Ask the SEO Guy Anything!

[sanjid112]

Originally Posted by dubo

2. Sorry to be dumb, but I honestly don't know about it. What is backlinking? How can we create backlink and made it effective?

I have that same question with dubo above there...
Can u explain to me?

[LookItsMeTerryG]

dubo - Yahoo and Bing aren't engines that you would normally focus on. Most of us just optimize for Google and rank in those 2 as a result of those efforts. For the 2nd question: Check this out - Backlink - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

[AJD101]

Hi hope you can help. I have a site doralinksdoll .net. In my webmasters account if i look at search results from google US in the last 7 days it shows me at position 1 thru 8 for many of my keywords. Yet if I do a goole search the first one is a sub page at position 150. The site was last cached on Oct 4th. I am getting zero traffic.

[AJD101]

Can you reccomend a robts.txt file for wordpress. when I usr sitemap generator plugin it creats a default one but in webmaster tools it always gives me crawler access problems. Sitemap generated
User-agent: *
Disallow: /

Sitemap: http://XXXXXXXX.XXX/sitemap.xml

I have changed this to
User-agent: *
Allow: /

Sitemap: http://XXXXXXXX.XXX/sitemap.xml but am not sure if this is the correct thing to do.

[ronb107]

Hey SEO Guy:

Is there a way to improve the relevancy of the adsense ads, specifically on an page level.

I have a site that has 5 pages, each focusing on a different aspect of a niche, yet the adsense ads seem to be the same for all.

I think I read some place that an html placed before and after a Title or keyword in the content will help Google improve the adsense ads' relevancy.

Thanks

[Gift]

SEO Geek,

There are scripts using Javascript which gives a new Onpage explanation.
It's like standing on the word Javascript above, and by hovering the word you get a few lines which give you a definition to the word javascript.

The script emphasize only the first time the KW appears. This script is supported by Joomla.

My question is:
Is there any disadvantage with using this script?
I'm asking as I've seen a KW shows up only one time, and by using Javascript I'm afraid the kw itself is screened to google.

Thanks in advance!

[mistyone]

Hi there ronb107

I think what you are talking about is on this page in Google Adsense help: https://www.google.com/adsense/suppo...y?answer=23168

It shows you the code you need to use.

Hope this helps

[The Artful Surfer]

I'd like to ask a question about H1 vs H2 tags...

I just realized that my templates are using the H2 tag for the headings in the body of my web pages. The h1 tag is only used for the title of the site on the very top (not a keyword, just the site name).

Since my keywords are in my headings in the body, should I change these h2 tags to h1?

Will this help me boost my rankings? Is there a notable difference between h1 and h2 and h3 in terms of SEO and rankings?

I'm worried that changing this might backfire and hurt my rankings too. Any thoughts?

[Sandycmy]

Hi SEO Guy,

I'm planning to launch multiple courses for my specific country. My niche is not IM. How should I do the SEO in a systematic fashion for all the sites.

I have planned to book keyword domain names for all -- though all fall under a specific institute -- Does this makes sense in long term?

How do I ensure that all my pages ( specially Article pages) rank good ?

Once achieved -- what should I do to maintain the seo ?

[dan_kru]

What about different versions of a salespage like:
domain.com/index.html
domain.com/index.htm
domain.com/index.php
and
domain.com/index1.html
etc.
or
domain.de/index.html
domain.net/index.html
domain.info/index.html
etc. for splittesting with different prices on different platforms with different advertising, all sales separately recorded? Any effects on SE positioning, cause basically all have same content.

What about the same procedure with different domainnames:
domain1.com/index.html
domain2.com/index.html
etc., to avoid prospects can compare different offers too easily like temporary free version tests for listbuilding?

Thanks and regards,
Dan

[actionplanbiz]

how do i SEO a Opt in Page? can i just have offpage seo? or do i need onpage aswell?

[LookItsMeTerryG]

AJD101 - Google webmaster tools isn't always showing you the correct data. To really know where you rank, just watch your analytics and traffic.

AJD101 - I'm not exactly following you, but it looks like you have robots.txt data in your sitemap file..

Gift - If it's done with javascript then no, I wouldn't use it (for SEO purposes). I'd have to see an example really to tell you if it's worth doing or not.

The Artful Surfer - Nope. Only 1 h1 tag per page. Generally you won't use it for the sitename, but for the post titles or article titles.

