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August 30, 2008
Do Search Engines Hate Doorway Pages?
This will sound to some like a real dumb question, but here we go anyways....
Do search engines hate Doorway Pages?
Don't you love it at certain seminars, when some speaker stands up there and shouts "ALL DOORWAY Pages are BAD! They are Spam, they are EVIL. But the trouble is sometimes that's about all these speakers ever say. They don't stop to help the listeners understand why or for that matter, explain the correct way to do SEO.
If you've heard some presentations, you'll know what I mean.
So questions will arise around the subject of gateway information pages or doorway pages.
People have heard that "doorway pages" are BAD and some have stated that search engines "hate doorway pages".
For clarification on these type of issues, let's start by explaining some simple ground rules looking beyond the jargon and terminology.
Do Search Engines Hate Doorway Pages?
To answer this we'll examine it in two steps.
Let's understand:
1. What it is that the Search Engines "hate or don't appreciate"?
and then...
2. What type of pages the search engines "LOVE or do appreciate"?
With this approach it will help us gain some understanding of the criteria that is most important.
1. What the Search Engines HATE:
a) To put it simply, search engines despise low quality doorway pages that contain little or no useful content. Pages that only have a purpose of cluttering up the search index, but really have no reason to exist.
A few years ago these type of low quality doorway pages were rampantly produced as a means to try and trick the search engines. Looking at it from the search engines point of view, why even publish a page if all it contains is a couple of lines of text and an "enter the store" link.
So to be sure....Pages with VERY LITTLE VALUE to the reader, do not belong in a search engine's index.
b) Search engines also despise any kind of duplication for the purpose of manipulation. (I'm not talking about articles or news, because they are meant for syndication.)
Again, little or no content (often just garbled text or keyword rich paragraphs that have no real value) were reproduced over and over and cluttered up the search engines. These pages were supposedly going to bring great traffic but the bottom line is that they were and still are all labeled by engines as Spam. Nobody wants to see junk in the search results.
c) Search engines hate any attempt made by Webmasters to manipulate pages optimized with content unrelated to the actual Web site. Some Webmasters were guilty of all types of trickery to try and attract clicks regardless of the site content.
When is the last time you read some marketer's sales letter that they were going to sell you some e-book that will teach you "sneaky tricks." The whole language is wrong because the search engines do not care where you rank if your content is good content and relevant. You don't need to be "sneaky" or to be "tricky" to gain long term stable rankings that will last for years.
You are not trying to win a war with the search engines. That is nonsense. You never have been in competition or at war with search engines (unless of course you are a search engine.)
The only one you truly ever compete with is your competitor.
But understanding the Spam issues, clearly you could NEVER blame the search engines for their war on Spam and low value doorway pages which contained no useful content or information.
Next let's talk about
2. What pages the Search Engines LOVE:
a) Search engines love pages that far "information rich" and contain useful, original content that will actually make valued
reading to the online visitors.
b) Instead of doorway pages (or pages with no value or little useful content), the term "information rich" can be used to
describe a page loaded with useful, quality information. Search engines love pages that are content rich and able to stand on it's own merit. A quality information page is also part of the overall Web site allowing visitors to obtain more relevant and useful information having easy navigation through the Web site.
Instead of lightweight pages with no content, today's pages need to contains high quality information, which is relevant to
the online audience. The information rich page is 100% quality, put together with research, relevance, thought and care.
No tricks are ever needed.
Next Question is.....
What kind of information goes into creating an information rich high performance page?
Invariably this question often comes up when I am teaching one of our live hands-on workshops. People need to understand that this is wide open to all the discoveries you make while researching your target audiences behavior. How you can meet the audience's needs exactly, is only limited to "your imagination" and the most effective way to present the information you know they are looking for, back too them. You want to give them what they "really want" as opposed to what you "think" they want and do this right up front.
The focus is on creating genuinely "useful content"...
The focus is on creating genuinely "useful content" for your ideal target audience of "potential customers" who happen to be already out there searching for you.
Not only is this what your visitors want, it's also the key to success for search engine acceptance. You will never run in to trouble with search engines by offering lots of original, quality content that is interesting, useful and of high value, to your online readers.
In brief, key to success for attracting your target audience, is doing quality research on your target audiences searching behavior and learning to identify their needs and what they are searching for and then, giving them what it is that they really want.
