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Search Engine Optimization (SEO) has gone with so many changes these days, changes that made us in doubt of our SEO strategies and changes just on the blogosphere right now that will alter the usual SEO practices as we reflect of it today. The way things are made now, are not the way they were made in the past. The same with the way things are being done now, will remain the same developments as ways of the future. It’s about to change and progress again once more. As a person whose job revolves around SEO, Blogging and Social Media, I am aware of these changes keeping track on these at all times.
Now, let’s get about some of the past biggest changes that we look forward to until now. Before I tell you what was happening, I hope you were aware of these changes as these are the changes that are present till now but we aren’t focus on these that much. The changes I am going to express may sound pretty old appalling, but I intent to merely make you attentive on these things. Reaching out the best SEO changes of the past in an easy approach.
Targeting Global Google on Local Search
First off, I am going to depict this important change as this happened quickly but it came very effective and successful. First you need to be aware of this, because many people won’t be. For so many years Google has been proudly building the world seems closer by being the universal search engine as we know it. And now it happened to focus on being a “local search engine”. But you know before having local search, Google have already some other kinds of place search and local searches different from this one that we have today.
We need to recognize it thoroughly, because many will not know what in the world is happening with Google local searches and how are we going to simply qualify or be visible in it. Now, what does this mean to us? Simply, it only means that if you do not have a Google Local listing declared, your nearby local competitors will leave you behind in the dark when local consumers locate them instead of you at the peak of the Search Engine Result Page (SERPs) within Google Local Search.
Here’s the simple yet effective tip to that, claim your free Google Local listing. Fill out the listing completely as possible and then strive to get some responses and reviews posted on your listing. By just simply doing that, you will go a long way toward success in getting the top rank in SERPs from your local SEO hardwork. So easy right? But why you don’t give attention to it?
Be the Best in Yahoo and Bing
While some people become almost weighed down with the fears of the Google Panda update. I found out that in SEO we must learn to cuddle changes because changes are our friend in this evolving world. We don’t need to shift our SEO strategies if we’re hesitant to where we gonna be after implementing our strategies. The truth is, we have a major advantage because we can know how to keep up and go with the change, where many don’t know.
Bing and Yahoo! made well on their established alliance – as well as the sharing of rankings. The about 22% of the search market volume of Yahoo joined the about 11% of the search market’s volume of Bing, combining it now to manage a full third or more of the search market today.So how does this influence us? Anyway, who among us is optimizing sites for Yahoo or Bing? What went before was that many people did not worry optimizing for Bing and Yahoo because it accounted for so little chances to be visible in the actual SERPs. And it’s true!
How could rankings soar in Yahoo and Bing? Now, pay attention to Bing guidelines. Follow the important things on Bing such as:
1. Good titles that include your three most significant keywords and your brand name .
2. Descriptions that encloses your three most important keywords.
3. Make sure each keyword appears on the written pages about two to three times.
4. Make your URL be SEO friendly URLs. This is a big deal in Bing.
In Bing, you have to look back at a bit with history of search. SEO was all about attainment of higher rankings for the most important keyword phrases. That was early in the match and back then, some people assumed that was all we needed. After all if you show up number one for the best keywords in Bing then you must turn out to be a winner too in Yahoo.
Google Instant for Instant Traffic
As a Google Searchologist, I find Google instant annoying especially when my Internet connection is slowing down. I don’t like its preview thingy. But you know, I’ve able to grasp the importance of this change and it entails that we must make our website be attractive as we can. I tend to disregard sites that look boring in the preview. Thanks to Google Instant Preview for making it for us to have a glance on the site before visiting it. Or else we’re just wasting our time. Possible visitors no longer have to click on the search listing to choose if they like our site. The small magnifying glass icon gives us preview mode that shows an outsized thumbnail view of our web page. If the visitor does like the looks of our site, they simply click on it and there you have them.
It goes like the less people who visit our site, the lower our rankings will go because Google does keep an eye on site popularity and visits.
Here’s what you can do, make your site attractive and looks really good. I have visited several sites and many websites have just lost sales in having dull and dry designs and web templates. Be sure to follow the usability standards in blogging and that of have the design of the winners – winning the visitors by clicking your site from a preview through Google Instant.