Sandycmy - If everything is related I'd just do it all under one big site with good category structure. It will help consolidate the trust/authority and your article pages will be easier to rank as a result.

dan_kru - Yeah, that's not optimal at all. To do a/b variate testing use google website optimizer or one of the other tools that kind of fix this problem. At worst, I'd use some tactic to make sure the other versions didn't get indexed.

actionplanbiz - While you CAN rank a site for keywords not related (through link building) it's a good idea to semi-optimize the page itself before engaging in link building. Then just do everything as normal.

[LaurenceOs]

First post! hey hey hey

If you made a site in a high competition subject how would you approach the situation?

[St Croix]

Hi Terry,

I have an interesting one for you:

I went after a KW that I thought would convert really well if it was presold with an 'authority' looking website. After writing about 10 pages of great content and spending way too much time on the professional design, and ranking it in 3rd place on Big G, I've found that the 'authority' site isn't converting for the KW. Just a silly mistake going after a KW that was probably more suited to a story/review presell page.

Anyway, I'm wanting to move the content of my authority site to a new domain and re-rank for a more appropriate KW in the same niche, and replace the original KW site with a simple review landing page.

In your experience, will big G get all uppity about the content disappearing altogether from my site and appearing on another domain for another KW? I'm happy to wait until the new review site content is cached before I launch the new authority site. But does Google have some magic long-term cache that can remember seeing that old content somewhere before, and throw a penalty at either of the sites?

(That probably sounded very convoluted)

Thanks mate

[pengerik]

Regarding importance of domain name, it's a real bonus to have your main keywords in the domain name. The age of the domain also works in your favour, so new domain with/without keywords in it, normally takes a tad more work/time to get ranked.

[actionplanbiz]

what should i do onpage before i start working offpage SEO?

[nicolasy]

how to get more external link?

[desireeaib]

I've got a newbie question. I've built a site and like a crazy women optimized for the wrong keyword. Yes a keyword phrase NO ONE is looking for. I got distracted really honestly forgot what I was supposed to be SEO for. And it's #1. So I'm reworking the site for keywords that people are looking for and doing some backlinks and article writing EZA and other places. How long will it take Google to re visit my site? And can I do a keyword phrase for another page on my site for another search phrase?

Also, my boyfriend wrote a slamming pre sells letter (he's really good copywriter and I never knew it) and I wanted to get do another site just to put that pre sell letter on then link to my site, but I'm told or read Google doesn't like 1 page pre sell letters like that.

What to do and can I fix my mistake with my keyword phrase?

[twisted_one]

TerryG, Thanks for such an useful thread and also for your time in replying us.

I am a learner & everything I learn are only from online resources. Everytime when I hear someone talk about their website, they say either "I have optimized it for one good keyword/wrong keyword". Now what puzzles me is what is a Good or Bad Keyword? I mean

1. what are all the factors does it depend on (like how many number of searches made for that keyword, how much does clicking on such keyword ads pay you, etc).

2. Also, I don't know what does keyword analysis mean? Where does it start from and where does it end. What are all the process involved in it? Can you point me to a valid, reliable resource, please?

3. At any point of time, given a word to you - what are the steps do you follow to see if that word is a good keyword or not.

[johnhoefer]

Excellent thread! Thanks Terry. I have only been on this site for a week or so and I have learned so much from this forum, this thread and all the questions as well.

I am competing in the local insurance niche, which is a tough one to crack. The second the ebook comes out on how to dominate the local market, let me know and I will buy immediately.

[Steve-K]

Terry,

Is it true that Google does not like affiliate sites and purposely ranks them low?

I recently read a report written by a so-called SEO expert that an affliate site does not stand a chance to obtain a ranking in the first 5 pages, regardless of quality content, large number quality backlinks, etc.

It was his opinion that Google basically considers affiliate sites to be spam sites and provide no value or experience to the user.

Thanks,

Steve

[Rapidgrowth]

Sir,
Can you give your expert opinion if this is true on the following from Brad Callen's seoelite site.3 major points you MUST know to rank highly for your chosen keywords.

1. Google ranks websites by those that are deemed to have the most authority on the given topic/keyword.
2. Google pays much less attention to what is actually on your web page itself than what most people think. Yes, you heard me right. You don't actually even need to mention your keyword anywhere on your website to rank highly for the keyword!

Google looks at who's "voting" for a website, to determine how highly it ranks. If important sites are "voting" for your website, you will rank highly.

3. You must know EXACTLY why the top 10 ranked sites in Google are currently ranked where they are. You can't guess by simply looking at their web page itself.
As I said above, what is on the web page itself has VERY little to do with the reason they're ranked where they are. It has as little as 2% to do with their ranking...

