Dec 23, 2009

Find a Babysitter from New Zealand

Babysitters, Special Needs Caregivers, Au Pairs, Home-helpers, Nannies from New Zealand
http://www.babysitme.co.nz/

in reference to:

"Babysitters, Special Needs Caregivers, Au Pairs, Home-helpers, Nannies"
- Babysitter, babysitting, childminding, Child-Minding & Special Needs Carers listing Directory (view on Google Sidewiki)

Dec 20, 2009

The 7 Deadly SEO Linkbuilding Mistakes

Regards Lynn International SEO based in Hillcrest, San Diego, Southern California

The 7 Deadly SEO Linkbuilding Mistakes

SEO linkbuilding has become one of the main high leverage activities in any online business. The simple fact is that backlinks will give you a high page rank and a high page rank will rank you higher in the SERP's. Obviously this means more traffic and more money.
Backlinks make up 90% of your Google rank and because of this linkbuilding has taken on a life of it's own. Most people seem to misunderstand it complete. For starters you should know that not all back links are good links. They can actually hurt you more than help you.
SEO Linkbuilding is all about building links that are natural. Google did not design their ranking system to be manipulated. It was designed to reward good sites that get linked to naturally. That's why getting the right links can be incredibly difficult if you try and do it manually.
Unfortunately you have to build links these days otherwise you will not be competitive. If you sit around and wait for sites to link to you, you might wait forever. The good thing is that this also give the "small guy" a fair shake to get good rankings in Google, Yahoo and MSN.
Most guys build back links "kamikaze style" - that is they go ion there and just get as many links they can from wherever they can and at whatever cost. This is a recipe for disaster. Once your site gets marked by Google, you might as well start over again.
Rogue linkbuilding techniques can render months of hard work useless, so be very careful when building backlinks. Here are the 7 deadly SEO linkbuilding mistakes. Avoid them at all costs.
Mistake #1: Mass Link Packages
Obviously some sleazy and unscrupulous people are out there selling link packages that are not even worth a mention. Most of the time they blast ads out to classified directories or other spam filled network. These links are the equivalent of buying spam email lists. Don't do it. Your links might end up on banned sites that can really hurt your Google image.
Mistake #2: Link Exchanges
Back in the day, exchanging links was the main SEO linkbuilding strategy. You link to me, I link to you and we both win. Right? Wrong! Google caught on to this when hundreds of link farms opened up. Google can easily trace reciprocal links and they simply don't count for much anymore. Getting links from big link exchange networks can actually hurt you.
Mistake #3: Linking From Non-Indexed Sites
Most people who spend hours building those free backlinks make the mistake of building links on non-indexed sites. For your back links to count, the page on which you have your link has to be indexed. Having links on non-indexed pages means nothing. It's a waste of time.
Mistake #4: Not Using Anchor Text
At first this probably won't sound too scary, but if you build 2,000 links without relevant anchor text your site can easily pass for a spam site that just gets random links. By using anchor text that is related to your site, it gives your links linkjuice - meaning it makes your links relevant and increases the perceived value of each link.
Mistake #5: Not Being Relevant
Google is getting smarter by the day. After all it is their business to provide the most relevant information for each and every search that is conducted. If they don't people will stop using Google. That's why they protect it so vigorously. When you get back links from relevant and related sites that would naturally link to you, then the link count for a lot. Unrelated and random links from any old site really does not make Google see your site as being important.
Mistake #6: Inorganic links
As I mentioned earlier, Google designed the page rank system to work organically. They are looking for links to come to your site naturally. For the most part that means, slowly and consistently over time from a variety of related sites. If you go and get 1000 links overnight from the same site then Google's alarms will go off and you might land yourself in some backlinking trouble with the big G. Slow and steady wins the race - especially if you have a new site.
Mistake #7: Buying Links
High PR backlinks are worth gold. Quite literally. I've seen a single PR7 link sell for as much as $250 per year. There are a lot of link networks out there that make it their business to sell links on high PR sites. These links have become quite expensive, but the lure of instant results have people buying links like it's going out of fashion. Google is catching on and there's been widespread reports of Google slapping page rank. If links are publicly traded then Google can probably trace them and penalize you.
SEO linkbuilding is all about being as natural and as organic as possible. Always go after links that are 1-way, relevant and on sites with a high page rank. If you can get links on pages with a high page rank, even better. Don't fall for the quick-fix promise of so many link building services. In the long run, slow and steady links that look natural will keep sending more and more traffic your way.
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Regards Lynn International SEO based in Hillcrest, San Diego, Southern California

