9

Dec

CommentKahuna - Your Secret SEO PowerTool For Increased Rankings

Posted by admin  Published in Search Engine Optimization

Hey Guys,

So who wants to know one of the best one way link building tools I have in my arsena, is free to use, and an absolute ripper?
Well CommentKahuna is from the guys that also created PortalFeeder. One thing that I have specifically liked about PortalFeeder are the tools that they have created for their members to use. Much like us they believe in providing all the tools needed to get the job done with efficiency.

One particular tool that they have and I just love is CommentKahuna. Now the thing is I have secretly been wishing that I could have given this away to my own members and people I speak with, but have instead had to revert to telling them about a different piece of public software since CommentKahuna was previously only available to PortalFeeder Members.

NOT ANYMORE

They have released a public version of the software, and even done some really really cool updates to it, also from speaking to Jason Katzenback (part owner of portalfeeder) they have even more planned for the software.

So what is so good about this software?

Well essentially it makes it really easy to find related blogs and posts on your topic, and then post comments on that post or blog about your experiences and in doing so gain a link back from that blog.

Now before it starts I can hear the questions already.

“Isn’t this comment spamming”

“Is this bad for the internet”

“Will my site get banned”

ABSOLUTELY NOT, If and only if you use it with integrity.

As with anything in life some things will be used for the greater good, others will be used for bad. What I suggest is the proper way to use this software and not abuse your rights or this software as a very effective tool.

It is something I would be happy to show my mum how to use properly.

In fact I did show someone who is not very technical minded, and certainly no “SEO Guru”

I showed my wife how to use it :)

See Jennifer (my wife) has a site on weddings here in Australia and wanted to increase her rankings for “Wedding Forum” so that she could build a forum and get her community a little more active.

There is already a base level of SEO done on the main page, but very little to no SEO done on her forum.

So I decided to show her how to use the software properly and let her do her thing. Apart from the fact that she has the luxury of being able to do anything she wants from home, it is the perfect thing for her to do whilst tuning out watching a tv show, just plod away on her laptop doing what she loves most, talking about weddings.

See when used correctly its just like partaking in a conversation, except CommentKahuna makes it 10x easier to find the blogs you are interested in, learn some information and give your feedback on the subject.

So now not only could my wife easily find sites on weddings she never knew existed, but now she can also become an authority in her field by giving back quality posts on these other sites, and build her rankings at the same time.

How cool is that!!!

So lets see her results.

  1. First off she posted on about 150 different sites (yes she is crazy for weddings)
  2. Secondly all posts were properly written on the subject, she really put thought and effort into giving back to the blog and community
  3. Thirdly she targeted her key phrases very specifically selecting the long tail keywords she wanted to rank for, or easy to target keywords (which is where I think the power really is)
  4. Fourthly she made sure all her posts meant something, not some generic random crap, but actually make sure you give back to the blog, this ensures more of your posts are accepted, and it ensures she gets traffic from the blog as well as builds her sites reputation in a good way.

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As you can see from above, in this case we are tracking the triangular line not the square line (click on the image if it is a little blury for you to open up the full version).

The previous best position on December 3rd was position 28

Now on the 10th of December she is now position 15

Now for a decent keyword such as wedding forum, making a 13 position jump with some blog commenting in my opinion is a very good result.

And for only 7 days later, makes it an extremely good result. I would expect over the next few weeks for it to rise even higher with very minimal further work on her behalf.

Of course now she is addicted to quite a few extra sites and also using the software so is starting to target her deeper inner pages of her site using CommentKahuna.

The above example is just one example of this, I personally have used it to massive effect on quite a few different sites now.

What more can I say?

  • Its Easy
  • It Works
  • It should certainly be a paid for piece of software but its not its free
  • And it beats the pants of any other paid software out there currently.

Put simple go and grab it for free now by visiting

CommentKahuna

Remember always use this tool responsibly as it is a very powerful tool and when used properly has very large results as you can see above.

