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Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 22nd September 2023, 06:40 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 101
Posted By dave_hermansen
Re: Sudden Traffic Drop in Medical Billing Services Website

Google launched a core algorithm update about a month ago which may be affecting your rankings and traffic. Take a look at this Search Engine Journal article for more information and suggestions -...
Forum: Beginners Area 12th September 2023, 02:14 PM
Replies: 16
Views: 627
Posted By dave_hermansen
Re: What should be the link building strategy for a new site?

When people decide to link to a page of your website, they don't first check to see how many other websites are doing that. What they actually do is visit the page to see if the information is useful...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 6th September 2023, 05:50 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 204
Posted By dave_hermansen
Re: How long does it take to finish setting up on-page SEO?

I have to agree with DWolfe here, although it really depends on what you mean by "finish setting up a page for SEO".

Are the pages already written and need to be tweaked for SEO or are they blank...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 5th September 2023, 03:26 PM
Replies: 23
Views: 839
Posted By dave_hermansen
Re: Best method to create backlinks from Competitor website.

Well, then your client doesn't want his website to raise one iota in the search engines - at least from link building.

The links he wants you to get stopped working for SEO more than a decade ago....
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 28th August 2023, 08:06 PM
Replies: 23
Views: 839
Posted By dave_hermansen
Re: Best method to create backlinks from Competitor website.

Figure out why they are linking to the other site. That is best done by seeing what they are linking to.

If they are linking to the home page, they obviously have some sort of relationship with...
Forum: Beginners Area 24th August 2023, 03:13 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 220
Posted By dave_hermansen
Re: Keyword Research - Specifics

I assumed the O.P. was asking about keyword research in respect to organic search and not advertising, which is why I gave the detailed answer that I did. If they don't care about organic rankings...
Forum: Beginners Area 24th August 2023, 02:42 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 220
Posted By dave_hermansen
Re: Keyword Research - Specifics

I'd be trying to target at least 100 searches per day, the more the better, of course (300-400/day is a better target). An average month has 30 days, so that means you need to target phrases that...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 21st August 2023, 07:38 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 126
Posted By dave_hermansen
Re: Hire someone to do keyword research

Actually, you never asked a question at all.

Starting out your journey on this forum by insulting someone who has posted nearly 25,000 times and been thanked by others on this forum more than...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 21st August 2023, 07:34 PM
Replies: 15
Views: 201
Posted By dave_hermansen
Re: Domain Names - Necessary?

I'm not sure if one is necessarily better than the other unless the main domain name already ranks well.

I can't help but think of companies like Hayneedle.com and Wayfair.com, both of which...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 15th August 2023, 08:02 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 128
Posted By dave_hermansen
Re: 3rd Party Tools Report Spammy Backlinks, but visiting them I can't find where the link is placed

Eliminating spammy links is never going to improve your rankings unless you got a message directly from Google (and even then, recovering after a Google warning is incredibly difficult).

These...
Forum: Beginners Area 15th August 2023, 07:56 PM
Replies: 16
Views: 449
Posted By dave_hermansen
Re: Step By Step Guide

Well, nobody is allowed to promote their own product on this forum, so asking for the step by step guide we or others have created would get not only our post banned, but put us in jeopardy of...
Forum: Beginners Area 14th August 2023, 05:03 PM
Replies: 16
Views: 449
Posted By dave_hermansen
Re: Step By Step Guide

There are dozens of really good courses out there that work, utilizing a variety of eCommerce methods. What none of them tell you is that sometimes, you simply pick the wrong product and niche - even...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 14th August 2023, 04:43 PM
Replies: 17
Views: 605
Posted By dave_hermansen
Re: Is 40% commission too risky for a young brand to stark off an affiliate program

"Risky"? Based on what? Do you have a clue how much markup the OP has on the product. For all you know, the markup is 200%.

