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Announcement: Help for your Search Engine Optimization needs. Answers to help you get more traffic to your Mahalo Pages.
I have been asked to help you with all of your SEO questions, as "Mahalo SEO Guru". While I do not label myself as a "Guru", I do have SEO experience.
For those of you who do not know, SEO stands for Search Engine Optimization, which is just a fancy way of saying that you make your pages in a way the search engines will like them and hopefully list them better.
A little about me...
For those of you who don't know me well, I am a wife and mother who is passionate about character education. I am a stay at home mom and I work from my home.
I've been on the Internet since around 1993, and I started my own successful Website Design and SEO Marketing company in 2001. I've since moved on to work only on my own projects... that is until I found Mahalo.
I was instantly hooked! =D
I now spend quite a bit of my time here, as some of you may have noticed. =)
What this all means for you...
I am here to answer your SEO related questions and help you understand the search engines a little better. You can send me questions directly, or post them in Mahalo Answers. I will try to watch for them. =) I also frequent the Mahalo IRC Chat Room on irc.freenode.net.
If you need advice on keyword research or are having trouble getting traffic, let me know. I hope that you will feel free to ask your questions. No question is stupid or lame in my eyes... we all were new to this at one point in time.
I don't claim to know everything there is to know about SEO. The search engines change their rules often, and new tools become available regularly. If I don't know something, I will tell you... but I will try to find an answer for you. =)
I am really looking forward to working with you and I'll be watching for your questions. =)
For those of you who do not know, SEO stands for Search Engine Optimization, which is just a fancy way of saying that you make your pages in a way the search engines will like them and hopefully list them better.
A little about me...
For those of you who don't know me well, I am a wife and mother who is passionate about character education. I am a stay at home mom and I work from my home.
I've been on the Internet since around 1993, and I started my own successful Website Design and SEO Marketing company in 2001. I've since moved on to work only on my own projects... that is until I found Mahalo.
I was instantly hooked! =D
I now spend quite a bit of my time here, as some of you may have noticed. =)
What this all means for you...
I am here to answer your SEO related questions and help you understand the search engines a little better. You can send me questions directly, or post them in Mahalo Answers. I will try to watch for them. =) I also frequent the Mahalo IRC Chat Room on irc.freenode.net.
If you need advice on keyword research or are having trouble getting traffic, let me know. I hope that you will feel free to ask your questions. No question is stupid or lame in my eyes... we all were new to this at one point in time.
I don't claim to know everything there is to know about SEO. The search engines change their rules often, and new tools become available regularly. If I don't know something, I will tell you... but I will try to find an answer for you. =)
I am really looking forward to working with you and I'll be watching for your questions. =)
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Hey Smarty (web that is)
Nice, I am pleased you are around, I have just put forward a question on here and would be very happy if you could answer it. I have some basic experience in SEO and know how to find excellent keywords to promote pages in the search engines, Im just a bit stuck on the best place to use them on a Mahalo how to page for maximum benefit. Where, within the structure of a Mahalo how-to page, should I place keywords for the spiders to recognize them, above other places on that page?
Nice, I am pleased you are around, I have just put forward a question on here and would be very happy if you could answer it. I have some basic experience in SEO and know how to find excellent keywords to promote pages in the search engines, Im just a bit stuck on the best place to use them on a Mahalo how to page for maximum benefit. Where, within the structure of a Mahalo how-to page, should I place keywords for the spiders to recognize them, above other places on that page?
Voted as best: stanar, mysterygirl89
Ok, I'll go first. I got quite a number of games related pages. How do I best market those? Some examples:
Avatar Game
Bayonetta
Borderlands
Dantes Inferno Game
FIFA 10
God of War
God of War 2
God of War 3
Infamous
Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots
...
You get the idea.. Some are new, some upcoming, some are older. How best to aproach their SEO?
Avatar Game
Bayonetta
Borderlands
Dantes Inferno Game
FIFA 10
God of War
God of War 2
God of War 3
Infamous
Metal Gear Solid 4: Guns of the Patriots
...
You get the idea.. Some are new, some upcoming, some are older. How best to aproach their SEO?
voted helpful: joecsekobrainbuilder
Right off the bat I can tell you will have a hard time ranking for a VERY competitive terms like those. The best thing to do is work on adding a secondary term to those like reviews, cheats or forums.
That's not to say you won't rank for those, it will just require making an AMAZING page that beats out all of the amazing video game resources out there.
That's not to say you won't rank for those, it will just require making an AMAZING page that beats out all of the amazing video game resources out there.
Hi Jason, good point..
I got that for the God of War series:
God of War 2 Cheats
God of War 2 Screenshots
God of War 2 Videos
God of War Collection
God of War cheats
Still, the most I got is 19 views..
The only one doing well is the obvious one: God of War Walkthrough :)
I got that for the God of War series:
God of War 2 Cheats
God of War 2 Screenshots
God of War 2 Videos
God of War Collection
God of War cheats
Still, the most I got is 19 views..
The only one doing well is the obvious one: God of War Walkthrough :)
Hi Mith!
It is great that you have related pages. That is one thing that can help in your marketing efforts. Make sure you are interlinking them... not only in the related mahalo pages section, but wherever it is relevant.
Take a look at the Guide Note for 5 Dollar Off Coupon Bed Bath and Beyond. Since there are several related pages on Mahalo I have linked them... not only my own pages are listed there, but other pages on Mahalo as well.
When I look at Google Analytics I can see that the visitors go from one to another of the pages that I have for Bed Bath and Beyond.
This way, when you are advertising one of your pages, you are in effect advertising all the pages it is linking to as well. It should be easy to do on your God of War pages.
