Correct

hmmmm,1,4, and 5 is a lie ooo,the person that wrote this post should how me his blog oooo.
i already have experience in blogging,and this was the last blog i created for my company

http://www.geneith.com/?m=1

lucarella:


Okay, how much content do you have on your blog? That signifies if search engines qualifies your blog in order to crawl it effectively. I'm sure you understand the way Google works? Google has no content, they only have crawlers. These crawlers go through sites with content and provide them to users searching for similar content. So, the more content you have, the more tools Google has to work with. So if your blog is one month old, I'll concentrate on getting adequate and fresh content as SEO takes time. You are competing with millions of other blogs too. Don't worry about your niche. Focus on your content and when you have up to 50 or more well-written blog posts, then you can start the basic SEO practices:

1. Submit your blog to Google: Search on Google on how to submit your site to Google for crawling.

2. Have Social Media in check: FB, Youtube, Google+ (Google owns Google+ so your guess is as good as mine; they'll promote their own better).

3. When you post a content that you got from somewhere else, provide links: I don't advise that you post another person's content on your blog but if you have to, provide links to the original story. Your blog gets credit in the eyes of Google.

4. Use Nairaland: This is the biggest secret. Whether your blog post reaches the frontpage isn't necessary. Nairaland has a super domain popularity and a backlink from Nairaland will spike your SEO chances.

There are advanced methods but I'll like you to start and grow your blog first. Also these are early days, don't be worried about ranking good on SEO one month to your blog opening. keep it steady and blog for fun!

very true

Thank you OP.
www.simplybami..com

webincomeplus:
I can only laugh at the first point. I wonder why people write like authorities about things they've not practically tested.

Without keywords, there's no way search engines will know what a page is all about. So, saying keyword research and optimization are dying is plain false.

My biggest successes in online business can be attributed to keyword research and optimization. So, you want me to believe that sh.it when I have practical experience and proof that indicates otherwise?

As far as SEO is concerned, nothing works except what works for you. And nothing sucks except what you've personally confirmed to be crap! Only testing can reveal SEO realities to you because the whole system is so fluid, and what works for someone else may not work for you and vice versa - - due to some underlying stuff that majority don't know jack about.

Seriously, I was about to say the same.. How would search engine know the purpose of the site if it's not optimized for the right keywords? Op is just plain ignorant or perhaps, copied from an ignorant op.

Anyway, I love your blog, it's awesome..

Key word optimization is still the way to go but of course everyone is doing this so you have to create more content than the others are doing.

OP thinks he knows what he is talking about but trust me, he is 97% wrong.
He highlisted some facts then rubbished them with crap.
ARTICLE is King, SEO is Lord & PAGE RANK get Mouth.
Let Me Kpon pki over here.

Keywords are very very important in ranking, what people should do when writing is to write for people and forget about so called SEO. You will see the result.
That has really worked for me and other top bloggers as well.

lucarella:
Ever since I saw the other thread on the OP thinking about closing his blog and others giving advice about SEO, I thought to start my own thread and point out some truths on SEO that your SEO specialist won't tell you:

1. Keyword Optimization is dying: Many 'SEO experts' will disagree with me but this is the plain truth. Say it all you want. Looking for keywords or phrases and inputting those keywords or phrases in your content will only do one thing; Get you blacklisted by Google. Have you wondered why you still don't rank well using the best keywords? That was so 2010.

2. Google Penguin is advanced level of AI ranking: Like I said in the other thread. The guys at Google are not dumb. They've figured out a way to discredit SEO mongers or experts (people who try to beat the SEO system rapidly to rank higher). Now, Google Penguin (Google's new search Algorithm) will deliver different search results to different users searching the same keywords. The criteria for ranking content now is quite dynamic and based on many factors - including previously visited sites and location. So don't take what your SEO expert tells you to heart.

3. Domain Popularity RULES: Ladies and gentlemen, as a 6 year experienced SEO lover, I can tell you for a fact that old domains will still deliver better ranking than newly registered domains. If you have a domain that you registered a long time ago, I'd advise you to dust it up, load your website and content and you'll get better rankings than when you just buy a new domain. You can also buy expired old domain bundles and redirect them to your website and watch your rankings soar. I can show you how.

