Can You Add This to the Meta Tags?

I did some work  for a couple of guys that wanted a ‘Cash for Gold’ website. They were in the metals business, and local, they were legit. Nice guys too, I dealt mainly with one of them, which made the relationship less cluttered. Anyways, I explained how SEO works, or will not work for that matter. ‘There are no shortcuts. I explained the ‘niche’ they were aiming for was extremely competitive, and I would do my best to place thier website, but there were no gaurantees. The SERPs for the keyphrase ‘Cash for Gold’ was 135,000,000 at Yahoo, and 16,000,000 at Google. Note: Google filters out more irrelevant junk than Yahoo.  Anyways, the website got built,  with Content at a minimum, which is not my plan of attack, but hey, what do I know.

The website got published, and off I went to do ‘my thing’, which no one I do work for seems to understand. Tons of busy work. I plopped thier URL on my websites, on this blog, of which I wrote something that Google always seems to pickup. I sat behind my PC and pounded away to prop up thier website with Backlinks. This included Forum Signatures, Directory Submission, and tons of Yahoo Answers, as well as Blog Comments.  I got close to building nearly 4000 Backlinks in less than a month. Along the way I noted that Yahoo, and MSN were picking up the website early where Google was being stubborn. They were indeed showing up in the SERPs for some pretty decent ‘keyphrases’, and, much to my chagrin, they were getting some Conversion. People were filling out the online form, this seemed like success to some degree, it was a good thing.

Then came the changes. I suggested adjusting the content for keyword density because the website owners were obsessed with the key phrase ‘cash for gold’. The content got adjusted, then a few days later, I was asked to readjust it which meant downgrading the Keyword Density. What followed next, was daily changes in asethics, and questions about fluctuations in the SERPs. One of the websites owners was looking at the Source Code of competing websites, and wanted adjustments in regards to keywords, and key phrases in the Meta Tags, as well as in the Title.  No big deal, keep these guys happy, why not let them have thier fun and success. One of the guys noted, ‘I think I understand this now’… meaning the SEO. Following up on that premise, I was told by one of the guys that he had looked at the Source Code, and had noted that some unknown ‘characterers’, more specifically, <b> and </b> was preventing the key phrase, ‘cash for gold’  to be completed. At that point, I snapped, couldn’t hold my water anymore. What this guy was refering to was the HTML Code that specifies  Bolding of a word, which is a valid SEO Tactic. I replied to the email by saying, ‘this is too much, I’m done, goodbye…’. I didn’t even want to expend any energy explaining what he misread.

The bottom is that there are no shortcuts in SEO, at least not nowadays. Thinking that adding Keywords to the Meta Tags would improve your SERPs may have been true 10-15 years ago, but not today. The Internet has gotten more sophisticated, and competitive. If you want good position and conversion, you gotta work at it, and readjust only when you have let your changes get analyzed and processed by Search Engines, which usually takes 2 – 4 weeks. That’s it for now, another one bites the dust. Cash for Gold !

 

Gold King 4 Cash – SEO Update

GoldKing4Cash.com

Gold King 4 Cash

has been online for 6 days,and it’s really showing up well in Yahoo, and MSN. ‘Cash for Gold’ is the phrase that pays but currently we will thankfully take ‘more cash for gold’ as a keyphrase that is showing up 6th out of 109,000,000 entries at Yahoo. Furthermore, the keyphrase ‘pays more cash for gold’ is number 1 at MSN out of 2,000,000 entries. Google has yet to hand us thy ‘holy grail’ so it’s interesting so far. This boon of selling gold for cash has come about because the economy is in the tank. I advised the owners of the website,GoldKing4Cash.com, that considering they are getting excellent position in the SERP’s, they better have a selling angle to beat the competion which in many cases, has had commercials on TV, including one during the Super Bowl.

God speed, and god bless because it’s time convert. Your website don’t mean squat unless the visitors do what you want them to do. Lastly, I’m the unsung hero in this saga because I’m pounding away on them there ‘backlinks’. Give us a look see, give us a nod because here we come.

 

Cash for Gold !

