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Hey everyone! I'm hoping to get some advice on SEO for an existing website. It's already ranking well for some high-volume keywords, which is great! But I'd love to target even more high-volume keywords that the site isn't currently optimized for (i.e., not in the title tags, meta descriptions, or content). Any tips on how to approach this and improve our ranking for those keywords?
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  • Profile picture of the author savidge4
    Originally Posted by Abhisheksoni6831 View Post

    Hey everyone! I'm hoping to get some advice on SEO for an existing website. It's already ranking well for some high-volume keywords, which is great! But I'd love to target even more high-volume keywords that the site isn't currently optimized for (i.e., not in the title tags, meta descriptions, or content). Any tips on how to approach this and improve our ranking for those keywords?
    write high quality content optimized for those terms?
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  • Profile picture of the author Jamell
    First and fore most I think that you should asses and analyze your websites performance with a tool like pingdom .

    Secondly it's important to understand that the algorithm gets updated regularly hence why you need to be proactive in analyzing your sites performance.

    I think it would help if you repurposed some of your content and cross promotes it too .
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  • Profile picture of the author Monetize
    Originally Posted by Abhisheksoni6831 View Post

    Hey everyone! I'm hoping to get some advice on SEO for an existing website. It's already ranking well for some high-volume keywords, which is great! But I'd love to target even more high-volume keywords that the site isn't currently optimized for (i.e., not in the title tags, meta descriptions, or content). Any tips on how to approach this and improve our ranking for those keywords?

    SEO is the subject of college courses and books, and it's
    a major branch of internet marketing as well as website
    development.

    Some members of this forum have studied SEO for years
    and continue to do so, as it is constantly evolving.

    If you are a developer then this is a topic that you should
    spend time learning, as it's not really something you can
    get advice about on a forum.

    You could also hire an SEO consultant to review your site
    and recommend improvements.

    As to your keyword approach, if you aren't using Ahrefs
    that would be a good beginning to your research.

    ChatGPT can help you develop keywords also.
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    • Profile picture of the author savidge4
      Originally Posted by Monetize View Post

      As to your keyword approach, if you aren't using Ahrefs
      that would be a good beginning to your research.
      You want to use Ahrefs as a starting point to get your content in the right direction... by ll means knock yourself out... but once a site is up and running? I would say no, no, and no. If you have an existing site with existing traffic, that means you have an absolute plethora of data using Google Analytics.

      You can go in and look at "landing pages" you can then obviously determine what pages are bringing in the traffic, and you can identify search terms that are getting searched to get there.

      I personally spend more time looking at less than good performing pages, and where they rank, and specifically how many impressions and clicks they are getting. If you have a page that is ranked on page 8 and getting 80 impressions? this is a term you will want to focus on. I would create new content around the term used to get those 80 impressions on page 8 as a focus term.

      Ahrefs is at best a broad spectrum macro overview of what is going on.... get into Google Analytics and let your own sites data start dictating content creation decisions - the information is micro targeting your content and your site. More concise and relevant data creates better outcomes.
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      • Profile picture of the author Monetize
        Originally Posted by savidge4 View Post

        You want to use Ahrefs as a starting point to get your content in the right direction... by ll means knock yourself out... but once a site is up and running? I would say no, no, and no. If you have an existing site with existing traffic, that means you have an absolute plethora of data using Google Analytics.

        You can go in and look at "landing pages" you can then obviously determine what pages are bringing in the traffic, and you can identify search terms that are getting searched to get there.

        I personally spend more time looking at less than good performing pages, and where they rank, and specifically how many impressions and clicks they are getting. If you have a page that is ranked on page 8 and getting 80 impressions? this is a term you will want to focus on. I would create new content around the term used to get those 80 impressions on page 8 as a focus term.

        Ahrefs is at best a broad spectrum macro overview of what is going on.... get into Google Analytics and let your own sites data start dictating content creation decisions - the information is micro targeting your content and your site. More concise and relevant data creates better outcomes.

        Thank you but I wasn't trying to promote all the functions
        and features of Ahrefs, which has multiple uses, whether
        your website is just being developed or it's established.

        Have you even looked at it recently?

        Ahrefs goes beyond Google research. It has multiple tools,
        SEO tutorials, and keyword generator, but again, I wasn't
        trying to promote it, just giving the OP a couple of pointers
        since he doesn't seem to know about it already.

        If he did, he would be using it instead of asking questions
        about SEO and keywords here at the WF.

        Also trying to give some free options since I have no way
        of knowing what newbies budget is.

        If you prefer Google Analytics, that is another great choice.

        Thank you for your insights.
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        • Profile picture of the author savidge4
          Originally Posted by Monetize View Post

          Have you even looked at it recently?
          Uh daily I own and operate an agency... I offer many services and SEO happens to be one of them.