Now, it probably isn't at all wise, considering that the competition is...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 7th August 2023, 07:56 PM
Replies: 17
Views: 605
Posted By dave_hermansen
Re: Is 40% commission too risky for a young brand to stark off an affiliate program

Yay, more random gibberish from the "princess". So helpful (not), as usual.
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 4th August 2023, 03:32 PM
Replies: 17
Views: 605
Posted By dave_hermansen
Re: Is 40% commission too risky for a young brand to stark off an affiliate program

Kay is giving you excellent advice. Think of it ... if you are looking for an affiliate program for clothing (especially plus size) and one company is paying 25% and the rest are paying 10-20%, which...
Forum: Beginners Area 1st August 2023, 04:11 PM
Replies: 1
Views: 41
Posted By dave_hermansen
Re: Strategies for Increasing Website Visitor to Paying Customer Conversion Rates

I would start by analyzing the phrases people are typing in that bring them to your website and what pages they are landing on.

Once you know that, analyze those pages to see if they are really...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 25th July 2023, 08:32 PM
Replies: 18
Views: 324
Posted By dave_hermansen
Re: Timeshare lead generation business - Any tips or suggestions ?

You seem to have a lot of missing pieces ...

OK, so the easy part is getting someone to sell you their timeshare - chances are, more than half the people who bought them regret doing so. You are...
Forum: Artificial Intelligence 24th July 2023, 06:50 PM
Replies: 65
Views: 1,166
Posted By dave_hermansen
Re: Bard VS ChatGPT

Unfortunately, I place little credence in any university "study" until it is revealed who actually paid for that study. In most cases, these types of things are skewed to present a predetermined...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 24th July 2023, 06:47 PM
Replies: 18
Views: 324
Posted By dave_hermansen
Re: Timeshare lead generation business - Any tips or suggestions ?

Not really sure what you are trying to do here. Certainly, closing a timeshare sale online is extremely unlikely. It would seem to me that the only way to create a business from leads is to have an...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 22nd July 2023, 09:17 AM
Replies: 12
Views: 615
Posted By dave_hermansen
Re: Are tags worth it in 2023?

The Celtics part of the heading is not doing anything for the SEO. All I can guess is that they have a different font size/color/font style for the H1 of the Celtics than they do for other teams.
...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 20th July 2023, 07:23 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 304
Posted By dave_hermansen
Re: Backlink Indexation Problems

Links don't get "indexed", pages do.

Perhaps the pages you have links on are not worthy of being indexed. That, or they are links that you can place, yourself, which are totally worthless and...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 18th July 2023, 02:45 PM
Replies: 22
Views: 446
Posted By dave_hermansen
Re: I'm interested in hearing your thoughts on this change in refund policy

Another idea is to NOT offer lifetime as an option until AFTER the 30 day period has expired. After that, you can upsell them with an email about a lifetime plan (which at that point is...
Forum: Beginners Area 17th July 2023, 06:37 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 142
Posted By dave_hermansen
Re: Feedback on your business problems

In other words, your business' pain point is not knowing what other business' pain points/problems are.

So, you can start there. What would you advise this (your) business to do?
Forum: Beginners Area 17th July 2023, 06:31 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 59
Posted By dave_hermansen
Re: Google does not display meta descriptions

Google may or may not use your meta description. Their algorithm split tests your meta description against ones that they generate from the words on your page and what they think are the best words...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 17th July 2023, 06:27 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 615
Posted By dave_hermansen
Re: Are tags worth it in 2023?

Meta Description has not been used for rankings by any search engine that I know of for more than a decade. That said, Google MAY use your meta description in the SERP listing. Most of the time,...
Forum: Artificial Intelligence 10th July 2023, 07:14 PM
Replies: 65
Views: 1,166
Posted By dave_hermansen
Re: Bard VS ChatGPT

Haven't used both, but my guess is that if you are using it for content, the Google search engine WILL NOT see the content as original when using Bard whereas if using a non-Google entity to create...
Forum: Beginners Area 3rd July 2023, 03:53 PM
Replies: 13
Views: 683
Posted By dave_hermansen
Re: Making money from get go methods.

Most online money making models require a significant time investment, not paying off for months or even years. The only thing that I can think of that could provide a quick turnaround is true...
Forum: Beginners Area 22nd June 2023, 01:43 PM
Replies: 8
Views: 211
Posted By dave_hermansen
Re: Google index new websites

Google WILL NOT automatically index your website if it does not know it exists. How could they know?

The best way to get your site noticed by Google is by setting up an account in Google Search...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 20th June 2023, 02:08 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 161
Posted By dave_hermansen
Re: New SERP Results

Seems like there are very few organic search results anymore. They've been replaced by an overwhelming plethora of ads and info boxes.

