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Forum: Search Engine Optimization 11th July 2015, 05:25 PM
Replies: 14
Views: 689
Posted By livemusic
Re: Lost mysite.com! Bought mysite.net, what now?

Can someone tell me the best (free, I hope) way to find the links which pointed to my old .com site? Or is there not a way? The site (with my old copy at mysite.com) is no longer up and running, I...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 11th July 2015, 11:40 AM
Replies: 14
Views: 689
Posted By livemusic
Re: Lost mysite.com! Bought mysite.net, what now?

I wrote the squatter again and told him that yes, the site has some traffic but does not result in much income at all to me (I looked at my stats) and I would need to improve it if I could get it...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 11th July 2015, 09:08 AM
Replies: 14
Views: 689
Posted By livemusic
Re: Lost mysite.com! Bought mysite.net, what now?

Can anyone tell me how I could find out the date when mysite.com "went down" in the eyes of Google?

Second question being, how long after that date does the old SEO/SERP juice disappear? 60 days?...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 9th July 2015, 09:44 AM
Replies: 14
Views: 689
Posted By livemusic
Re: Lost mysite.com! Bought mysite.net, what now?

The owner responded by email and said that the price is set by an algorithm and furthermore that "our client does not negotiate." I don't get that... who is "his client?" The guy that wrote me, his...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 8th July 2015, 03:45 PM
Replies: 14
Views: 689
Posted By livemusic
Lost mysite.com! Bought mysite.net, what now?

In a horrible credit card expiration and subsequent missed email, one of my sites has been taken by a cyber squatter company. Just found out today; they got it less than a month ago. I have no idea...
Forum: Website Design 4th April 2015, 09:11 AM
Replies: 11
Views: 1,086
Posted By livemusic
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 3rd April 2015, 12:16 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 522
Posted By livemusic
Keyword question about word order

In Google's eyes, if I do SEO for "sell fishing boat ohio" will I get the same SERP for "sell ohio fishing boat" or are those two totally different keyword phrases? And what about "sell fishing boat...
Forum: Website Design 3rd April 2015, 09:07 AM
Replies: 11
Views: 1,086
Posted By livemusic
How to capture email addresses (and manage them)

Can anyone provide me with a good script or describe technique of capturing email addresses from my web page? And then keep them in a database of some sort so I can email them from time to time?

I...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 30th March 2015, 10:37 AM
Replies: 8
Views: 597
Posted By livemusic
How long for Google to crawl the whole internet

There is an anticipated date when we are supposed to have our sites efficiently load for mobile devices. Is it April 21? How long does it take Google to crawl the web, days, weeks or months?
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 29th March 2015, 12:24 PM
Replies: 0
Views: 451
Posted By livemusic
Forum software with SEO in mind

Does anyone have forum software experience and have an opinion on which ones are best for SEO? Or do you have an opinion on any particular software being superior for any reason? I am going to build...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 29th March 2015, 09:18 AM
Replies: 12
Views: 652
Posted By livemusic
Is there any SEO advantage to Chrome browser (or any)?

Is any browser superior to the other for SEO? Or do you find you prefer a certain browser for some other reason? I have favored Firefox for many years but I wonder if I should use Chrome more since...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 28th March 2015, 09:15 AM
Replies: 9
Views: 621
Posted By livemusic
Re: How best to update a site with better look and mobile-friendly design

I note that they have a field when describing the templates as either yes/no for high resolution.

Page:
Responsive Html Template Templates & Themes | ThemeForest...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 27th March 2015, 08:20 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 596
Posted By livemusic
Re: Does hiring Facebook / Twitter likes work?

I thought I have read lately (in the latest iteration of countless words I have read about SEO... I do this every year or two) that Google loves social signals. What are the social signals? What...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 27th March 2015, 04:50 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 596
Posted By livemusic
Does hiring Facebook / Twitter likes work?

My sites are 100% USA business, if that matters. Can you hire people to get a shipload of FB "likes" and will it help your SERP? (Or Twitter, whatever people do on there, I don't know much about...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 26th March 2015, 02:18 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 881
Posted By livemusic
Should I put my own domain on high-ranking Weebly page?

Believe it or not, my best ranking money site is a mysite.weebly.com site. It has really good content but also some links. It's a narrow niche. I don't know how it got to ranking so good, other than...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 26th March 2015, 11:09 AM
Replies: 0
Views: 2
Posted By livemusic
Can you get rid of a "foot print?"

One of my main sites that has good SERP... I have another site I did (several years ago) that uses almost identical html code. I basically cloned them, I guess. They also use the same registrar and...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 26th March 2015, 10:38 AM
Replies: 0
Views: 318
Posted By livemusic
Value of parked domain several years old

Is there any SEO value to a parked domain that is several years old? No content, just a domain name.

What about a domain that has an index.html page but almost no content? Like, "site name" might...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 26th March 2015, 07:34 AM
Replies: 14
Views: 696
Posted By livemusic
Re: Want to redesign "home" page but it has good SERP as index.html

But the title of the page is too narrow for the 2015 version of my business. If I could change the title to be more apropos for my business as it stands today, not six years ago, I would.