Dec 11, 2009

Bing SEO - How to Optimize Your Website For Bing

Regards Lynn International SEO based in Hillcrest, San Diego, Southern California

A few months ago, Microsoft launched their new search engine: Bing. Since it's launch, there are many discussions and debates about whether Bing will overtake Yahoo and Google. Although it is still very early to talk about Bing disposing the big 2, the future seems good after several good reviews about Bing.
It does not matter whether Bing is going to be the new number 1 or number 2. The fact is, Bing is definitely going to capture a bigger market share compared to its predecessor MSN Live. So it is important that you know how to optimize your website for Bing. Now, let me share with you a few tips to get your website to rank high on Bing.
1. Name your HTML pages properly. If a page is talking about cleaning services, you should name your file as "cleaning-services.html", using hyphen to separate each word. Using important keywords to name your files will definitely help in Bing optimization.
2. Make sure the title is relevant to the content of the page. Title tag optimization is very important when it comes to Bing optimization. Place important keywords at the start of the Title and make sure that the keywords you use are relevant to the content of the page.
3. Register your domain name early and don't change it unnecessarily. The age of a domain plays a part when it comes to SEO. Bing tends to like older domain names. So you choose the right domain name from the beginning so that you don't need to change it after a year.
4. Add more content to your website. Search engines love content, especially Google and Bing. So if you have articles, post them onto your websites. If not, add a blog to your site and update it regularly.
5. Keep your URL simple and static. URLs that change frequently are difficult to index. So make your URL static and keep it as simple as possible. Remember to place keywords in your URL.
6. Build links. Link building is an important process of SEO. If you want to rank high on Bing, get other sites to link back to your website. Bing will see your site as popular and reward you with high rankings.
7. Rank well on Google. If your site ranks well on Google, most probably you will rank well on Bing.
So start optimizing your website for Bing today and get more traffic to your website.
Cheow Yu Yuan is the co-founder of OOm, an online marketing agency providing SEO service.
Speak to our SEO consultant at OOm Singapore now.
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Regards Lynn International SEO based in Hillcrest, San Diego, Southern California 

Nov 25, 2009

A Brief Description and Basics of SEO

Regards Lynn International SEO based in Hillcrest, San Diego, Southern California

There are a lot of things in the computer world that people tend to find mysterious and they see as touching upon black magic. Search Engine Optimization (SEO) is one of those things that ranks way up there on the mystery and black magic scale. Today, the term has expanded to Search Engine Marketing which includes paid advertising and other online marketing activities but for our purposes we'll stick with SEO.
SEO is the practice of promoting a web site by increasing its position in search results on the major search engines. Those search engines comprise of Google mainly but also include Yahoo!, Bing, and a few others. The idea is to make the site appear higher in the list of search results than similar sites.  This is referred to as "organic" SEO meaning that the rank came as a result of plain old search results rather than having to pay for placement on the search engine.
There's a lot of value in getting it right as far as SEO goes. First of all it's free and second of all, web searches are becoming the primary means of finding information. Primary among the search engines is Google and according to some market research, Google commanded an incredible 81.22% of the global market share in June 2009. Google's success is punctuated by the fact that the word "Google" has found its way into the dictionary.
The primary goal of the search engines is to bring relevant search results to their users. When a user types in a search phrase, a search engine is successful when it delivers the information the user is searching for. If a search engine is unable to deliver relevant information it simply won't be long on the digital scene.
Performing this feat is the result of a mix of highly sophisticated programming, incredibly powerful servers, and perhaps some eye of newt and toe of frog thrown in for good measure.
Seriously, however, the full mechanics of how search engines rank web pages are kept highly confidential. It simply has to be that way or the bad guys of the world would use the knowledge to artificially inflate their own rankings.
There are some fundamental truths in SEO and it is fair to say that search engines today consider the following when ranking a given web page:
  • The content of the page - what it's about, what words are used prominently.
  • What words are used in the title of the page?
  • What words are used in the URL of the page?
  • What words are highlighted on the page?
  • What internal links (links from other pages on the same site) point to it?
  • How many external links point to it and more importantly, whether those pages are relevant to the page's subject matter?
  • The text used to form the internal and external links.
  • Even the age of the domain name plays a role in its ranking!
There is a lot more involved of course and that list could have gone on for a while. Factors such as keywords, the use of images and Flash animations, and the design of the site itself also play a role in a page's ranking.Good SEO checklists can be found on the web but probably the most important thing to think about doesn't involve search engines at all. That's the quality of the content.
Ultimately a search engine's goal is to return relevant information to its visitors. As such, search engines have become very sophisticated at figuring out whether or not content is relevant to the search term and indeed, whether a human would find it interesting.
SEO is a fascinating subject and the search engines are incredibly complex examples of computer programming. They are so good in fact that the best advice one could give someone looking to increase their placement is - write your content for people and not the search engines. You'll be rewarded for it.
Visit http://www.easy-money-online.net for more information.
Glen Bowes is a computer professional who offers his services to would-be internet marketers who lack the time or technical skills to get their product, service, or idea off of the ground. Learn more about Glen at http://www.easy-money-online.net, or contact him at glen@easy-money-online.net. No technical skills required!


