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Forum: Search Engine Optimization 26th February 2018, 10:55 AM
Replies: 1
Views: 132
Posted By mikeandtomphoto
Site structure and headings

Looking to restructure my site as its a little messy and all over the place. I am looking at two options but unsure what would be the best approach.

My main keyword and h1 title is Hong Kong...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 24th January 2018, 05:19 AM
Replies: 6
Views: 150
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Forum: Search Engine Optimization 23rd January 2018, 04:52 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 150
Posted By mikeandtomphoto
Local Pages & Duplicate Content

I am after a little advice on duplicate content.

My website has the following site structure:

Homepage (site.com) - Targeting Brand Name
Photography Page (site.com/photography/ - Targeting...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 26th July 2017, 01:19 AM
Replies: 1
Views: 125
Posted By mikeandtomphoto
Long Tail targeting on individual pages - HELP

Ok I am looking for advice on how to rank 2 different pages for 2 very similar keywords as I feel that google might struggle to know which to rank.

Ranking Terms -
Boston Wedding Photographer...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 9th June 2017, 08:20 AM
Replies: 16
Views: 467
Posted By mikeandtomphoto
Re: Do none relevant backlinks hurt SEO or just not help?

like i say in my above post, its not about wedding photography, its more about weddings eg top wedding venues, mistakes to avoid at your wedding, how to save money on your wedding. All these posts...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 9th June 2017, 03:17 AM
Replies: 16
Views: 467
Posted By mikeandtomphoto
Re: Do none relevant backlinks hurt SEO or just not help?

Isn't anybody who creates infographics for links actively distributing infographics for the purpose of links.

Obviously, it would be better to have a relevant infographic to my subject.

Yeh...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 8th June 2017, 03:11 PM
Replies: 16
Views: 467
Posted By mikeandtomphoto
Re: Do none relevant backlinks hurt SEO or just not help?

Aren't all answers really going to be C based on my first point though? "NOT relevant to the topic"

Would google be penalising because its a PBN or because its not relevant? Back my previous...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 8th June 2017, 01:04 PM
Replies: 16
Views: 467
Posted By mikeandtomphoto
Re: Do none relevant backlinks hurt SEO or just not help?

So as always a pretty even split between everyone's opinions.

As an example...

What are your guys thoughts on infographic marketing. For example, I create an infographic about plumbing. It gets...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 8th June 2017, 09:52 AM
Replies: 16
Views: 467
Posted By mikeandtomphoto
Do irrelevant backlinks hurt SEO or just not help?

A simple question..

Do backlinks from websites that are NOT relevant to the topic but are high-authority:

A: Help with ranking
B: Do nothing for ranking
C: Negatively Impact ranking
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 12th April 2017, 04:16 PM
Replies: 0
Views: 199
Posted By mikeandtomphoto
Stuck on SILO structure and internal linking

Hi,

I am having difficulties getting my head around silo structuring and internal linking.

Some information:

I have a branded domain eg adidas.com
I offer 2 services. Wedding Photography...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 14th August 2016, 09:16 AM
Replies: 18
Views: 253
Posted By mikeandtomphoto
Re: Bad backlinks?

It's obviously a topic that divides people. We recently got a backlink from vice.com - most people will know that its quite a well known 'news outlet' but on an article that isn't relevant in any...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 13th August 2016, 03:01 PM
Replies: 18
Views: 253
Posted By mikeandtomphoto
Re: Bad backlinks?

cheers for all the responses guys!

so for example, what if a really highly rated website such as the apple.com, bbc.com or huffington post wanted to use the image. I imagine that they are very...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 13th August 2016, 04:23 AM
Replies: 18
Views: 253
Posted By mikeandtomphoto
Bad backlinks?

Im a wedding photographer, we recently photographed a wedding in florence and took some lovely scenery shots.

Several travel websites contacted me asking to use the photos, providing these arent...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 21st July 2016, 01:30 AM
Replies: 31
Views: 243
Posted By mikeandtomphoto
What is a good back link??

