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I think that using "link bait" such as blog post, white paper downloads, etc. through the social media platforms can indirectly generate links. People see the link and possibly post it on their blog, on a forum or a resource site. By and large though I think that social is primarily for...

When I first started, I easily spent 4-5 hours every week - most was research related. Now, that I've gotten first page and top three ranking for several terms I targeted, I probably spend about an hour a week looking for high quality link building opportunities. I'm only optimizing for my...

If you're just looking for information to help you learn SEO I'd check out Big Oak's 52 SEO tips. Lots of good information and works in chronological order of how you might start an SEO campaign for a site.

My guess is it would be considered "Puffery". Puffery as a legal term refers to promotional statements and claims that express subjective rather than objective views, such that no reasonable person would take them literally. Puffery serves to "puff up" an exaggerated image of what is being...

I'm not so sure about getting backlinks directly from the social media platform itself, as most will be no-follow links, but by creating a dialog and posting white papers, blog items, press releases or articles you've built creates a greater opportunity for backlinks. Additionally, many "SEO...

Check your site with Hubspot's Website Grader. It's an automated tool to check the marketing effectiveness of your site. As with anything automated it has it's limitations but it's a great starting place to get some of the SEO basics of your site correct. Plus, it gives explanations and "rule...

W3C validation only ensures that the search engines can read/spider the pages without any issues and does not guarantee indexing. W3C validation is likely NOT part of any ranking algo but is considered a "best practice" among web designers and developers.

Yahoo site explorer also has good info on backlinks.

My only criticism would be how long it takes to load and the time it takes for the photos to fade in. Other than that it looks great - very classy.

I've never been able to get listed in DMOZ. I still submit to them since it's free and doesn't take very long but have had no luck. I have however seen very good results from Yahoo Directory, Joe Ant and Best of the Web for new sites or sites that have very little SEO before we began working...

Have you considered doing press releases or article marketing that are related to your toys? Themes like "how wooden toys are made", "wooden toy making - a lost art", "wooden toys - safer for children?" could all be used to build relevant links to your site. Use the SEO press release at...

The top ten for which key terms and in which search engine? Identify the key term(s) enter it in to the search box followed by your city and hit search.

You could be in the "Google Sandbox". Do a search for Google Sandbox and you'll get a clearer picture. P.S. - Get rid of the flash, as people above have said - you've built the site in a manner that makes it difficult for Google. If you want to rank well, you need to make your site more...

Saw this article in Inc Magazine and thought it lended itself to this conversation - here is the link to the article. Summary - Google doesn't like it when people purchase text links

I think it depends on how big your site is - in terms of pages of content. I'm sure you'll have some overlap but try to optimize each page for 2-3 key terms. For example if you have an accounting site you might target "cpa geo-local", "accountant geo-local", etc. for the home page but each...

PPC can be quite valuable for short term SEO purposes. It's something that needs to be managed very closely though as it can get expensive but as long as you produce a good ROI, I say use the tool that is available to you.

I agree with mrandrei about using websitegrader.com. Great way to make sure you've covered the basic onsite SEO items. If the site is an existing site I would also suggest getting a report of where you are currently ranking for the key terms you are targeting so you can use them as a bench...

I prefer MOZ rank over PR as an indicator of SEO effectiveness.

I'm not sure about everyone else but for the sites I work on - I do well in Google, to a lesser degree Yahoo but I can't hardly get Bing to even index the sites. I'm not sure if it's the algo or if they just have fewer resources to spider and index?

just curious don't you want the form to "post" the search term to your search script which then queries the database? I've never written a search script or form so I may be completely off base.