Next... Jason is right about adding other terms. I read a great strategy last year from a "Guru" that lines out not going for the very top keywords in your subject... but rather going for somewhere like the 10th-20th top keywords for your subject. Others will be trying for the biggest ones... there is less competition for the others, but still plenty of traffic.
You will find if you can rank well for those other terms, that they add up to more traffic than the top keyword by itself in many cases. I can tell you from my personal experience that this can work.
I'll take a better look at your pages and send you a message with some ideas that you can try.
It is great that you have related pages. That is one thing that can help in your marketing efforts. Make sure you are interlinking them... not only in the related mahalo pages section, but wherever it is relevant.
Take a look at the Guide Note for 5 Dollar Off Coupon Bed Bath and Beyond. Since there are several related pages on Mahalo I have linked them... not only my own pages are listed there, but other pages on Mahalo as well.
When I look at Google Analytics I can see that the visitors go from one to another of the pages that I have for Bed Bath and Beyond.
This way, when you are advertising one of your pages, you are in effect advertising all the pages it is linking to as well. It should be easy to do on your God of War pages.
Next... Jason is right about adding other terms. I read a great strategy last year from a "Guru" that lines out not going for the very top keywords in your subject... but rather going for somewhere like the 10th-20th top keywords for your subject. Others will be trying for the biggest ones... there is less competition for the others, but still plenty of traffic.
You will find if you can rank well for those other terms, that they add up to more traffic than the top keyword by itself in many cases. I can tell you from my personal experience that this can work.
I'll take a better look at your pages and send you a message with some ideas that you can try.
Felt this was important enough to post here as well...
For God of War Walkthrough... in the related pages section, you only have two pages listed that have "God of War" in them. Every page you listed here should be at the top of that list.... ALWAYS interlink your pages when they relate to each other, even if the only place you can is the related pages section.
I bet if you thought about it, you could think of a way to include a text section on the right side of that page that would highlight some of your related pages.
And I like to group my related pages... if you want help doing that, send me a DQ. Makes bigger lists of relateds easy to read and navigate. Sometimes it just makes sense to have a lot of them... but it doesn't make any sense to me to have them all in one big lump. =)
And for all of you who may not know... putting links to your pages here helps in the search engines too!
For God of War Walkthrough... in the related pages section, you only have two pages listed that have "God of War" in them. Every page you listed here should be at the top of that list.... ALWAYS interlink your pages when they relate to each other, even if the only place you can is the related pages section.
I bet if you thought about it, you could think of a way to include a text section on the right side of that page that would highlight some of your related pages.
And I like to group my related pages... if you want help doing that, send me a DQ. Makes bigger lists of relateds easy to read and navigate. Sometimes it just makes sense to have a lot of them... but it doesn't make any sense to me to have them all in one big lump. =)
And for all of you who may not know... putting links to your pages here helps in the search engines too!
Thanks on those remarks. I added all 'main' GoW pages. It feels a bit silly to include 'GoW2 Cheats' on a GoW walkthrough, but then again, maybe I should include them anyway.
If there is anything else, just shoot. I'll not be here to reply immediately, it's late evening here, so I have to sign off for now. I appreciate the comments so far!
If there is anything else, just shoot. I'll not be here to reply immediately, it's late evening here, so I have to sign off for now. I appreciate the comments so far!
It may feel silly, but it really does make sense. It links two related pages, and some might want to just look at the cheats, or they may be on the cheats page and want to see a full walkthrough because they aren't finding what they want.
It also adds related keyword phrases to your page.
=)
It also adds related keyword phrases to your page.
=)
I don't Share the Same opinion as the person who Responded. Most people who perform SEO tactics hate giving away their secrets. But I don't. This How you Do It. Example: Fifa 10 When you Search FIFA 10, there are 59,400,000 sites return. Not huge or that Much of competition. So you Can do this. Go to go articles.com and use only FiFa 10) Since Mahalo uses WYSISYG the code will work on this site making a link, so i had to change so you can see it. You have to take out the : in the code above. When linking to your Mahalo Page, use this type of code only, Don't just drop the mahalo page url. Do this over the next two days, by the third day your page will be Moving up the Index. I have 20 Sites at Number One, Internet Success is one of my sites with over 71,000,000 sites returned. I guess It moved down a Bit, I am number two now. But it works, For every site and Keywords. The secret to SEO Success, I have never given this away before, Not even to buddies.
It is reading the Code I want you to Use or see. So email me for the Code you need to use to get your Mahalo Pages to Rank Higer.
Use this code, a href http//www.mahalo.com/fifa-10 > Fifa 10 <
At the start of the code put a < and you will need to put " " around the URL. Then put the Closing code of a />. To complete the code. This is the only way I can get it to show up. If you can see it, Lol.
At the start of the code put a < and you will need to put " " around the URL. Then put the Closing code of a />. To complete the code. This is the only way I can get it to show up. If you can see it, Lol.
Hi @Hillwilliam,
In reading your comments, I think you are talking about using article marketing to increase your page rank and get traffic. Your comments are a little unclear.
What I have been talking about in this thread is on-page SEO. Article marketing to place incoming links to your Mahalo page can be very successful, however, it will require article writing or purchasing, and is really a discussion for another thread.
And the pages should really be optimized before the article marketing campaign begins for best results from that marketing campaign.
We will be dealing with incoming links, anchor text and even article marketing in future posts or possibly even guide pages.
I welcome all your suggestions, however, and I'm glad that you are piping up with your comments. Please feel free to continue to add to the discussion. =)
In reading your comments, I think you are talking about using article marketing to increase your page rank and get traffic. Your comments are a little unclear.
What I have been talking about in this thread is on-page SEO. Article marketing to place incoming links to your Mahalo page can be very successful, however, it will require article writing or purchasing, and is really a discussion for another thread.