Ok so I have seen this topic covered many times before however I just wanted to get to the bottom (or at least thoughts on the bottom) of what really is a good back link.

Understandably a backlink...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 18th July 2016, 03:33 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 206
Posted By mikeandtomphoto
Website Up and Down - Google Dance or Penalty

Launched a new site on a dormant domain back in January. Domain was dormant for about 2 years and started being active with new content and keywords and generally topic in January.

I saw a slow...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 10th May 2016, 08:42 AM
Replies: 7
Views: 235
Posted By mikeandtomphoto
SEO Friendly Wordpress E-Commerce Plugin

Hi, I am hoping for some recommendations on the best wordpress plugins for ecommerce, with SEO in mind I am looking for a very lightweight, speedy plugin. I have listed some requirements below:

-...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 5th May 2016, 02:44 AM
Replies: 16
Views: 537
Posted By mikeandtomphoto
Re: How important is domain name/url in 2016?

What about thoughts on partial match keywords, for example:

Keyword: Photography Courses

photoacademy.com
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 5th May 2016, 02:41 AM
Replies: 16
Views: 537
Posted By mikeandtomphoto
Re: How important is domain name/url in 2016?

So google has never told people like me any information about ranking factors?????
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 4th May 2016, 02:30 AM
Replies: 5
Views: 267
Posted By mikeandtomphoto
Edu or Com??

I recently posted a question about keyword rich domains and today I am onto .edu or .com domains.

Its been reported that google likes .edu backlinks so I thought what does google prefer in terms...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 4th May 2016, 02:27 AM
Replies: 16
Views: 537
Posted By mikeandtomphoto
Re: How important is domain name/url in 2016?

Well pretty obvious when you look at all the responses... It used to be a very big ranking factor hence why you used to see many exact keyword domains ranking high.

At some point I guess google...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 4th May 2016, 02:25 AM
Replies: 16
Views: 537
Posted By mikeandtomphoto
Re: How important is domain name/url in 2016?

Ok so generally it's not as important but it is still a ranking factor in peoples opinion?
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 1st May 2016, 11:18 AM
Replies: 16
Views: 537
Posted By mikeandtomphoto
How important is domain name/url in 2016?

What are your thoughts on how important having a keyword specific domain name is in 2016?

Secondly, how important is exact match, partial match and how do they compare.

Premise is that I hate...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 29th April 2016, 01:29 AM
Replies: 3
Views: 266
Posted By mikeandtomphoto
Re: Flickr Search Rankings

Thanks.

Have spent a very very long time on this since I posted this question without much joy at all. The only real correlation I have been able to find us that your title is of vital importance,...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 14th April 2016, 11:15 AM
Replies: 3
Views: 266
Posted By mikeandtomphoto
Re: Flickr Search Rankings

Something to do with favs, comments and views i guess but not really seeing how it works in correlation to the results
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 14th April 2016, 07:53 AM
Replies: 3
Views: 266
Posted By mikeandtomphoto
Flickr Search Rankings

Anybody have any experience in whats needed to rank images high within flickr?

https://www.flickr.com/search/?text=new%20york

Eg would it just be desciption, tags, favs, comments, views?
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 29th March 2016, 07:10 AM
Replies: 6
Views: 400
Posted By mikeandtomphoto
Re: How clever is Google - Niche Sites??

Would you be penalised for having links from none niche sites? Or would they just not carry the same weight?

All links would be organically built and completely natural.
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 27th March 2016, 08:59 AM
Replies: 6
Views: 400
Posted By mikeandtomphoto
How clever is Google - Niche Sites??

It is said that you must build quality backlinks from niche sites or blog posts. But what does google consider niche.

As an example, if I was targeting London Plumbers, I imagine niche sites would...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 22nd March 2016, 10:39 AM
Replies: 3
Views: 1,462
Posted By mikeandtomphoto
Re: Backlinks from Foursquare Tips

Anybody have anymore ideas on this, i can't find a read more tag.
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 21st March 2016, 07:27 AM
Replies: 18
Views: 874
Posted By mikeandtomphoto
Does my website theme make a difference to SEO

Hi, I have recently built a new website theme, I was wondering if there would be any implications to using the same theme across multiple sites? I would change the content, images etc
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 18th March 2016, 10:11 AM
Replies: 7
Views: 374
Posted By mikeandtomphoto
How to rank for a NEW keyword

What is the best process to rank for a new keyword without harming current rankings for example...

