Bo Cakmak

Recently I have had the opportunity to work on several websites that were starting out fresh.  New domains not previously owned.  No PR, no backlinks, no indexed pages.  From everything that I have read the sites I have been working on should be in the “Google Sandbox” at the moment and I should not expect to see results for the next several months and yet 3 out of 5 of the sites have already been ranked and indexed by both Google and Yahoo and are already ranked on the first page for multiple low competition keywords.  In addition 2 out of the 3 ranked domains have only been registered for 1 year.  I always believed the “sandbox” effect to be a myth even though it certainly sounded logical that Google would need time to validate the site and make sure that it isn’t just another SPAM site entering the world wide web. Continue Reading »

I have noticed that some people getting into SEO seem to think that there is some magical and mysterious way that websites obtain first page rankings on the search engines but fortunately good quality SEO has nothing to do with smoke and mirrors.  An impressive SEO expert knows how to stay informed about the methods the search engines are using to determine the relevance of a website and then create or modify websites that follow the guidelines that the search engines have set.  SEO is much more of a science than a mystery and the SEO expert must be able to quantify the results of any implemented site changes.  Here are just a few tips on becoming an expert on SEO: Continue Reading »