And the pages should really be optimized before the article marketing campaign begins for best results from that marketing campaign.
We will be dealing with incoming links, anchor text and even article marketing in future posts or possibly even guide pages.
I welcome all your suggestions, however, and I'm glad that you are piping up with your comments. Please feel free to continue to add to the discussion. =)
hi smartweb
good to have you here
how do I build a page that would come up as google's top ten.
since it is not my personal website where I can use Meta tabs?
how else can I get google to pick my page out of so many others?
and how do I draw traffic to my page without advertising it?
These are my questions, I gladly await your reply
Thank you
good to have you here
how do I build a page that would come up as google's top ten.
since it is not my personal website where I can use Meta tabs?
how else can I get google to pick my page out of so many others?
and how do I draw traffic to my page without advertising it?
These are my questions, I gladly await your reply
Thank you
Hi @iklillian!
Thank you and thanks for your questions!
There is no one formula that will get you in the top ten in Google. That being said, there is a lot you can do.
The first thing I'll say about it is that even though you don't control all the meta tags, you benefit greatly from Mahalo's reputation in the search engines. That alone will help you.
You do control the title tag. When you do the search for the page you want to do, make sure the keyword in is the phrase you search for... it will be the actual title for the page.
For instance: Champions League Final 2009/2010 - this page uses the keyword phrase "Champions League Final" and by putting it in the title of the page, it is used in the title meta tag, and it shows up throughout the page in every section that is added, such as "Champions League Final 2009/2010 Images". Even though the years 2009 and 2010 are in the title, it could pull traffic for other years, as it does target the "Champions League Final" keyword phrase. This could have actually been split into two pages, one for each year, then linked.
To get Google to pick yours out of so many others you have to make it more attractive to Google than the competition. There is a lot involved in that, but it is not as hard as it sounds. Sometimes you have to get creative. Again, just being on Mahalo makes it stand out some, but that alone will not be enough.
To draw traffic you will probably have to advertise it. But that doesn't mean you have to spend hours on blogs putting backlinks or putting it in your signature on hundreds of forum posts. Lots of things advertise your page.
Simple things like taking advantage of existing pages can go a long way to getting that ranking.
That is why I always recommend choosing all appropriate categories for your page... every category has an established page, and it will put a link on that established page back to yours... this is very underutilized right now by page managers.
You can also go through other similar pages on Mahalo and contact the pages managers asking for a link. I have only ever had one person refuse to link to my related page... and I just went and approached someone else.
We will be discussing many many ways to advertise in the days coming... so keep your eyes open for that information. =)
Thank you and thanks for your questions!
There is no one formula that will get you in the top ten in Google. That being said, there is a lot you can do.
The first thing I'll say about it is that even though you don't control all the meta tags, you benefit greatly from Mahalo's reputation in the search engines. That alone will help you.
You do control the title tag. When you do the search for the page you want to do, make sure the keyword in is the phrase you search for... it will be the actual title for the page.
For instance: Champions League Final 2009/2010 - this page uses the keyword phrase "Champions League Final" and by putting it in the title of the page, it is used in the title meta tag, and it shows up throughout the page in every section that is added, such as "Champions League Final 2009/2010 Images". Even though the years 2009 and 2010 are in the title, it could pull traffic for other years, as it does target the "Champions League Final" keyword phrase. This could have actually been split into two pages, one for each year, then linked.
To get Google to pick yours out of so many others you have to make it more attractive to Google than the competition. There is a lot involved in that, but it is not as hard as it sounds. Sometimes you have to get creative. Again, just being on Mahalo makes it stand out some, but that alone will not be enough.
To draw traffic you will probably have to advertise it. But that doesn't mean you have to spend hours on blogs putting backlinks or putting it in your signature on hundreds of forum posts. Lots of things advertise your page.
Simple things like taking advantage of existing pages can go a long way to getting that ranking.
That is why I always recommend choosing all appropriate categories for your page... every category has an established page, and it will put a link on that established page back to yours... this is very underutilized right now by page managers.
You can also go through other similar pages on Mahalo and contact the pages managers asking for a link. I have only ever had one person refuse to link to my related page... and I just went and approached someone else.
We will be discussing many many ways to advertise in the days coming... so keep your eyes open for that information. =)
There is some debate as to how frequent the keywords should be on a page (any internet page). I've done a lot of SEO work for clients and they usually just tell me what they want me to do - where to put the articles and so forth.
How do you really know what the best routine is here? Is there a "trick" to SEO that pertains to Mahalo? On some sites I work with I noticed that certain routines work, on other sites I work with I try to follow those routines only to realize that something else works.
Also, how many keywords should each page be optimized for?
How do you really know what the best routine is here? Is there a "trick" to SEO that pertains to Mahalo? On some sites I work with I noticed that certain routines work, on other sites I work with I try to follow those routines only to realize that something else works.
Also, how many keywords should each page be optimized for?
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Hi @kohuether!
There is a LOT of debate on this subject.
My take on it is that there is no one "best routine". It varies for each page. I've been playing with some different strategies on Mahalo for a couple of months. So far it seems that the general rules apply, but you don't worry about the meta tags, and the pages that have related outgoing links that I have added myself in the text I add are getting more juice.
Most of my experiments are still in the testing phase, but so far that is the data I've collected.
As far as the general rules I am speaking of... more content is better as long as it is relevant, use groups of related keyword phrases throughout the page surrounding your main term, and make sure your main term shows up in various positions, not just once, not a hundred times, but sparingly and somewhere in top, middle, and bottom.
I'll talk more about what the top, middle and bottom sections are later... the search engines DO NOT see the page the way you do, for those of you who did not know that.