4. If you start a Blog to be like Linda Ikeji, you'll get frustrated: This is common sense. The golden blogging days are long gone! Google went back to the drawing board and brought back the essence of blogging - which is to talk about the things that you love. Blogs have suffered a dip in rankings over the past 2 - 3 years and it was deliberate. See why all those lazy bloggers are suffering even though they are doing the exact same thing as the popular blogs? When you blog because of passion and not keywords or traffic, Google will identify you and give your blog a boost. it's that simple!

5. Freshness gladdens Google's heart: Keep this at the back your your mind. Google always seeks to bring the best and freshest content to readers searching. Rather than looking for what people are searching and keywords, look for what people aren't searching but will be helpful. Create content consistently that Google rarely sees and watch your domain get popular - even for content that people search for. This is systematic. Your domain popularity can be achieved by posting very fresh content and mixing it up with content that people search for. Your domain rank increases and you perform better in search engines.

6. Social Media is KING but you need to know how to use it: It's not just about posting links from your blogs on social media. Naah, that age is fading quick. Social media - rather than getting you the little 20 visits per day, can rank you higher than your peers on search engines. You need to explore the main social media that always stare directly at us but yet, we never notice. Google+ and Youtube! These sites are capable of shooting your blogs/websites in such a short time. Don't blame the SEO experts, no one wants to do that much of a work.

7. Traffic is SO IMPORTANT, but how you get that traffic matters: Take this honest advice. Getting 20 views per day consistently, is far better than getting 500 views on one day and moving to 0 the next day. What that tells Google is that you were fraudulent in getting that traffic and your site could be blacklisted. This means that you won't rank again. Don't engage in blackhat SEO techniques and generate random backlinks that are not particularly related to the niche that you are providing content on. Google isn't number 1 for fancy. Only make sure you link or are linked to sites that share similar niches to your niche. Sites that provide a flow of content and engagement.

In summary, there's no hard and fast rule to ranking on search engines. Keep doing that blogging but please take away the mindset of making money off it when you could become an authority in your field. Do it because you love it.

If you'd like to be mentored on how to grow ranking on your websites, send me a message. I'll be glad to help

Please, I made this post two days ago on here on NL but got no answer. kindly answer me this.....


How Do I Change A General Blog To Niche Blog by laurazea: 11:14pm On Dec 14

Please, what is the best way to change a general blog to a niche specific blog.

I've got a general blog up and running. Deals with many subjects, but the downsideownsife is that I'm always running around in search of traffic. Of over 200 topics, goggle only ranks 6.

My question is do I delete the other topics, whcih are news anyway. There also heath and tech. I wanna move these to other niche blogs which i will create on blogger and stick to writing literature on my current blog.

Will deleting them tell goggle of the change to my blog? or do i just leave them and start wriging the literature stuff?

Please advise you all that are knowlegable of Goggle's behavoure.

Ok

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RemedyLab:
My blog is a month old; how do I get it right with SEO?

Like someone else shared earlier, focus on content, original content. Work towards 50 posts, minimum of 300 words each but above 1,000 words preferably (how many first page search results have you seen with few words?). From 50 posts, work towards 500 posts.

Here is an important tip, create a YouTube channel, make useful videos related to your blog post. Have your link to the related blog post as a comment pinned on the video page, and also have that video embedded on your blog post. You need to see YouTube itself as a giant search engine for videos. People come on YouTube not only for entertainment but to learn too. How to apply make-up, how to get free traffic, how to fix a WordPress problem. Solve a problem with your videos and watch traffic trickle to your website from YouTube.

I don't believe in internet gurus, everyone is a learner and it takes time for blogging to gain traction. Put in the work now and someday in the near future, you will reap the rewards.

P.S: Consistency is also important, update your blog and your channel at least once a week. I hope this is helpful

laurazea:




Please, I made this post two days ago on here on NL but got no answer. kindly answer me this.....


How Do I Change A General Blog To Niche Blog by laurazea: 11:14pm On Dec 14

Please, what is the best way to change a general blog to a niche specific blog.

I've got a general blog up and running. Deals with many subjects, but the downsideownsife is that I'm always running around in search of traffic. Of over 200 topics, goggle only ranks 6.

My question is do I delete the other topics, whcih are news anyway. There also heath and tech. I wanna move these to other niche blogs which i will create on blogger and stick to writing literature on my current blog.

Will deleting them tell goggle of the change to my blog? or do i just leave them and start wriging the literature stuff?