 Regards Lynn International SEO based in Hillcrest, San Diego, Southern California

Nov 11, 2009

WOMAN OWNED BUSINESS GRANT IIW AWARDS THE 2009

SEO & Website Design San Diego: November 2009: "Investing In Women has awarded a $500 “stimulus package” to a woman owned business, The Underground Railroad To Success. The URS was started by Tanisha Cunningham to teach independence to foster children. This grant will give the non-profit a chance to market their business. - Investing In Women has awarded their first grant to a woman owned business in the USA. The recipient of the award is Tanisha Cunningham, founder of The Underground Railroad to Success (www.railroad2success.com). The URS is a non-profit that provides a service to foster children aging out of the system to live independently as adults while becoming an integral part of society. This is great for foster children and also has a positive affect on our society as a whole. “Aging out” is the term used for children who go into foster care, but are never returned to their families of origin or adopted by others. They stay in the system until they turn 18, or graduate from high school, and for the most part, are left to fend for themselves as best they can. Tanisha Cunningham started URS in January of 2009. A child of foster care herself, she saw the need for foster kids to have additional support when they were no longer eligible for state run services. Soon after her foster care ended, she began a career in child welfare “I wanted to stay there because my passion had always been to give back, because I knew the struggles of living in foster care, and the fear of leaving unprepared, not having a place to go or having the skills to obtain a job.” Investing In Women (www.iiWomen.com) is a free business resource site, grant program and marketing venue for entrepreneurs. The organization plans to offer several micro grants in 2010, including grants that are not awarded based on gender."

Nov 10, 2009

Bing, SEO, and Google

Regards Lynn International SEO based in Hillcrest, San Diego, Southern California

Bing is doing its best to differentiate itself from Google. Attempting to claim some high ground, Microsoft is positioning Bing as the world's first "decision engine" as opposed to its predecessors, the search engines. Differentiation requires using different algorithms and a new design on the search engine results page. New design or not the SERP's on Bing do resemble Google's at first glance. 
Depending on the search, Bing delivers either highly relevant results or something a little less so. Searches in Microsoft's wheelhouse of health, local, travel, and shopping are better than most others on Bing. The wheelhouse group was not arrived at by accident. These markets carry high potential for advertising revenues and have historically been among the highest revenue generators on the internet.   
Bing isn't going as far as saying that it will change search engine optimization, yet. In early June, a whitepaper released by Bing's Webmaster Center Team stated "Ultimately, SEO is still SEO. Bing doesn't change that. Bing's new user interface design simply adds new opportunities to searchers to find what the information they want more quickly and easily, and that benefits webmasters who have taken the time to work on the quality of their content and website design."
The Bing Team emphasizes that good content and SEO are crucial elements in website design so it appears that what applies to Google and Yahoo will work with Bing. It also appears that attempts to optimize for Bing will bring similar results to the other search engines as well. The Bing team hasn't given much other information beyond emphasizing on page content and standard SEO practices and maybe that what's important at the moment. Based on PowerSet, Bing will definitely give more weight to content, at the expense of visuals. 
Still in its infancy, Bing will need to broaden its wheelhouse to avoid turning off searchers that come over for a try, find a bunch of irrelevant results and never return. Initial traffic numbers were conflicted but it appeared that Bing had attracted some significant numbers, whether at the expense of Google and Yahoo, or not.  The rest remains to be seen.
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Oct 20, 2009

Can I Do SEO Myself Or Should I Hire an SEO Company?

