So You Think You’re Good At SEO, Huh?
If you really are an SEO expert, then chances are, you’re aware of *some* points discussed in this post. However, if you don’t consider yourself an expert when it comes to SEO, go on and read this post. You’ll find almost all of it interesting and worth the time spent reading.
That said, this post is not going to be on something specific. Instead, it’ll discuss on SEO as general. It won’t be the boring principles and concepts, either. So don’t shy away from it just yet.
What does SEO involve, anyway? Some say it involves building backlinks, others say it involves optimizing the internal functions of the website (linking structure, keywords density etc), while a few say it’s all about getting the word out and about.
Put simply, SEO involves everything. From optimizing your website, to getting the word out and about. If you’re trying to build backlinks as part of your SEO strategy, then try the following tips next time.
Create content that’s not only engaging but induces a feeling of ‘want to share’ in your readers
Your readers will always want to share interesting stuff. Everyone does. Take advantage of this human trait. Create content that is not only engaging, but also compels your readers to share it with others. This way you’re not just making sure that readers keep coming back for more; instead they’ll get new readers with them. Extra traffic and backlinks… without the extra work.
Write about it first
You don’t have to be BBC news. But you can still blog about the ‘new hype’ as soon as possible. It’s not the news that will set you apart. It’s the review on the news that will get you visitors. And when you get visitors, you get attention. And attention, obviously, leads to more quality backlinks!
Disagree!
Vague… yes. But also effective. Sometimes following the trend is not enough. Sometimes you have to break off and travel in the opposite direction. If everyone says “Yes” to a particular issue, you say “Yes, but No”. Doing so sets you apart from all the rest. And when that happens, you become the center of attention. You get blogged about (or linked to) and that results in backlinks. Found Tricky? 
Remember though, when planning an SEO strategy there’s a couple issues that you should take care of. Stuff that you need to stay away from. It’s the blackhat techniques. They sure seem inviting and interesting. Given the fact they tend to produce results almost immediately. However, in the long run, there’s nothing worse than blackhat SEO techniques.
Here are some known and popular Blackhat Techniques[I don't recommend trying it if you are not a daring person ]:
Hiding Text
Popular blackhat SEO method often used by spammers to stuff their pages with all sorts of keywords. Their intentions vary. Some do it to boost their search engine rankings (artificially), others do it to trigger high paying advertisements (contextual ad serving technology) while others do it to aid them in their overall SEO strategy. The mere idea of hiding text to boost rankings definitely sounds inviting, but the search engines will catch up on to it very soon. So unless you’re looking to get banned, refrain from it.
Cloaking Pages
The most common (and dangerous) method that falls under Blackhat SEO. The basic concept of cloaking involves serving two different pages. One to the search engines, the other to the real visitors. Spammers create a page full of keywords and phrases (and content that makes no sense) in order to boost their search engine rankings. This page is returned whenever a search engine bot visits their website. However, when a real user visits their website, a completely different page is returned.
Buying/Selling Links
Up until recently, this was the hype. People buying links all over to boost their search engine rankings. However, while it’s not blackhat, it most certainly affects the search engines in a negative way. Anyone can buy a few high quality links to get a boost in their search engine rankings. There’s no guarantees that the site itself is going to be of any value. However, the search engines would obviously rank it higher, given the fact it has high quality links pointing back to it.
The problem arises when a common man searches for something, and ends up visiting the site; of course, disappointed because there’s nothing worth looking on the site. This, in turn, creates a negative impression of the search engine. One visitor makes no difference, but for something like Google, MSN, Yahoo, we’re talking about millions of visitors.
That said, recently, all the major search engines have started cracking down on paid links. Paid links manipulate the way in which site reporting and sorting occurs, and is thus considered unethical.
Conclusion
It’s very easy to get carried away when making up an SEO strategy for your brand new website. Thing is, you need to make sure you don’t get carried away. Make logical decisions and judgments. Decide what’s best for your website/blog before you blindly implement every other SEO tip you come across.