I have no defined keywords in my url or website Question 2 is it really necessary to have keyword density/relevant keywords added to my website pages to help obtain Google 1# or not?

Thank you for your time

Adrian

[LookItsMeTerryG]

LaurenceOs - I'd do an in depth competitor analysis and plan accordingly. For a site that has substantial competition you've got to plan link building and SEO into your business strategy.

St Croix - Yes and no. I'd leave the content there so to speak, as long as it was on internal pages and 301 redirect to the new source. You'll lose between 1 & 10% of your incoming link strength but you shouldn't receive any negative consideration from Google.

actionplanbiz - That's a huge question. I guess the most important aspects are ensuring easy spidering, highlighting the right content and a good site structure.

nicolasy - Read through this thread, there's tons of ideas.

desireeaib - Leave the content where it's at and re-optimize. The most important part here is the link building. Just build new, solid links for your new terms and make sure to include new content on the site.

[Alyona The Publicist]

what is the best link building outsourcing service you would suggest?

do you do private seo work? - if i send you a website link by pm would you give me an estimate of what work is needed?

[TheDebtEliminator]

Hello Terry,

I am wondering about using one of my PR4 domains that is no longer a money site to 301 directing it to a 45-day old money site?

Will I take a chance of G penalizing me?

Or should I put up a blog on the PR4 site and just link it to the new money-site.

How is best for me to transfer the link juice and stay in good graces of G?

All the Best to You and Your Family

[Dillinger]

Hi,

I am fairly new to seo and am looking to start my first Niche site. But am slightly confused as there are several keyword tools, but which is the best?

The two i have been looking at is keyword discovery and Market Samurai, what are your views on these two tools?

Many Thanks

[glide21]

Whats your view on these new Video submission sites like trafficgeyeser? Is video really a good SEO leader?

[Spark]

Originally Posted by glide21

Whats your view on these new Video submission sites like trafficgeyeser? Is video really a good SEO leader?

Yes, I would like to know this as well.

I actually open a thread as well. However just wish to confirm that doing those normal SEO will be more than enough to get high ranking for our videos.

Does getting TG will have much faster result? [Standard Version - $49]

[bobmcalister]

how can I get my videos on youtube to show up on the first page of serps ? is it that important ot have them linked to a website? threw up a video, posted to several video sharing sites, it ranked for a day or 2 and has disappeared .
thanks for your help

also , is it absolutely mandatory for a site to have a sitemap ? I have been told tha tit makes very little difference.

thanks

[debra]

Originally Posted by bobmcalister

how can I get my videos on youtube to show up on the first page of serps ? is it that important ot have them linked to a website? threw up a video, posted to several video sharing sites, it ranked for a day or 2 and has disappeared .
thanks for your help

also , is it absolutely mandatory for a site to have a sitemap ? I have been told tha tit makes very little difference.

thanks

Robert-

This thread has the right ideas on bringing videos up in the serp:
How do we rank our video [Upload to youtube] in google using SEO?

[TheDebtEliminator]

Hello Terry,

I have 2 new websites under construction one is a 5-page

And the second one is just a landing page.

Will I have any problems ranking the smaller landing page site for organic traffic with good linking?

Or should the landing page one be used for only PPC traffic?

How does G look at this situation?


Best Regards

[bobmcalister]

thank you Debra for your help . I have done those steps as outlined in that thread to no avail, so there must be something I am missing.
thanks again

[pewsingh]

Hi, can you tell me what the best tool is to check backlinks to my website(s). I mean the most accurate and reliable, as I seem to try a few different ones and they all tell me different things. Thanks. pewsingh

[ronb107]

Originally Posted by LookItsMeTerryG

Well for general advice then..

* Target trusted, authority sites: the closer you can get to bbc.co.uk, cnn.com, whitehouse.gov, etc... 1 link hop away is great, 2 is good, etc .

* Remove/Stop building spammy links

* If you've got mainly 1 type of links (say.. directories for instance) balance out a bit. A diverse link profile is an effective one.

Is there a software product that you would recommend for generating quality one-way links? Currently I'm looking at Brute Force Linking Loophole.

Thanks

[LookItsMeTerryG]

alyonafrendo - I've responded to your PM.

TheDebtEliminator - Use a 301 redirect, you'll lose between 1-10% of your incoming link strength but, should be just fine.

