| November 19, 2008If organic SEO is so important, why are we being sold on PPC as most important by PPC trainers? Why is there less about organic SEO? Read More >> Related Forum Posts >> |
| November 19, 2008I work for a nonprofit that since 2000 has been operating an e-commerce website to provide emerging artists with a web presence. It has earned a toolbar PageRank of 5, thanks to some decent inbound links. Due to a variety of things, the parent company of the website has decided it's time to shut the site down. Read More >> Related Forum Posts >> |
| October 22, 2008How important is it to have a large number of indexed sites through Google? If so, how do we increase the number, and how do we edit what text appears under the link? Read More >> Related Forum Posts >> |
| October 22, 2008I performed a keyword analysis for one of my projects, picked several powerful "traffic juicy" keywords and optimized the landing pages for those keywords. My site went to the first page in the search engines, and yet we've got no more than 100 unique visitors per month. Have you any idea why?
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| October 22, 2008Forum member "bobmeetin" explains how a business he's evaluating has a main website plus 4 subdomains and seems like one big organizational mess. Read More >> Related Forum Posts >> |
| October 8, 2008Forum member "wassim" asks if a domain name affects the search results, and if so, how much effect does it have? Read More >> Related Forum Posts >> |
| September 23, 2008Sales are down for many businesses due to the slow economy. Business owners and CEOs are looking for that one thing that can pull them through the hard times and keep them afloat. When times get tough, many turn to SEO, hoping that it will be the ticket to increased sales. While SEO is almost always a good idea, if you're counting on it to save a failing business, you may want to rethink things.
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| September 10, 2008Last week Twitter decided to remove the ability to gain any link popularity via people's Twitter profile page. This set off a firestorm from some SEOs who always look for as much link popularity as they can gather. What really made them mad was that they felt that Google (via Matt Cutts) had "bullied" Twitter into the decision.
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| August 27, 2008For purposes of discussion, let's say my main URL is www.example.com. I have a plethora of links in my site for indexing purposes between pages. The page links all go to their respective pages properly, but are linked to example.com (without the www part).
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| August 27, 2008I'm wondering if there is more link value provided by a new blog if it is hosted on an IP with a different C block than the IP address of the web site itself. The owner of the business would be writing the blog and sharing business expertise with the idea of building the brand of the business. Read More >> Related Forum Posts >> |
| August 27, 2008I recently set up a new site, which isn't something I often do, and forgot to set up the meta title and description. Now what is called up on Google for my site is HOME and a sentence from mid-page. Now that I have fixed the Web problem, how do I get the search engines to do another crawl of the site? Read More >> Related Forum Posts >> |
| August 27, 2008I'm about to renew our contract with our search engine ranking optimization software, but thought I'd check out other options before committing. What do you folks use? Read More >> Related Forum Posts >> |
| August 27, 2008Google has announced that they are rolling out "Google Suggest" this week, which will provide searchers with a list of query suggestions when they start typing into the search box. Read More >> Related Forum Posts >> |
| August 27, 2008Forum member "don h" discusses a website problem that's been plaguing him for ages. Read More >> Related Forum Posts >> |
| July 16, 2008I recently signed up as an advertiser with [a blog review website] so I could purchase blog review postings for one of my clients. After enrolling, I purchased a PR5 blog review posting at the standard PR5 price of $40. Eventually my offer was picked up by a blogger, but the review posting only stayed on their PR5 home page for one day as the next day it was shifted from the front page of the blog to an archived page that had a PR0. Read More >> Related Forum Posts >> |
| June 11, 2008Google's Matt Cutts has informed us that they've improved many things in their SEO documentation, including what they've written about robots.txt, IP delivery/geolocation vs. cloaking, the nofollow attribute, doorway pages and more. Read More >> Related Forum Posts >> |
| May 14, 2008I have a client who has 2 domain names: namehere.com and differentnamehere.us pointing at the same IP address. Is it bad SEO to have multiple domain names for the same site? And will this negatively impact search engine results for each? Read More >> Related Forum Posts >> |
