Search Engine Optimization and Ranking

Shortly, we will be launching a slew of handy tools and tutorials on how to make your site rank well. There is a plethora of misinformation and hearsay around on the internet, as frankly, why would such professionals share their information they earn contracting money from? Spread disinformation and rumors, that's the way it goes. So, how does the little guy find this information out? Hopefully we can help.

Since SEO is such a broad topic, we are primarily concentration on a specific niche, mainly starting a site from scratch with no resources. A 'poor man's guide to SERP rankings' if you will.

To get you started, here are the main steps to starting up a page and getting it ranked:

• Site planning
• Domain/Name purchasing
• Site development with SEO in mind
• Getting ranked in search engines
• Improving Rank

Each of these topics will be duscussed in full, layed out as a tutorial, in a step-by-step manner. Along the way we will show tricks and tips, and debunk some myths

The first myth to debunk is that of leapfish. It is an online domain appraisal tool most commonly used by eBayers and other domain resellers to show that the domain name they are selling has value. Why start with a no-name page, when you can probably get a much better name for cheap (ideally with previously built up search engine cred). Check out our article on why Leapfish.com is inaccurate.