Millions of Google fans where shocked today as a surprise change in the Google search engine took effect.

The whole look and feel as changed, I'm sure some people will not like it in fact I didn't like it at first. But I trust Google with one thing for sure, Search.

Search Engine Optimization (SEO) should be at the top of your Web publishing priority list. If Web surfers can't find your site, they can't read it, use it or share it with others.

One might think SEO is an arcane science that only a few experts have mastered. There is quite a bit to it, and there are times you might want to employ an SEO firm or expert to help you optimize your site. Often this is a costly solution that's not feasible for individuals or small businesses.

The good news is Search Engine Optimization doesn't have to be rocket science. There are quite a few things you can do on your own. I've got a few proven, and easy to do tips and techniques that will help people find your content and make it easy for Google (and other engines) to crawl and index your site.
Lead with good content.

My number one tip for SEO? Provide frequently updated content that people want to read. Incoming links are key and if you can provide content that people will read and get something out of, there is a good chance they will link to that content.
Research your keywords.

You can use a Keyword Suggestion Tool or simply put yourself in the mindset of your target audience. Learn which terms people will search with and get those into your content and meta information.
Provide a good, clear title.

If SEO is important to you make sure you don't get cute with the titles for your pages. Write titles that are clear and contain your keywords. Once you've got that title written, make sure it appears in your title tag as well as in your top level heading tags (h1) on your pages.
Don't use splash pages or Flash.

Search engines like text. A Flash or image intro can block an engine's crawler right at your homepage. If you do use images, be sure to add keyword laden descriptions to your alt attributes.
Use Robots.txt

Make sure you provide a robots.txt file that will help tell crawlers what to index on your site. There are quite a few neat things you can do with your robots.txt file, so you might want to read up on them.
Code your pages with standard, clean and semantic markup.

The cleaner your code the easier it is to crawl. Use markup as it is intended with the proper tags tied to the proper information. For example, place your headings with in heading tags, paragraphs within paragraph tags, etc. Another good idea is to move all your presentation into a CSS (Cascading Style Sheet) file. This makes your code lighter, faster and easier to index.
Don't get tricky!

Whatever you do, don't try to "trick" your way into more traffic. Duplicate pages, hidden links and other less-than-honest techniques can get you seriously penalized and ruin any positive work you've done.
Be patient and don't forget the people!

Search engines are constantly updating and re-indexing. It may take awhile after you've made some changes to see the results. Hang in there, keep working on your content and keep providing something that people find useful.

For example here is a link called Web Hosting

The page has no PR but is relevant and from a established main domain. Plus it has good keywords and helps visitors see information on DWHS. My guess is yes it helps a little. Any ideas on this let us know.

I have pondered this before and I was doing research today on it. If you make a link to a website with a search string dioes still count as a link back. I know Google wants organic and so do I. But I also want credit for being listed in search engines and I want to show people that we are listed to help create trust.

Here is a link to a Dallas news website with DWHS's search string: Web Hosting

I see there is no Page Rank but it also has good keywords and can show customers that we are in the news so to speak lol

Anyways if you have thoughts on this please let me know.

Animal Life Organized Protection

In one sentence A.L.O.P. is an animal protection organization started by Charles Yarbrough to help protect animals and inform people about animals rights.

Our goal?

We feel there is not much one person can do to help in the full spectrum of animal abuse. A.L.O.P. wants to bring people together to help animals. The more people, the more we can do to help spread the knowledge and help for animals in need.

How we will reach our goal?

The time line for A.L.O.P. is as broad as what's needed for such a large achievement in society. The challenge is huge and the resources for beating such a large opponent are scarce.

With this said we are still completely confident that we will prevail and animals will be protected as they should at one point in time.

There are many targets like game hunting for amusement, animals trained to fight each other for betting profits, wild animals killed for reasons other then food (And someday we might even get past needing them for food). The list goes on unfortunately..

Once we get more visitors to the website and members who sign up for free and contribute we will be able to work on passing new laws and fighting the current laws that are not reasonable. You can sign up here Animal Help

For website owners you might want to consider spending some money on getting organic links from search engines like Google, Yahoo, or Live. There is lots of services but one we would like to suggest is Page Alive's SEO packages here: SEO

Great prices and a performance record we can vouch for Page Alive is a top contender for any websites SEO needs.

We would like to recommend a great Web Hosting service called DWHS. (Domain Web Hosting Service) We have used them on several projects and they have been absolutely perfect every time. If you need hosting please consider DWHS Web Hosting

For nostalgia sake here is the previous design that we used for more then 7 years!

Please feel free to comment or not. Just have a great day no matter what you do.