1-20 questions about search marketing, answered

I will make a post on my blog with up to 20 questions, questions from Digitalpoint members ONLY with at least 50 posts.

The questions have to be 100% inside the search marketing domain, anywhere from SEO to PPC or others.

Depending on the questions that you guys will ask, the post will take from 1 day to 3 days.

The questions have to be fairly different. If 2 members have fairly the same questions, they will be merged.

The answers will come solely from my experience.

Go ahead and ask.

 

nice initiative.. maybe you could answer the question in a google video like Matt Cutts just did

 

Q: In your experience will linking to my competitors actually help me? if so how big is the effect.

 

I could make a video .. but let's leave that for the second round. This round will be in writing.

One question so far. 19 spots left. Anyone else ?

 

What do you consider the top 10 ways to generate traffic for an entertainment site, such as game-related?

 

Top10 ? OK I'll write a lot, so it seems...

 

If you have any good info on this I'll send you some prezzies. And I will.

So the question is... Can an authority status be preserved after a domain change + merging of many topics?

Also explained here: http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/moving-to-a-new-web-host/#comment-35470

Seems like no one has ever undertaken such a thing on such a scale so I'm still in the dark...

 

What are the most popular, yet inexpensive, methods for promoting a site off line?

 

What if anything can be done to speed up the process of giving a site credibility (as in "beating the sandbox") in Google?

 

Hey Expertu... really nice going man...

Q. How should I promote my small business forum?

Thanks

 

6 questions so far.

 

What about the answers?

 

I'll try to raise at least 10, before I make a blog post

 

OK no. 7:

Future Proof SEO; What is important for us to focus on if we want our pages to be strong now as well as long term? Where are the algo trends going? Less link love, more on page linguistical analysis perhaps?

 

What and how should I charge my charge my clients?

Followups:

What is a good mix of hourly billing, retainer fees, and performance-based compensation to maximize my revenue?

What are reasonable hourly rates in this industry?

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How can I get past the common customer objections when I explain that I can't promise results from my SEM activities?

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(from the customers point of view)

How can I pick a good Search Engine Marketer?

Followups:

How do I spot a phony SEM expert?

How do I avoid being penalized by the search engines because the SEM I hired is using black hat SEO?

How should I pay the SEM to get the best results? How can I pay for performance?

What are reasonable rates to pay a skilled SEM?

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With Google PageRank becoming a lesser factor in evaluating link quality, how do I tell a quality link from a link which Google might consider unimportant -- or might even consider a link from a bad neighborhood?

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How long should it take for me to build a web business from scratch that can provide me with a liveable income?

Followups:

Should I quit my day job?

 

How much weight does google put on old domains like About.com or botw.org?

 

What is the best way to get big site, 20+ Million Pages, Indexed by the engines and have them rank well?

 

9 so far .. Will, you have too many man .. Just put a max. of 2 clear stated questions

 

What are the other great Link Building ways other than Directories and Link asking.

 

Many people are saying that CSS plays a big role for ranking HIGH on the search engines, and that Table sites are getting old and they don't rank high as CSS ( TABLEless) sites. How true is that?