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If you are interested in search engine positioning, I highly recommend that you browse through the articles that were written on search engine placement. In these articles, you will find the essential tips that you need to get high rankings in the search engines. Because these articles are linked (with permission) to 1stSearchRanking.net, they will open in a new browser window.

Index of Articles

1) The Tools of the Trade: Don't even think of doing your own search engine positioning unless you have these software programs with you.

2) Choosing the correct keywords for your site: Tells you how you can choose the keywords for which you should optimize your site for the search engines.

3) The importance of having your own domain name: Tells you why you need to have your own domain name in order to get a high ranking in the search engines.

4) Creating Keyword Rich Pages: Tells you how you can create pages which are designed to rank highly in all the search engines.

5) Creating a robots.txt file: How you can create a robots.txt file in order to prevent your site from being penalized for spamming by the search engines.

6) Software to help you create a robots.txt file: Describes a software which will automate the task of creating a robots.txt file.

7) Improving the Link Popularity of your site - Link popularity is becoming an increasingly important factor in search engine placement. Find out the methods you can use to improve the link popularity of your site, and know which methods you should not use. 

8) Top 10 Search Engine Positioning Mistakes - The top mistakes that people make when they try to optimize their sites for the search engines. Avoid these mistakes to save yourself a lot of anguish and frustration in the long-run.

9) Glossary: Contains an explanation of commonly used terms in the world of search engine positioning.