SEO Tips

thomasstuart · Nov 27, 2009

Google Page rank is based on back links. Back links are Links pointing to your website from another website. The more back links you have the higher your PR will be.

1. Join forums, forums are a great way to achieve links to your website. In most forums you are allowed to have a signature and in your signature you can put a link to your website. But another important note to look on is making sure the forum is somewhat related to your website. You will still get credit if it's not, but if it's related to your website than you will be accomplishing two tasks at once.

You will be advertising for your website (bringing in targeted traffic) You will also be building your websites presence.

Your websites presence is very important to your survival. The more people see, or hear about your website the more credibility you will have and this increases your chances of having these visitors come back and possibly become leads.

2. Submit to search engine directories. Search engine directories are a good way to get a free link to your website. They also increase your chances at being listed higher on popular search engines like Google, and overture.

Most search engine directories allow you to submit to their website for free. This will allow you to increase your web presence by being listed on another search engine, and it will also be a free link.

Remember the more links you have the higher your PR will be

3. Using ezine ads (or newsletters). Creating an ezine will probably be the most beneficial step you can take to increasing your web presence. When you create an ezine you will be able to keep visitors coming back to your website for more by using signatures and giving special deals.

Ezine's will also allow you to increase your back links. By creating an ezine you can submit your information about your ezine to an ezine directory. This directory will than link to your website(thus giving you a free link).

4. Creating and publishing articles. Articles are an easy source of generating new traffic. You can include your signature in your article. This will bring in more traffic from article submission directories.

Your signature usually consists of 4 to 8 lines. Usually the first line would be the title of the website that you are trying to advertise. The last line would be the link to the website and the lines in between these would be a sales pitch to draw your viewers into your website.

5. Links from related websites. Gaining links from related websites can be one of the most frustrating tasks you can attempt.

Deleted member 42 · Nov 27, 2009

Or you could concentrate on writing well and having something to say that interests your peers, and thus build community by being genuine and engaged.

BigWords · Nov 27, 2009

Create using Rule #34 and they will come. Literally.

Deleted member 42 · Sep 10, 2010

SEO is far less important, and effective, than good writing with an intelligent post title.

MacAllister · Sep 10, 2010

Wow - this thread is like the signature-spammer honeypot of all time!

littlebear91 · Oct 18, 2010

You know, it's funny, I never wanted to do SEO on my website, and ended up with being quite well off, now that I've done the optimization , it's actually gotten worse, so I would suggest not to write garbage and surprising people will read what ever you got to say, no matter how regular it seems to you.

euphoria · Nov 4, 2010

Medievalist said:
Or you could concentrate on writing well and having something to say that interests your peers, and thus build community by being genuine and engaged.

Knowing SEO helps. If you write articles that nobody can find, it's as good as not writing at all

veinglory · Nov 4, 2010

SEO can happen organically without going off and getting mired in article banks and so forth. Basically it is an artifical approach to building a "good" website, or a website the search engines will think is good (even if it isn't).

georgeknoechel · Jan 18, 2011

SEO and good writing are not mutually exclusive

JasonP · Jan 25, 2011

georgeknoechel said:
SEO and good writing are not mutually exclusive

Agreed. That original posts is just spam. I've seen that same basic post elsewhere.

leons0133 · Feb 1, 2011

SEO tips

Search engine optimization is the method of improving the quantity and quality Of traffic to a web site from search engines using expected search results. Directory submitting, Article distribution and Blog commenting and Forum posting and many more ways are there to increase the links and traffic of the website.

georgeknoechel · Feb 1, 2011

If you want to know a lot more about SEO then Google Warrior Forum. They have a sub forum dedicated to it. There are some windbags but there are also some that really know there stuff.

AW Admin · Feb 1, 2011

leons0133 said:
Search engine optimization is the method of improving the quantity and quality Of traffic to a web site from search engines using expected search results. Directory submitting, Article distribution and Blog commenting and Forum posting and many more ways are there to increase the links and traffic of the website.

You won't be peddling your bullshit here; bye now.

AW Admin · Feb 1, 2011

georgeknoechel said:
If you want to know a lot more about SEO then Google Warrior Forum. They have a sub forum dedicated to it. There are some windbags but there are also some that really know there stuff.

If you want to know all you need to know, then read this by Google.

And, as a warning, keyword stuff schemes, back link schemes, and the like will arouse not only my ire, but that of the site owner.

Lyra Jean · Feb 1, 2011

I've never done SEO for my blogs and my history blog is doing pretty good for the amount of work I'm putting into it. I'm happy with my results.

Also there are some forums that don't let you link to sites outside their forum.

Deleted member 42 · Feb 1, 2011

I can reliably get a blog to a Google Page rank of 4 within a matter of weeks.

It's good writing, aside from the basics like make sure you have a title for your post, it's good writing. Even the tips from Google are inherently about good writing.

