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I have just started on Mahalo recently and would like to have your opinion. Do you think this page needs something more?
That, or do you think that something should be removed. I accept everything, even criticism, just be gentle:)
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I see you've already taken out the top 7 section and changed the video. Nice. Those are fine now...
I'll add to this a bit...
Frist, there is actually a book called "Search Engine Optimization For Dummies" you might consider that some will come to this page looking for that book.
What I would probably do is create a page called "Search Engine Optimization For Dummies", make it on the book, then add a line to your Guide Note that says something like: "If you are looking for the book "Search Engine Optimization For Dummies" from the "for Dummies" series it can be found at "Search Engine Optimization For Dummies" and make it a link to the page.
You can reword it to only have that phrase in it once if you want. Put it at the end of the guide note if you like, as another paragraph. You can abandon the other page after you set it up if you don't want it, but I'd create it to avoid confusion.
You might want to hang on to it for a little while though, to see what it does. Both those pages can potentially earn pretty decent amounts per click.
Second, I'd break the existing guide note up into three paragraphs. It is nice but too long as one paragraph.
I'd break it at the following points:
...take action.
The purpose of this...
Know of a simple...
And I'm not sure if you want the term "your Mahalo page" in it or not... we don't own the pages and it looks a little funny for Mahalo to be saying that in my opinion.
Next. Take a look at your fast facts. These should be little snippits of information that stand alone and are referenced when needed. The first one is general enough that you can get away with no reference.
The second fact in your list is a statistic... you need to cite the source for that.
The third is a title with a question... not a fact at all, even though you cite the article... move this to the links section and put a fact here instead. You can pull a fact or two from that source - Wikipedia - and put it here.
The fourth is a course... add it to the links section or make a separate text section in the left column summarizing what it has... then cite it. Either way, I'd put a link to it in the links section.
Fourth... The next two sections you have are taken directly from a single source, but you are not citing it correctly. I would title them: Top 5 SEO Ranking Factors According to iBlogZone and Top 5 SEO Negative Ranking Factors According to iBlogZone and the citation needs to be at the end of each of those titles... use the < ref >citation URL< /ref > tags (take out the spaces). That works within a title. Right now you have the first list item in the first of these two sections cited with none of the rest cited.
Since your Guide Note says the page will guide through tactics, I'd like to see a couple listed in text sections on the left with a brief description. Maybe go through the two top 5 lists you have and expound on them... each one in it's own section. Like this:
Top 5 SEO...
1. Keyword Focused Anchor Text...
2.
3.
4.
5.
Keyword Focused Anchor Text
When you see the term "keyword focused anchor text" it generally means you should try to...
next
next
and so on... adding these will also let you build beyond just citing that source and give them real information they can use.
I think you are off to a great start with this page and I'm looking forward to seeing it when more is added. =)
I hope some of this was helpful.
I'll add to this a bit...
Frist, there is actually a book called "Search Engine Optimization For Dummies" you might consider that some will come to this page looking for that book.
What I would probably do is create a page called "Search Engine Optimization For Dummies", make it on the book, then add a line to your Guide Note that says something like: "If you are looking for the book "Search Engine Optimization For Dummies" from the "for Dummies" series it can be found at "Search Engine Optimization For Dummies" and make it a link to the page.
You can reword it to only have that phrase in it once if you want. Put it at the end of the guide note if you like, as another paragraph. You can abandon the other page after you set it up if you don't want it, but I'd create it to avoid confusion.
You might want to hang on to it for a little while though, to see what it does. Both those pages can potentially earn pretty decent amounts per click.
Second, I'd break the existing guide note up into three paragraphs. It is nice but too long as one paragraph.
I'd break it at the following points:
...take action.
The purpose of this...
Know of a simple...
And I'm not sure if you want the term "your Mahalo page" in it or not... we don't own the pages and it looks a little funny for Mahalo to be saying that in my opinion.
Next. Take a look at your fast facts. These should be little snippits of information that stand alone and are referenced when needed. The first one is general enough that you can get away with no reference.
The second fact in your list is a statistic... you need to cite the source for that.
The third is a title with a question... not a fact at all, even though you cite the article... move this to the links section and put a fact here instead. You can pull a fact or two from that source - Wikipedia - and put it here.
The fourth is a course... add it to the links section or make a separate text section in the left column summarizing what it has... then cite it. Either way, I'd put a link to it in the links section.
Fourth... The next two sections you have are taken directly from a single source, but you are not citing it correctly. I would title them: Top 5 SEO Ranking Factors According to iBlogZone and Top 5 SEO Negative Ranking Factors According to iBlogZone and the citation needs to be at the end of each of those titles... use the < ref >citation URL< /ref > tags (take out the spaces). That works within a title. Right now you have the first list item in the first of these two sections cited with none of the rest cited.
Since your Guide Note says the page will guide through tactics, I'd like to see a couple listed in text sections on the left with a brief description. Maybe go through the two top 5 lists you have and expound on them... each one in it's own section. Like this:
Top 5 SEO...
1. Keyword Focused Anchor Text...
2.
3.
4.
5.
Keyword Focused Anchor Text
When you see the term "keyword focused anchor text" it generally means you should try to...
next
next
and so on... adding these will also let you build beyond just citing that source and give them real information they can use.
I think you are off to a great start with this page and I'm looking forward to seeing it when more is added. =)
I hope some of this was helpful.
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I would take out the Top 7 and just use the Resources section as your top links. You can pin the best ones there.
Right now it looks like it was built on a How To platform. Steps 2 and 3 are still listed there but they are blank. You can delete those.
You could consider adding a Blogs section to your page. I'm sure it would pull up some SEO blogs.
Last thing would be to add some more related pages.
Right now it looks like it was built on a How To platform. Steps 2 and 3 are still listed there but they are blank. You can delete those.
You could consider adding a Blogs section to your page. I'm sure it would pull up some SEO blogs.
Last thing would be to add some more related pages.
voted helpful: smartweb
As you only have 2 links the top 7 you have looks a little weird. As you have an extensive resources section I would move "Step Guide To Simple SEO Article Writing" to resources and delete the other link as it is a duplicate.
Your current last video is irrelevant, it's for Call of Duty 5 and should be deleted and replaced with a SEO link instead.
There are nowhere near enough related pages, 2 is far too low for this topic, here are some suggestions:
Search Engines | Google | Yahoo | Wikipedia | Mahalo | Ask.com | How to SEO Your Website Google Blog Search Del.icio.us | YouTube | Flickr | Mamma.com | How to Find People
I'd probably add a new category on the left hand side and add 5-10 SEO companies.
I'd also add a new category on the left hand side and add 5-10 high quality SEO blogs.
Your current last video is irrelevant, it's for Call of Duty 5 and should be deleted and replaced with a SEO link instead.
There are nowhere near enough related pages, 2 is far too low for this topic, here are some suggestions:
Search Engines | Google | Yahoo | Wikipedia | Mahalo | Ask.com | How to SEO Your Website Google Blog Search Del.icio.us | YouTube | Flickr | Mamma.com | How to Find People
I'd probably add a new category on the left hand side and add 5-10 SEO companies.
I'd also add a new category on the left hand side and add 5-10 high quality SEO blogs.
voted helpful: smartweb
Thanks for pointing that out (about the video), I don't even know how it got there. Removed it.
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and I did notice that some of the information you are referencing is actually your own work on that blog, but you will still need to cite it because it is outside content, even though it is your own.
i'm looking forward to seeing how this page develops. =)