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Forum: Search Engine Optimization 2nd June 2012, 12:42 PM
Replies: 29
Views: 1,211
Posted By FraserC
Re: Is Using Backlink Software Safe?!?!?!

It seems that most of the sites penalized by Penguin got hit because of overly optimized anchor text backlinks, and links from off-topic sites. So, I would assume that software like this designed to...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 2nd June 2012, 10:29 AM
Replies: 7
Views: 629
Posted By FraserC
Re: I can't beat my competitors

Don't try to beat your competitors directly on your main keyword. Look at all the long tail keywords surrounding that main keyword and compete on those instead. The total amount of traffic going to...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 1st June 2012, 05:35 PM
Replies: 22
Views: 993
Posted By FraserC
Re: I think you should seriously consider Google+, especially for SEO

They have a way of verifying authorship through email now. They've made it a lot easier.

You don't have to actually participate in the social stream to set up the author rank, but you do want...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 1st June 2012, 03:46 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 456
Posted By FraserC
Re: What does google NOT want?

Absolutely paulgl, I'm in exactly the same camp as you. I've been running my main site for 13 years now, and have built up a large audience of social traffic. This means that I'm creating enough...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 1st June 2012, 03:41 PM
Replies: 22
Views: 993
Posted By FraserC
Re: I think you should seriously consider Google+, especially for SEO

No, I think you're absolutely right. People are spending massive amounts of their day playing these video games, and it contributes to the time disparity between the networks.

But would your...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 1st June 2012, 02:31 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 971
Posted By FraserC
Re: Check out this really cool tool/ easy natural backlinks

Thanks for the suggestion, that's really clever. I've installed it. :-)
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 1st June 2012, 02:06 PM
Replies: 22
Views: 993
Posted By FraserC
Re: I think you should seriously consider Google+, especially for SEO

Right, but this is just another example of Google leveraging it, over and over again until people start using it. If Google actually kicked in the Authorrank functionality, SEOs would be baking it...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 1st June 2012, 12:46 PM
Replies: 22
Views: 993
Posted By FraserC
I think you should seriously consider Google+, especially for SEO

I know a lot of people out there think that Google+ is a ghost town, that nobody's going to use, but I think you should seriously consider it for its value as a pure social media network, as well as...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 1st June 2012, 09:23 AM
Replies: 4
Views: 351
Posted By FraserC
Re: Peculiar KW

You should definitely run an experiment and see if you can get some traction for that keyword. You might also be able to see a larger pattern, where this keyword gives you some ideas for related...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 31st May 2012, 08:35 PM
Replies: 48
Views: 1,630
Posted By FraserC
Re: White Hatter Who Testified On Behalf Of Google Gets Eaten By Panda

I understand that many great businesses were hit unfairly. But those great businesses have real customers who would look them up no matter what, and could keep going until they figured out the SEO...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 31st May 2012, 06:08 PM
Replies: 48
Views: 1,630
Posted By FraserC
Re: White Hatter Who Testified On Behalf Of Google Gets Eaten By Panda

As Yukon said, there are plenty of basic SEO issues with his site, and footfoot hit the nail squarely on the head. At some point, ATB realized that he could get search traffic for writing...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 22nd May 2012, 04:10 PM
Replies: 52
Views: 9,782
Posted By FraserC
Re: Is there a better tool than Semrush?

I haven't seen any other tools that work as well as SEMRush for extracting massive numbers of keywords from competitive websites.

If you're a keyword collector, that tool is a goldmine.
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 20th May 2012, 08:32 PM
Replies: 105
Views: 6,214
Posted By FraserC
Re: Rankings are a Trap. Focus on Traffic.

We actually built an overlapping content report into Keyword Strategy. Once you've built up a big list of keywords, we'll check every keyword against every URL on your project and highlight any that...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 19th May 2012, 12:41 AM
Replies: 105
Views: 6,214
Posted By FraserC
Re: Rankings are a Trap. Focus on Traffic.

@CatherineMay - You should be able to find a lifetime's longtail keywords through the Google Adwords Keyword Tool. Put in a seed keyword and it will return with up to 800 keywords. Target those.