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December 21, 2009
4:46 pm
I’m not SEO expert or the one who take it on my concentration, since i think if we’re giving our best, the SEO will be done automatically. Yeah, you know what i mean…Good content+Interact with reader = word of mouth = link for you –> automatic SEO, right? For all blackhat listed above, please avoid it for sure, i’m not add additional reason since it’s totally clear that the method is unallowed.
akira07´s last blog ..Quick report – My Smartbloggerz Commenting Idol 2 Participation
December 21, 2009
6:27 pm
I would rather say Good content/effective marketing+plenty of luck-bad luck+interactivity = backlinks –> awesome SEO
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December 22, 2009
2:43 am
Wow, i find “luck is here”, what is all about?
akira07´s last blog ..Quick report – My Smartbloggerz Commenting Idol 2 Participation
December 25, 2009
6:14 pm
Luck is a key aspect on the internet Akira, you see many things happen due to just damn luck. Just imagine Darren Rowse just stumbles upon an article and he finds it good and showcases it on his blog, that article was written by a newbie who just started, very soon he touches PR 4 and starts getting tons of traffic, but there is another blogger who works really hard and writes really good content, and he has mailed Darren Rowse his content, but Darren fails to see it, this is where luck plays. Darren Rowse himself has admitted that there are many bloggers working harder than him and much more talented, but they are not succeeding so he says luck is something that was with him all the time.
Vishal Sanjay´s last blog ..Imperial monetization methods for your blog
December 26, 2009
11:23 am
Thats a pretty good explanation. I always have a believe like 80% hardwordk and 20% luck. What do u say, Vishal?
Senthil Ramesh´s last blog ..NoviceBloggers Celebrates Christmas with its 50th Article
December 22, 2009
12:14 pm
So do u mean Luck has a part in it too, Sanjay. I never feel so.
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December 23, 2009
4:14 am
Maybe his mean : If the competitor have less SEO knowledge –> example of luck.
akira07´s last blog ..Quick report – My Smartbloggerz Commenting Idol 2 Participation
December 25, 2009
10:45 am
Alrgight. But I can see everyone getting aware about SEO, so we cant simply rely on that luck.
Senthil Ramesh´s last blog ..NoviceBloggers Celebrates Christmas with its 50th Article
December 22, 2009
12:13 pm
I think Good Content, and good interaction is enough for builiding back links and getting more readers. As we are bloggers, we don’t need to concentrate or invest more in SEO. Only site owners should do that.
Senthil Ramesh´s last blog ..25 Google Wave Invites for Grabs
December 22, 2009
11:24 pm
You are right Senthil Ramesh…” Content is the king” All bloggers should remember this. Great content and promoting that in good social bookmarking sites will be more effective…
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December 25, 2009
1:30 pm
Yes it has become like a old adaga and people still follow it
Senthil Ramesh´s last blog ..NoviceBloggers Celebrates Christmas with its 50th Article
December 23, 2009
4:16 am
No paid SEO needed? No problem, since you can looking for free SEO consistently. Anyway, i’m confuse, what is the difference if blogger/site owner?
akira07´s last blog ..Quick report – My Smartbloggerz Commenting Idol 2 Participation
December 23, 2009
10:09 pm
Bloggers are the writes while site owner is the one who owns the site. Not all bloggers own a site/the site, sometimes they do guest posting,like that.
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December 25, 2009
1:33 pm
Wow thats cool. You just defined them. I hopt Akira know that
(kidding)
Senthil Ramesh´s last blog ..NoviceBloggers Celebrates Christmas with its 50th Article
December 25, 2009
1:32 pm
Nothing more. Bloggers don’t have to concentrate more on designs as everything or most of it are done by blogging softwares but sites are not like. They should add the content, style and arrange them in regular way to be unique and attractive. Hence its bit more tedious than Blog.
Senthil Ramesh´s last blog ..NoviceBloggers Celebrates Christmas with its 50th Article
December 21, 2009
6:36 pm
This is an awesome post Sushant, i know people used to buy text links are having a hard time these days and even ad networks brokering such text links are having a bad time. though i am not an expert in seo, i do think i know it well.
Vishal Sanjay´s last blog ..The return of the ‘Dot com bubble’
December 25, 2009
1:39 pm
Yes , text link ads are not going good way but they are still having some value. look at the sidebar of Smartbloggerz, where featured listings are provided. That can give the advertisers a boost to advertise in our site.
