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Re: Need advice on SEO

markrobinson — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 05:26:11 GMT

You should have to do some hard work on keyword research and keyword analysis and also work on search the numbers of competitors for become make your website more visible through a good seo.

Re: Need advice on SEO

blitzlocal — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 06:29:35 GMT

I'd use LinkScape-- the new SEO monitoring tool by SEOmoz.
Here's what Aaron Wall of SEObook has to say:
http://www.seobook.com/seomoz-linkscape

I'm not paid by these guys--
just someone who uses SEO tools for a living.

Dennis
analyst, blitzlocal.com
local internet marketing

Re: Need advice on SEO

SEOpro — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 00:08:38 GMT

The very first thing I always do to check the "SEO quality" of a website when someone asks is to enter it into www.websitegrader.com (I think it's owned by Hubspot.com but I'm not sure.
It gives you a top to bottom report on quality, visibility, keywords, what's missing, etc., and a "score" out of a hundred.

The second thing I do is measure it against 12 "check points" in the followign document:
http://www.siteleads.net/bm/bm~doc/12_habits_summary.pdf

Those two things will get you 80% of the way.

Cheers.
Liam

Re: Need advice on SEO

horizonsm — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 22:38:36 GMT

One of the EASIEST ways to boost your rankings is to make the stuff between your title tags right. From what I've seen of your source file, it's way too long because it is literally a sentence. Put your key words there, and put only like 2-3 keywords. That should help your rankings significantly.

Re: Need advice on SEO

your_web_guy — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 17:01:11 GMT

oh no doubt... that is how it is now... i just wonder if google will ever change the algo to start nailing folks for it. Any time there is something made just for googlebot the algo seems to start working toward not including it... ie the black text on a black background just for googlebot to see rather than surfers... the seo url is for googlebot to see and the other is just for surfers, yknow? like i said, im prolly over thinking it LOL

Re: Need advice on SEO

Glyndower — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 16:55:39 GMT

The META tag 'keyword' is totally ignored by the vast majority of search engines and has been since somewhere around 2002.

You don't choose META tags, they are part of the coding of your website. You choose "keywords" or "phrases".

You want to choose key phrases or words. There are many tools available to help you with this. Of course they all use exisitng content on your site to determine your best keyword/phrases. So it is helpful to have a lot of your content in place before you start the keyword/phrase selection process.

Google Webmaster Tools and also AdWords has a keyword suggestion tool. A search for "keyword suggestion tool" can also yeild some very good results.

The META tag "description" is still used by Search Engines...it is very important to use this tag and to provide a well written informational tidbit prefferable with a call to action (i.e Click here! ) and to also include your primary keyword or phrase in this description.

A good point is made here though...trying to compete with common keywords is just silly. You should be as specific as possible and stay away from generalities.

An example would be "real estate" as a key phrase. This is not very specific and getting to the top of the result page for this keyword search would be a monumental task. Getting to the top results for the key phrase "Spring Hill FL real estate" would be much easier and will produce a client that is interested in YOUR specific product. Assuming of course that you sell real estate in Spruing Hill FL

Re: Need advice on SEO

Glyndower — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 16:45:03 GMT

I think that unlikly assuming that the keyword/phrase used in the domain name actually appear on the website that is directing people to. Google has no problem with keyowrds used that are accurate to the site.

They would however probably have an issue with www.my-cool-sit-whr-i-sell-suff-cheap.com being directed to a page about underwater basket weaving. As the keywords being used in the URL have no bearing on the content of the site...this would be considered spamming. I am obviously over-simplifing here just to keep it easy

Truth in advertising is always rewarded in Google..that has been my experience.

Re: Need advice on SEO

Frank_WHH — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 16:49:59 GMT

Hi blesstech
As mentionned, keywords are rarely used nowadays.
1. Your meta description should be different on every page and contain your important page 'keywords'
2. Your copywriting (texts) should be 'keywords' focused
3. Sitemaps are important, but not as much as you want for imrpoving your SEO
4. Adding content regularly to your site will also help

Re: Need advice on SEO

crsw_85301 — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 16:33:59 GMT

When you choose your meta tags don't use the most popular ones. The reason why is because look how many millions or other hundreds of thousands people have chosen them. Essentially you want good words that pertain to your site that will help it stand out but will not be buried with two million other sites that also use the same tags. Utilize the most popular tags along with stand out tags to increase your visibilty.

Re: Need advice on SEO

your_web_guy — Tue, 12 Aug 2008 15:52:00 GMT

or better yet, "user friendly" one with good keywords.

i have wondered if and when google might start not liking the practice of the double domain with the user friendly one just pointed at the seo one. Seems like something spammers will start taking advantage of and therefore will cause google to start blacklisting folks for... i dunno - i might just be being paranoid :/