SEO - Frequently Asked Questions

[qianking88]

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[jhonsean]

The basics of SEO and the advanced learning methods by Andy Fletcher its been a long time to me as a new SEO to see and learned other things regarding SEO's Techniques many practitioners will benefit this kind of contents. Thanks Andy.

[GenerousBoy]

Wow, there's enough there for an ebook! you should write it out and sell it! Cool.

[robertsss]

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[Haseeb Jamal]

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[Otunba272]

wonderful information for a starter like me

[Quiny]

Having just gotten started with developing websites and SEO I would greatly appreciate any feedback on the site I have developed for an iphone offer in the US.
I have written the pages myself with keywords in mind, have sent a few articles to ezine, goarticels and associated content but after one month have not seen much traffic. the site is gadgetgizmos.net for those that don't mind passing some of their knowledge.

[Quiny]

Can anyone tell me if a site such as netshoppers.com could ever be SEO friendly despite being so image heavy. I am developing a similar site and wonder if article marketing or shopping guides on the site would boost it significantly or whether it is held back by the lack of product text. Any feedback would be greatly appreciated.

[samoyin]

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[e.calabio]

Newbie here, I have a keyword research question:

The profitable keywords I've gathered doesn't seem to be directly related to my main keyword...

For example, let's say I'm into the public domain niche but the profitable keywords that pop-up are write ebook, get rich online, fast internet money, etc...

Is that really how it's supposed to be? Those are the keywords which I should write my articles around?

[seo_submission]

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[Retta]

That is a ....load of information, some I am familiar with and some are making me go ???? But thanks so much for providing the info. It should keep me busy for a while.

[kjay]

What a great thread! It's not often you find this kind of material written so that folks just starting out can understand. Usually, it's more like trying to translate a foreign language. Wish I'd found it a long time ago - thanks, Andy!

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[mikeh66]

Andy - thanks for taking the time to write down all this great info. Very generous, like getting a free SEO course!

[Cassandra Antoine]

Thank you so much for this information!! Wow...it is extremely useful. Internet marketing is relatively new to me and the SEO information has definitely been beneficial.

Much appreciated :0)

Cassandra

[zcyka]

Thank you, Andy! I've printed and bound the info you provided - just the sort of info I need!

[Japs]

Thanks man, this will definitely keep me busy for a while...

[bryansmith1]

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[ELITEANNY2]

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[Carol Hansen]

Originally Posted by Andy Fletcher

Automation, Outsourcing and 3rd Party Stuff

Can anyone guarantee a 1st place ranking?

No. Because the search engines can and do change their algorithms, and because a third-party site may drop or change your links, no one can guarantee a first place ranking for a keyword.

However, SEO experts can create high rankings – even first place – for certain keywords. They just can’t guarantee those placements, as the algorithms and third-party links are not under their control.


What is a backlink packet?

Instead of searching for high-PR, .edu, .gov and authority sites to place your backlinks, you can save time by purchasing a “packet” that lists these types of sites for you. These packets typically include “do follow”:

• Blogs where you can make comments.
• Forums where you can set up profiles.
• Directories where you can post content and backlinks

…and similar sites.

The bonus of these packets is that they save you time since you don’t have to seek out these sites yourself. The downside is that sometimes the webmasters change their policies once they get an onslaught of these links. For example, the owner of a high-PR blog may change to “no follow” links or disallow comments altogether.


I bought a packet of "high pr links" but all my links are PR0, what happened?

Usually this is because the main page of the website – such as the main page of the forum – has a high PR. However, the actual place where you put your link – such as your profile page – is PR0 because you basically just created the page when you created your profile.


What automation tools are there?

There are a variety of tools you can use to help automate the SEO process, including:

• Tools to structure your content in a search engine friendly way. (Hint: Content management systems and blogs like WordPress do this naturally, but you can also use SEO plugins to make your blog content even more search-engine friendly.)
• Keyword tools.
• Tools to automatically submit or update content, such as tools that submit to directories or tools that automatically update your social media content (such as ping.fm).
• Tools that automate social bookmarking.
• Tools that help automate tasks like building link wheels.
• Tools to create content, such as article spinners, scrapers and autoblog tools.
• Pinging tools (like pingomatic.com or pingler.com).
• Tools that automate link-building, such as blog and guest book commenting tools.

What SEO service should I use?

This question is far too contentious for a forum FAQ like this so I’m not going to name specific services. Instead here’s some general advice on selecting SEO services.

Don’t fall for hype about “ranking for the most competitive terms in the SEO industry”. SEO companies that do this are pouring their resources into this highly competitive game because of the PR boost its worth. Ultimately that cost has to go somewhere. Instead find SEO firms that focus on customer testimonials showing good results.

