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Maybe the OP should write an 'SEO for Dummies' book that helps people avoid becoming victim to SEO scumbags.

by davidroberts 14y ago

hackerboos 14y ago
All the information needed for good SEO is publicly available from Google.
- thejosh 14y ago
  It actually is. Anything else may help in the short term but it all ends up falling over when the "All Mighty Google" rollout a "Panda/Penguin" update, luckily sites sell you "Penguin Proof SEO!".
- nulluk 14y ago
  My SEO 101 has always been "Build a technically sound website with good content and UX. Then talk about it." Google will follow, you shouldn't be chasing them. They are in the business of providing the most relevant results, make it easy for them to crawl you and the rest will come over time with trust.
- walshemj 14y ago
  Can you point me to a detailed Google document on how to migrate a large say 5M page site from several platforms to another one. I had to work with 10 RC's and almost 5 months from the third party developer to get FWI's new classified platform in a fit state to launch - and that snot counting the work to develop the redirect plan.
  - blauwbilgorgel 14y ago
    While 5 million pages is a very big number (that probably requires a lot more planning) this might be the Google document you are looking for: http://support.google.com/webmasters/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=83105 http://support.google.com/webmasters/bin/answer.py?hl=en&#38... Moving your site If you're planning on moving your site to a new domain, here are some tips that will help you retain your site's ranking in Google's search results. Edit: http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/moving-to-a-new-web-host/ http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/moving-to-a-new-web-host/ (2005) http://googlewebmastercentral.blogspot.nl/2008/04/best-practices-when-moving-your-site.html http://googlewebmastercentral.blogspot.nl/2008/04/best-pract... (2008)
    - walshemj 14y ago
      oh a single page how generous of them :-0
      - Matt_Cutts 14y ago
        Also make sure you check out these videos: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wATxftE8ooE http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wATxftE8ooE http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r1lVPrYoBkA http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r1lVPrYoBkA and maybe http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l7M22teF3Ho http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l7M22teF3Ho depending on your circumstances.
thehodge 14y ago
As others have suggested, there is a vast amount of resources for basic search optimisation, I'm on my mobile at that are online, but I will write a pos linking to them at some point
- nunoar 14y ago
  please do :)

Maybe the OP should write an 'SEO for Dummies' book that helps people avoid becoming victim to SEO scumbags.

hackerboos 14y ago

All the information needed for good SEO is publicly available from Google.

thejosh 14y ago
It actually is. Anything else may help in the short term but it all ends up falling over when the "All Mighty Google" rollout a "Panda/Penguin" update, luckily sites sell you "Penguin Proof SEO!".
nulluk 14y ago
My SEO 101 has always been "Build a technically sound website with good content and UX. Then talk about it." Google will follow, you shouldn't be chasing them. They are in the business of providing the most relevant results, make it easy for them to crawl you and the rest will come over time with trust.
walshemj 14y ago
Can you point me to a detailed Google document on how to migrate a large say 5M page site from several platforms to another one. I had to work with 10 RC's and almost 5 months from the third party developer to get FWI's new classified platform in a fit state to launch - and that snot counting the work to develop the redirect plan.
- blauwbilgorgel 14y ago
  While 5 million pages is a very big number (that probably requires a lot more planning) this might be the Google document you are looking for: http://support.google.com/webmasters/bin/answer.py?hl=en&answer=83105 http://support.google.com/webmasters/bin/answer.py?hl=en&#38... Moving your site If you're planning on moving your site to a new domain, here are some tips that will help you retain your site's ranking in Google's search results. Edit: http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/moving-to-a-new-web-host/ http://www.mattcutts.com/blog/moving-to-a-new-web-host/ (2005) http://googlewebmastercentral.blogspot.nl/2008/04/best-practices-when-moving-your-site.html http://googlewebmastercentral.blogspot.nl/2008/04/best-pract... (2008)
  - walshemj 14y ago
    oh a single page how generous of them :-0
    - Matt_Cutts 14y ago
      Also make sure you check out these videos: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wATxftE8ooE http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wATxftE8ooE http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r1lVPrYoBkA http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r1lVPrYoBkA and maybe http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l7M22teF3Ho http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l7M22teF3Ho depending on your circumstances.

thehodge 14y ago

As others have suggested, there is a vast amount of resources for basic search optimisation, I'm on my mobile at that are online, but I will write a pos linking to them at some point

nunoar 14y ago
please do :)