I'm not sure what to do at this point except hope that people...
Forum: Beginners Area 15th June 2023, 03:05 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 213
Posted By dave_hermansen
Re: Beginner Dropshipping Questions

It's extremely unclear to me what your "product research website" is. Based on what you wrote, it seems like a typical dropshipping website directory where they list products, your "wholesale" cost...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 6th June 2023, 08:17 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 154
Posted By dave_hermansen
Re: For those who own two sites or more: Do you have an LLC for Each?

Yeah, I guess. We' ve never sold anything that we worried about get sued over but then again, almost all of our sites are dropship, so the manufacturer is the one who would be sued, not the retailer....
Forum: eCommerce Sites, Wholesaling & Drop Shipping 5th June 2023, 06:46 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 234
Posted By dave_hermansen
Re: What's Your Must-Have Data for Shopify Success?

The one and only main data point is sales. From there, it depends on how you are getting those sales (e.g. advertising, which you would evaluate based on ROI - something that Shopify has no stats on...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 26th May 2023, 03:10 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 148
Posted By dave_hermansen
Re: Is it a good idea to hire freelancer developers for an ecommerce website?

Sounds like a great excuse for not doing anything at all. Failure is quite easy to accomplish. I see it all the time, as do you, I'm sure.
Forum: Beginners Area 24th May 2023, 06:30 PM
Replies: 21
Views: 500
Posted By dave_hermansen
Re: Issue with excellent ranking for keyword in plural and really bad ranking for keyword in singula

The domain name is such a small, and according to Google, non-existent ranking factor that it cannot be the word in their domain name.

My guess is that it is backlink related. What anchor text is...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 23rd May 2023, 06:26 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 828
Posted By dave_hermansen
Re: Alternatives like Clickbank

ShareASale, Amazon, Walmart, BestBuy - they all have affiliate programs. As Mark Singletary indicated, there are tons of them out there but some will work for you and some will not, all depending...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 23rd May 2023, 06:12 PM
Replies: 18
Views: 689
Posted By dave_hermansen
Re: Should I create Profile Backlinks in 2023?

Profile links are absolute garbage links. If I had a company creating them for me, I would fire them immediately. More scary is the fact that someone would hire someone (an "expert", they think) who...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 18th May 2023, 05:16 PM
Replies: 13
Views: 202
Posted By dave_hermansen
Re: What to do with old news?

Not sure what you are trying to convey here.

It's pretty basic ...

First, are people even searching for the type of information in the old articles? If not, dump them. Who cares if you rank for...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 16th May 2023, 07:41 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 154
Posted By dave_hermansen
Re: Many prints and few clicks in google ads

NetMan nailed it. Increasing your bid may very well increase your impressions, but it may do nothing to increase clicks or conversions. All you'll end up doing is paying more for the same results.
...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 11th May 2023, 06:27 AM
Replies: 27
Views: 1,083
Posted By dave_hermansen
Re: Website flipping / selling websites: how important are domain names?

This, more than any other reason, is why a website owner cares about a domain name!
Forum: Beginners Area 11th May 2023, 06:20 AM
Replies: 9
Views: 476
Posted By dave_hermansen
Re: Will Irrelevant or Not-closely-relevant Website Contents Hurt the SEO?

Everything about this is wrong, Wrong, WRONG! Google does not rank entire websites. The algorithm ranks individual web pages. You could have an article about how to play marbles on a site that sells...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 10th May 2023, 07:02 AM
Replies: 27
Views: 1,083
Posted By dave_hermansen
Re: Website flipping / selling websites: how important are domain names?

Totally false. It was that way years ago but not anymore. in 2020, Google Webmaster Trends Analyst John Mueller revealed that keywords in domain names no longer play a role in determining search...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 4th May 2023, 08:11 AM
Replies: 27
Views: 1,083
Posted By dave_hermansen
Re: Website flipping / selling websites: how important are domain names?

Yep, that's true, all things being equal, which they seldom are. Sure, if you can get a great domain name and build a great website around it, go for it. My point is, don't let the pursuit of the...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 3rd May 2023, 07:09 AM
Replies: 27
Views: 1,083
Posted By dave_hermansen
Re: Website flipping / selling websites: how important are domain names?

