| 22 January |
Unbelievable… SEO Is Where It’s At |
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Do you check your blog stats? I mean, I have Feed Blitz, Feed Burner, 103 Bees, and I check them all. I found out something very interesting today.
On January 16, my subscribers jumped by 155 people. One day! Hmm… What did I write about that day? “Subdomains vs. Subdirectories.” An SEO post.
I’m getting a lot of traffic for that video about embedding video in your blog. OK. That’s blogging, but also SEO, though in an off-hand sort of way.Then, I go over to Hit Tail and find tons of long tail keywords, the most popular being “stomper scribd.” How strange. But wow! I’m #2 on Google for that one. But again, SEO.
What the heck does all this mean. To me, it says that people are really interested in SEO. It seems like something they SHOULD know but haven’t really had the time to concentrate on learning. Understood.
But it’s not a big mystery. SEO is a mixture of common sense and a little secret knowledge. Well, heck yes, the gurus want you to think there’s a “magic” formula. There’s not, really. It’s just specialized knowledge. Like every general practitioner doesn’t know a whole lot about gynecology. It’s a specialty. Well, SEO is a specialty of Internet marketing, too.
If you’re interested in SEO, here’s a great idea for you:
When I first started studying SEO a few years ago, I found a program called Web CEO. It was free to download and use, but it didn’t have all the functionality of the paid program. Yet, it did allow me to take part of their SEO course. It was great as a starter, and enough to get some SEO going for my sites. And you can still go over to Web CEO and get a free version! How cool is that?
It’s not just an SEO course, either. You can do some pretty great keyword research using it, and a bit of optimization. Though I don’t trust it entirely to tell me how to optimize pages, I had to buy the pro version, once my business grew. And it has… big time. I have people calling to help them, and I have to put them on a waiting list. Because… SEO is where it’s at.
Stomper Net is the kicker, though. I got stuff from Stomper that made a lot of difference. I’ve been able to do things with optimization that I’m very happy about. The results are pretty awesome. But if you’re looking for a specialty, SEO is where it’s at.
Not everyone understands SEO, though. They think that you pick some keywords (any keywords), you do some on page stuff, and you’re done. It can’t possibly be that difficult. Well, I’ve written about this before in this blog. You’re far from “done” when you’ve done just the basics. SEO is a game, but it’s not a game you win quickly. You have to be in it for the long haul, and if you’re not, then just do the basics, but don’t expect to rank high in the search engines for what are called the “money” words. It ain’t gonna happen.
Plus, like Brad Fallon says, “SEO isn’t a race. It’s a marathon.” I can attest to that.
But it’s fun.
I just love seeing ‘dem stats roll in and get better and better every day.
Get WebCEO and learn some stuff. You might be hooked. 
But don’t tell the other SEOs I told you. They really don’t like competition.
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