The...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 26th March 2015, 07:09 AM
Replies: 14
Views: 696
Posted By livemusic
Re: Want to redesign "home" page but it has good SERP as index.html

Thanks, Mike. As I said in the original post, I am concerned about changing index.html because it has been up for several years and gets decent SERP for this narrow niche. It seems you are saying...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 26th March 2015, 06:16 AM
Replies: 14
Views: 696
Posted By livemusic
Re: Want to redesign "home" page but it has good SERP as index.html

This is what is absolutely maddening about SEO. Some of you are saying to create a 301 redirect from index.html to home.html. And some of you are saying, no, don't do that, just rewrite your...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 25th March 2015, 03:22 PM
Replies: 14
Views: 696
Posted By livemusic
Want to redesign "home" page but it has good SERP as index.html

I have a site that is too basic (hand-coded by me, non-expert). It has been up for several years and has decent SERP but I want to boost its SERP. It needs a redesign. This particular question is...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 25th March 2015, 12:27 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 621
Posted By livemusic
Re: How best to update a site with better look and mobile-friendly design

I didn't realize that I did. I guess I was thinking somebody else started the other thread. This new thread had two questions, first being how best to update a site with a better look/design and...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 24th March 2015, 08:44 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 903
Posted By livemusic
Re: Making Mobile-friendly site

I'm not using Wordpress on this.
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 24th March 2015, 11:34 AM
Replies: 9
Views: 621
Posted By livemusic
How best to update a site with better look and mobile-friendly design

I need to update a few sites so they look better than rather rudimentary non-expert html coding. Also need to make them mobile-friendly. I have done very little CSS, so, probably need to hire it done...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 24th March 2015, 08:06 AM
Replies: 9
Views: 903
Posted By livemusic
Making Mobile-friendly site

I analyzed some sites of mine. Some get this below by using the Google mobile-friendly analysis tool (https://www.google.com/webmasters/tools/mobile-friendly/). Results:

1. Text too small to read...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 24th March 2015, 06:25 AM
Replies: 0
Views: 492
Posted By livemusic
Domain inactive -- hope to buy it when it expires?

I have a domain somewhat like cash4guitars.com. I see that cashforguitars.com redirects to another domain in the same industry, such as themusicbiz.com. But, upon redirect, themusicbiz.com never...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 23rd March 2015, 08:03 AM
Replies: 1
Views: 412
Posted By livemusic
Bounce rate / 1 page site, 2015

Curious for what's up with this in 2015... what if a site has only one page. This would mean that everyone would increase the bounce rate, right? Does Google allow for this or does it penalize the...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 22nd March 2015, 12:06 PM
Replies: 1
Views: 389
Posted By livemusic
Bought domain, do what NOW until time to develop it?

Bought a new domain that I plan to develop with a forum and articles and monetize it, probably with ad revenue (which I know nothing about). But I think there is a market for this domain/site. What...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 22nd March 2015, 09:55 AM
Replies: 13
Views: 653
Posted By livemusic
Re: What ranking measure is most important?

Then, how do you measure how good a site is? Do you simply see how it falls in the SERP for each particular keyword phrase?
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 22nd March 2015, 08:49 AM
Replies: 13
Views: 653
Posted By livemusic
What ranking measure is most important?

Are the following generally recognized ranking measures? Which is most important or is something else the most important for SEO?

PageRank
Domain Authority
Page Authority

And can you point to...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 22nd March 2015, 08:37 AM
Replies: 7
Views: 471
Posted By livemusic
Re: Using an image from another site / Image code

It's my image. I said "Say I have an image on another site and want to use it on another site of mine."

I have somewhat of a PBN, been using it for years and have good SERP results, even though...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 21st March 2015, 11:19 PM
Replies: 22
Views: 1,346
Posted By livemusic
Re: Blogspot Still Relevant?

My own results seem to indicate VERY STRONGLY that Blogspot and Weebly have extra juice. I have gotten fantastic SERPs with those two.
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 21st March 2015, 11:24 AM
Replies: 7
Views: 471
Posted By livemusic
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 21st March 2015, 07:38 AM
Replies: 7
Views: 471
Posted By livemusic
Using an image from another site / Image code

Say I have an image on another site and want to use it on another site of mine. Can I just slightly rename it, upload it, and it will be different in Google's eyes or is there some kind of hidden...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 21st March 2015, 06:56 AM
Replies: 22
Views: 1,346
Posted By livemusic
Re: Blogspot Still Relevant?

Why do you use Blogspot with a custom domain? You mean your own domain? Does using your own domain affect the "piggybacking" juice due to Blogspot's authority status?

BTW, to the original poster,...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 17th March 2015, 04:47 AM
Replies: 8
Views: 463
Posted By livemusic
Re: Website has been down 8 weeks (I didn't know)

I know what happened because the Registrar told me -- he said they sent an email to confirm ICAAN info two months ago and that I didn't click to confirm. (I did not see the email and a search of my...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 16th March 2015, 03:34 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 594
Posted By livemusic
Re: Question about Piggybacking on authority domain

Anyone else got any thoughts -- whether to apply my own domain to a Weebly or Webs.com site or just use, for instance, mysite.webs.com?

