbot. Those of you old timers will remember that was when metatags and a few links could get you a ton of traffic. Since then the bulk of optimization moved from on page, to off page. Meaning links.
For instantce, did you know with a title tag and enough links you could be number one for any position? Regardless of your on page SEO/content?
Lesson of the day: Get Links!
i think it's great.
Posted by: ahmed | May 12, 2007 at 02:01 AM
Definitely have to agree with this one! But still, on page content/optimization IS important somewhat. The search engines are smart enough (or will soon be smart enough) to figure out that if a site has a million backlinks with the anchor text PA Real Estate but the site is actually about dogs, then they will not rank the site at #1 - at least not for long.
So I use home value to link to my page that gives free home value reports, but I WOULD not use the term Dogs b/c nowhere on GetMyHomesValue.com is dogs mentioned - & Google may be fooled for a while, but not forever!
Posted by: MarieL | May 25, 2007 at 01:51 PM