I believe our job as Bloggers with knowledge on SEO is to keep advanced in an ever changing environment and keep ourselves be not be surprised of current and future developments. There are many ways to solve it, there are many alternatives, and there are many opportunities around, so just keep up! You want to keep yourself conscious of what is upcoming next because that way, you’ll always be able to help out your readers with state-of-the-art skills and advantages not considering of the changing search world.
Please share if you would like to add something. I would really appreciate your insights A LOT!
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Wonderfully put Kira, but I must argue there a bit abt Google instant. As you said before it should be all about RELEVANT CONTENT sites should be judged by content and not by aspect. That is why Google gives those sites a disadvantage. People who go on those sites and like what they read can also leave suggestions in their comments so that the owner can improve if she/he does not have the “eye” for it.
Also I have Google instant when it tries to show results before i finish typing. Simply annoying and the list of suggestions stays open and it blocks down. I can only type again my word(s) to see the searc results.
Anyway a good contribution as always. Good insights, I’ve never considered Yahoo and Bing too much before. Gives me thinking!
Great job!
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Relevance is the primary factor Google search have consider, and yeah I agree with you that sites should be judged by content and not by aspect but you know, the design also has something to contribute to the overall impact of the site. This is now the role of Google instant, giving us the instant glance of the site we are going to visit. And whenever a user sees that the site is broken or having this hilarious design, they won’t waste time to visit your site, whereas having a good, attractive design and excellent performance, I believe this would really make a difference.
But anyway as you what you have said, we can tell the website owner if the design of his her website looks not really good.
Oh Yahoo and Bing have potential. With the rapid Google’s changes today which may jeopardize SEO, I think it’s time for Yahoo and Bing to have this SEO algorithm enhancement.
Thank you so much Andreea for the very insightful comment. I am happy to see you here. Thank you.
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Interesting alternatives! It was all the fundamental changes, it was a natural step towards Google’s mission to provide richer search results.
We got used to local results and global search and it was interesting to note that Google has good changes in the SERPs.
Thus, in order to rank in the organic search your site needs to be optimized.
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As I see it with some people in the web worrying so much with the latest updates in Google. So I’ve decided to go back and get the best from the past changes that we took for granted. I found out that the past changes have something to tell us, ’twas about Google’s mission to bring the best information to us. And as you can see, the search is richer now with so many add ons and I believe we can now do something with search literally with +1. Optimization is still on the go if not globally, try locally.
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A very informative post and will be of much help to just anyone out there. Brilliant!
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Thanks for coming over my entry Balqis, I appreciate your feedback so much. I really hope that this make sense to anyone out there.
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Kira,
Nice article,very informative.I would take your advice and use yahoo and bing,I didn’t use them to the full potential.My point is very clear there is very little space for little players in the cyber world.If you have the green bills then you can take over very quickly.Content is given very little value.I hope things change for good.There is a slight difference between websites and blogs though.Content is king in blogs and you get real followers and build a genuine network for your blog.
Keep up the good work and keep us informed.
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I got you, in the web we need hardwork to get success. I liked it when you say “Content is king in blogs and you get real followers and build a genuine network for your blog.” Yeah that’s really is it, blogging is somewhat for real people , a relationship betwen bloggers to blogger, and a reader to blogger vice versa.
Go on do something for Bing and Yahoo. These Google changes is for all of us to get the information we search be accessible and useful.
Thank you for your feedback. You just made my day.
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This is a very impressive and informative article. I have learned so much through this man’s knowledge. He writes so clearly to be able to understand these sometimes confusing subjects. I plan to make blog changes of my own because of his great advice. Thank you for sharing! Excellent writer and thinker!!
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Oh thank you so much Lynne for the nice words. I am glad, my post entry is helpful to you. Anyway, thanks for being a good friend of mine in bloggersdotcom. Goodluck to your blogging endeavors Lynne Wish you all the best. Thank you.
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OKAYYY it seems you are mister popular here Kira I’m glad to be the first one to have passed by here.
So I understand every change has a reason and a plan behind it (i don’t think Google thought one day “Hey it would be nice to do this!”). Everything has a research and some data behind it, but from my point of view it disadvantages especially beginners and some people who simply don’t have the “eye” for it. Get what I’m trying to say?