Good SEO marketing is a must when a company wishes to expand its reach. Most consumers today use the internet to begin their search for desired products and services, and most of these searches begin at one of the three major search engines: Google, Yahoo!, and Bing. Thus, making your business's website search-engine-friendly is key to increasing its visibility. There are some aspects of SEO that you can learn to do yourself, without the need of hiring an SEO company. This is especially true in the case of small businesses that cater only to their local markets. However, like any other kind marketing, and perhaps even more so than some, search engine marketing requires a lot of time and energy, and if you want to focus on growing your business, it might be wise to delegate the job of SEO to a professional firm that has extensive experience and will competently handle the internet marketing side of your business strategy.
Do-it-Yourself SEO
But before we talk about SEO companies, let's look at the advantage of DIY SEO. First off, you save money. A lot of it, since the services of a good SEO company are not always cheap. Doing your own SEO also allows you to maintain complete control of the content that goes into your website, which might give you more peace of mind in regards to how your online image is being projected. In the process, you'll also get a chance to learn quite a bit about running a website.
On the downside, though, all of this takes a tremendous amount of time. SEO is an ongoing process, and static tactics like keyword spamming don't work anymore. Taking care of constantly updating your website to stay SEO-competitive yourself will inevitably take time away from other important business matters.
Hiring an SEO Company
Now, if you hire a good SEO company, you guarantee a couple of things. First, it guarantees that the internet side of your business's marketing strategy (arguably the most important side, especially if you're trying to reach an audience larger than your local market) will be taken care of for you so you can focus solely on the logistics of actually running the business. It also means that you'll always have a marketing company available to act as a kind of partner in coming up with new marketing and image promotion strategies.
Of course, this will cost money and it means that you will be willingly handing over partial control of what content goes on your company's site and affiliated domains. You'll also have to cooperate effectively with your SEO company, explaining to them your vision and goals for your business. A good SEO firm, however, should be able to make this process easy will more than pay for itself by directing more quality visitors to your site.
For more information on SEO or to find search engine marketing specialists, please visit http://www.bestrank.com.



Regards Lynn International SEO based in Hillcrest, San Diego, Southern California

Sep 28, 2009

3 Steps to Achieve Fast SEO

 3 Steps to Achieve Fast SEO

When one wants to achieve a faster indexing and a higher ranking with the search engines like Yahoo, Google, or MSN, then a correct and proper usage of the Search Engine Optimization strategy should be employed. Not only will this bring about big traffic on your site, but also more essentially, it can bring about a faster way for your site to be indexed and ranked. So, does one go about achieving a faster search engine optimization? Are there any tricks that one can use? Believe it or not, there are a handful of techniques that you can use.
1. First, you have to determine the purpose or the type of website that you are getting into. Normally, expert sites are the ones that immediately get a faster indexing and better ranking from the search engines rather than a sales site. Nonetheless, if you are targeting a sales site, it is not impossible to be earning an expeditious indexing and a good ranking provided that the site has enough back links on it.
2. Second, the website that you want to be searched by the engine optimally must have a landing page that is going to be seen and visited by the search engine. That page may not necessarily direct to the pointed page but to the least must be leading you to some functional web pages.
3. You can also engage into writing and submitting articles. This will enhance the visibility of your website to both the net users and the search engines. By so doing, you are immersing your site to be potentially recognized on the net, thus making search engines to believe that your site is essentially a searchable web site.
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Regards Lynn International SEO based in Hillcrest, San Diego, Southern California

