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Re: Ask HN: Does SEO still work in 2018?

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post #8

The new SEO is really branding just over a long period of time. Expect SEO to take 6 months to 2 years.

How does that work when there are other companies also working on their branding? Why would one company's effort to create a good online brand work better than another company's effort? That is SEO - working out what has a material impact on search rankings and implementing it.

Re: Ask HN: Does SEO still work in 2018?

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post #13

I've been doing SEO as a side gig for many smaller local websites. The amount of traffic you can generate from locally ranking higher than your competitors is astoundingly high. You can literally bring tens of thousands of dollars of extra business to companies i.e. electricians, vet doctors, dentists, gardeners... honestly it's worth every penny.

How do you do it on the side? Isn't it a very dynamic, very competitive field, so it requires a lot to get good results?

I guess it takes a lot of time. Change a thing, wait for Google to crawl your site, then inspect the results and repeat. Most of it is waiting for Google. So yes, I suppose you can do it on the side.

Re: Ask HN: Does SEO still work in 2018?

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I've been doing SEO as a side gig for many smaller local websites. The amount of traffic you can generate from locally ranking higher than your competitors is astoundingly high. You can literally bring tens of thousands of dollars of extra business to companies i.e. electricians, vet doctors, dentists, gardeners... honestly it's worth every penny.

Any chance you could share some ideas? Is it just getting it linked on other pages? That appears to be what a lot of "consultants" online suggest. Or purely content optimisation?

Re: Ask HN: Does SEO still work in 2018?

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Yes. For SEO related content, I always check Backlinko - https://backlinko.com The guy Brian Dean has many years of experience about SEO

Funnily enough reading studf from this site's (i.e. rank brain 2018 guide) on mobile makes my phone lag hard (octa core from last summer). I think the 5000+ heavy images content needs some mobile optimizing... Here's a little audit with Chrome's own tools: https://i.snag.gy/eX7IB1.jpg

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Re: Ask HN: Does SEO still work in 2018?

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post #16

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What's wrong with w3schools?

https://www.w3fools.com/

> Today, W3Schools has largely resolved these issues and addressed the majority of the undersigned developers' concerns.

Seems to me like it's a decent resource nowadays.

Re: Ask HN: Does SEO still work in 2018?

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post #23

I've been doing SEO as a side gig for many smaller local websites. The amount of traffic you can generate from locally ranking higher than your competitors is astoundingly high. You can literally bring tens of thousands of dollars of extra business to companies i.e. electricians, vet doctors, dentists, gardeners... honestly it's worth every penny.

Any chance you could share some ideas? Is it just getting it linked on other pages? That appears to be what a lot of "consultants" online suggest. Or purely content optimisation?

A comment wouldn't be enough, and ideas aren't worth a penny without a detailed execution plan. Honestly if you are interested you have to put the hours and do your own research, then test things yourself and see what you are most comfortable doing/what works for your niche or business. If you're really interested, lets exchange emails or telegram and chat, I would gladly offer some time helping you out (for free ofc).

Re: Ask HN: Does SEO still work in 2018?

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post #23

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Any chance you could share some ideas? Is it just getting it linked on other pages? That appears to be what a lot of "consultants" online suggest. Or purely content optimisation?

A comment wouldn't be enough, and ideas aren't worth a penny without a detailed execution plan. Honestly if you are interested you have to put the hours and do your own research, then test things yourself and see what you are most comfortable doing/what works for your niche or business. If you're really interested, lets exchange emails or telegram and chat, I would gladly offer some time helping you out (for free ofc…

Do you mostly do content generation, link building, or on-site html optimization.

Re: Ask HN: Does SEO still work in 2018?

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post #11
post #4

I believe the best methods to remain the same that it has always been, create quality content by delivering value to your visitors and keep your webapp running without maing your page hang on clients as well as presenting a clean interface, that should be cross device.

That must explain why w3schools is always at the top of my search results. /s

Weed them out :)

https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/remove-w3schools/g...

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