Articles by Sumantra Roy
"Which search engines use link popularity as a factor in ranking pages?" Well, that question has become pretty moot these days. Just about every spider based search engine uses link popularity as a factor. So, how do you find out how much link popularity your site has? And how do you know which sites are actually linking to you? In this article, I'll tell you how you can find out the link popularity of your site in some of the major search engines.
Glossary of Search Engine Ranking Terms
Contains an explanation of commonly used terms in the world of search engine positioning.
Top 10 Search Engine Positioning Mistakes
Find out what is page cloaking, how it is implemented, and whether or not you should actually use page cloaking.
Frames and Search Engines
Find out how to get good rankings in the search engines if your site uses frames.
Becoming an Open Directory Project Editor
Can't get your site listed in the Open Directory, no matter how hard you try? Find out how you can become an editor of the Open Directory and get your site an optimum listing in it. Here's what one of the subscribers of our newsletter had to say about this article:
Submitting your site to the Open Directory
Discover how you should submit your site to the Open Directory in order to get a high ranking in many of the major search engines.
Improving the Link Popularity of your site
Link popularity is becoming an increasingly important factor in search engine placement. Find out the methods you can use to improve the link popularity of your site, and know which methods you should not use.
Software to help you create a robots.txt file
Describes a software which will automate the task of creating a robots.txt file.
Creating a robots.txt file
How you can create a robots.txt file in order to prevent your site from being penalized for spamming by the search engines.
Creating Keyword Rich Pages
Tells you how you can create pages which are designed to rank highly in all the search engines.
The importance of having your own domain name
Tells you why you need to have your own domain name in order to get a high ranking in the search engines.
Choosing the correct keywords for your site
Tells you how you can choose the keywords for which you should optimize your site for the search engines.