I’m simply saying that change cuts some of the traffic from those sites/blogs. Therefore if content is relevant both parties have smt to lose: owners traffic and influence and web navigators the content they were looking for. Improvements can happen (if the owner is also open to suggestions) and design/aspect and whatsoever can suffer drastic changes.
As I see it, that change is mostly a downside measure and honestly I don’t even use it. It doesn’t even work for all sites.
Regarding Yahoo! and Bing: well I see your point there. Google is making too many changes too fast and sometimes overlooks some aspects. What can we say? They are humans and world wide web is Big. I am of the opinion that there should exist a basic algorithm, a solid base that should never change and the changes of later should rely on it. That would be a way to prevent extreme ups and downs of navigation and SEO. Maybe Yahoo! will see in it an opportunity. All we can do is keep “clean”, have nice-clear&friendly “OVER HERE!” signs (i mean of course keywords and labels) and provide damn good content, useful too (sorry I see many sites that don’t tell much but are very popular so…)
My pleasure to be here. If it’s something good I stick to it. No need to thank me just keep up the good work.
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Hi Andreea, first off all I’d like to thank you for the support you’ve given to my entry. Thank you so much! Yeah definitely every change has a reason and a plan behind it. It’s a business in particular.
Oh I got your point, improvements can happen on suggestions, thanks for sharing those thoughts. Thank you.
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First of all: No problem
Second: My pleasure!
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On Yahoo & Bing, you said “Make sure each keyword appears on the written pages about two to three times.” Here’s something important I learn from an SEO dude I hired, “always put the keyword in the first sentence, or in the first paragraph and second in the center of the written content and finally the one in the last sentence or last paragraph.”
Although, I’m not an SEO expert, but I do believe what this SEO dude said as he pointed out that is how those content in ehow.com rank high in search engine for multiple niches… which actually out rank ezine and hubpages in the new Google update…
Hmm… any thoughts?
@BadBlogger: I understand why that guy said so. When your content is being scanned the keywords/tags don’t help much. Many sites can have the same tag. As for when scanning the search engines realize your content is really about what you claim and if it’s (keyword i mean) throughout the article then you got a stronger visibility for the “Crawlers”.
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Thanks for the support Andreea. Google spiders loves to crawl keywords.
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It’s okay it’s something I’ve learnt from you anyway.
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and your SEO Dude was right! Keyword is one of the factors being considered in Google algorithm. The actual content on your site has everything to do with your search rankings. What he did corresponds to keyword density and Google weighs sites also according to keyword density.
But you know, there’s always limits of repetition of words in content to avoid keyword stuffing. Google no longer gives good rankings to pages employing keyword stuffing
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Interesting…I’ve learnt a lot from your article, being a newbie in the blogging world…thanks.
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Hi Alfandi, I am glad to hear that you found this article interesting. Thank you for coming over. I appreciate it a lot!
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I totally agree with all your points about those changes on Search Engine Optimization. One thing that caught my attention is that how really the percent we get if we rank well in Yahoo and Bing affects our ranking with Google? Please tell me more of the things you know about this. I am a newbie on SEO and wanted to learn more.
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What-all I know about Yahoo and Bing is that you have to have clear keywords (that reflect ur content), try make’em in such a way to not be too competitive (i mean if you type Communication as keyword, YOU’LL HAVE LOTS OF COMPETITION in the search engines, try be original), and simple (no need for comments on that huh ?
).
Hope it helps you Janixa!
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Wow, you’re so right Andree! That’s hitting the bullseye! Thanks for helping me out. That’s really it is.
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Yeyyy I am getting better at it.
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Andreea is right! Check out her comment..
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Hi Kira,
Found this post very useful and learned some new tips. Especially the things about ranking in Yahoo! and Bing. While it is true that people lament on the Panda, why don’t they take advantage of this time to boost their rankings with Bing and Yahoo!
Most people don’t pay attention to anything else apart from Google. Well Google is not the only search engine out there, but it has tantalized the web space, I can say that much.
This is the second time I am reading about the usefulness of Google Instant, but I am not completely making use of the features. Thanks for reminding me.
This is such a good post; my best wishes and complete support are always there for you.
Cheers,
Jane.