Either way, good copy would be on it, very relevant to the...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 16th March 2015, 01:03 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 463
Posted By livemusic
Re: Website has been down 8 weeks (I didn't know)

If it hurt it, will SEO juice come back now that it is up again?
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 16th March 2015, 11:12 AM
Replies: 8
Views: 463
Posted By livemusic
Website has been down 8 weeks (I didn't know)

Due to a glitch at the registrar, the domain names became "inactive" as far as having them point to the name servers; thus, the sites did not show up on the internet. I just found out. (I have quite...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 16th March 2015, 09:06 AM
Replies: 3
Views: 459
Posted By livemusic
Viewing SERP for a certain keyword for a certain site

How can you tell how your website ranks for a certain keyword? I see my stats and can see the supposed keyword phrase they used to find me but when I search for that term (in Chrome incognito mode),...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 16th March 2015, 05:02 AM
Replies: 0
Views: 411
Posted By livemusic
Does shared hosting matter? Want to boost old site

I have a hostgator account that I have more than five sites hosted on, including my main money site. (I have other sites hosted on other hosting accounts.) On the hostgator account, I would like to...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 14th March 2015, 10:17 AM
Replies: 0
Views: 369
Posted By livemusic
Keyword domain names

Does an exact match keyword phrase domain name gain any SEO juice? (If someone searches for "doginfo," does doginfo.com do any better than anyone else, all else being equal?
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 13th March 2015, 09:16 AM
Replies: 3
Views: 442
Posted By livemusic
Should I write a press release with positive news?

Each time my company makes an asset acquisition that should improve the bottom line over time, should I write a press release? If so, how? Or do something else? What is the exact strategy to follow...
Forum: Off Topic Forum 13th March 2015, 07:43 AM
Replies: 30
Views: 1,339
Posted By livemusic
Re: Jury says Pharrell Williams and Robin Thicke copied Marvin Gaye song. Award is $7.4 million!

I am a musician and songwriter. My opinion is that this is a ridiculous verdict. I do not hear copyright infringement. I have heard copyright infringement and this is not it.
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 13th March 2015, 06:57 AM
Replies: 17
Views: 1,181
Posted By livemusic
How to find reliable, reputable, effective SEO help

I have done pretty well on my own with SEO and I am certainly no expert, I just mostly do on page SEO with some links here and there. But it's a narrow niche, not tremendous competition. I would...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 12th March 2015, 06:23 AM
Replies: 17
Views: 1,278
Posted By livemusic
Re: Keywords in backlink anchor text?

"Click Here" as a link is a Google no-no? Why on earth does that matter?
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 12th March 2015, 06:19 AM
Replies: 8
Views: 649
Posted By livemusic
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 11th March 2015, 09:56 AM
Replies: 8
Views: 649
Posted By livemusic
Re: Links: Does it help to get links from non-niche sites?

When you say guest posting, you are talking about on a blog? What if my niche has very few sites that have blogs?

Also, how/where do you view domain authority and trust flow?
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 11th March 2015, 09:06 AM
Replies: 8
Views: 649
Posted By livemusic
Links: Does it help to get links from non-niche sites?

It is very hard to get backlinks from companies in my niche because we are competing against one another. If my site is about dogs, for example, does it help at all to get backlinks from sites that...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 11th March 2015, 04:46 AM
Replies: 2
Views: 594
Posted By livemusic
Question about Piggybacking on authority domain

I've had good SERP results with a Weebly site. Another Weebly site has not done as well. The latter, I put a domain on it. I have it set up within Weebly such that mysite.com is the site name instead...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 10th March 2015, 03:33 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 665
Posted By livemusic
Re: Is one long page okay/better for SEO?

Really? More than twice a week? Is this a pretty well known "requirement" to get SEO boost?

Do you have to have visitors engaging in your blog (comments) or is it okay to just write content?
...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 10th March 2015, 02:54 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 665
Posted By livemusic
Re: Is one long page okay/better for SEO?

A blog is good for SEO? How often should you write a post?
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 10th March 2015, 01:20 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 665
Posted By livemusic
Is one long page okay/better for SEO?

I have done well with single, long page copy, but it's a narrow niche. I am talking about SERPs. And if long page copy is good or great, do you think it is okay to regularly add copy? Say it's 500...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 10th March 2015, 01:07 PM
Replies: 15
Views: 1,577
Posted By livemusic
Other sites like WEEBLY or BLOGGER to boost SEO

I have continued to be surprised at how well my Weebly sites and Blogger (blogspot) sites have done in SERPs... great results. So, what the heck... are there other sites I should create content on? I...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 9th March 2015, 07:20 AM
Replies: 5
Views: 1,501
Posted By livemusic
Handwriting font that looks real

I am unsure where to put this thread, this is good as any. I am considering doing a mailout campaign using brief, hand-written letters to the recipients. I can hire people to write the letters, but,...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 9th March 2015, 05:44 AM
Replies: 17
Views: 1,278
Posted By livemusic
Re: Keywords in backlink anchor text?

Can you explain what you mean by "I also keep my ranking keywords on around 10%."
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