Senthil Ramesh´s last blog ..NoviceBloggers Celebrates Christmas with its 50th Article
December 25, 2009
6:16 pm
Ya i know but sushant just made it nofollow, see it in his advertise here page, he has clearly stated that. He has to or else he has chances of getting banned from Google.
Vishal Sanjay´s last blog ..Imperial monetization methods for your blog
December 26, 2009
11:22 am
Sure, all ads and affiliate links are to be made no follow in order to be in safer side.
Senthil Ramesh´s last blog ..NoviceBloggers Celebrates Christmas with its 50th Article
December 21, 2009
6:48 pm
I am not a so called “expert” in SEO, but have been researching and reading about it for almost 2 years now. I have built about 10 sites, and have made a few mistakes along the way, but common sense told me what techniques were not worth the effort, or which ones may have been black hat. If you use common sense (meaning if it sounds to good to be true, it probably is!) while optimizing your site(s) you probably will catch any bad tactics quickly.
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December 22, 2009
2:48 am
Common sense is enough to detect if it’s black or white SEO, you’re right. Well, i’m ever have a time when i’m attracted to SEO so much and buy a book titled “Google and Yahoo Secret”, but we know SEO is always updated, it’s just too lazy for me to being updated also.
akira07´s last blog ..Quick report – My Smartbloggerz Commenting Idol 2 Participation
December 25, 2009
1:46 pm
Agreed, we cant depend on some ebooks to learn. SEO is frequently updated and I have seen some quite funny pics that SEO’s growth is far more than Google’s growth
Senthil Ramesh´s last blog ..NoviceBloggers Celebrates Christmas with its 50th Article
December 25, 2009
1:44 pm
For two years and you don’t call yourself as SEO expert? May be its your humility. BTW, we are very kids to you then as I am reading about for last 6 months. But definitely say experience by making mistakes and practising in sites is far better than just reading books and grasping the knowledge.
Senthil Ramesh´s last blog ..NoviceBloggers Celebrates Christmas with its 50th Article
December 21, 2009
6:52 pm
The more I get into SEO, the more I think, that it takes a lot more, than just following some known rules. The most important tip is that you have to wait.. to wait a lot. And you have to find those aspects, that work best for you.
Even if some blogger with tons of subbed says, that “YOU HAVE TO DO SMTH LIKE THAT”, don’t think, that it will work for you.
The only right strategy is to CREATE, DO MISTAKES and LEARN.
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December 25, 2009
1:50 pm
Sure, Trial and error are the best ways and who knows the way you followed is the better way than other SEO gurus and they may start following you. So being ourselves and thinking differntly is the key prospects in any field.
Senthil Ramesh´s last blog ..NoviceBloggers Celebrates Christmas with its 50th Article
December 21, 2009
7:51 pm
Wise words young man. So many SEO people believe they have what it takes, when in fact they just employ black hat tactics, over do the SEO. In the long run the clients site actually suffers more than if it were left alone.
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December 25, 2009
1:55 pm
Of course. You can get many ebooks for ranking immediately. But they are just temporary thing and certainly black hat. They make you rank higher for a day or two, and definitely you will be punished for this things.
Senthil Ramesh´s last blog ..NoviceBloggers Celebrates Christmas with its 50th Article
December 21, 2009
8:02 pm
I used to really do a lot of blackhat automated seo stuffs but as time progresses search engines become smarter so I got to refrain from doing those or else suffer for getting banned soon.
December 22, 2009
2:52 am
Black hat technique will not die, but search engine system update to prevent it also never die. So, black hat have no advantage at all because in the end, soon or later, search engine can detect and solve it.
akira07´s last blog ..Quick report – My Smartbloggerz Commenting Idol 2 Participation
December 25, 2009
1:58 pm
Sure, Akira. They are just like password crackers. Though softwares develop good, against privacy, they are still being hacked. Just like that, Black hat arise one after another. But, in this case, its so risky to use black hat in site than using a pirated software.
