Comments on: SEO Checklist (supersized), hold the B.S.

By: Free Resources for Site Keyword Research | Content Equals Money

Free Resources for Site Keyword Research | Content Equals Money — Wed, 14 Sep 2011 16:05:32 +0000

[…] http://www.conversationmarketing.com/2010/04/seo-checklist-really-big.htm – Yup, this is a blog post. Not just any blog post mind you. It’s by Ian Lurie and it is a rundown of all the things you need to do for SEO. The first section is about keyword research, but it runs all the way through content strategy. Some of the sources in his list are paid, but I’m pretty sure all of them at least have a free trial. Turn off your iPhone, get a cup of coffee and cuddle up with this powerful post. […]

By: David Jenyns

David Jenyns — Mon, 27 Dec 2010 11:07:41 +0000

As for me, I have three steps to do for excellent SEO. First is start with appropriate keyword research, using Market Samurai and just like what you have mentioned in this post, the Free Google Keyword tool. Using one of these tools, identify ten to twenty keywords and then do some on page optimization to your website. This is also applicable even if the person already has keywords that they want to use.
Next is look for keywords that are driving traffic to your website using Google Analytics. You can use that to target keywords that are ranking on the first page but not on position#1. Use those keywords in your blog posts and link building activities.
Last is to do some analysis. Find a high converting keyword. Then look at where you’re currently ranking for these keywords. For this purpose we use authoritylabs.com to find out where we’re ranking.
That’s it! If they follow these steps, then they are sure to be on the way to success in the search engines. :)
Cheers,
Dave

By: Mavon

Mavon — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 23:40:30 +0000

Very Helpful, Thank You.

By: London Producer

London Producer — Wed, 05 May 2010 11:26:53 +0000

I think I should show this article to our webmaster. He says he understand a thing or two about SEO and promotion, but I am not so sure now. I am still waiting for the results to come through – it’s been ages – and I am still not ranking very well. He promised me ‘Music Production’, ‘Music Producer’ to be on the top of the list … All talk talk, but no action. I think I should hire you instead.

By: Ian

Ian — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 19:14:12 +0000

@ahmed certainly – just please cite the source and include the URL.

By: ahmed elbortoukaly

ahmed elbortoukaly — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 18:39:36 +0000

k,now this is something I would never have learned getting my master certificate. You really got into details. I am working on a presentation to submit to Jim Kukral in two weeks, is it OK to use some of your blog post in my presentation?
cheers,
Ahmed

By: SEO Manchester

SEO Manchester — Sat, 17 Apr 2010 02:30:06 +0000

Hi Ian
I stumbled across your page via a Google Twitter search.
I’m glad I did. What a fantastic checklist. I’ve put you in my favourites, copied out your list and will certainly be back to check out what else you have on here.
Great work
Mark

By: Scott Becker

Scott Becker — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 15:08:19 +0000

Hi Ian,
Thank you for sharing this killer checklist. Always something new to learn. I’ve heard that the keyword meta tags don’t do any good but thought that I heard Matt Cutts say that they did in this video: http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/seo-audit-video/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+mattcutts%2FuJBW+%28Matt+Cutts%3A+Gadgets%2C+Google%2C+and+SEO%29&utm_content=Google+Feedfetcher However, after looking again, he’s talking about the description meta tag and not the keywords.
Keep up the great work!
Scott

By: Jeremy Martin

Jeremy Martin — Fri, 16 Apr 2010 07:52:55 +0000

Hey Ian, really great post. Very comprehensive and help for a beginner and someone who has been in the industry forever. Thanks a lot!

By: Ian

Ian — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 11:34:07 +0000

@Zadling Nooo, don’t do that. Your forums are a great source of content growth and pages for your site. The work to straighten out the issues is well worth it.