Sep 23, 2009

Watch Out For Unethical Online Marketing Coaches

 There are a ton of laid off folks that are attempting to make money on the internet and join the ranks of all the self-promoters online. Many of them have never made money online themselves, but offer services coaching others on how to make money online.
Not long ago, someone contacted me from Cincinnati OH and they'd been laid off from a teaching position. So, she decided to realize her dream of becoming an online marketer, and since she has an MA degree in teaching, she believes she qualified to teach others how market themselves, develop a following, strengthen their personal brand name, and thus, make money online.
In fact, she bragged about how well she was doing "coaching" and helping people market their businesses online. This is all well and good, and yet, when asked how much money she has personally made "marketing products online" her answer goes something like this; I am just getting started. However, you see, the reason I feel this is relevant is because there are tons of coaches out there claiming to have the answer to help others market online, and yet, they haven't been successful yet at it themselves.
Do you feel such people are ethical?
Personally, I am completely disgusted with such folks. I think it is pathetic really, and I for one don't ever want to associate myself with anyone like that. Of course, many of these types of start-up online marketers say things like I have gotten instruction from the "best of the best online marketers" and I am using this to launch my business.
Who is this so-called "Best of the Best Online Marketers" and have they ever successfully marketed anything themselves or are they just successful at convincing others of their "great successes" and I must tell you, I am blown away by all the fraud out there online, and it really irks me.
Finally, I question much of the methodology of those who are marketing online. For a laid off teacher in this case, my question might go something like this; "so, you are going to use your "college education" to teach entrepreneurs in the "real world" how to make money online? Is that it? And you've made no money online yourself, and you are laid off from teaching?"
Indeed, I hope you are not duped into thinking you are going to get rich peddling trinkets online, and I hope you are ethical in your internet marketing endeavors. Please consider all this.
Lance Winslow is a retired Founder of a Nationwide Franchise Chain, and now runs the Online Think Tank. Lance Winslow believes that you must do due diligence when picking out a coach to remove the Sand & Gravel
Note: All of Lance Winslow's articles are written by him, not by Automated Software, any Computer Program, or Artificially Intelligent Software. None of his articles are outsourced, PLR Content or written by ghost writers. Lance Winslow believes those who use these strategies lack integrity and mislead the reader. Indeed, those who use such cheating tools, crutches, and tricks of the trade may even be breaking the law by misleading the consumer and misrepresenting themselves in online marketing, which he finds completely unacceptable.




Regards Lynn International SEO based in Hillcrest, San Diego, Southern California

Sep 19, 2009

Google Consultant – Should this job title be allowed?

Google Consultant – Should this job title be allowed? | Matt Inertia´s Blog I suggest you read this post... before you call yourself a Google Consultant, Might end up with Google Suing you. I would sue anyone that said they were a consultant for Canz Design, Or a consultant for SEObyCanz. I'm an SEO consultant for sure, but wouldn't dare call myself, until Google Hires Me as a Google Consultant. I do have to admit, I believe my name is in the running to be made a Google Consultant... early in the new year I expect. Lynny Not a Google Consultant Yet

Jul 7, 2009

SEO Report Telling You How to SEO Your Website

Do your own SEO - Just don't know what to do? Many Website owners, want to do their own SEO. They just don't know where to start or have done some SEO, but don't know how to do more. For $500 USD, I'll look at your website, and write a report of what needs to be done. You can take that report and make the SEO changes yourself and improve your own websites ranking in search engines, or then use the report to find an SEO to do the work for you. I'd be happy to do the SEO work of course, but that's entirely up to you. Why get me to do your SEO report? There's a lot of misinformation about SEO out there on the web, also SEO information that was written years ago, and doesn't apply anymore. Search Engines have changed the way they rank your website, as more websites do SEO they had to. Save yourself thousands and thousands of $$$ Email me at help1@seobycanz.com with the url of your website, and I'll send you a paypal payment request. Once payment is completed, you will receive your SEO Report with 3 days, telling you what needs to be done to make your website rank well in search engines Google especially. Easy as that! Regards Lynn International SEO based in San Diego, Southern California

May 31, 2009

San Deigo SEO Unprofessional

I've written before about Doug Cooper, a self proclaimed SEO, there's no stopping this guy, although he gave up his hold on the domain name of a ex-client(after we reported him to Icann and godaddy, his unprofessional was a shock to this real SEO professional. I came into contact chiropractor who was being ripped off by this SEO cowboy, so agreed to help him get control back of his domain name and blog. Although Doug Cooper never gave access it the blog, after we reported him to icann for holding a domain name of a clients, he did surrender the website name. About being unprofessional though, this guy takes the cake, simple emails requesting he give access back to a domain name, was replied to in several long involved emails, where he not only outlined, but also gave long explanations of how this client had wronged him, telling personal information about his client, something he had not right or reason to do, we only ever read the first couple of lines, and would reply that all we were only interested in getting was the domain name back into the control of his client, where it was supposed to have been in the first place. This poor client, paid over $2000 and since this seo cowboy never gave the logins to the blog, all this ex-client got was 3 months hosting, the blog is still locked, so we rebuilt it, but changing the wording to actually making it SEO friendly. Just a word of warning, Check out your seo before you start forking out your money. Regards Lynn International SEO based in Hillcrest, San Diego, Southern California