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Well Jane we can be sure of one thing: If Google is more used by ppl, more popular and so on then Yahoo! has something to learn. They need to promote themselves more, improve their capacities and offer more to users without losing their essence (e.g. Google disturbed some ppl with G.Panda).
Ofc we have smt to learn now, which we unfortunately we find out only when smt goes wrong, that there are others “in the biz” who could help us boost to the top.
As for using Google features, if you were not using them then some of them are really use-Less, not use-Ful, like I find Google Instant, which previews websites. Instinctively ppl look for easier ways to do smt so it gives you thinking. If ppl barely use the features or acknowledge their presence then their function is questionable. But you made some good points there!
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Hi Jane, thanks for the support. I am happy that this post make sense to you. It means a lot to me. Your blog is great! I keep on visiting it.
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Very nicely put information. I don’t give much though to Yahoo and Bing, but according to the latest statistics they are catching up on the search market. On site factors like keyword density , Good titles help, but nothing beats well anchored back links
and that has being a constant as long as there being search engines.
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Backlinks? But I think that is preferable done on blogs made with Yahoo right? For getting more visibility in the search engine. Tell me if I’m wrong!
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Good question Andreea. Backlinks are considered a vote for your site. Quality backlink is being considered especially in Google as one of the major factors in ranking. Just to share, the four factors are keywords, content, links, and social media. And you are right there, blog linking is will get you more, more visibility in the search engines. Cheers and BIG thanks again.
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Backlinks has also been considered in Yahoo and Bing but most expert found it with less significance when optimizing for these search engines. Primarily, you are right with keyword density , Good titles, and tags. Anchor text backlinking, i believe is most effective when done properly and careful linking to sites with good rank. Anyway, anchor backlinks, a sure hit.
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I’ve been on SEO for months as well and we usually copes up with the way Google treats all SEO techniques. It’s hard to tell which one should you adhere to, and where should you keep an eye on with. I definitely agree with your words in regards to Yahoo and Bing. Although these search engines can’t really keep up with Google, they still possess a substantial amount of traffic to your site, and besides they’re not that hard to deal with! I’ve even got one blog on the top pages of both Yahoo and Bing in just a matter of days. Moreover, only a few people keeps this thing into consideration. Therefore, it would typically be easy to be the best on both Yahoo and Bing with your niche.
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Can you mention pls some tips to gain ranking in Yahoo! and Bing. In a few short words.
Thank you!
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I’ve got you covered Andreea. I think Argie is kinda busy. Argie has been notified and will reply to you maybe. Let me answer you real quick by giving Yahoo and Bing resources. Searchalliance.com may give you more ideas and also try to check out the Yahoo updated search policy as well as with Bing. There you have it. I hope I get you answered.
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Very well said Argie! Ranking in Yahoo and Bing is more on off page optimization. I think it’s not about being top on the certain keywords if you haven’t get enough visitors from search engines even if you’re on top 1. Keywords trends and search frequency should also be considered.
I salute you Argie for learning the basic in SEO for a month. Goodluck and wish you best in your SEO endeavors. I happy to see a co filipino making a diference n the blogosphere.
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Well, actually it has been 6 months since I’m in .. however I’ve discovered some of the most used techniques and a few SEO secrets in 3 months time.. Same things goes for me as well.. glad to have you ’round. Mabuhay !
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You raise interesting points SEO and bring up marginly informed information on the Issues for the blogger. Your insights and strong views on these platforms bring alot of awareness to new and exprienced bloggers ears. Looking forward to reading more from on this.
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Thank you for the kind words Leonard! I just tried to get the best of the past SEO changes that many have undermined, maybe this gonna be the time to try something that will really work.
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I’m not familiar with all the changes and I truely want to understand more about blogging. I continuously write, because I like writing. I also enjoy reading some of the blogs I’ve run across. As I meet new bloggers I try to connect with them to learn more. I’ve used google and yahoo recently to share some of my writings, but I still have not mastered getting people to read or even comment on my blog. I’m not giving up, because blogging has peeked my interests.
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That’s a good attitude Mary!! Keep positive and keep on trying!! I see you just started a blog. You have more than 1?
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As always, great post kira. I’ve been reading your blogs and as a beginner in the SEO world, you have taught me important insights from just reading your blogs. You’re really amazing kira. How do you do it?