A website mainly targets '-alternative wedding photography' but then decides they want to target...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 11th March 2016, 10:37 AM
Replies: 3
Views: 258
Posted By mikeandtomphoto
Re: Why is this inner page ranking ahead of homepage?

Thanks for the above :)

Shouldn't be any backlinks pointing to the photography page (haven't looked) as there is hardly any links anyway.

But thanks for the shout :)
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 11th March 2016, 08:45 AM
Replies: 3
Views: 249
Posted By mikeandtomphoto
Re: Schema PostalAddress

thank you.

Any thoughts on why Yelp classes City as a Locality? Blavou - 10 Photos - Photographers - West Kensington - London - Yelp (http://www.yelp.co.uk/biz/blavou-london)
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 11th March 2016, 03:43 AM
Replies: 3
Views: 249
Posted By mikeandtomphoto
Schema PostalAddress

Confused on what should my Locality and Region for schema.org markup??

On my Yelp it would list the Locality as London and Region as West Kensington whereas my FreeIndex page it's reversed.

The...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 10th March 2016, 03:33 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 258
Posted By mikeandtomphoto
Why is this inner page ranking ahead of homepage?

Any idea why this inner page - Leeds Wedding Photographer » Photos by Lanty » Photography (http://photosbylanty.com/photography/) is ranking ahead of Leeds Wedding Photographer » Photos by Lanty...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 9th March 2016, 04:46 PM
Replies: 13
Views: 829
Posted By mikeandtomphoto
Re: Best SEO Method - Blog Post

Ok so I went ahead and created 2 posts as discussed.

1 - Wortley Hall Wedding Photography | Blavou - Michael & Manasi (http://blavou.co/wortley-hall-wedding-photography/) - This is the post that I...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 5th March 2016, 06:04 PM
Replies: 13
Views: 829
Posted By mikeandtomphoto
Re: Best SEO Method - Blog Post

all completely missed the point I think... maybe a couple haven't but the majority are just telling me about blog systems..
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 3rd March 2016, 12:20 PM
Replies: 13
Views: 829
Posted By mikeandtomphoto
Best SEO Method - Blog Post

I am a wedding photographer and like every wedding photographer, when we have photographed a wedding we create a blog post. This image usually has over 100 images on there so is quite slow to load.
...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 17th February 2016, 05:16 AM
Replies: 3
Views: 1,462
Posted By mikeandtomphoto
Re: Backlinks from Foursquare Tips

I have found the edit page but can't find the read more button?
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 16th February 2016, 05:24 AM
Replies: 3
Views: 1,462
Posted By mikeandtomphoto
Backlinks from Foursquare Tips

Hi, I was wondering if anybody know's how to get the 'Read More' link from Foursquare?

Something to do with their brandbot but can't work it out -...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 29th January 2016, 10:45 AM
Replies: 5
Views: 457
Posted By mikeandtomphoto
Audit my website

I feel like over the last few months I have learnt a lot about SEO especially from warrior forum

Would really appreciate an audit of my site. - here is the link:

London Wedding Photographer |...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 23rd January 2016, 07:02 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 1,384
Posted By mikeandtomphoto
Re: Should I Minify HTML for SEO?

Trying to make the site as quick as possible with the resources I have.
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 23rd January 2016, 07:02 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 1,384
Posted By mikeandtomphoto
Re: Should I Minify HTML for SEO?

What about further minification with line break removal?
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 23rd January 2016, 06:06 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 1,384
Posted By mikeandtomphoto
Re: Should I Minify HTML for SEO?

thanks for the response, an overwhelming no really. Much appreciated.

Stephen, no not this site. This site is long due an update, redesign and clean up. Summer 2016 here we come.

