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Re: Offer HN: SEO Help

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Post by SebastianSh » Wed, Oct 27, 2010, 3:22 PM UTC

angelbit wrote: post #39

SebastianSh wrote: post #27

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I created this account 2 hours ago, yes - but your point is? I read HN every day,I read the comments, and I understand the culture here. I was thinking I could give something back to the community by answering some questions. "SEO must find the correct keywords for a site not the client" - I don't quite understand what you meant by this, so please elaborate. Proof and a personal site; I'm not here to promote my busin…

"I read HN every day,I read the comments, and I understand the culture here. I was thinking I could give something back to the community by answering some questions." why don't aswer to questions on HN instead of use e-mail? isn't "community" to share with all SEO tips? "SEO must find the correct keywords for a site not the client" part of SEO job is to find the correct keywords for a site and optimize for those, no?…

Some people want secrecy, and some don't.

Those who posted here, shall receive a reply here.

I don't have any motives behind this, except I want to help people out. Startups have very limited budgets, and maybe someone would like to hire me, and maybe I could end up having a good relationship with other entrepreneurs.

Networking first, money second.

I'm employed by a company who deals with printers, cartridges and paper, so I have some free time on my hands :)

Re: Offer HN: SEO Help

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Post by dlib » Wed, Oct 27, 2010, 3:24 PM UTC

What's the first thing you look at when optimizing a site for SEO?

Re: Offer HN: SEO Help

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Post by bobbywilson0 » Wed, Oct 27, 2010, 3:30 PM UTC

mrtron wrote: post #37

Is my posterous blog with a custom domain (troysimpson.co) suffering from SEO problems from the redirect?

It actually isn't a redirect if you have it set up correctly. Did you configure your DNS to point to the Posterous server? If so, your domain should be directly bound to Posterous without a redirect.

Re: Offer HN: SEO Help

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Post by Indyan » Wed, Oct 27, 2010, 3:46 PM UTC

asanwal wrote: post #21

Sebastian - Thanks for generous offer. Just sent you an email. These Offer HN strings have made HN like any other place on the web.

"These Offer HN strings have made HN unlike any other place on the web". There, fixed.

Re: Offer HN: SEO Help

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Post by robstar » Wed, Oct 27, 2010, 3:58 PM UTC

This is amazing - I sent you an email about www.Jobdeals.com (http://www.Jobdeals.com) if you have some time.

We're a local services marketplace .. because we cover such a wide market, I'm not sure which keywords we should be focusing on..

Re: Offer HN: SEO Help

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Post by jonstjohn » Wed, Oct 27, 2010, 4:52 PM UTC

I have a special kind of problem with my website on rock climbing weather - the most important forecast pages do not have a lot of text other than the forecast. Advice would be appreciated! http://www.climbingweather.com

Re: Offer HN: SEO Help

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Post by SebastianSh » Wed, Oct 27, 2010, 4:58 PM UTC

seociety wrote: post #36

etherealG wrote: post #35

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I get the analogy, but after quite a lot of time making websites, I'm still not sure what I should do besides what is mentioned in this doc to improve organic listings. Perhaps you can take a small area of that ocean and give me an example?

From what I can remember, Google's SEO guides are more focused to on-site optimization; "design well and provide good content, the rest will come naturally". While an SEO consultant might use this approach it is not quite the most proactive strategy. SEO comprises of so many things outsite on-site optimization. I encourage you to read SEO Warrior, a book published by O'Reilly that covers different aspects on the topi…

Yeah, you're right there.

Basically, Google is saying that if you build amazing content, and structure your website accordingly, you will get high quality backlinks.

If you've spent one day trying to get your site a better rank you know that it's almost impossible. Especially if you're a nobody.

You should be careful recommending books on SEO.

Google and other search engines tweak their algorithms daily, and many things can be outdated.

Join IRC-channels and forums - learn from others mistakes (know where it went wrong), and simply put - just do it.

The worst thing that could happen is if you get sandboxed (removed.)

Re: Offer HN: SEO Help

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Post by Travis » Wed, Oct 27, 2010, 5:01 PM UTC

dbingham wrote: post #6

Hey Sebastian, great offer! I'd love if you'd take a look at Fridge to Food: http://www.fridgetofood.com Keywords: recipe sharing, foodie community, ingredient search Honestly, I could use help coming up with other keywords. I've been having trouble boiling down the concept into a few keywords. The best I can do is TasteSpotting meets StackOverflow (and eventually LocalHarvest). Shoot me an e-mail at dbingham@fridget…

I think your site is great, but I'd like to share a frustration that I have with EVERY recipe site:

I can't find "connected" recipes that use common ingredients. Sure, there are sites where I can enter my ingredients and get recipes, but for a guy like me (single, 28, lives alone, professional job) I'd rather be told what to buy that will make N dishes.

In short, I want to buy the fewest ingredients (without having to research and crossreference) that will make a variety of delicious dishes.

Something like this may exist. If so, please point me towards it.

Re: Offer HN: SEO Help

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Post by almost » Wed, Oct 27, 2010, 5:02 PM UTC

Thanks for the offer, I'll email you in a minute!

Re: Offer HN: SEO Help

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Post by dawie » Wed, Oct 27, 2010, 5:08 PM UTC

Url:http://tabtrick.com/

Keywords: Custom Facebook Page, Facebook Business Page, Facebook Fan Page, Facebook Template, Welcome Tab

Description of my site: I have Facebook Page creator that allows user to easily customize their Facebook Page.