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Thank you for the kinds words Jupiter! Thanks for taking time to comment here in my entry. I just try to make sense in the blogging world by guest blogging around the community with real people. Just keep on reading about blogging, SEO and Social Media. I tell you by doing do you’re off to a good start then. Goodluck.
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I really don’t understand much about SEO. However, recently, Google announced its recent change on its search algorithm. It affected even some major content providers on the web mainly because of content redundancy and the ever-growing industry of content farming.
When I write blog posts, I don’t really look into the keywords or the keyword density as you know. Maybe that’s the reason why my page rank never goes up. Lol. Anyways, I’m still thankful that some search keywords bring visitors to my blog.
I’d bookmark this article so I could reread it again later with hopes of understanding what SEO really is and why I should consider it for my blogging endeavors.
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Thanks for taking time here Gian. I am happy you found this article helpful. Keywords are very important and proper usage and manipulations with it will help you rank in search engines. Goodluck Gian. Happy Blogging!
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Well, I got nosebleed reading your article. Though your works are amazing! You taught me some important facts about SEO. Cheers! Keep inspiring others!
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Thank you for the kind words Rabsky. I am glad this post make sense to you. Cheers! It’s good to be inspired and to inspire as well.
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Hey Kira….Very informative post….Actually recently few days ago I am searching how SEO works and all but not found such informative information. I know that we have to post the link to others website and link back for increase the traffic on our site but don’t have any idea about how to make your page up in google like search engine but after reading your post I found such a new way so I can move further to increase my page to world easily.As we all know that on google only first page listed site are most visited and they got the page up again & again but we want to do like that in competitive market stay atleast front in crowd so the world can notice us………Thanks for sharing this informative information to me…………
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Hi there Harshal,
For best SEO linking, it’s not necessary to link back to the sites that links to you, giving them a backlinks it’s just a way of honoring them for putting your links in their sites. But you know, having a links to other sites without a link back is much better for Google SEO. What I have presented here in my post are the best, realistic and highly applicable SEO tips that even beginners could apply in their sites.
And hey thank God, you found this really helpful. For more tips, I advise you to get the best in the four areas; Keywords, Content, Links, and Social Media.
Cheers!
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Optimal approach, and the bloggers do not forget that the new algorithm will be Panda eye precisely the quality of content.
Findability + Quality = Success
Cya – @seobrandup
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Very true! Findability + Quality = Success . I believe Panda has just made SEO to be of HIGH Quality, High Relevacy and Authority. Thanks for taking time to comment here. My pleasure.
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Hey Kira, great post. I agree with the part about Yahoo and Bing, since the sites I SEOed to the max and get most traffic from Search Engines are getting a lot of it from Yahoo and Bing. Although Google is the biggest, it still isn’t the only SE and people keep forgetting it.
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Thank you Brankica. I am honored to see your comment. Wow, I found it an achievement to get a max traffic from Yahoo and Bing. Hats off to you. I am now starting to get better with those search engines aside from google
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Hi Kira,
As you may well know, I do SEO for a living. The biggest item you touched on in this article is the localization of SEO. You nailed it here…great job. It is the trend of seo, and everyone needs to take note! Also, the rising popularity of Bing in particular should not be discounted. Honestly, I still have no use for Yahoo!
Great article, and best of luck, Bryan
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I am thankful that you agree more on my guest post. SEO is becoming exciting and challenging especially the part of localization and the content algo update. I couldn’t agree with you more Bryan. You are so right. Thanks to Bing Yahoo alliance, they now share and can be hit by following one SEO guidelines, for now, it’s gonna be Bing.
Thank you so much Bryan for this wonderful feedback.
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I’m pretty new at this whole “getting noticed by Google” thing. Thanks for your article. I learned so much from it and from the comments as well. Thanks again Kira.
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So glad to hear that you’ve learn from us. Just keep it up. You’re off to a good start Jack. Cheers!
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Thanks for such a nice article. Informative and elaborative too. Most of the techniques you have quoted here are pretty straight forward and helping in long terms. Being a SEO expert, a person should be cautious towards the implementation of these techniques and methods in order to avail top search rankings.
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Very well said Govin. I liked it when you say that SEO should be implemented cautiously. Because of the “hit” or “miss” characteristics of SEO, careful approaches are really needed.