I usually optimize for one main term with a couple of secondary complimentary terms thrown in. Google likes pages and sites that have a broad "famliy" of terms... they are seen as more of an expert, as opposed to someone throwing up a page to spam a certain term.
There is a LOT of debate on this subject.
My take on it is that there is no one "best routine". It varies for each page. I've been playing with some different strategies on Mahalo for a couple of months. So far it seems that the general rules apply, but you don't worry about the meta tags, and the pages that have related outgoing links that I have added myself in the text I add are getting more juice.
Most of my experiments are still in the testing phase, but so far that is the data I've collected.
As far as the general rules I am speaking of... more content is better as long as it is relevant, use groups of related keyword phrases throughout the page surrounding your main term, and make sure your main term shows up in various positions, not just once, not a hundred times, but sparingly and somewhere in top, middle, and bottom.
I'll talk more about what the top, middle and bottom sections are later... the search engines DO NOT see the page the way you do, for those of you who did not know that.
I usually optimize for one main term with a couple of secondary complimentary terms thrown in. Google likes pages and sites that have a broad "famliy" of terms... they are seen as more of an expert, as opposed to someone throwing up a page to spam a certain term.
No problem. There is always something we can learn. I learn from all of you as well. I'm really excited about being asked to answer your questions. =)
:) I'm glad. Right now I plan on putting the main keywords in the title of the page and then I usually put it once in the end, once in the body, and once at the beginning. If it makes sense to I also put it in one of the subheadings. Then I don't worry about it. I find that I naturally throw secondary keywords in there as I right. Do you think this is enough? I am under the impression that Google actually penalizes for putting the main keyword in too often.
If you are automatically using the related terms you should be fine. Since you've done SEO for clients I'm guessing you know how the search engine views the page.
And as I said before, Mahalo does a decent job of putting the main term throughout the page if it is in the title, but not always with content and context.
Yes, you can get penalized for using one term too much. But if you are using related terms and have enough content, it should not be a problem. This is one reason I recommend reading the text back to yourself out loud, especially for those new to this.
If it sounds odd or the keywords stick out, then you are probably using them too much and should substitute a related term for some of them.
And as I said before, Mahalo does a decent job of putting the main term throughout the page if it is in the title, but not always with content and context.
Yes, you can get penalized for using one term too much. But if you are using related terms and have enough content, it should not be a problem. This is one reason I recommend reading the text back to yourself out loud, especially for those new to this.
If it sounds odd or the keywords stick out, then you are probably using them too much and should substitute a related term for some of them.
I know - reading it does help. It's all too easy to accidentally stuff the keyword in especially since I'm so used to SEO writing! I may think it sounds natural but reading it aloud is often a wake up call. And I don't always do it. Thanks for the tips. :)
Hi @smartweb, I would like to know what should I do with my DKNY and DKNY coupons pages. The brand is good. I am not getting much traffic on them. Would you please help?
Thank you
Thank you
Hi @pellrider,
Just off the top of my head... =)
(Do no more than two of these changes today... then wait a couple of days and do two more etc...)
DKNY page:
Break the contest out into a separate text section.
Link to DNKY Coupons in the related mahalo pages section.
Add more categories, like shopping, or online shopping if you can buy through their website.
Add News Section
Add Google Search Section
Go find a video if you can... a commercial or something and put it at the top right of the page with a title and description using keywords.
DKNY Coupons page:
Expand the Guide Note - you can add info about the brand
Expand the coupon policy. If nothing else go look at the coupons and see if they have expiration dates, or limit quantities or require a certain purchase. Then add text like this as applicable: Some quantities may be limited. Some restrictions may apply, etc. Just whichever apply to the offers available.
Somehow this has absolutely NO categories. Add them and you will have instant incoming links.
Add News Section
Add Blog Section
Add Videos section
Go find a video and do like I said above
Again, do these no more than 2 or at the most 3 changes a day and wait a couple of days, or even a week then do some more.
Search engines like active pages. =)
Just off the top of my head... =)
(Do no more than two of these changes today... then wait a couple of days and do two more etc...)
DKNY page:
Break the contest out into a separate text section.
Link to DNKY Coupons in the related mahalo pages section.
Add more categories, like shopping, or online shopping if you can buy through their website.
Add News Section
Add Google Search Section
Go find a video if you can... a commercial or something and put it at the top right of the page with a title and description using keywords.
DKNY Coupons page:
Expand the Guide Note - you can add info about the brand
Expand the coupon policy. If nothing else go look at the coupons and see if they have expiration dates, or limit quantities or require a certain purchase. Then add text like this as applicable: Some quantities may be limited. Some restrictions may apply, etc. Just whichever apply to the offers available.
Somehow this has absolutely NO categories. Add them and you will have instant incoming links.
Add News Section
Add Blog Section
Add Videos section
Go find a video and do like I said above
Again, do these no more than 2 or at the most 3 changes a day and wait a couple of days, or even a week then do some more.
Search engines like active pages. =)
Thanks many of us write for other sites and SEO is the key to what we do there as well. Or a big key anyway.
You are right. Much of what we go over here will translate to your other sites. Some of it is Mahalo specific, but most of the principles are the same.
I hope to cover topics like keyword research in the near future... the specifics I will be going over are identical for any Adsense focused site members would make on their own, and most of it would be useful for any website.
If you have questions about SEO in general, you can ask those as well. The more you learn about SEO, the more it will help you with your Mahalo pages as well. =)
I hope to cover topics like keyword research in the near future... the specifics I will be going over are identical for any Adsense focused site members would make on their own, and most of it would be useful for any website.
If you have questions about SEO in general, you can ask those as well. The more you learn about SEO, the more it will help you with your Mahalo pages as well. =)
Hi, @smartweb do you know I already planed to ask a questio for SEO help.
