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I'm Starting Out Blogging; What Search Engine to Initially Buy to Use & Practice With?

Discussion in 'Search Engine Optimization' started by Noitartst, Oct 20, 2023.

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    I'm unemployed, and don't have a lotta dough; what SEO search engine ought I initially buy to learn SEO-ing with?
     
    Noitartst, Oct 20, 2023 IP
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    sarahk iTamer Staff

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    You want to do what?

    Focus on Google but you don't have to "buy" anything.
     
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    What is Cornhole? Greenhorn

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    Yes agreed, google is the way to go. Additionally, you can sign up for free accounts on Ahrefs and Semrush to get some data on your website to help optimizing for SEO. This is good to get you started and then you can decide if a subscription to either service is worth it for you.
     
    What is Cornhole?, Oct 21, 2023 IP
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    Noitartst Well-Known Member

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    I can't practice SEO on a free account; I've already tried that. I keep getting "free" accounts, and every time I try to practice, I exceed some specified limit of daily tries, or something. Exceedingly annoying, but I'm willing to pay, just to learn, assuming I can afford it.
     
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    sarahk iTamer Staff

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    If you're getting value out of the free accounts then it's probably worth paying for a full account.
     
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    What is Cornhole? Greenhorn

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    Yes there are limitations but there is value in using the free accounts. For example, Ahrefs free version will scan your website and give you a health score and point out areas of opportunity for improvement.
     
    What is Cornhole?, Oct 22, 2023 IP
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    Noitartst Well-Known Member

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    I'm not getting value from the free accounts, Sarakh; that is the issue. In order to get value, namely enough understand just what I'm doing, I'm willing to take the plunge, because practice is what I need, and there's no other way to get it. With that in mind, what is a good SEO search engine to start with, and why I my concern about practicing so novel?
     
    Noitartst, Oct 23, 2023 IP
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    sarahk iTamer Staff

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    I don't understand what you mean by a "SEO search engine" - isn't google giving you the results you need?
     
    sarahk, Oct 23, 2023 IP
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    Noitartst Well-Known Member

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    How? What process are describing? I had been understanding an SEO search engine needs to be specialized, and if using just Google no one has explained it to me.
     
    Noitartst, Oct 24, 2023 IP
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    sarahk iTamer Staff

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    Google is a search engine, bing is a search engine. Duck Duck Go are meta search tools. But you're looking for an SEO search engine?

    SEO is the process of optimising your website for search engines such as google and bing and the meta tools that they feed into.

    Your question is worded poorly. Would it be easier to write your query in your main language and get Google Translate to turn it into English? It might be easier to express yourself and word your question properly that way.
     
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    Noitartst Well-Known Member

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    Okay; SEO-ing, per my understanding, is about utilizing a mix of long and short-tail keywords, preferably short-tails which are currently trending. WHen it came to using Google to find SEO keywords, I simply thought that Google was just too crude or imperfect a tool, or that there were better ones, out there, to just search for such keywords. Look. A guide gave me some SEO videos last spring, on SEO, and the library is showing me more, now, but that Isn't specific enough. I am seeking to apply said knowledge.

    Does that explain thing better?
     
    Noitartst, Oct 30, 2023 IP
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    Jim4767 Prominent Member

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    I've been doing SEO for 19 years. In my early years I would go to a large bookstore that allowed you to read, and I read a lot of books about SEO and took notes. Try that. The things I learned in those books (and numerous other sources) are working well. There is probably at your local bookstore a book something like "SEO for Dummies" with a mostly yellow cover. Try something like that to get you going.
     
    Jim4767, Nov 3, 2023 IP
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    Noitartst Well-Known Member

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    I'm right now taking courses on Linkedin.
     
    Noitartst, Nov 3, 2023 IP
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    Noitartst Well-Known Member

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    The link is here: https://www.linkedin.com/learning/seo-optimize-your-social-media-profiles/what-are-social-bookmarking-websites?autoSkip=true&resume=false&u=95231473
    I wanted to attach the link to text, but somehow I wasn't able to.
     
    Noitartst, Nov 3, 2023 IP
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    first start writing, SEO comes secondary.. once you start getting traction with your writing you can think about SEO
     
    rakeshmaya, Nov 8, 2023 IP