May 28, 2009

3 Top Ways to Search Engine Optimization

This is an interesting article about SEO, don't know I agree with it all, but one good point in there... lynny

The track of the number of websites on the World Wide Web is a Herculean task. And searching for a particular website in this jungle of websites is an even harder task. To make your site stand out you must have your site search engine optimized. Here are three top ways to search engine optimization or SEO.
First way to search engine optimization is to make a good professional website in which the content is updated regularly and the content is search engine optimized. This can be done by giving some consideration to the keyword and keyword density in the word content. The search engine detects the website that is keyword rich and regularly updated.
Second way to get search engine optimized is the use of RSS feed. By the RSS feed you can have your website link to all the major sites and have your updated content sent to the subscribed users immediately. Also this will give your website a dynamic nature which in turn will increase your search engine rating. The use of RSS feed also give your website a professional look that will help you increase your public presence.
Third way to go for search engine optimization is to submit your website link to the search engines and web directories. You can also pay for some keywords that best describe your website. This will help you improving your search engine rating. Here the keyword should be chosen carefully as you need to pay for the keywords. So make a list of keywords and then bid on the keywords according to the applicability list of the keyword.
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Regards Lynn International SEO based in Hillcrest, San Diego, Southern California

May 23, 2009

SEO for Several Similar Websites

Doing search engine optimization for more than one website, always costs less than it would doing SEO for 1 website times how many websites there are. That's confusing I guess, so look at this example. A client has 5 hotels in various parts of the world, they have one big website and 5 smaller websites for each of the hotels 6 websites altogether. If I had 6 individual motels approach me, and say we decided on $3500 for each website, you could think that the owner of the 6 websites could expect to pay $21,000 perhaps more since one website is a bigger. But no, 6 websites that have a similar theme and working on them at the same time would cost nowhere near $21,000 I in fact just did a quote for this example, and the total was $14,000.... so in fact almost 2 websites will be free. And the seo on all websites will be better, worth more than if I had done them individually. I'm also working with a local dentist who is having 3 websites rebuilt and extensive local seo done, there are a lot of other work being done for this client, but his bill is still less than what it would have cost for 3 individual websites, support sites, and extensive local SEO. Regards Lynn International SEO based in Hillcrest, San Diego, Southern California

May 14, 2009

SEO work quickly in search engine

The next blog post, I posted about 75 minutes ago, http://seointernetmarketingseo.blogspot.com/2009/05/san-diego-seo-rip-off-holding-domain.html and already a search for Doug Cooper seo San Diego That post ranks 5th on page one. That's just proof of how quickly any seo work, or changes to a blog or website can get into search engines. How long will it stay ranked that well, who knows, but I'll keep writing about this seo cowboy until I think enough people know about him, and at least can make an informed decision about working with him. When you are considering using an seo you should check them out first. Since non of his burnt clients, and I have spoken to a couple already are willing to post about their bad experiences, doesn't mean they are as great as they say they are. I came to edit this post, I originally posted it at 12:37:00 PM and it was already in google at 1.12 35 minutes, post to in google results.... now Regards Lynn Brown SEO San Diego International SEO based in Hillcrest, San Diego, Southern California

San Diego SEO rip-off holding domain name

My last post was about a bad seo in San Diego, http://seointernetmarketingseo.blogspot.com/2009/05/seo-san-diego-2000-for-3-months-seo.html the plot thickens, although this seo charged this client $2000 to create this blog I spoke about in that post, now this SEO is threatening to hold the domain name he brought for the client. When I say hold, I mean keep it and use it to another unsuspecting client. He's also not going to give his client the blog he created, which would only take a couple of minutes to download, zip up and send to the client.... this sux bigtime. The domain name is a good one seowise it's www.painreliefsd.com the sd at the end is for San Diego, so this seo cowboy could reuse this generic domain name for many clients, at the moment it's still being used for www.mairschiropractic.com I wonder how many times this seo cowboy is going to use this name and for how many clients. My client a chiropracter in Mission Valley, was reluctant to give me this cowboys name, but doing a few searches, I found out this rippoff SEO's name is Doug Cooper and his company is freshcutinteractive.com if you are considering using him, I suggest you contact the chiropracter above and ask him for a reference, I'll be doing some checking around about him myself. If you are already one of his clients, and are happy enough with your seo results, make sure you ask this guy to transfer any domains he has brought for you to you. Transferring domain names is VERY EASY and should not cost anymore that $20, we do it for free for our clients, but that's just because we don't believe in this kind ripoff, and so we don't buy names for our clients at all, we help them to buy their own names. Regards Lynn International SEO based in Hillcrest, San Diego, Southern California

