SEO On A Mac
Apple computer users just don't have access to the many Windows-based SEO programs out there. So we often have to be a bit more MANUAL in our link building efforts. Perhaps that's a good thing. Rather than outright automated, computer generated ASSAULTS on the internet - Mac SEO somewhat forces us to manually create a more 'organic' backlink profile over time. It often requires more analytical brain-work to sort out and interpret keyword research, site ranking and positiong, and traffic sources. Lacking some of the advanced search engine optimization and marketing programs Windows PC users have - here at Mac-SEO-Tools.com we'll look at what IS out there and how to use those few we do have smarter and more efficiently.
SEO Software Tools For Mac OS X
There are a few key Mac compatible SEO programs serious webmasters and those managing multiple sites and client projects should download and explore. Most notably: SEO Power Suite from Link-Assistant, and Rage Software's Mac compatible Keyword and Site Ranking tools. SEO Lab For Mac OSX is a handy tool for Keyword, Rank and Backlink analysis that can teach you alot about site positions at Google Yahoo and MSN-Bing. Another SEO-SEM tool that runs on OS X is Caphyon's Advanced Web Ranking. Start by downloading the Mac versions and use the freee trial period to evaluate how they might help in your SEO and SEM efforts.
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TIP: The most effective use of SocialMaximizer is to use the SUBMIT BY PAGERANK option and go after only the PR3 and PR4 sites in your first batch. This will include about 40 of the top Social 2.0 sites that matter most for the best $5-10 you'll spend. Optionally follow up with PR2+ sites a few weeks later to continue link building in a slow, orgainic growth pattern. SocMax keeps track of your submission history, any subsequent jobs go to new sites. You have the opportunity to fine tune multiple Titles and Descriptions each time to target more effectively.
Mac Directory Submitter Software?
I've yet to stumble on any truly automated directory submission programs for Mac OSX. Its a shame because it's a lot of manual work - and acceptance rates are often dissappointing for the effort spent. Outsourcing these may be the best investment of your time and money. While not great traffic drivers in and of themselves -
TIP: Inclusion matters more than PR with directories, so newer directories are more likely to give you site approval. Simply try a batch of 50-100 bookmarks, then note the sites that DO approve your listing. You can then use these for doing your own manual free submits on other websites you may have. The value of using Directory Maximizer here is three-fold: Revealing which free directories have high acceptance rates - without needing payment or any reciporical links. You can begin to quickly establish a diverse backlink profile that uses varied Anchor Text of your top keywords. And most importantly, you get DIRECT control over editing your site info on the first and subsequent batches, all from your web browser. Unlike an outsourced job, DirectoryMaximiser at least gives you a few days from submitting your job - till the actual submissions begin to continue to refine and update your edits as you see fit.
Safari SEO Extensions vs Mac Firefox Plugins
Until the release of Safari 5 - the lack of a plug-in architecture for Apple's Safari has made SEO and SEM activities far more challenging than Firefox for Mac. Firefox supports a wide range of Page Rank and backlink monitoring toolbars, Social site submission buttons, and keyword analysis tools to help with on-page optimization. Firefox supports better overall extensibility and integration. And that's something Mac webmasters ought to be taking advantage of.
However, that's recently changed with Apple's Safari 5 Extensions. A growing number of Safari SEO Extension is providing developers a way to give us the extra Search Engine optimization and marketing tools we've longed for. See posts about Safari 5 Extensions that have recently appeared. Just the beginning of some really great browser-based Toolbars and Extensions to help all us Mac web masters.
Why WWW.MAC-SEO-TOOLS.COM ?
There's a real need for this website. With Apple's rapidly expanding market-share - and now over 3+ million Mac computers being sold per-quarter - there's more Mac website owners out there than ever before. But we've lacked the Search Engine Marketing and Optimization tools Windows PC users have long enjoyed. Well that's changing as the market for OS X SEO and SEM tools is growing rapidly.
It seems a few folk had registered 'Mac SEO' domains, built a shell of a site with a few boring, predictable posts or How-To SEO articles we've seen 100 times before - threw up AdSense - and left them to languish. YAWN. Mac Gizmo Guy doesn't do that. I pour my heart and soul into every website I've got, pound it into search visibility and ranking no matter what it takes.
Here at mac-seo-tools.com I'll share HOW TO GET SITES SEEN from a unique Apple Mac SEM - SEO webmaster perpective that other more general SEO sites leave out in the cold. "All Apple Mac - All The Time" is MacGizmoGuy's motto. So too with search engine marketing and site optimization: Here from an Apple computer user perpspective - and for the benefit of the Macintosh commumity. The shortage of tools and programs has meant A LOT of manual back-link building and site submissions that have been exhausting. There are smarter, more efficient ways to promote your website running Mac OSX - and here I'll share what I've learned over the years, and keep you abreast of new tools and SEO programs for Mac website owners - just like you and me!
