Weekly SEO news: 30 October 2012 |
Welcome to the
latest issue of the Search Engine Facts newsletter.
Many webmasters think that SEO has become more difficult after Google's recent updates. That's not case if you invest your time in the right things. If you want to be successful with your website, there are five things that you should know.
In the news: Matt Cutts talks about reconsideration
requests, Google's John Mueller explains the keywords in Google
Webmaster Tools and the way Google reviews feedback data, Bing and
Google improve their paid search products, and more. Table of contents:
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1. Five things that you should know about your SEO
activities |
Many webmasters
think that SEO has become more difficult after Google's recent updates.
That's not case if you invest your time in the right things. If you
want to
be successful with your website, there are five things that you should
know.
1. Techniques are continually
evolving Google and other search engines
are continually improving their algorithms. Things that work today
might not work tomorrow. There is no 'set and forget' in search engine
optimization. Either stay educated or use an SEO software tool that is continually updated to work with the latest ranking
algorithms.
2. It doesn't pay to game Google Gaming Google's ranking algorithm
requires a lot more work than following best practices and doing it
right the first time. Sooner or later, Google will detect all new spam
tricks.
Your website will be penalized then, you will lose a lot of money and you will have to invest a lot of time to get your rankings back. If you play by the rules, you will get much better results that last, even if it takes a little longer to get high rankings. Companies that promise you instant results for little money are lying to you. Like most things, a successful SEO campaign requires time, effort and a good strategy. 3. Your website is the only thing that you can control You cannot control what your
competitors do, you cannot control what Google does and you also cannot
control if some startup will release a tool that will change the market
in the near future.
Make sure that your website would offer your website visitors a value even if search engines didn't exist. Your website is your most important asset. Treat it as such. 4. The content of your website is very important Getting traffic is pointless if
your website is disappointing to your visitors. Low quality content
won't help your rankings. Tell
your website visitors why they should use your products or services.
Tell them what's in it for them.
Make sure that your web pages look good and that your landing pages have a high conversion rate. 5. Don't be distracted by the latest marketing trends Pinterest? Cool. Microblogs? Nice. Twitter? You bet. Unfortunately, all of these new marketing trends won't do your website any good if your website basics aren't right. Half-hearted social media campaigns can also have a negative effect. For your conversion rate, it is often better to do one thing right instead of juggling too many balls at once. Your website will get top rankings on Google and other search engines if you do the right things. Avoid distractions and keep working on your goal. The Top 10 Optimizer in IBP will tell you step-by-step what you have to do to get your website on Google's first result page. |
2. Search engine news and articles of the week |
Video: are reconsideration requests read by
real people?
Google: upcoming improvements for Conversion
Optimizer and enhanced CPC users "When you first activate Conversion Optimizer or Enhanced CPC in a campaign, your ad rotation setting will change to 'Optimize for conversions' by default. [...]
Google's John Mueller explains this in an online discussion:
Google's John Mueller has recently confirmed this in an online discussion:
"Want to assign a unique destination URL for each of your bidded keyword match types within the same ad group? What about the ability to pause or resume bidded match types independently even if they are for the same keyword? Search engine newslets
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3. Recommended resources |
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4. Previous articles |