Here is my problem. I have only one how to named How to Become a Stage Actor. I just discover that this page placed in first search page of google but *NOT IN YAHOO OR BING. They put this page after some pages later.
But in google search eHow is my main compete. Their page placed at first of search page. When I am using 'How to become a stage actor' or 'How to be a stage/good stage actor' then my page placed in first page but *I WANT TO PLACE IT TOP OF SEARCH PAGE.
BUT when I searching without "how to" like 'stage acting' or 'stage actor' then google through my page after 4/5-8/9 pages later. But eHow placed before my page. I think there is some weakness in my guide note, I mean in my content because when google rank me then it searches how much relevant my content with keywords. My content strongly supports "how to be or become" but it is too weak when keyword is "stage acting" or 'stage actor' or 'learn stage acting' now my question is *HOW I CAN OPTIMIZE MY PAGE FOR THESE KIND OF KEYWORDS should I rewrite my content? I notice you another thing that my content also related with eHOW article because when I submit my task then I used eHOW and other some sites for source. I know google dislike same things. Should I reform my guide note or steps?
When I am adding featured object like image or video and writing description about my featured object then *SHOULD I KEEP SEO IN MY MIND? I mean then should I take care about description to ensure that these description is related with my targeted keywords?
Only my this page has a good SEO ranking but all others are so poor but I think I need also a good ranking of my coupons and gadgets pages.Even this pages are new. I would like to place my coupons page within first three search pages. I have also a celebrity page named Priyanka Chopra I need a good seo for it.
Here are my some pages :
Acer F1
Australian Open 2010
Belkin Home Base
FA Cup 2009-10
French Open 2010
IP Address
Miss America
Miss Universe
Mr. Beer Coupons
Peace Day
Priyanka Chopra
UEFA Champions League 2009-10
Web.com Coupons
I think getting visitors from facebook or twitter also a fact in *SEO ISN'T IT?
It will be helpful to me to say how to optimize these page for google. I think you can make common tips for sports pages and coupons pages. Tips also will be same for miss america and universe just need to tell me severally about peace day and priyanka chopra page.
Thanks
@safiqulislam
Here is my problem. I have only one how to named How to Become a Stage Actor. I just discover that this page placed in first search page of google but *NOT IN YAHOO OR BING. They put this page after some pages later.
But in google search eHow is my main compete. Their page placed at first of search page. When I am using 'How to become a stage actor' or 'How to be a stage/good stage actor' then my page placed in first page but *I WANT TO PLACE IT TOP OF SEARCH PAGE.
BUT when I searching without "how to" like 'stage acting' or 'stage actor' then google through my page after 4/5-8/9 pages later. But eHow placed before my page. I think there is some weakness in my guide note, I mean in my content because when google rank me then it searches how much relevant my content with keywords. My content strongly supports "how to be or become" but it is too weak when keyword is "stage acting" or 'stage actor' or 'learn stage acting' now my question is *HOW I CAN OPTIMIZE MY PAGE FOR THESE KIND OF KEYWORDS should I rewrite my content? I notice you another thing that my content also related with eHOW article because when I submit my task then I used eHOW and other some sites for source. I know google dislike same things. Should I reform my guide note or steps?
When I am adding featured object like image or video and writing description about my featured object then *SHOULD I KEEP SEO IN MY MIND? I mean then should I take care about description to ensure that these description is related with my targeted keywords?
Only my this page has a good SEO ranking but all others are so poor but I think I need also a good ranking of my coupons and gadgets pages.Even this pages are new. I would like to place my coupons page within first three search pages. I have also a celebrity page named Priyanka Chopra I need a good seo for it.
Here are my some pages :
Acer F1
Australian Open 2010
Belkin Home Base
FA Cup 2009-10
French Open 2010
IP Address
Miss America
Miss Universe
Mr. Beer Coupons
Peace Day
Priyanka Chopra
UEFA Champions League 2009-10
Web.com Coupons
I think getting visitors from facebook or twitter also a fact in *SEO ISN'T IT?
It will be helpful to me to say how to optimize these page for google. I think you can make common tips for sports pages and coupons pages. Tips also will be same for miss america and universe just need to tell me severally about peace day and priyanka chopra page.
Thanks
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Hi @Safiqulislam!
I'm going through your questions and I want to address several things...
Regarding: How to Become a Stage Actor
First, I think it is important for everyone to know that it does take time to get high rankings. Being #7 on Google just one month after a page is created is pretty decent. Especially for Google. You may or may not see a lot of traffic for this depending on how many people search for the term.
Google has something referred to as "the sandbox". It is a place that new pages go shortly after they are created and sometimes stay there for months. Not all pages end up in the sandbox, though... pages that Google especially likes can escape and stay in the rankings. Yours seems to be one of those... hopefully it will not suddenly take a trip to the sandbox, but if it does, just keep working on it steadily and it should pop back out. =)
eHow's page is much older than yours... there is nothing you can do about that... it does give them a little weight, but it is not insurmountable. As your page ages and you continue to do little edits to keep it fresh, and you continue great SEO practices, your page can rise in the ranks.
I'd work on just making sure you edit the page once a week or two weeks for awhile and see how that affects it. Keep linking to it from other places... we can talk more about getting links a little later.
The edits can be as simple as changing the grammar a bit. I realize you are not a native English speaker. I recommend teaming up with another member to make your pages read more smoothly.
Your pages are clear... the meaning is there, but verb tenses and sentence structure could be cleaned up a bit. That really has nothing to do with SEO directly, but will give a better visitor experience, which can keep them on the page longer, and can cascade into recommending the page to others and people linking to it...which CAN affect the way search engines look at your pages.
