Ask Ur SEO Q's 2011
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- trooperbill0
@spot13 its just a rule of thumb i use for new sites... the serps response will tell you how hard and fast you can go so after a few months you will see if you can ramp up/down any particular technique.
- hektor9110
@trooperbill-The reason I'm asking is becuase my gf who happend to be a photographer is about to finish her website with WP she bought from some of the guys here. I was wondering what tips could you provide, given the type of work she does. I get the adding text is important, but not king. I guess she can talk about her projects individually. I'm sure there is more to it. She wants to appear on searches in Texas, locally as well.
- trooperbill0
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- trooperbill0
@reaperbot my advice is to have a mix... different types of link building work differently in differing niches... for the first 3 months its typical to try everything and see what works (just keep your keyword focuses different for each type of link) - guest posting is the way forwards ... ive also heard a lot of good things about media link building (powerpoint/slideshare and stuff like that) but i havent yet tested it.
- trooperbill0
@Ancillary whats his email i could do with some tips on picking up cute birds lol.
- trooperbill0
@hektor911 best thing to try is probably wordpress with a load of plugins
- Ancillary0
Dear Mr SEO Guy,
The SEO guy at my work is morbidly obese and but manages to date cute Japanese girls. Is he a racist?
- hektor9110
Do you guys have a sample website that follow the guidelines above, say for a photographer or graphic designer? A website with a portfolio in other words.
- OSFA0
Thanks for the info trooperbill!
- spot130
thanks for all these insightful SEO tips trooperbill. So, with a whopping 300 visits a day to your site, are you going to write a book about your amazing SEO success?
- nocomply0
So in regards to page speed NOT being a factor in SEO, then that means Media Temple is either lying, ignorant, or believes otherwise.
Because check out their splash page for their CDN service:
http://mediatemple.net/webhostin…
"Improve Your Search Rankings
Did you know search engines now reward fast-loading sites with better rankings? Increase traffic, rank and visibility with little effort."I thought that was just too good to be true.
- omg0
There's still a such thing as SEO? Didn't that die when social networks became popular like Facebook? I thought the new term was GEO.(Google engine optimizer)
- trooperbill0
@ukit a year ago i'd have said yes, but i think its more important that you link deep nowerdays so go for it, just make sure your sitewides are sorted (see prev post)
- ukit0
trooperbill, any good tips on first steps when launching a site? Is there a particular checklist you follow? Easy backlinks to get, directories to submit to, etc...
On-page optimization is one thing, but let's face it, it's all about links at the end of the day, isn't it?:)
- trooperbill0
@nocomply nope thats incorrect, as google bot always travvels from the USA theres no way to calculate accurate page load speeds as the traffic is routed through numerous trunks before hitting the server.
obviously it IS a usability factor so still needs your attention but it has zero SEO impact.
the roumer started in may lasy year as they thought that was what the update was all about... it wasnt, it was all about social media integration and deep linking.
- nocomply0
I've been reading lately about how page speed and load time is now a factor for SEO. What's your opinion on that trooperbill?
Is it worth paying for a CDN service to boost load times?
Thanks!
- Akiraprise0
Thanks, so is this better:
Homepage:
http://www.ibiza2011.infoSubpage:
http://ibiza2011.info/amnesia-ib…ta :)
- trooperbill0
@Akiraprise you only have 59 chars in the title and you dont need to repeat keywords as the prominience is set by the closeness to the begining of the string.
I'd suggest something along the lines of (for your home page)
Ibiza 2011 - Club Line Up, Opening & Closing Parties
32 chars you have room for more keywords here and Always start the home page with your brandId target each deep page at a different keyword, they shouldnt compete.
yes every title should be unique
- jadrian_uk0
Hi, i got a site on a free hosting and bought a domain name from another provider, the riderection is maked so you always get the domain name on the adress bar but this way i cant verify the site to google webmaster tools (because the domain redir to the server where site is hosted is done with an iframe redir) , what can i do to verify the site with GWT?
- Akiraprise0
Can you tell me if I'm doing this right, on my website http://www.ibiza2011.info I have this title on the homepage: "Ibiza 2011 | Ibiza Club Line up 2011 | Ibiza Opening and Closing Parties 2011 |", for subpages I have this title "Ibiza Opening Parties | Ibiza 2011 | Ibiza Club Line up 2011 | Ibiza Opening and Closing Parties 2011 |" (So I just include the page name in amongst the rest of the keywords)
Is it best to do it like this, or to have individual keywords in the title for each page?