SEO for Insurance Websites

Tomas · 02-23-2009, 01:07 AM

Originally Posted by The New Guy

SEO companies that promise to get your 1st page rankings immediately do so by taking an obscure seldom used keyword, then become the top bidder for that keyword, and try to impress you with doing a search for that word, and showing you the ad at the top of a google, or yahoo search.

LOL, that's not a SEO. SEO is organic search and what you described here is Pay Per Click "strategy" of dodgy firms...
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Originally Posted by sunkist219

Also, I really wish I knew which members worked at DMOZ so I could tell them to review my site! I've again been trying to submit there several times with no luck. A lot of people I know are saying that it's really not worth the effort and it's better to get listed in more, less complicated directories that are free.

Don't expect prompt responses from free directories. DMOZ has very big reputation for Google, so it's important to be there. But there is no rush for them to review every site as soon as possible. So the best advice - submit it and forget it. After 3-4 months if it's still not on the DMOZ submit another time and forget it. And so on... Don't submit it every day, it won't help and might be even worse as you will piss off the editor.
The fastest way to get on DMOZ is to know editor

sherone · 04-17-2009, 08:09 AM

Sam,

Great post to me. Thx for the sharing.

ABC · 04-21-2009, 12:34 PM

That is good information

I am getting ready to start a new blog because I need to the content.

Good post

CHUMPS FROM OXFORD · 04-21-2009, 05:11 PM

Blogs are actually a lot of fun. Sometimes I'm amazed at the traffic you will get.

I got two sales last week from this blog entry. Not fancy and not designed to get leads. But it did.

Health And Medical Information | Ohio Health Insurance

InsuranceOnline · 04-21-2009, 06:13 PM

I've been blogging for over a year now. While you will get traffic it doesn't mean you'll get quotes or business.
You'll get a lot of not-targeted traffic. I actually just posted a video on my insurancemarketingonline.net/blog that shows the analytic between a couple of my websites. 2 traditional natural websites, a blog and one of my sites I use for PPC only. That url will skip you past the opt-in page. If you like what's there please opt-in and get updates as I post more training videos.

While I like free traffic and do what I can to find great free lead sources and ways to drive traffice, PPC is a much faster and almost guaranteed way to go. I use the results from the PPC campaigns to start targetign for natural SEO and long-tail keywords.

While blogging is great I don't think it's the panacea everyone raves about. however, it's a lot of fun.

Insurace New Port Richey · 04-23-2009, 03:08 AM

Good information about seo for insurance website. I think blogging and social media best way drive traffic to your site.

james511 · 04-24-2009, 08:10 AM

I don't how to get traffic for my website but thanks for your article

sunkist219 · 04-24-2009, 09:03 AM

Originally Posted by james511

i don't how to get traffic for my website but thanks for your article

What are you currently trying that's not working?

motoxxx · 04-24-2009, 03:24 PM

Random traffic doesn't convert well for people looking for insurance from my experience. The key to any success is getting very tightly targeted traffic to your site, then talking to the site visitor (with your website) exactly how they were searching for you, then causing them to take the action you want them to take with your website.

My top website earned me over 6 figures this past year with less than 2,000 unique visitors a month and none of it came from blogging.

james511 · 04-25-2009, 04:56 AM

Great ! a new guy thanks for your post

SoundsGood · 05-04-2009, 04:08 PM

Thanks for the tips, Melmunch!

brkrsrevolution · 05-08-2009, 12:53 PM

Wow this is all great information, I have one question though....

I have created my site with Joomla and use MyBlog which is built right into the main site and is set up on a navigational link. Should I consider setting the BLOG up as a sub-domain and if so what are the reasons for this?

Thanks!

sunkist219 · 05-09-2009, 11:27 AM

Originally Posted by brkrsrevolution

Wow this is all great information, I have one question though....

I have created my site with Joomla and use MyBlog which is built right into the main site and is set up on a navigational link. Should I consider setting the BLOG up as a sub-domain and if so what are the reasons for this?

Thanks!

SEO experts are sometimes divided on this issue. Here's an article about when you should have a blog as a subdomain and when you should not:

Subdomain or Subdirectory Name for a SEO Blog? ~ SEO Blogs

brkrsrevolution · 05-09-2009, 02:38 PM

Originally Posted by sunkist219

SEO experts are sometimes divided on this issue. Here's an article about when you should have a blog as a subdomain and when you should not:

Subdomain or Subdirectory Name for a SEO Blog? ~ SEO Blogs

Thanks for the help, I think after reading that article i will leave it as it is.

InsureGuy5 · 05-12-2009, 09:13 AM

The name of the game is links in my opinion. All other things being equal, most of the time the site with more links will appear before yours.

sunkist219 · 05-12-2009, 06:23 PM

Originally Posted by InsureGuy5

The name of the game is links in my opinion. All other things being equal, most of the time the site with more links will appear before yours.

I agree - links are very important.

CHUMPS FROM OXFORD · 05-12-2009, 08:13 PM

I think I'm going to add a few links. Tough to find the PR6-8 (I have tried to add them already)ones though. Plenty of 0-5 out there.

SoundsGood · 05-12-2009, 08:18 PM

Originally Posted by CHUMPS FROM OXFORD

Tough to find the PR6-8...

That's for sure...

CHUMPS FROM OXFORD · 05-12-2009, 08:52 PM

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somarco · 05-12-2009, 09:15 PM

I am under the impression that incoming links (other sites linking to you, especially if their PR is higher than yours) are more valuable than outgoing links.

But I could be wrong . . .