The search relevancy of a page compared to the other pages in the search engine's index.

The way Google measures how popular a given page is based on the number and quality of sites that link to it.

The way Yahoo! measures how popular a given page is based on the number and quality of sites that link to it.

The Alexa technology for ranking pages.

The list of backlinks from other sites on the Web to ex-designz.net.

The list of backlinks from other sites on the Web to ex-designz.net that are available in the index of the particular search engine.

The home page of ex-designz.net

The anchor text of the backlinks that link to the ex-designz.net site.

2006

2005

2004

2003

See which keywords have the highest density at the sites of your competitors.

See in Overture which of the keywords that are related to your site had most searches recently and optimize for them.

Write a list of the keywords that come to your mind and optimize for at least 3 of them.

Use a tool to determine the theme of your site.

Put the most important items in a Flash presentation on the home page

Add descriptive metatada to the Flash presentation.

Provide alternative pages that describe the contents of the Flash presentation.

Have a good keyword density in the Flash presentation.

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5 days

4 weeks

3 months

1 year

Not defined

There are unified text link prices and they depend on the quantity of links I buy.

When I get an offer for purchasing text links, I start negotiating and I usually drop the price considerably.

The price is often different because it depends on the current rating of the site that will backlink to me.

$0.10 for a text link is a fair price.

Submitting the site again and again in order to include it in Google's index.

Multiple sites linking to the same site, with the same anchor text in order to get high ranking for the keyword in the anchor text.

Extensively using the word “Google” on your pages in order to get high rankings with Google.

Banner advertising

Search engines

Links in email

Word of mouth

What other web sites links to yours

User-friendly pages with correct meta tags

Good navigation and attractive graphics

What other web sites your site links to

Paying the search engines to rank high

Having the right "meta tags" and keywords on your page

A mixture of the right links and the right text

Placing the right bids for keywords and knowing your ROI

Over 1000

Over 100

Over 10

Only 2

Only 4

Competitively bidding on keywords while keeping a good ROI

Being listed in DMOZ anda few other "key" directories

Having good keyword density and "meta tags"

Having relevant content and getting other good sites link to your site with accurate link text.

Yes, if it "makes sense" to the visitor and is somewhat related

No, linking out leaks PageRank and can cause your rankings to decrease

Maybe, if they're at least a PageRank 4

Yes, linking out to as many places as possible will help your rankings

Only if you're selling products

Yes, if you're not in DMOZ you're at a huge disadvantage

Maybe; if you get in, OK, but if not, oh well

No, no one uses DMOZ

Never, if you have good links to your site

Daily

Weekly

Monthly

Writing content for your site

Getting your site links from other sites

Keeping the keyword density on your pages current with what the search engines are seeking

Submitting to search engines on a daily basis to ensure you stay listed

Getting 10 sites that are related to your site to link to you

Putting links on your site to 10 related sites

Getting 10 sites that are not related to your site to link to you

Getting your selected keywords on your page with the right frequency