Thread: Need Any SEO Advice? I'm here to help you

Hey all,

Just wanted to let you know if you need any SEO advice for you website online marking business, then I am here to help you (for free of course).

I got a huge amount of value out of the book and want to help fellow entrepreneurs.

Currently I run my own SEO business so I have a lot experience with optimising websites.

Currently working on developing a fastlane online business but more of that later.

So if you need any help at all just post in this thread and I'll point you in the right direction.

Thanks

Originally Posted by LightHouse

Where do you suggest looking for good quality links?

What is your general SEO strategy?

When starting a new site, what is your typical plan of attack from getting it indexed to getting it to rank for keywords?

How do you feel about recent algorithm changes @ google?

Hi Lighthouse,

Thank you for your questions, I will answer them for you.

Where do you suggest looking for good quality links?

Firstly you need to define what a good quality link is. In an ideal world you would want a link that is

. From a related website
. On a high PR (IE. Over 5) PAGE (not just domain PR)
. On a domain with good Moztrust/Trustrank
. Contextually inserted amongst a group of semantically related phrases
. From a website with high traffic (to refer traffic to you)

The reality is that these types of links are extremely hard to come by. Sometimes you get them but they are very rare. Even if you get a link from a domain that is high PR it is very unlikely that the page has PR. So you need to generate them yourself, some ways of doing this are

. Contacting webmasters and similar niches and offering content on thier websites in exchange for links.
. Utilising a high pr blog network (there are many).
. Getting content on high PR domains ie technorati and leeching off their trust and authority.
. If you have the budget, preparing and then aggressively marketing quality content to attract natural links.

However you should never wait for people to link to you, no matter how interesting and useful your website is, you need to generate the links yourself, the quickest a simple way is high pr blog networks which in my testing have yielded fantastic results.

What is your general SEO strategy?

Make sure that the website can actually be crawled (ie not blocked by robots.txt, robots meta etc), create a highly optimised page, aggressively build links to it with 90% exact match anchor text.

So if you want to rank for "how to become a millionaire" I would create a page on the website, optimise it perfectly for that keywords and then build links from a huge range of website on different block c ip addresses with the anchor text "how to become a millionaire" no matter what anyone says at the moment getting the correct anchor text in the backlink still makes a big difference (although you should mix it up a bit to look more natural). Also you always want to add original content to your site to make it as relevant as possible to the search engines.

When starting a new site, what is your typical plan of attack from getting it indexed to getting it to rank for keywords?

Social bookmarking gets pages indexed very quickly, so i always start with social bookmarking. Then I would do some foundation link building, directory submissions, press releases, articles submissions, blog commenting, forum interaction, guest blog posting, build up a good backlink profile. After this I would turn up the heat on the link building and watch the page reach the top

How do you feel about recent algorithm changes @ google?

I think Google have been under a lot of pressure to appear like they are cleaning up the search engines. People have been gaming Google for a long time and publications too important for Google to ignore started making a noise so Google responded. I see the recent panda/farmer as a good thing because in theory they are trying to clean up some of the low quality results however unfortunatley there has been a lot of collateral damage so webmasters who have spent years building up really useful sites with lots of original content have been causalities, which I think is sad. But in general i think it is a good thing but more to do with Google being pressured into it . Just my opinion.

Hope that helps.

Just ran across this the other day would like to get your thoughts:

Moneywords: Your Key to the Keyword Kingdom – Part 2 | ClickBank Blog

it isn't the most detailed post... I'd probably want to see how much each keyword "costs" as a measure of commercial intent, but I think it is a useful starting point?



Do you use a system like this for choosing which keywords to target?

Using backlinking analytics tools, get all your competitor's backlinks. And try to get the same links as them.

Originally Posted by guido65

Where do you suggest looking for good quality links?

Firstly you need to define what a good quality link is. In an ideal world you would want a link that is

. From a related website
. On a high PR (IE. Over 5) PAGE (not just domain PR)
. On a domain with good Moztrust/Trustrank
. Contextually inserted amongst a group of semantically related phrases
. From a website with high traffic (to refer traffic to you)

Hey guido65

Im not trying to burst your bubble but you said you had your own seo company right?

