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.

 

New Web Design: Ariston Family Dental Care

I have just completed another web design project, Ariston Family Dental Care, for Niki J. Douros DMD. It was put on the internet yesterday. I completed the ‘On Page SEO’, the key phrase is ‘Glen Ellyn Dentist’. I hope to see it appear in the Google SERPs within a week. I have already submitted a free press release, linked to my website, this blog, and added to a few Forum Signatures. Aso, the standard ‘Sitemap’ was provided to Google. I am getting ‘poo poo’d’ by people who think that Forum Signatures are not good for Backlinks. I beg to differ, they are simple, and I have proof, but no one believes ! I tell them ‘PLUG MY LAST WEBSITE INTO YAHOO SITE EXPLORER’,  and see why Burke Financial Services is showing up, sheesh ! No link, no find, so I provide ‘beau coup links’, in any shape or form. The race is on, I want exposure in 2 weeks. God Speed, mark the calendar, and check the link in Google in a few weeks.

Hope all is well with everyone in Cyber Blogisphere (sp?). ‘If your cup is full, may it be again…’ -Hunter/Garcia

 

Burke Financial Services (new Website Project)

I have just completed the web design for Burke Financial Services in Bartlett, Illinois. Now it is time go all out on the SEO. Once again, I want to see how long it takes for Google to pickup this new web site. So what did I do so far? I did the ‘on page SEO’, incorpoating Keywords, and Keyphrases. I added keywords to the image Alts, and optimized the Title tag, and the Metas. I am zeroing in on the key phrase, ‘Financial Services Bartlett,Il’. I have added H1 Tags with keywords, and H2 Tags as well. The ‘Off Page SEO’ includes adding the link to the Blogroll here, and I have added the link to the Cheap Web Design in Elgin’s ‘Links Page’, which is a PR3. This blog also is a PR3, and usually, Google picks up the entry on all my new design projects in a few days, which is good, and I hope happens again. Next will be to put out a few ‘Free Press Releases’, add the link to Yahoo Local, free Directories, and more. Also, the link has been added to a few ‘Forum Signatures’, so the ‘full court press’ is on ! The website has good content which was provided by the site owner, Richard J. Burke.

 

Mark your calendar, becasuse we’re off in running with god speed expectations that within 2 weeks, we will be showing up with our SERP’s. Hope all is well with everyone out in Cyberspace, chaulk one up for the good guys !

 

Assessing Website Rank

Currently I am developing a website for a client that opeartes a small Finance company in addition to his his full time job at Nordic Energy. I spoke to him on the phone the other day, and he asked me to assess the Nordic website because it did not rankfor keywords, or keyphrases in regards to thier competition. Furthermore, Nordic had just been contacted by a company that promised ranking, but for a substantial fee.

 

Here’s the letter I wrote:

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Rick:

 

There are some obvious problems with the Nordic website in regards to why it does not rank as Exelon does. I would advise not spending allot of money with some company that will make promises to address some of the simple problems I have noticed. First off, if you go to the Explorer Tool Bar (when you are at your website), and click ‘view’, the ’source’, you will see the ‘Source Code’ for your website. Notice your ‘Title Tag’ looks like this <title>Nordic Energy Home</title> that tag should have keywords in it, not just the name of your website. Look at Exelon’s ‘Title Tag’ , <title>Exelon | Natural Gas – Illinois</title>. Now if you plug in the phrase ‘Natural Gas Illinois’ in Google, you see their Web site. Furthermore, Exelon has a page for Natural Gas Ohio, all they did was duplicate the Illinois page, and change the Title Tag to <title>Exelon | Natural Gas – Ohio</title>, and they rank for the phrase, ‘Natural Gas Ohio’. Simple? Yes, but there is a little more to it.

 

Your website does not have a Description and Keywords Meta Tag in the Source Code for the Search Engines to read and rank your website. These are fundamental elements of a website, it is curious why they are not included in the Nordic website. Also, you should redo the Content on your first page. You have to let the Search Engines know what exactly your business is all about. Also, the Content should contain researched ‘Keywords’, and ‘Key Phrases’ that relate to your business. I would suggest you read my page on SEO Learning, it pretty much explains how this works. There are other simple, free, things you could do to improve your website visibility, perhaps we could discuss sometime.

 

In regards to results, let me point out some of my successes, done by myself on a ‘part time’ basis.

• CheapWebDesignInElgin.com – My site is one year old (which is young) and I rank Number 1, or on the first page of all major Search Engines for any combination of the key phrase ‘Elgin Web Design’, ‘Web Design in Elgin’, etc . Also, combinations of ‘Cheap Web Design’, I rank well also. With the phrase ‘Cheap Webdesign’, I rank 5^th out of 11,000,000 entries at Google. Also, bear in mind that ‘Web Design’ is a very competitive search phrase.

• Orchard Group Builders and Kane County Remodeling.com – I made both of those websites for the same person. Within 2 weeks, I had them ranked number 1 for key phrases ‘Kane County Remodeling’, ‘Kane County Bath Remodeling’, etc.

• Upside Down 8020 Mortgage.com – This website has been online for only a month and he is ranking well for key phrases ‘8020 Mortgage’, ‘Upside Down Mortgage’, and more.

 

If you want, I could come to your office, and explain some of this more in detail. I would require that you pay me for the price of gas, tolls, and $20 for my time.

 

Regards,

 

Scott 

 

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As you can see, I noticed simple problems with a formidable website. In keeping with good business practice, I have forwarned Nordic to ’steer clear’ of the sharks, because they’re out there. They’ll take the money and run, that’s why if you go wth CheapWedDesigninElgin.com, you get good honest work, and results at an afforable price. Hope all is well with everyone.

