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Forum: Search Engine Optimization 18th July 2011, 07:07 PM
Replies: 59
Views: 1,813
Posted By orvn
Tip Pagerank is a decoy. Take it seriously at your own peril.

It took me some time (more than I would like to admit) to learn this. Sadly my discovery process was wrought with haphazard trail-and-error.

Years ago (like say, back in 2003), Pagerank was...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 22nd June 2011, 04:17 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 1,794
Posted By orvn
Re: LOCAL SEO Playbook: My Guides, Tips and Strategies.

Yes.
It's because I can just rank them for more keywords.
Just create a new page and rank them. If they can handle more phone calls you can send them more business.
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 9th June 2011, 01:09 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 497
Posted By orvn
Re: Help me please !

Is your Google web history enabled?
Try in a different browser.
SEObook's Rankchecker for Firefox should work fine
Rank Checker - Track Google, Yahoo! Search, & Bing Rankings Free...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 9th June 2011, 09:41 AM
Replies: 9
Views: 1,794
Posted By orvn
Lightbulb LOCAL SEO Playbook: My Guides, Tips and Strategies.

There aren't a whole lot of threads in the SEO subforum about local SEO, so I thought I'd outline some of my key points when it comes to these niches, seeing as how I've done pretty well.


WHY...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 8th June 2011, 11:48 PM
Replies: 44
Views: 2,773
Posted By orvn
Re: What is the best way to index a backlink??

The best way to index your link is to put it in an authority site. It'll be indexed in minutes on some sites, like this one!

Go ahead, try it, put up a link right here, in this thread.
It'll be...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 6th June 2011, 03:46 PM
Replies: 13
Views: 521
Posted By orvn
Re: I need help! :)

From what you've described, you should be able to rank it with a couple of authority backlinks. Don't forget to start your page title off with your keyword.

Here's a cool rule I like to go by in...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 6th June 2011, 03:14 PM
Replies: 13
Views: 521
Posted By orvn
Re: I need help! :)

There's not a doubt in my mind that the niche has potential for serious financial gain.

What's the competition like below Yahoo Answers in the SERP's? Check their backlinks (golden rule = quality...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 6th June 2011, 02:44 PM
Replies: 13
Views: 521
Posted By orvn
Re: I need help! :)

Posting your keyword publicly may tempt someone to steal it from you, if it's a good niche. Especially in a place like this. You might want to be a bit cautious.
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 6th June 2011, 10:40 AM
Replies: 35
Views: 2,101
Posted By orvn
Re: My Competition is in Tears: forum/blog links simply don't compete.

Well, I have a number of decent strategies I use today, but probably the real turn around for me was about 6 months ago, when I began properly analyzing my competition.

Study your competition. And...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 6th June 2011, 09:50 AM
Replies: 35
Views: 2,101
Posted By orvn
Post My Competition is in Tears: forum/blog links simply don't compete.

I feel pretty good about myself this week. :D

One of my SEO clients (an online retail vendor) got a phone call (not even an email, a phone call) from his competition's marketing crew saying that...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 3rd June 2011, 07:43 AM
Replies: 33
Views: 2,435
Posted By orvn
Re: List of BLACK HAT Methods......

What an unusual question.

I feel like a child is asking me if I have cookies in my kitchen so that he can avoid going there and eating any before dinner.

If you're looking for genuinely useful...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 26th May 2011, 04:25 PM
Replies: 143
Views: 16,164
Posted By orvn
Re: How I get indexed and ranked on page 1 of Google in 5 minutes

Thanks for sharing this nifty little trick!
Your thread gets ✪✪✪✪✪ (:
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 26th May 2011, 03:41 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 970
Posted By orvn
Re: Looking for good backlinks between $5 and $50 each

Thanks guys! I found what I was looking for.
Julia, I bought links from you yesterday lol! :D
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 25th May 2011, 08:06 PM
Replies: 19
Views: 447
Posted By orvn
Re: Newbie saying Hello!

Hi Cam, welcome to the Warrior Forum.