| May 14, 2008The front page of my website has a [toolbar] PageRank of 4 and most of my inner pages had a PageRank of 3. After this quarter's Google [toolbar] update, my homepage remained a 4, but most of my inner pages went down to a 2. Read More >> Related Forum Posts >> |
| May 14, 2008While this question may not be directly SEO-related, I'm wondering if there might be any negative SEO implications to including a social bookmarking and sharing button to the more popular pages on our website to leverage some of the popularity of social networking? Read More >> Related Forum Posts >> |
| April 23, 2008If I have the same title tags and keywords as the company listed first in Google, Yahoo, etc., why don't I get a high ranking? Read More >> Related Forum Posts >> |
| April 23, 2008Today’s guest article is written by Dave Collins, from UK-based SharewarePromotions Ltd. I really liked because it shows a similar philosophy to that of High Rankings (i.e., create good stuff and good stuff will happen!). Read More >> Related Forum Posts >> |
| April 9, 2008Here is the scenario: I had a Virtual Private Server (VPS) with 9 websites on it that were all interlinked. It worked great for awhile. Then in Nov. 2004, Google did a big adjustment, and all 9 of my sites dropped out of sight. Read More >> Related Forum Posts >> |
| April 9, 2008Search engine results seem to vary for US states. For instance, one of my clients gets top results while one of my clients from another state doesn't get the same results. Read More >> Related Forum Posts >> |
| April 9, 2008When you're done reading the SEO Standards threads, here's a good one on sitemaps. Read More >> Related Forum Posts >> |
| March 26, 2008Let me enlighten you about something you might not have considered. Ultimate conversions from pay-per-click (PPC) ads come from a process, not a single event. Oftentimes, online marketers focus on the effects of PPC copywriting and the clickthrough rate it achieves. That clickthrough rate is thought of as the end-all, be-all for the campaign. But the overall goal of PPC copywriting is not to get people to click. Clicking a PPC ad is merely step one. The ultimate goal is to get visitors to take action once they reach your site. Read More >> Related Forum Posts >> |
| March 26, 2008Now that the nofollow link attribute has been around for awhile, and even sanctioned by Google's Matt Cutts for "PageRank Sculpting," forum member "nethy" is wondering what your thoughts are on it. Read More >> Related Forum Posts >> |
| March 26, 2008I wanted to give you a heads-up that ROI Revolution is starting their next Google Analytics Training Series on April 10, 2008. As you may remember, our High Rankings SEO associate was trained in Google Analytics through this series. They have been kind enough to continue to offer a $100 discount to any High Rankings Advisor subscribers who wish to attend. Read More >> Related Forum Posts >> |
| February 20, 2008I was checking to make sure that all my client's PDFs were appearing in Google's index and noticed something odd. Luckily all the PDFs appear when I do a site:yoursite.com filetype:pdf. Read More >> Related Forum Posts >> |
| February 6, 2008There's a good thread in the forum from member "fishermack" explaining why toolbar PageRank is not an effective measurement for website traffic and sales. Read More >> Related Forum Posts >> |
| January 31, 2008Is someone more likely to click on my organic or paid search result if they appear side by side? Read More >> Related Forum Posts >> |
| January 23, 2008You briefly hit on ROI and basically described perfectly a dilemma I have. We are a B2B manufacturer of machinery that costs anywhere from the 10's of thousands to the 100's of thousands each. We sell a handful of these machines each year. Consequently, the buying cycle can take up to a year or more. How would you suggest we figure ROI and conversions for this kind of business? Read More >> Related Forum Posts >> |
| January 23, 2008An interesting topic of discussion has broken out in the forum regarding whether Google understands the "theme" of a website.
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| January 23, 2008Today's guest article is written by Andy Komack, the President of KoMarketing Associates. I had the pleasure of meeting Andy through SEMNE, the search marketing association for New England (see...networking *does* work!). Andy has been creating online marketing strategies for clients since 1999, so he's one of the old-timers who definitely knows what he's doing. KoMarketing provides search engine optimization, pay-per-click advertising, social-media marketing, and corporate blogging strategies for their clients. Read More >> Related Forum Posts >> |
| January 16, 2008I have plain html pages that describe the various health-related products that I recommend. If one of my readers wishes to purchase a product, they click on an "order now" button, which takes them to the desired product at my shopping cart.