I...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 19th May 2012, 12:37 AM
Replies: 300
Views: 30,735
Posted By FraserC
Re: Make full time income with long tail authority sites part 2

Me? I don't have a Yahoo email address.
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 18th May 2012, 01:09 PM
Replies: 38
Views: 1,302
Posted By FraserC
Re: Just How Much More Worse Can Google Get?!!

I just think you can kill two birds with one stone. Step away from your old link profile, and get a clean slate. Come up with a new brand profile that better matches your site.

I know it's hard to...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 18th May 2012, 12:05 PM
Replies: 105
Views: 6,214
Posted By FraserC
Re: Rankings are a Trap. Focus on Traffic.

I would have to see your sites. It might be that you're targeting long tail traffic, but neglecting some other part of the process. But if you've got a method of generating traffic that's sustainable...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 18th May 2012, 12:01 PM
Replies: 300
Views: 30,735
Posted By FraserC
Re: Make full time income with long tail authority sites part 2

I use the Thesis theme, which gives you that kind of control. But All in One SEO will do it too.

Tags, Categories, Archives, etc are all pages composed duplicate content then you can find in other...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 18th May 2012, 11:57 AM
Replies: 38
Views: 1,302
Posted By FraserC
Re: Just How Much More Worse Can Google Get?!!

A copied post would move higher in the rankings if your article was actually being penalized. Think of a race. You come first, but you're wearing non-regulation shoes, so the the official penalizes...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 17th May 2012, 05:29 PM
Replies: 22
Views: 1,000
Posted By FraserC
Re: Making Money Off Penguin, or How I'm Being a Dick

I don't see how you're being a dick. You're getting compensated for your time.
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 17th May 2012, 04:53 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 711
Posted By FraserC
Re: Is it dangerous trying to rank for similar keywords?

It all comes down to the method that you use to rank them for.

What you absolutely want to avoid is overlapping content. This is where you create several articles which are slight variations on a...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 17th May 2012, 04:46 PM
Replies: 105
Views: 6,214
Posted By FraserC
Re: Rankings are a Trap. Focus on Traffic.

Epic method Yukon!

I really think that guessing the competition of a keyword beforehand is pointless.

But once you test out real keywords, you'll discover what works and what doesn't with real,...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 17th May 2012, 03:49 PM
Replies: 300
Views: 30,735
Posted By FraserC
Re: Make full time income with long tail authority sites part 2

@nest28 - You might be putting too much effort into keyword-targeted articles and not enough effort into the social/community side of things. Are you using Twitter/FB and Google+? Are you reaching...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 17th May 2012, 03:12 PM
Replies: 300
Views: 30,735
Posted By FraserC
Re: Make full time income with long tail authority sites part 2

@Danijelb - There's no need to track your rankings. All you should care about is the total amount of search engine traffic coming to your website. If that's going up month after month, you're on the...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 17th May 2012, 03:07 PM
Replies: 105
Views: 6,214
Posted By FraserC
Re: Rankings are a Trap. Focus on Traffic.

Thanks for the support nest28.

I think the hostility comes from the natural skepticism everyone should have to anyone saying anything. Especially if they also a way to profit from it. I've got a...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 16th May 2012, 08:28 PM
Replies: 300
Views: 30,735
Posted By FraserC
Re: Make full time income with long tail authority sites part 2

It's just posts. I no-index all the tags and categories because they create duplicate content.
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 16th May 2012, 07:12 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 1,108
Posted By FraserC
Re: What a natural link profile looks like for a large site

@Yukon - I'm not sure. I went to Traffic -> Links to Your Site

And then downloaded the table.

I think it looks very similar to the internal links on my site because lots and lots of people...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 16th May 2012, 05:05 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 1,108
Posted By FraserC
What a natural link profile looks like for a large site

Mosthost recommended I dig this up and share it with the rest of you. I've got a very large site, with about 2.5 million links according to Google Webmaster Tools.

What's important is that they...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 16th May 2012, 04:56 PM
Replies: 40
Views: 1,391
Posted By FraserC
Re: Why was this blog hit by Penguin?