Dillinger - I don't personally use many tools, however I've got some in the works that will be released shortly. Also, a simple method for keyword research I laid out earlier in this thread a few pages back.

glide21 - I don't use any of those, however I do see great value in videos for viral marketing and overall branding.

bobmcalister - To get videos to rank, throw a ton of backlinks at them with something like SENUKE and go to MTURK.com and hire 100-500 people to watch, review, rate the video.

[LookItsMeTerryG]

TheDebtEliminator - You should be just fine, just do SEO as you normally would. However, you can't expect that one page site to rank for a bunch of terms.

pewsingh - MajesticSEO.com is my favorite backlink analysis tool.

ronb107 - Currently I haven't found one. However, I've got some tools in development that are really going to change things up... they're basically the same tools I had developed for my business and have been using them for clients for years.

[ronb107]

Originally Posted by LookItsMeTerryG

TheDebtEliminator - You should be just fine, just do SEO as you normally would. However, you can't expect that one page site to rank for a bunch of terms.

pewsingh - MajesticSEO.com is my favorite backlink analysis tool.

ronb107 - Currently I haven't found one. However, I've got some tools in development that are really going to change things up... they're basically the same tools I had developed for my business and have been using them for clients for years.

Let me know if you need a beta tester. I've been in the industry for years, and am pretty thorough as a beta tester.

[Rapidgrowth]

Terry G
I would really appreciate if you could answer my 2 questions please...

Question 1. Is this true? to rank highly for your chosen keywords.

1. Google ranks websites by those that are deemed to have the most authority on the given topic/keyword.
2. Google pays much less attention to what is actually on your web page itself than what most people think. Yes, you heard me right. You don't actually even need to mention your keyword anywhere on your website to rank highly for the keyword!

Google looks at who's "voting" for a website, to determine how highly it ranks. If important sites are "voting" for your website, you will rank highly.

3. You must know EXACTLY why the top 10 ranked sites in Google are currently ranked where they are. You can't guess by simply looking at their web page itself.
As I said above, what is on the web page itself has VERY little to do with the reason they're ranked where they are. It has as little as 2% to do with their ranking...

I have no defined keywords in my url or website
Question 2 is it really necessary to have keyword density/relevant keywords added to my website pages to help obtain Google 1# or not?

Thank you for your time

Adrian

[TheDebtEliminator]

Hello Terry,

I have a choice Plan-A of using a 301 transfer of a PR4 to my 6-page money site or
Plan-B setting up a WordPress blog and linking it to my money site.

If the method of using the WordPress blog is selected, I might place links directed to each page with using 50% to 60% of the new links for only for the Home-page.
Question-1 ... Is this a recommended procedure and if this the best method of percentage used to spread around the linking?


I plan to do this procedure only once and to continue to do linking with quality links to both the money site and the link juice feeder site.


Question-2 ... Which way would Google be most OK with ( just do not want to spend any time in the Sandbox) or are both ways considered acceptable?


Question-3 ... What about transferring the link juice, which way would be the most efficient and transfer the higher amount of percentage of juice to my money site?


Question-4 ... When adding more links, should I distribute them to my money site at a 75% basis and spread it around the different page and then use 25% of my new linking on my 301 or WordPress blog?


Question-5 ... Have you used these 2 different approaches and which is best from your experience?


You are very informative and a real asset to the Warrior Forum!


All the Best to You and Your Family

[seobeginner]

TerryG - Thank you so much for all your great advice. Much appreciated.

You may beat me over the head with this, but I paid for hundreds of pr4 - pr8 backlinks to point to various pages of my sites. All in all, 750 non-related backlinks (150 per keyword per page.)

This was done in a very short time-frame.

My concern is that it may have been done too quickly, i.e. it is not natural. The links were put into the ''profile'' section of websites/forums of a fictitious user. Is this what people mean by profile backlinks?

With that said, I have been getting interesting results from that. The homepage for one site now shows up no. one out of 17,700,000 results for a keyword I have not even optimized for. None of those links are pointing to the homepage.

However, the five ''sub-sites'' I have optimized and had the links point to are not getting ANY results. They aren't even indexed yet (I guess they've been sandboxed because they are new.)

The other site (I should say subsite) that I optimized for is no. one also out of 1,300,000 for one keyword.

The other subsites are not producing results. Onpage SEO has been done for every page.

I am concerned that this unnatural backlinking strategy will be penalized by G in the future. What are your thoughts on this?

I appreciate your help.

