SEODenver.com is now katz.co Katz Web Services hasn’t been doing SEO for years – I’ve been focusing on making great WordPress plugins (such as IDX+) and I have been disenchanted with the SEO industry. So it was time to move the SEODenver.com domain to katz.co. I’m looking forward to writing more blog posts now that […]
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Optimize your site, find niche keywords How the Google Instant Scraper works: Enter a “seed” keyword (or multiple keywords separated by commas) and choose how many levels deep you would like to scrape; The Scraper gets results from Google Instant for that keyword. These are level 1 keywords. For each level 1 keyword, the Scraper gathers […]
Google is changing your titles for you…whether they’re “optimized” or not! Google is overruling your title tags when they determine that your content headlines are more relevant. Previously, I had only seen this behavior when there were not well-structured title tags, keyword-stuffed title tags or no title tags at all. This has been well documented […]
I recently discovered that FDA Warnings have been unwittingly adding value to the very websites and products they are trying to warn about. What does this mean in the context of Google’s new negative review algorithm? Google has been working on de-valuing bad reviews… There has been lots of press over the NY Times article exposing […]
This should be tagged as “Dangerously Powerful” At the bottom of this article is a downloadcontaining detailed per-lead pricing for hundreds of industries. When trying to create niche websites, research is very important. You need to ask the following questions: What are the most profitable industries? How much can I make or should I charge […]
Save Time Creating SEO-Friendly Keyword Combinations As an SEO, one of the things I do on a regular basis is come up with keyword permutations and combinations for many locations related to the corporations I am engaged with. What I often do is I use PHP scripting and create multiple arrays of keywords, locations, and […]
{|} Download the SEO WordSpinner Plugin and test {SEO WordSpinner|the SEO WordSpinner plugin|this great plugin|this WordPress SEO plugin} out. Refresh this page to experience content spinning in action. Why use a content spinner? There are a lot of content spinners out there (I won’t even bother linking to them, most are for spamming, not for […]
The Best WordPress SEO Plugin? A combination of two. All in One SEO Pack (AIOSEO) is the leader in WordPress SEO plugins. It offers great functionality and simple integration into the process of writing a post. AIOSEO is not a perfect plugin, however, because it lacks some very important functionality: Custom category title tags Custom tag […]
Just a quick post to show that Google has started to nofollow all links on new Google Profiles. This is too bad for a quick SEO shot in the arm, but also makes sense, since most of the people who knew about Google Profiles were SEO’s anyway 🙂 Here’s my do-follow Google profile: Zachary Katz – […]
Goodbye old friend. Hello shiny new domain! Recently I moved my company’s domain from KatzWebDesign.net to KatzWebServices.com to reflect the change of the business name (over one year ago) from Katz Web Design to Katz Web Services, Inc., to reflect the in company services offerings, and to have a .com domain. This is a simple […]
A comparison in travel sites search results page titles Wow, Priceline…who did you hire for SEO? I was shopping around for a good price on a hotel in Aspen when William Shatner’s “Falcoln of Truth” showed me how not to write page titles. Check out Priceline‘s horrific search results page title: Priceline.com – hotel, hotel […]
As seen on 7News – View the video on TheDenverChannel.com Why Google Profiles matter to you Receive monthly tips like this one on how to get online exposure Receive monthly emailed tips As featured on the May 20th 7News program featuring Zack Katz of Katz Web Design, Google Profiles are a great way to be […]
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Optimize your logo using SEO-friendly techniques. Google’s algorithm likes text more than images. It likes headlines more than paragraphs. You can increase how much weight your headline has by only having one or two of them. Having the same headline across all pages reduces the value of it each time. Instead of having your logo […]
4 Steps to optimize a website — a Denver solar case study This is an inside look into my process for optimizing a pre-existing website. This will cover lots of the aspects of the SEO I’ve done, but not all of it…These steps are often my first round of optimization on a site. Once I do these four vital […]
Can a Denver business afford to rank poorly in search engines? Katz Web Design is an SEO company in Denver. This is our blog. Need help with your website’s search presence? Call 970-882-1477 for a free consultation. Denver SEO Case study: Ignite Matchmaking
Format your search results for SEO Works great for SEO searches on the iPhone! It’s frustrating doing searches with SEO in mind, then having Google add SearchWiki, personalized results, and other localizations that mess up what you wanted: accurate results. Here’s the solution: The SEO It! Bookmarklet. I do lots of searching as an SEO. […]
Will a website redesign hurt my rank? When I am working with a client that already has a website, one of the first questions I am asked is “How will redesigning my website affect my rank?” Here’s what to expect when launching your new website: Your website will take a hit in the SERPs for 20-30 […]
SEO and continuing education It’s easy to know SEO concepts. It’s another thing to put them into good use and do the work involved in optimizing a site. Yesterday, I was at a barnes and noble and saw the book SEO Bible. I flipped through the pages and I knew everything I saw. But if […]
Google’s OneBox results getting smarter Recently, Google seems to have updated their algorithm for when they show the mapped results (or, “OneBox”). It used to be that the OneBox would show up when viewing 10 results at a time for many most local searches. Now, the OneBox only shows up when viewing locally relevant industries or […]
Update: Now use the SEO WordSpinner plugin to implement this concept.Use the get_seo_spin() PHP function in your theme’s footer.php file. Footer links are dropping in SEO value How to stay relevant while getting great links As a web designer and SEO, I place links in the footers of most of my designs. Clients don’t mind […]
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