The site we...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 22nd January 2016, 04:47 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 1,384
Posted By mikeandtomphoto
Should I Minify HTML for SEO?

I understand minifying HTML improves the page load speed which is important for SEO but it seems like quite a big alteration to the code of the site and I am worried that minfying could have adverse...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 6th January 2016, 09:17 AM
Replies: 5
Views: 335
Posted By mikeandtomphoto
On page SEO review- Advice appreciated

Looking for a big of an ONPAGE - SEO review.

Points to consider..

Currently in the process of:
1 - Linking in Social Media
2 - Creating blog posts
3 - Setting up GA
4 - Mobile/Responsive...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 5th January 2016, 08:30 AM
Replies: 4
Views: 423
Posted By mikeandtomphoto
Re: Site Structure & Meta - Ahrefs Recent Post

Hey Dexter, sorry friend different site. We are talking about London Wedding Photographer | Blavou - Home (http://blavou.co) on this one.
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 5th January 2016, 04:56 AM
Replies: 4
Views: 423
Posted By mikeandtomphoto
Re: Site Structure & Meta - Ahrefs Recent Post

Thanks David. Feedback massively appreciated.

It's a tough one as we just did a quick search for other photographers (manchester wedding photographer) and every site thats top seems massively over...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 4th January 2016, 03:07 AM
Replies: 4
Views: 423
Posted By mikeandtomphoto
Site Structure & Meta - Ahrefs Recent Post

Hi, currently in the process of building a new website (London Wedding Photographer | Blavou - Homepage (http://blavou.co)) specifically targeting London Wedding Photographer keyword and its...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 28th December 2015, 03:23 AM
Replies: 18
Views: 615
Posted By mikeandtomphoto
Re: SEO Firm not working - Advice Needed

Ok so you are all in agreement that something is not right with them and I shouldn't continue?

Would it help if I uploaded the reports they send and agreements in place? To give a bigger picture...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 27th December 2015, 05:45 PM
Replies: 18
Views: 615
Posted By mikeandtomphoto
Re: SEO Firm not working - Advice Needed

Although thanks for the link to the thread. Very interesting.
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 27th December 2015, 05:32 PM
Replies: 18
Views: 615
Posted By mikeandtomphoto
Re: SEO Firm not working - Advice Needed

Yeh the site is a mess as keeping on top of it isn't the easiest thing in the world for ourselves. I could easily rank a site for a city and wedding photography and we are lucky enough to have...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 27th December 2015, 06:01 AM
Replies: 18
Views: 615
Posted By mikeandtomphoto
Re: SEO Firm not working - Advice Needed

So if a portfolio is easy to fake how would choose an SEO company if you were looking?

Well of course it would be easy to give a timescale, yes it might take longer yes it might be quicker? Do...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 27th December 2015, 04:50 AM
Replies: 18
Views: 615
Posted By mikeandtomphoto
SEO Firm not working - Advice Needed

A few months back (5) we started looking for an SEO company that could work on a specific page on our website Manchester Wedding Photographer | Mike & Tom (http://www.mikeandtom.co.uk/manchester). We...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 20th November 2015, 06:28 AM
Replies: 1
Views: 346
Posted By mikeandtomphoto
Site Structure without Keyword Overload

Looking for a bit of specific advice regarding site structure. I have attached two images of the design and briefly outlined how the site will be structured.

- Keyword = London Wedding...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 19th November 2015, 03:49 AM
Replies: 5
Views: 437
Posted By mikeandtomphoto
Re: Way to get backlinks & social shares (Charlie Sheen Method)

I have a sort of follow up question to this... How does posting content that you don't want to rank for effect your rankings? For example we are wedding photographers and want to rank for say london...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 12th November 2015, 07:56 AM
Replies: 2
Views: 277
Posted By mikeandtomphoto
Thoughts on best approach (domain names)

Any thoughts on the best approach. We currently have a wordpress multisite set up. Im not sure what you know about multisite but basically wordpress is hosted on a domain, in our case its blavou.co....
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