Has SEO become really competitive?

The world is getting more competitive day by day, so the virtual world. SEO is getting competitive as well.

 

Not a lot has changed really. If you are wanting to get traffic and revenue from websites you may be better off creating an authority style website on a topic you are interested in and creating content that will target many differen kywords and provide content that will get your visitors coming back time and again.

People put a lot of emphasis on finding a keyword that they can dominate and then creating a website around that and fail because the visitors don't come and when they do they don't make any money off them. If you build a website with passion that provides something that isn't available elsewhere or that is displayed in a way that is more preferable to that person they will be back and may spread the word.

 

And off we go - good luck to everyone and keep it above the belt ... even you black-hatters! ;-)

 

You should follow these things . you must aware of these 5 mistakes in SEO

Here are 5 mistakes that even experts are missing:
Mistake #1: Building rich anchor text links

You probably already know by now that rich anchor text links are bad, but how rich is too rich? There’s actually a post penguin anchor text case study that just came out and shows that you can get rankings without building too rich links.
The site Doctor650 built 13 links with the following anchor text:

1. Here
2. Doctor 650
3. My site
4. Dissecting The 650 Credit Score
5. Here
6. Doctor650.com
7. Here
8. http://www.doctor650.com/ (no-followed link from YouTube)
9. Resource on 650 credit scores
10. Doctor650.com
11. Clicking here
12. Doctor650.com
13. 650 credit score

Within 54 days of the site launching, it started to rank in the top 4 for the keyword “650 credit score”. This just shows that you can still rank for any term, even with a brand new site, but you have to rotate up your anchor text.
You don’t want your anchor text to be richer than 30% and you want to try and variations of your anchor text. Why? Because it is rare that someone would naturally link to you with rich anchor text 100% of the time.
I’ve ranked for terms like “online poker” or even “insurance quotes” all by building non-rich anchor text links that are relevant. And when I do build rich anchor texts, which is not too often, I throw in a lot of variations.
Mistake #2: Building too many links too fast

How many links do you need to build to rank for competitive terms? You actually don’t need too many, you more so need time. Slow and steady is what’s winning the race in the SEO game.
If you look at the Doctor650 site, not only did they not build too many rich anchor text links, but they also didn’t build too many links. I’ve done this with competitive keywords and noticed that the easiest way to climb to the top is to not build too many links. More so, just go for authoritative links.
And if you think building a lot of links is better for you, just look at this case study by Marcus Taylor, in which he built 10,000 links within 24 hours. He shot up to a number 1 ranking in Google, but within 3 weeks he was pushed down as he built too many links.
Google’s algorithm is sophisticated because they know what rate websites typically build links at. If your link count is growing at an unnatural pace, you won’t rank too well.
Mistake #3: Building too many links to your homepage

Have you ever looked at the link profile of the other sites in your space? What portion of their links are from .gov and .edu sites? What portion of their links is going to their homepage versus internal pages?
Instead of building links to your homepage, consider building links to the majority of your internal pages. Just look at Wikipedia, that sites ranks for almost every term out there and it is the 6th most popular site in the world.
Majestic SEO is showing that Wikiepdia in total has over 600 million backward links, while the homepage has roughly 6 million links. That means 1% of their total links point to their homepage, while 99% goes to internal pages.
If you want high rankings, consider building more links to your internal pages versus your homepage.
Mistake #4: Writing a lot of mediocre content

Have you ever read the content on sites like eHow? They have over 5 million pages of content, they rank for a lot of terms on Google… and they have millions of backlinks.
Although they do well, it’s not worth copying their content strategy? Why, because their content is mediocre and not detailed. For example, if you Google “how to install a bidet”, this page from eHow ranks in the top 10.
Do you see the problem?
That page does a terrible job at explaining how to install a bidet. If eHow wrote articles that were over 2400 words and were very detailed like Wikipedia they would rank much higher and get more traffic.
Based on this article, you can see how Google prefers to rank web pages with at least 2000 words of content on page 1.
Mistake #5: Links build authority

By being classified as an authority site, you’ll rank higher. So how do you become an authority site? You get more links, right? Although links do help build authority, it’s not the only way.

