I guesstimate that 90% or more of all active websites and blogs on the Internet could use a content audit RIGHT NOW. And I bet your site could benefit from one as well.
So today I’m going to walk you through one majorly effective step I took when doing a content audit for this website, so I could improve its value to users and overall performance in the search engines.
I maximized the site’s [...more]
by Wesley LeFebvre
The following is a guest post by Zac from Dejan SEO.
Each one of us has a unique approach to link building, for both personal websites and large scale link building. If we are talking about large scale link building that turns into a whole new story as there are much more things to keep an eye out for, but when it comes to simple link building for a certain website there are a few things that you can try to get those quality links. [...more]
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HUGE FAVOR: Can you please take a moment to “Like” our new Facebook page? If so, I’ll send you 5 websites to get a free back link from. They are super simple, non-spammy, legitimate backlinks that will take you less than 5 minutes to get. None of them require you to create an account and they are 100% FREE!
After you’ve liked our page using the like button above, please leave us a comment in the comments section of this blog post and I’ll send you the 5 websites to get your free backlinks from. Just be sure to use the email address you want me to send them to in your comment, and make sure I can associate the Facebook account you used to “like” our page by using the same name in your comment or by some other means.
Alternatively, you can leave a comment on our Facebook page and I’ll send you the websites to your Facebook account.
THANK A MILLION! I really appreciate it.
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by Wesley LeFebvre
Have you ever wondered which organic and AdWords keywords were driving the most traffic to your competitors’ websites from Google? I sure hope you have. But, if you’re anything like me, you’re probably guilty of running a lot of manual queries, inputting your results in Excel, and doing a significant amount of guessing. I’m sorry to say, that’s not the most efficient way to do things. It’s extremely tedious and time consuming. And, it can be done a lot easier than that. Luckily there are a number of keyword research tools available that scrape Google’s search results, aggregate the data, and make a number of automated calculations for you.
One of the simplest to use and most affordable tools is SEMrush.
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by Wesley LeFebvre
Due to the recent shutdown of Yahoo! Site Explorer on 11/21/11 this tool is no longer working.
Try OpenSiteExplorer.org – it’s hands-down the best free tool for checking yours and your competitors’ backlinks.
I thought I’d write a quick post to let you know about another free backlink analysis tool I just discovered (even though it’s been around for awhile) over at AnalyzeBacklinks.com.This tool is especially helpful for anyone who regularly uses Yahoo! Site Explorer or Backlink Watch. It uses the same data as those two but allows you to tweak your settings for even better results.
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by Wesley LeFebvre
A few weeks ago I asked if there was anything you would like me to write about to further assist you with your search engine optimization efforts. The first person asked for help identifying some more free web directories for obtaining baclinks. So I’ve taken a look and identified these three high-quality web sites that I’ve never mentioned on this blog before. [...more]
by Wesley LeFebvre
If you’ve been wanting to try out SEOmoz PRO membership but didn’t want to pay to demo it, then now would be the time to check it out. Recently they announced their new 30 day free trial of SEOmoz PRO for new members. I was at first concerned I wouldn’t be able to sign up for the free trial because I already had a non-pro account, but I was able to easily upgrade my free account to a pro membership and get a 30 day free trial too.
I had been waiting for an opportunity to test out all of their tools but couldn’t justify spending more money on additional tools since I’m already running Web CEO and Market Samurai on my machine. So I took this opportunity to try SEOmoz PRO for free, and walk you through it as I set it up for the first time.
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by Wesley LeFebvre
In case you don’t already know; I started this site almost two years ago as a test blogging platform for myself and a place to share some of what I’ve learned along the way. I never had a real business plan or wrote down any particular long-term goals for it. I’ve just been adding content and tools as I think about them and have time.
But, ever since I released the [...more]
by Wesley LeFebvre
While a lot of folks are talking about which SEO trends to look for in 2011, I thought it would be helpful to share my top SEO goals for 2011 instead.
I think most of us already know we should continue to focus on mobile, social media marketing and local search engine optimization in 2011.
Beyond those top 3 SEO trends, here’s my personal list of SEO goals for this website and blog this year. [...more]
by Wesley LeFebvre
HAPPY NEW YEAR! Thanks to all of you and Google for making 2010 such a great year. I hope it was a great year for you too. And your 2011 will be even better! In celebration of 2010 I thought it would be helpful to take a look back at this blog’s top 10 most popular posts for the year. So here they are. Enjoy! [...more]
by Wesley LeFebvre