Backlink Espionage Part I – Steal the Competitions Links
Recently I’ve been doing a lot of work with backlinks, including studying the most effective ways to create good, worthwhile links pointing to your site. In doing so, I always start by looking at some of the sites that rank on page one of Google for the search terms I’m going after. Often I find these sites have thousands of backlinks, and I often wish I had an easy way to collect...
Read MoreWhy the Thesis Theme is Complete Garbage
Yea I said it. All you people out there using Thesis have been suckered into thinking it’s some WordPress equivalent of sliced bread. Have it any way you want! Get freakin’ powerful SEO! Who doesn’t want these things? Oh, and it’s upgradeable too – because so often I need to upgrade my theme… Let’s break down why Thesis sucks so much. First off, let me...
Read MoreLocal Business Marketing – Introduction
I’ve worked with many small businesses, and have helped them turn their websites around. I can’t believe how simple and ineffective some of their websites are. Some look as if they were designed by the owner’s ten year old nephew, and others just fail to capitalize on attracting users to their site. In 2010, almost every single client, lead, or customer will turn to the internet...
Read MoreGet your backlinks indexed faster
A lot of people have their own methods for getting the backlinks they build indexed faster. Here’s what works for me. Quick note: Backlinks may not show up in backlink checker services, tools, or even Yahoo Site Explorer right away. Overview: 1. Create/grab the URLs for your backlinks. I keep a .txt file handy for each of my sites, with associated backlinks. 2. Create an RSS feed from all...
Read MoreUse Google’s Wonder Wheel to Find Longtail Key Phrases
If you are into SEO, then you’re familiar with longtail key phrases. A longtail phrase is simply a longer variation of your keyword. Usually they are easier to rank for, and they also bring a higher phrase-to-broad match, meaning that people are usually searching for that exact phrase. Take a look at this example of a wonder wheel search, using the term “heel pain”: As you can...
Read MoreChanges in how Google ranks content
As an SEO, you need to be aware of how and why Google is changing. Lately, they’ve been unveiling their new search result screen to some viewers. And as usual, they have been changing the way content on your site is scored. A lot of what you’ve been told is wrong. You probably heard that h1 tags bring a whole ton of weight…wrong. Try an h5 tag instead. From some empirical...
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