This post continues the series of posts on our blog that are dedicated to starting a website from scratch. To catch up, please, read How to Choose a Domain Name with SEO in Mind. Part 1: Brand vs Keywords and How to Choose a Domain Name with SEO in Mind. Part 2. Domain Extension.

So, once you have chosen a domain name for your would-be website, the next step is to pick a Web hosting provider. You can easily compare different offers available by checking out provider ratings and comparison charts - here is an example.

In this article we are going to discuss what to look for in a Web host, bearing in mind that you'd also like your website to be visible in the search engines one day. So, here are some important things to consider:

Server location

The first thing to consider is the country in which the host is located. For SEO purposes, it's better if it is in the same country you're targeting. Google reportedly considers websites more relevant for a particular location if they are also hosted there. Read more »

In the past couple days, we've received hundreds of support tickets from our users asking about some sort of Google algo update and wondering if our SEO PowerSuite tools ceased to function because of that update. Thus, we decided to explain the situation here on our blog.

News of an alleged Google algo change began spreading as a result of a post on Noble Samurai blog, where the software provider officially announced that their product had stopped working with Google. More specifically, the company reported that "several days ago, Google made some significant technical changes to its services" which made it impossible to work with.

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I may get fired for writing this post but the heck with it. It’s time to vent. About SEO, online marketing, priorities, goals and, quite simply, a sense of purpose in business, and life. As you read, ponder these two short and simple words: long run. Read more »

With SEO PowerSuite developments promised for early-2012 almost ready, we've got a lot to share with you today. Just jump up to this page, to learn more about:

1) The shining-new SEO PowerSuite user interface coming live in just a couple of weeks

2) The unique No-Google-Blocks technology about to push you into a new SEO era of uninterrupted search and CAPTCHA-free software

And... 3) The alarming reports we're getting from our support. Those say, with new features being rolled out, so many of you are still missing the huge powers of already-present SEO PowerSuite features!

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The holidays are hardly over, but your right-hand SEO PowerSuite toolkit already kick-starts 2012 as the undoubted #1 SEO software on the market.

Today you power-charge your 2012’s SEO right off with a new feature add-on in Rank Tracker.  From now on with Rank Tracker you can find all pages of your site that rank in search engines for one and the same keyword.

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Would you like to be able to check rankings as if you were in another country? It's no secret that Google nowadays biases the search results based on your IP or GSM (this is what they call "geolocation"), which sometimes hampers your rankings check.

Now, here is the deal. There is an unassuming yet powerful parameter in Google that you can leverage to disguise your queries as if coming from another country. I'm talking about Google's "gl" parameter that you can simply add to your search query URL and hence beat Google's geolocation.

To learn how to make use of the "gl" parameter, please, read our recent post on StayOnSearch.Com. Besides, the parameter is now supported in our keyword tracking tool, Rank Tracker.

P.S. Stay tuned for the launch of the huge new backlink source for SEO SpyGlass! We are running final in-house tests .

No other SEO software on the market offers this powerful eye-opening feature! With hot-new Rank Tracker 5.7 you can now see how your site’s rankings differ for searchers from countries all over the world.

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Every savvy SEO knows that the overall success of an SEO campaign is not measured by PageRank or site rankings, and neither is it measured by conversions. It is estimated according to the ROI, which is Return on Investment.

About the last stage of the sales cycle, that precedes ROI, is CONVERSION. Conversion means getting the prospect to perform a certain action on your website, for example, to download a whitepaper, request a free quote or place an order.

Therefore, it's critical that the visitors who come to your site actually convert. In other words, even if you drive hoards of traffic to your website, but those people do not turn into customers - consider your SEO campaign a failure. Read more »

When searching the web we occasionally see PDFs and other non-HTMLs pop up in Google top 10. An example, well-known to every SEO, is Google's SEO Starter Guide.

Here are some more cases in point:

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Three weeks ago we published a post where we looked

How to Choose a Domain Name with SEO in Mind. Part 1: Brand vs Keywords.

We were aiming for a happy SEO medium between brandable and keyword-rich domains.

Now it's time to take a closer look beyond the "dot" part of your domain – i.e. choose a domain extension.

In part 1 we gave reasons why choosing brands or a mix of a keyword and a brand for domain names is a forward-looking approach.

Those who decided on the brand name will soon find another proof they made the right choice. They will discover that their catchy brand dot com domain is unclaimed and available for sale. Read more »