SEO for Insurance Websites

CHUMPS FROM OXFORD · 07-19-2009, 08:10 PM

What is your site?

Houston · 07-22-2009, 01:42 AM

This might be a silly question. What software or website builder do most people on here use for website creation? Is there some professional templates or suggestions?

Thanks
Binh
Houston, TX

CHUMPS FROM OXFORD · 07-22-2009, 08:05 AM

Some do it themself and use GoDaddy and other tools. Some have a professional create their site like Val or others.

joshril · 07-22-2009, 10:11 AM

Originally Posted by Houston

This might be a silly question. What software or website builder do most people on here use for website creation? Is there some professional templates or suggestions?

Thanks
Binh
Houston, TX

You should look at WordPress... It's not just a blog anymore. There are some great free and paid themes you can use. The nice thing is, it's easy to update, and one of the keys to ranking well in the search engines is relevant, FRESH, content.

gentlerain · 07-24-2009, 04:39 PM

Another great method for getting on the first page of google is to use articles.

Step one is to determine the key words you want to get highly ranked for.

Step 2 is to write a short article and publish it on ezinearticles.com

Step 3 is to change 30% of the article and post it on your blog

Step 4 is to have a compelling offer of free information, a mini-course or some other offer on the blog that gets people to opt-in. That way you can then send them ongoing messages to build trust, credibility and eventually get them to do business with you.

You'll need to publish around 12-18 articles for your keywords but once you do that you'll maintain first page ranking for months or even as long as a year.

Tomas · 08-19-2009, 01:44 AM

Oi! Australia here...

Let the results speak for themselves:
Search term: life insurance #1
Search term: income protection, dropped to #2 just recently (shoot!)

6 months of hard work... So if any SEO guarantee you #1 in a month - it's BS or the keyword is a long tail (and low search volume)...

Anyone need real SEO?

CHUMPS FROM OXFORD · 08-19-2009, 08:31 AM

So which site is yours?

And I assume you are an Aussie?

*STIBROKER@AUSTIN.RR.COM* · 08-19-2009, 08:41 AM

Originally Posted by Tomas

Let the results speak for themselves:
Search term: life insurance #1
Search term: income protection, dropped to #2 just recently (shoot!)

6 months of hard work... So if any SEO guarantee you #1 in a month - it's BS or the keyword is a long tail (and low search volume)...

Anyone need real SEO?

WOW....You own metlife...how is snoopy...

Google

tryan326 · 08-19-2009, 10:21 AM

Originally Posted by STIBROKER@AUSTIN.RR.COM

WOW....You own metlife...how is snoopy...

Google

I think he's reffering to being listed in Google Australia
http://www.google.com.au not Google

motoxxx · 08-20-2009, 02:48 AM

The Australia data base is much smaller than the rest of the Google data centers but still not bad considering there is no term related to your keyword in the root domain name. When you see the amount of competing pages show for a site you are seeing all pages containing the words "life" and "insurance". They don't even need to be next to each other on the page. Just on the page to count for the overall competing page count. Considering that site has only been around since October of 2007, it shows a PR of 4 (does that even matter anymore?) and Yahoo shows about 18,000 links and about 5550 page links. That is a fair amount in a short amount of time. Granted, it is in a much smaller data center but still not bad.

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I also noticed that within the links to that site that there seems to be some site wide links that may have been purchased and the company that apparently did the SEO is placing anchor text links at the very bottom of their home page to the insurance site as well.

CHUMPS FROM OXFORD · 08-20-2009, 08:26 AM

You have to watch out for those link farms.

somarco · 08-20-2009, 10:24 AM

link farms.

Is that where they raise sausages?

motoxxx · 08-20-2009, 06:22 PM

It is where they raise the little sausage plants and old websites go there to die.

*STIBROKER@AUSTIN.RR.COM* · 08-20-2009, 07:31 PM

Originally Posted by somarco

Is that where they raise sausages?

no.....

motoxxx · 08-21-2009, 12:27 AM

LOL! Perfect!

That is some funny stuff right there! Maybe it is just the Port Wine talking but that cracked me up pretty good!

wilbanks · 08-21-2009, 10:19 AM

Originally Posted by CHUMPS FROM OXFORD

What is your site?

I'm new to these forums, but noticed that you are quite experienced. I'm new to insurance also, however, i'm developing a website and would like to know how to get companies such as progressive and others to allow me to use a link on my pages to access them? I'm not going to sell P/C but use them hopefully help fund my site.
Thanks

CHUMPS FROM OXFORD · 08-21-2009, 11:43 AM

Hi Wil. I'm not sure what you mean by "I'm not going to sell P/C but use them hopefully help fund my site." Do you mean a Google ad link?

You may be referring to a link that sends prospects to Progressive for quotes. I don't know the answer to that one. Maybe someone else does.

Tomas · 08-26-2009, 02:33 AM

Originally Posted by STIBROKER@AUSTIN.RR.COM

WOW....You own metlife...how is snoopy...

Google

Heh, please read my post properly

I introduced myself that I am from Australia and provided links to actual results, but still someone can't realize there is a life outside the US

Peace!

*STIBROKER@AUSTIN.RR.COM* · 08-26-2009, 08:58 AM

Originally Posted by Tomas

I am from Australia and provided links to actual results, but still someone can't realize there is a life outside the US peace!

I was pulling yer leg mate.......g'day......

somarco · 08-26-2009, 09:39 AM

Scott, are you downing a Foster's while writing that?