Yes, you are correct. A link from a site with a higher page rank is considered more important
It's also important to have the text that has named the link to be the search term you are wanting to rank for. In other words, if you just have yourwebsite.com as the link it wouldn't give Google what the link is really about. Where if you have 'ohio health insurance' as the clickable text it will give more weight to the link and credit your site as being more relevant for ohio health insurance.
Last regarding links from other sites, you want sites that have a 'do follow' tag on on their links. Many sites have a 'no follow' which means when the spiders are searching the web it won't follow the link and give it as much, or any, weight as a link. So basically you're practically wasting your time getting no follow links.
If you use Firefox you can get the 'no do follow' addon and just right click a page to see what links are no follow and what links are do follow to see if it's worth it to pust the link.
Yes, you are correct. A link from a site with a higher page rank is considered more important
It's also important to have the text that has named the link to be the search term you are wanting to rank for. In other words, if you just have yourwebsite.com as the link it wouldn't give Google what the link is really about. Where if you have 'ohio health insurance' as the clickable text it will give more weight to the link and credit your site as being more relevant for ohio health insurance.
Last regarding links from other sites, you want sites that have a 'do follow' tag on on their links. Many sites have a 'no follow' which means when the spiders are searching the web it won't follow the link and give it as much, or any, weight as a link. So basically you're practically wasting your time getting no follow links.
If you use Firefox you can get the 'no do follow' addon and just right click a page to see what links are no follow and what links are do follow to see if it's worth it to pust the link.
Seems you give great advice, Could we see some of your work or your sites that are ranking?
Anyone can quote out of a book, I would like for you to show us proof of these techniques. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
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The only problem with a couple of these directories is that they use the "no follow" attribute, so your links won't count for anything (example: I know Delicious is no follow). I agree with what the other guy said, you should get the NoDoFollow add on for Firefox. It makes all "do follow" links blue, and all "no follow" links red. That way, before you spend time submitting your site, you can quickly look at someone else's profile/link and see if it is red or blue
What if you don't have Firefox? Then what is the QUICKEST and easiest way to tell?
Sorry, I don't know of any "easy" way without Firefox. I couldn't live without Firefox You should really consider getting it. There are a lot of SEO perks.
Sorry, I don't know of any "easy" way without Firefox. I couldn't live without Firefox You should really consider getting it. There are a lot of SEO perks.
Firefox provides many SEO perks, but most of your customers are not using it or viewing your website with it, Trust me it does make a difference. (Cross-Browser Compatibility)
Sorry, I don't know of any "easy" way without Firefox. I couldn't live without Firefox You should really consider getting it. There are a lot of SEO perks.
Was just looking at your business site, Do you have any examples of your work? or ranking for sites you have done.
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Firefox provides many SEO perks, but most of your customers are not using it or viewing your website with it, Trust me it does make a difference. (Cross-Browser Compatibility)
Was just looking at your business site, Do you have any examples of your work? or ranking for sites you have done.
Yep, I do. I don't want to post them here for client confidentiality reasons, but I'm PM you with a couple.
Oh, and I agree with you. I always check sites in Firefox and Explorer to see how they look (I'd check Safari too, but I hate Macs). I only use Firefox for myself and doing SEO.
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I am working up a proposal to our board for a revamp of the website we use. None of them have any idea what SEO is and I am trying to get them interested in the revamp.
Is there a basic outline or information source I can use to brief them with a small nibble of SEO and then proceed with getting pricing bids for people to do it later? I hear a name of Dave Miller dropped on this site alot, but if I am unable to reach that person/company then I need some other avenues to get prcing from.
That was likely too much info for the post but oh well, I gab alot.
I am working up a proposal to our board for a revamp of the website we use. None of them have any idea what SEO is and I am trying to get them interested in the revamp.
Is there a basic outline or information source I can use to brief them with a small nibble of SEO and then proceed with getting pricing bids for people to do it later? I hear a name of Dave Miller dropped on this site alot, but if I am unable to reach that person/company then I need some other avenues to get prcing from.
That was likely too much info for the post but oh well, I gab alot.
If you're looking to do SEO, the company I work for does that. In the past, we've worked mainly with State Farm agents. All our contact info is on the website (my signature), but if you have any specific quesitons, feel free to pm me and I can do my best to help you out.
I am working up a proposal to our board for a revamp of the website we use. None of them have any idea what SEO is and I am trying to get them interested in the revamp.
Is there a basic outline or information source I can use to brief them with a small nibble of SEO and then proceed with getting pricing bids for people to do it later? I hear a name of Dave Miller dropped on this site alot, but if I am unable to reach that person/company then I need some other avenues to get prcing from.
That was likely too much info for the post but oh well, I gab alot.
Not too hard to get ahold of, PM me or call 1-866-496-0219
Linking out to another site that is an authority can also help. Most of the general public doesn't care what PR is and most are using Internet Ecplorer. Firefox is by far a better browser especially for doing SEO stuff since many tools can be accessed right inside of the browser itself.
Linking out to another site that is an authority can also help. Most of the general public doesn't care what PR is and most are using Internet Ecplorer. Firefox is by far a better browser especially for doing SEO stuff since many tools can be accessed right inside of the browser itself.
I would also be lost without Firefox.
Love these Kool-Aid Tips:
Bad Myth, you linking to a site will not help your ranking or authority.
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Bad Myth, you linking to a site will not help your ranking or authority.
dmiller90, since you are the foremost authority on SEO here could you please share which websites give correct info about SEO techniques, I ask cause I have read the same exact thing on several blogs about SEO .
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dmiller90, since you are the foremost authority on SEO here could you please share which websites give correct info about SEO techniques, I ask cause I have read the same exact thing on several blogs about SEO .
Not sure what your question is? I am not aware of just one site that gives all the information.
What exact same thing have you read on Blogs?
Here is the Deal with backLinks, You want Relevant Authority Sites linking to your website. Not you linking to authority sites. You linking to outside sites brings no credibility or authority to your site, in fact all your doing is allowing some of your page rank to flow to the site your linking to.
Whole Different Ballgame when the sites link to your site. Thats your goal, and that goal is only accomplished by having relevant content published on authority sites matching the Keyword Phrases that Google Customers Query.
Not sure what your question is? I am not aware of just one site that gives all the information.
What exact same thing have you read on Blogs?
Here is the Deal with backLinks, You want Relevant Authority Sites linking to your website. Not you linking to authority sites. You linking to outside sites brings no credibility or authority to your site, in fact all your doing is allowing some of your page rank to flow to the site your linking to.
Whole Different Ballgame when the sites link to your site. Thats your goal, and that goal is only accomplished by having relevant content published on authority sites matching the Keyword Phrases that Google Customers Query.
Also, this is what some of the leading SEO professionals say about this issue (linking out to sites). What is your response?
Ben Pfeiffer
Yes, quite important for newer sites. Great things happen to those that share in the same group. Aaron Wall
Your outbound links help define what community your site belongs in. Michael Gray
Linking out to relevant trusted pages can be big help. Lucas Ng (aka shor)
Let's look at a link neighbourhood - hmm... XYZ real estate website has zero outbound links and the majority of its neighbours have at least 200? Consider yourself flagged for an unnatural linking pattern
Marcus Tandler
Your outbound links are almost equally important then your inbound links
Chris Boggs
This seems to have risen in value over the last year.
Rae Hoffman
Who you link to says a lot about who you are and what your topic is - especially in an engine like Google.
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