On Wednesday, Google posted the offering of a Search Engine Optimization Starter Guide on the Webmaster Central Blog. The 22 page PDF is designed to help webmasters improve their site’s user experience and organic search engine ranking using SEO best practices.
Google covers the basics including titles, headings, anchor text, navigation, nofollow tags,  and web analytics.
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This error is usually fixed by double checking what the three questions ask on the WordPress installation error page.
WordPress Install Error
This either means that the username and password information in your wp-config.php file is incorrect or we can’t contact the database server at localhost. This could mean your host’s database server is down.

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Chances are your company puts a lot of effort into driving customers and prospects to your Web site. The last thing you want is for them to be lost or confused once they get there, but that may be the case if your Web site navigation isn’t consistent, clear and easy to use. The fact [...]

The more recent versions of the popular blogging platform WordPress have been giving errors when trying to upload a file through the WordPress admin. The two most common errors seem to be “Unable to create directory” and “The uploaded file could not be moved to”. To fix these errors try this:
Unable to create directory …
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Designing websites with CSS or cascading style sheets can provide advantages in allowing search engines to index your site more easily. It also gives web designers a nice, clean way to organize and format content. In this example, I show how to use CSS to use lists to organize and style vertical navigation.

Vertical search continues to be a hot industry topic. Contrary to popular belief, in the B2B industrial sector, “Not everyone uses Google”.
General search engines like Google, Yahoo and MSN are used extensively in the research phase for an industrial project or product search. Studies show, however, that during the supplier selection phase industrial buyers [...]

Microsoft’s failed bid to overtake search engine Yahoo! this week has conjured up tons of coverage, mostly focused on the financial terms of the deal and what such a deal would have meant to each corporation’s shareholders.
Billions here, billions there. Let’s re-focus on the why for now, and for a moment, forget about the how.
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Inbound links are key to achieving high search engine rankings. They act as a “vote” for your site and, in addition to your content, give the search engines a better idea of what your site is about. Growing the number of links that point to your site is a sure way to climb the search [...]