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| December 19, 2007I am coming across a lot of offers for software for SEO. A lot of them are
offering different sorts of analyzers, etc. — which I’m not sure are
helpful. Is there any sort of software that is real SEO software and
actually does some actual SEO work to your site? Read More >> Related Forum Posts >> |
| December 19, 2007I mentioned last time that we were going to start offering highly personalized SEO training classes (limited to 10 people per class) at our High Rankings headquarters in Framingham, MA.
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| December 19, 2007If you'd rather learn from the comfort of your own home/office, we have an alternative for you -- our video of a past High Rankings seminar (different from the training sessions mentioned above, but just as good!). Read More >> Related Forum Posts >> |
| December 12, 2007Our friends at ROI Revolution are starting their next round of Google Analytics online training classes on January 10, 2008. There's still time to sign up, and still time to get a $100 discount using our affiliate discount code of HIGHRANKINGS in the coupon field. Read More >> Related Forum Posts >> |
| November 28, 2007I am in the process of changing all my URLs from things like news123.html to
OurCompany_Announces_New_CEO.html Read More >> Related Forum Posts >> |
| November 14, 2007My company is considering building some new sites where content is loaded from a database. We plan on using static URLs no matter what, but we are wondering if it matters whether the content comes from static, unique HTML files, or if the HTML page is served from a database. Read More >> Related Forum Posts >> |
| November 14, 2007Two weeks ago, my Google PR was still at 0/10. We have a 6-month-old site, for which I've been doing many of the "slow growth" SEO tactics as my time allows.
This week, I find that my Google PR is now 5/10. Read More >> Related Forum Posts >> |
| October 31, 2007Karon Thackston has just finished her new ebook on how to write successful
PPC ads. It’s so new, in fact, that it hasn’t even been announced to the
general public! Read More >> Related Forum Posts >> |
| October 31, 2007Forum member “Reflections” is looking for a quick way to increase PageRank
because the usual routes take too long. Read More >> Related Forum Posts >> |
| October 24, 2007The SEO world is abuzz today with Google’s smack in the face to a number of
websites that are selling obviously paid-for, keyword-rich text links. Read More >> Related Forum Posts >> |
| October 24, 2007I noticed something interesting the other day that made me wonder whether
links that have the nofollow attribute on them can/do still pass anchor-text
“juice” in Google. Read More >> Related Forum Posts >> |
| October 3, 2007The Google Analytics Online Training Course from ROI Revolution that we
mentioned last week is starting this Thursday, Oct. 4. You can still apply
the $100 High Rankings discount by simply typing "highrankings" into the
discount code field when you register. I believe that even if you miss the
first live class you could watch it online, so don't be shy about signing up
late.
