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An Extreme AdSense Optimization Plugin Request for WordPress

I'm writing this in the hope that one or more aggressive WordPress plugin developers will see it and turn my dreams into reality. I have written about optimizing AdSense in the past, but I don't want to go back into those articles to point out relative information.

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SEO - Defeating 404 Errors Generated by Retarded Search Engine Crawlers

I just spent more than an entire day trying to track down why the retarded search engine crawlers were generating 404 errors on this blog. I went through everything, including the sitemap.xml file. I couldn't find a single reason for the Googlebot to tack on words like ".More" (notice the period) or for the Yahoo [...]

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The UV SEO Series - Part Seven - Backlink Sources

In part one of "The UV SEO Series", I introduced the series. In part two, I wrote about having one website address. In part three, I wrote about internal linking strategies. In part four, I emphasized meta descriptions and meta tags. In part five, I introduced keywords, keyword density and keyword placement ideas. [...]

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The UV SEO Series - Part Six - Backlink Format

In part one of "The UV SEO Series", I introduced the series. In part two, I wrote about having one website address. In part three, I wrote about internal linking strategies. In part four, I emphasized meta descriptions and meta tags. In part five, I introduced keywords, keyword density and keyword placement ideas. [...]

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The UV SEO Series - Part Five - Keywords

In part one of "The UV SEO Series", I introduced the series. In part two, I wrote about having one website address. In part three, I wrote about internal linking strategies. In part four, I emphasized meta descriptions and meta tags. Today, I'm going to give you some ideas about keywords, keyword density [...]

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The UV SEO Series - Part Four - Meta

In part one of "The UV SEO Series", I introduced the series. In part two, I wrote about having one website address. In part three, I wrote about internal linking strategies. Today, I'm going to emphasize meta descriptions and meta tags.

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The UV SEO Series - Part Three - Internal Linking

In part one of "The UV SEO Series", I introduced the series and didn't get into anything specific. In part two, I wrote about having one website address. I'm continuing on track with the onsite SEO portion with part three, internal linking strategies. It's another article that's longer than I anticipated, so please take [...]

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The UV SEO Series - Part Two - One Website Address

In part one of "The UV SEO Series", I introduced the series and didn't get into anything specific. This is part two and the beginning of the onsite SEO portion of the series. It's longer than I anticipated so please, take your time.

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The UV SEO Series - Part One - Introduction

Before I begin, I'll tell you up front that I'm not a search engine optimization (SEO) expert of any kind. I've tested everything I'll be telling you to do and I've spent more than six months experimenting to find out what works and what doesn't. My blog now ranks on the first page of [...]

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SEO - Little Things Like 'US' and 'H1' Can Make a Difference

I have no idea how I came across this little piece of information, but the word "U.S." with periods is rarely ever searched for. I checked my blog and I used it like that more than a thousand times. Over the past several hours, I've been changing it to "US" in every article on this [...]

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