As always feel free to subscribe to this blog at the top right hand corner, and please leave your feedback on the software. I will pass all suggestions back to Jason myself.

Regards
Marc

Popularity: 74% [?]

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6

Nov

Update to the Directory Submissions Test

Posted by admin  Published in Search Engine Optimization

Hey Guys,

This is an update to our Directory Submission Experiment

It’s been the entire 6 weeks now since we started with the submissions and we have done nothing other then good quality on-page SEO.

The results have been better then I expected. This is partially due to the fact that we are dealing with Google Australia which is easier to rank in so the results seen are better then what you would see in the main Google.

However it still does show that you can get results from Directory submissions when done correctly.

So what are the results…

Google.com.au

Keyword                  Position

decorative rugs          39

jute rugs                  41

designer rugs            41

discount rugs            57

cheap rugs               60

Google.com.au (selecting Australia Only)

Keyword:Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Â Position:

decorative rugs        2

jute rugs                  6

discount area rugs      7

cheap area rugs         8

discount rugs            14

cheap rugs               18

Now I know that this is for Australia only, but I would still call those fairly substantial results for a brand new domain (6 weeks old now) with no SEO done to it other then the directory submission.

This kinda proves that directories do still have an effect for those that were not sure.

The results are amplified when targeting longer tail keywords with less competition.

Points to look out for:

1. Make sure your directory submission service knows what they are doing (no automatic submissions, do only manual submissions)

2. Make sure they are doing manual submissions to quality directories, too many services do this automatic submission bs which just means you are getting crappy directories basically.

3. Make sure they have a filtered list, Google has performed major smackdown recently on alot of directories, you dont want to be posted in these.

4. It is great if they can handle the confirmation receipts also.

5. Very important that they do a delayed submission over time.

For those that want to go out and find a service that would be my criteria.

For PLRPro members I will be letting you know very shortly who my “secret” source is for all things SEO. Including my own private sites.

They are absolutely awesome, a true gem found in the sand of the SEO ocean.

There will be another update here with their services shortly anyhow, but we are doing something special for PLRPro members (including PLRPro Ebook members) very soon.

Regards

Marc

Popularity: 28% [?]

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29

Oct

Google Pwns Me For 20k A Month

Posted by admin  Published in Search Engine Optimization

No this is not another post about the PR hell that was cast upon the web recently.

Nor does Pwnage indicate some type of adult site, check out the definition of pwnage

So what is this post all about? Its about a combination of mistakes that was done recently by myself and a host that lead to the complete de-indexing of a site, total loss of rankings and a loss of around 20k a month in business.

No I will not show the site, but I will explain the very simple thing that happened.

We all know about duplicate content right?

In small batches its not so much of an issue, or if you re-write it in someway its also usually not a problem but when you have entire exact replica’s of a site, then you are asking for major trouble.

Recently the domain in question was moved over from one host to another host, now at the time I forgot that I had some add-on domains setup on the site that were using a 301 re-direct back to the main site, so as to not cause any issues.

Now when you park a domain into another cpanel account, it will normally just “map” the domain over the top of the other domain. Meaning if you visit the parked domain, you will still have the same url address as the parked domain, but it will display the content from the main domain. This essentially is complete duplication of your main site if Google were to index it.

The reason for this is that it returns a 200 ok server header. Which means as far as any Search Engine is concerned its open slather for indexing.

Checkout Server Header Checker to see what your sites are returning.

A 200 ok header should look like this.

HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Date: Mon, 29 Oct 2007 06:25:31 GMT
Server: Apache/1.3.37 (Unix) mod_auth_passthrough/
1.8 mod_log_bytes/1.2 mod_bwlimited/1.4 FrontPage/
5.0.2.2635.SR1.2 mod_ssl/2.8.28 OpenSSL/0.9.7a PHP
-CGI/0.1b
X-Powered-By: PHP/4.4.7
Connection: close
Content-Type: text/html

Okay so how is this bad then?

