One of the many myths concerning how pages are ranked is that the volume of traffic a website receives affects the rankings of the pages within that website. On the surface this seems logical as a website that gets a … Continue reading
Tag Archives: SEO
Use PHP to Force the www on URLs
There are many good reasons to be consistent when using the ‘www’ in URLs. This includes good usability (it may confuse some people when they see it there some of the time but not others) and SEO (some search engines … Continue reading
Meta Tags Are Dead. Get Over It.
For the purpose of this blog post, when I say “Meta tags” I am referring to the Meta description and keyword tags only. When Alta Vista was king of search and Yahoo was primarily a web directory, meta tags were … Continue reading
Why I Resigned From the SitePoint.com Forums
Over five years and 24,000 posts later I finally reached a point where I feel it is time for me to resign my position at the SitePoint.com Community Forums. The primary reason I resigned is I’ve reached that point in … Continue reading
Domain Authority Does Not Affect Your Rankings
For those of you who have been living under a rock, domain authority is a popular concept that claims that a domain name that has lots of pages, gets lots of visitors, has lots of links, and is frequently linked … Continue reading