Free Answers To Your SEO Questions!

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Hi All,

I am offering free advice for your SEO questions, I figured as I am a new member here (however, been lurking for a while) I would try and help out some people that are having some troubles with their SEO efforts.

I have personally advised some of the largest Australian blue chips in the finance, credit card, health care, telecommunications and hotel industries.

So... like... fire away
#search engine optimization #answers #free #questions #seo
  • Do you use any tools to help build your backlinks? such as:
    roboform
    scrapebox
    xrumer etc
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    • Hi Maverick8,

      To be honest I have never touched any tools like that. The only tool(s) that assist me with my link building are RoboForm (makes life so much easier) and SEO SpyGlass from the guys over at Link Assistant.

      I personally hate the term Link Building.. I prefer to look at the process as relationship management. When I build a site, or work with a client, we produce quality content that would be helpful for to say, bloggers.. forums.. regular websites and we leverage this content to create a relationship with these webmasters.

      Especially in 2010, it is more about maintaining relationships with fellow webmasters/SEOs then it is to hard drop links in as many places as possible.

      However, other techniques that I still use and are highly effective are:

      * Article writing / submission
      * Blog (creating content and syndicating this using RSS)
      * Social Bookmarking (StumbleUpon brings a decent amount of traffic)

      Hope this helps
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  • Which yield better backlink result?

    Only 1 Unique articles in every article directories -OR- 10 unique articles in every article directories?

    I am asking this because what I heard that Google tends to devalue a backlink if there are too backlink come from the same source, website, directories and etc.
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    • I would suggest submitting all 10, but spread the submissions out to say 1 a week.
  • Hi,
    I would love if you could visit my site. I had it up on Google AU for my main search terms for about 2 years, then about 15months ago, it was relegated to page 6 on Austalian Google for the terms. Since then I have done heaps of web 2.0 promotions and nothing has happened, still hovers between page 5 and 7
    I rebuit the sit about 6 months ago, and this had no effect on it at all. The competetion is nothing, with very lttle links or anything, so I am very lost to what it is doing there.
    I will send you link via pm

    regards a fello Qld'er

    Phil
    aka Whateva
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    • Hi Mike,

      I have read conflicting opinions from Industry experts regarding the difference between "regular" static websites and Blog websites like WordPress when it comes to SE ranking.

      I was wondering if you have done and research comparison testing, or if you know from your experience what that difference, if any, might be?

      In other words, if you have a "regular" static site and a WP Blog site, both with the same quality content (including the same keyword density), both with the same on-site seo, and both with the same off-site seo (backlinks etc), will the blog rank better than the regular site for the targeted keyword?

      Thanks a lot in advance for your comment
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  • Hi Mike - and welcome from a fellow aussie!

    I just posted a question on this forum (probably just a few down the list from this thread), it's called:

    Offline biz site SEO question (sorry, can't seem to link to it).

    Don't want to hijack your thread, but could you take a look at it if you can - it's about SEO for an offline services business.

    Cheers mate.
  • Hi JustMint, I have replied in your other thread
  • Hey Mike

    I'm really very impressed with your response and Help. So here's my question:
    When I create content (articles, blogs etc...) I tend to create a quality spinned/rewritten version of that article and submit it to different places. Is that a good strategy?

    Also I tend to submit the spinned article to my blog, , , , , and Sqweedoo, Considering that I put good effort in spinning the article properly I would love to submit it to a lot of other places, but I understand that the 500 directory lists that people usually provide is kind of useless. What other places would you recommend me to submit to?
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    • Thanks a lot for your response Mike.
      Your help is very much appreciated.
      Gordon
  • Thanks Mike for your generous offer!

    We are into distant learning and currently shopping for an excellent SEO expert. My guess is that it's not just the SEO expert, but the whole team that should matter ? Is that correct ?

    What should we look into an SEO expert or SEO team to be confident that they are not overcharging us and can in fact deliver ?
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    • Hi rawblark,

      When shopping for an SEO team, you should definitely have some questions ready for him to see some referrals and ask him about his experience. Ask him about his strengths and weaknesses (any SEO that has no weaknesses should be a red flag). Be weary of teams/experts that can promise you search engine rankings, as nobody knows the Google algorithm so how the hell can they PROMISE rankings right?

      You should also note that some keywords are more competitive then others and some might require more work then others. In my personal opinion the best thing would be to get an SEO to consult, and have a seperate IT team that can help with the implementation of it's changes.

      If you wish to discuss the matters in a bit more detail, or if you have any more questions, don't hesitate to leave another message or contact me privately.

      Cheers,

      Mike
  • If you are optimizing a html web site is it better to just on page seo and add a blog or is it much better to port the site over to wordpress?
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    • Sorry, I might be missing her, but your question really doesn't make much sense to me.

      If you are optimising a website don't put all your eggs in one basket. On-page SEO is just as important as "off-page" seo.
  • thanks for prompt reply's mike,i am struggling to find perfect answer for this..
    would you target a keyword that has old websites in top 10 serp results but this sites have very few backlinks to that page n low page pr, with new domain (minisite)??
    what should be your strategy?
  • I would definitely do a competitive analysis of the competition for your keyword. Meaning, I would look at their backlink profile, their amount of pages indexed, the amount of on-topic pages (e.g. how many pages are about your topic). That would give you a pretty good indicator of the struggle that you're up against.
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    • I'm just wondering if what's more important the content or the links in a website? I am aiming to get my blog more search engine friendly and I am sort of a beginner in the business. Any explanation is highly appreciated. Thanks! This site is really great!
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  • Let be pessimistic here.

    Let just say that I am freaking untalented in this SEO game..but if I continue to build one backlink per day, will I success in the future?
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    • Hi Keivn,

      It depends on what industry your in, what your competitors are doing and much more. If your only strategy is to build one backlink per day, your chances of competing for even a slightly competitive keyword are pretty darn slim!
  • Hello,

    Thanks for your reply about what to look in an SEO expert or team when shopping. How much hours per day and number of SEO guys are required to do a good SEO job ?

    My guess is that one guy is SEO supervisor, link builders and content writers, online seo html guy. Is that right ?

    Once a product is delivered (say the target keyword search gets your site at the top in google search) what is next ? I'm sure it won't be there until actively SEOed continuously .. for ever ?
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    • It all depends on the capability of the people you hire, and the amount of money you are willing to spend. As they say, if you pay peanuts, you get monkeys and nowhere has this been more true then in the SEO game. Every guy and his dog are calling themselves SEO's because there is no standard or qualifications or even a governing body.

      I would suggest hiring an SEO guy with experience, to evaluate your current situation (e.g. where you are compared to your competiton) and that will give you a realistic view of what needs to be done.

      My clients usually have an internal development team and hire me to consult and guide their development team to implement the correct changes.

      I tend to not hire link builders (as seen in the forums) but I teach people the value of creating relationships with other webmasters where getting links or link exchanges could be profitable. I dislike the term link building, and especially in 2010 I think we are leaning more towards relationship management!

      So realistically if you have a good development team/person and an SEO consultant you should be able to get a long way.
  • Wow, I love your information Mike. Thanks again - it helped me
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