Well when we moved the domain the host completed the move for us and set it all up, but instead of replicating the current structure, they just re-added it as a new parked domain, thereby returning a 200 OK for multiple domains displaying the exact same content.

The Result.

Within 3 days of indexing the domain, the previously ranked domain (first place for all industry keywords) was completely de-indexed (main index was not even indexed) and as a result total loss of rankings.

 Finding The Problem

Once I thought I knew what it was, finding out was quite easy. We grabbed some unique content from the page and did a Google quotation search for that text. I actually expected to find some trouble maker duplicating my site. By doing this search you will find all indexed pages that use this unique phrase that should only be found on your site.

And you can usually find the problem that way.

What I found shocked me. It was my own site that should have never been indexed. Here I am happy with our hosts move over, when I now find my site is de-indexed, total rank loss for duplicate content because this other useless domain was indexed.

After a little more checking of cache dates etc we confirmed this was the problem and went about fixing it. Crossing our fingers that we would pop back up in the results just as quickly as we went.

The SolutionÂ

Don’t ever park a domain without doing a proper 301 re-direct on it, people say you can do a 302 re-direct, but I prefer to play it safe and use a 301.  Again you can use the server header checker above to check and make sure your site is returning the correct server header codes.

So how can you do a 301 re-direct?

I could explain it here but it would be re-inventing the wheel, so let me just point you to a resource

301 redirect Explained

For us we just used a php 301 redirect placed in the root of the main domain, effectively redirecting the entire domain to our other domain.

It took all up only 4 days after this was implemented for the said site to be completely re-indexed, and about another 2 days for rankings to come back. There is no loss whatsoever to rankings and everything is as it should be.

Lesson here is to always check parked domains when you move structure around.

Till Next Time

Marc

Popularity: 46% [?]

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20

Sep

Directory Submission Experiment - Day 1 September 30th 2007

Posted by admin  Published in PLRpro Launch Updates, Search Engine Optimization

Hey Guys,

So I am re-visiting directory submissions, with a few things that have changed over the years in how I do various parts of search engine optimization (or optimisation if you are Australian).

The way I will be having this done is the following

  1. Brand new site for easy tracking on results
  2. 1000 high quality hand submitted directories
  3. Submitted at a delayed time of over 6 weeks
  4. 10 different title’s
  5. 6 different descriptions

I am using a service of someone that I trust a lot when it comes to SEO, these guys not only provide a service, but they also do it on their own sites and make an absolute killing doing it.

He himself is launching over 15 sites every week, has over 35 employee’s and is always testing tweaking new things.

This is my official blog to track traffic, ranking for the keywords I selected, and anything else I feel important to mention.

It is not a monetary goal I am seeking but rather a real live tracking of what you can expect from these type of directory submissions, and then at the end of this i will be talking to the owner to get a special deal for PLRPro members.

As you can see I am doing this live, on one of my own sites first so you can watch the results yourself.

I will keep you updated weekly, and maybe even more then that.

Also the results I will be tracking are Australian Google rankings since that is what is my target market in this case, and I will track US Google results just for kicks.

Talk Soon
Marc

Popularity: 24% [?]

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3

Sep

SEO A labour of love, tears and freaking hard work

Posted by admin  Published in Search Engine Optimization

Okay so I started reading Dan Thies’s blog today after seeing it in the forum (thanks Dewald) and what a breath of fresh air it is.

You can get there here:Â SEO Fast StartÂ

So what is this post about, well after reading through all of Dan’s last posts, and there are some real kicker posts in there, I came across a post that about SEO, keyword selection, applying yourself and then rivaling one of the best in the industry, Brad Fallon.

I won’t take away from the post so please take a read of it yourself and digest it.

Keyword Selection Case Study - SEO

Enjoy

Marc

Popularity: 8% [?]

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