So let's say your keywords are well targeted and the competition is just right- you want backlinks.

Well you really have two options in my opinion:

1)...
Forum: Website Design 22nd May 2011, 07:02 AM
Replies: 7
Views: 7,527
Posted By orvn
Re: Facebook Iframe Source Code

Well, you create an app through Facebook.com/developers and every new App will have its' own page. You can remove these pages from social search, but if you're using iframe's you're going to have to...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 22nd May 2011, 06:56 AM
Replies: 1
Views: 487
Posted By orvn
Re: Local Competition is destroying me! Are these search terms RANKABLE?

You can outrank them, but you'll have to put in time and effort.
They're a highly specialized network of crosslinked popular sites, so you're going to have to get creative here and search for...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 22nd May 2011, 06:42 AM
Replies: 89
Views: 11,081
Posted By orvn
Re: Okay guys, THIS is how you use social networks to get 100,000hits in under a week. (linkbaiting)

Is the content fresh and interesting?
It won't happen unless your content is superb.

If you're still having trouble, add orvn.stumbleupon.com to stumbleupon and use the "send to" button to ask...
Forum: Website Design 21st May 2011, 05:37 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 7,527
Posted By orvn
Re: Facebook Iframe Source Code

Below is my code that I'd use. It averts all the common iframe issues with the 800px cut off, scrollbars, borders, etc..
I'd just embed the Youtube video with the embed iFrame Youtube provides....
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 18th May 2011, 08:33 AM
Replies: 26
Views: 1,411
Posted By orvn
Re: [Best SEO Rank Tracking Tool] BETA + Invitation code - Track your/your competitors rankings/metr

Signed up and utilizing it! Can't wait for the results to populate. :)
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 15th May 2011, 07:32 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 575
Posted By orvn
Re: Multi Keyword targeting with anchor text?

I don't generally encounter many issues with minor keyword alterations. At times they even benefit me by unexpectedly targeting broad search terms.

That being said, I try to make sure that the...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 5th March 2011, 11:12 PM
Replies: 1
Views: 458
Posted By orvn
Re: er, cloaking the keywords?

Sure, just don't use them.

I assume you're talking about the keywords Meta tag, which does nothing.

Google stopped using it around 2001 and all the engines (even the smaller ones) had stopped...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 3rd March 2011, 10:53 AM
Replies: 14
Views: 68,283
Posted By orvn
Re: Best Font For Articles and Reports

I love letters.

Attractive typeaces are like pornography to me; here's my opinion on what one should use for large bodies of text:
Trebuchet ◆ Woven silk pyjamas exchanged for blue quartz. ...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 6th January 2011, 10:33 AM
Replies: 19
Views: 667
Posted By orvn
Re: What is the down side of using the same content for 2 or 3 sites?

I don't mean to seem harsh, but this is not true. There is no penalty, although the original piece of content will likely be more powerful.

Using the same content across multiple sites is called...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 5th January 2011, 09:15 AM
Replies: 32
Views: 869
Posted By orvn
Once and for all: THERE IS NO SANDBOX!

There is no sandbox. Although if you're really very terrible, your SERP position is hurt.

At least not in my experience, and in the past month I've been putting sites up that are dangerously black...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 4th January 2011, 12:44 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 678
Posted By orvn
Re: SEO Linkedin Question

Linkedin has never really been a huge deal.

Crawlers still see the link and understand that the redirect is just a redirect passed through a URL variable. Linkedin's PR transfer methodology is...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 2nd January 2011, 01:53 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 386
Posted By orvn
Re: Google Places Issue!

The new Google blended search includes places results where it thinks they will be relevant. This usually occurs when you specify a georgaphic area. Say "Edinburgh Dentist"

Sometimes, Google will...
Forum: Website Design 1st January 2011, 10:00 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 761
Posted By orvn
Re: Where can I get some PSD graphics?

These are awesome, but I'm forgetting one that I really like! ARGH. I'll come back here if I remember, lol.

