Shari Thurow Answers SEO Questions

By Shari Thurow · April 11, 2003 · 41 Comments

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Reader Questions Answered:

The Search Engine Marketing Cycle – Part 1
Search Engines and Font Tags
Attributes, Variables, and Search Engine Visibility
Frames, JavaScript And Search Engines
Australian / New Zealand Google
Making A Good Google Ranking Even Better
Writing Title Tags for the Home Page
Submitting All Pages vs. The Main Page
Submitting To Non-US Search Engines
What Can I Do To Optimize My Web Site For Search Engines?
Meta keywords
Manual Submissions Vs. Automated Submissions

Articles By Shari:

Breadcrumb (contextual) Links and Search Engine Optimization
Contextual Advertising: Facts, Myths and Misconceptions – Part 3
Contextual Advertising: Facts, Myths, And Misconceptions – Part 2
Contextual Advertising: Facts, Myths, And Misconceptions – Part 1
Getting Flash Sites Ranked In Search Engines
Absolute Vs. Relative Links: Which Is Better For The Search Engines?
Optimize Your Entire Site For The Search Engines
Web Site Architecture And Search Engines – Part 1
Web Site Architecture And Search Engines – Part 2
Web Site Architecture And Search Engines – Part 3
Disabling Google And Other Search Engines From Crawling A Site
The Myth Of Permanent Search Engine Positions
URL Structure And Search Engine Optimization
Location Of Global Navigation For Optimal Search Engine Indexing Keyword Research For Search Engine Visibility
Dissecting Search Engine Result Pages
Understanding Search Engine Results Pages
Registering A Web Site With Keyword Phrases
Getting Your Web Site Listed In The Google Index
Duplicate Content In The Search Engines
HTML Tag Order And Search Engine Positioning
Navigation Schemes in Web Site Design

Shari Thurow is Marketing Director at Grantastic Designs, Inc., a full-service search engine marketing, web and graphic design firm. This article is excerpted from her book, Search Engine Visibility (http://www.searchenginesbook.com) published in January 2003 by New Riders Publishing Co. Shari can be reached at shari@grantasticdesigns.com.

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March 11, 2010 at 6:40 am

I wasn’t even aware that this feature existed

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orangedwarf
January 13, 2009 at 7:02 pm

Dear Shari,
….excellent information, thanks you for that!
Want to pose a statement and would appreciate yr comment.
I have seen terrible sites ignoring all the recommended tips on SEO, with only a few external links and little relevance but participating in Google AdWords with page ranking 5.
Other sites, like my own http://www.orangedwarf.com have taken into account the SEO recommendations, have quite a few external links and relevance but are not participating in AdWords and have pagerank 0.
Starting to believe that whatever you do, to a certain extend, in the architecture of the site (in line with SEO recommendations), if y’re not participating in AdWords, you will not get a higher ranking!?
What is yr experience?

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rio
January 9, 2009 at 1:53 am

Wow, good information, thanks for sharing.

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Anonymous
January 9, 2009 at 1:51 am

Awesomw list thanks so much

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  Guest
  April 27, 2009 at 5:56 pm
  
  Thank U ! You are so great!
  
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Ereka Tents for Sale
December 10, 2008 at 10:02 am

I really enjoyed your articles on website architecture and the search engines. I’m sure that quite a bit has changed since then, so please let us know here is you have any updates.

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How to Save Marriage
December 10, 2008 at 7:55 am

This is an awesome list of resources. Thank you so much for sharing it.

It’s very helpful to find someone who knows so much about the internal workings of Google and who is willing to share.

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Info Product Killer Review
December 9, 2008 at 10:24 pm

You are a very prolific writer.

How in the world did you find the time to write all of these articles?

Five years ago.

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December 9, 2008 at 10:20 pm

Excellent resource list. Thanks for putting in the effort for us.

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RSS Directory Submission
December 9, 2008 at 10:08 pm

What a great list! Thanks for putting it together for us.