Senthil Ramesh´s last blog ..NoviceBloggers Celebrates Christmas with its 50th Article
December 25, 2009
1:57 pm
Chanceless, Bro. People started to be aware of Black Hat. So, its never gonna give you a give way also Search engines are at their best. If you ever employes Black Hat then you can just think of yourselves, that you are sooner going to be our of their index.
Senthil Ramesh´s last blog ..NoviceBloggers Celebrates Christmas with its 50th Article
December 21, 2009
8:45 pm
Love the post. The part about link cloaking is important. I am totally an “old school” blogger and stay away from Google slap tactics.
SEO-SES-SEM- You talk about all three in the post. SEO has two basic aspects- on and off page best practices. Simple correct content outline.
1- H1 Title Tag Post Title ( Not to be confused with THE title tag in
the All-In-One SEO plugin) )
This is the main title that contains the EXACT target keyword phrase.
Not that it IS the keyword, but that contains it.
2- Opening sentence
also has the EXACT target keyword phrase ONE time.
3- First paragraph
Contains TWO LSI keywords, or related keyword phrases. NOT the target.
Do not- “do not stuff.” This makes the cyber critters jittery.
3- H2 Title Tag
Should include one of the LSI keyword phrases
4- Additional post paragraphs
Each idea transition should have a h2 tag that is descriptive.
Gently “sprinkle” LSI phrases in the paragraph text.
One tip is to first write without any SEO in mind so that you have
writing “flow”, and then go back and modify with SEO in mind.
A few other notes:
Long-tail and Shot-tail keyword phrases:
“Key words” as many people think of them are not just words but
phrases. WEB HOSTING is a short tail. BEST WEB HOSTING would be
long-tail up to 5 words. After that…. no point.
Just a few quick basics. This makes for a SEO basic text compliant
page or post. Thanks again and have a great week!
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December 21, 2009
9:11 pm
I am not a so called “SEO Expert” but I have been researching SEO for a while. I work as SEO consultant for a company and have been on the that has several SEO contracts that have been keeping our clients on the first page and in most cases, top 3 Google search ranks. Of course our clients are local and only concerned with being top ranked in their local operating areas. Depending on what type of services they require, we do everything on your list and I have to agree with you and everyone else that black hat and link selling is a bad idea.
When researching, I have found that there are not that many so called “experts” or SEO Gurus out there. Just people claiming to be the best and charge a lot of money for theirs services and training. The true experts and gurus out there are the ones that have been doing it the longest and have a large resume and references of successful clients. Also another reminder, most experts will not share 100% of their tactics, tips, strategies with everyone.
Great post. By following your steps, most everyday people should be able to get there ranks and google search results up.
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December 25, 2009
2:02 pm
Yeah just like the post title goes, people are not sure they are good at seo or not. Some are just learners but call them as Gurus. But SEO experts never say themselves they are good at it, instead they live it by practising them well and showint them in their works.
Senthil Ramesh´s last blog ..NoviceBloggers Celebrates Christmas with its 50th Article
December 21, 2009
10:45 pm
I am nowadays so pissed about all the SEO techniques like directory submissions and article submissions. They only provide you with limited exposure and a limited amount of back links.
The only thing that one should use is Link Baiting. Basically write content so compelling and good that people will willingly link to your site.
I have written an article about link baiting and it is my best work, hope you permit the link,
http://blogidy.com/2009/11/link-baiting-tactics-build-links-the-easy-way/
December 25, 2009
2:04 pm
Yes of course Link Baiting is one of the good ways. i have seen a good article about this too. http://www.seoservicesgroup.com/blog/2009/07/link-baiting/14280/
Senthil Ramesh´s last blog ..NoviceBloggers Celebrates Christmas with its 50th Article
December 22, 2009
12:03 am
This post is coming at a time, I have my neck deep in SEO – studying, learning and researching various techniques. I am no where near a PRO but I definitely will refrain from black hat methods because of the future consequences. Thank you Sushant for this educative piece.
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December 25, 2009
2:06 pm
Neck deep? So I feel we can learn lot about SEO from you Bro. I can see most of the Pro people in SEO just hate Black hat.
