Hey Digitalpoint'ers.. So I decided a few weeks ago that I am going to create a transparent blog series & forum thread on my SEO campaign to rank for the keyword 'freelance web designer'. Most people usually don't share work details in their SEO campaigns thinking their competitors will copy their steps and try to rank for them too; but I believe the benefits of people learning off of me and work/progress/results far outweigh the threats of a competitor. I actually meant to write my first post a couple weeks ago, but finally got around to it today. So the first post is basically catching you up on what has happened in the past 3-4 weeks since I first posted a 1-page splash site up on the domain. Anyways, here's my first post: http://blog.freelanceful.com/introduction-current-serp-ranking-part-1-seo-journey Enjoy, and feel free to leave any questions or comments on the blog or in this thread and I'll be sure to check back often. I'll post any new updates to this thread as well. Coming up next is: my keyword research I did & on-page optimization on the site.. - James F.
Hey guys, I finally updated a new post to the Part 2 SEO Journey series. This new post covers 'keyword research' and more specifically 'keyword relevance'. Keyword research and selecting the best ones to target for SEO breaks down into three main parts: keyword relevance, search volume, and competition for that keyword to rank. Anyways, check the link out below for more.. http://blog.freelanceful.com/analyzing-researching-keywords-attack-part-2-seo-journey Thanks, James F.
Hey guys, I'm on a roll and got Part 3 up today. Just going over a few tips about estimating the amount of searches certain keywords and phrases it has on Google per month. Definitely helpful if you're still on the fence on which keywords to focus on and spend time to try to rank for, or even coming up with one to target. http://blog.freelanceful.com/finding-times-keyword-searched-month-part-3-seo-journey Thanks, James F.
is it sure that every one will take same time span to move up in SERP'...... i mean i have schedule same activities for 2 similar projects... but both are moving in different manner and speed as far results are concerned...plz suggest...
@ankitp @4little - thanks! @senpaiit - the speed of moving up depends solely on your competition and how hard your SEO campaign work is.
Hey SEO'ers, Continuing on my roll; I got Part 4 up. It's about how to judge the competition for your keywords or keyword phrases. For example; if you found yourself a great keyword that gets lots of search volume per month; but it is over-dominated by big dogs in your industry; it's going to be a total uphill battle. These are just a few tips of mine that I learned to quickly judge which keywords to stay away from and which ones to attack full-head on. http://blog.freelanceful.com/hard-competition-rank-keywords-part-4-seo-journey - James F.
Put up another post up. This one is about 3 common SEO myths I see a lot of people do when they try to estimate the amount of traffic a keyword gets. 1. Page rank 2. Competition bar 3. Number of search results Hope it helps out somebody.. http://blog.freelanceful.com/common-seo-myths-estimating-keyword-toughness-competition-part-5-seo-journey - James F
Made another post today. We are getting into the meat and bones of SEO; and I covered on-page optimization with this post. My opinion on the top 4 and few other things. I laid it out by telling what I did with freelanceful.com and why I did it. Like: 1) Meta Title 2) H1 Tag 3) Meta Description 4) Keyword Density http://blog.freelanceful.com/top-4-onpage-optimization-techniques-works-part-6-seo-journey - James F.
Visited your blog, find it very interesting and very useful also, looking forward to further steps in your journey.