It has come to my attention that many people do not understand the difference between a website “HIT” vs. a website “Page View”. Everyday your website will receive both hits and page views. What do millions of hits per month versus thousands of page views mean when you look at your traffic logs? It's all about the graphics on a webpage vs the user viewering the page.

Here’s some information you should understand before we
proceed:
1.
1 graphic/image equals 1 hit
2.
1 webpage equals 1 page view
3.
A page view is sometimes referred to
as a request. This is because you are requesting a page be loaded when
you click on a website or any of the sub pages.
4.
Loading means the webpage appears on
your browser.
5.
The terms visit or visitors have no
precise meaning unless the site is tracking its users. The term page view
is the basic agreed upon standard
Information about a website's
traffic is kept in the log file, a kind of general record. For more direct
identification of the user , many websites use cookies. Similar to knowing what
apartment house someone lives in, but not the specific apartment.
The number of graphics displayed on
the webpage equals the number of hits. The display of the webpage is a constant
number. Number of hits equals number of graphics plus 1 hit for the page.
For example:
1 graphic + 1 webpage ( 1 hit + 1 page
view ) = 2 hits
10 graphics + 1 webpage (10 hits + 1 page view) = 11 hits
100 graphics + 1 webpage ( 100 hits + 1 page view ) = 101 hits
1000 graphics + 1 webpage (1000 hits + 1 page view ) = 1001 hits
10,000 graphics + 1 webpage (10,000 hits + 1 page view) = 10,001 hits
100,000 graphics + 1 webpage (100,000 hits + 1 page view) = 100,001 hits
I hope this helps everyone understand why the hit count is so great vs. the page views.
Regards,
Matt your SEO Blogmaster
SEO Consultant for Rioforma.com
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There
are many ways, some traditional and some quite innovative, to get other web
sites to link to yours. That said,, it can be easier said than done. Google
defines a link as it pertains to rankings and SEO as a "vote" from
one site to another. The more quality votes your site receives, the greater
chance you have of rankings well. If a well established site links to yours,
that link carries more weight than one would from a less reputable page.
If
your site has useful content and is doing something unique, you're already
ahead of much of the competition. People need a reason to link to your site, as
very few will do it out of the goodness of their heart. Trading links can work,
but link exchange networks have decreased in value and won't be of much use in
competitive fields. Buying Text Links, if you haven't heard, is
a big Google no-no. While entire articles could be written on this topic, here
are a few popular methods of acquiring incoming links:
1)
Create and issuing press releases with a link back to your site
2)
Submitting to reputable business directories such as DMOZ
3)
Start participating on related blogs by commenting and exchanging
ideas
4)
Ask clients with web sites, if they would add your link to their
"partners" section
5)
Participate in relevant forums and discussion boards with a link
in your signature
6)
Get involved in social media and bookmarking websites
Regards,
SEO
Blogmaster Matt
Hello all,
A friend of mine sent me this article and I thought it was perfect for the website!!!! Now on with the show.
Many brick and mortar companies that are catering to
their local clientele find it hard to SEO for local markets despite targeting
the best keywords. Quite naturally this is not a surprising matter as many of
them, although efficient in running their off line businesses, typically
stumble over two critical blocks.
Stumbling Blocks and SEO for Local Markets
When
local businesses set to do SEO for local markets, many of them invariably
ignore the need to think rationally because they are advised by SEO experts to
target the big three search engine users and sometimes get confused and tackle
this feat on a global level resulting in global traffic. The direct fall out of
this step is exposing your business offers, products or services to the world
at large only to dilute all other local online SEO efforts. If your product is
not global you are in trouble.
So here is the stumbling block number one.
1. Not using localized target keywords, however good they are, will
leave your new websites way down the SERP's locally. Actual localized keywords
you should be targeting in which will bring you a steady stream of natural
traffic.
The
second block where you might probably stumble, especially if you are new to web
and optimization is wrongfully assuming internet marketing techniques as
something radically different and for removed from the earthly- worldly affairs
that we all do by trial and errors over and again. The crux of the matter here
is SEO for local markets is only a small part of larger marketing exercises,
with certain twists, to get exposure with local locations.
Here is the second stumbling point in SEO for local markets.
2. SEO for local markets is not a marketing technique but a
sophisticated local technique of optimizing websites on a local basis.
Obviously, the one who knows the pulse of the market is not the SEO expert but
can contribute his knowledge to SEO expert.
So, What Is Actually SEO For Local Markets?
