The Truth About Search Engine Optimization, 1st edition
Authors: Rebecca Lieb
Venue:  (2009)

Everything you must know to optimize your site, increase your ranking, and help customers find your site. The truth about page rankings The truth about best SEO practices and SEO no-nos The truth about link love, keywords, and tags Simply the best thinking THE TRUTH AND NOTHING BUT THE TRUTH This book reveals 51 PROVEN SEARCH ENGINE OPTIMIZATION TECHNIQUES and bite-size, easy-to-use advice that gets results Rebeccas book is chapter-by-chapter gold for anyone who needs to understand how we find information on the Web. Kevin M. Ryan, Motivity Marketing, Inc., and Chairman of Search Engine Strategies Advisory Board Introduction vii Foreword by Fredrick Marckini ix Part I: The Basics of Search Truth 1: Getting noticed by spiders, robots, and crawlers 1 Truth 2: Learn to do the Google dance 5 Truth 3: It's not about trafficit's about qualified traffic 9 Truth 4: Your reputation is on the line 13 Part II: The Truth About Being Site-Specific Truth 5: SEO is an ongoing project, not set-it-and-forget-it 17 Truth 6: SEO is not an afterthought 21 Truth 7: SEO results aren't immediate or lasting 25 Truth 8: You don't have a homepage anymore 29 Truth 9: Think like a publisher, even if you're not 33 Truth 10: Site and page design count 37 Truth 11: Write for users and search engines will follow 41 Truth 12: Keywords are key 45 Truth 13: Use analytics and keyword research tools 49 Truth 14: Site stats share the bad news, too 53 Truth 15: Think twice about hot new technologies 57 Truth 16: Content management systems mattera lot 67 Part III: Tag, You're It! Truth 17: What's in a title? Everything 65 Truth 18: The relative importance of meta tags 71 Truth 19: Tag images, audio, video, and other media 75 Part IV: The Truth About Links Truth 20: Some links are more equal than others 79 Truth 21: Building links through online directories 83 Truth 22: Using SEO PR as a link strategy 87 Truth 23: The jury is out on paid links 91 Truth 24: Share and share alike: Reciprocal linking 95 Truth 25: Ads are links, too 99 Truth 26: Build your site in a good neighborhood 103 Truth 27: Blogs are a terrific link strategy 107 Truth 28: Putting the kibosh on link love with nofollow links 111 Part V: You Call That a Search Engine? Truth 29: Search is going vertical 115 Truth 30: Everyone is local somewhere 119 Truth 31: Get listed to get vertical 125 Truth 32: Optimize off-site searches 129 Truth 33: Universal search and personalized search 133 Part VI: Get a Social Life Truth 34: Blogs are built for SEO 137 Truth 35: RSS feeds "feed" SEO efforts 141 Truth 36: Users will create content for you 145 Truth 37: Tag images, video, links, and other media 149 Part VII: Search Ranking Truth 38: Being #1 ain't what it used to be 153 Truth 39: Don't live and die by PageRank 157 Truth 40: Wag the long tail 161 Part VIII: The Truth About SEO Management Truth 41: In-house or outsource? 165 Truth 42: Hiring a great search professional 169 Truth 43: Great SEOs sweat the small stuff 173 Part IX: Don't Be Evil Truth 44: Beware blackhat SEO 177 Truth 45: Search engines frown on keyword stuffing and spam 181 Truth 46: Don't cultivate link farms 185 Truth 47: It's very difficult to get unbanned 189 Truth 48: Moving to a new domain is stressful 193 Part X: Going Beyond Truth 49: Global SEO 197 Truth 50: Mobile SEO is more important than ever 201 Truth 51: Sometimes you don't want to be found 205 About the Author 208 Note: Appendix A is available for free and located online at www.informit.com/title/9780321534071.