SEO newbie

[69thelememt]

After loads of debate and stuggling to find the value in paying £200 a month for 1 article to be submitted to 100 sites, some directory registrations and social media work doing. I've desided to start the newbie adventure of SEO for my site.

currently i have someone doing the onsite optization
facebook page, twitter, few bloggs, link exchange sites and ebay are in place

I've registered with loads of directories so far and this will be on going.

The place where am at now is the article writing and backlinking.
I found a couple of article submitter software package which gave me mixed results and came across a website which would submit your written article to 800 sites for $12. seemed ok for me a big saving on £200.
I'll still submit by hand the top sites myself (e-zine for eg).

What i was wondering is whats the best advise on backlinks?? as well as beg, steal and borrow. Is posting on forums worthwhile, backlink in signature?
basically whats the best way forword for a newbie


any help is great

 

[Experienced IT guy]

Hi You have to be able to measure the effect of what you are doing: Here is a link to help you get started with SEO and what you can get for free.

http://www.ava.co.uk/support/faq/si...eryone/free-seo-tools-to-get-you-started.aspx

 

[zachc]

The back link strategy that seems to work best it to come up with quality content that people would spread to their friends.

It also helps if your website is picked up by bigger news sites (but you usually have to be doing something unique or have quality content for them to pick up)

 

[salesman_northeast]

what business you in ?

 

[krsdav]

Firstly, stay away from anyone offering to distribute your content for such low prices, it will always be of questionable quality.

If you are going down the article marketing route, make sure you submit unique content and not a replica or an article with very few changes to many different sites, this is seen as duplicate content.

If your in a local market start gathering local links from places such as your local chambers of commerce, local directories, supplier and customer sites as well as industry relevant sites.

Guest poting on bloges relevant to you area is also a great way to build links.

Keep an eye on the quality of the places you select as well as the number of other links coming from the page.

 

[Holland Risley]

Hi

Avoid anyone who guarantees the get your website on the first page of Google, nobody can say that. Well I guess if they got you ranked on the first page for 'black pencil with white rubber and red writing' it shouldn't be too hard.

 

[Tom Collinson]

As briefly as I can:

Find other websites in your niche (other than competitors) and build a relationship with them, whether through Facebook, Twitter or email.

Do not ask for a link straight away - how would you react if a stranger did that to you? Instead give them some advice, offer a critique of the website or comment on some content they've created.

If you come across as a salesman or as if you're deceiving the person they will ignore you.

Through these methods you'll get high quality and relevant links that will count for more than 1,000 forum profile links.

 

[Mike Seddon]

Hi,
I wouldn't waste your time submitting to loads of directories. Those that are relevant to your business are probably worth it (eg: local directories for local businesses).

As per the points above, you need to build quality content.

Also, you need to be sure you are hitting the right keywords. Investing in some Adwords advertising to test which keywords convert well on your website could be money well spent.

And finally if I may be so bold, how about the free SEO course in my signature below

Cheers
Mike

 

[monster2011]

it is a good way make money!

 

[dubOnline]

Save yourself time and money and do it yourself. Just be prepared to write some good content regularly and distribute it widely.

Go with the grain of google and feed the web with great researched well optimised content that links back to your site.