Do all seo companies use blackhat techniques?
Do you use blackhat techniques?

What do you think about article marketing to get traffic? I know this one guy on the warriorforum who gets more traffic through his articles then he does being number 1 on google.

Originally Posted by Jonleehacker

Just ran across this the other day would like to get your thoughts:

Moneywords: Your Key to the Keyword Kingdom – Part 2 | ClickBank Blog

it isn't the most detailed post... I'd probably want to see how much each keyword "costs" as a measure of commercial intent, but I think it is a useful starting point?



Do you use a system like this for choosing which keywords to target?

Hi,

Thanks for the post. The most important thing to be aware of is that be very cautious of any information from the Google keyword tool. Because experience has shown that is always MASSIVELY over estimates the amount of traffic a keyword receives. You must always select EXACT match and if you are in position number 1 expect to get significantly less traffic than even exact estimates. Also the amount of traffic you receive from position 2 onwards is a significant amount lower than if your were in position 1. I have a client who is in number 1 for keyword that supposedly gets 18,000 exact searches per month and even he only gets 4,000 visits from that keyword each month (although it is a money keyword so he gets good business off that).

With SEO you should always pick keywords that you have a chance of being numbers 1 - 3 anything below that gets a trickle of traffic.

Thanks

Originally Posted by Bozigian

Hey guido65

Im not trying to burst your bubble but you said you had your own seo company right?

Do all seo companies use blackhat techniques?
Do you use blackhat techniques?

What do you think about article marketing to get traffic? I know this one guy on the warriorforum who gets more traffic through his articles then he does being number 1 on google.

Hi thanks for you reply,

In response to your post, yes I own an seo company, don't worry i don't think my bubble is burst! Lol

Personally I can't speak for all seo companies, some probably do things that maybe considered blackhat while most seo companies are involved in what would be termed gray hat. Its very rare to find a 100% whitehat company.

Onpage blackhat techniques such as doorway pages, cloaking, sneaky 301 redirects can get you in serious trouble, and I doubt there is a single seo company who would recommend these techniques as you could find yourself in real trouble very quickly. Offpage techniques like linkbuilding are more of a grey area, google says create good content and people will link to you naturally, which is fine, of course you should always create good content, but trust me, you should never wait for people to link to you. Even holier than thou rand fiskin of seo moz (who btw I respect) would advocate building your own links. To do seo and rank in the search engines you need links, waiting to get them is slowlane, if you are not building links, I promise you your competitors are, look at any keyword with any commercial intent and you'll see what I mean. Its all a question of how you get the links, creating and distributing great content can be very effective but it can also require a significant budget and there is no guarantee the content will attract links. Most SME's don't have the budget to launch a huge Pr or viral campaign, so you have to work within budget. Methods outlined before, press releases, article marketing, guest posting, directory submissions are tried and tested and would be considered whitehat and for low to mid competition keywords they are fine. Tougher keywords require tougher measures.

Personally working with clients, I always recommend creating a highly optimised content rich site, remember google wants to serve the most relevant result. So you always want to make your site as relevant as possible, also good content will attract some natural links. However the key is to combine a highly optimised, content rich site with well planned link building, that way you give get the best of both worlds.

You always want content on your own site, articled are fine but remember you don't control the asset. The article directory could remove your article. Always look to build up your own asset, ie your website.

Hope that helps, I don't really want to use the thread as a platform to discuss what is whitehat and what is blackhat, rather I would like to transfer my knowledge to help people get their websites ranking highly, attracting more targeted traffic and ultimately helping them make more sales and leads.

My website is up and running. Since I really know nothing about getting the site noticed just pretend I am a 5yr old and tell me what to do. Thanks for the help.

Originally Posted by rocksolid

My website is up and running. Since I really know nothing about getting the site noticed just pretend I am a 5yr old and tell me what to do. Thanks for the help.