Senthil Ramesh´s last blog ..NoviceBloggers Celebrates Christmas with its 50th Article
December 27, 2009
5:04 am
Of course, senthil, it’s because black hat SEO threat their business seriously.
akira07´s last blog ..Quick report – My Smartbloggerz Commenting Idol 2 Participation
December 27, 2009
7:48 pm
Yes and also they should always fear when Google will sue them. Its better to be white hat and live in a peace life. Isn’t it Akira?
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December 22, 2009
1:34 am
SEO done right, takes time to get all that traffic to your blog. However, if done correctly, you should see improvements daily, in the areas of more comments to your posts, more money from adsense, and more retweets (if on Twitter). Thanks for the great post, fantastic writing for a 16year old!
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December 23, 2009
4:12 am
So, do you mean the indicator of SEO is just simply by seeing “Improvement” even it’s just a bit?
akira07´s last blog ..Quick report – My Smartbloggerz Commenting Idol 2 Participation
December 25, 2009
2:09 pm
Of course, we are doing SEO for improving in SERP(search engines results page) and “Improvement” is the basic factor behind it.
Senthil Ramesh´s last blog ..NoviceBloggers Celebrates Christmas with its 50th Article
December 25, 2009
2:08 pm
Yes Teasastips. Bringing traffic to our blog is not a great deal, but if you have a site and it has some sales, SEO must be done good which brings lot of traffic from organic searches and gets your sales increased.
Senthil Ramesh´s last blog ..NoviceBloggers Celebrates Christmas with its 50th Article
December 22, 2009
8:35 am
The bad part is, so many “experts” make SEO seem so much more difficult then it really is so they can sell useless services.
Dennis Edell´s last blog ..The $10 Winner And More Good News…..
December 23, 2009
4:10 am
Do you mean their offering SEO service for our site and it’s useless? Well, there is good SEO company, and there is a bad one too. Always, testimonial is talking.
Hi, but i believe SEO Advanced Technique which include the editing of coding is excist. So what do you mean by the expert make it seem hard?
akira07´s last blog ..Quick report – My Smartbloggerz Commenting Idol 2 Participation
December 25, 2009
2:12 pm
yes he meant like that there are people who sells services, ebooks and other kinda stuff saying that can make them to top the searches but actually they cheat us.
Senthil Ramesh´s last blog ..NoviceBloggers Celebrates Christmas with its 50th Article
December 26, 2009
6:23 am
Well, no SEO technique can instantly get your site become on top. All is need proccess. So when you find there is SEO company promise you to get top position for certain keyword, it’s clearly scam. But, senthil, as i said before, good SEO Company also excist, right?
akira07´s last blog ..Quick report – My Smartbloggerz Commenting Idol 2 Participation
December 26, 2009
7:31 pm
Sure, but be careful in choosing SEO companies. There are lot of good companies Akira. Even the work I am working in, is too good.
Senthil Ramesh´s last blog ..NoviceBloggers Celebrates Christmas with its 50th Article
December 25, 2009
10:44 pm
The harder they make it sound, the more you think you need their services.
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December 26, 2009
7:49 pm
Yes, good SEOs wont call them or market themselves to people. they show in actions. There is old adage, an empty vessel always makes sound.
Senthil Ramesh´s last blog ..NoviceBloggers Celebrates Christmas with its 50th Article
December 27, 2009
4:58 am
So it’s a danger, when scammer make it sound hardly
That’s why we should be prepared with a knowledge as a shield
akira07´s last blog ..Quick report – My Smartbloggerz Commenting Idol 2 Participation
December 27, 2009
7:52 pm
Do u mean knowledge on SEO? Or common knowledge to find scammers?
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December 25, 2009
2:11 pm
@Dennis Oh yeah. I can see that SEO is easy at the base but its definitely tougher when you reach more levels. You can get through only if you do that with dedication.
Senthil Ramesh´s last blog ..NoviceBloggers Celebrates Christmas with its 50th Article
December 27, 2009
4:51 am
But day by day, the way people to SEO-ing their site is become more easy since a lot of SEO plug-in with many function is published.
akira07´s last blog ..Quick report – My Smartbloggerz Commenting Idol 2 Participation
December 27, 2009
8:32 pm
Oh plugins can make it easier but u learn nothing. After, several years, you will be zero if you don’t learn whats the reason for every process.
