Did you check with several tools that no links are getting indexed ? (Google Webmaster Tools, MOZ, Ahrefs, MajesticSEO...).
If your links are not visible on any of these crawlers, they are probably not very valuable anyway.
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Did you check with several tools that no links are getting indexed ? (Google Webmaster Tools, MOZ, Ahrefs, MajesticSEO...).
If your links are not visible on any of these crawlers, they are probably not very valuable anyway.
SVN = 86% difficulty / 18185 global Bing search volume.
Subversion = 83% difficulty / 3164 global Bsv.
One of your popular page is https://help.cloudforge.com/entries/22483742-Setting-up-svn-externals
Most people search "svn externals", not "subversion externals". For each important page, you should check what is the most important keyword, SVN or subversion; it looks that SVN is far more popular.
Good news: it will be easier to stay under 70 characters :).
There has been a lot of questions on DMOZ already. Just type "DMOZ" in search bar :p.
Just two examples :
Some SEO tools like Woorank consider it a mistake to be not listed in DMOZ.
If you look for expired domains at expireddomains.net, you can pick the option "listed in DMOZ" among other options like domain authority, page rank etc.
Important = yes. Essential = no. Don't be mad if you're not accepted.
To submit you site, use the search bar to find the most suitable category then "suggest URL".
Use 301 redirection old page->new page for every page; see the Google "moving your site page" https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/83105?hl=en
1/ I would buy an exact match domain for a new and short term project only. If you have a 8 yo known brand/domain, keep it and don't bother with additional domains :).
2/ Your keyword is moderately competitive according to MOZ (39% difficulty score).
To rank on first page you should :
Get 10-15 good links with appropriate anchors text.
Have a great text/content (2000 words+ // http://bit.ly/1bQL13C).
To rank faster, you could 301 redirect your homepage to yourwebsite.com to yourwebsite.com/antique-fireplaces-london
3/ I assume that your title, headings and ALT attributes are already optimized ~~.
According to SEMrush, your website went from 600+ KW in top 20 for US in august 2012 to 150+ nowadays.
In my mind, links like http://www.freeadultwebsitesdirectory.com/stockings.html
http://kupilandia.ru/individual-order/
http://www.sexualallsorts.co.uk/xxxSextoyShop/Stockings-and-Hosiery-Tights/default.aspx
are not helping to stay out of algo penalty.
I made a test recently with the keyword "histoire de la bretagne" on google.fr; this keyword is interesting because it is not a commercial one and the links are not manipulated.
Please find the rankings results attached.
Results 1-4 = long articles (22 000 words for #1 wikipedia), high DA/PA
But result 5 = no article, low DA/PA but still outranking better pages because the keyword is in the domain name = <cite>centre-histoire-bretagne.com</cite>
Pages 6 to 10 are better; page 7 should be in top 3 in term of quality (original content with 20 000 words) but they don't have the exact keyword in their URL !
With no or few backlinks, you can outrank a better website if you have your keyword in domain name or close to it in URL.
Result 9 is a university with crazy backlinks, good alexa rank and some social engagement; but their website has 0 SEO; URL = bibnum.univ-rennes2.fr/items/show/336
In my opinion, Google still pay serious attention to URL keywords and you should optimize yours.
Hope this help!
Is it really www.SubconsciousMind.com ? PR 0 and listed at domainnamesales ?
If you want to check ranking manually, you should use private navigator option ("new private window" in Firefox). If you don't, you will get personalized results.
In my opinion, if you care about rankings, you should give up blogspot and get your own domain + shared hosting. It's really unexpensive. Pick a host from the targeted country.
My first blogspot website never ranked well and it's a good experience to learn more about hosting and wordpress installation.
I use SEMrush to discover ranked keywords and then SEOmoz to track them. But SEMrush works better if your website is some months old.
Did you notice a loss of ranks/traffic? Did you get a warning message in Google Webmaster Tools for "unnatural links"? As an "authority site", the answer is probably "no". No need to use the disavow tool in my opinion.
Hi,
Your boss should think to the customer first. Most people don't like splash page. It is supposed to increase the bounce rate. You could do a quick test on several days to verify it.
From a pure SEO point of view, all articles I read suggest to not use it.
In my mind, only a viral splash page can rank well. I saw once on Flippa a splash page with thousands of visitors per month, but because of social sharing.
Regards,
Erwan
With owner permission "having your name on the site in unlinked text" seems the best to do.
I remember the penalty story of 'Web Design Yorkshire by Pinpoint Designs' - http://moz.com/blog/ultimate-guide-to-google-penalty-removal
<greyhat>Need to vary anchor text if you do it :).</greyhat>
1/ You could also look the PageRank. If you are PR 3, focus PR 3+ websites.
