SEO Tycoon

**Bookworm-SEO** · 07-20-2006, 02:34 AM

Like the thread posted in monetization asking lee and the big earners about their specialty, I thought SEO pros and wannabes like me might share advice :helpsmilie: with newer people. I've given SEO review tips at SitePoint, and explained the basics of a site SEO review on my blog, City SEO (see sig). (Though SEOMoz apparently disagrees on using Google for checking backlinks.)
Long story short: Have an SEO question? Post it here, and I, or others will try and respond. Who am I? No guru, but I've achieved #1 rankings on fairly tough words, and developed some pretty sweet link bait before, so...

Hopefully Lee'll sticky this

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Oh, and since this looks cool : :taz: :taz: :taz:

**SEO Portal** · 07-20-2006, 02:48 AM

i have to agree with SEOMoz

but good idea for a topic like this

**Bookworm-SEO** · 07-27-2006, 02:59 AM

You'd think this would be as popular as the Ask Lee thread...

And here I was thinking Lee's success generated interest... meaning my previous rankings would generate interest. meh.

**Dactyl** · 07-27-2006, 03:48 AM

I also have to agree with seomoz on not using Google for checking your backlinks, simply because Google doesnt show you all the links they have indexed, unlike Yahoo! or MSN.

**ClarkeScott** · 07-27-2006, 05:14 AM

Ok I'll ask a question...I'm an experienced developer but, SEO newbie.

What are the top 5 "do's" and top 5 "don'ts" when trying to rank high on a competitive keywords.

If you would like to use my site as an example of what to do or not do please go ahead... driverchange.com

**briansol** · 07-27-2006, 01:18 PM

the link: command in google is infact broken.

but you can get around it very easily...

.yourdomain. -site:yourdomain.com

google that. You will get all pages that have yourdomain in its text as indexed, and will exclude your domain from the results.

**handsome rob** · 07-27-2006, 06:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ClarkeScott

Ok I'll ask a question...I'm an experienced developer but, SEO newbie.

What are the top 5 "do's" and top 5 "don'ts" when trying to rank high on a competitive keywords.

If you would like to use my site as an example of what to do or not do please go ahead... driverchange.com

I dunno about a top 5 in either direction but here are some suggestions I'd make for you...

-Get a better meta description. Use complete sentences and make good (non-spammy) use of your keywords.
-Mix up your alt tags...be honest about what's in the images.
-Get your ASP code to generate HTML if possible.
-Put some images next to each type of car link on your reviews page and next to your adsense blocks.

**pcdoc** · 07-27-2006, 06:51 PM

My tip

Firefox browser + this extension

http://tools.seobook.com/firefox/seo-for-firefox.html

really informative.

**briansol** · 07-27-2006, 09:20 PM

nice extention

thanks

**sasquatch** · 07-28-2006, 11:10 PM

On this extension, I went to google and typed in a search term.
It displays all the different listings under the results. But they all have ? next to them.

Doh!... nevermind I figured out just click on the ?

**Bookworm-SEO** · 07-30-2006, 04:57 PM

the firefox extension is a great one, i've been using it for a few weeks now and loving the easy access to information.
On a related note, I'll be posting some links to tools on my site later today, for anyone interested. (This'll be edited with a link once that's done).

As to top tips... I was introduced to SEO by Yaro Starak. The 80-20 of SEM is a great resource for beginners.