I never worry about optimizing a page for Yahoo or Bing. As a general rule, if Google likes it, they will like it just as much, if not more.
The reason you are seeing lower ranking for the broader keywords is because there is more competition for those. Normally, it is easier to rank for longer keyword phrases. There are longer term strategies using several related pages that can get you ranked higher for the broader term by targeting several longer phrases... but unless you are getting thousands of links from other sites, it is not likely that you will rank #1 for a broad term.
The great news is that you don't have to be #1 to get traffic and make money. =) Just work on being the highest rank you can be for the longer term and you should see some success.
So my answer for how to optimize for those kinds of keywords is not to worry about it. Just include them in the text on your page where they would make sense, and optimize the page for the longer term.
Two other terms that you might want to include are "broadway actor" and "theater actor". Google is charging advertisers a lot more for those terms and you can potentially make more per click on the ads on your page by using them near an ad block.
Google is charging approximately:
stage actor = $.05
broadway actor = $1.09
theater actor = $.97
That is not how much they pay out per click, but it is approximately how much they charge the advertiser for each click. As you can see, there is a big difference. For the first term, you would not make more than 1 cent per click, but for the others, you might make 20 or 30 cents.
It might even be worth making a separate page for each of those terms, but only if you can make them significantly different than the broader stage actor page. If you can, then make the other pages and then link them together.
Next question... you should ALWAYS keep your SEO in mind. If you are typing text into a page, then you are thinking SEO. So yes, that includes titles, descriptions, comments, paragraphs, everything. =)
We can look at some of your other pages as we go along... I'm mostly trying to answer your other questions right now. =)
Getting visitors from facebook and twitter has more to do with your popularity on those sites than it does your on-page SEO. SEO is Search Engine Optimization... and like it says... it is primarily dealing with search engines... but you do have to keep your visitor in mind.
I will need to take a look at your Peace Day and Priyanka Chopra page separately... send me a Direct Question for each of them and I'll take a look.
There should be a guide coming out soon for coupon pages. I won't address it here except to say use all the tips I'm giving here if they apply. Most apply.
And you are welcome. Keep asking your questions. =)
I'm going through your questions and I want to address several things...
Regarding: How to Become a Stage Actor
First, I think it is important for everyone to know that it does take time to get high rankings. Being #7 on Google just one month after a page is created is pretty decent. Especially for Google. You may or may not see a lot of traffic for this depending on how many people search for the term.
Google has something referred to as "the sandbox". It is a place that new pages go shortly after they are created and sometimes stay there for months. Not all pages end up in the sandbox, though... pages that Google especially likes can escape and stay in the rankings. Yours seems to be one of those... hopefully it will not suddenly take a trip to the sandbox, but if it does, just keep working on it steadily and it should pop back out. =)
eHow's page is much older than yours... there is nothing you can do about that... it does give them a little weight, but it is not insurmountable. As your page ages and you continue to do little edits to keep it fresh, and you continue great SEO practices, your page can rise in the ranks.
I'd work on just making sure you edit the page once a week or two weeks for awhile and see how that affects it. Keep linking to it from other places... we can talk more about getting links a little later.
The edits can be as simple as changing the grammar a bit. I realize you are not a native English speaker. I recommend teaming up with another member to make your pages read more smoothly.
Your pages are clear... the meaning is there, but verb tenses and sentence structure could be cleaned up a bit. That really has nothing to do with SEO directly, but will give a better visitor experience, which can keep them on the page longer, and can cascade into recommending the page to others and people linking to it...which CAN affect the way search engines look at your pages.
I never worry about optimizing a page for Yahoo or Bing. As a general rule, if Google likes it, they will like it just as much, if not more.
The reason you are seeing lower ranking for the broader keywords is because there is more competition for those. Normally, it is easier to rank for longer keyword phrases. There are longer term strategies using several related pages that can get you ranked higher for the broader term by targeting several longer phrases... but unless you are getting thousands of links from other sites, it is not likely that you will rank #1 for a broad term.
The great news is that you don't have to be #1 to get traffic and make money. =) Just work on being the highest rank you can be for the longer term and you should see some success.
So my answer for how to optimize for those kinds of keywords is not to worry about it. Just include them in the text on your page where they would make sense, and optimize the page for the longer term.
Two other terms that you might want to include are "broadway actor" and "theater actor". Google is charging advertisers a lot more for those terms and you can potentially make more per click on the ads on your page by using them near an ad block.
Google is charging approximately:
stage actor = $.05
broadway actor = $1.09
theater actor = $.97
That is not how much they pay out per click, but it is approximately how much they charge the advertiser for each click. As you can see, there is a big difference. For the first term, you would not make more than 1 cent per click, but for the others, you might make 20 or 30 cents.
It might even be worth making a separate page for each of those terms, but only if you can make them significantly different than the broader stage actor page. If you can, then make the other pages and then link them together.
Next question... you should ALWAYS keep your SEO in mind. If you are typing text into a page, then you are thinking SEO. So yes, that includes titles, descriptions, comments, paragraphs, everything. =)
We can look at some of your other pages as we go along... I'm mostly trying to answer your other questions right now. =)
Getting visitors from facebook and twitter has more to do with your popularity on those sites than it does your on-page SEO. SEO is Search Engine Optimization... and like it says... it is primarily dealing with search engines... but you do have to keep your visitor in mind.
I will need to take a look at your Peace Day and Priyanka Chopra page separately... send me a Direct Question for each of them and I'll take a look.
There should be a guide coming out soon for coupon pages. I won't address it here except to say use all the tips I'm giving here if they apply. Most apply.
And you are welcome. Keep asking your questions. =)
Thanks
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Waiting for your page....