Please advise you all that are knowlegable of Goggle's behavoure.

I'm not a blogger but I can give you some tips. Please don't delete the posts. Broken links don't help SEO at all. Besides, your domain can still rank for the other topics. Just ease into the other niche blogs. Check the description of your blog and change the keywords to focus on your niche. The blog description is the content that usually comes up when you search for your blog online.

directonpc:

OP where do you blog?

I'm not a blogger. I'm an SEO lover.

OfficialAwol:


I lost Admins right to my blog and couldn't link it to adsense. Any remedy?

Have you tried recovering your blogging email? I'm not a blogger but I can tell you that loosing your blogging Admin rights wont enable you link to adsense. Try reaching out to Google.

webincomeplus:
I can only laugh at the first point. I wonder why people write like authorities about things they've not practically tested.

Without keywords, there's no way search engines will know what a page is all about. So, saying keyword research and optimization are dying is plain false.

My biggest successes in online business can be attributed to keyword research and optimization. So, you want me to believe that sh.it when I have practical experience and proof that indicates otherwise?

As far as SEO is concerned, nothing works except what works for you. And nothing sucks except what you've personally confirmed to be crap! Only testing can reveal SEO realities to you because the whole system is so fluid, and what works for someone else may not work for you and vice versa - - due to some underlying stuff that majority don't know jack about.

Lol. Listen man. I have been on SEO since 2011, a CEO of one of the first Digital Marketing companies in the countries and one of the earliest Google Advertising Certified Professionals (I got certified first in 2011) and currently being mentored by one of the top 3 digital media professionals in the world. I believe I have a lot more experience than you in this. Just in case you didn't read well the first time, keyword optimization is dying - not dead. Not keywords are dying. Keywords provide the backbone for Google crawlers and researching on keywords to use is not optimization. How and where you make use of those keywords is Optimization - which Google has moved to simmer down. Keyword density, frequency, etc. are all optimization techniques that aren't effective no more.

In 2009/2010, with the Google Panda, if you wanted to rank for e.g greeting cards, all you needed to do was to insert greeting cards directly as many times as you could in a heading or a paragraph. Rename images/videos with greeting cards, create an embedded blog on greeting cards and watch rankings improve. Some people dedicated a page on their websites, wrote 'greeting cards' as many times as possible on that page and changed the font so that it becomes invisible just to rank.

But you forget now that synonyms and mis-spelt words are being identified and picked up by Google to rank for certain keywords. Or you didn't know that? Geo-location, previously visited websites, speed of website, mobile compatibility, domain name and backlinks are some factors that the Penguin uses to rank sites nowadays. There are websites with no description content that rank on Google now, how are they crawled?

Finstar:


Seriously, I was about to say the same.. How would search engine know the purpose of the site if it's not optimized for the right keywords? Op is just plain ignorant or perhaps, copied from an ignorant op.

Anyway, I love your blog, it's awesome..

You're the ignorant one sir. I can assure you. Look, I'm based overseas now but whatever your blog is, I can guarantee you first page on Google in a week with a series of simple tricks. You'd pay me 3 million naira to execute it because I paid thousands of dollars to learn it from people ahead of me.

Always seek knowledge from people way ahead of you. What you don't know, you really don't know.

lucarella:


I'm not a blogger. I'm an SEO lover.

ah! So how do gain practical experience?

lucarella:


Lol. Listen man. I have been on SEO since 2011, a CEO of one of the first Digital Marketing companies in the countries and one of the earliest Google Advertising Certified Professionals (I got certified first in 2011) and currently being mentored by one of the top 3 digital media professionals in the world. I believe I have a lot more experience than you in this. Just in case you didn't read well the first time, keyword optimization is dying - not dead. Not keywords are dying. Keywords provide the backbone for Google crawlers and researching on keywords to use is not optimization. How and where you make use of those keywords is Optimization - which Google has moved to simmer down. Keyword density, frequency, etc. are all optimization techniques that aren't effective no more.

In 2009/2010, with the Google Panda, if you wanted to rank for e.g greeting cards, all you needed to do was to insert greeting cards directly as many times as you could in a heading or a paragraph. Rename images/videos with greeting cards, create an embedded blog on greeting cards and watch rankings improve. Some people dedicated a page on their websites, wrote 'greeting cards' as many times as possible on that page and changed the font so that it becomes invisible just to rank.