Hi there,

1st you get the search engines to notice your website. So I recommend bookmarking your site on popular social bookmarking platforms such as

Digg
Mixx
Reddit
Delicious
Mr Wong

That will get it indexed quickly.

Then I recommend settings up your social media profiles

Twitter
Facebook
LinkedIn
YouTube

Then find relevant communities ie Blogs, Forums and start posting in them and adding some value. Most forums will allow a signature link and a blog comment will link back to your site. Find other blogs in your niche contact the webmasters and offer content in exchange for a link back to your site.

Join an answer site such as Quora set up your profile and answer questions.

This will help get your name out and promote your site.

I will PM you as well

Originally Posted by kwerner

Can you recommend a tool for optimizing your ON-page SEO for your target keywords? Additional on-page SEO tips? Thanks.

Hi,

If you run a wordpress website then an excellent tool is SEOPressor Wordpress Plugin or another good tool is SEO Quake for Firefox, gives you a very quick look at the onpage SEO.

One of the best tips I can give you is, you want to make your page seem as relevant as possible to the search engines. Remember the search engines job is to give the user the most relevant result.

Now you might ask, how do I know what Google thinks is relevant for my keyword? Well Google actually tells us!

What you need to do is pick your target keyword and then type in your keyword into Google. Make a note of the "searches related to ....." at the bottom of the page. Then include them on the page.

After that click on "more search tools" then "Google wonder wheel" and again Google will show the EXACT keyword that are related to the keyword you are trying to optimise for. So make sure you include them.

That way you will have a webpage that Google deems to be highly relevant for your target keyword.

Hope that helps

Good sense of marketing your service ;-) Let's support this guy!

Originally Posted by guido65

Just wanted to let you know if you need any SEO advice for you website online marking business, then I am here to help you (for free of course).

Originally Posted by kwerner

better yet, is there a reliable tool that shows you *every* keyword that your website is ranked at across google / yahoo / bing? Like, if I could just type in my domain name, the tool would show me a list of keywords that my site is ranked for, and the positions for each keyword, for each search engine.

The best way to do this is to use Google's Webmaster tools. For each domain that you have registered it will give you a very good list of the keywords that you rank for and your position in Google.

An alternative would be here: KeywordSpy put your domain name in and it will give you a list of keywords that you rank for, but you'll have to use the paid version to get decent info and even then it won't be better than about 65% accurate.

Originally Posted by kwerner

Sorry, but I have another newbie question --

Is there a *reliable* tool that shows you what page you're ranked on Google / Bing / Yahoo for certain keywords? The online ones I've came across don't seem to be very reliable / up to date.

Or, even better yet, is there a reliable tool that shows you *every* keyword that your website is ranked at across google / yahoo / bing? Like, if I could just type in my domain name, the tool would show me a list of keywords that my site is ranked for, and the positions for each keyword, for each search engine.

Thanks.


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Edit: This tool seems to be the most reliable I've found so far, *if* you know the keywords you want to search for. But doesn't show you every keyword that your site is ranked for.
FREE Search Engine Rankings Check in Seconds
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One of the best tools on the market in my opinion is something called SEO Software | Search Engine Ranking | Advanced Web Ranking, its really comprehensive and has lots of very useful feature. You can schedule ranking checks, automatically upload reports to cleints sites etx. There is unfortunately a cost associated with it it.

However there is a way to get the enterprise version (normally 300) absolutle free. All you need to do is write a review of it and send them proof. You can get someone on vworker or text broker for about 10 dollars. After a bit of back and forward with the compant they'll send you a license. Well worth half an hours effort. See Free Advanced Web Ranking License - Advanced Web Ranking for more information.

Regarding how much traffic a sites receives for its keywords, you can chechout SEM Rush SEMRush - service for competitors research, shows Google organic and AdWords keywords for any site or domain , have to go for the pro version if you want all the data and also be advised that the figures are not 100% accurate but can give you some indication.

Hope that helps