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December 22, 2009
11:47 am
SEO is really very interesting work. I specially take time to find out the dofollow link and search for the way of putting my link there. Its like one adventure work for me.
I prefer the search engine traffic than other source of traffic, because search engine traffic are more valuable.
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December 23, 2009
4:07 am
What is your valuable traffic indicator? If it’s for me, valuable is targetted traffic, or in more detail : is a traffic which can easily converted into customer. How do you think?
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December 23, 2009
6:59 pm
Yes I think like that, my blog is related to work at home, so the traffic come from search engine by searching by keyword like “work at home jobs”, those traffic stay longer on my blog and tend to click on adsense ads.
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December 26, 2009
6:20 am
Wow i find you’re already doing good with SEO. Would you like to share detailed technique for us? It will be useful.
akira07´s last blog ..Quick report – My Smartbloggerz Commenting Idol 2 Participation
December 22, 2009
12:17 pm
I never go with Black Hat techniques. I have read lot of books to increase positions in SERP but most of them was Black Hat. Content and sufficient social bookmarking is enough to start and your learning and experience makes you a better SEO consultant, professional or whatever.
Senthil Ramesh´s last blog ..25 Google Wave Invites for Grabs
December 23, 2009
4:02 am
Yes, both for advance or newbie, the main concentration should be a content itself. If their SEO good and attract a thousand people, but if the contest is so bad, their will never go back. Oh really you find blackhat technique on a book? I’m buying some of SEO book also (1-2 book) but i think all is white hat, hmm it’s seem i should check it again.
akira07´s last blog ..Quick report – My Smartbloggerz Commenting Idol 2 Participation
December 25, 2009
2:13 pm
I am just reading a book called SEO bible and I can see most of the basic things explained good in it. If you need it let me know.
Senthil Ramesh´s last blog ..NoviceBloggers Celebrates Christmas with its 50th Article
December 25, 2009
2:14 pm
Hey sorry. I just wanted to say that SEO Bible is not a black hat book. i read a black hat book but I don’t remember the name now and I got rid off it as I came to know its BH(black hat)
Senthil Ramesh´s last blog ..NoviceBloggers Celebrates Christmas with its 50th Article
December 26, 2009
6:17 am
Actually i have black hat SEO e-book but i never read it. I buy it just for MMO purpose (the e-book is MRR). Should we blacklist the blackhat
Is there any book write about grey hat? It’s more safe
akira07´s last blog ..Quick report – My Smartbloggerz Commenting Idol 2 Participation
December 26, 2009
7:39 pm
@Akira No one say that the book is black hat or grey hat but they sell saying it white hat. But only we can determine what type of hat is
Senthil Ramesh´s last blog ..NoviceBloggers Celebrates Christmas with its 50th Article
December 26, 2009
6:16 am
Is it conventional book or e-book? Yeah, mostly SEO book only tell us the basic technique which actually can be found on internet.
akira07´s last blog ..Quick report – My Smartbloggerz Commenting Idol 2 Participation
December 26, 2009
7:40 pm
It was a ebook. I think it was SEO made easy. i am not sure about it.
Senthil Ramesh´s last blog ..NoviceBloggers Celebrates Christmas with its 50th Article
December 22, 2009
12:35 pm
Wow! It really helps me my friend. I am glad that the vacation has come and so I can update my blog and know what are the happenings in the blogosphere.
December 25, 2009
5:47 pm
Thats glad to hear but what about guys like us who have only sundays as holidays
Senthil Ramesh´s last blog ..NoviceBloggers Celebrates Christmas with its 50th Article
December 26, 2009
6:14 am
Hey, you asking it again. Of course, the solution is time management.
Now our task is double and need time management for both blogging activity and SEO
akira07´s last blog ..Quick report – My Smartbloggerz Commenting Idol 2 Participation
December 26, 2009
7:41 pm
Yeah Yeah I am not asking it again. I am just thinking how to make those sundays effective. Thats it.
