Your SEO Questions Answered

[zachary0611]

whats the best onsite seo for wordpress
I have heard pagination and wp-cache plugins are good

[ordinary]

Originally Posted by Glassjaw009

ordinary,

Hey! Thanks for the great question. While I've heard of people getting their competitors de-indexed and taking their rankings, I would strongly advise against this. While it's true that the saying is "All is fair in love and war", the Internet isn't the Wild West that it once was. There is a fair possibility that you'll be faced with some legal issues if they find out it's you and nobody wants those.

This is up to you and I'm not going to tell you to do it or not do it and I definitely am not judging you. I just personally wouldn't do so, but that doesn't mean it doesn't work.

Thanks ordinary. Wish you the best!

Thomas

THanks Thomas! I wonder if they know who submit backlinks..

[belgianguy]

Wow, this is a great thread! exactly what I was looking for. I got a couple of seo issues I have been struggling with.

I have two sites with each 100+ pages. I optimized my homepage for a couple of general keywords that describe all aspects of my niche (all related ofcourse).

My questions:

1) I have optimized my homepage for certain keywords. I also have other keywords that I want to target. If I build backlinks with these keywords in the anchorlink to my homepage, can I still rank for these keywords even though they can not be found on the homepage (considering I build lots of higher PR, do follow backlinks)?

2) My homepage is PR4, my other pages are mostly PR0. All pages are optimized for their keywords. Is there something I can do to increase the PR and ranking of all my pages? Building backlinks to all of them is nearly impossible, everyday 5 to 10 new pages are added.

Thank you for your help!

PS: I am really trying to learn as much as possible about SEO. But there are so many websites out there and not all of them tell the same story. Can anyone recommend a site that offers reliable and up to date content about SEO?

[Sarah_Lyle]

Hi Glassjaw,

I'm helping a friend rank higher than a competitor in the UK its really weird because "site x" competitor is number on the top spot in google for kw "tribute acts" and yet has 490 yahoo links as compared to the next google ranked "site y"which has 4,040 links. The alexa rank is 1,393,000 for site x and the site under him, site y has an alexa rank of 315,966 i don't understand how the site x gets top spot in google than site y which has 4000 odd links and more traffic and has more web pages as well. Hope you can help! Best Sarah xx

PS I got this info using the keyword spy firefox addon

[Sarah_Lyle]

Originally Posted by Tinman

I have an SEO question. Many times I run across sites that rank great but have crap for content, which makes me question everything I've learned about SEO.

Example:
For a google search of "ged test online", this site ranks #3 gedtestonline.com

It has a page rank of 2 for some reason, but it has only 7 backlinks, and no content whatsoever....just advertising links and related search links.

It's ranking higher than pages with thousands of backlinks and pageranks of 5.

The only thing it seems to have going for it is the site name and page title.

I just don't understand how it is ranking so well, when I struggle for decent rankings with dozens of backlinks, edu links, unique articles, etc. etc.

Clearly there is something to SEO that is outside of what is being taught.

Thoughts?

Yes I've come across the same dilemma - I too am interested to hear the answer. Best, sarah

[Tinman]

Here's another anomaly. Do an exact google search for "wedding invitation stationery" and check out the number 1 site. It has zero page rank, and a total of 2 backlinks.

When you look at the site, it's all simple text, no graphics at all, like something from 1995. AND there is no monetization at all....just internal links as far as I can see.

What is it's SEO secret ??

[ordinary]

Hi Thomas,

Another question that need your help. Let say i would like to do SEO for keywords "Do you realize?" and "Do you realise?".

1. How should i put it in my meta title and meta description ? Should i put my meta title as "Do you realise? | Do you realize?" Looks not natural by Google i think..

2. if my URL link is mysite.com/do-you-realise ... can this be done if I would like to do SEO for keyword "do you realize" ?

I need your tips..

Thanks in advance

[agl3712]

Hi Thomas,

I have a few quick questions.

1. So when you look at the google results for a keyword what do you look for? Like ten million or 100 million?

2. Do you recamend using seo services? If so which ones?

Thanks

[charlyms21]

I have a question regarding youtube backlinks,is it advisable to build backlinks for youtube videos so that that video will appear on search results in the first page?
Also how are some videos appearing in search results even if it has very less views.So how did they manage to get their site higher in the search results?Did they build backlinks for that youtube video or is it because their videos became very popular and got many subscribers and views?

[kfb]

So glad to come across your invitation for questions. I am pulling my hair out and need some serious advice. I have a Jewelry site, it is hosted by Yahoo. the site has been online for about 5 years but I really started working at it last April. Optimized for keywords, concentrated on Meta Tags, Description good quality content. I submit bookmarks, write articles, blogs etc. I submi my catalog to Google Product Search. I have several pages that show up on the 1st page of Google. I only get about 30 visitors a day. No matter what I do, it's like I have hit a glass ceiling.

Here is my question... Would it be possible for you to look at my site and also at my google webmaster tools site (I have no problem giving you access PM me) to tell me if I have messed something up? I know they have me indexed 3 times.
wwwdotkandkjewelrydotcom, storedotkandkjewelrydotcom and kandkjewelrydotcomI am just wondering if there is some penalty.

