Carl’s SEO & Web Design Blog

Version 6 of our book Search Engine Positioning and Web Sit Promotion is now available as an e-Book. This latest version is ove 200 pages and is updated to include the four phrases (or steps) of marketing, using the search engine local directories for marketing, and using blogs - and their relationship to search engine […]

Want a free five-page web site for your business? If you post a free listing in Yahoo’s local directory Yahoo will give you a free five-page web site for your business. For more information, see: http://listings.local.yahoo.com/.
Caution: You should check your local listing in all the search engines and be sure these are correct. The listings […]

If you are in the Better Business Bureau, you will soon see your Google web site indicating this - along with the other BBB members.

Is you web site getting the traffic you want? In the best of the search engines, you are competing with over 8 billion pages. How do you compete in this kind of envronment? Did you just throw your web site out there and hope it works? Or are you just using the same strategies some […]

Edward R. Tufte, when asked to summarize the goal of his work, said “Simple Design, intense content“. That’s a great summary statement for web design. If you want to see your web site rank and visitor traffic soar, avoid the splash screens and stick to rich, dynamic content with plenty of incoming links. Content […]