The only thing that matters to people who know what they are doing is money. Domain names aren't worth much except to people who don't know any better.

We've had plenty of successful sites that...
Forum: Beginners Area 2nd May 2023, 06:32 AM
Replies: 8
Views: 598
Posted By dave_hermansen
Re: Back to the beginning.

There is absolutely nothing wrong with AI-generated content if it is good. From what I have seen, it is certainly far better than most of the content I read online these days by people who have no...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 1st May 2023, 07:01 AM
Replies: 5
Views: 164
Posted By dave_hermansen
Re: How do i find free product listing website?

Not sure why they need to be "free" product listing websites. Paid advertising is the fastest way to get eyes on your products and sales.

Most only require payment after 30 days (i.e. AFTER your...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 26th April 2023, 08:11 PM
Replies: 6
Views: 258
Posted By dave_hermansen
Re: How to increase Instagram followers quickly?

First, a series of questions ... Where did this random number of followers come from? Why 1,000? Do you think anyone or anything (other than your ego) cares about the number of followers you have? Do...
Forum: Beginners Area 21st April 2023, 07:31 AM
Replies: 1
Views: 60
Posted By dave_hermansen
Re: URL's discovered not indexed

Generally speaking, Google does not waste bandwidth on pages it does not consider worthy of indexing. Quite often, the pages they do not index are duplicates of other pages that they are indexing...
Forum: Beginners Area 21st April 2023, 07:27 AM
Replies: 8
Views: 151
Posted By dave_hermansen
Re: No luck selling domains, any suggestions?

What makes a domain "valuable" is traffic and sales. Anything other than that is just ego-driven nonsense. Google and Bing were worthless domain names until they created something on them.

Still,...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 21st April 2023, 07:17 AM
Replies: 16
Views: 565
Posted By dave_hermansen
Re: Do subdomains affect SEO?

The only real positive to use subdomains is that there is no monthly hosting cost (they are set up as free add-ons to the main domain's hosting account). The most important negative is, as DABK...
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 14th April 2023, 09:56 AM
Replies: 17
Views: 1,057
Posted By dave_hermansen
Re: Is there a backlink generator tool I can purchase?

Not only is it sad that this question is being asked in this day and age, but worse, there are people actually trying to help the O.P.

Please tell me you are better than this Warrior Forum!...
Forum: Beginners Area 5th April 2023, 01:30 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 253
Posted By dave_hermansen
Re: Small website has 1.7m 'backlinks'

Several years ago, Google changed its algorithm so that they just ignore spammy or manipulative backlinks now. The reason they made that change is precisely what you intimated - that competitors...
Forum: Main Internet Marketing Discussion Forum 29th March 2023, 09:21 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 153
Posted By dave_hermansen
Re: How many conversions should I require? (paid ads question)

This is a simple ROI equation and there is no such thing as a blanket minimum for every single product niche,

Is the money you spent more than the profit you realized from the ads in that "zone"?...
Forum: Beginners Area 27th March 2023, 06:33 AM
Replies: 3
Views: 73
Posted By dave_hermansen
Re: Google Search Console - HTML file upload for ownership verification

Why bother with adding the tag? Since you already have Google Analytics, just choose Google Analytics under the "other verification methods" section.
Forum: Search Engine Optimization 27th March 2023, 06:23 AM
Replies: 6
Views: 684
Posted By dave_hermansen
Re: Using HTML sitemaps for SEO and UX

"If you want to improve your SEO, HTML sitemaps are 'essential'"?

Hardly. Only a website with poor navigation or one that is so large, typical crawl budgets cannot adequately cover the website,...
Forum: Beginners Area 23rd March 2023, 11:50 AM
Replies: 4
Views: 48
Posted By dave_hermansen
Re: Duplicate Contents in Order Pages of Multiple Products

Just to offer a bit of clarification, we have the same content on pretty much all of the pages of our various ecommerce website. Really, when the only difference is a color, what can you do. That...
Forum: Beginners Area 22nd March 2023, 02:38 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 48
Posted By dave_hermansen
Re: Duplicate Contents in Order Pages of Multiple Products

There is no such thing as a duplicate content penalty. It is an absolute myth. Stop worrying about stuff like this.

Duplicate Content Penalty Myth...
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