P.S. I am a total newbie at this not an SEO Girl....I am a Jewelry Girl.

Thanks so much for your consideration

kfb

[webbyworld]

Originally Posted by webbyworld

Hello

I want to know what are the steps for B2B or B2C sites Optimization?

Another thing I like to know how to do Mobile SEO ?? As you may know that Smartfones are very much in Demand for Browsing.

I have not received your response can you please tell me ?

[Glassjaw009]

Hey all, I took a bit of a vacation for a while and I regret about not getting back to your questions sooner. Let me answer them now!

zachary. I use Thesis for Wordpress whenever possible just because you don't have to worry about on page optimization with Thesis whatsoever. It comes configured to the teeth right out of the box for on page stuff. Regrettable, I don't know of any on page Wordpress plugins for on page SEO because I don't have to use them =(

belgianguy, you can absolutely rank for those terms even though they aren't mentioned on your page. Instead of ranking on relevance for the terms, you'll just have to rely solely on strength. All I can tell you to do is build the backlinks with the proper anchor text to your homepage to rank. Keep in mind that because you have no relevance to these terms you're going to need to give it almost twice as much time as your other terms (given that the new terms are at the same level of competition).

As far as adding PR and ranking to your lower tier pages which are created everyday, I agree that it would take too much time to build links to them all individually. Luckily, there is a way of increasing their strength from one consolidated page. I use Category pages for this on my blogs. I build links to my category pages and create strength on them, then the strength flows from them (downward as it always does) to my post pages. I recommend having your own "category" page as a hug that links to the pages you're going to want to build strength to. Hope this helps.

Sarah. Thanks for the question. It's a good one. In all likelihood, even though Site X has fewer links, they're from strong, trusted sources. When talking about links correlating to rankings I often use this analogy.

If you're applying for a job and you put down 10,000 unemployed bums as references and they all say you'd be good for the job that doesn't mean anything. If you put down the Pope as a reference and he says you're good for the job, the you've got something. It's not all about quantity.

I recommend analyzing the backlinks of the top ranking site and using them as a template for the links you want. If you can get some links on those sites...great! It obviously worked for site x. It'll work for you! Hope this helps.

[Glassjaw009]

Tinman, I'm unable to find this site. The top ones I see ranking for the exact search look like legitimate websites. Sorry I couldn't help.

Best,

Thomas

[Glassjaw009]

ordinary,

You're right. That does look a little bit funky trying to optimize for the two terms at once. I would simply do a search in adwords external and see which of the two terms has more search traffic. Then, I'd optimize for that term first (since it has more traffic and it'll be easier to optimize for just one) and optimize for the other later. Your secondary term will be harder to rank for since your on page relevance is targeting the primary term, but you won't need to rush once you rank for the one term. Hope this helps.

Thomas

[Glassjaw009]

agl,

1. It all depends on how profitable the niche will be for me (or that I anticipate it being). I tolerate higher competition and ranking time for more profitable niches but that goes without saying. Can you be more specific in what type of site you're launching? Generally speaking, I launch niche sites so I look for 1-2 million.

2. I'm not sure if you mean SEO firms or SEO tools here. I would love to help you but I'm just not sure what a good answer would be here.

Best,

Thomas

[Glassjaw009]

Charlyms21,

If you're finding YouTube vidoes with no backlinks in the top 10 results for a term, you're most likely seeing videos that are in a small targeted niche and that have titles that nearly exactly match the search term. Often, the directly matched term will be a less profitable cousin to the real money term.

For instance, you might see a top 10 YouTube result when you search "how to fold wedding napkins" but it will be nowhere to be found when searching "wedding napkins" because the latter is the term people are going for. Hope this helps.

Thomas

[Glassjaw009]

kfb,

There is definitely a problem here with the current state of your site right now. If they've got you indexed with the www. and without the www. then it means somehow your site is getting links to both versions, thus creating two sites that are exactly the same but appear as different sites in the search engine's eyes. This is a problem not only because of duplicate content but because all of the link strength should be consolidated to one site. I would do one of these two things (preferably the first one).

1. Implement a permanent redirect to the version of the site with more strength from the version with less. For example, if your main site that you're building links to is the www. version, put a redirect on the non www. version to the www. version. This makes all of the strength you've acquired run to only one site. The search engines will also deindex the lesser of the versions and that will take care of the duplicate site issue.

2. If you can't redirect, go to webmaster tools and request that they deindex the version of your site you don't want indexed (the lesser of the two in terms of strength and ranking). Hope this helps!.

Thomas

[Glassjaw009]

Webbyworld,

I'm sorry I can't answer this question as I'm not fully familiar with optimization for smartphones at this time. I may have more information in the future but not presently. Sorry it took me so long to get back with you. I was on vacation

Thomas

[ordinary]

Hi Thomas,

yes you are back! how's holiday ? where did you have your vacation ?
Anyway, would like to ask more questions.

Which one is better for SEO to improve keyword ranking :

"<-" represents backlink with anchor text.

