Posts tagged seo questions
3 Final Tips For Newbies in SEO!
Apr 8th
If you’re new to the entire concept of SEO, there is a lot to take in! We answered some of the most pressing and common questions that people new to web marketing through search engines have over the past couple of days. Today we look at some final things that SEO newbies should know.
- What’s the difference between black hat and white hat SEO?
Black hat SEO is often defined by its most common practices. However, sometimes practices previously considered white hat will get you banned by Google, when they change their minds. Generally, black hat SEO is anything unethical or deceptive, done or higher search rankings. - What are ‘nofollow’ links?
If a link on a site has a rel=nofollow tag attached to it, the search engine spiders will ignore it. This makes non-followed links pretty useless in link popularity terms. However, visitors can still manually click them, and the more visitors you get, the higher your site will rank. - Does Google dislike SEO?
No, they just want people to optimise their site in a way that doesn’t make Google seem stupid … remember that deceptive SEO practices discredit Google’s ‘recommendation’ of a site.
3 More Things That Newbies Need to Know About SEO!
Apr 7th
Web marketing and SEO is an industry that has evolved very rapidly … mostly due to the worldwide input of the finest SEO minds, and the rapid info-sharing that the internet creates. However, we sometimes forget that there are people in the world who are yet to discover the profit potential of being on the web! If you’re new to SEO, today we keep going with answers to the basic questions.
- How long does SEO take?
A good SEO company should be able to start getting results for an un-optimised site within 1-3 months. - How much does SEO cost?
This is like asking how much your lunch today will cost. You could eat at McDonalds for about $6, or you could grab some wine and a toasted focaccia for $15, or you might have booked in at a nearby gourmet restaurant last week, and expect to pay well over $50 for your lunch.
The same variability exists in SEO. Not only are many of the lower-priced options not very satisfying, like McDonalds, they are often downright bad for you. Similarly, the ‘top of the line’ services are usually selling an image as much as their results. - Our business is really varied – will we be able to rank for 60+ core keyphrases?
Of course you can. It is a matter of time, and wholly dependent on the quality of your SEO service, what you are willing to invest in the campaign, and of course, the possibilities for return.
3 Things That Newbies Need to Know About SEO!
Apr 6th
Internet marketing, along with its largest component – SEO – is really coming into maturity as an industry. So much so that we often tend to forget that there are quite a few people out there who don’t understand how SEO, or how the process of engaging SEO services, works. Today we start a series which answers all the basic questions that newbies to SEO services need to know!
- What is search engine optimisation?
Broadly, search engine optimisaiton (SEO) is the process of manipulating (though not in a bad way!) content both on your website and on the internet in general, to help your site show up higher in the search results when someone Goggles for a keyphrase related to your business. - Why should I care about SEO?
Because the web is becoming more and more integral to our lives. Even if you personally spend little time on the net, there are 400 million people worldwide (around 92% of internet users) who turn to Google, Yahoo or MSN BEFORE the Yellow Pages, before their local noticeboard, etc to discover the best place to get a product or service. You don’t have to sell online to get customers through your website. - Is SEO all about spamming and incoherent website copy?
Not at all. You’re thinking of an older style of internet marketing, when Google algorithm was much simpler and more focused on the density of keywords – how many times a particular search term appeared in your text relative to the whole.
Neither is white-hat SEO about spamming, in any way, shape or form.
Stay tuned – we’ll be going through more critical questions on SEO for newbies this week!