Learn how to create useful content that is well focused and satisfies the reason why the searcher clicked that search button.
Okay, so what kind of information might a information rich page really contain? That will depend on what "your research" reveals of course.
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Posted by John at 03:37 PM | Comments (0)
August 27, 2008
What is the quickest and most feature loaded HTML editor?
We hear this question asked all the time, often from new students who will say:
"John, what is the best HTML editor? I want something SEO friendly but also easy to use."
Here's the thing. Search engine love simplicity (and so do I.)
But I've never really been a graphic artist.
If you like simplicity, but you've never been able to capture that professional polished look to a Web page, (then maybe you are like me.)
While I've helped many folks gain SEO skills and learn powerful strategies for traffic, I have just never been a graphic designer.
So now I want to show you some screenshots of a Web site I am putting together and show you a very cool editor that I'm having a real ball working with. No, it's not DreamWeaver or FrontPage.
I've included a few screen shots for you look at....
Please read:
More keyword observations coming up soon.
John Alexander
Posted by John at 05:06 PM | Comments (0)
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August 26, 2008
Very personal - High KEI Value Keword phrases
The root word of observation here is "personal."
Remember that Wordtracker says a KEI value of 400 is considered to be an excellent phrase speaking in terms of an excellent "window of opportunity." Today, here are a few high KEI Observations (of at least 1000 or over) for these exact phrase clusters....
Are you ready? Here we go:
"chinese personality signs" KEI 1120.0
"zodiac personality traits" KEI 1534.0
"what are good personal habits to have" KEI 1666.0
"myers briggs personality compatability" KEI 2665.0
"what is my personality trait" KEI 3281.0
"what is my personality trait" KEI 4025.0
"personal reference letter of recommendation" KEI 7,679.0
"example letter of personal reference" KEI 9,108.0
"what does my birthday reveal about my personality" KEI 15,940.0
and how about this one...
"characteristics of a controlling personality" KEI 17,300.0
Excellent windows of opportunity for these phrases plus many more.
I just grabbed these in about 3 minutes flat.
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Posted by John at 11:36 AM | Comments (0)
August 25, 2008
Free SEO Video Tip - Choosing Synonyms
I've just uploaded a few video tips to a page that I plan to add short little videos you can watch each month.
If you are interested in finding synonyms for a keyword phrase, that are truly related, based on what a search engine understands through artificial intelligence, then watch the first little video on this page.
Words related through AI or Artificial Intelligence are not always the same as words that are related based on "human intelligence." Choose words for topic drift allowances or for deep linking purposes that a based of a search engines "understanding of the topic."
It's not hard and if you have a membership with Wordtracker, you can do it within their Members area. Watch this Video on choosing accurate synonyms the easy way.
More new video tips coming soon.
John
Posted by John at 05:17 PM | Comments (0)
August 23, 2008
Why you should not be "obsessed" over KEI
If you are like many keyword researchers, as you learn to spot huge niches or "windows of opportunity" for specific high KEI (Keyword Effectiveness Index) values, there is a tendency to only go after higher and high KEI values.
Assuming you have read the Keyword Forensics e-book or Wordtracker Magic 2.0 guide, then I want to explain why you do not need to be obsessed with high KEI only.
The process of finding very KEI values with magnificent opportunities is the magic aspect that many Wordtracker users miss by a mile. If you have not got a copy of my e-book, then read this article called 3 Magical Keyword Research Tips.
One of the things to realize, is that in this process, KEI is just a mathematical formula for for floating the best potential data to the top quickly. But from there, it is not about KEI. It becomes about how many competing pages you are up against. The smaller that number for phrases that are being searched, the easier your job will be to grab to spot and the traffic for that phrase.
Try to think of KEI as way to sort data quickly and remember that if you are really observant and understand the process, you are looking for phrases that are based on search behavior, which often "tell a story" about why the search was initiated, or "reveal a trend" about the circumstances in the searchers life. Wordtracker is a very powerful window on the world of search behavior.
Are you ready for more keyword phrase observations?
This time, I am not going list the KEI value here, but I will say that at the time of research each one of these phrases have less than 10 competing pages in Google!
