What Parts Of SEO Confuse You?

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just a query with others.

What parts of SEO confuse you.

This could be On page SEO, Meta Tags, Backlinking or any other part of SEo.

Look forward to your thoughts.

Darren
#search engine optimization #confuse #parts #seo
  • How keywords are ranking?
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  • How to get quality backlinks.
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  • Give the search engines what they want..... RELEVANCY & QUALITY

    The search engines want to please the browser they want to provide the best answer to whatever it is they are looking for

    Google and other SE use different ways to measure relevancy and they are constantly changing, but that's what makes the game fun =)
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    • EXACTLY! Google's entire business model is built around relevancy. This is the key when doing on-page seo.
  • Only things that really confuse me is why people obsess over EMD's and PR.
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  • about the tags and what would be accurate description which would be good
  • How to get quality backlinks and how to optimize content?
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  • how to analyze competitor website?
  • In SEO most is quality backlink with relevant category so this is very tuff for me.
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    • This same thing really sucks me sometimes!
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  • Why my site rank is jumping even though I create good quality content and work with quality websites etc., This I never know.
  • Perhaps getting backlinks really confuses me. Meta tags as well. Until now I'm still wrestling with it.
  • SEO don't confuse me, I confuses the SEO lol.
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  • I used to be confused on the off-page part until I actually started doing it. Don't just read guides and read about how other people are doing their backlinking, test for yourself and see what works for your sites and your keywords!
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  • The sudden jumps in serps, especially for just one keyword while the rest are locked and no linkbuilding is done.
    • Everyone bleating on about 'Unique Content' without there being any official word from Google and seeing the News Aggregation sites doing as well as ever.
    • People starting threads and then disappearing for 8 hours, but that's got nothing to do with SEO
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    • In short keywords rank depending on relevancy, content on page and then related backlinks.

      I think quality backlinks need to be sort of related to your site. If your dealing with dogs, I dont think a backlink on a car website carries weight, although a backlink none the less

      So true emma. BTW The report in your sig was a good read thanks.

      People do seem to obsess exact match domain may work better but google changes so often who knows. PR yes well search for anything ( with seo quake plugin ) see the pr of sites on the page. Quite often a PR0 will be leading a PR4 site...If PR mattered you would see highest to lowest numbers down the page.

      Tags and descriptions are what google sees. Have your keyword in those spots and your good to go.

      I am doing a FREE WSO shortly on this stay tuned.

      Software SEO SPyglass is a good one.

      If using Wordpress a tip is to have your keyword as a category, and then the heading in a post.

      Web 2.0 sites are a good way to get targeted traffic.

      Hang on I will just ask google...lol.. It is a mystery to all of us.

      As mentioned I am doing a free wso shortly on this. It will explain a lot for you.

      True.

      Great Stuff

      If you had just changed anything on your site this could be the " Google Dance"

      Unique content that is the mystery?? People starting threads and dissappearing, if you directing at me , Yes i had dissappeared, due to internet issues...Hopefully all is fixed now..
  • All of it
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    • sometimes this can be true Michelle.

      I find a lot of things nowadays people can over complicate it.

      If you know the rough basics of what to do it can work quite well.

      As an example if you type into google " forklift sales geelong " my client ranks in top 3.

      he was no where in searches previously, I redid his website, structured it properly and I have not done any backlinking to it at all.

      Now he has spot 3 in google.com and spot 1 and 2 in google.com.au

      Cheers

      PS I have a FREE Report in my signature that will help you understand
  • i would love to learn the exact blueprint on ranking a site, instead of trying 100million strategy.
  • What's the difference between a link wheel and a link pylon?
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    • I am not sure what you mean by a link pylon?
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      One is round, the other is tall.
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  • Find HIGH QUALITY websites to place my links inside
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    • Hi Patco,

      High quality sites are important. But also link diversity is as well.
      Google will look at you funny if you say had links from all PR4 sites.

      You need a mixture of we will call it lower quality links, mixed with links of differing quality.

      Also make sure you differ your anchor text. For example looking at your signature you could have 1 anchor text being weight loss tips, another version could be tips for weight loss, easy weight loss tips and so on.

      I hope that helps a bit.

  • Using Scrapebox and if it's useful. No one has answered that question.

    If I'm able to beat PR 5 and above sites that are ranked 1-10 on Google's first page. They have a lot of backlinks, high PR backlinks, but keyword is not in the description, no content, no keyword title, no meta tags, none of that.
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    • I am in 2 minds about Scrapebox. There is plenty of ways to find sites to post links on.

      The sites you are talking about i dare say if you analized their backlinks their anchor text would be the keywords. Even if those keywords are not in the meta etc.
  • figuring out ho to get on the first page of Google -
    in any niche
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    • A start for you IndianGirl in my signature I just finished a report on how to start to do exactly what you ask.

      Darren
  • When you get deep in the rabbit hole you realize the "quality content" thing is a bit disingenuous. If you submit quality to 100 different websites and link them the same, you'll have 100 different ranking placements (can't contain the same space). This is the thing that bugs me/confuses me on some level.

    This means some sites are predisposed to ranking well, while others are destined for long tail phrases only. You have to build your business model accordingly. Either going to eat with the big dogs, or fight for scraps with the little ones.
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    • I agree. All things being equal, I guess site speed, site structure, and even graphics affect how the visitor experiences the site and converts or not - something that should affect the sites value in the eyes of G...

