Recent content by Usman Ahmed

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    Need Info About Digital Marketing

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    Local Pack v Organic v Adwords

    Yes, Best to get your site on adwords, local map pack and organic. Hit em all and knock your competition out of the water :)
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    Seo what do people charge for

    You can't really expect to get results by paying £199 / month. As with most things in life, you generally get what you pay for. Look at SEO from a real life perspective. Your a business, you build relationships with other businesses (which takes time) which bears fruit in this case links...
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    Links in comments

    Forget about comments for rankings. Comment on relevant blogs to your niche for the referral traffic!
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    Onsite SEO is Dead ?!

    Right now, on page SEO isn't dead.....BUT Think about Google in the future.... with Rankbrain and improvements in AI, we're going to get to a point where Google's algorithm will understand content much like a human does and will be able to determine what is relevant and high quality and answers...
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    Keyword Difficulty etc.

    Put your competitors into semrush and you'll get all the keywords you will ever need :) Here is a guide to keyword research tools that is fantastic... backlinkoDOTcomSLASHkeyword-research-tools
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    PPC - What is expected return

    £1250 for 7 years... bloody hell mate, you need to pay someone to get you to the top of organic rankings for your city keywords and run your adwords campaigns and then top that off with some retargeting and most important of all you need to TEST, TEST, and TEST some more until you figure out...
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    Why free link building (SEO) is dead - so simple to understand.

    I agree with Clinton. Quality links are the key to moving up to the top of the SERPS. However, interacting via social media (FB, Twitter, Forums etc) with others in your niche, results in more click throughs to your site, and more click throughs means more eyeballs on your content which can...
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    Is the Moz DA & PA stuff useful for ANYTHING?

    Take DA and PA metrics with a pinch of salt. Focus more on the links that these tools like Open Site Explorer, Ahrefs and Majestic bring back to you. Links from high quality pages are what matter. DA and PA can be easily manipulated, so if you rely on these metrics too much without paying...
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    Digital Marketing a poor and non-existent website ?

    Start fresh. Create a brand new site. Then get it in front of the people that are looking for the products/services that you provide. In the future, always set expectations and milestones so you know exactly what's going on and what work has been done. You should be getting monthly reports...
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    Does time spent on site effect SERPS?

    Yes google does take into account 'dwell time'... which is how long a visitor stayed on your site. Obviously if a lot of people visit your site and leave immediately then it will result in you moving down the SERPS, but if they visit you, look around your site, like the look of what you have to...
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    which tool is best for keyword Research

    Here is a list of tools that will meet your needs for keyword research... backlinkoDOTcomSLASHkeyword-research-tools
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    Can anyone recommend a good on-site SEO to audit a website?

    No need to hire anyone. This post backlinkoDOTcomSLASHon-page-seo covers everything you need to know about setting up your On Page perfectly!
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    buying expired domains

    Yes, private blog networks work very, very well! As 'Boring Friday' said it is really, really unlikely that those domains will expire, so I wouldn't waste time waiting for them. However don't lose hope... Here's is a great guide (lionzealDOTcom/pbn-guide) that shows you step by step on how to...