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I build them up both with new content on the site and very basic SEO.

For content, I do keyword research using tools like semrush.com or ahrefs.com, ubersuggest and then, in the beginning, I would write articles of 1000+ words myself on those keywords. Now I am able to hire writers to do that.

For SEO it's really basic stuff:

• Title tags are generally not good on most sites and if you have the done the keyword research you can easily fix these up. There are many guides to optimising title tags from better SEO's than me.
• Checking for errors in Google Search Console. 404 errors, server errors, I audit all of these and fix them with 301 redirects.
• Internal linking. I add breadcrumbs, cross link between pages on the site.

I also use WordPress for most of these sites as it's generally built very well from an SEO perspective and is ideal for adding the content to over time vs a static site. The Genesis theme was my go-to but I've recently been using GeneratePress with a visual editor called Elementor because I'm tired of dealing with PHP code!

I also add email lists to capture the traffic and send them content regularly (new articles, new products, site updates etc). If my sites disappeared from Google tomorrow I'd still have 300k+ email addresses to promote to.

It's also worth noting that this seems intense when it's written down but I learned a lot of this while doing it. Before you can do something well, you just have to do something.

Hope that helps!

Honestly, they are probably very selective on who they give permissions to and it sounds like it doesn't include small tutoring businesses. You may have to use other words like College Testing Prep and whatnot. If not, your ads will be either rejected or accepted but limited and your ads won't show like normal ones. I would use SEMrush.com to search for similar keywords and review their search volume to see what words will get you around that block.

The key to blogging is consistency. The more content you create regularly, the more the algorithmic lords will reward you. Use tools like SEMRUSH to find keywords to target in your posts and tools like Wordblot to create more posts.

Truthfully, you can try to game the system with various SEO hacks, and it’ll have some success, but if you’re in it for the long haul, write blog posts at least weekly.

Something I’ve done in the past is write 5-7 blog posts ahead of time and schedule them to be released.

Also, consider using a platform like Ghost or Substack and also building an email list.

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Experience.com and Yext.com are two options. Our firm uses SEMRush.com for listings.

Backlink volume alone won't do it. If you're looking for other ways to rank and get quality backlinks, I recommend working with a 3rd party (we run an agency, but freelancer options could be an option as well!).

Hi u/BusinessBou, sorry for the delayed response! So this one is a little bit trickier than the other charts - you'll have to create a separate source for each domain you want in your chart. For example, to replicate the demo case, you will create a data source for project id: xxxx, root domain: seoquake.com, and another one for project id: xxxx (same as before), root domain: semrush.com (semrush.com should be added to your seoquake project as a competitor). Then, use the data blending to add them both to your chart.

Hope that helps!

>Do you think I need to step up the guest blogging? That's why I mentioned creating a network of SEOs who can leverage their network of clients to accomplish this.

I use SEO PowerSuite's LinkAssistant for automating (as much as it can be automated) the research, reaching out to and guest post requests. I also use Scrapebox, though a highly optimized list and process in that software. Been using it for this for many many years.

What I see currently from forums/blogs are people about to slit their wrists open. So many people are down and out right now from these most recent Google updates. It's pretty bad. Definitely, check them out though so you can get a feel for the type of sites hit the most/least and don't forget to get regular "forecast" data from semrush.com/sensor, moz, etc.

Definitely. If you're trying to create your own search volume, it's going to be a rough time. Use software like SEMRush.com, Google Trends or Google Keyword Planner to find what keywords in your area are driving traffic.

All depends on your needs, for backlinks and KW research I definitely would recommend Ahrefs.com and Semrush.com. But for monitoring key SEO metrics, rankins, dynamics, site health I would abolutely recommend Jetoctopus.com . It's all-in-one. Crawler with Logs Analyzer and GSC integration. Monitoring bot behaviour and techSEo issues gives amazing insights and opportuninies for Crawl Budget increase and SEO Visibility increase. It's perfect for multipage websites, works very fast. They have a 7-day free trial and a free demo-call... you'll be impressed

1) use SEMrush.com to see what ads they've picked up that your company is running.

3) what reports are you getting from them re Adwords for each locale?

Ask for some reports on keywords, search queries, what urls they are running traffic to (is it GMBs etc?).

5) I assume you're tracking using GA, then you should be able to see the traffic being attributed to the adwords campaigns.

Did Facebook provide any specifics on the ban? Facebook can be tedious when setting up the campaigns in the beginning. On one of my Shopify stores, my artwork for the T-Shirts contain dog breeds so naturally the titles of my products were: Dog Breed Name Unisex T-Shirt, around 400 shirts, and they were banned immediately because they said I was selling live animals. I opened up a support ticket and got that sorted. However, it gets banned every time I publish a new design and it's the same shit over and over. Facebook has really dropped the ball on many aspects, but I made good money when things were good and I'm waiting for things to hopefully get better.

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Traffic is key when it comes to Shopify. I was a Shopify Developer Partner for a few years but now I am too busy working on my brands. SEO takes time but it's crucial to have organic sales as your brand matures. PPC is immediate and can be scaled with simple math to hit your numbers.