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Iron Gym Review
December 9, 2008 at 1:49 pm

Thanks for the great answers to the difficult questions. I thought I knew a lot about SEO, but you’ve expanded my knowledge even more. Thanks again!

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November 18, 2008 at 10:04 pm

I keep bookmark this page. Thanks for your helpful.

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Lee Johnson - Google Consultant
November 13, 2008 at 4:49 pm

I always appreciate people who take time to add a useful resource like this page of link to interesting articles. Not that i need all of them but I have learned some great stuff from this little directory of SEO articles.

It is appreciated.

Lee

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olly
November 13, 2008 at 2:33 am

Massive subject?? not sure what you mean, there are some good answers

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Taz
November 4, 2008 at 6:22 am

Thank you for sharing your valued information, this is a massive subject at the momment.

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Mila
October 31, 2008 at 7:47 am

Thats a lot of article to go through, certainly a lor of valuable information in store.

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October 21, 2008 at 1:45 pm

Thanks for answering those questions with great facts and info.

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October 20, 2008 at 9:05 am

Wow, good information, thanks for sharing. I’ve bookmarked this page.

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earth4energy
September 22, 2008 at 1:24 pm

Wow, this is truely a good collection of information, although even though this is very good information, we should realize that Google has a huge complex algorithm so we shouldn’t count on one thing to be a success over another.

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September 11, 2008 at 1:51 am

This was one of the great reads and easy to understand article.Particularly a complex article on SEO has been made so interesting and one of the most easy read in a while.

thans for the great article and resources.

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August 30, 2008 at 4:59 pm

great articles Shari.

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Peter
August 27, 2008 at 5:55 am

Shari I love the way your answers are easy to understand

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Chris
July 23, 2008 at 3:59 am

Some great answers there

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Pittsburgh SEO
July 15, 2008 at 1:48 am

Wow, that’s pretty cool of her to do that. And thanks for postng that list – great reading.

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July 13, 2008 at 4:38 pm

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Guest
June 24, 2008 at 3:24 am

Thanks for this great list. I’m going to go applying them now.

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June 22, 2008 at 9:35 pm

you can search at google, just tybe website studio

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http://www.kabar.ws/
June 22, 2008 at 9:33 pm

dear Rizwan Shamsi, its easy to design your site by any software same axra 3dweb style

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ACNE
June 21, 2008 at 11:35 am

Wow! This is a crazy list. Thanks and keep up the good work.

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craig
June 13, 2008 at 2:42 am

One of the best thread I have rad in a while

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Chris
June 5, 2008 at 4:13 am

Many thanks for this post Shari

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Steve
May 31, 2008 at 2:19 pm

Some very interesting information here, many thanks

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Dave
May 27, 2008 at 3:33 am

Shari very nice of you to answer our questions

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Pete
May 23, 2008 at 4:01 am

Rizwan I think the best way to build a directory is to steer clear of the software packs and build a php directory

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Akon
May 22, 2008 at 5:04 pm

Thank you so much!

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May 7, 2008 at 9:32 pm

This is some great information and gives some great insight.

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Local Search Marketing Company
May 7, 2008 at 9:25 pm

thanks for all your hard work on answering these difficult questions.

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SEO Company
May 3, 2008 at 12:11 am

Great bookmarkable list for beginners and intermediate players / business owners and do-it-yourselfers.

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Acne
May 2, 2008 at 9:47 pm

Thankyou for the resource list Sharu, and excellent book btw. Much of the information still holds true today.

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acne
April 3, 2008 at 9:01 pm

Wow, good information, thanks for sharing. I’ve bookmarked this page.

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Rizwan Shamsi
January 23, 2008 at 2:10 pm

Hi,

I read your article on web site directory design. It looks sound to me.

I read this article is a part of a book that you had written.

To understand more clear web site directory design, I am thinking to buy your book.

Could you tell me did you explain this step in detail in your book?

I need to use that info in designing Retail Business ecommerce site.

I have to show category and sub category wise products listing then I have to show each product under a category with product description, price, image and product info page.

Do you think that your book can help me to design and implement the directory with ASP scripting?

Rizwan Shansi

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