Forum: Search Engine Optimization
15th June 2009, 02:42 AM
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Replies: 12
Views: 950 Re: Strange Phenomena with Angela/Paul Backlinks
It sounds like Google Personalized Search, this throws people off sometimes.
If you search often for things that interest you in a particular area and have Google Personalized Search enabled it...
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Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum
12th June 2009, 02:29 AM
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Replies: 8
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Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum
7th June 2009, 07:25 AM
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Replies: 6
Views: 843 Re: Wordpress Contact Us Form
Yep.. go to your WP admin.. click Plugins > add new and search for contact form.. you'll find loads of options there that are all easy to install (one click) that'll have your form up and running in...
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Forum: Search Engine Optimization
1st June 2009, 11:12 AM
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Replies: 6
Views: 420 Re: SEO website Help
Yep doing it yourself is the best option in my books, for what you want to achieve it shouldn't take too long at all.
Because you're looking to get ranked for local searches, your first stop...
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Forum: Search Engine Optimization
24th May 2009, 11:05 AM
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Replies: 9
Views: 595 Re: Google page
Read the Google Webmaster Guidelines.
Like askloz suggests, Google have their own way of checking this kind of information, I'd personally stick with that.
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Forum: Search Engine Optimization
24th May 2009, 10:51 AM
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Replies: 5
Views: 597 Re: any one got a list of Directories?
If you use link farms / directories, don't expect much Google love. I see too many people on here saying things like "it won't hurt you" but for the sake of your site read through the Google...
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Forum: Search Engine Optimization
19th May 2009, 05:45 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 520 Re: Do you think this would work...
Lots of people make money with this method, the one thing you need more than anything else is traffic.. and lots of it.
And of course high(ish) paying click throughs, so choose your site topic...
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Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum
18th May 2009, 07:37 PM
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Replies: 15
Views: 1,054 Re: How Do I get My Website Noticed?
If you're looking for a quick fix, then PPC is the way to go. If you're looking for long term then SEO is your best bet.
If you can afford both do both, they work very well together when used...
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Forum: Search Engine Optimization
18th May 2009, 04:22 PM
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Replies: 18
Views: 829 |
Forum: Search Engine Optimization
18th May 2009, 04:00 PM
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Replies: 18
Views: 829 Re: What is the guaranteed way to increase PR?
Here's a PR shortcut.. if you can get just two pages of PR 5 (just as an example) to link to you, your page will get a PR of 3 or 4.
If you can get two pages of PR 7 to link to yours, you will...
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Forum: Search Engine Optimization
18th May 2009, 03:27 PM
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Replies: 4
Views: 451 |
Forum: Search Engine Optimization
18th May 2009, 09:17 AM
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Replies: 7
Views: 779 Re: Is there an optimum amount of keywords?
It depends on what's happening in your niche.. Google expects to see a few similarities between your site and the existing sites it has indexed but as a general rule somewhere between 5 - 8 is a good...
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Forum: Search Engine Optimization
18th May 2009, 09:15 AM
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Replies: 6
Views: 1,354 |
Forum: Search Engine Optimization
18th May 2009, 07:59 AM
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Replies: 3
Views: 442 Re: Same IP and links....
TAKE YOUR TIME with backlinks.. if Google spots that 50 new blogs have sprung up all pointing to a new site, you've done much more harm than good. Google is on the look out for this kind of...
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Forum: Search Engine Optimization
14th May 2009, 12:01 PM
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Replies: 0
Views: 525 Think you can cheat Google?
Think again Google knows more about you than your mother (http://rinf.com/alt-news/contributions/google-knows-more-about-you-than-your-mother/5616/)
Now put the privacy stuff to one side and...
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Forum: Search Engine Optimization
14th May 2009, 11:56 AM
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Replies: 11
Views: 927 |
Forum: Search Engine Optimization
14th May 2009, 11:54 AM
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Replies: 16
Views: 822 |
Forum: Search Engine Optimization
30th April 2009, 08:08 AM
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Replies: 12
Views: 705 Re: Warning About Selling Links
There's another problem with paying for links.. if you stop a months payment and the links are removed that's gonna hit you pretty hard in terms of rank, but then if you start paying for them again...
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Forum: Search Engine Optimization
28th April 2009, 03:13 PM
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Replies: 30
Views: 1,080 Re: 4 Common SEO mistakes to avoid
Nice list, I'm sure many will add to it.
Here's my top 4 (well.. top 4 from a site I just finished engineering)
1. Lack of mod rewrite
2. Lack of robots
3. Lack of sitemap & site map
4.a....