Root: Clearance
Here we go:
"Summer patio clearance sale" 5 competing
"ball caps clearance" 1 competing
"central air conditioning units clearance" 3 competing
"duck costume clearance" 1 competing
"women's robe clearance" 6 competing
"fireplace clearance sales" 1 competing
"clearance pool liners" 8 competing
"zero clearance free standing fireplace" 1 competing
"clearance artist paints" 1 competing
Remember that these are not examples of high volume phrases, but assuming a few searches are being done, the number of searches represent less than a fraction of 1% of searches being done on the Internet. Also remember that by optimizing very tightly focused pages with useful and helpful content you do not need millions of visitors to make money. Even just a few visitors a week can bring in good income if you are attracting those who are searching for what you are offering.
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Posted by John at 10:57 AM | Comments (0)
August 20, 2008
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Posted by John at 11:06 AM | Comments (0)
August 19, 2008
"Season" as a root word - a few observations
Jumping in to examine some phrase clusters where "seasons" are involved.
Remember Wordtracker says
-a fair KEI value is 100 KEI
-an excellent KEI value is 400 KEI
or basically the higher the KEI value (theoretically) the less stress
you have to optimize for that given phrase.
Here are a few quick and random keyword observations...
"Seasonal Flowers for August" KEI 217.0
If you were a flower shop looking to attract some new traffic, there
were at the time of this observation only 10 competing pages on Google for this exact phrase!
"Fall Flowers in Season" KEI 112.7 6 competing
"Chart of Flowers in Season" KEI 225.0 1 competing
"What Flowers Are in Season during September" KEI 484.0 1 competing
"Flowers in Season in Summer" KEI 672.0 10 competing
"In Season Flowers for October" KEI 5,049 7 competing
It seems like a few people also want to know...
"When Does NFL Season Start" KEI 577.0 160 competing
These are just a few random observations.
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Posted by John at 09:37 AM | Comments (0)
August 18, 2008
More recent keyword observations....pool or deck
"how to install pool liner" KEI 105.0 8 competing
"energy smart pool" KEI 144.0 4 competing
"patios decks and hot tubs" KEI 240.0 4 competing
"how to maintain proper chlorine levels in a pool KEI 288.0 2competing
"waterproof membrane for decks" KEI 312.5 2 competing
"replacement parts for a wmc pool pump" KEI 400 1 competing
"how to assemble decking" KEI 441.0 1 competing
"48 beaded pool liner 25 mil" KEI 484.0 1 competing
"clearance pool liners" KEI 1,013.0 1 competing
"disney pool home theme room" KEI 1225.0
"Free Ideas for Pool Parties" KEI 1275.0
But why talk about pools this time of the year?
Obviously you will find some great bargains associated with "end of season" type sales. Remember to explore all the data...not just what is "most logical" in Wordtracker.
Need more ideas about thinking laterally towards "behaviorally related " searches?
Are you of the opinion that there just are not good keyword niches?
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More casual observations coming soon.
John
http://www.SearchEngineWorkshops.com
Posted by John at 10:10 AM | Comments (0)
August 17, 2008
Copywriting lessons with Robin Nobles coming up
If you've ever had writers block, or been faced with a blank page, then here's a new training series coming up soon.
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These 1 hour sessions will be taught by Robin and she'll share lots of great information. If you want think about joining Robin in a hands-on Workshop, that is coming up September 22-26 where we will be meeting in Philadelphia. Here is the Agenda.
Are you looking for other options to fine tune your SEO skills at one of our local Search Engine Academy training centerscloser to home?
No problem...we have several other classes all happening through our associate SEO educators.
Here are a few more locations for September...
September 8 - 12, 2008 -
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September 16 - 18, 2008 -
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September 18 -19 and 24-26 in
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September 22 -26 in
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Drop by soon for more keyword observations.
Best wishes,
John Alexander
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Posted by John at 11:32 PM | Comments (0)
Seasonal Keywords
Hello there,
Have you tried using Wordtracker for seasonal promotions?
Please read:
How To Prepare Early For Seasonal Promotions Using SEO
Get ready to attend the next upcoming Workshop coming to a community
near you soon. Here are a few locations where our exact SEO workshops and 6 Month Mentoring programs are being taught in September.
