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Forum: Search Engine Optimization 20th March 2012, 04:56 PM
Replies: 19
Views: 971
Posted By linkvana
Re: How to get backlinks for inner pages

It depends on what service you are using.

Many backlink services only allow links to the homepage. However, the better services that are designed for serious SEO should allow deep linking.
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 20th March 2012, 04:44 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 790
Posted By linkvana
Re: Is it my GOLD? #1 spot is occupied by a lense of squido

Before you get too hasty to make a decision, you should use a backlink service to see how powerful the backlinks to that Squidoo lens are.

You can go to https://ahrefs.com/ to check the backlinks...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 20th March 2012, 04:38 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 823
Posted By linkvana
Re: how to know that links built are index?

Searching the URL in Google will let you know if it's indexed or not. If you don't have the URL, you can search for portions of the content you're expecting a link from in Google with quotes around...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 18th March 2012, 05:18 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 686
Posted By linkvana
Re: De-indexed by my mistake. Should I send a request to G?

Definitely don't ask Google to look at it if you are scared they might uncover something they don't like.

If you want to try to get the page re-indexed quickly then build social links such as...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 18th March 2012, 05:11 PM
Replies: 16
Views: 1,438
Posted By linkvana
Re: Un-natural Link Building Email From Google -- What now?

These emails are almost always the result of over optimization in backlinks.

However, I have seen some promising studies that indicate that building a strong social presence can bring a site back...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 18th March 2012, 05:08 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 1,107
Posted By linkvana
Re: Underline (and bold, italicize) affect on SEO

I have ranked thousands of pages without any need for underlining, bold, italics etc.

Like the poster above me said, if you feel the need to do it for stylistic reasons than go for it but...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 18th March 2012, 05:05 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 426
Posted By linkvana
Re: Should I create and name my RSS Feeds like this?

The real money in submitting feeds for ecommerce sites is submitting them to the big shopping feed aggregators.

There are 3 categories for feeds on ecommerce sites.

Free Ones: GoogleBase, Bing,...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 18th March 2012, 04:57 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 511
Posted By linkvana
Re: Tracking E-Commerce Sales by Ad Campaign/Keyword/traffic source?

Google Analytics actually has some pretty robust features for conversion tracking on ecommerce sites.

I've seen some implementations ranging from basic(just basic # of sales and conversion pages)...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 15th March 2012, 11:40 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 842
Posted By linkvana
Re: Wordpress Text Expander Question, will Google figure this out?

I'd definitely recommend looking into Wordpress optimization services. I have seen sites with 50+ second load times brought down to just 2-3 seconds per page with just $30-40 of optimization from...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 15th March 2012, 11:37 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 458
Posted By linkvana
Re: Is there a tool that does this ?

SEMRush will do exactly what you are asking. Put in a domain and it spits back the top ranking keywords along with estimated traffic.
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 15th March 2012, 11:32 PM
Replies: 1
Views: 379
Posted By linkvana
Re: How to utilize wordpress and blogger in off page optimization

A blog that you host yourself is always best for long term since you will completely own the property you build.

As for off page optimization, it doesn't matter which platform you choose. It all...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 14th March 2012, 07:57 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 961
Posted By linkvana
Re: Optimizing E-Commerce Store URLs - Plural or Singular?

To answer your question, yes I'd still optimize for the plural keyword even if it has lower search traffic. Especially if it makes more sense in your context. You can use both the singular and plural...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 14th March 2012, 07:53 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 533
Posted By linkvana
Re: Duplicating content on my site and wordpress movie widget

If you are just displaying the same content that RottenTomatoes has than you will have a near impossible time ranking since your duplicating content from a very high authority site.
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 14th March 2012, 07:51 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 571
Posted By linkvana
Re: I know... yet another stupid keyword question, please help.

Contrary to popular belief, there is some value to low search high CPC keywords if you really know what you are doing. I have seen sites with ~300 visitors a month doing $2k a month in profit. They...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 14th March 2012, 01:40 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 422
Posted By linkvana
Re: Pages of Semi-Related content on site

Since your post has drifted onto the second page and no one's answered yet I'll help ya out :)

To answer your question, yes this content will help you out. In fact, it will help you out more than...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 14th March 2012, 01:29 PM
Replies: 1
Views: 351
Posted By linkvana
Re: is it risky adding an afilliate form to my site ?

Google doesn't have a problem with affiliates, it has a problem with thin content sites.

It just so happens that many affiliates build thin content sites.

In your case it sounds like you're...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 14th March 2012, 01:23 PM
Replies: 1
Views: 482
Posted By linkvana
Re: Rank Tracker - How to Hide AdWords Results?

Unless their latest updates have some issues with scraping the Google results, Rank Tracker shouldn't be taking into consideration AdWords. It's not a setting with the program so there is nothing you...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 14th March 2012, 01:18 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 1,607
Posted By linkvana
Re: How important is Phrase-to-Broad in Market Samurai?

As mentioned above, PBR is only really important if you are doing keyword research using broad match.