2/ Most important is the website himself. Does it look spammy or does it have a real content? Is it an interesting website? Is there affiliate links, text link or casino ads ?
If a website is new but has only high quality posts, it does not matter if DA is under 30 and PR still 0.
3/ A natural linking profile means also links from "low" websites, not only from PR3+ by example, especially for a new website.
Look the charts in this article : http://www.seowizz.net/2010/10/high-quality-links-dont-work-natural-profiles.html
You clearly see the natural/not natural profile :).
I agree with Andy.
1/ According to SEMrush : feb. 2014 = 536 keywords in Google top. Only 269 in march 2014.
http://fr.semrush.com/info/smartpress.com+(by+organic)
Does Google Analytics show the same ?
2/ Did you modify website navigation/menus, template, server or htaccess file recently ? Probably not.
3/ Check Google Webmaster Tools for manual penalty. If you don't have a penalty message, look for an algorithmic penalty.
4/ No big change in 2014 algorithm according to MOZ yet : http://moz.com/google-algorithm-change#2014
But smartpress got a lot of new links recently :
https://ahrefs.com/site-explorer/overview/subdomains/?target=smartpress.com
From 680 to 900 domains in few months; are all these links "natural" ?
I see that you did a lot of guest articles ; some are not really close to your niche. That may deserve you :
http://creditcard-lawsuit.com/credit-card-debt-management-and-related-ideas/
Matt Cutts warned people on jan. 20 2014 : "The decay and fall of guest blogging for SEO"
Would be not very interesting for Google to see people stop ads because of an organic penalty :). This is his core business.
Most of time, the opposite question is asked : "does Participating In Google AdWords Help My Organic Rankings?"
No, of course : http://www.seroundtable.com/google-adwords-organic-results-15910.html
We should not "believe" anything, we should always test :).
Matthew made a good point with social engagement.
1/ Get 200 MOZ points for the removal of "nofollow" from first custom URL on profile :p.
2/ I would recommend you to read "Link Building: The Definitive Guide" ; http://backlinko.com/link-building.
1/ Short term answer : EMD.
2/ Long term answer : forenamesurname.com
I vote for 1/ if :
You have a limited budget / a limited time to rank.
Your client is not able to help you to produce great content.
I vote for 2/ if your client is patient and willing to build his brand.
According to MOZ ranking factors, EMS is 7 or 8% advantage and I read that partial EMD is useless.
IMO, weddingmakeupbyforename.com is too long anyway.
1/ Unnatural inbound links message does not lead necessarily to a loss of rank and a loss of traffic. Even SEOmoz.org got the same message and lost nothing (http://www.seomoz.org/blog/googles-unnatural-links-warnings). I had the same experience for a flash game website.
2/ If you actually lost ranks/traffic, you have to show your good will and give something to Google. I suggest you to use Open Site Explorer and to look for low authority linking domains.
Example : last URL = www.cheapautoexpo.com/tag/coupons/
You have 4 links on the same page - deals365.us did the same. A click = a pop-up. This looks like a bad neighbourhood.
You won't lose much by removing this kind of links. Keep a track of all the links you removed. In this case :
It will show Google you did a serious work.
3/ If you can't remove the links manually, ask the webmaster to do it. In most cases he won't answer if this is a spammy website.
Then consider using the disallow tool : https://www.google.com/webmasters/tools/disavow-links-main?pli=1
4/ I would recommend you to do the same for all the low directories... and the link suggested by Google : http://www.allworldlinks.com/k/317277/online-free-coupons.html
5/ Pinpoint Designs had the same issue and wrote and article about : http://www.seomoz.org/blog/lifting-a-manual-penalty-given-by-google-personal-experience
In the reconsideration request, they mentionned :
They also tried to improve the quality of their website (do you have good content on your website or just coupons ?) and to get better links; they started a blog and wrote guest articles.
6/ To get better links, I suggest you to use open site explorer on competitors to see their most authoritative links. Most of time, you can also get the same link if this is a directory or a blog taking guest posts.
7/ Last but not least, Google spam team is human. Your reconsideration request depends of the employee who will deal with it... You can never be sure of the result.
Good luck ~~.
1/ About links : page and domain authority are not all; anchors text match to keyword can make the difference.
2/ About content/text : try to understand regarding the other results what is the expected semantic according to Google. Besides, a length of 2000+ words will help.
Check : http://www.zen-zen.info/festival-de-silence-3eme-edition/
Useless website; webmasters post cheap content to get a link.
No social engagement, ads everywhere... Even if the DA is 44, just forget this kind of website for guest posts.
1/ "This is not a competitive area"... It depends :).
Your homepage title is "Gîte en montagne - Chalet - Savoie | Alpage du Choaille d'en Haut"
"gite en montagne" "gite savoie" "chalet montagne" "chalet savoie" are quite competitive in terms of SEO or SEA.