@mosthost - Good thinking, that never occurred to me. I'll post it as a separate thread.

Here you go:...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 15th May 2012, 12:12 PM
Replies: 300
Views: 30,735
Posted By FraserC
Re: Make full time income with long tail authority sites part 2

No, it's true, I don't. The number rises and falls over the course of the year.

http://i.imgur.com/efWhb.png

This was my search traffic back during the annual peak. Traffic is huge in the...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 14th May 2012, 11:24 AM
Replies: 40
Views: 1,391
Posted By FraserC
Re: Why was this blog hit by Penguin?

Hey TCrosby, if you've done any linkbuilding, then it's a violation of their Webmaster Guidelines. So when you say... "not a lot of backlink spam", that's still more than 0, which gives your site a...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 7th May 2012, 07:57 PM
Replies: 19
Views: 1,742
Posted By FraserC
Re: Has anyone recovered from Penguin? How long does it take?

We've been seeing a lot of fluctuations in Google over the last couple of weeks as they work out the bugs of the Penguin update - some good sites were caught in the blast.

But as athenistic said,...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 7th May 2012, 07:50 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 453
Posted By FraserC
Re: How do you formally request to be a guest poster?

Your top priority with guest posting should be to bring value to the host blog and its readers. You should be willing to write the post purely for the publicity and goodwill it creates for you, not...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 6th May 2012, 10:49 AM
Replies: 484
Views: 57,265
Posted By FraserC
Re: I make a full time adsense income without ranking keywords

And remember. Any time you spend building links is time you could be spending creating content on your own website.

Spend less time doing the thing Google penalizes you for. Spend more time doing...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 5th May 2012, 11:38 AM
Replies: 19
Views: 1,002
Posted By FraserC
Re: OK, I give up on SEScout -- recommendations?

@UMS - Take a look at a referral from Google in your search logs on your server. In about 25% of the time, the rank is encoded into the URL. Extract that out and you can keep track of your rankings....
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 4th May 2012, 08:08 PM
Replies: 19
Views: 1,002
Posted By FraserC
Re: OK, I give up on SEScout -- recommendations?

The problem with all these tools is that they rely on scraping Google. They've built up a business that helps you violate Google's Terms of Service. Google actively works on ways to make these tools...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 4th May 2012, 08:03 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 1,140
Posted By FraserC
Re: Larger Authority sites vs smaller niche specific sites after Penguin Update

An authority site with a real established and vibrant community is one of the most powerful and sustainable resources you could create online.
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 4th May 2012, 08:01 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 1,579
Posted By FraserC
Re: Define "title competition"

I agree, intitle is a very useful method of examining the competition. The title tag is still one of the most powerful on-page SEO methods available - because a title is a limited resource.

When...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 4th May 2012, 07:15 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 573
Posted By FraserC
Re: Will the process of removing the exact anchor keyword help bring back rankings?

@Keeptrying

You've got three options right now. All of which take time and have no guarantee of success. And nobody knows which of these solutions is going to work. Sorry I can't be more helpful....
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 4th May 2012, 02:12 PM
Replies: 124
Views: 4,413
Posted By FraserC
Re: I'm curious to know if anyone has applied my long tail method and made any money from adsense.

@nest28 - You know this works for me. :-) Furthermore, the arrival of Penguin has been a non-event over at the Keyword Strategy forum, where there are thousands of sites built using your exact...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 2nd May 2012, 10:42 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 341
Posted By FraserC
Re: Does Google Really Take Improvement into Account?

We don't know yet. Penguin is an algorithmic penalty, so in theory, if you fix the problems that tripped up the algorithm, you should be able to recover rankings.
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 2nd May 2012, 09:41 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 637
Posted By FraserC
Re: Drop em likes it's hot? Many of my sites tanked, just concentrate on a few?

I don't know. Google is pretty smart, and they would easily be able to figure that out. But, once you disconnect content from the unnatural links, that's probably all they want.

If you've got...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 2nd May 2012, 07:41 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 637
Posted By FraserC
Re: Drop em likes it's hot? Many of my sites tanked, just concentrate on a few?