This in itself is a huge mistake. When doing keyword research you should always use exact...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 13th March 2012, 09:13 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 799
Posted By linkvana
Re: with or without www hurting SEO

CPANEL 301 redirects will work as well, but I'm not sure if you can do a catchall redirect.

For example, a catchall redirect would redirect shoe.com/blue-shoes to www.shoe.com/blue-shoes.

I'm...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 13th March 2012, 09:08 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 799
Posted By linkvana
Re: with or without www hurting SEO

Any hosting plan should be able to do the redirects. The type of redirects you want are 301 redirects.

I believe HostGator is Apache hosting. This is the code you'd need for Apache:
...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 13th March 2012, 08:59 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 478
Posted By linkvana
Re: Wordpress Platinum SEO site structure/indexing question

Google sometimes takes up to a few weeks to properly crawl your updated pages.

However there is a way to manually remove the cached version of these pages from their index, which sounds like...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 13th March 2012, 08:50 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 351
Posted By linkvana
Re: On a new site full of content- What's the first thing I should do?

If nothing is indexed yet than it's time to get it indexed!

Start building some links to it. Don't go too crazy with the backlinks, just start building some.

These days it seems like Google is...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 13th March 2012, 07:09 PM
Replies: 26
Views: 895
Posted By linkvana
Re: Anchor text effectiveness

Technically the first one would be more effective, but really you should be using many variations in your anchor texts when building links. Choosing just 1 or 2 is setting yourself up for failure.
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 13th March 2012, 07:03 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 961
Posted By linkvana
Re: Optimizing E-Commerce Store URLs - Plural or Singular?

Google behaves very interestingly when it comes to singular vs. plural keywords. In many cases you will find that the top 10 results will be different depending on which version you choose.
...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 12th March 2012, 08:38 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 624
Posted By linkvana
Re: authority site - article costs

To add my two cents...

I have seen articles range from $10 to $50+
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 12th March 2012, 08:36 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 534
Posted By linkvana
Re: SEO Question - Content spread out on page.

I also agree that the product should have been called the Alligrater.

Just kidding :)

You should be fine having the content separated like that. Google doesn't require that all content be...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 12th March 2012, 08:31 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 724
Posted By linkvana
Re: This is how to rank #1 with minimum content

Your #1 result, RoseIndia.net has over 1.8 million indexed results in Google.

Google loves large authority sites, so it's perfectly normal for this site to rank above a small personal blog like #3.
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 12th March 2012, 08:29 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 458
Posted By linkvana
Re: Hi to all. Newbie here seeking advice.

Beware of using the Google keyword tool to determine competition for keywords. The Google keyword tool reports competition for AdWords AKA paid traffic. If you are trying to build a site to rank for...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 12th March 2012, 07:18 PM
Replies: 20
Views: 1,732
Posted By linkvana
Re: Page views have dropped dramatically

If you have Analytics then your first order of business needs to be analyzing where all that traffic was coming from and figuring out if there's a reason that source dropped.

Check the sources tab...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 12th March 2012, 07:14 PM
Replies: 1
Views: 351
Posted By linkvana
Re: Keyword or SEO Tools You Need

The 3 big things people need in the SEO World:
Keyword Research
Backlinks
Rank Tracking

There are obviously competitors in each of these niches, but that doesn't mean you can't improve on...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 10th March 2012, 11:36 PM
Replies: 29
Views: 5,681
Posted By linkvana
Re: Does domain expiration really matter to Google?

While the domain companies would certainly like you to believe that a 5 or 10 year registration will show Google you're serious about building a quality site and will therefore give your site...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 10th March 2012, 11:33 PM
Replies: 1
Views: 343
Posted By linkvana
Re: Google Competition Question

Google Keyword Tool only represents the difficulty for adwords competitors. Since you're trying to rank for these keywords organically you don't have to worry about that.

Now, looking at the...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 10th March 2012, 11:21 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 646
Posted By linkvana
Re: Partial Duplicate Content on 2 different pages - same site

Hey there,

Since no ones replied yet I'll help you out.

This is a common problem that almost any large ecommerce site faces. It makes sense to have items listed in multiple categories, but...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 10th March 2012, 11:17 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 460
Posted By linkvana
Re: Finally ranking,now what?

I'd say just keep building diverse backlinks as you have been.

Showing up on page 9 or 12 means your site is beginning to gain exposure, but it still has a long ways to go.

Keep your link...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 10th March 2012, 11:11 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 927
Posted By linkvana
Re: (ASK) SEO Friendly and Fast Loading WP Theme

The Platform wordpress theme is highly optimized and should do well for your needs.

You can get the theme here: WordPress › Platform « Free WordPress Themes...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 10th March 2012, 11:07 PM
Replies: 4
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Views: 415
Posted By linkvana
Re: Tld

Generally the .com tld is preferred, with .net and .org being tied for second place.
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 8th March 2012, 11:16 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 1,316
Posted By linkvana
Re: How to Spy Competitor keyword list

SEMRush is the best tool to see which keywords a website is actually ranking for. If you enter in a website in SEMRush, it will actually show you which rankings are sending the most traffic to a...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 8th March 2012, 11:11 PM
Replies: 24
Views: 857
Posted By linkvana
Re: SEO Question - Keyword in URL

I have to back up my recommendation again from earlier that the homepage should rank for blue widgets and then create inner pages based on related keywords. Very similar to the SILO approach...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 8th March 2012, 01:58 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 638
Posted By linkvana
Re: How to detect Uniqueness of articles?

