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I will try this for sure once I have no campaigns left. Thank you very much for your time Nakul.

Thanks a lot Paul,

I guess I will do both. Just want to try Jesse's idea and verify it if I can. As usual, your info is of great help. I think I should set up the new campaign ASAP like you suggested, it is better for me and my client. Can't risk all the valuable info to get wasted.

Cheers!

No new info yet. I guess i'll wait for the next crawl this thursday. What you say makes a lot of sense though.

thanks Jesse!

The site is completely redirected to the new domain. Does this mean I can keep my current campaign? would be nice.

Hello,

I set a client's website in one of my 5 campaigns in my Pro Dashboard. But my client changed his domain. I don't see an option to change the domain server in the Campaign settings.

Is it possible?

Hey Paul,

Thanks a lot for the info, to be honest I didn't even consider that. saved my life there.

And I hope Google doesn't take long to index the new domain.

Cheers!

Thanks a lot Paul and Mike!

Sorry for the late response.

Yes, the new domain is all about rebranding. Also, their old domain was too long.

Hello,

My client bought a new domain and he wants it to be the main domain of his company. His current domain though has been online for 10 years and ranks pretty well on a few keywords. I feel it is necessary to redirect the old domain to the new one to take advantage of its ranking and avoid any broken links.

The sites are exactly the same. Same sections and same content. Is it necessary to place canonical tags on one of the sites to avoid duplicate content/sites?

Any thoughts?

Thanks

Hi DHStom,

Thank you for your recommendation, I will start working on this strategy.

Cheers

I tried getting links from the non-profit organizations but... one doesn't have a website (and btw I'm considering making it for free) and the other one has terrible organization and no one seems to know who is in charge of the website, how to update it, etc. It is a bit sad.

I'm trying the social media approach but it is quite the challenge. They had less than 50 fans and I haven't been able to reach a 100 yet. I am struggling there too but just with a bit of patience I'm sure it will turn out ok.

I have noticed the strategies I find online regarding SEO and Social Media aren't very successful in Mexico. Mostly because they do not have strong online communities, and without them doing SEO is more difficult in my opinion. Educating people to adapt to certain activities or behaviors one would normally expect is not easy at all.

I would start with On-Page Optimization. Make sure the title tags, images, h1 tags & meta description include the keyword you are aiming for. Make sure the content of your pages has your target keyword a couple of times and use bold or italic at least once to make your keyword stand out. Also make sure each of your pages have SEO friendly names like "www.mysite.com/target-keyword".

What I usually do next is to add Google Webmaster's tools and Google Analytics to my new site. Make sure to create and upload your sitemap.xml to your Webmaster's account.

After that I start creating social media accounts for my website, then wait between 1-2 weeks and start checking if my site has been indexed to Google.

I know SEO consultants no longer do articles submission. I believe it doesn't provide as much link juice as it used to and it might be penalized now by Panda or Penguin algorithms (could be wrong I am still learning).

Try to find a few trustworthy and high quality directories and submit your site on them but don't go too crazy.

Usually this basic strategy gets your site noticed by Google and the other search engines.

Create a blog for your new website and share useful and quality content so you can start using social bookmarking.

And of course try to create a great backlink strategy. I higly recommend you this video. And this amazing beginner's guide by SEOmoz. Take your time and track your progress. Make all your backlinks look natural.

As for how many backlinks per day just remember your site is new so don't go adding 100 links per day. Also, instead of worrying about the quantity, focus on the quality of your links.

Oh yeah, and be very patient!

Brian's right. My brain thought automatically about expired domains so I messed up a bit.

I believe what EGOL is trying to say is to focus on creating great content. New posts with great content people will share.

I really don't think you should get a new domain. You will earn quality backlinks once your readers start sharing your blog content

Well it has tons of links coming from 50 domains including their own. And it seems they did some SEO on most of them. So probably that plus a lot of traffic = PR5.

What I want to know is: Most of their backlinks come from their clients and they aren't topic related/relevant, so how much link juice are they really getting from them? Also they have like 4 links to them with different anchor text in the footer of their clients websites like this one pointing to them. Is that good? I don't think so but I would like some feedback from a more experienced SEO consultant.

Hi wildcat143,

Feel free to create backlinks for any page on your website. I like to mix backlinks a bit depending on what content and section I want to rank up. Keep it balanced if you can. If your website has only a couple of sections I would only focus on my homepage honestly. Big sites like e-commerce sites should have lots of backlinks to their internal pages and their homepage as well.

SEO evolves constantly due to Google's algorithm getting smarter and smarter and more efficient to find spam websites. Don't try to force Google or you might get banned or penalized. Based on this, and because your site is new, I really don't recommend building that many backlinks per day.

Like sterls suggested, Google Places is a great directory-ish nice backlink to have. I also recommend Nokia Prime Place, Yahoo Directory, Foursquare and DMOZ (getting your site listed here might be hard, but it's worth trying).

It requires a bit of work to find directories that are trustworthy. But you can find some on your own with the help of Google. Don't waste your time on spammy looking directories full of ads. It's hard to tell just by looking at them sometimes, but good directories will ask you for a lot of information, your logo, images and will usually require some editorial approval before posting your link on their website.

Hope you find this information helpful!

Edit: By the way what Keri Morgret said is very important. I took that step for granted since I'm more of a web designer but she is absolutely right!!!

I agree with Irving. And it is not rare to stumble upon junk sites who are using redirects to boost their ranking.

I tried getting links from the non-profit organizations but... one doesn't have a website (and btw I'm considering making it for free) and the other one has terrible organization and no one seems to know who is in charge of the website, how to update it, etc. It is a bit sad.

I'm trying the social media approach but it is quite the challenge. They had less than 50 fans and I haven't been able to reach a 100 yet. I am struggling there too but just with a bit of patience I'm sure it will turn out ok.

I have noticed the strategies I find online regarding SEO and Social Media aren't very successful in Mexico. Mostly because they do not have strong online communities, and without them doing SEO is more difficult in my opinion. Educating people to adapt to certain activities or behaviors one would normally expect is not easy at all.

No new info yet. I guess i'll wait for the next crawl this thursday. What you say makes a lot of sense though.

thanks Jesse!

Google doesn't crawl content inside an iFrame so I doubt it can mess you up. I read once it does affect where are the iFrame links coming from, I'm not sure though and if you are using Youtube and Vimeo I wouldn't worry.

I am confused though. First you said you were providing your readers quality videos but later you added "In general they probably aren't seen as too relevant to the overall content on my site..."

Just make sure you are delivering content that is helpful, relevant and interesting to your readers.

Crawlers ignore comment tags. They do not have any SEO impact.