      But does it? And how much? And "conversion" is a very broad concept
  • backlinks confuse me a lot
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    • What exactly confuses you? That way I can hopefully help you out with an explanation.
  • Good topic for a thread Aussie.

    Looks like people really want info about getting relevant and high pr backlinks. Of the two, getting high pr backlinks is easiest.

    Market Samurai has a module to help find relevant sites to post comments on. I just saw a much cheaper app (I think here on WF) today that does something similar, but I can't remember what it was... :-(
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    • Thanks

      Mike Carter has a great tool for finding sites to comment on, show pr and do follow or not.

      Just dloaded your rank instantly script will have a peek...
      Might be similar to something I already have but lets see.

      Cheers
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  • Rankings. One of my sites was ranking #6 for its keyword. It moved to #4. Then it moved to #6 again but its secondary page and privacy policy page are now ranking #7 & #8... WTF??
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    • And now the site is nowhere to be found in the SERPs... still indexed though.
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  • I, generally get confused with onpage SEO
  • How to get quality back links.
  • How to get quality and do-follow back link on high ranking web sites and how to get fast/auto approved directories and blog sites.

    If any can provide me so please............


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    • I am totally confused about that no follow link are really helpful to get a huge traffic to your site or not? can anyone help me regarding this?
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  • when my website stuck at some position especially at #11
    and also when my client ask me to provide high PR relevant dofollow blog comments
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    • Your having a small dance with google.
      If it is showing your secondary pages these pages are obviously most relevant for your keyword. I would take a look at your on page seo of your main page.

      On page SEO is a wide topic, I am currently writing a report on all of this.
      In general couple tips is if your keyword is : xyx.
      Have it in your text on your page. Name any pictures xyz.jpg etc.
      If it is a wordpress site you have 1 of your categories XYZ.

      Hope that helps a little bit

      Look for backlinking sources that relate to your keyword and that are not spammed to death.

      Dont rush things.
      You can find software around that can find these sites your looking for.
      Always do a mixture of do follow, no follow and so on.

      No follow links are still a link. Google likes to see differences. I would not have ALL DO Follow links, it will seem un natural.

      I am sorry cant help you much here.

      Instant Backlink Magic is a great source for finding blogs to comment on.
      Again do a mixture of links not all do follow links.
    • How to get quality backlinks and how keywords are ranking?
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    • As mentioned I am in process of writing a comprehensive report on all these factors.

      On page factors are keywords in your text and also keywords in your pictures or videos.

      As an example I looked at your prime beauty site.

      Little seo things can help like the name of a picture when uploading and always if possible have an alt tag.

      The first picture i seen was your beauty heaven award pic. Now it had no alt tag and the filename was bhaward.png

      Now say your keyword ypour targeting was " beauty salon sydney" I would name the picture when uploading to your site beauty-salon-sydney.png

      Hopefully you get where I am going, and that it helps a bit.

      Darren
  • The search engines want to please the browser they want to provide the best answer to whatever it is they are looking for

    Google and other SE use different ways to measure relevancy and they are constantly changing, but that's what makes the game fun =)
  • What's the difference in "do follow" and "don't follow" and how do you know which is which?
  • no offense

    Female = SEO

    ME very confuse what they want both are fickle, Un-readable, Un- predictable.

    They are happy when you spend a lot on them..
  • The first thing that confused me was the jargon. Web 2.0 properties. Really? Having a blog on wordpress.org has nothing to do with making AJAX requests (the original use for the term web 2.0). Then the word keyword. Everyone seems to use it interchangeably with key phrase. When I hear keyword, I think ONE word. But, that's not always what people mean.



    The second thing is buying links. I see people in this forum who say NEVER buy links -- It's terrible! Then you look at their signature, and they are selling links?
  • i dont know why people do seo to create competition, seo just wastes time, we can spend this time in building quality content, but google has made us forced to do seo in addition of creating quality content, i never understand what is the purpose of wasting time on others websites by writing comments and all that, may be after making this world a global village all these scientists want us that we know each other visit each other site and think this is all natural . so to me everything about seo confuses me. may be i it is time to learn and understand seo so i am here at worlds # 1 marketing forum.
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    • Buying links is a funny topic. I believe yes create links... More so links you have control of. Plain and simple.

      Great comment here. None the less we need to create content to create backlinks. Unfortunately yes we need to seo our own websites, otherwise the relevance is not there for Google.

      Seo does not need to be confusing. If you understand the basic principles it is not hard.

      but let me ask you why do we do SEO or create backlinks.???

      Of course to get our website seen.

      Why do we create a website...... Of course to pass on information or showcase our service or product.

      So all in all it is a necessary evil.
  • Keyword research for local businesses and how it differs from keyword research for an online blog type site.
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    • Keyword research is keyword research doesnt matter what its for.

      If you are targeting local firstly use google keyword tool to see if there is any data.

      If not all is not lost, as you type things into google search bar have you ever noticed it brings up a list of phrases. What this is showing is the most recent things people are typing into google. So although googles keyword tool may show not collected data yet, this can give you an insight into whether or not there is some search value.

      As an example lets say i was searching for " plumber geelong " and there was no data in google.
      In my above example you will see in screenshot that by typing "plumber g " you can see in the list geelong.

      2012-04-06_1300 - Darren-Lucas's library

      this can help you if you are trying to determine if there is any traffic for your clients chosen keyword.

      Hope that helps
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  • google algorithm confuse me
  • There is nothing to confuse SEO. If you have quality content then your site will automatically high ranking.
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