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1) stop "reading up" on SEO on the internet. really. just stop it. now. 80% of everything written about SEO on the internet is bullshit (this means 8 out of th
by franze 14y ago
1) stop "reading up" on SEO on the internet. really. just stop it. now.
80% of everything written about SEO on the internet is bullshit (this means 8 out of the 10 articles you have read reduce your knowledge about SEO (and the web in general))
2) never ever mention the word page rank again. page-rank is thought-cancer (and does not mean what you think it means)
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your site is indexed via your IP address http://173.254.8.113/ http://173.254.8.113/, this site ranks for your obscure long tail search term. make a canonical tag to your main domain. then our site will rank for your obscure long tail search term. to understand canonical tags go to http://googlewebmastercentral.blogspot.ch/2010/09/seo-starter-guide-updated.html http://googlewebmastercentral.blogspot.ch/2010/09/seo-starte... download the PDF and read it front to cover.
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if you want to understand SEO, read a book http://www.amazon.com/Search-Engine-Marketing-Inc-Companys/dp/0131852922 http://www.amazon.com/Search-Engine-Marketing-Inc-Companys/d...
last but not least: stop worrying and complaining about scrapper sites. they are here to stay. try to make the best shop website around.
and as a side note: with a high probability your blogpost will - from now on - rank for "high quality Bitcoin hat" as it reached the front page of HN (it will get distributed a lot, via scrappers, HN web-app-websites, ...) and the blog post has - compared to your shop start page and your shop page - textual content.
- mootothemax 14y agolast but not least: stop worrying and complaining about scrapper sites. they are here to stay. try to make the best shop website around. This isn't a site scraper at play; the uggsblogs.org domain's DNS is pointing to btcgear.com's IP address. Easy enough to fix with a virtual host, but very different to being scraped.
- franze 14y agoyou are correct, then a canonical tag will fix it for good and google.
- ericcholis 14y agoI agree that 80% of the SEO stuff on the web is self serving circle-jerk crap. But, this is an excellent starting point for SEO: http://www.seomoz.org/beginners-guide-to-seo http://www.seomoz.org/beginners-guide-to-seo
- franze 14y agothe beginners guide from seomoz is ... kinda ok ... and has same valuable pointers, sadly the seomoz-blogs are a big part of the problem, that's why i'm very hesitant pointing newbies to any of their resources.
- ericcholis 14y agoI disagree, Rand's whiteboard Fridays are usually outstanding. However, you are correct, they are generally not newbie friendly. They are intended for a more informed audience. As with anything, it all takes time. I think there are too many quick-fix SEO blogs and "products" that the genuine content gets lost in the wind. I'm usually a fan of the SeoBook blog, but sometimes Aaron Wall's posts can get too preachy.
- rachelbythebay 14y agoThat which you noticed as a "side note" is undoubtedly the entire point of this post.
- discountgenius 14y agoI would much prefer my store rank than my personal blog. I found something I didn't understand. Googling the issue only found pages about content scraping. I thought I would bring this issue to people who know more than me.
- threepipeproblm 14y ago"80% of everything written about SEO on the internet is bullshit" This is simply a corollary of Sturgeon's Law. It applies to every field and topic. The advice to not read anything seems like the wrong response. Did you learn which 80% is wrong by not reading anything on the Internet?
- franze 14y agoi read the 80%, so you/he/she/they don't have to. i strongly encourage to read a - good - book first http://www.amazon.com/Search-Engine-Marketing-Inc-Companys/dp/0131852922 http://www.amazon.com/Search-Engine-Marketing-Inc-Companys/d... before taking a deep dive into the SEO bullshit-blog circus.