But you forget now that synonyms and mis-spelt words are being identified and picked up by Google to rank for certain keywords. Or you didn't know that? Geo-location, previously visited websites, speed of website, mobile compatibility, domain name and backlinks are some factors that the Penguin uses to rank sites nowadays. There are websites with no description content that rank on Google now, how are they crawled?

The synonyms and misspelt words part isn't new. I've had first hand experience with those since 2013, when I deliberately optimized for some synonyms and misspelt words. The results? I couldn't outrank the sites already ranking. That's when it dawned on me that Google understands synonyms and typo errors. So, nothing new about that, man. In fact, there's nothing new about geo-location and other stuffs you also mentioned. I've been leveraging the geo-targeting feature in Google Search Console for years now.

And finally, it's not about how bragging about credentials that anyone can get or claim. All I know about SEO was learned through personal experiments - lots of them. So, I doubt if you're more experienced as you claimed.

directonpc:
ah! So how do gain practical experience?

Bro, I learnt from experience. Made mistakes and achieved successes. But I'll suggest that you dig up every e-book on Google and read them to gain basic knowledge of how Google works. Have a test website and practice SEO on it. Believe me, that's the best way to learn. Don't take anything anyone says up there. Once you understand how and why Google crawls sites, SEO becomes just a fancy acronym.

lucarella:


You're the ignorant one sir. I can assure you. Look, I'm based overseas now but whatever your blog is, I can guarantee you first page on Google in a week with a series of simple tricks. You'd pay me 3 million naira to execute it because I paid thousands of dollars to learn it from people ahead of me.

Always seek knowledge from people way ahead of you. What you don't know, you really don't know.

Plain horseshit. And what has basing oversee got to do with this? Are you really that insecured? Search engine works by keywords.. When googlebot crawls your page, it collects data base on the keywords found.

Now, whenever someone search for related keywords in their search query, googlebot goes round the web, looking for pages with such keywords, then assembles them base on numerous factors like backlinks and the uniqueness of content.

I know this through years of experiments.. So, don't come here and tell me how you can perform magic.. There's nothing magical about ranking high.

webincomeplus:

The synonyms and misspelt words part isn't new. I've had first hand experience with those since 2013, when I deliberately optimized for some synonyms and misspelt words. The results? I couldn't outrank the sites already ranking. That's when it dawned on me that Google understands synonyms and typo errors. So, nothing new about that, man.

And finally, it's not about how bragging about credentials that anyone can get or claim. All I know about SEO was learned through personal experiments - lots of them. So, I doubt if you're more experienced as you claimed.

You still don't understand. And you'll really need to learn. Not being too quick to respond. Synonyms are ranked for sites without keywords related to a particular niche. So when you search for a particular keyword, websites with the synonyms of those keywords can rank higher than your own website with the actual keyword - irrespective of your 'keyword optimization techniques'. Even though the websites aren't optimized. This is to tell you that keyword optimization isn't effective no more. You had first hand experience in this and you decided to optimize for synonyms? Really? How many synonyms can you possibly optimize for?

By the way, it's not bragging if you can back it up. I can make your page first page on Google in a week. Same thing I told your friend. You'll pay me to teach you.

lucarella:


Bro, I learnt from experience. Made mistakes and achieved successes. But I'll suggest that you dig up every e-book on Google and read them to gain basic knowledge of how Google works. Have a test website and practice SEO on it. Believe me, that's the best way to learn. Don't take anything anyone says up there. Once you understand how and why Google crawls sites, SEO becomes just a fancy acronym.

I am not new to SEO actually! I have been a webmaster for over 6 years and I have been at seminars by top Nigerian bloggers. I asked for your blog because I was hoping I can write something for you in exchange for a dofollow link. That's if your blog has an alexa ranking better than 200k.

Finstar:


Plain horseshit. And what has basing oversee got to do with this? Are you really that insecured? Search engine works by keywords.. When googlebot crawls your page, it collects data base on the keywords found.

Now, whenever someone search for related keywords in their search query, googlebot goes round the web, looking for pages with such keywords, then assembles them base on numerous factors like backlinks and the uniqueness of content.

I know this through years of experiments.. So, don't come here and tell me how you can perform magic.. There's nothing magical about ranking high.