May 5, 2009

SEO San Diego $2000 for 3 months SEO Cowboy

I have yet another seo client, a new client, this time a chiropractor who operates down in Mission Valley. He's been burnt by an seo cowboy here in San Diego. SEO cowboys make me so mad, it's so annoying to have these sleazy SEO's give SEO's in general a bad name. This SEO Cowboy Charges $2000 for 3 months SEO services, a far enough price you might think, and it is a good price for what this SEO on the surface has done, the results after a couple of weeks... So what did this SEO Cowboy from San Diego do? Built a website, which is I guess ok looking, no I don't, the pages aren't ok, no graphics at all, no text formatting, just a dark brown site, (Brown for a site about health and pain relief, I don't think so) this pretty "home built" looking website was 13 webpages again nothing special, (in fact darn boring pages) but 13 webpages. Initial less than basic SEO. Whats else is wrong with that you may wonder? Darn near everything!!
  • The content for all the pages has been copied and pasted from other websites on the internet.
  • Pages have so called references from Patients, they may have been partly true, but they had been doctored or faked, in a lame attempt at SEO.
  • Links off site. there are several links to other websites that aren't necessary. (except the text was an exact copy from these other websites) Some of these links opened in the same window.
  • There's a novice SEO theory that "If you repeat any keywords or a phrase on a webpage or webpages enough you will probably rank ok for that exact phrase". But there only so many times a website visitor wants to read a phrase on a website, this sleazy SEO used the same phrase an average of 20 times on every page.
  • The site itself was built on a popular Free blog template site, so there was absolutely no skills whatsoever required to build.
  • On this SEO's website they gloat about some of the SEO jobs they have done, and the results of their work, 2 places I rang, said they had never heard of this SEO cowboy, and 2 other's had said they had used him and were very upset with the results, I'm actually discussing with both these ex-clients about me doing real SEO on their sites...
Content: Coping wording from another website is illegal, unless you have the express premission from the writer of the words, this is often not the website owner. Apart from the legalities of copying text from another website, the website you copied the text from will always rank higher than yours once the search engines search results settle down. Any changes to a webpage will usually rank highly for a couple of weeks, then usually within a month the rank of the webpage will start slipping until it settles at it's new position in search engine results.** Patients References It's very obvious the references have been doctored or added too, and reflects badly on the Chiropractor, rather than the SEO that faked them. So a good chiropractor that has done some wonderful work with car accident patients, sports injuries, long term pain patients has lost credibility because this SEO Cowboy doesn't know his stuff and added . Links Links to another website, should be discouraged unless they link back to your site, which is standard practice. Links offsite should always open in a new window, otherwise you have just lost a potential customer. Keywords Any real seo knows that simply repeating particular keywords or a phrase on a webpages does gaurantee your visitors will see the those words 20 times each time they open another page and think they are overkill, but this does not guarantee a site will rank highly for those words. This cowboy SEO used a particular phrase "San Diego Chiropractic" 260 times at least one the site, and yet a search for those words in that order without, the site doesn't show in the first 10 pages of google search worst case senario should have had the site ranked at #5 on the 1st page, with the quotation marks which at the worst case senario should have had the site ranked at #5 on the 1st page, again the site didn't show in the 1 st 100 search engine placements. This is an outragously bad SEO results. If seo had of been done correctly like I would have or will do, this Chiropractors website will rank or should rank about 8th at worse case. To get to 1st for that particular phrase, since it so highly sort after would cost about $5-$8000, to rank well for say 30 other less sort after phrases, which would net possibley 6 times more visitors and consequently new patients, would cost about half that.... Changes on webpages. **This fact that any changes to a webpage will result in a temporary high ranking in search engines, is often used by cowboy or sleazy SEO's to trick their clients into believing that the SEO has worked, you really can't tell the final search engine position of SEO for about 6 weeks after the results are made. eg: a change on a webpage may result in these sorts of results. #2 A week later #3 2 weeks later, #4 3 weeks later. #13 4 weeks later #20 5 weeks later #23 final position without more seo Using Free Blogs Templates. While there's nothing wrong with using a blog template, they are notoriously idiot proof, not saying children are idiots, but I have seen websites built by 7-8 years olds that have flair or are more attractive. What I am saying is you can't charge a client as much to build a website on a blog template where menu's and layout are just a case of checking out unchecking a box that says do you want this, or that, and then copying and pasting the page content from another site, the chiroprater supplied they links or they came from his own mature site. the whole site would have taken an experienced webdesigner, maybe 2 hours to complete, with 2 coffee breaks, but a site like that can't be compared to website that has been built by a professional web designer, and the SEO thats is supposed to have been done on the site, doesn't even require an SEO cowboy to have read one chapter of an seo book.... more like about 3 paragraphs read out of context. I looked at this blog website just 7 days ago, when I was first contacted, and while it was doing ok in searches then, already those same searches for the main part, don't show this site in the results for the 1st 100 results. 2 out of the 10 search I did, faired a little better, both were at ranked 4th 7 days ago, now one is at 42nd place and one at 54rd place in search engine results, this is the worst drop in placements so quickly I have ever witnessed. When you have been bitten by an SEO cowboy like this one, please don't think that all seo's are the same, there are a few of us, ring me at 619 269 572 or email me at help1@seobycanz.com I'd be happy to discuss your websites ranking in search engines and if it can improved. Regards Lynn Ok, enough of a rave, seo cowboys give us good SEO's a bad name, and there are at least 30 seo cowboys to every half way ok SEO. Us professional SEO's are as rear as hens teeth. And don't be fooled, don't believe you get what you pay for, I've worked on a website where they owner had paid almost 50k and had it doing better in search engines on a stable bases for over a year now for $5,500 International SEO based in Hillcrest, San Diego, Southern California

