I received this question from a friend today about directory registrations and their worth or lack of it:

QuestionHi Jere

… I just wonder whether you can give me any advice on this. I am looking at a quick way to get some of my sites listed in on-line directories to increase incoming links and I wonder whether you use any tools for doing this…

Basically I have looked at a few tools but in the end there still seems to be a substantial amount of manual inputting involved - so I’m not sure if there is any great benefit …

Question: Jere - I have the stable datum that keyword density should be around 3-4% of the page content for best optimization. More is bad apparently for Google and less isn’t as effective. Any thoughts?

Answer: Good question. That’s not a bad stable datum, but in practice I’ve seen keyword density on a high-ranking page at Google range from 0.01% to 10%.

This page on my site about optin email listsusually ranks at #1 for “optin email lists” at Google.

I have no idea what the keyword density is on that page (I’ve never checked), but I can tell you it’s probably pretty …

Question: I’m seeking reputable online advertising for my business; I tried Enhance interactive, but felt their service was poor, not big click rip-offs but very few customers were generated. Google is way over priced; At some times they’ve helped. But recently I quit them. I continue with Yahoo adwords, and recently signed up with Microsoft adCenter, but still wish to find more reputable online advertisers. Can you recommend any? I sell botanical products: seeds, herbs, and herbal extracts. - P.

Answer: Google Adwords, in my experience, tends to work better for higher-priced products or services, and not so well for …