All the major search engines are doing their best to help filter out crap from content; people who advocate SEO practices involving key word stuffing, fake metat data, artificial link farming, etc. are generally engaging in the opposite.

herdon · Feb 1, 2011

Good SEO is simple:

1) Pick out a good keyword search phrase and use it in title, metatitle and first paragraph of article.
2) Write a great article that people want to read.

#1 is really like a sign post giving directions
#2 will get anything to the top of a search engine as good writing = people linking to you = rise to the top.

Doing things like balancing keyword density is all good and fine, but you always run the danger of compromising writing when doing so. At the end of the day, links from good writing will do the trick.

Lyra Jean · Feb 1, 2011

Good writing and word of mouth works every time.

Diane Holmes · Mar 13, 2011

Thanks!

Thanks for the great link. I confess I haven't yet mastered this, but I have focused on having great content....

I suspect I need to re-architect, plus about 10 other things.

AW Admin said:
If you want to know all you need to know, then read this by Google.

And, as a warning, keyword stuff schemes, back link schemes, and the like will arouse not only my ire, but that of the site owner.

karlhindle · Mar 14, 2011

I started as an SEO writer and worked my way up, but along the way I did pick up a lot of SEO knowledge too.

I agree with George Knoechel that SEO and good writing are not mutually exclusive - combined together they are incredibly powerful.

Content is King for SEO practitioners because while you want people to know you are there (i.e. generate search engine traffic which is immense) once they land on your site you have to deliver the goods too (i.e. write well).

There are some good SEO resources if you are interested in picking up more knowledge and these are excellent for newbies:

http://www.google.com/support/webmasters/bin/answer.py?answer=35291
and this one I particularly recommend (anything by SEOMoz is useful in my eyes, especially Rand Fishkin):
http://guides.seomoz.org/beginners-guide-to-search-engine-optimization

Ink-Stained Wretch · Mar 14, 2011

It's also worth considering: are you paid by the click, or paid based on how many people click onto your site and stay there for a certain length of time? On my own just-for-fun blog (which I do NOT make money from), I have this one snarky post I wrote a couple years ago on the theme "Why working in Japanese tentacle porn is probably better than my current job." Now, every day, dozens of no-doubt-disappointed people visit my blog after searching for "octopus porn" or "Japanese tentacle sex" or something similar. They leave as soon as they realize my blog contains only presumably humorous prose rather than photos or videos of hot woman-on-squid action, but if I made money off my blog and were paid by the click, that blog post would likely be the single most lucrative thing I've ever written. If, however, I were paid based on how many people clicked on that page and actually stuck around long enough to read it, I wouldn't make a dime.

karlhindle · Mar 15, 2011

Ink-Stained Wretch said:
It's also worth considering: are you paid by the click, or paid based on how many people click onto your site and stay there for a certain length of time? On my own just-for-fun blog (which I do NOT make money from), I have this one snarky post I wrote a couple years ago on the theme "Why working in Japanese tentacle porn is probably better than my current job." Now, every day, dozens of no-doubt-disappointed people visit my blog after searching for "octopus porn" or "Japanese tentacle sex" or something similar. They leave as soon as they realize my blog contains only presumably humorous prose rather than photos or videos of hot woman-on-squid action, but if I made money off my blog and were paid by the click, that blog post would likely be the single most lucrative thing I've ever written. If, however, I were paid based on how many people clicked on that page and actually stuck around long enough to read it, I wouldn't make a dime.

Chuckling - I wrote a piece for a client about 'reformed' porn stars - the website got a record set of hits - but the site normally just lists Top 10 pieces. Unfortunately sex sells on the net, or rather the net is used primarily for PPC - Pills, Porn and Casinos.

I think we have to get past the SEO stigma that many writers have. I'd rather my work be read than not - how long would I have a job if it wasn't?

Someone said good writing and SEO are not mutually exclusive, but I do believe that good writing comes first. SEO should never be allowed to wag the dog, but it is extremely useful to get more exposure for your work, or for your client, and that means more pay for the writer.

annabelle07 · Mar 24, 2011

Don't ever compromise on content just to rank first; but at the same time don't discount SEO completely.When used logically,it can really work wonders.

Ian Isaro · Mar 26, 2011

I actually have some professional experience in SEO. Let's just say it's not accidental I am working in a different field now.

Most SEO tricks are only effective at the low end of the spectrum, as search engine algorithm have evolved to make things like link farms ineffective. Articles and forums are generally used to create a collection of PageRank 1-2 links, which is moderately effective if you're targeting a key term with little competition. That's all PPC sellers generally want.

Legitimate firms generally focus on publicity in an attempt to get links from prominent sites. But unless you are, personally, a business, it's probably best to focus on content.

herdon · Mar 30, 2011

Basic SEO + Quality Writing = Winner.

Quality inbound links are the only reliable way to rise in search results, and you don't get quality inbound links without quality writing. Basic SEO is a must -- it's like an address directing readers to your page -- but overdone SEO is counterproductive.

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