Frequently Asked Questions
Frequently asked SEO questions:
Why bother with SEO?
Search engine optimization (SEO) helps your website get ranked high up on the search engine results pages (SERPs). The higher you are in SERPs, the more free, highly targeted website traffic you will get coming to your website or blog.
Can I do SEO myself?
Yes, optimizing your site for the search engines is really straightforward and the articles on this site will take you through it step-by-step – start at the bottom of the homepage and work your way up. SEO is just a logical, systematic process.
What is the difference between on-page SEO and off-page SEO?
On-page SEO is about optimizing the content on each page of your website and off-page SEO is about everything that happens away from your site – i.e. backlinks. Read the full article
Why is keyword research important?
SEO revolves around keywords. It is how the search engines categorize your pages and site content and it is also how the search engines recognize and attribute value to your backlinks. Keyword research is essential. Read the full article
How do I get backlinks for my site?
You should aim to get a backlinks from a variety of sources. Here is a list of our articles on backlink building.
What is link juice?
Essentially, it is the value and power of the links pointing to your site. Read the full article.
Is social media important to SEO?
Social media is increasingly playing a more important part in SEO. Read the full article.
Are link pyramids any good?
Link pyramids are probably the most powerful way of generating a lot of link juice for your website and therefore, link pyramids are a critical part of SEO if you are trying to get your website to rank for competitive keywords. Read the full article.
Can using link pyramids get me penalized by the search engines?
No, nothing you do away from your site will get you penalized by the search engines. If this was possible, people would simply set out to damage competitors’ sites. The worst thing that can happen is that low quality backlinks will be ignored by the search engines. However, a well constructed link pyramid will actually be creating high quality backlinks for your website.
Why do I need to get my backlinks spidered?
A lot of people think that by getting a backlink it will automatically get visited by the search engine spiders. This is not true, in fact less than 1% of links across the internet will actually be spidered by the search engines within 7 days of them being created. The Linklicious service ensures that 100% of your backlinks are spidered within this timeframe – a simple service that will put you light years ahead of your competition. Read the full article.
I have more SEO questions I would like answered?
Please post your question as a comment and I will do my best to answer it. You might also like to check out this excellent sticky post in the Warrior Forum SEO FAQs section.