Own Website <- EzineArticles <- Squidoo <- lots of backlinks, profiles link, blogs
........................................<- ArticleDirectories <- lots of backlinks, profiles link


so it is like a tree with branch which is called link magnet. Your website has only 1 backlink.

OR

Own Website <- profile links, ezinearticle, all article directories, blogs


Thanks!

[tonyscott]

Hi Thomas, here's a problem that I've run into more than once.

I'm helping a local company with their seo. Their website has 2 versions of the home page, the first is just the domain name plus extension, the second has /home/ appended.

The second home page looks to have been created automatically by having a tab called "home" in the nav bar i.e. page names are automatically generated to be the same as the nav bar titles.

This means (with respect to the home page) a) There are 2 of them, and b) Internal links point to the /home/ page and external links to the other "home" page.

It's something that I've seen before, particularly on e-commerce sites and sites built with Dreamweaver where an index.htm (or html) page is created in addition to the plain home page url.

I'm assuming that the answer it to 301 re-direct the additional pages to the true home page but any other tips would be welcomed.

Tony

[Rucco]

My site is currently ranking fairly well for many searched phrases, however "fairly well" means while it's getting hits, it's ranking in the teens and twenties. It's on a drupal platform, what is the best way to kick all of the phrases up to the top of the first page?

I should add that they are not terribly competitive either.

Thanks, I've enjoyed the thread very much!

[cheyingtan]

Thomas ,

Do you know how to do 301 redirect for windows server?I had a client who told me he did the 301 redirect on IIS level, is it the proper way?

Second question is how long it take for the search engine to identify the redirect? Any way to make Google notify it quicker?

Thanks!

[Heat]

Hey Thomas Mad props to you for staying with this and answering all of our questions. You are the man.

I have a question about backlinks or more specifically backlinking strategy.

I have sites on the 2nd page of Google right now for keyword terms that have less then 2 million results in Google when doing a search without quotes.

-The sites are about 9 months old
-have lots of unique content on them
-have good on-page SEO
-backlinks so far have been social bookmarking, high PR blog commenting, Video submissions with tubemogule and mininets with Web 2.0 sites like live journal, ezine articles, hub pages etc pointing to my domain

my goal is to get each site to the number one spot in Google

However SOC on the first page is pretty strong for both keywords

Lots of sites with high PR, age, and thousands of backlinks as well as amazon.com and several merchant sites that are selling/promoting the same product I am.

what would you suggest I do to beat them out?

could you recommend any powerful back link services?

[highbrid]

Hi Mate,

This post is gold - thank you.

I have purchased your Blog Backlink Packet - also priceless and a HUGE timesaver, I wholeheartedly recommend it to all.

If you have time, I have a question about a topic which you touched on earlier and was seeking some extra clarification.

Say I want to build links for a basketball gambling page within a site covering gambling for a variety of sports.

Say the link is using the anchor text "best basketball gambling site"

Would you point this to the main domain, gambling. com and rely on the link juice flowing through to the relevant page? or would you point it to the deeper page gambling. com/basketball

Thanks!

[Google Massacre]

Hi

My site is doing quite well ,considering it has had no SEO apllied.

PR2, 1400 UNIQUE visitors last month,4289,visitors.

I'd appreciate you taking a look at my site,and advising what to do, to develop my site to its 'TRUE' potential.

My site is in my 'signature'

Regards

Ken

[Heat]

Thomas you still there? Are you still doing this thread?

[Jacob Martus]

Originally Posted by highbrid

Hi Mate,

This post is gold - thank you.

I have purchased your Blog Backlink Packet - also priceless and a HUGE timesaver, I wholeheartedly recommend it to all.

If you have time, I have a question about a topic which you touched on earlier and was seeking some extra clarification.

Say I want to build links for a basketball gambling page within a site covering gambling for a variety of sports.

Say the link is using the anchor text "best basketball gambling site"

Would you point this to the main domain, gambling. com and rely on the link juice flowing through to the relevant page? or would you point it to the deeper page gambling. com/basketball

Thanks!

Link the page you want to rank.

[Colin Klinkert]

Tom,

Sorry if this has been asked already, read every post on first few pages but didn't see it.

I am building niche blogs, and want to get inbound links to them... So here is my question:

"Does Google only count 1 inbound link from each c class, so say for example i get 200 links inbound to a site from the same ip address, how will Google handle that please? Will it count it as 200 inbounds, or as 1? "

Thanks )

[Heat]

Thomas.....calling Thomas where art thou Thomas....

[ordinary]

Originally Posted by zoriek

How can I tell if the S.E.O. Guys did a good job?

If it shows result, like increase in traffic, increase in keyword position..

[valiantbearded]

First of all, thank you for a good thread, I would like to know how to do SEO for e-commerce site I have done SEO friendly URL, right keywords on each page and descriptions.

[exaltedadam22]

It was a little team did. So if I understood correctly that despite the statement in WP can always download the plugin from spam KB and just follow the instructions in Blogging Bible, and I did not remove anything or change anything compared to WP google map ?