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Hi Kira, great article and I picked up quite a few great points. I have a couple of questions – what is the best Google local search for bloggers to sign up for? and what online tools are you using to track search rankings in Bing?
Thanks for the post.
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Hi Ileane, thanks for taking time dropping a comment on my entry. you just don’t know how happy I am.
Google Places is the best local listing today and it’s for all, I am sure it will work well to bloggers who wants to get search visibility locally. Your listing will help to find you on Google Maps.
With regards to tracking search rankings in Bing, we’re using SEOBook tool and SEOquake tool, there’s a Bing feature in these tools. Also the Bing Keyword Ranking Tool of seolinelab is effective.
I hope I answered your question Ms. Ileane. Big thanks once again.
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Great post. Loved the suggestions and the phrase, where you encourage us to “cuddle changes”. It’s given me more to think about when I post.
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Thanks for taking time to get here. I’m glad you loved my suggestions and insights. Cheers for that.
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Good article about SEO. I think I will try to rank higher on BIng and Yahoo — it seems worthy to have other 22% traffic.
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Hi Dana,
I also think about Bing and Yahoo but both these Search Engine not give traffic as compare to Google, i got 1st position with some very competitive keyword but not get traffic as i got more from Google..so i don’t think Bing and yahoo give you more traffic.
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Cool insights Kira. Certainly SEO is helpful in getting you traffic to your sites and blogs.
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Thanks for the feedback. Appreciated!
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Great tips. I think it is funny how many people want to diversify by having more than one site, but still continue to rely solely on Google for traffic. Optimizing for bing and yahoo are really great. I often get more traffic than from google for certain keywords.
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You’re definitely right James. Maybe it’s time for them to get the best in Yahoo and Bing Optimization. Glad to hear you’ve got traffic from them. I found out lately that Yahoo’s good in lead generation if you have a low budget in advertising, they produce small business websites but have a good overall ranking.
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Great information put together, specially that I am new in the blogging field.
Good Luck Kira !
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Thanks Lynn. I wish you all the best in your blogging endeavors. Try to tweak around here at BE and you can find good blogging guidelines. Cheers!
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This is only my point of View,
I did hard work for SEO for my blog and what I measure among major search engine? There is no doubt that Google is the leader among them and Yahoo is lika a 2G connection in the 3G period of time because Yahoo could not be detect backlinks and takes so much times to decided. I did live experiment my mostly new created articles google index whithin 1 min. while yahoo takes so much times even one week even one months but still I am struggle for Yahoo because that is a challenge which is life about. and Bing’s result is good for me.
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I got you shadabiitr. Thank you for sharing your views. You have a point there that everyone should also consider. I have noticed that too in Yahoo and most sites that rank organically are those with good on page optimization. As what I’ve mentioned in my post Yahoo is particular with tagging, keywords and domain.
Anyway, I used Yahoo whenever I target small niche websites for my lead generation. I guess Yahoo don’t have a consistent indexing schedule in the web thus we find it really hard to have SEO for them.
The reason why many SEO specialists disregard Yahoo.
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These are few great tips…Even though my blog is not affected much by Panda update, I need to consider Yahoo and Bing too. Most of the traffic I get from these two are for image searches so far….Hope that, I will start getting some nice traffic soon too
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Hi Shaan, that was great for you. You really did a good job with your blog. As I see it, your blog has a good traffic ranking. Best of luck to you with Yahoo and Bing. Cheers! – Kira
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Although Google is one if not the best search engines running, people shouldn’t forget about Bing and yahoo. When it comes to getting traffic to either your blog or company websites, it is a mistake to pass up on engines like Yahoo and Bing. While everyone else is trying frantically to gain ground on Google SERPs you can be flying under the radar with the other search engines and enjoy a nice flow of traffic.
-Jeremy
@socialJeremy
jbro15.com
Twitter: kirapermunian
Exactly! You are very true Jeremy! I couldn’t agree with you more you just HIT the best idea. Anyway, if you don’t mind have you got a good traffic from Yahoo and Bing? I’ve got visitors from these search engines via long tail searches..
Thanks for dropping a comment. I appreciate your effort A LOT! More power to you!