Right, and it seems like the value of the links isn't just removed. It looks like the links will actually cause a penalty.

This is why everyone is so concerned about the age of negative SEO,...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 2nd May 2012, 07:22 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 637
Posted By FraserC
Re: Drop em likes it's hot? Many of my sites tanked, just concentrate on a few?

I don't think it's that absurd. It's purely an issue of time. What's going to take longer: fixing backlinks, or building up a new clean site.

You might be right at the tipping point. Get rid of a...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 2nd May 2012, 07:02 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 637
Posted By FraserC
Re: Drop em likes it's hot? Many of my sites tanked, just concentrate on a few?

It all depends on what techniques you used to get them ranking. It currently seems that Penguin was targeted at sites with an unnatural number of exact match anchor text links, as well as links from...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 2nd May 2012, 01:43 PM
Replies: 484
Views: 57,265
Posted By FraserC
Re: I make a full time adsense income without ranking keywords

Finding a webhost, installing Wordpress and customizing it might be new challenges, but they're not that difficult. Many webhosts will let you install Wordpress with a single click.
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 2nd May 2012, 10:30 AM
Replies: 6
Views: 441
Posted By FraserC
Re: How to create a site now !

I think you're on the right track there.

Create a website that people find valuable. Also create the kind of content that matches what people are looking for.

Work on it as long and hard as...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 2nd May 2012, 10:20 AM
Replies: 484
Views: 57,265
Posted By FraserC
Re: I make a full time adsense income without ranking keywords

Hey nest28, I want to thank you for doing this post and give you huge props for your openness and honesty. This is very close to my methods, and brings me about 1.5 million search visitors a month.
...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 1st May 2012, 09:42 AM
Replies: 13
Views: 978
Posted By FraserC
Re: Any idea for Penguin: Link Removal Service.

I really hope Google comes up with a way to let webmasters identify bad links pointed at their site within Google Webmaster Tools, and nullify them that way. If not, the only solution for many people...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 29th April 2012, 04:16 PM
Replies: 300
Views: 30,735
Posted By FraserC
Re: Make full time income with long tail authority sites part 2

@Jeannelynn - I agree, I'd never base my website on a Blogger platform. You need to control your real estate, and move from location to location as your business changes.
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 29th April 2012, 11:52 AM
Replies: 300
Views: 30,735
Posted By FraserC
Re: Make full time income with long tail authority sites part 2

Hey nest28, did you ever see this post I did a few months ago? It's sort of the same thinking:

http://www.warriorforum.com/adsense-ppc-seo-discussion-forum/484695-rankings-trap-focus-traffic.html
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 28th April 2012, 09:43 AM
Replies: 8
Views: 599
Posted By FraserC
Re: Are Authority Sites The New Trend?

It's not about the size of the site, it's about the value you're providing to people. Many huge sites like Mahalo and Wisegeek got hit hard by Panda because they didn't have high value.

Authority...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 28th April 2012, 12:57 AM
Replies: 13
Views: 1,161
Posted By FraserC
Re: SEO Tips Get Ranked #1 On Google For Any Keyword

Ali has provided a fantastic analogy, and I highly recommend you read it a few times to really see where he's driving here.

Instead of trying to figure out Google's algorithm, you can just...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 27th April 2012, 08:09 PM
Replies: 54
Views: 3,012
Posted By FraserC
Re: None of my sites have been affected by Google's latest update , the key was doing absolutely not

@pangolin123 - You need to understand the distinction between getting links and building links. Wikipedia has millions of links, but there's nobody there actively linkbuilding, spamming forum...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 27th April 2012, 03:42 PM
Replies: 19
Views: 905
Posted By FraserC
Re: Changing TLD without losing search engine rank and traffic

@Yukon - But doesn't that cause duplicate content between the .com and .co.uk sites?
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 27th April 2012, 03:39 PM
Replies: 41
Views: 2,653
Posted By FraserC
Re: HOW to get rid of bad backlinks ...

This is really scary that the only option many linkbuilders have is to file DMCA requests. This is going to waste so much time and create so much unintended havok. The only reason this is going to...
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