Toronto SEO Update

Seems www.ekonline.com is back to #11 - down from #7. Must have just been Google dancing, but some think that the Google dance is a preview of future rankings. I'm hoping for our PageRank to move from 3 to 5 with the next update and hopefully get that #7 spot back. Stay tuned.

Google & Paid Links

There has been a lot of talk recently about Google discounting the effect of paid links - they've even setup a tool for people to report websites that are buying or selling paid links. I guess it's time to get out the bowling shoes and knock down some competition.

A few thoughts on this: first of all, this is a war that Google will never win, like the US's war on drugs. Google will never be able to discern which websites are truly buying or selling links unless the websites selling the links prominently offer paid links to webmasters. I still believe that high quality paid directories will still provide website owners with benefits - you're not paying for a link, you're paying for a human to thoroughly review your website. I think these directories will play a role to help Google weed out the poor websites, and thus any PageRank received from these directories will be passed without discount. Lastly, if I were to contact website XYZ and ask them if I can buy a link on their website, how would Google ever know? Good luck, Google.

SEO Update

www.ekonline.com is now ranked #7 for "Toronto Website Design" in Google - just cracked the top 10.

Cost Effective Web Design should be rolling out a new SEO service soon where we guarantee that you will rank 10th position or better for a few keywords. The details still have to be worked out, but right now we're looking at pricing the service around $500 for inital service, and $20 / month servicing fee. If we don't deliver on our guarantee, we will refund you $500.

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