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In my early blogging days I really focused more on Google since it was, of course, the most popular engine. I don’t always gear my blog towards engines because sometimes it takes away writing FOR the reader. However, when I do feel a post if very beneficial to someone, i’ll really make an effort to make it search engine friendly. I’m also slowly working my way towards Bing and yahoo and their search engine criteria.
-Jeremy
@socialjeremy
jbro15.com
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I got you Jeremy, good writing does not add extra words just for the sake of word count something. Each word carries purpose and meaning if as you said writing for writing FOR the human readers. You’ve got it and that’s really a good practice anyway.
Also I saluted you for optimizing for Google, I believe that when you target Google,other search engines somehow follow. Thank for again. I wish all the best in your blogging and SEO endeavors.
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Hello,
I am going to save this site. After reading initially I felt I better take time and read thoroughly at my leisure. I will need to apply this strategy soon.
Thank you.
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Hi shashank, you should not miss this site. Blogengage is community of real, supportive and best bloggers around the web. Try to crawl around and you’ll find good articles and approachable bloggers. Thanks for coming over. Cheers! -Kira
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Thanks for the great insights Kira! I’m just starting my blog and have a lot to learn about SEO and how I can boost my traffic. I’m seeing some progress though, and it’s mostly due to the some of the principles you’ve laid out here. Something that’s always rung true with me is to write/blog about your passions. Blogs or any creative content just seem to be much better when peoples’ hearts are in it. Thanks again!
Twitter: kirapermunian
Wow, I’m glad to know that you found this post helpful to your blogging endeavors. That’s really my aim to help people when in comes to blogging and SEO matters. See you around and please keep in touch. Cheers! I followed you on Twitter.
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Great! Always a pleasure to see someone writing about SEO. When I was first trying to learn about SEO, I had a hard time finding the information I needed. It’s good to see that you’re taking the initiative and getting the word out there so that the next up-and-comer won’t have to go through as much trouble as I did!
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Thank you Lauren. You are in good hands. Here is Blogengage , a community of helpful bloggers sharing tips and technigues in SEO and blogging as well. Not only that, you can learn a lot here and you can market your blog. Just be a member.
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Informative post! It’s important to never neglect Yahoo and Bing as they account for approximately 30% of the North American search market!
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I agree! Thanks the informative feedback. First time to know that Yahoo and Bing have accounted for approximately 30% of the North American search market!
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Thanks for such a great post! the Bing guidelines you specified were really useful to me!
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You’re welcome Tharun. Go on and get the best out of Bing while it’s still hot. Also thanks I’m glad you found my guest post helpful. Check around for more helpful content like mine. Cheer!
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Great Work Kira! I should say one of the brilliant work out there! Really i got some valuable SEO tips from you, no i should say you taught me something big. Once again thank you for sharing this with us!
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Oh my pleasure to read some kind words from you. You can apply these tips anytime. Looking forward to it. I’m just here and the blogengage community to help you out when you questions. Regards!
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Whow… These are some pretty deep stuff.. I never knew your this knowledgeable in SEO.. hope you could keep teaching us more stuff.. Good work Kira..
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Thank you Xysor. I started to love SEO when I banged up with an environment who worked on web development and Internet Marketing. More of my learning cam from self studies, reading and self experimentation with web trends. Come on you can learn these things too. Anyway, just beep me up in my blog in my blog and message me here @blogengage if you need SEO assistance. I might can help you.
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My site has not been optimized for Yahoo and Bing. Thanks for your post. I now learn how Yahoo and Bing optimizes my blog. Thanks for the share. And also I am just now hearing Google Instant. I will soon try them off and get better results to my website. Can I know whether Websites like Link exchange will help to increase my traffic to my blog? Or only SEO is the best method? I enquired about this to many but Feedback was ‘SEO’. I don’t know why they recommend SEO. Do you have any idea between using Linkexchange websites and SEO?
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Hi there Arhun, glad to have your comment in my post. First off, link exchange is one of the SEO tweaks so it is part of SEO. Yes Link exchanges could help you get traffic but not that massive,. Link exchanges should be done with utmost relevancy and quality,. and it is not a good way to initiate your site with Google.
Google viewed reciprocal linking very, very low in importance.
Google absolutely loves inbound link where the link is from a site that is relevant and complementary to your sites, especially if that site is regarded highly by Google already.
Take this. This is what Google has to say:
“Excessive link exchanges, could “negatively impact your site’s ranking in search results.”