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Forum: Website Design
21st April 2009, 11:29 AM
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Replies: 3
Views: 640 Re: iframe alternative
You could use a server side include http://www.mediatitan.com/articles/php_server_side_includes.php
Very easy to manage and nowhere near as complicated as they sound.
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Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum
13th April 2009, 11:07 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 644 |
Forum: Search Engine Optimization
10th April 2009, 01:40 PM
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Replies: 14
Views: 689 A way to get more Google PR
I don't know how to embed videos in posts (any pointers would be welcome) so I'll post the link here until I figure it out...
I made the video in a bit of a rush, as you do when you get a sudden...
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Forum: Search Engine Optimization
3rd April 2009, 03:13 PM
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Replies: 7
Views: 567 |
Forum: Search Engine Optimization
3rd April 2009, 01:17 PM
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Replies: 8
Views: 891 Re: How many backlinks is safe per week ?
Google looks at the history data of sites within your niche and compares that to yours, so it's really hard to say what's safe and what isn't. Just follow a couple of basic rules and you'll be fine:...
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Forum: Search Engine Optimization
26th March 2009, 02:15 AM
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Replies: 5
Views: 549 Re: Site Vanshed fro a 4th ranking in google!
Depending on what's happening backlinks could damage it.. I mean if he's already got a ton of backlinks really quickly Google might suspect something.
Updating it with on-topic content fairly...
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Forum: Search Engine Optimization
23rd March 2009, 10:17 PM
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Replies: 11
Views: 523 Re: SEO experts
If you can, try to find an SEO that has been recommended by someone you know. Failing that check the Warriors For Hire board Warriors For Hire - Programmers, Website Designers, Graphic Artists...
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Forum: Search Engine Optimization
22nd March 2009, 07:48 AM
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Replies: 8
Views: 496 Re: Freelancer sites for SEO .
There's thousands upon thousands of SEOs out there.. but watch out a lot of them will make promises they can't keep, over charge you (under charging is a sign of a cowboy too), and watch out for...
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Forum: Search Engine Optimization
21st March 2009, 05:19 AM
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Replies: 13
Views: 519 Re: Question for SEO Experts
a .com might take longer to properly index, Google runs more spam checks on them than any other suffix and you run a higher chance of being sandboxed.
But I think it really comes down to the type...
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Forum: Search Engine Optimization
20th March 2009, 12:03 PM
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Replies: 28
Views: 849 Re: Looking for some help with backlinks!
What?
Are you crazy dude? That's a sure-fire way to damage someone's site.
It is NOT organic. But it IS spam.
Since you're the expert, I'm looking forward to your response on how you can...
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Forum: Search Engine Optimization
20th March 2009, 11:35 AM
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Replies: 3
Views: 519 Link Farms - A Bad Way To Increase Backlinks
Since joining this forum I've seen a lot of 'new to SEO' people being told to use link farms.
This is a very bad idea.
Why? Google really does hates link farms and their algorithms consider...
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Forum: Search Engine Optimization
18th March 2009, 08:36 PM
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Replies: 6
Views: 597 |
Forum: Search Engine Optimization
17th March 2009, 05:11 AM
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Replies: 10
Views: 512 |
Forum: Search Engine Optimization
16th March 2009, 04:56 PM
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Replies: 2
Views: 492 Re: Common problems with SEO
Bad keyword density, proximity, prominence and frequency are the most common problems on sites that I'm asked to engineer.
Gateway pages, cloaking, stuffing and other black hat techniques are...
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Forum: Search Engine Optimization
15th March 2009, 12:49 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 555 |
Forum: Search Engine Optimization
14th March 2009, 02:00 PM
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Replies: 9
Views: 819 Re: Local Search SEO
Click on the 'more results' link then click 'Information for Business Owners'
Now you have an option to include your site in the list, you will need to give them your phone number so they can...
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Forum: Search Engine Optimization
14th March 2009, 02:00 AM
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Replies: 1
Views: 386 Re: SEO Question - Safeguarding Site Content
There may be some debate about this, but hypothetically you could use "<NOSCRIPT>" tags.. but not as a permanent solution.
Another way you could do this, which is a bit more work would be to put...
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Forum: Search Engine Optimization
14th March 2009, 01:45 AM
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Replies: 7
Views: 479 Re: seo question
It could be possible that because you're hosted in the UK and aiming for a UK market, Google sees your site IP & location and gives you the thumbs up. But when it compares your efforts against your...
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