Hi, i am a beginner in SEO, and i would to ask you what is most important thing i can do to make a good trafic and google to see my sites on top position ? Thank you.
Hi @sashoxp!
I see you are also new to Mahalo... Welcome!
If I had to say one thing that is most important in SEO...
I guess I would have to say the most important thing is to realize that your page is never fully optimized. There is always something new you can learn and apply. The rules keep changing, so keeping your SEO education growing is very important.
The top actual tips?
Learn keyword research so you can target the best keywords
Place the top keyword near the beginning of the page, the middle of the page and the end of the page (as the search engine sees it-- not necessarily the top/bottom as you see it.)
Add related keywords in your text so you have a family of keyword phrases.
There is a lot more to it, but those are three of the top tips simplified. =)
I see you are also new to Mahalo... Welcome!
If I had to say one thing that is most important in SEO...
I guess I would have to say the most important thing is to realize that your page is never fully optimized. There is always something new you can learn and apply. The rules keep changing, so keeping your SEO education growing is very important.
The top actual tips?
Learn keyword research so you can target the best keywords
Place the top keyword near the beginning of the page, the middle of the page and the end of the page (as the search engine sees it-- not necessarily the top/bottom as you see it.)
Add related keywords in your text so you have a family of keyword phrases.
There is a lot more to it, but those are three of the top tips simplified. =)
I have a couple of SEO tips that might help folks here on Mahalo.
1)
Mahalo is very well built. Don't worry about the "tricks" of SEO.
Mahalo does a really great job of taking care of a lot of the traditional Search Engine Optimization things that generally take a lot of time. You can find a lot of the things that Mahalo does in the background on this page: How to SEO Your Website.
2)
Clearly written content is the most important thing.
If you fill your pages with grammatically unique, correct, interesting, factually correct, interesting content, your pages will almost instantly do better. A little bit of regular work and careful attention to detail goes a very (very) long way. You are smart (yes you) and you know what sounds good, looks great and is compelling. Make your pages sound good, look great and engage people in what you show them.
3)
Give people a reason to stay on your page.
If you insert a truly interesting video that relates directly to your page and you describe that video in words using the description field of a Featured Object, you will see your page revenue increase. People naturally promote interesting pages. Links that folks share on forums, blog comments, across social networks, etc are SEO gold.
4)
1 single well written page can do better than 500 poorly written pages.
SEO is 75% luck. If you're lucky enough to have 1 page that is in the "right place at the right time" or more specifically, composed about the right topic in the correct vertical, then that page will do well if (and only if) it is well written and is filled with interesting content.
Here's some proof. Look at the top earners. Ignore all of the coupon pages that they manage. Each one of these people has one two pages that are exceptionally well written, full of good content and are doing very well. The highest earners have more than two pages that have interesting, compelling, unique content that engages the readers that are interested in each topic.
Here's an example from the list of pages I manage: How to Format Your Hard Drive.
0)
It's really not tough. It just takes some time and work. That's all. From my experience, SEO isn't about tricks, tactics or mysterious optimization. SEO companies tell people it is to make money. Knowing how to compose compelling, interesting content is the only real secret. If you review high earning pages, listen, practice, learn and importantly not skimp on content, your pages will rank higher, earn more and do better.
Smartweb is doing something really great here. Ask her some questions. She's very smart.
1)
Mahalo is very well built. Don't worry about the "tricks" of SEO.
Mahalo does a really great job of taking care of a lot of the traditional Search Engine Optimization things that generally take a lot of time. You can find a lot of the things that Mahalo does in the background on this page: How to SEO Your Website.
2)
Clearly written content is the most important thing.
If you fill your pages with grammatically unique, correct, interesting, factually correct, interesting content, your pages will almost instantly do better. A little bit of regular work and careful attention to detail goes a very (very) long way. You are smart (yes you) and you know what sounds good, looks great and is compelling. Make your pages sound good, look great and engage people in what you show them.
3)
Give people a reason to stay on your page.
If you insert a truly interesting video that relates directly to your page and you describe that video in words using the description field of a Featured Object, you will see your page revenue increase. People naturally promote interesting pages. Links that folks share on forums, blog comments, across social networks, etc are SEO gold.
4)
1 single well written page can do better than 500 poorly written pages.
SEO is 75% luck. If you're lucky enough to have 1 page that is in the "right place at the right time" or more specifically, composed about the right topic in the correct vertical, then that page will do well if (and only if) it is well written and is filled with interesting content.
Here's some proof. Look at the top earners. Ignore all of the coupon pages that they manage. Each one of these people has one two pages that are exceptionally well written, full of good content and are doing very well. The highest earners have more than two pages that have interesting, compelling, unique content that engages the readers that are interested in each topic.
Here's an example from the list of pages I manage: How to Format Your Hard Drive.
0)
It's really not tough. It just takes some time and work. That's all. From my experience, SEO isn't about tricks, tactics or mysterious optimization. SEO companies tell people it is to make money. Knowing how to compose compelling, interesting content is the only real secret. If you review high earning pages, listen, practice, learn and importantly not skimp on content, your pages will rank higher, earn more and do better.
Smartweb is doing something really great here. Ask her some questions. She's very smart.
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Voted as best: cjd
Yes, I totally agree with this words that "Mahalo does a really great job of taking care of a lot of the traditional Search Engine Optimization things that generally take a lot of time."
I cleared about it when I saw the templates of tasks and CMS of our pages. All spares of mahalo are well organized for SEO we just need to make a unique and clean page.
I cleared about it when I saw the templates of tasks and CMS of our pages. All spares of mahalo are well organized for SEO we just need to make a unique and clean page.
Hi Rob!
Wondered when you'd make it by here...