Let
me dash you through steps involved in SEO for local markets in short.
1. Localize your target keywords. This includes prefixing or
suffixing local terms, names, and names of areas, cities or zip codes with
target keywords. Example: "remodeling contractors Orange County", not
"remodeling contractors".
2. Submit to local search engines (find one, if you don't know
already), directories and web based yellow pages.
3. Display your mailing address with street address, zip code and
complete. Once your site is indexed, these words gain prominence as a part of
content.
4. Submit to local listing sections of Yahoo and DMOZ which is in
addition to generalized listing.
5. Don't leave out general SEO
techniques because you want to SEO for local markets which the power of link
building which can be done globally as there might not be enough local sites to
beat you competition.
6. Get on the local maps of Google, Yahoo, as this generally puts
you on front of the local search engines.
7. Exchange links and banners with local businesses as the local
traffic exchange will bring you new business. Avoid changing banners or links
with competitors but exchange them with businesses that will complement you.
Verify their traffic so it's an almost even exchange.
Dominating local SEO can be done fairly easily, you just have to either hire a professional with a proven track record or take time to learn local SEO. The main concern is to be patient as it takes at least 3 months to start seeing results.
Thanks Michael for the use of the article.
Regards,Matt your SEO Blogmaster
About the Author: Michael
S. Francis the author is a seasoned local SEO expert. Michael S. Francis is the
owner of www.seovida.com
Ask your partners and wholesalers for content
If you have
a product-based website, your suppliers can be a terrific source of content. For
example, if you are a reseller of hand woven rugs, ask your manufacturer’s permission
reprint promotional material that details the weaving and hooking the rugs.
This content or copy is usually well written by a professional copywriter and has
been loaded with pertinent keywords. Additionally, it is usually supplied in
digital format so that adding to content to the website is so easy. Also add
some product photos along-side the content to help keep ...<< MORE >>
One major "no-no" in meta-tags is stuffing as many keywords as possible into your meta tags
and website with the sole intent of boosting your ranking in the search engines
as opposed to creating quality content. Another common stuffing and "black-hat" technique entails creating keywords
that match the background color of your web page, with the intent of hiding it from
the human eye, but still allowing search engine robots to index them.
Although once popular, keyword
spamming techniques can have a severe negative impact for your website. If the
web indexing robots are able to detect keyword spamming, your site may be
penalized with a lower ranking, or simply be removed from their index.
Doorway Pages:
Auto generated pages that are produced only for search
engines to index and have no other value to the site. Doorway creation software
can create hundreds of additional pages for your site in very little time, with
the intent of having many pages for web robots to index. Auto created doorway
pages are looked at as spam and if detected by the search engine spiders, your
site will be penalized or be removed from their database.
In some instances a website
such as full on flash website may not have any choice but to create a limited
number anchor pages/ doorway pages since their entire site is in a format that
can not be spidered. Care should be taken in how this is rolled out.
Also known as cloaking. Is the use of custom
scripts that detect when a particular spider is crawling/visiting your website,
and auto loads preset meta tags and or content built specifically for that
spider and is different content then that which actual users will see. This
technique is considered search engine spam and can have a severe negative
impact for your website ranking.
Another big "no-no" is creating multiple identical
webpages or websites with identical content but different domain names. Essentially an
advanced version of doorway pages. Often the websites are database driven and
share the same database. Although once popular and still done by some , if web
indexing robots detect duplicate sites, then both websites may be removed from
their index.
Closing Thoughts:
If you find a new hot "magic"
technique for getting that #1 ranking, chances are it is a form of spam. If you
get caught spamming the search engines you will likely damage your ranking or
be removed from their database! The top search engine companies have
some of the best minds in the business who's full time job it is to continually
make their search engine better. One of the ways this is done is by improving
the relevancy and quality of the database by removing sites that spam their
databases. Remember most search engines such as Google have a place where people can report
sites they think are spamming the search engine. As rule of thumb, if you find
a technique that attempts to artificially boost your ranking in the engines by
circumventing or exploiting an algorithm that the search engines use, then it
is SPAM.
Many search engines such as Google base their search results upon relevancy to the content provided. So basically if the page isn’t relevant, it won’t appear in the search engine results pages
(SERPs).
If your web page contains too much HTML code, that could prevent a search engine spider from crawling the page in its entirety. Some search engine crawlers will check the amount of code there is on a
page and compare it to the amount of text as part of its algorithm. If the page is too big, the spider may only be allowed to capture portions of the page, leaving out possible vital and relevant
content.
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