Search Engine Optimization - Search Engine Optimization Lies & Misconceptions

In a perfect world, no one would violate search engine policies to try get a better listing.

They'd respect the terms set out by the search engines. It's not a perfect world. And especially not when it comes to the highly competitive search engine optimization industry. Prime example;

When I was in the sandbox (and I don't mean the Google Sandbox) my mother taught me to be sure my information comesfrom the horse's mouth. That's still good advice today.

Who knows? Did the SEO (search engine optimizer) actually read Google's Guidelines? Is it old advice that hasn't been updated for years?

The truth is, it doesn't really matter. What matters is that you need to know the guidelines becauseyou will be the one to pay the price for anything done on your behalf. They are publicly posted for that reason. You should read these two;

I am not an "SEO" - I do not offer SEO services. I'm a website designer that believes designersshould understand search engines since they're creating the pages that search engines will be indexing. I know that if a search engine optimizer promises you good ranking and violates search engine policies to get them, it's your site that will be removed from Google. Not theirs. You need to know that, too.

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RSS or Rich Site Syndication is a file format similar to XML, and is used by publishers to make their content available to others in a format that can be universally understood.

RSS allows publishers to "syndicate" their content through the distribution of lists of hyperlinks.

It has actually been around for a while, but with the advent of spam filters and online blogging, it is fast becoming the choice of ezine publishers who want to get their message across to their subscribers.

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