There’s Gold in them there hills ! Actually there’s Gold you’re wearing, or at your house that may be ‘unwanted’, so why not sell it. Ok, this is a new project for a coupla fella’s that wish to throw thier hat in the ‘Cash for Gold’ ring. This market is currently booming because the economy is not booming. This will be interesting because from a SEO standpoint, the SERP’s for related ‘key phrases’… ‘Cash for Gold’, ‘Sell unwanted Jewelry for cash’, ’sell scrap metal for cash’ are averaging 16,000,000. Heck, even an AdWords campaign looks daunting.Well, well, we will just see how the Search Engine Gods will treat this new website, as we begin to build links. And admittedly so, this blog post is part of the campaign.

I  hope to get the website owners involved, we shall see. Once again, mark the calendar, we are off to the races. And BTW, here it is.. www.goldking4cash.com

 

Montenegro Holiday Apartment(s) For Rent !

SOS, save our santa? No, Montenegro Holiday Apartment(s) For Rent ! I am helping a pal with some SEO. Sarah is building a website, and wants to market rental apartments in  Montenegro. Simple stuff, I hope. I had her put a key phrase in the ‘Title’, I had her add keyphrases to the HTML Image Alts, and a key phrase on the top of the page. Yes sir, you gotta tell the Search Engines what your website because they don’t have eyes. The competition doesn’t seem that formitable, the SERP’s we’re aiming for show approximately 200,000 websites to beat at Google. I think we can do it. That’s why I’m writing about this plight, and as usual, I have plopped the URL in some established Forum Signatures, Free Directories, and linked to my websites through some heavy duty ‘anchor text, (ha ha). And here, at this goll dang blog.

Wish us god speed, and mark our progress if you wish, we’re off to the races !

 

Ariston Family Medicine in Hinsdale, IL

Ariston Family Medicine in Hinsdale, IL, new project. Doctor Maria J. Douros wanted a revamped website with sufficient SEO for her site to rank for search terms relevant to Hinsdale, and various medical terms. For example, Hinsdale Doctor, Hinsdale Family Medicine, Hinsdale Osteopathic Medicine, Family Medicine in Hinsdale. Do you get the picture?

I had her domain transferred from Yahoo which was her old Web Host. I must have spent 6 hours on the phone with Yahoo, they are awful, I would not recommend them to anyone ! Her new web host is Hostmonster, which is my web host. Whenever I call them, I am on hold no longer then 5 minutes. Also, I made some affiliate cash from her signup. So far, I have done web work  for both of the Douros sisters, Niki, and Maria. I believe they have a brother that is in the medical field, maybe I’ll do some work for him. Niki is a Dentist, her practice is ironically named Ariston Family Dental Care ( can you say’Greek’). I have Niki’s website out ranking her DexKnows ads, which is a waste of money,in my opinion. She signed up long term, so she is stuck with them. DexKnows really knows how to prey on the unknowing medical professional. If you don’t know anything about DexKnows ads, they are one page profiles placed as Google Sponsored Ads. Oh well, the sharks are out there. Perhaps i should put on a sharkskin suit myself. Ok, I’m off to get link out there, Tally Ho !

 

Web Design and the state of the Economy

With the economy in the sewer, I am getting more, and more requests for Web Design. People are looking for anything to jump start there financial stake. And who better than me, flexible, tolerant, cheap (?).. and avilable. ‘Pro Bono’ work, yes, hope that if I jump start someones battery, they will in turn ‘give me a charge’. Case in point, Ohio Loan Modification Services in Akron Ohio. In heart of the foreclosure nightmare, I have them up  and running, good to go, and ready to launch. As for me, my services have been ‘Tin Roof’. And where do you find a tin roof, ‘On the House’… may I quoth Curly, Larry, and Moe ? Yes, these are strange times, ‘come for the food, and stay for the pie’.

Got an idea? Need some ‘jingle jangle’ ? I’ll do it ! Poo ain’t poo, unless you can cop a whiff.. MAHALO (my friends)

 

Tanked by Google !

My website CheapWebDesignInElgin.com is officially in the ‘Google Sand Box’. WTF ! After more than six months of solid key phrase position Number 1, I have been discarded to 50th. Key phrases were any combination of ‘Elgin Web Design’. The odd thing is that I am Number 1 at Yahoo, and MSN, so why did Google dump me. I have my suspicions, maybe someone made a false spam report, but how to tell, you can’t  just phone Google. Let’s face it, Google has everyone by the balls ! No ifs, ands, or buts. It could even be a fluke, who knows. I had a Template online once that mysteriously got a PR 3 !