          Originally Posted by Monetize View Post

          Also trying to give some free options since I have no way
          of knowing what newbies budget is.
          By all means correct me if I am wrong? but AHREFS is like $120 a month for the smallest package - absolutely the opposite end of free.
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          • Originally Posted by savidge4 View Post

            By all means correct me if I am wrong? but AHREFS is like $120 a month for the smallest package - absolutely the opposite end of free.
            They have a free version with a few tools in the toolbox that may be helpful. https://ahrefs.com/webmaster-tools

            Mark
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          • Profile picture of the author Monetize
            Originally Posted by savidge4 View Post

            Uh daily I own and operate an agency... I offer many services and SEO happens to be one of them.

            By all means correct me if I am wrong? but AHREFS is like $120 a month for the smallest package - absolutely the opposite end of free.

            Sometimes, I don't even bother to reply to certain Warriors
            because I do not come to this forum to pick people's posts
            apart, or to argue about nonsense. Honestly, I have more
            important things to do.

            I come here to try to be helpful, especially to newbies. I've
            been lucky to be successful because I was an early adopter
            on several things like ClickBank, eBay, and dropshipping.

            I have experienced the frustration of trying methods that
            did not work, and have also dealt with shady characters.

            A couple of months ago you deadlinked to somebody's old
            website, that is why I asked if you even looked at Ahrefs.

            That's great, you have an SEO agency, you use it daily,
            you are busy and you missed the free part.

            Sometimes we get on autopilot and assume things, don't
            take the time to notice what is available, that can happen
            to anyone.

            I am done with this thread, I think it has gone off topic.

            Thanks again for your insights.
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            • Profile picture of the author savidge4
              Originally Posted by Monetize View Post

              A couple of months ago you deadlinked to somebody's old
              website, that is why I asked if you even looked at Ahrefs.
              Yes i did... and as a responsible member of this community I told the owner of the site ( a member of WF ) about the dead link, and he obviously quickly fixed the issue.

              And for everyone else reading.... Nope didnt know they had a free version... I obviously work on more than one site, so the free option does not fit my needs. I cant say that I used the free version but based on whats posted on the link that Mark Singletary graciously offered up all of this can be done with Google Analytics (GA).

              At the free level.... AHREFS is simply accessing Googles data for you, and you have limited access to what you can see, VS actually using GA and having access to a whole lot more.

              I will say this, as a professional using AHREFS the absolute primary reason I spend stupid amounts of money every month for the service - is the reports - the one place that GA lacks - not that it lacks but the elements of the report look far better in AHREFS - and this is really the only reason I have it. There is no difference in data between the 2 because AHREFS pulls all of its data from Google

              GA simply has far more to offer... like tracking sales funnels as an example. A/B testing would be another one. Learning GA is worth the time and effort Not just to develop the SEO for your site, but the ability to test and track your efforts in actually doing what you have built a site to do... MAKE MONEY
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              • Profile picture of the author Monetize
                Originally Posted by savidge4 View Post

                Yes i did... and as a responsible member of this community I told the owner of the site ( a member of WF ) about the dead link, and he obviously quickly fixed the issue.

                And for everyone else reading.... Nope didnt know they had a free version... I obviously work on more than one site, so the free option does not fit my needs. I cant say that I used the free version but based on whats posted on the link that Mark Singletary graciously offered up all of this can be done with Google Analytics (GA).

                At the free level.... AHREFS is simply accessing Googles data for you, and you have limited access to what you can see, VS actually using GA and having access to a whole lot more.

                I will say this, as a professional using AHREFS the absolute primary reason I spend stupid amounts of money every month for the service - is the reports - the one place that GA lacks - not that it lacks but the elements of the report look far better in AHREFS - and this is really the only reason I have it. There is no difference in data between the 2 because AHREFS pulls all of its data from Google

                GA simply has far more to offer... like tracking sales funnels as an example. A/B testing would be another one. Learning GA is worth the time and effort Not just to develop the SEO for your site, but the ability to test and track your efforts in actually doing what you have built a site to do... MAKE MONEY

                Responsible?

                It is disingenuous of you to state that you notified the
                Warrior about the deadlink, because he had changed
                the link in his signature line some time prior to you
                posting that erroneous information.

                So there was nothing for him to fix. The issue was
                your failure to keep up.

                As a matter of fact, I reported your post at the time
                because of the bad link.

                Perhaps you should check your links before posting
                them, and get your facts straight because it would
                have taken 2 minutes to go to Ahrefs to see if any
                of it was free, instead of posting your snide remarks.
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  • Profile picture of the author CintaQs
    Better content, link building, optimized keywords, more trust, more algorithm optimized input.

    In the end, just make the best content for your visitors and you will naturally get better!
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