It you want to target "beaufortain", you should include it in your page title.
2/ Average #1 ranking = 2000-2400 words. Your text = 200 words.
3/ As Matt-Antonino explained, you lack of authority ; you need more links... and more anchors text relative to your keywords.
4/ As far as I'm concerned, I would add a blog to talk about the area, to explain why it's great to stay there and what you can do, testimonials, videos etc.
Is there a way to do great content and to get a few natural links ?
Quality is a bit subjective. Google does not really like coupons/affiliate websites. You need to inspire confidence.
1/ You should insist on your original content and promote it - your blog is not easy to find from the home page.
Put a blog link top of the page - maybe add an excerpt/a quote from the last article.
2/ About us/Contact us pages are a little empty. Would be nice to have an address, a picture of the office, of the team etc.
3/ If I look one of your competitor : http://media.couponmom.com/index.php?PHPSESSID=emhecijvt7m0kpeq4qp9nlcr64&cid=275
I find the design bad but the visitor can see there's a real person behind the website.
4/ You could add a FAQ page.
5/ Another competitor have a privacy page + a california privacy rights page.
6/ You used the social facebook plugin on your blog; maye you should also use it on your home page like http://www.couponnetwork.com did.
7/ Try to get trust signals like http://coupons.com did :
http://clicktoverify.truste.com/pvr.php?page=validate&url=www.coupons.com&sealid=102
Groupon.com mention : https://www.trustedshops.com/shop/certificate.php?shop_id=X06E5E546FF38C7F9EFF97A9141038AE8
8/ Maybe it's time to rework on your design; coupons.com or groupon.com have a good one.
9/ I think you got penalized because of modified/hidden links.
When I click on Kernel picture by example, I get there : http://www.nucleustechnologies.com/buy-employee-desktop-live-viewer.php
This is not the visible link... The user should know he will be redirect on another website. There should be a text like "visit Kernel website to redeem your coupon".
10/ You got the general idea. It's all about trust and user experience!
I checked the top in Google US for Lifestyle Magazine. They ALL have lifestyle or magazine in their domain name or in their URL.
http://www.lifeandstylemag.com/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lifestyle_magazine
http://www.nashvillelifestyles.com/
http://www.lifestylesmagazine.com/
Etc.
Without an EMD/PMD, it will be harder for you to rank. if I look page authority/domain authority, the 5th/6th rank is possible with a good net-linking work.
As far as i'm concerned, I would not repeat Magazine twice in your title :
"Lifestyle Magazine No Magazine Subscription Required"
Once + website title would be better not only for SEO but for CTR.
Quick fact : an average first result in Google = 2 400 words.
It you can do a great relevant text, just do it :).
As Richard mentioned "You want any links that your content builds to be directed to your website".
I would use <cite class="_sd">http://sites.google.com // blogspot.com //</cite> wordpress.com // tumblr.com etc. only as satellites.
Brian Dean wrote: "Outbound Link Quality: Many SEOs think that linking out to authority sites helps send trust signals to Google."
In another article, he explained that he generally links to 4 authority sites in his articles.
Both answers are true:
A good keyword density can help to rank; most of your competitors used the word "lifestyle" from 4 to 6 times on their homepage (with the SEOquake bar, you can check density of a page).
If you go over a normal limit and repeat "lifestyle" 20 times, it will look spammy for the reader and for Google. You repeat it already 14 times; maybe it's too much but there is no definitive answer; the best way in my opinion is to look how competitors rank.
Once you have an optimized website, the difference will be made by links; but like in the top 10 US, the top 10 UK = a lot of exact match/partial match domain. You will need better links than them.
Of course, don't focus only on one keyword; your SEO strategy should include 100's or 1000's of keywords to bring traffic.
1/Links = 40% of ranking factors.
Try the first step to rank : write good content. Even a family owned and operated small business can do it.
Egol wrote a great answer about this recently but I can't find the post anymore. The idea is to write about your customers, their problems and how you help them #InboundMarketing.
2/ IMO, a spammy link is a link you can't control. With a charitable organization, you can always ask them to remove the link in case of a possible penalty. If their thank you page has a high PR, I would take the risk.
3/ When I get a new customer, I try to get him links from the town hall website, the local chamber of commerce, his suppliers, his clients, school they accept a trainee from etc. Try to think to everyone who has an IRL link with your client.
You need to build trust. I would add an "about us" page with address, phone, contact form/mail, privacy policy, picture of the team, bio of writers etc; everything that helps you to look more human and real :).
LEAVE AS : the blog website can link to other websites of your network and improve their domain autority.
LEAVE AS : you will lose blog comments / social shares.