45+ Free Design Template And PSD Files...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 30th December 2010, 06:06 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 470
Posted By orvn
Re: Site or Vid "Visually Illustrated" to "showcase" simple SEO?

This one's also pretty
How Search Engines Operate – Chapter 1 (http://guides.seomoz.org/chapter-1-how-search-engines-operate)
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 30th December 2010, 05:58 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 470
Posted By orvn
Re: Site or Vid "Visually Illustrated" to "showcase" simple SEO?

Visual like infographics?

http://blog.hubspot.com/Portals/249/images/Spider-Traps-resized-600.jpg

http://blog.hubspot.com/Portals/249/images/SEO-Infographic1-resized-600.jpg
...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 28th December 2010, 09:08 AM
Replies: 11
Views: 533
Posted By orvn
Re: backlinks help

They're generally not found immediately. You could aggregate them into an RSS feed and send that to Google. Personally I only do this for worthwhile articles.



This is called link-baiting.
See...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 27th December 2010, 05:03 PM
Replies: 1
Views: 465
Posted By orvn
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 27th December 2010, 02:55 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 634
Posted By orvn
Re: RSS FEED Submission??

Lisa from InLine SEO has a video tutorial describing an ingenious method of performing RSS aggregation by creating authority accounts in del.icio.us and exporting the RSS feed automatically generated...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 27th December 2010, 02:20 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 737
Posted By orvn
Re: Will a sub domain with 100% duplicate copy affect the SERPS of a main domain with 100% unique co

Yes.
They're in the same domain, so this is duplication not syndication, and nothing positive will come of this.

That being said, this situation is easily remedied by performing proper...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 27th December 2010, 02:14 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 445
Posted By orvn
Re: How can I get lower PR links

I would say don't bother with the low PR. There's nothing unnatural about having only mid-PRs.

Get Scrapebox if you must.
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 27th December 2010, 02:12 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 542
Posted By orvn
Re: Is this a good way to increase my search engine rankings?

I would also create backlinks to your articles, particularly the best ones.
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 27th December 2010, 12:37 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 533
Posted By orvn
Re: backlinks help

I do generally aim for dofollow's, but nofollow links appear to count also.
Relevant links are great, as is a high Pagerank.

Here are some resources:...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 27th December 2010, 11:36 AM
Replies: 21
Views: 2,431
Posted By orvn
Re: Is SeNuke & MS black -hat or white -hat ?

Software like SEnuke comes with a black hat pretense. C'mon everyone, you can pretend to be all altruistic and whatnot, but it's evident that the software was created for spam because you CAN use it...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 26th December 2010, 12:06 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 480
Posted By orvn
Re: BackLinkWatch.com Question

Just the information it's able to scrape from YahooSE/Slurp.
It often misses the pagerank too.
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 25th December 2010, 07:04 AM
Replies: 3
Views: 665
Posted By orvn
Re: filler words in searches

I only target such keywords when I'm absolutely sure that a specific phrase has high search volume.
This is a scenario that I typically only come across in interrogative phrases. Works great for...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 20th December 2010, 12:34 PM
Replies: 89
Views: 11,081
Posted By orvn
Re: Okay guys, THIS is how you use social networks to get 100,000hits in under a week. (linkbaiting)

Lol, since we're talking memes, I prefer Antoine Donson:

YouTube - Antoine Dodson warns a PERP on LIVE TV! (Original)
YouTube - BED INTRUDER SONG!!! (now on iTunes)
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 17th December 2010, 04:13 PM
Replies: 17
Views: 607
Posted By orvn
Re: SEO Guru Need help ;(

There are plug-ins for CMS platforms like Wordpress, Drupal, Joomla, Mambo, etc. that automate most of the on-page SEO.


The META keywords element does not determine the keywords you're...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 17th December 2010, 12:42 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 437
Posted By orvn
Re: Up Against the Wall

Hello Mike,
Welcome to the Warrior Forum and congratulations to your firm for choosing to expand to the internet and having the foresight to look into SEO. This was a wise decision.