All great tips. Thanks for adding to the discussion.
And everyone else take note...
Rob gave a great answer, filled with content, and referenced two of his pages in the context of what he was saying. He made them links back to his pages. This makes it easy for you to click and see what he is referencing, and it gives him more incoming links.
Whenever you can do this without spamming it will help you. And I am not only talking about linking from Mahalo Answers like Rob did, although that does help.
Any time you are involved in a discussion in a forum or on a blog that will allow you to insert a link, link to your pages if it illustrates your point without spamming. Every incoming link benefits you and the more locations around the web that links to your page reside, the better. =)
Just make sure it flows in the context of your answer, like Rob did. =)
And he is right. It is not hard. The basics are easy to master and the rest is just icing. If I didn't think you could do this I would not have bothered to accept when I was asked to help you. =)
Wondered when you'd make it by here...
All great tips. Thanks for adding to the discussion.
And everyone else take note...
Rob gave a great answer, filled with content, and referenced two of his pages in the context of what he was saying. He made them links back to his pages. This makes it easy for you to click and see what he is referencing, and it gives him more incoming links.
Whenever you can do this without spamming it will help you. And I am not only talking about linking from Mahalo Answers like Rob did, although that does help.
Any time you are involved in a discussion in a forum or on a blog that will allow you to insert a link, link to your pages if it illustrates your point without spamming. Every incoming link benefits you and the more locations around the web that links to your page reside, the better. =)
Just make sure it flows in the context of your answer, like Rob did. =)
And he is right. It is not hard. The basics are easy to master and the rest is just icing. If I didn't think you could do this I would not have bothered to accept when I was asked to help you. =)
If great content makes up 75% of SEO then I think that links going out of your page and into your page make up another 10%.
On a Mahalo Topic Page (SERP) the links that one uses within the content, in Related Pages blocks, etc, work well as "outgoing links". If someone wants to spend the time to ensure that those outgoing links reference highly ranked pages, the page will do marginally better. That person may be better to spend the time it takes to look up page rank improving his or her content however as this will likely result in more traffic / income.
Incoming links are links that are placed around the web and point to our pages. Similarly, a page can do marginally better if incoming links come from highly ranked pages.
Mahalo Answers pages are rarely highly ranked. Links within Mahalo Answers pages are not nearly as valuable as links that come in from somewhere other than Mahalo.com.
For this reason, I only ever place links to my pages on Mahalo Answers where there is a real, honest reason. Short of a few Mahalo member views, the traffic that comes from links within Mahalo Answers is inconsequential. We don't click ads.
On a Mahalo Topic Page (SERP) the links that one uses within the content, in Related Pages blocks, etc, work well as "outgoing links". If someone wants to spend the time to ensure that those outgoing links reference highly ranked pages, the page will do marginally better. That person may be better to spend the time it takes to look up page rank improving his or her content however as this will likely result in more traffic / income.
Incoming links are links that are placed around the web and point to our pages. Similarly, a page can do marginally better if incoming links come from highly ranked pages.
Mahalo Answers pages are rarely highly ranked. Links within Mahalo Answers pages are not nearly as valuable as links that come in from somewhere other than Mahalo.com.
For this reason, I only ever place links to my pages on Mahalo Answers where there is a real, honest reason. Short of a few Mahalo member views, the traffic that comes from links within Mahalo Answers is inconsequential. We don't click ads.
I agree that it pays to have the links coming from outside Mahalo. As I said, the more spread out it is the better.
One thing to note for those who have pages that are not ranked at all yet. Adding a link from an existing Mahalo page that has been around for a while can get the search engine's attention to your page.
From my tests, the easiest way to do this is to utilize the categories option right on your page. I have started getting traffic to some pages within a day of adding categories.
Each category has its own page... and they have been there for a while. Adding your page to the categories that apply to it places a link to your page on the category page.
Since Mahalo is so active, the search engines come OFTEN and check for new information. They will find that link and check out your page. Then they can rank you based on all that great content you added, and the way you used your keywords.
One thing to note for those who have pages that are not ranked at all yet. Adding a link from an existing Mahalo page that has been around for a while can get the search engine's attention to your page.
From my tests, the easiest way to do this is to utilize the categories option right on your page. I have started getting traffic to some pages within a day of adding categories.
Each category has its own page... and they have been there for a while. Adding your page to the categories that apply to it places a link to your page on the category page.
Since Mahalo is so active, the search engines come OFTEN and check for new information. They will find that link and check out your page. Then they can rank you based on all that great content you added, and the way you used your keywords.
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I haven't checked direct questions, yet... saw they are coming in, though. =)
In a nutshell...
1. Make sure your main keyword phrase is in your title... the search term you use to start the page if you are doing it from scratch. When it is not appropriate, it is fine to leave it out of the title.
2. You need to make sure it is in the top, middle and bottom of the page... for now I will say that Mahalo automatically does this for you to some extent... but make sure you put your main phrase in the Guide Note, in one of the sections you add on the left column, and then in text you add to items on the right.
For those of you who might not understand what I mean by that, you can add things like Featured Objects to the right column. If you add a video, you can include your main keyword phrase in the title for that object, and in the description for it, or a closely related keyword phrase, then you could put them in a comment you add as well.
3. Just be sure not to overdo it. Think of it as writing for your visitors in language the search engines will like. If it doesn't make sense when you read it back to yourself out loud, or the keyword phrase sticks out and does not let the text flow, rewrite it.
You want a keyword in every section you add... but don't use the same keyword every time. If you are writing a page on SEO, sometimes say SEO, sometimes use Search Engine Optimization and sometimes say some thing like "when optimizing for search engines". Use your judgment for what sounds natural, but includes them.