Senthil Ramesh´s last blog ..NoviceBloggers Celebrates Christmas with its 50th Article
December 23, 2009
3:28 pm
You’re absolutely right,SEO needs both onsite & offsite optimization.But I think google is taking serious action even it is banning sites for selling links.
December 24, 2009
8:26 am
Anyway we can add new categorize : Offline SEO. By advertising offline such sponsoring offline event, spread sticker which include your URL, etc…people become aware and then some of them will link to you in their blog (if their have any). Can we?
akira07´s last blog ..Quick report – My Smartbloggerz Commenting Idol 2 Participation
December 25, 2009
2:19 pm
I think US people has such things. Like TV advertising. They advertise their websites by Visual Media like television.
Senthil Ramesh´s last blog ..NoviceBloggers Celebrates Christmas with its 50th Article
December 26, 2009
6:13 am
Really? There is rarely to find website which advertised on my local tv media.
Anyway do you know transit advertising? It can be categorized as offline SEO too.
akira07´s last blog ..Quick report – My Smartbloggerz Commenting Idol 2 Participation
December 26, 2009
7:43 pm
No Akira. I am not aware of it. What does it mean?
Senthil Ramesh´s last blog ..NoviceBloggers Celebrates Christmas with its 50th Article
December 26, 2009
10:22 pm
Nope, never heard that particular phrase.
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December 25, 2009
10:45 pm
I think that would be better categorized as offline advertising/marketing, yes?
Dennis Edell´s last blog ..The Final “Official” Post For DSWM!
December 26, 2009
7:48 pm
Yes there are people doing like that. But online marketing is easier than offline I think.
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December 27, 2009
4:46 am
Well, this is my opinion, advertising on search engine and other site is different. Advertising on search engine give you no additional point for serp measurement, but advertise on other site is just same with place a link on other site so it’s not just advertising but also optimizing our serp.
About offline advertisement, it’s because there is a chance for people who see it to place the link in their blog.
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December 27, 2009
8:26 pm
How come you say, advertising on SERP can be not so beneficial, Akira?
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December 25, 2009
2:18 pm
Yes paid links are abandoned from Google. Serious actions are taken if you get links by paying to others.
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December 26, 2009
6:11 am
I’m also wonder, how about making a contest which require people to place my link? Is it againts any google rules too?
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December 26, 2009
3:24 pm
Naah, I don’t think it would be against Google guidelines..may be..
December 27, 2009
4:39 am
Well, i find there is no blog blacklisted after a contest so i think it’s safe too
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December 27, 2009
8:27 pm
So, when are you planning for such contest, Akira?
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December 31, 2009
4:07 am
As i said on many chances, it will be on January or February. Just wait for it
But i think you don’t care anymore since you’re said you will not participating in any contest on 2010, right?
December 26, 2009
7:45 pm
No it doesn’t abandon the rule but if you have any monetory benefits especially adsense benefits by it, then I am sure its against Google’s TOS.
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December 31, 2009
4:10 am
Thanks for explain. So now i can make sure to create a contest. publish, and then SEO-ing it.
December 26, 2009
10:24 pm
No, as long as it looks natural enough, it should be fine.
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December 31, 2009
4:10 am
What do you mean by natural enough?
Can you give me the example?
December 23, 2009
11:36 pm
Although SEO is still one of the best strategies for traffic generation and rank building, I would say it’s almost impossible for small business to achieve significant results without little to no investment. We have been noticing more and more that local search marketing and local SEO seem to be the best techniques, but on the more global scale of things SEO requires investments of time, knowledge and previous expertise which not many of self-starters have.
December 25, 2009
2:17 pm
Yes withour investment we wont get anything in return. My mentor often says that “If you pay for peanuts, you will get only Monkeys” Thoughtful. Isn’t it?
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December 27, 2009
4:31 am
Yes, high investment = high return = high risk
But for blog case, i think even high investment will bring you small risk
Anyway, time investment is also investment too
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December 27, 2009
8:28 pm
Yes, but when it comes to money we have risks. We cant be sure, that we get more profits than that of we invest.
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December 26, 2009
6:09 am
That’s why there is an advice to choose long tail keyword, so there is not too many competition yet.
