.........................24 Donts......................................................................................24 Redesigning an existing site...........................................................25 Paying an SEO company to optimize your site.............................25 SEO Secrets V1.3 Copyright Divine Write Copywriting Pty Ltd 4 Table of Contents 4 Chapter Summary........................................................................25 Step 5 Generate links back to your site.......................................27 How do I generate rankmaniac 2012 lots of ideal links.........................................27 Add your site to rankmaniac 2012 DMOZ Yahoo rankmaniac 2012 Directories.....................................28 Check where your competitors links are coming from.......................28 Article PR Write and submit articles for Internet rankmaniac 2012 publication.............29 Submit your site to local and industry directories.............................32 Look for link partners....................................................................33 How long will it take..................................................................34 Is it possible to generate links too fast......................................34 Paying rankmaniac 2012 an SEO company to generate links for you.......................34 Chapter Summary........................................................................35 Step 6 Monitor your progress......................................................36 rankmaniac 2012 Monitor how many links youre generating..................................36 Monitor whos linking to your site...............................................37 Monitor your ranking...................................................................37 Manually.....................................................................................37 Automatically...............................................................................37 Chapter Summary........................................................................38 Conclusion.....................................................................................39 Frequently Asked Questions..........................................................40 Q Why are search engines important to me............................40 Q How do search engines decide on their rankings................40 Q rankmaniac 2012 Can't I just pay rankmaniac 2012 for a high ranking.......................................40 Q How do I get a high ranking................................................41 Q What is search engine optimization SEO..........................41 Q What is link popularity........................................................41 Q Are some links better than rankmaniac 2012 others.......................................42 Q How do I get lots of links back to my site...........................42 Q What do you think is the best way to get lots of links.........42 Q How do I write a good article PR piece................................43 Q How do I rankmaniac 2012 get a high ranking using rankmaniac 2012 free reprint content.......43 Q How long does it take to get a high search engine ranking.43 Q What is the Google Sandbox and is it real..........................43 Q What is the Google Dampening Link Filter and is it real.....43 Q What SEO companies should I be wary of...........................43 Q What tools can you recommend..........................................43 Q I'm confused about all the terms used in SEO can you help44 Q What is keyword analysis....................................................44 Q Do I need to submit my site to the search engines..............44 SEO Secrets V1.3 Copyright Divine Write Copywriting Pty Ltd rankmaniac 2012 5 Table of Contents 5 Q Should I submit my site to the search engines more than once.........................................................................................44 Q What are directories and should I submit my site to them..45 Glossary of Terms..........................................................................46 Index.............................................................................................52 SEO Secrets V1.3 Copyright Divine Write Copywriting Pty Ltd 6 Introduction 6 Introduction If youre rankmaniac 2012 like most people the term search engine optimization will mean very little. Either that or it just means expense But it doesnt have to be that way If you feel like youre standing in a dark room handing money to strangers to get you in the search engines then this ebook is written just for you. This ebook is written by a business rankmaniac 2012 owner for other business owners CEOs marketing practitioners and webmasters. It explains Search Engine Optimization or SEO in laypersons terms. It wont make you an expert but it will give you some insight into what youre spending your money on what you should be spending your money on and just as importantly what you shouldnt. Why should you believe me Because Ive reached the top of the search engines using the very methods I advocate. Take a look at About the Author on p.7 to learn a little more about me my background and my experience. As you work your way through this eBook refer to the Glossary at the end if youre unsure of a
particular term. If you have any suggestions or feedback or would like to be notified of future updates to this book please email me at glenndivinewrite.com. NOTE If you would like to make a PayPal donation to ensure that this book remains current please visit httpwww.divinewrite.comseosecrets.htm . SEO Secrets V1.3 rankmaniac 2012 Copyright Divine Write Copywriting Pty Ltd 7 About the Author 7 About rankmaniac 2012 the Author Glenn Murray is a professional copywriter specializing in copy for websites search engines and print materials. Using the methods described in this ebook Glenn has achieved a page 1 worldwide ranking on Google.com for his website www.divinewrite.com for all of his targeted keywords Keyword Google worldwide rank copywriter 1 SEO copywriter 1 2 website copywriter 1 2 website copywriting 1 advertising copywriting 2 advertising copywriter 4 Based in Sydney Australia Glenn has 12 years professional writing experience. Numbered among his clients are some of the worlds leading companies including Toyota Honeywell KimberleyClark SafenSound Doubleday the Australian Government Raine Horne PMP Limited rankmaniac 2012 Volante and MYOB. Glenn has a Bachelor of Arts in Linguistics and English Literature and a Master of Arts in International Communication. SEO Secrets V1.3
Copyright Divine Write Copywriting Pty Ltd 8 Step 1 rankmaniac 2012 Understand what SEO means 8 Step 1 Understand what SEO means Before launching straight into an explanation of SEO lets talk a bit about search engines. A little about search engines Approximately 7580 of website traffic comes through search engines. Whats more research shows that most people dont look beyond the first 2 pages of search results. This means if your website doesnt rank in the first 2 pages of the major search engines its only receiving 2030 of its rightful traffic and revenue. And remember being ranked number 1 when you search for your company name or web address doesnt count. You need to rank highly for the words your customers use at search engines. Search engine results The biggest concern for search engine companies like Google and Yahoo is finding content that will bring them more traffic and thus more advertising revenue. In other words their results must be relevant. Relevant results makes for a good search engine irrelevant
results makes for a shortlived search engine. Most search engines these days return two rankmaniac 2012 types of results whenever you rankmaniac 2012 click Search NaturalOrganic The real search results. The results rankmaniac 2012 that most users are looking for and which take up most of the window. For most searches the search engine displays a long list of links to sites with content which is related to the word you searched for. rankmaniac 2012 These results are ranked according to how relevant and important they are. Paid Pure advertising. This is how the search engines make their money. Advertisers pay the search engines to display their ad whenever someone searches for a rankmaniac 2012 word which is related to their product or service. These ads look similar to the natural search results but are normally labeled Sponsored Links and rankmaniac 2012 normally take up a smaller portion rankmaniac 2012 of the window. SEO Secrets V1.3 Copyright Divine Write Copywriting Pty Ltd
9 Step 1 Understand what SEO means 9 When people use search engines to find content they normally pay a lot more attention to the natural results than the paid results because they know these results are more relevant and they know the Sponsored Links are simply ads. When we talk about search engine ranking were talking about ranking well in rankmaniac 2012 the natural search results. This ebook does not cover Sponsored Links. How search engines decide what appears in the natural search results IMPORTANT You cannot pay a search engine in return for a high ranking rankmaniac 2012 in the natural results. You can only get a high ranking if your content is seen as relevant by the search engines. Search engines identify relevant content for their rankmaniac 2012 search results by sending out spiders or robots which crawl analyze your site and index record its details. Complex rankmaniac 2012 algorithms are then employed to determine whether your site rankmaniac 2012 is useful and should be included in the search engines search results. This is where SEO comes in So what is SEO SEO stands for Search Engine Optimization. It is the art of making your website relevant and important to the search engines in order to rank highly in their results. The two main weapons in your arsenal are Keywords for relevance Links to your site for importance TIP Think of the search engines as a big election. All the websites in the world are candidates. The cop