Contractor Talk - Professional Construction and Remodeling Forum - Websites and SEO http://www.contractortalk.com Website reviews, technical questions, search engine optimization, and anything else related to your website. en Sat, 21 Nov 2009 04:25:52 GMT vBulletin 60 http://www.contractortalk.com/images/misc/rss.jpg Contractor Talk - Professional Construction and Remodeling Forum - Websites and SEO http://www.contractortalk.com Linking Websites http://www.contractortalk.com/f101/linking-websites-68452/ Fri, 20 Nov 2009 22:27:45 GMT http://www.doshdosh.com/link-building-for-new-websites/ 15 Link Building Tips for New Websites (http://www.doshdosh.com/link-building-for-new-websites/) New websites need links to develop any sort of search engine visibility. Links pointing to a new website can get it indexed and help it to... http://www.doshdosh.com/link-building-for-new-websites/

15 Link Building Tips for New Websites
New websites need links to develop any sort of search engine visibility. Links pointing to a new website can get it indexed and help it to start ranking for low to medium competition long tail keywords.
These keywords will send visitors searching for information on a specific topic to your website and allows you gain a new reader or make some money from whatever affiliate program or ad scheme you are running.
I’ve recently set up several websites for some friends and link building was my main concern because I needed links for the WebPages to be indexed and start showing up in the search engine.
I’ve previously written about the best way to get traffic for new websites and this article complements that by focusing on ways you can use to quickly acquire some links that will help your website. ]]> Websites and SEO festerized http://www.contractortalk.com/f101/linking-websites-68452/ <![CDATA[Anyone up for doing "Guest blog posts?"]]> http://www.contractortalk.com/f101/anyone-up-doing-guest-blog-posts-68451/ Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:29:28 GMT As the title states..

I'm looking for anyone that operates a blog hosted on their domain, that is actively updated. What I'd like to do is write a moderate to decent sized post which will include a 1-2 links back to my site.

The topic will obviously be home improvement related topics such as: Siding, decks, windows, roofs, etc..

The benefit of doing this will equal two things, fresh new content on your site followed by a backlink to my site. You should know that google loves fresh new content..

Just take a look at my blog and you can see how I write! mbmcarpentry.com/blog/

Let me know if anyone is interested...:thumbup: ]]> Websites and SEO Martin Co http://www.contractortalk.com/f101/anyone-up-doing-guest-blog-posts-68451/ Google Negative keywords http://www.contractortalk.com/f101/google-negative-keywords-68384/ Thu, 19 Nov 2009 17:12:33 GMT Google Negative keywords
I have been using goggle for about 6 months now, I spent a total of $240.00, I set up my campaign and set my spending target low. I did this because I’m trying to get a feel for the market keywords and how and when customers use them. As I’m better getting orientated with Google I noticed I spent $240.00, ON WHAT??, No one called me, so I’m looking at my Google campaign and I find at the bottom of the keyword tab: “Negative Keywords”, it shows me all keywords that Google has charged me, I spent $86.00 on the key words Addition & additions, So I keyword Addition & additions in every combination I could think of, my web site never was before the 3rd page, so why I’m I spending that much money on keywords that are so general and that no one will see my site, this may be that my keyword on my site are not optimized, so for now what I did was to “Excluded” these keywords and many others words that I was paying for that had nothing to-do with my site or a carpenter looking for a job ETC.
I find it interesting that I never heard the term Excluded or negative keywords before, well I am new
And Google hides it at the bottom of the page and it’s always minimized, I think they don’t want you knowing why you are paying for crap keywords? ]]> Websites and SEO festerized http://www.contractortalk.com/f101/google-negative-keywords-68384/ PageRank is dead, and does not want life support http://www.contractortalk.com/f101/pagerank-dead-does-not-want-life-support-68335/ Wed, 18 Nov 2009 20:26:09 GMT Since I'm still seeing a significant amount of mention here about PageRank, I thought it would be good to share this. PageRank belongs in the same storage locker where you'll find a group of nerds stuffed inside chanting, "Link exchange, reciprocal link, must have link exchange..."

Most of you have probably heard this term. Maybe you know what it means, maybe not, but just know that it was a Google idea, and since it was part of their "branding" for a while, they have been reluctant to kill it off opting to let it die a slow, agonizing death. The patient is wearing a DNR bracelet, which means Do Not Resuscitate.

So the next time someone starts spewing PR, show them this:

http://redfoxseo.com/2009/10/google-...d-almost-near/

One of the more interesting parts is the statement from Google themselves when they announced PR would no longer be part of the webmaster toolbar:

Quote:
We’ve been telling people for a long time that they shouldn’t focus on PageRank so much; many site owners seem to think it’s the most important metric for them to track, which is simply not true. We removed it because we felt it was silly to tell people not to think about it, but then to show them the data, implying that they should look at it.
]]> Websites and SEO cbscreative http://www.contractortalk.com/f101/pagerank-dead-does-not-want-life-support-68335/ My Company Blog http://www.contractortalk.com/f101/my-company-blog-68272/ Tue, 17 Nov 2009 14:08:59 GMT We recently attached a blog to our domain ( website ) to help our customers keep informed about the pool industry. Do you guys have a Blog or subscribe to any Blogs ? Your thoughts ? We recently attached a blog to our domain ( website ) to help our customers keep informed about the pool industry.


Do you guys have a Blog or subscribe to any Blogs ?

Your thoughts ? ]]> Websites and SEO MagicPoolSvcs http://www.contractortalk.com/f101/my-company-blog-68272/ Please let me know what you guys think! http://www.contractortalk.com/f101/please-let-me-know-what-you-guys-think-68260/ Tue, 17 Nov 2009 03:37:30 GMT Okay as it says please let mek now good, bad, need, delete, thanks Okay as it says please let mek now good, bad, need, delete, thanks ]]> Websites and SEO Roberts Ren http://www.contractortalk.com/f101/please-let-me-know-what-you-guys-think-68260/