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December 26, 2009
7:46 pm
Yes I had choosed a long tail KW and increased ranking in short time..
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December 31, 2009
4:05 am
Nice fact
And i ever hear, optimizing long tail keyword will optimize also the main keyword inside it. Is it right?
December 24, 2009
11:12 am
I have no much knowledge about SEO, or rather none at all but I heard that it’s the way of optimizing your website to earn more money. Is it?
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December 25, 2009
2:16 pm
Not more money. Simply put, here is the definition for SEO.
SEO(search engine optimisation) is the technique by which you bring more quality traffic to your site by organic searches.
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December 26, 2009
6:06 am
It also can be used as SEO definition. Well, there is so many SEO definition.
@Jenn
Anyway, to get knowledge about SEO, there is some alternative :
- Buy book
- Buy e-book
- Free SEO knowledge site
- Join to SEO forum
- Attend SEO Seminar
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December 26, 2009
12:11 pm
Oh. Thanks for correcting me Senthil. But if you optimized your site traffic well and make it on the first page of the search engine, you will get lots of visitors and earn money well (with google) right?
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December 26, 2009
7:27 pm
Yes Jenn but think about Wikipedia. They don’t earn money but top all or most of the queries.
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December 27, 2009
4:28 am
Probably yes because the site has the mostly advantage by exposured on first place
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December 27, 2009
8:29 pm
Hmmm the main reason for this is they provide more info to people. So when you give more, you will get more.
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December 26, 2009
6:04 am
Not just for earn money. SEO is can be simply defined as : The way to get your site importance increased in the eyes of search engine.
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December 26, 2009
7:47 pm
SEO is all about search engines and especially Google. When Google changes, SEO changes too.
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December 31, 2009
4:02 am
Google play the mostly roles on SEO even we know there is a lot of search engine beside google. So, just concentrate on google, please
December 26, 2009
4:31 pm
Hi Sushant
I’m no expert on SEO but I do read the Rand Fishkin articles and watch his videos over at SeoMoz. I also use a few SEo plugins on my site – you can probably guess which ones!
Thanks for a reminder that we should be writing good content and not resorting to keyword stuffing.
The hard part is writing that compelling content… we can only try.
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December 26, 2009
7:51 pm
Hey I read them too and my mentors recommend that they are very good for learners in SEO. I follow whiteboard friday regularly. Glad to know you are following it too.
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December 27, 2009
4:26 am
SEO plug-in for wordpress is nice for wp owner but bad for blogspot owner
Well, it’s no longer a problem since i will go for wp.
Well, i have no offense with good content since it’s for real. Good SEO+Good Content = Powerful Attraction
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December 27, 2009
8:31 pm
Hey you don’t have any similar plugins for blogger. That was very sad to hear.
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December 31, 2009
4:01 am
Yeah that’s why for blogspot user, their only depend on off-site optimizing and advertising.
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December 31, 2009
7:18 pm
@akira07
Me too have both blogspot and wordpress blogs…. both have its salient features…
When are you going move your blog to wordpress?
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December 29, 2009
12:26 am
Content is king in SEO… I’m a firm believer you need content lots of it to rank high. Thus, focus on articles, blogs, etc.
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December 29, 2009
12:28 am
I would steer clear of Black hat methods…. it’s an unnecessary risk, when white hat methods are quite effective.
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December 31, 2009
4:00 am
Agree 100%.
Black hat = joy in the first, suffer in the end
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December 29, 2009
11:53 pm
For the diligent SEOer, white hat methods definitely suffice. The community of do-follow and commentluv blogs is really huge when you start to look around! Thanks for your info, for allowing me to post, and for using commentluv. Please feel free to drop backlinks on my blog to your pages anytime!!
January 8, 2010
10:04 am
My Tips for good seo ..update your blog at 1 posting for one weak. The ideal is 3 posting for one week. Also add backlink everyday at least 2 backlink everday.
June 5, 2010
6:26 am
This is more of a list of things not to do than things to do, which is also very important I suppose. I can not stand blackhatters and their shady techniques. So if you’re going to do SEO don’t do that! please!
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