Apr 19, 2009

Optimization working too well un-SEO my site!!!

Can you un-optimize my website? This week I have 2 different clients ask me if there's a way to un-optimize their website, one needs to find a larger office and more staff, the other needs a break from orders, and also has to organize employing someone into what was up until now an owner operated operation. I can't undo the work I have done, all I can do is not do anything else and give the website owners a chance to catch their breath. This brings up a very good point though, if you are thinking of having seo done on your website by me anyway, as I'm not just looking to get visitors to your website, like most SEO's, I want people do something once getting to a website, if the come look and leave, they may as well not have come.... But back to the point, if I do your SEO have you thought about how much work you can handle? Everyone that comes to me just wants more, but two clients in one week, actually two clients in two days have said ENOUGH! I have to admit, I didn't think about it for my clients, I have thought about it, and trained people to help me do various tasks, should I get to busy, and in this business things tend to come in waves. In future I will have to make sure I ask clients who much business they want, and maybe do less optimization and the start, and build up, rather than everything at the start, and then just tweaking the results. Regards Lynn International SEO based in Hillcrest, San Diego, Southern California

Apr 15, 2009

Links links link and more links

Getting Links to get on Google

I'm sure you have heard that getting links to your website is the best way to Get your site on Google, although this is correct, the number of links you have to get to your website to Get on Google Search is massive if you don't have the right type of link. What is the right type of link? That's really difficult to explain, there are so many variables, but very basically, a link from a page
  • that has high pagerank of it's own
  • is optimized for the same thing as the page it's linking too,
  • is of the same subject matter as the page it's linking to
  • where the link words are well thought out
Will give you the best results, of course getting all those criteria is almost impossible, but that's are a good list to keep in mind. Lynny www.seobycanz.com nternational SEO based in Hillcrest, San Diego, Southern California

Website in yahoo & not Google 2

I wrote in the last post how a had someone contact me about doing SEO for his site, and how his site wasn't in google, well it's still not in google, even after the link I added to the post, so I'd say at a guess that google has banned that domain name from it's search... all you can do is write google by snail mail and ask them to reconsider, don't hold your breath though.... Anyway, the link to that post is http://seointernetmarketingseo.blogspot.com/2009/04/i-had-client-ring-tonight-with-website.html Regards Lynn International SEO based in Hillcrest, San Diego, Southern California

Apr 9, 2009

Website in yahoo but not google

I had a client ring tonight with a website that wasn't in google at all and it's almost a year old, so here's the url, http://iluvpeoplesearch.com it's a place where you can buy software to find out about people you know... you know police checks and things like that... Hope this helps Gregory Regards Lynn International SEO based in Hillcrest, San Diego, Southern California
Regards Lynn International SEO based in Hillcrest, San Diego, Southern California