Category: Ask Mike!
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What is the Alexa ranking? How does it actually work?
Michael Rock, Owner at The Internet Presence, LLC (2003-present) Answered Thu It is an estimation of how well your website is compared to other websites. But Alexa’s estimation of this has not been widely accepted nor accurate so it is not recommended. · Answer requested by Kelly McGovern
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What is an informed search and uninformed search in algorithms?
Michael Rock, Classes Computer Science, University of Wisconsin – Menasha (2002) Answered Thu An uninformed search is a searching technique that has no additional information about the distance from the current state to the goal. Informed Search is another technique that has additional information about the estimated distance from the current state to the goal.
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Which is the best way (like website) of checking plagiarism in mathematics content to cover all online and offline content also?
Michael Rock, Owner at The Internet Presence, LLC (2003-present) Answered Apr 16 SEMRush Plagiarism Checker
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Must your website have a blog for SEO? How can you improve rankings without a blog?
Michael Rock, Owner at The Internet Presence, LLC (2003-present) Answered Thu No, it doesn’t have to have a blog for SEO, but it makes it a lot easier. Things that you can do other than a blog are social media marketing (post to Facebook, twitter, linked, etc. frequently), hold contents, build backlinks, submit to niche directories ONLY,…
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Do traffic generators work to improve Alexa rankings?
Michael Rock, Owner at The Internet Presence, LLC (2003-present) Answered Apr 2 Traffic generators do not provide useful traffic and Alexa rankings are not very accurate and should not be used.
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How important is it to have your keyword in a domain for an affiliate marketing website?
Michael Rock, Owner at The Internet Presence, LLC (2003-present) Answered Apr 10 Google did away with easy rankings when your keyword is in the URL a while back, I miss those days, but it still can be important if you have the right topic. Check the SERPs (search engine results pages) for your keyword phrase and take…
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Does a link directory section harm my website’s SEO?
Michael Rock, Owner at The Internet Presence, LLC (2003-present) No, but if the link directory has nothing to do with your website then that particular page will not do well in Google. Yes, if the link directory page is obviously spammy. · Answer requested by Obai Shawqi
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How do you boost online sales without gaining more traffic?
Michael Rock, Owner at The Internet Presence, LLC (2003-present) You could utilize Amazon’s little invention that is a plugin in almost any shopping cart. Show ‘people who have bought this have also bought…’ products. You could also sell higher-priced quality products or sell niche industry products. Another thing you could do is show related products. If…
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Does using a long tail keyword as an image alt text be counted in keyword density?
Michael Rock, Owner at The Internet Presence, LLC (2003-present) Yes, but keyword density should not be an issue today unless you are doing a ton of keyword stuffing. Anything you write should be natural for the website visitor. You can include semantic phrases that relate to the phrase that you are trying to rank for. In…
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How do you track mentions about your company and relevant keywords on forums and blog posts, etc.? Are there any free tools to use?
Michael Rock, Owner at The Internet Presence, LLC (2003-present) You can use Google Alerts to track any mentions of your business online and that is free. Then you can use URL tracking codes to track links and view them in Google Analytics which are both free. You can use advanced Google Search Operators to view relevant keywords in forums. An example would be like…