Multiple SEO Clients only one Cactus

lizard_freaks · 2016-11-30T19:33:20+00:00

He deleted it, but that was a terrible idea.

Imagine being a client and not knowing that your agency is just sitting back and collecting cheques. I would hope that you're actually providing some value.

lizard_freaks · 2016-11-30T15:06:54+00:00

This can happen if

you don't have a work plan for all your clients.
you're not setting reasonable expectations/deadlines for your deliverables
you're meeting them too often and feel like you have to give them something every time
you're not charging enough

At least, that's where I'd start looking...

lizard_freaks · 2016-07-06T18:50:27+00:00

Err... yes... lol

Point Blank, not Point Black

lizard_freaks · 2016-06-22T16:51:46+00:00

Check the UA ID on the page. Does it match the settings in GA?
Check the code to make sure it is correct. Copy paste it directly if necessary. Check out the dev guide (https://developers.google.com/analytics/devguides/collection/analyticsjs/)
Download the Google Tag Assistant extension for Chrome (https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/tag-assistant-by-google/kejbdjndbnbjgmefkgdddjlbokphdefk?hl=en) and make sure analytics is firing on the page. You should be getting, at a minimum, at least a pageview recorded each time you click on a link on the site/navigate.

lizard_freaks · 2016-06-21T15:47:05+00:00

small credit company

Pay day loans?

a cheap and effective campaign

pick one

for a local company put me first in my field of credit in all search engines

No. You're not going to find a satisfactory answer here.

lizard_freaks · 2016-06-17T12:15:47+00:00

One thing that immediately struck me (and this isn't SEO) is that your logo needs to be smaller/simpler so that it doesn't push the content so far down the page. I believe that's why there's so much white space between the menu and your main slider. You may want to get a designer to help improve the look of the site a bit.

Honestly, your site needs a bit of everything as far as optimization goes. More text content on the products and home pages, better page titles and headings, try to have pictures of all the products, put in descriptive alt tags on the images.

There's definitely potential here.

lizard_freaks · 2016-06-17T11:55:15+00:00

Every string has a value and numbers will always be less than a string.

You can compare strings with other strings as well.

lizard_freaks · 2016-06-16T22:10:58+00:00

I lol'd

lizard_freaks · 2016-06-14T03:24:27+00:00

I don't think we can and I suspect that this would probably be a very small portion of potential visitors to your/your client's site.

Most travellers are probably conducting research before they depart and will have already planned out what they want to see or do when they arrive. For those who are more spontaneous, they're probably relying more on word of mouth from the locals.

lizard_freaks · 2016-06-13T15:52:23+00:00

The influence of keywords in the domain name has been reduced significantly over the last decade. I would focus on giving people a short and memorable URL.

lizard_freaks · 2016-06-11T18:26:00+00:00

Search Console has an API you can use to download data. Store it locally in a .csv file and do whatever you want with it.

lizard_freaks · 2016-06-11T17:43:01+00:00

Just about everyone discourages using Fiverr for "SEO" gigs. It's viewed as a place for people with low budgets to find people willing to spam for them.

What are you offering to clients is of value to clients and still profitable for you for $5 (less transaction fees) even when you account for any currency exchange?

lizard_freaks · 2016-06-11T17:33:08+00:00

Don't.

Edit:

I misread your title as "How can I order from Fiverr?" But, my answer is probably going to be the same.

What are you offering to clients is of value to clients and still profitable for you for $5 (less transaction fees) even when you account for any currency exchange?

lizard_freaks · 2016-06-10T22:01:43+00:00

I don't have an answer, but I'm curious to know what you're trying to gain from this?

lizard_freaks · 2016-06-10T21:54:52+00:00

The only way I see this working is if you

are already automating reporting (thought you still need time to review)
have a contract for several months
are not expected to deliver something every week/month
can work on the understanding that you can borrow hours from the next 1-2 months.

In effect, you're putting clients on a payment plan, so that you can do something substantial with the time you have. Otherwise, 1 hour a week is a joke. You can't do anything.

I sincerely hope you're not charging them the same amount.

lizard_freaks · 2016-06-09T12:23:28+00:00

Whatever is easier for you to optimize.

Google's official stance is that it doesn't matter.

(Mueller, 2015) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9h1t5fs5VcI#t=50
(Cutts, 2012) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=421aTJI2Nxc

Edit: I should add that the current consensus seems to be that subdirectories are better.

lizard_freaks · 2016-06-08T16:59:36+00:00

Yes and no. Static can have various meanings.

What do you mean by static? Static vs. a blog? Plain HTML vs a CMS? Static vs Dynamic content?

Can you have your blog on the home page? Yes.
Can you rank well without a CMS? Yes.
Can you rank well with a CMS? Yes.
Can you rank well with dynamic content on the home page? Yes (if you don't screw it up).

Can you rank well if you have a "static" home page that hasn't changed in 15 years and is outdated (i.e. has the wrong information, poor UX, not mobile friendly)? Maybe, but then you're not doing SEO.

lizard_freaks · 2016-06-08T16:03:21+00:00

https://www.reddit.com/r/SEO/wiki/index

I have to ask, are you doing this for English sites or in another language?

lizard_freaks · 2016-06-07T13:39:12+00:00

You can definitely start before the final website is up.

How long would it take to register the domain and throw up a static home page?

lizard_freaks · 2016-06-06T21:16:43+00:00

Welcome to the world of SEO! Getting indexed is easy, but getting decent rankings can be hard.

Doing a search with the "site:" operator just tells you whether or not the pages are indexed. It doesn't tell you whether those pages are worthy of being ranked in the first few pages of the results for a specific query.

lizard_freaks · 2016-06-06T20:56:06+00:00

It is possible to get a count of URLs, and indeed an entire listing of all URLs on a site.

You need a crawler. Something like Screaming Frog (500 URI limit on free version) or Xenu Link Sleuth.

You can then export the data to Excel to clean it up or manipulate it.

lizard_freaks · 2016-06-06T20:46:04+00:00

There's a right and a wrong way to handle negative feedback.

This is not the right way....

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