Ask Ur SEO Q's 2011
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- trooperbill0
@mydo nope i wouldnt do that. the drum gets indexed more frequently than your site... best to write about your post and link to the active post on the drum.
- ukit0
Anything that is in the actual HTML of the page is read by spiders, including dropdowns
- jadrian_uk0
Hi
I have a multi language site, what is the way to proceed for good SEO for each locale, right now i have:<meta name="description" content=" ">
<meta name="Keywords" content=" ">So i thought i could switch the content of these meta's depending on the language selected by the user, am i on the right path?
thanks- Oh and the site structure is one page (for ex index.php) wich is redraw with PHP in different languages.jadrian_uk
- trooperbill0
@hektor911 The problem you're going to have is that by limiting yourself to a region you're going to come up against Google Places listings and a host of spammy sites all SEOing for that local term. (google places is a bitch because it takes over the above the fold listings and theres no hard and fast way to manipulate the results - my best advice here is to copy the profile of the #2 listing and get lots of reviews) so organic listings for these terms is worthless.
I'd go into the Google Adwords keyword tool and look for some bigger traffic non geographic keywords that have reasonable traffic and lower competition. and formulate the site around those.
I wouldnt buy a keyword rich domain name as yes at the moment its a shortcut to high serps but Matt Cutts has already publically posted that theyre aware this is a problem and theyre looking for a solution. so go with something branded.
as for links, sticl with photography resources and at least links from within the creative industry. the google adwords tool will show you in the let hand menu what industries your terms relate to.
design wise, dont have a splash screen
get around 300-500 words of unique content on each page and if possible make sure that theres in text links to deep pages throughout your site (look how wikipedia does it)
check your site through with the screamingfrog web crawler which will show you any issues with your site.
For your photography subject matter - this is great - you can seo each f those pages for the subject/location etc which might bring in additional custom
- trooperbill0
@nosaj yes too much plumbing also your titles always start with your main term - simply reverse them for deep pages. the google adwords keyword tool will give you better medium and long tail terms you can match to your content.
tip: use a keyword density tool to see what keywords your content is referring to and tailor your titles around that.
- nocomply0
OK got one more...
I know YouTube videos can come up in Google's results, but is there any kind of a penalty for posting duplicate videos on YouTube?
The issue is that my client posted a video several weeks ago, but they now have an updated version with a minor edit that they want to use instead.
But the way YouTube works is that you can't simply "update" a video. You'd have to delete the old one and post the new one at a new URL.
- Also, thank you trooperbill for all your support!nocomply
- ukit0
Content may not (always) be king but links definitely are.
- mikotondria30
Content is demonstrably not always king - just think of the number of garbage sites you end up on when you're searching for something that you normally don't (and don't know where to look - just at the mercy of google...).
- trooperbill0
@spot13... even if the content is crap you can still rank a site! content is NOT king when it comes to SEO thats another myth.
- that's what SEO people will tell you, and it's true, but unless you spam and pay, it doesn't work and it will be very short term.spot13
- trooperbill0
@plash got one coming... planning a free ebook thingie
- trooperbill0
@spot13 im proud of the 300 hits... i know its a drop in the ocean but its taken a while to get there and ive earned every visit.
- I bet, and I'm sure your "annual thread" on QBN doesn't hurt either.spot13
- attentionspan0
Thanks
but not completely clear on this
"if you're using querystrings keep the variables to a max of 3"
Example?Also .html of urls at the end or no extension at all?
- Trooperbill, can I ask where this 3 variable suggestion came from?spot13
- attentionspan0
Is it a good idea to have "friendly url alias path" ?
example: tools/hammer200
Or is there no need?
- absolutely, the url communicates keywords just like page titles and headings.spot13
- trooperbill0
@Akiraprise the home page is still a list and doesnt make best use of the space,
the deep page is missing the word club or clubs but is better
ill post up some suggestions over lunch for you,
- Thanks, any suggestions will be greatly appreciated, my competition is strong :(Akiraprise
- BaskerviIle0
How many SEO copywriters does it take to change a lightbulb, light bulb, light, bulb, lamp, bulbs, flowers, flour...?
- trooperbill0
@mikotondria3 - sentiment is now important, social media mentions and links.
After Panda (Feb through April) Super quality content is now needed, plus pages need lots of text on them as theres a light content penalty that can effect the whole site.
Also Google is now picking what deep pages appear in the SERPS, its not like it used to be where this could be manipulated through deep linking so its important to get your page titles and internal anchor text right to steer google to the right destination.
thats about it off the top of my head.
- dbloc0
I'd like to do it without adding written by to each post. Thanks!
- trooperbill0
@dbloc wow havent encountered this as a goal before. let me look into it.
- trooperbill0
@i_monk if you think about it its really about matching expectation with your design (conversion) so get your messages right and dont lie or misslead in your design. communicate using the appropriate language and make sure it motivates the recipient