Copyscape will do what you need.

The pro version lets you do 100 searches for $5 and is well worth the money. It will compare your article with any other content on the web and show you any...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 8th March 2012, 01:50 PM
Replies: 24
Views: 857
Posted By linkvana
Re: SEO Question - Keyword in URL

Since your domain name is "blue-widgets" and you want to target "blue widgets" it will be much better that you use the home page.

Google expects you to get many links to your homepage with your...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 8th March 2012, 01:45 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 533
Posted By linkvana
Re: What is the general characteristics of easy keywords to be easy to rank for?

It's all about the backlinks.

If you want to find an easy keyword to rank for then you simply have to look at the top 10 competitors backlinks and see how strong their backlink profile is.

For...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 8th March 2012, 01:39 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 411
Posted By linkvana
Re: Messed up CMS harms my rankings?

The deindexing itself isn't what caused the problem, it's what the deindexing communicates to Google.

If your site went from 20,000 pages to 6,000 pages than Google probably thinks your site is...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 8th March 2012, 01:32 PM
Replies: 31
Views: 960
Posted By linkvana
Re: Cannot rank my site. Please help

At first I was quite perplexed as to why you were not ranking. I looked at your site and everything looked good...

But upon some further digging I think I've found the problem.

Your entire site...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 7th March 2012, 06:42 PM
Replies: 28
Views: 939
Posted By linkvana
Re: Niche Ideas?

As mentioned above, anything can be a good niche. It all comes down to keyword research.

Market Samurai has some good keyword research tutorials here: Noble Samurai - Dojo - Golden Rule #1: How...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 7th March 2012, 06:29 PM
Replies: 44
Views: 960
Posted By linkvana
Re: What's your favorite SEO plugin for Wordpress?

Yoast SEO does many things! And perhaps more importantly, it does them quite well.

A few basic things Yoast SEO does are:

Modify post titles and meta descriptions
Configure Robots Crawling...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 7th March 2012, 06:20 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 770
Posted By linkvana
Re: Military niche?

I don't have any personal experience in military niches, but I do have a lot of experience in SEO and the fundamentals apply to all niches.

Based on what you've described, it sounds like some...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 7th March 2012, 01:40 PM
Replies: 16
Views: 713
Posted By linkvana
Re: Beat PR6+ competition

PR has little to know influence on how well your site ranks. It only indicates how strong the backlinks are(to some extent).

Instead of looking at the PR of your competitors, you need to look at...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 7th March 2012, 01:37 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 410
Posted By linkvana
Re: Have I missed something? | SEO for a new site

Your backlinking method is okay for a low competition niche but it lacks any real "meat" so to speak.

You need stronger backlinks if you hope to beat out sites in a highly competitive niche. 30...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 7th March 2012, 01:28 PM
Replies: 1
Views: 577
Posted By linkvana
Re: Anchor Text Code For Backlink Question

Not a dumb question at all.

To make a backlink from your comment, you have to leave both a name and a website.

Sometimes the website will automatically take your name and turn it into a link...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 7th March 2012, 01:24 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 451
Posted By linkvana
Re: A little help and direction!!

There are lot's of different strategies to gain traffic. You need to examine your business and decide which is the best for you.

There are two main ways to do this.

Buying traffic through...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 7th March 2012, 01:17 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 437
Posted By linkvana
Re: Tips for optimising an art site?

Since you're in the SEO section I'm assuming you mean optimizing for SEO.

First off, you need to see if there are any keywords he could potentially rank for. Big keywords like "buy oil paintings"...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 6th March 2012, 09:27 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 663
Posted By linkvana
Re: Backlinks from WordPress comments

It depends on the Wordpress site. Some sites will not show your name simply as plain text, and others will make it a link.

The best way to check is to look at other comments on the blog and see if...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 6th March 2012, 01:59 PM
Replies: 13
Views: 852
Posted By linkvana
Re: How to estimate how many backlinks to get and what type?

Since your post is on the second page of this forum and no one's answered your question yet I'll help you out.

The first thing you need to do is look at the backlinks of your top 10 competitors. ...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 6th March 2012, 01:41 PM
Replies: 13
Views: 598
Posted By linkvana
Re: How to make the push from page 2 to page 1?

Did your site appear on page 2 completely on it's own with no SEO? Then chances are you are in a very low competition niche, so a few high quality one way links should be all it takes to get ranked...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 6th March 2012, 01:39 PM
Replies: 21
Views: 617
Posted By linkvana
Re: Duplicate Content On Wordpress!

PR is generally unaffected by duplicate content. Still, if you want the site to rank properly it's best to avoid duplicate content.
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 6th March 2012, 01:33 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 397
Posted By linkvana
Re: Site PR backlinking

Commenting on the PR4 site will have much more impact, even if the page you comment on is PR0. The domain authority of the site gets transferred to the inner pages and some of that will be passed on...
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