Everyone knows about hyperlinks – the highlighted text and images that we can click on to take us from one page to the next on the web. In the case of a text link, there is a simple piece of HTML code behind the link. For example, consider this link to Angie’s site.
If you look [...]

A lot of the traffic to YLF comes from search engines like Google, Yahoo and Live.com. This is easily the highest volume source of new readers right now. So it is important how YLF “ranks” for keywords that relate to YLF subject matter. For example, when someone goes to Google and searches for “smart casual [...]

During July our traffic from Google, which had been growing steadily since we launched YLF in 2005, suddenly dropped more than 50%. To combat this I installed the All in One SEO Pack plugin, removed meta descriptions altogether, and resubmitted the sitemap.
Well, something worked. Our traffic returned to pre-plunge levels a few days ago. Courtesy [...]

The easy route is to use a service like Widgetbox. Once registered, you can create widgets (like the ones below) in a matter of minutes. I took a bit of extra time to create an image for the widget title, but this pays off by putting the YLF brand stamp on the widget.
Other default characteristics [...]

Our traffic from Google organic search is still way down at youlookfab.com. About 3 weeks ago it dropped more than 50%, and has stabilized at that level. Pretty alarming, given that this represented more than half of our organic search traffic.
Since the plunge I have…

Installed the All in One SEO Pack plugin. Google’s content analysis [...]