Charles,
I think I'm meant to thank you for your reply...?
Your sarcasm and attempts at wit are hardly worthy of comment. But I
thank you all the same for a brief insight into your troubled mind!
Jason
Charles Christacopoulos wrote:
> ** Reply to note from Jason Noblett <[log in to unmask]> Wed, 3 Nov 2004 12:58:15 +0000
>
> Hi,
>
>
>>I am conducting some research into 'SEO Campaigns' and I am looking for
>>some guidance from others who have been down this road.
>
>
> We have not been down that road and we do not intend to do so. Do tell us
> which site do you want to improve? LondonMet or some other? If you are
> doing research ... ehmm it is a bit selfish for us to help you and you to keep the
> findings for yourself. Unless you intend to do open source research we help
> and watch the improvement(s) .... if any.
>
>
>>It seems to be
>>a 'black art' and I am finding it difficult to establish fact from myth!
>
>
> To a large extent true. There is a reasonably good group on usenet. Watch
> it for a while. I will have to check from home to tell you which one it is.
>
>
>>Are there any reputable companies/software that you have dealt with
>>offering such services? I am attempting to expand my knowledge in the
>>following area to help formulate a plan of action for implementation.
>>
>>1) Improving search results from lower levels within a site structure
>
> Content, good html (h1, h3, ... hn headings) titles and more recently good
> URLs.
>
>
>>2) Keywords & Search Terms
>
> Not applicable to google. In fact they may lower your ranking if they are seen
> as spaming.
>
>
>>3) Page ranking - overall importance, do's and don'ts!
>
> Stick google's toolbar on your IE thingie and forget your privacy.
>
>
>>4) Link Popularity
>
> Get IBM, Microsoft, BBC and others to link from their frontpage to you.
>
>
>>5) Paid registration - where to pay and where not to pay! If at all?
>
> To register you with what? the 3 or 4 search engines or some pieces of cr@p
> that noone ever uses. For 1000GBP I will register you on Egothor if it ever
> does *.ac.uk :-)
>
>
>
>>6) Planning of site architecture, best-practise for robots
>
> See point 1.
>
>
>>7) Google's PageRank
>
> See 3.
>
>
>>8) Experience of companies providing such services.
>>
>>Any help would be greatly appreciated.
>
>
> You get no more help :-) Which site? (so I can enjoy pulling it to pieces).
>
> I notice you use ShadoMX. Does it have any relevance to the question ;-)
>
> Dohhh, young people want everything ready on a plate :-)
> Charles
>
>
> --
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> Planning & Information, University of Dundee, Dundee, DD1 4HN,
> Scotland, United Kingdom. Tel: 44(0)1382-344891. Fax: 44(0)1382-348845.
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Jason Noblett
London Metropolitan University
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