Don’t get involved in “my links are better than your links” battles. Nothing annoys me more than seeing arguments about how so-and-so’s link packet is more effective than such-and-such’s. Just focus on building a large variety of links and you’ll be fine.


What does an SEO host give me that a regular one doesn't?

Multiple C-class IP addresses. So even if you host multiple websites with one host, you get different addresses. And that means you can build a mininet more easily without being detected.

What does an SEO host give me that a regular one doesn't?

Multiple C-class IP addresses. So even if you host multiple websites with one host, you get different addresses. And that means you can build a mininet more easily without being detected.

But, Google knows you own all the domains, so does that not negate the linking and even ruin your mininet a bit? Just trying to figure out if C-class IP would be for me. I have a lot of sites to link together. Thanks

[Domenic Carlson]

I have now read a few articles which dealt with purchasing an aged domain. At face value it seems like it would be a good investment but I am wondering what the drawbacks might be. Other than retaining previous associations with the old content.

[rocco071]

I don't have 5 posts yet, but wanted to thank for this wonderful post!

[kevinm777]

Great info here

Thanks

[ce2gain]

Fantastic information! This is a great resource. Thank you!

[mavericace]

Domain Age
The age of a website is one of the major factors used to rank a website. Age can also increse the amount of money that can be made from advertising on the site, or sale of the website.
A website’s age is one of the major factors used to rank it in the search engines. Use this tool to find the age of any domain, including your competitors’ or ones you might want to purchase. Older domains may get a slight edge in search engine rankings.

[RR111]

Nice post.. Very useful information.. very much thanks for sharing...

[Mody7]

Thank you ..

[nancy12]

Hello Andy,

Awesome post. Thanks for valuable information. Just few days before i was searching for seo related questions.

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Thanks. these are wonderful set of questions under one roof.

[dirtyroger]

Great post amazing information!

Most of this i was aware of but thank you very much for explaining the link wheel i understand this alto more know.

Thanks

[BAC Ops Manager]

Wow! What an excellent source of SEO information. Great job! I haven't finished reading everything yet, but I already voted excellent to your post.

Thank you!

Teddy

[orvn]

Thanks so much Andy. That was absurdly illuminating.

Originally Posted by Andy Fletcher

What is a footprint?
TBD
How do I search for footprints?
TBD

Am I correct in assuming that an SEO footprint is sort of like evidence that I- as and SEO optimizer- leave behind when I mess with the system?

For example, if I create a link wheel of a whole bunch of my sites, but they're all hosted on the same server set?

Am I correct in assuming that I should be minimizing my SEO footprint so as not to be penalized by Google?

[gtree]

awesome post about SEO...it will useful guide for beginners.

[bettyduncan]

Wow, Can't imagine that how much you spend on summing up all these resources?

Thanks a lot!

[madhav]

trusted resource for suggest to anyone who is new in SEO and wants some basics of seo.

Great information.

[Computers]

Useful information. Thank you for the sharing.

[bettyduncan]

What a big project you did! Thank you very much!

Really great information for us！

[agorimorgan]

Search engines invite you to design your site and organize your content into a search engine friendly way. This includes proper use of meta tags provide information-rich sites, including Word on your site that your users are searching through maps and more.

[sonjay]

Originally Posted by GenerousBoy

Wow, there's enough there for an ebook! you should write it out and sell it! Cool.

This is true!

Although maybe it will be better if you sell this as a mini-course... because all the info may be overwhelming to a beginner.

The great news is, I believe a lot of the basics are covered well. Strategies and techniques all have the basics as foundations, so you cannot be lost if you stick to these.

Thanks a lot!

[biggame5]

Wow. That is all I have to say!

Thanks

[roy13]

You have a lot of things going on but you're right. optimizing the content you have before off page optimization really matters.


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[Millerking]

Awesome thread

[Sandeep Nath]

One FAQ I still have... not related to SEO, but related to the forum... and that is...

"how do I say thanks?" I wanted to click on the 'thank you' thingy for all the contributors but didn't know where to locate it. Thanks! And some admin please message me the reply.

[Yasir Ali]

Thanks For the GREAT information

[guru_noname]

Hey amigo!
Great thanks for sharing that!

[NetworxNZ]

Great thread here guys! Awesome effort in putting this together for people.

One thing I've learnt over my three years of working online fulltime - SEO can be time consuming and laborious work. It is the sort of stuff that is best outsourced to folk who know what they are doing from the outset. Especially for newbies when you consider there is so much to learn and often times so much mis-information it's difficult to know where to start and as experienced has taught me the hard way at times, if you do things "wrong" it can actually work against you in the rankings.

So thanks again for providing such a valuable resource here.

Cheers

Darren

[MarkSherris]

Really good stuff! - Well done.

[StarMedia]

Great Stuff!!!

You covered about everything!

[StarMedia]

Just noticed the post you made was done back in April, are there any major changes done or comming to update this?