Ok, ‘damage control’ has been employed. I cleaned up my website, I had a zillion Templates linked to my site, they are gone now. I adjusted the ‘Title Tag’, and the ‘Meta’s’, and resubmitted a new Site Map. I will wait and see, give it a few weeks.  Perhaps the the Google algorithm was adjusted, or just went wacko. If the above does not work, I will readjust my Content again. God Grant Me the Sernity to accept the things I cannot control….(something like that)

 

Indexed by Google on ‘Content Alone’..

I just noticed that my new SEO Services website has been Indexed by Google, all 6 pages. This is a big deal to me because I did not apply ‘all’ conventional SEO Tactics when I put it online, and it has only been online less than 2 weeks. It was not complete when I put it on the internet, and it was not linked to any websites. Some people say, ‘no link, no find’. Looks like it was indexed by Google on ‘Content alone.’  I have tried to impress on other people how important good website content is. Many of my confrere’s are either lazy, or ignorant to this fact, they put up some pictures, perhaps some nice web design work, good logo, but no keyword Content. You need to ‘tell the Search Engines’ what you website is all about. For example, the Google Spiders do not have eyes, they cannot read or judge a fancy Flash presentation, nor can they judge a snazzy logo. Sure Image Alts, and HTML Titles can provide some SEO, but Content will drive your website. I am convinced of this, and I am presently re-vamping another website of mine to improve some of the Content, some of the pages are not indexed at all, these are ‘deep links’, but there is no excuse for them to be a ‘gray bar’, especially after they have been on the Internet for well over a year. So, I’m back at it, and I will keep learning as  I watch the ‘eb and flo’ of the Search Engines in regards to position changes, good and bad, in my SERP’s. Godspeed again. My new website is SEO Services Elgin, please give it a look. Bueno?

 

The Importance Of The ‘Title Tag’ for SEO

In my humble opinion, the ‘Title Tag’ is the most important, or should I say the most significant part of your website in regards to the Search Engines defining, and finding your website for a particular Key Phrase. I believe it is more significant than the Keywords, or Description Metas in terms of Optimization. I like to place a key Phrase in the Title that is the leading first sentence in the Page Content. For example at www.selfemployedhealthbenefits.net, I have placed ‘Health Insurance for the Self-Employed’ as the Title, and the leading sentence, and it is Bolded. Generally your content gets read up and down, left to right by the Search Engine spiders so I have placed that sentence as such.  I have also place another Key Phrase in the Title, ‘Self-Employed Health Insurance’ which is also Bolded, and underlined. A general rule of thumb is to make sure these phrases are also included in the Content. That’s the ‘Long, and Short’ of it. I have completed the ‘on page SEO’ for Self Employed Health Benefits.net so I am proceeding with the ‘off page SEO’. Please wish my godspeed, and good luck. May the Search Engine spiders find this website , and feast on its content !

 

‘The Title is repeating..’ (she said)

Once again, a new website is launched and the SEO expectations are tenuous. The website is Reay Solutions – Virtual Assistant. The site owner is already questioning the Title Tag. The Title reads as follows, ‘Virtual Assistant Virtual Support Virtual Assistance Virtual Solutions VA Reay Solutions’. ‘It’s repeating’ she said. Yes, well I had to explain that those are Keywords and the target is ‘Virtual’ services. When you plug the URL into a Meta Tag Analyzer, it says the Title is too long. I say yes, it is long, but the Keywords in the Title are in the Content, so in that regard we are ok, that’s my ‘rule of thumb. And my ‘rule of thumb’ was gained by following a self proclaimed ‘marketing pro’ at the SEO Forum I participate in. I have followed his work, and his Metas are jammed with Keywords. He claims that it is not keyword stuffing is words are in the Content. The Content of this project is good I believe is good, Keyword Density is good without reading ‘spammy’. The Key Phrases are relatively competitive so I’m hoping the good Content will help its SERP. I got the owner, and myself splashing the link around the net, and am hoping in 2 weeks we’ll start to show up.

The owner has another website with failed SEO, so I want to show her how it works. Her other website has excellent ‘off page SEO’, but poor ‘on page SEO’. It’s loaded with backlinks, but the Content is poo, and so are the Metas. ‘Feast or Famine’, we shall see, she will see, I will see, but will the Search Engines see? Godspeed, I can only hope for the best.