 

 

 

UpsideDown8020mortgage.com – New Project

My newest project UpsideDown8020mortgage.com has just been uploaded to the Internet. This will be another experiment to see how long it takes Google to index it. SOP’s (Standad Operating Procedures) were employed. I added the website to my Google Webmaster account, verifying with an HTML File, and submitting a site map. I did the same at Yahoo Site Explorer. Furthermore, I added the link to my Forum Signature, linked to Cheap Web Desin In Elgin.com, and added to the blogroll here at The Webmasters Mind-Meld. I did some basic ‘on page’ optimizing which included keywords in the Title Tag, and Metas. However, the Image Alts do not have any keywords yet, there is much tweaking to do.

Finally, although I thought Google ‘Tanked’ this Blog when it ‘gray barred it’, I noticed that Google picked up my last entry in regards to GORDON LAW FIRM, P.C. so all seems good. Bueno !

 

Getting Indexed by Google (a SEO Experiment)

Previously I had written about the ‘Google Sand Box’, in regards to  new websites not getting indexed by Google until it has  been thoroughly spidered by the Bots, and determined not to be a ‘spam website’. So, how long does it take for a new domain to enter Google’s Directory? We will soon find out because I have just put a new website on the internet, www.kanecountyremodeling.com. This new website has very little content and only four pages so far. I want to let it simmer on the web for a while just to see how long it takes, and what it takes to get picked up by Google. I don’t have the time to generate more Content, and I noticed that my last website OrchardGroupBuilders.com had achieved a Page rank of zero after sitting on the web for 5 months; it too had little to no content. Now here’s what I did, I added keywords to the content, added Keywords to the Image Alts, Meta’s, and Title Tag. I linked the website, Kane County Remodeling.com to Cheap Web Design In Elgin.com, and my blog, The Webmasters Mind-Meld. Furthermore, I added www.kanecountyremodeling.com to the Signature of a few Forums I participate in. I had written previously that Forums were an easy, and very good way to get back links for your website.

That’s it for now. I want to see what kind of results I will get from the above. I need a benchmark because Clients always want to know when their new website will meet all its expectations. I am hoping it will get picked up within a few weeks, if it doesn’t, I will add more content, and do some more linking. That’s Kane County Remodeling.com, keep an eye on it.

 

SEO Success Story

I recently completed a website for Orchard Group Builders. They are a medium size construction company that is based in Northern Illinois, Kane County. The company owner had tried to design a website himself but was found it to difficult, so he contacted us, Cheap Web Design in Elgin. I told the owner, Marty; my plan was to get his new website on the first page of Google, Yahoo, and MSN using certain keywords, and keyword phrases that pertain to his business. I emphasized how the content would drive his website in regards to SEO tactics, he seemed to understand. In the following days, asked I  Marty about his business because I needed the necessary content we had discussed. All Marty could muster up was literally three sentences, and a bunch of pictures from his failed website. I took the scant content, and went to work. I had to research some of his competitors to grab, and rearrange their content to add to his site. I cleaned up his pictures with PhotoShop, placed them on their respective pages, and added what little content I had while sprinkling in keywords researched with the Google Keyword Tool. I did some basic SEO in regards to anchor text for all pages, I applied keywords to the image alts, put in a few H1 keyword tags, and the basics for the Meta and Title tags. I completed this last Sunday, and put the new website online replacing his old stuff. By the way, his domain was ½ year old; it had maybe 4 In Links, and had a Google Page Rank of Zero. I added his link to my PR3 website, (www.cheapwebdesigninelgin.com) ,and added his link to this PR4 Blog. On Monday, I checked his url in Yahoo Site Explorer, it was not there, so I submitted it to Yahoo. On Thursday, I was bored at work so I went to a SEO website that has a Keyword Rank Checker. I entered in the url, www.orchardgroupbuilders.com, and the key phrase Kane County remodeling. Much to my chagrin, it turn up on the first page of Yahoo, so I tried other key phrases,  Kane County horse stalls, Kane County Steel Metal Frame Buildings, Kane County Post Frame Buildings and there they were, page 1 on Yahoo. I was real excited, within a week I was getting results. I emailed Marty, and talked to him on the phone, I don’t really think he understood that we had made a huge leap in the right direction, but it made me happy.

 

In conclusion, there is still work to be done, for example Directory Submission, adding the link to Yahoo Local Business, and fine tuning his content, just to name a few.  And the message is, do your basic SEO, don’t be lazy, get a start, see where it takes you, and build from there. Good luck with your SEO, and keep your Content Keyword Rich. Adios.

 

Get Indexed by Google the ‘Easy Way’

I made a quick visit to the SEO Forum I participate in and , and stumbled upon an excellent Backlink Checking Tool someone had created. You can find it here, www.backlink-tool.com. Low and behold, I noticed all the backlinks I had from a Software Forum I participate in everyday. With my Domain URL in the signature, it had paid off big time. I believe that explains why some of the people from that forum got a big Page Rank bounce a few weeks ago from Google. And many of these people had poor ‘on page’ SEO. What are “backlinks”? Backlinks are links that are directed towards your website. Also knows as Inbound links (IBL’s). The number of backlinks is an indication of the popularity or importance of that website. Backlinks are important for SEO because some search engines, especially Google, will give more credit to websites that have a good number of quality backlinks, and consider those websites more relevant than others in their results pages for a search query.

In summary, if you are busy or maybe lazy, but you want to get your website indexed by Google, join a relevant Forum, put your URL in the signature, and post a thread once a day, that can’t be that hard, right? One other thing, add some of your ‘key phrases’ to your signature also, for example, ‘Elgin Web Design’, that helps too.