Don't contradict yourself. You really don't know what keyword optimization really is. I understand it's a fancy word but it really means something. Check it out on Google and look at your face in the mirror.

lucarella:


Don't contradict yourself. You really don't know what keyword optimization really is. I understand it's a fancy word but it really means something. Check it out on Google and look at your face in the mirror.

I think you're just been naive.. Keywords still remain the basics by which google ranks a particular page.. How efficiently you optimized that page determines how much google ranks you. I don't need to argue further, all you know is bullshit.. Perhaps a site you own can convince me otherwise, but unfortunately, you have none. I will pass.

directonpc:

I am not new to SEO actually! I have been a webmaster for over 6 years and I have been at seminars by top Nigerian bloggers. I asked for your blog because I was hoping I can write something for you in exchange for a dofollow link. That's if your blog has an alexa ranking better than 200k.

That's very good. 6 years is a lot. I don't blog because I don't like writing but please don't do a follow link if it's not related to the niche of your blog. These systems are getting quite precise - I can tell you for a fact. The flow of content and engagement on your blog is very important. Backlinking is a very delicate area now.

OP thanks for this insightful post. Its really eye opening and there is no doubt that you are an authority on the subject matter.

I will like to PM you to discuss an offer with you...

Kindly let me know if you are open...

lucarella:


You still don't understand. And you'll really need to learn. Not being too quick to respond. Synonyms are ranked for sites without keywords related to a particular niche. So when you search for a particular keyword, websites with the synonyms of those keywords can rank higher than your own website with the actual keyword - irrespective of your 'keyword optimization techniques'. Even though the websites aren't optimized. This is to tell you that keyword optimization isn't effective no more. You had first hand experience in this and you decided to optimize for synonyms? Really? How many synonyms can you possibly optimize for?

By the way, it's not bragging if you can back it up. I can make your page first page on Google in a week. Same thing I told your friend. You'll pay me to teach you.

I still hold that keyword optimization still works like crazy. All you need is fix your main keyword phrase and sprinkle some synonyms, and Google will figure out the rest. You don't have to overdo things by trying to find and insert all possible synonyms.

My decision to optimize for synonyms was to test the whole thing, and that was done 4 years ago. I've learnt the truth since then, but I'm amazed you're presenting that now as though it's something new.

As for your claim to rank a page in a week. That's quite possible with any already existing site or old domain. You can't achieve that with a fresh domain or site. Ever heard of the Google "sandbox"?

Finally, please keep the "pay me to teach you" offer. You can keep that for those who aren't in the know. My sites are presently ranking on Google front page for thousands of keywords cumulatively, including pages I just put up few weeks back. That should speak volumes!

webincomeplus:

I still hold that keyword optimization still works like crazy. All you need is fix your main keyword phrase and sprinkle some synonyms, and Google will figure out the rest. You don't have to overdo things by trying to find and insert all possible synonyms.

My decision to optimize for synonyms was to test the whole thing, and that was done 4 years ago. I've learnt the truth since then, but I'm amazed you're presenting that now as though it's something new.

As for your claim to rank a page in a week. That's quite possible with any already existing site or old domain. You can't achieve that with a fresh domain or site. Ever heard of the Google "sandbox"?

Finally, please keep the "pay me to teach you" offer. You can keep that for those who aren't in the know. My sites are presently ranking on Google front page for thousands of keywords cumulatively, including pages I just put up few weeks back. That should speak volumes!

He doesn't like to write, but he has written a textbook on this thread alone. Seo experts I know usually have a site, where they have at least, 12 unique post that performs amazingly on search engine, to help prove to people and potential clients that they know what's up.

It's not about not liking to write, he has nothing to prove. Anyway, this is a faceless forum where anyone can claim whatever he wants..

lucarella:


That's very good. 6 years is a lot. I don't blog because I don't like writing but please don't do a follow link if it's not related to the niche of your blog. These systems are getting quite precise - I can tell you for a fact. The flow of content and engagement on your blog is very important. Backlinking is a very delicate area now.

I know these things. My site is a multi niche site.
And I am good at writing on tech, web development, digital marketing etc.

Finstar:


I think you're just been naive.. Keywords still remain the basics by which google ranks a particular page.. How efficiently you optimized that page determines how much google ranks you. I don't need to argue further, all you know is bullshit.. Perhaps a site you own can convince me otherwise, but unfortunately, you have none. I will pass.

Says the struggling 'SEO specialist'. And there are millions of sites with no optimization ranking higher.