So for now the best thing to do is to focus on good quality content and then look at using social networking to drive visitors to my site having thought like “ If you have good content, then other sites will start to link to yours”.
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Great post Kira. Very informative and it refreshes my knowledge on optimizing my site and pages to yahoo and Bing. You have many good points there and see you in your next post.
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Jkar! Thanks for commenting and the support. I appreciate it a LOT! Oh I’ll try to show off more useful content in the future. Cheers!
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Great point about optimizing for Bing and Yahoo. We spend so much time worrying about Google is doing these days that it’s easy to forget that there are other SEs out there that people still use, with different rules to take advantage of.
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Exactly, you get the utmost point in this Brendan. Thanks for commenting, it is really still wise to get the best of these two search engines (Yahoo! and Bing) of today.
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Very nicely put information, I agree with the part about Yahoo and Bing. Good luck
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Hi there Batara! I’m glad with your feedback! Thank you.
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Interesting Article! It was all the fundamental changes, it was a natural step towards Google’s mission to provide richer search results.
We got used to local results and global search and it was interesting to note that Google has good changes in the SERPs.
Thus, in order to rank in the organic search your site needs to be optimized.
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I strongly agree M. Anandhan Mudhaliyar! You hit the core idea of Google SEO! Thank you.
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Hi Kira! Thanks for asking my opinion on your article about SEO. I am not an authority when it comes to SEO because I just started my curiousity on the internet and blogging as my hobby not very long ago, but I do agree on what you said about the use of good title and the impact of using the right meta keywords to rank higher on the SE’s. May I also add that content is always king with the SE’s as well as the avoidance of plagiarism in order to rank better and higher with them. In addition, I believe that the proper use of SNS and web aggregators can further drive more traffic to a website and, of course, the overall construction of the site itself. Hope I was able to contribute a bit on your SEO topic, Kira. Regards!
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Very well said Jodrey! You are right there. In the web we just have to utilize properly the available resources around us. If you followed the guidelines of SEO, all boils down to have blogging with sense using usability standards in blogging. Have you heard about these standards? I hope you have check it out for you to get the best out of your present blogging techniques.
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Hey! I recieved your message! Good to see same Pinoy Blogger! (and I think your pretty popular, mate!)
You know, I’ve only heard about SEO when I started to set up my blog. It really helped a lot in traffic. But I never had results from Yahoo nor Bing, but only from Google. So I guess Google is the best for me and I think you can turn off the result’s page view since it doesn’t happen to me.
Cheers Mate! More Power for Pinoys in the net!
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Thanks Kababayan! You hit it right, Google is best for SEO and in driving traffic to your website. I understand why you don’t traffic from Yahoo and Bing yet, but by having my SEO tweaks for Bing – Yahoo in this post, I think somehow you can now have traffic from them.
Goodluck to your blogging endeavors and more power too
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It’s a great post! I really have no idea what SEO is when people talk about it. Well, I know a little. But how exactly to do it seems like so complex…. This is a great post for beginners like me.. Thanks for sharing Kira!
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I think my job is done! I really aimed to have this post reach the nebies in blogging and in SEO. All the things here are just a simple tweaks that we must focus to have SE visibility. I am happy to hear that this helps a lot of newbies in blogging. Thanks Cyn, my pleasure to help you. I got you covered! Cheers!
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Cheers!
Keep up the great job!
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Hi Kira,
Wonderful and insightful information that helps a lot! Keep up the good work, Regards
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Very well said Jodrey! You are right there. In the web we just have to utilize properly the available resources around us. If you followed the guidelines of SEO, all boils down to have blogging with sense using usability standards in blogging. Have you heard about these standards? I hope you have check it out for you to get the best out of your present blogging techniques.
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It was my first time to visit this website and I read your whole article Kira, KUDOS you have pointed out all the vital points in SEO track. This post has been receiving more than 100 comments, a mark that you have done a great job here.Hope you will achiever your goal towards success Many thanks..:)
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I’ve made it simple most especially for the beginners in SEO and Blogging. And uh even those who are experts have overlooked this things that made them focus to the tough yet not so sure SEO tweaks.
Thank you so much Ben for the feedback. I appreciate it so much really.
Keep in touch buddy!
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