SEO Beginner

[waqyum]

Originally Posted by LookItsMeTerryG

Hey guys,

I've been a longtime lurker here browsing around (we're talking YEARS of this stuff) and I've decided to give something back. If you've got a SEO related question or need some advice, ask here and I'll answer!

About me:

I've been doing SEO professionally for clients for about 9 years now, have several of my own sites (read: more than 60) top 3 in Google and am a ridiculously intense data hound. All of my campaign efforts are recorded, analyzed and tweaked, thus: I'm not just rehashing information found elsewhere. The majority of my knowledge comes from the data produced by setting up several test sites in several niches.

Most importantly, I'm not selling anything here. Just offering some free advice from someone that's been around a while and has consistently produced top rankings.

Let's go!

Long time ago i unknowingly made 2 adsense accounts.That time i was not working on blogs but now i have started a blog on one of my accounts.Now i wish to close one of them as it is against Google TOS.Is there a way to do this?
Thanks.

[Paul Guilfoyle]

Hi LookItsMeTerryG

Thanks for a fantastic thread.Wonder if you can help on this one.

I've been using a full trial version of Brad Callen's Keyword Elite 2.0 which despite the high price tag I am almost certain to buy.

I found a LTKW phrase "word1 word 2 word 3 word 4" which shows monthly searches of 6,330 per Elite.

Having spent quite a few hours working on monetizing this phrase I took a quick look at Google keyword tool and to my shock and horror find it shows monthly searches of only 480 for this phrase. (480 is way below my requirement for my strategy to be worthwhile)

Can you tell me please :

Which stat is more reliable ?
Why is there such a big difference?
Does it ultimately come down to judgement ie does it make more sense that that term is searched for 480 or 6,330 times?

SEO elite and its creator seem to be very well thought of so do they know more than Google here?

Obviously like many others I'm looking for low competetion high demand key words. SEO Elite takes a lot of the pain out of this but can I rely on it to invest my time and effort or do I need to keep cross checking against Google keyword tool?


Thanks for any help
Kind regards,
Paul

[G Singh]

Hey Terry,

With buying domains should I....

1) buy a domain which has age to it, maybe 5-6 years for example OR

2) buy a brand new domain with my keyword in it.

The way I will be working with this is not to concentrate on ranking my TLD i.e dogs.com, but instead ranking my inner pages, which target a keyphrase i.e dogs.com/ how-to-train-german-shephards.

Thanks,
Gurpreet

[srhudson]

Hi Terry,

I was wondering how I research my competitions backlinks..

Isn't there something you type into google to find out where the backlinks are coming from for any given site and the amount of backlinks that any one site has to it?

Thanks for your help!

Seth

[nostih]

TG,

I am creating multiple sites and the are all in a similar niche. Do you suggest I select a main domain and than create sub-domains for the other sites?


Thanks

[sportive]

Hi Terry,

Great thread. One question:

What do you think about the notion that Meta Keywords are dead, and that Google pays ZERO attention to them?

Check image below for links.

[searchguru]

Wow - just wanted to say Thank you - this is an amazing post . .a wealth of information! Read the whole post . . .will have to reread to fully grasp it all as there are so many great questions that you have answered. cheers

[Tim45]

I have a website I set up about 3 or 4 months ago and its not getting the traffic it should. I have good content added just about everyday but it doesn't seem to make a difference. The website is an article script that is a copy of the Article Dashboard and the files are encoded. There is a link in the footer that leads back to the Article Dashboard site. I was thinking maybe the traffic is going to the Article Dashboard through the link in the footer or maybe the search engines can't read the encoded files?

What do you think and recommend?

[Tim45]

Sportive, I'm not Terry but I thought I'd give you my exp with meta tags. I built a website for an Amazon product that I would promote through ppc, google adwords to be specific. I thought to myself the meta tags did not matter because I was promoting through ppc. I set up the campaign, did my keyword research and launched the campaign. At first google ran it for about an hour or two and then nothing. I tweaked the campaign and the keywords to no avail. Then someone here suggested I look at my meta tags so I thought I'd try it. I added a description and keywords and it worked. They started running my ad right away and the next morning I had six sales, so I'd say they are very important where it ppc or natural results.

[skatir]

Hi Terry,
Hope you still on the thered, it's amazing thered i have ever read on Warrior Forum. I have few question.

1. how do i find trust and authority websites ?

2. do backlinks from englishe language websites to foreign websites are worthless ?

3. what is linkbait ?

Thanks for your great value information.
Soli