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| September 26, 2007In my search to broaden my knowledge, I came across the good folks at ROI
Revolution. I checked into their credentials, and was pleased to see that
they are a Google Analytics authorized consultant. Plus, their course
covered training on every aspect of learning Google Analytics. I was quickly
sold on their service and signed up for their Deluxe Google Analytics
Training Series, which appeared to be the best value. Read More >> Related Forum Posts >> |
| September 25, 2007I submitted our website sitemap to Google a while back, but I was reading a
forum this morning where somebody was saying you have to submit every page
to Google. What is the real procedure and are sitemaps important? Read More >> Related Forum Posts >> |
| August 29, 2007Hey everyone! I’m back from vacation and the conference and raring to go. Today’s article is an updated version of one I wrote back in 2004 on the art of SEO. I recently reviewed it and was surprised at how accurate it still is today. I figured there are many of you on the list who never read it the first time around, and for those who did, you’ve probably forgotten it by now. Read More >> Related Forum Posts >> |
| August 29, 2007Forum member “malhyp” asks if there’s a benefit to using both the singular
and plural forms of his/her keyword phrases when optimizing. Read More >> Related Forum Posts >> |
| August 1, 2007Google has decided to stop labeling pages in their Supplemental Results Index as such, and some webmasters are up in arms over it. Personally, I think it’s smart of them not to differentiate the results anymore, as all it served to do was cause unnecessary grief for people. Read More >> Related Forum Posts >> |
| July 25, 2007Forum moderator Jonathan Hochman (jehochman) noticed a post on Matt Cutts’ blog asking people to vote for what features they’d most want added to Google’s Webmaster Tools. Jonathan thought it was curious that one of the proposed features would tell webmasters which pages on their sites don’t validate. He wondered why Google would do that if they don’t care about pages that validate. Read More >> Related Forum Posts >> |
| July 11, 2007Last night was our third SEMNE event (Search Engine Marketing New England), and we were humbled to have Dan Crow, director of crawl systems at Google, spilling the beans about how to get your site into Google. He talked for a half hour or so, and then proceeded to answer audience questions for at least another hour. As I sat there listening to him (yes, I actually listened to this one!), I was struck by what an awesome opportunity it was for everyone in that room to be provided with such important information — straight from Google. It was clear that the 100 or so people in the room agreed. In fact, at 7:30 on the dot, everyone spontaneously stopped their networking activities and simply took their seats without being asked to. These folks definitely came to hear Google! Read More >> Related Forum Posts >> |
| May 30, 2007Forum member "DannyAFC" tells us that he ranks well on the competitive
keywords in his industry, but he's getting concerned because his cache dates
are starting to get quite old. Read More >> Related Forum Posts >> |
| May 30, 2007Forum member "Brandon C" asks, "I want to be able to offer a true breadcrumb
for customers in an ecommerce store, but I am afraid that the product page
will get penalized for duplicate content if I'm not careful." Read More >> Related Forum Posts >> |
| May 23, 2007Does what you name a page (not the “Title” but the file name) matter to
search engines when they crawl a site? Read More >> Related Forum Posts >> |
| May 22, 2007If you’re in the New England area on July 10th, we’ve managed to convince
the product manager of Google’s crawl systems, Dan Crow, to come speak at
our next SEMNE event! He’s going to be speaking on “Getting Into Google”
and will be taking loads of audience questions. Read More >> Related Forum Posts >> |
| May 16, 2007Forum member "Nystul" remarks: "Due to the long name of my website
(keyword), a couple of my backlinks are anchor text as 'thisisme,' instead
of 'this is me.' Read More >> Related Forum Posts >> |
| May 16, 2007Forum member "bims" asks whether it's necessary to keep his/her Google
AdWords campaigns running for keywords in which he/she already has decent
organic rankings. Read More >> Related Forum Posts >> |
| May 9, 2007 I wanted to discuss the possibility of developing a best practice/checklist
guide for our company to follow. Our new initiative will be to launch 50
or so micro-sites focused on our key product categories. These sites will
need to be rolled out quickly. Read More >> Related Forum Posts >>
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| May 9, 2007Last week’s SEMNE blogging event in Connecticut was a rousing success! Read More >> Related Forum Posts >> |
| April 25, 2007Forum member "sleidia" wonders why his or her website isn't performing well,
even though it has a high ranking for a specific keyword phrase. Read More >> Related Forum Posts >> |
| April 25, 2007Forum member "stacykan" tells the group that she filled out a recent spam
report on one of her competitors, which apparently resulted in the site