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I now sell mostly on Amazon, Shopify and Etsy. Each one is so different. Your print on demand provider should be able to sync with Amazon. Running ads on Amazon is probably the best for me at the moment and it's where I focused the most this year due to Facebook Ads self-imploding.

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For SEO keyword research to sell on Shopify (Google Search) I use Moz and SEMRush

For keyword research on Amazon I use Helium10

For keyword research to sell on Etsy I use Erank

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If you want me to take a look at your Etsy store just send me a private message to see what would be the best way to build a brand on Shopify.

Hi u/garyeoghan, thanks for the question! Basically, Organic Research and Position Tracking are for different tasks. Organic Research is for competitive research - you can check what keywords your competitors are ranking for and what their positions are. Position Tracking is a project tool - you set it up with only the keywords you're interested in and get notifications about the domain's position changes on SERP.

Here's the article from our Knowledge Base on Organic research semrush.com/kb/20-organic-research, and here's one on Position Tracking semrush.com/kb/32-position-tracking, hope it helps. In case you have any questions, feel free to DM us!

To accurately answer your question I would need clarification on some points you mentioned.

1. What do you mean that you can find the bad links on the page they are supposed to be on? Are you saying that you know which URLs are triggering your 404s to whatever software is alerting you of the issue (SEMRush, Google, w.e) and that you can't find what other pages on your site link to those 404s? Or do you mean something else? If the first part is true you can using something like SEO Powersuite's Site Auditor OR SEMRush.com site audit to find your 404 errors and the pages that they are on.
2. What do you mean by all your 404 links are formated the same way? As in same text or same styling or something else? (this part gets confusing because you mention looking at the source code of the page where the 404 links are supposed to be so I assume you already know WHERE they are supposed to be since you can check the way they are formatted?) But a link having the same text could point to plugin-generated links, but not always. Links with the same styling are normal because of the way that WordPress CSS and themes work.
3. Using hashtags in the URL doesn't mean anything. most of the time if you have a hashtag as a link it's because you don't want that link to actually take you somewhere else. I use hashtag links on buttons if I want it to trigger something else via javascript OR if I want to take them to another section on the same page. So I would have the link be href="#other-section" and the part after the hashtag is the ID of the other section I want to send people to.

I don't think Yoast will cause you 404s so I would use SEMRush.com or a free tool like SEO Powersuite's Site Auditor.

1. SEMrush.com (Find winning keywords, paid keywords, and estimated traffic from keywords)
2. Niceads.co (Find winning Facebook ads from the top competitors in advertising niche),
3. Google Keyword Explorer (Use the keyword estimator and put in your competitor's domain to find which keywords Google suggests for them and then you can bid for those keywords).

Keyword research is not easy at all. Google is always changing organic search algorithm, and one day your #1 page might drop to #12 for no apparent reason. This is one reason why I really like SEMRush and their suite of tools. My agency has really enjoyed them compared to other tools in the past: https://semrush.com

Keyword research is not easy at all. Google is always changing organic search algorithm, and one day your #1 page might drop to #12 for no apparent reason. This is one reason why I really like SEMRush and their suite of tools. My agency has really enjoyed them compared to other tools in the past: https://semrush.com

Keyword tools can be really tough. There are a lot of options out there like google ads keyword tool (free), ahrefs, moz. But after years of trying different tools, I really like, and have stuck with: https://semrush.com

If the client writes it will probably match the user intent more, with industry related words etc and sound more natural. Then again, guess you could use tools like inlinks.net or semrush.com to find related words competitors use in the content for keywords you are trying to rank for.

https://semrush.com can be free if you use their 7 day free trial. But in my experience, they are worth the money and my team loves their analytics. We've seen great results.

I highly recommend using https://semrush.com. My team loves SEMRush and the results we've seen. They also have a 7 day free trial if you want to try them out.

I just use https://semrush.com. It's a great tool for website growth and my team loves it.

I would highly recommend going with https://semrush.com. It has served my team really well and we manage about 15 clients.

I can't think of any reason why the logo linking to the homepage, no matter what page you're on, would be a bad thing.

Heck, even moz.com, semrush.com, and ahrefs.com does this. If those SEO experts do it, that's good enough for me.

I would not invest to much in researching what your competitors are doing and instead try to find your own solutions. If you really must there are many platforms that can help you, for example semrush.com.

I know that there is also a side that lets you view all graphical ads for a domain. Unfortunately I cannot recall the name - we used it a few years ago.

My company uses https://semrush.com and manages all accounts from there. We typically charge about $400/mo per client

You should check your website in semrush or any other keywords tracking tools, Check which keywords drops in ranking and why traffic decrease. Or you can check website performance in google search console and compare traffic, impressions, click etc.

Check out SEMrush.com. It's far from perfect and won't cover all keywords but it's about as good as it gets as far as competitive intelligence goes. We use it extensively for our clients.

Basic.

Look @SEMRush https://semrush.com for an awesome suite, or @Ahrefs for deep research, or @seopowersuite for a nicely rounded, less expensive seo option.

Those are the best tools in the game for research and reporting.