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Free registration at the forum removes this block.Blog Commenting - I would avoid this. Blog commenting is regarded as spam if you are trying to link back to your website. There is software out there that posts these comments for you - do not use them. These links are generally no-follow (meaning they don't give you "link juice"), or they hurt your website's credibility.
I was thinking of actually doing some blog commenting. Not with software, as you say, that is real spammy. But actually reading the site post and giving value in the post...all done manually.
Your SEO company, what is the pricing structure? Do you charge a one-off fee, or do you charge a recurring fee every month ongoing (on the proviso the clients keywords rank well)?
Like others have said, I think you would 'kill it' if you started solo
I have several pages that rank just outside the top 3 or top of page 2 for some really competitive terms in health/fitness (on a website with 3500+ pages and 18 year old domain). When I look at my link profiles at those above me, it appears I am doing better than the competitors. What kind of things on site can I do to nudge those pages up a few notches, beyond the meta/title tag stuff you mentioned previously?
I have several pages that rank just outside the top 3 or top of page 2 for some really competitive terms in health/fitness (on a website with 3500+ pages and 18 year old domain). When I look at my link profiles at those above me, it appears I am doing better than the competitors. What kind of things on site can I do to nudge those pages up a few notches, beyond the meta/title tag stuff you mentioned previously?
Is marketing my thing then?
Everybody around me (for example parents) are telling me that it's a horrible idea, because there's way more marketing guys than jobs for them. I know it doesn't mean that much, because I can be better than all of them if I commit to it. What would you tell those people if you were in my place?
The thing is, my main goal is not to work in a company, but to use all the knowledge to help developing my own.
Thank you for help. This is exactly what I wanted to hearThis is a question you need to answer for yourself. You may love it, you may not. You may be great at it, you may not. But you won't know until you give it a shot. Experiment, work on some of your own projects, and I think you'll have a good idea if it's something that you want to do.
There is definitely a need for good marketers. But it's the same with all fields of work - if you set yourself a part from everyone else, you'll get a good job. Work hard, always be learning, and be aggressive. If you want a job at a marketing agency, find some local agencies, find a time to meet, and tell them you will be graduating in X amount of time and you are looking for a job when you graduate. This is what one of my co-workers did, and he had offers from just about every local agency. The worst you can get is a "no".
I've learned so much working for an agency - what works & what doesn't, mistakes and failures, and a boss that has mentored me. I took the job with the intent to only stay for 2 years in order to experience and learn first hand from a successful businessman.
Regardless if I start a marketing agency of my own or pursue other business ventures, the experience of my marketing job has been invaluable.
So if you are thinking about pursuing marketing, working for an agency for a short period of time before starting your own company may help you in the long-run.
Regarding forum links:
Should we avoid linking to our site in the signature to avoid a penalty? (or is there simply no boost in rankings)
I don't link to my site from forum links for seo benefits but rather just to get some traffic. Do I need to stop?
Regarding Guest Posting:
How do you determine what is and isn't a "quality blog"? (SEO Moz?)
I wrote up a quick guide on the forum today on guest blogging: https://www.thefastlaneforum.com/co...ease-website-traffic-quality-backlinks.66150/
Not to steal your thread but here's a post (quite recent) that has the mother of all SEO ranking factors, at least, potential factors.
http://backlinko.com/google-ranking-factors
Have you gotten any emails in the past about SEO Powersuite being on sale?
Also, I've read that there are additional costs on top of the license. Can you tell me a little more about those, please?
And last question about the tool haha. Also, the only difference between the professional and enterprise edition is the ability to export data for clients?
I use the enterprise edition, but I do all of my reporting outside of the Powersuite, so I really have no need for it. If you think that you'd use the reports, then go for it! But if you are going to do your own custom reporting, then you should be fine with the professional edition.
Excellent AMA. Digital Marketing, now you're talking my language . This is probably one of the most important AMA's someone with no seo experience can read because it's essential to your digital success.
Questions:
1). For those of us who don't follow the seo bible, I know it's simple to just type in "Google Algorithm Update". But is there a website you go to in order to get the latest news with Googles algorithm updates? It seems Google doesn't flat-out create a blog post saying "We updated today!". Do they post these type of updates on their twitter account? For example when I typed in "Google Algorithm Update" in Google, I found this article: http://searchengineland.com/google-...ing-algorithm-update-this-past-weekend-240067. So I didn't see any "google" site listed on the first page talking about any recent updates. Maybe I don't understand the logic behind this? I'm also on Google.ca website.
2). In regards to "Mobile SEO". I know most variables you listed apply to "Mobile SEO", but I know things like having a responsive website is crucial in the way your website is found via the Google mobile search. Any other variables you would say factor in for Mobile SEO apart from having a responsive website?
3). "Organic Traffic" is all good since it's quality and most importantly free! But are there any other techniques, methods you personally use to drive traffic to one of your properties without using Google AdWords, Facebook Ads or paying substantially for web/mobile traffic? Doing a guest post on a blog site is something most of us don't have the luxury to do since we have no "in" to these authoritative websites, and sites that offer guest blogging don't add a "do-follow" tag to your site. If they do, they quickly remove it from my experience. Any words of advice would be greatly appreciated, without compromising your secret sauce .
4). Have you tried Google's Double Click? If so, do you find that it's only suitable for large enterprises due to the cost of using their DC? If your agency does us DC, does the agency see a real benefit to use this for their clients (even if the clients are small time) compared to using it for brands?
Thanks Jdawg. Not looking for a response right away so no rush on my end, whenever you have some spare time and it's convenient for you.
In 2016, relevancy is the only factor. All other factors just show Google how relevant the content is.Sites with thin( with not so high quality content) still rank high in Google search results. I have seen a lot of coupon sites and gift stores ranking high in the search engines, even though content might be thin on their pages. What kind of SEO techniques go behind ranking such sites?
Also, do traditional ways like leaving blog comments work for such thin sites?
In 2016, relevancy is the only factor. All other factors just show Google how relevant the content is.
It doesn't matter if your content is 500 words long or 1500 words long, top quality 500-word-long article with high relevancy will slay any 1500-word-long article on any day. If your content is 150 words long and it's more relevant than anything else - it will rank #1.
If it has no images, but still has the highest relevancy score, it will outperform any image-rich article.
Leaving comments doesn't work. Neither link building in general is nearly as beneficial as it used to be.
Just create relevant content.
Details?Hello @JDawg
Lots of good information in this AMA. I know Im late too it, but I had a question, which I hope you could help me with.
How should one proceed, from an SEO point of view, to rank a website in the medical niche, which is competing against authoritative sites, like webMD or Wikipedia, for the top positions in Google Rankings ? Is it possible, or is it a really steep hill which cannot be climbed ?
If anybody else has some input regarding ranking their website in a competitive niche, i'm open to hear your experiences.
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