Posted by John at 08:52 AM | Comments (0)
August 16, 2008
10 Tips Help Build A New SEO Career
10 Tips Help Build The Foundation For A New SEO Career
Here is the first of 10 Tips to Help Build A Successful New SEO Career.
Tip: Are you charging for what your services are worth?
There are some folks who charge steeply (and yet they don't even know how to get the results for the client.)
For goodness sakes, if you're good at what you do, make sure you are charging well for your services. You DESERVE fair reward if you're helping other business owners to prosper.
(It seems some SEOs are afraid to charge for their work)
Read all 10 Tips to Help Build the foundation of
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Highest regards,
John Alexander
Posted by John at 08:22 PM | Comments (0)
August 15, 2008
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Posted by John at 04:00 PM | Comments (0)
August 14, 2008
New Report
Greetings,
Here's a new report loaded with info on how you can dominate your niche.
More keyword observations coming soon!
John Alexander
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Posted by John at 01:09 PM | Comments (0)
August 13, 2008
KEI Observations with "ask" as a root word
It's been a while since I posted any high KEI observations from Wordtracker's member area. So to find out what searcher's want to know I thought I'd post a few phrase clusters using the word "ask" as a root.
Here we go...
"questions to ask before ending a relationship" KEI 177.8
"funny things to ask friends" KEI 420.5
"good questions to ask your girlfriend" KEI 487.0
"random questions to ask a guy" KEI 1269.0
"questions to ask car dealers" KEI 700.0
"100 questions to ask your boyfriend" KEI 2143.0
or a slight variation...
101 questions to ask your boyfriend KEI 4919.0
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Posted by John at 09:29 PM | Comments (0)
From Zero to 1000 Visitors per Hour All Night Long
Hi there,
I wanted to share something pretty interesting that recently has
started occurring. Yes, it is true, I saw another Web site that
zoomed from literally no traffic to 1000 visitors per hour (every
hour) all night long into the wee hours of the morning.
The funny thing is when people experience great success with their
Web projects, many really don't want you to see or hear what happened.
But in the incidents of recent, the Web site I'm talking about
belongs to someone very near to me. But surprisingly, she is not a
student of SEO at all.
Imagine how you'd feel to wake up some morning and find your e-mail
loaded with a ton of alert messages like this?
Your site, has received 1000 page view(s) so far this HOUR.
Your site, has received 1000 page view(s) so far this HOUR.
Your site, has received 1000 page view(s) so far this HOUR.
Your site, has received 1000 page view(s) so far this HOUR.
Your site, has received 1000 page view(s) so far this HOUR.
Your site, has received 1000 page view(s) so far this HOUR.
Your site, has received 1000 page view(s) so far this HOUR.
etc...
For more about this case please read this Interview:
From Zero to 1000 Visitors per Hour All Night Long
Highest regards
John Alexander
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Posted by John at 03:14 PM | Comments (0)
Affsphere is paying you for your articles!
Greetings,
Here is the latest update about an article directory that I've been telling students about for a while now. Here's a download that you may
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Affsphere is a unique article directory that actually shares their income with all contributing authors. Do you write your own articles on any topic at all? Give it a look now they are still accepting writers and it is not bad income to say it is so new.
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Posted by John at 01:32 PM | Comments (0)
August 09, 2008
5 Free SEO Tips of the Day for Affiliate Marketers
Here is a free tip if you happen to be an affiliate marketer:
Let's say you were going to choose a digital product to sell from
Clickbank.com.
What criteria do you use for choosing products?
Don't just choose products that look like the "best sellers."
TIP: In Clickbank's Marketplace you can sort through products by
popularity or by gravity. Don't always just look at the
high popularity but also look at the gravity number.
Try and look for gravity numbers of between 50 to 130.
Remember that if you are going to grab the busiest looking products,
you are going to be competing with many more advanced affiliate
marketers.
I suppose the best way to say it, is similar to your keyword research.
Look for the niches have an upward trend, but by finding decent
products that not all of the top marketers are plugging, it helps
level the playing field for you if you are just starting out.
TIP 2: Also try the product out yourself so you can identify products that are well made and have good value. Your readers will appreciate you if you don't steer them wrong.
Tip 3: If you want to make an impression, practice your sales copy skills and learn how to write for the purpose of communicating the benefit value.
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Posted by John at 01:00 PM | Comments (0)
August 07, 2008
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