• Social media – by building up your social media profiles and getting more tweets, likes, and shares, your website will rank higher. Google and Bing have both publicly stated that they look at social signals.
• Author rank – Google is able to verify authors, which means they can now track who is writing great content, versus mediocre content. So even if your site doesn’t have a ton of links, you’ll probably start seeing it rank higher in the future if you have authors with a lot of authority blogging on your website.
• Age – although time isn’t a factor you can easily control, sites that are older tend to rank higher… even if these older sites don’t have as many backlinks. So if you are considering starting a new business, try to buy an existing website in your space that is at least 5 years old… this will help you rank higher faster.

If you want to rank higher, try to make your website an authority site. Just don’t focus all of your energy on building links, as it isn’t the only way to become an authority site.
Conclusion

SEO is a constantly changing game and if you don’t keep up with it, you won’t do well. Don’t focus on the quick hits, slow and steady really does win the SEO race.
What I’ve personally experienced throughout each Google update is that quality content will continue to rank high and receive traffic. For example, all of my blogs got a nice traffic bump by 15 to 41% on January 1 when Google made their update.
What other mistakes have you seen SEOs make?

 

SEO was a new "niche" market that has evolved into a mainstream Internet/Computer Service. Thanks to Google in a way many cowboys will find themselves in deep water and the geeks will thrive. In theory atleast. HOWEVER the competition wont be SEO v SEO in the future cos you are going to find more and more larger companies, Graphic Design Houses, Computer System Suppliers and outsourcing specialist move in for a share of the market. Saturation is only in customers, but suppliers will continue to GROW substantially over the next 18 months. SEO should only be a division in a company, I think it will be difficult to survive as an SEO on its own, unless they offer a broader range of services. Already we are seeing Wordpress plugins and cheap tools that can do your job, but then so can web developers, marketing agencies etc etc. To succeed in business you must grow, move with trends, realise your potential and understand your customer. SEO is all part of marketing and key to sales too, so you have to broaden your horizons before someone else does it instead of you !! Most small/medium sized business's today look for ROI and outsourcing is cool, but they will look for a all-in-one package, and those who supply it and deliver will take the most market share going forwards into the future. Key to it all is understand the needs of your customers and listen to them on ways you can improve their ROI and keep their business, OR WIN IT FROM SOMEONE ELSE !!

 

New Niches are compensating Competitive SEO.

 

yes absurlutely friends SEO become really competetive in recent time.SEO experts are really work brialliant in the given projects and SEO is go harder and competetive in future...

 

It always has been competitive Prasanth. The competition is strengthened now by the frequent algorithm updates which make natural SEO a difficult task to accomplish. Because of this, people out there turn to advertising more.

 

Yes, with the passage of time, and with the changes in algorithm by Google make the SEO very hard working method. It is now not so easy as it was in the past to get the desired result in no time. It asks for more patience. more hard work and the most important is to avoid spamming and getting low quality links for the site.
One must research and get ready for the new tips and tactics and put them in action in a proper and ethical way in order to get useful result.

 

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Of course SEO has become really competitive over the years. Want to know why? This is because there is more and more people making sites and wanting to become the top dog in the genre. That is the main reason it has got more competitive, it is all down to there been more webmasters.

 

Yes now i think the SEO become more competitive. I you want to get the high ranking. Than you have to do not lots of SEO work but you must do some smart work in SEO.

 

Yes SEO has become more and more tough but not by competitors Its all through Google updates. This updates are useful and healthier one to avoid spammer to get top

 

Of course, SEO is competitive these days and we should be very careful in forwarding our foot steps towards it as lot of algorithms and updates happened nowadays.

 

SEO is really competitive even when the time Penguin and Panda do not exist. The fact that there are lots of updates that we need to deal with is one good proof that SEO is competitive.

There are just some changes happened when it comes to promotions and building links. There are new factors involved now in ranking a website and many more. SEO will become more and more competitive as days go by.

 

Yes it become competitive. But with white hat techniques you can definitely rank. Good Luck...

 

Seo is very dynamic. What was working last year for top rankings may not be working now

 

What works for me is that if you have good information, everything just actually follows.

 

Actually SEO is a game of "Slow and Steady wins the Race". For getting good results in Google SERPs, you need to move slowly and definitely with ethical methods. Without appropriate strategies and understanding of business structure, being successful in SEO or Internet world will be difficult.

So Plan and move further.

 

yes,seo is very competitive.it's not easy to get succeed in seo.so we should do seo according to the google panda updates.