being penalized/banned. Read More >> Related Forum Posts >> |
| April 25, 2007Forum member "chorn" sees his or her rankings constantly fluctuating, gets
freaked out by it, and wonders why it's happening. Read More >> Related Forum Posts >> |
| April 18, 2007I started answering this question with the usual answer, but
as I looked at the site in question, I realized there was more going on than
meets the eye. Please read through the entire question and my response to
see what I mean! Read More >> Related Forum Posts >> |
| April 18, 2007Forum moderator Michael Motherwell (aka “ProjectPHP”) wondered what all the
hubbub is regarding a post Matt Cutts made at his blog asking for people to
report paid links to him/Google. Read More >> Related Forum Posts >> |
| April 4, 2007Someone emailed me with a list of quick questions about some SEO terminology
they didn’t understand. I figured if one person was looking for these
answers, many of you would be, too. Read More >> Related Forum Posts >> |
| March 21, 2007I recently had an inquiry from someone who was looking for some possible SEO
consulting with me. He was in the process of a redesign and wanted to be
sure not to make any mistakes along the way, which is super-smart! The time
to be looking at SEO is definitely in the beginning stage of any design or
redesign project. Read More >> Related Forum Posts >> |
| February 28, 2007Your email newsletter is one of my favorites, and I get a bunch of them from
SEO “experts” and others. Read More >> Related Forum Posts >> |
| February 28, 2007Great newsletter. My business partner is developing our site and wants to
put a list of keywords at the bottom of some of our shop pages (i.e. below
the text) in the hopes that this will get the search engines to notice us
slightly more. Read More >> Related Forum Posts >> |
| February 28, 2007My SEO’s Good. Now Should I Work On Conversions? Read More >> Related Forum Posts >> |
| January 31, 2007Did you know that Google supposedly doesn’t crawl nofollows? My understanding was that they are to be used for untrusted links, not to keep Google’s spider out of places. (There are already tags/attributes for that.) However, Google seems to keep changing what they want to use the nofollow attribute for. Read More >> Related Forum Posts >> |
| January 17, 2007Not quite 2 years ago, Scottie Claiborne wrote a brilliant article here in HRA on
how to switch to a new domain while avoiding the nasty effects of the aging
delay. Read More >> Related Forum Posts >> |
| January 17, 2007If your rankings have slipped in Google recently, you’re not alone. Check
out this thread regarding a recent Google update that killed a few sites’
rankings. Read More >> Related Forum Posts >> |
| December 1, 2006Back in June, Jill and I were front and center at SES Toronto listening to Seth Godin, entrepreneur, best-selling author, and marketing guru. He is as excellent a speaker as he is a writer! Seth delivered a thought-provoking as well as motivational keynote speech, and if you ever get a chance to hear him speak, it is a truly remarkable experience! Read More >> Related Forum Posts >> |
| November 29, 2006Karon's back today to show us the results from the Julie's Jewels
copywriting makeover that she wrote about last time. Read More >> Related Forum Posts >> |
| November 8, 2006Do you have a page that used to rank #1 in Google that is now suddenly
ranking #31? Read More >> Related Forum Posts >> |
| October 25, 2006Sixty-year-old newbie here with his first e-book! My site is unlinked -- just "up there." I teach project management for a living -- but ill health is forcing early retirement, and I have an urgent need to keep paying the mortgage! Read More >> Related Forum Posts >> |
| October 25, 2006It's one of the best pieces of copywriting advice I've ever been given. "As
often as possible, start your paragraphs with sentences that hook readers
and drive them deeper into the copy." Read More >> Related Forum Posts >> |
| October 25, 2006Forum member “arteworks” noticed a competitor site that had a keyword phrase in a comment tag wrapped with an H1 tag. Is it spam or just stupid? (Or perhaps both!) Read More >> Related Forum Posts >> |
| September 20, 2006I have been receiving your excellent newsletter for more than 3 years and
find it an invaluable help to understand the ins and outs of SEO.
Indeed I am sure that your advice has been instrumental in achieving a top 5
listing for the last 3 years in Google for my London site. Read More >> Related Forum Posts >> |
| September 20, 2006How many characters are allowed in the keyword Meta tag? How will the
crawler treat a page that goes over this limit of characters? Read More >> Related Forum Posts >> |
| September 13, 2006The usually unflappable High Rankings® Forum admin Alan Perkins has had it
with all 3 PPC providers and rants about it this week. Read More >> Related Forum Posts >> |
| August 16, 2006Push the button of every SEO expert and he/she will start talking about the
importance of links for high rankings.
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| August 2, 2006Do the search engines see the addition of this character: | in the title tag
as words/characters, thus reducing the amount of words you should put in the
title tag? Read More >> Related Forum Posts >> |
