26 Sep 2007 at 16:55 by Joshua J. Steimle
Apparently in as little as five days. My SEO firm launched a website, actually a microsite, for a Utah-based law firm towards the end of last week at ShoulderPainPumpLitigation.com. A few days later and the site is already indexed in Google, and not only that, but it's got the #1 rank for "shoulder pain pump litigation". Yes, I know that term is not the most competitive term around and the keywords match the domain name exactly, but still, isn't that a bit fast? And it doesn't end there. The site ranks #4 in Google for "shoulder pain class action", #5 for "pain pump class action", #9 for "shoulder pain lawsuit, and #9 for "pain pump lawsuit". This despite the domain having been purchased less than two weeks ago, this despite there being competitors who have been out there longer and who want to rank for these keywords, this despite there being no indexed backlinks, this despite a lack of content on the site, and this despite the site only being live for five days.
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25 Sep 2007 at 08:54 by Joshua J. Steimle
No, it's not a new cover band of SEO professionals wearing makeup, it's just my way of saying that getting results from search engine optimization doesn't have to be that hard--keep it simple, stupid.
What I mean is that as I frequent SEO websites and read the SEO blogs I see a lot of very detailed discussions about the science of search engines, how they work, and how you can refine your SEO strategy down to the tiniest aspects. But when it comes to making money as an SEO firm, how important is it to stay up to date on all these tiny details?
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20 Sep 2007 at 12:03 by Joshua J. Steimle
When beginning to start your search engine optimization efforts you run into a problem right off the bat--since you can't get a #1 ranking for every single keyword on your list, which keywords should you focus on? Here is a very simple matrix for helping you prioritize.
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10 Sep 2007 at 22:37 by Joshua J. Steimle
For those of you involved in the search engine optimization industry, how many of you offer your clients SEO services that are of a consulting or training nature, as opposed to full-service SEO?
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