Some advice:...
Forum: Programming 16th December 2010, 09:30 PM
Replies: 24
Views: 992
Posted By orvn
Re: My Hosting Account Was Hacked!

Well, Web Hosting Geeks (the first site I linked) does not contain affiliate links, but yeah, lol, several of those do indeed. Still, you don't see Godaddy anywhere, do you? lol.


Bluehost will...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 16th December 2010, 05:04 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 798
Posted By orvn
Re: Facebook PPC extraordinarily expensive indeed

Bingo.

I've been using the internet since 1994 and I've never actually purchased something through an advert until early 2009, through Facebook.

Since then, it has happened two more times. I've...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 15th December 2010, 05:12 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 558
Posted By orvn
Re: Damn you google maps!

This has been happening for about a month and a half now, just so you know.

Sign up with Google Hotpot and Places, add everything from phone numbers to photos of your business. If you have...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 15th December 2010, 01:27 PM
Replies: 18
Views: 810
Posted By orvn
Re: Offline SEO - How do you get clients?

I sort of enjoy sharing my ideas and strategies.
Maybe not in full detail all the time, but to an extent, you know.
I definitely don't think there's anything wrong with sharing how I get clients.....
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 15th December 2010, 10:52 AM
Replies: 28
Views: 893
Posted By orvn
Re: Which one do you prefer for Link Building?

http://www.warriorforum.com/adsense-ppc-seo-discussion-forum/274495-okay-guys-how-you-use-social-networks-get-100-000hits-under-week-linkbaiting.html
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 14th December 2010, 04:09 PM
Replies: 18
Views: 810
Posted By orvn
Re: Offline SEO - How do you get clients?

By all means!



Oh right, I forgot to mention that. I'm actually really proud of how this part went down.

First, I went around to my favourite businesses in the area, told someone of...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 14th December 2010, 02:33 PM
Replies: 18
Views: 810
Posted By orvn
Re: Offline SEO - How do you get clients?

These days I get more than enough work from referrals only, but I've tried quite a few strategies before.

1) Classifieds (like Craigslist) / Local Directories (Like HotFrog)
Are easy ways to gain...
Forum: Programming 14th December 2010, 10:47 AM
Replies: 1
Views: 482
Posted By orvn
Re: What is this about? - href="/////

Three or more slashes automatically engages a browsers' file (local disk) protocol.

Typing ////users/me/desktop automatically takes me to
file:///users/me/desktop which is the directory for my...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 13th December 2010, 03:35 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 698
Posted By orvn
Re: Anyone have a list of backlinking sites?

What like this?
http://www.warriorforum.com/adsense-ppc-seo-discussion-forum/299752-free-list-500-000-do-follow-blogs-includes-list-3500-edu-links.html

Or like this?...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 13th December 2010, 02:28 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 464
Posted By orvn
Re: Is this doable?

A slightly longer tail might be beneficial.
You're going to have a hard time ranking for this keyword.
A page one isn't impossible, but is it worth it, time and effort considered?
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 12th December 2010, 12:41 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 402
Posted By orvn
Re: Ranking for youtubechess.com and youtubechessschool.com

Because you used your domain name in the title, googling your domain will soon show this WF thread ranked! ;)
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 12th December 2010, 12:32 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 469
Posted By orvn
Re: Backlink PR imprtance

After much arguing on the matter, I had learned that relevant, dofollow, high pr backlinks are the best.

Relevance is quite important, but, of course, sometimes hard to find.

More...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 11th December 2010, 12:29 AM
Replies: 23
Views: 1,123
Posted By orvn
Re: What to use to create the website: Wordpress or xsitepro?

Especially when it's obfuscated javascript.
And it usually is.

Look out for crazy sh!t that looks like this, randomly in your theme.
This should be a huge red WTF flag.

<script...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 10th December 2010, 03:08 PM
Replies: 15
Views: 772
Posted By orvn
Re: Backlinking is dying

I do not think you are drawing your conclusions correctly..

Backlinking isn't just about quantity. It's more about quality.
Did you weigh the relevance of the backlinks?
How about the PR?
And...
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