November 2007
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Family First
DomainerSEO is not intended to be a blog of personal thoughts and feelings, but life sometimes gets in the way. I’m currently away dealing with a serious family illness and won’t be posting much for at least a week or two. The Name Monetizer newsletter will likely be abbreviated this month also. I’ll be back.
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Competition Analysis
After sleepless nights choosing keywords the next step is to learn all you can about your competition. Go to any other search engine and type in the phrases you chose to find out who’s currently holding the top position in the results. Notice that I didn’t say “go to Google”. Many people prefer to move the battleground anywhere but Google, saying that it takes forever to increase the rank...
“If participating in PayPerPost wasn’t questionable enough morally before, today...”
– PayPerPost Bloggers Get Slammed By Google
“AdSense developer leaves Google
Gokul Rajaram, a high-ranking Google product...”
– FORTUNE: Techland AdSense developer leaves Google «
It’s hard to overestimate the importance of right keywords. Early in the SEO work on any domain you should work on the process of keyword discovery. Here’s a general plan: First of all, try to find 5-10 obvious short keyphrases that describe your site best. Go on and expand your list by adding keywords related to obvious. These related keywords might be other services you offer or just...
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“This is probably the most interesting and from reading the AdWords feature...”
– Google is playing with a tool to allow advertisers to keep their ads off domains such as pay-per-click domain parking pages. AdWords Content Exclusion (beta) - A First Look
“Search engine ranking gets more important as more domainers develop their...”
– Domain Name Wire » News » Google Slap hits Developed Domains - The Domain Industry’s News Source
“This audio book has been created to enable you to achieve search engine success...”
– Download Search Engine Success - Do-It-Yourself Guide - Free MP3 Audio Book
“NameMedia Inc filed with U.S. regulators on Friday to raise up to $172.5 million...”
– Reuters, 11/2
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Keyword Strategies
The beginning of your SEO journey is to analyze which keywords you want your website to appear under. If you get this wrong you’re in trouble. If you do it right your further optimization will fall into place easily. Start by asking what your site is about. A common mistake is to pick something too general as the keyword you should target. Chances are that the competition will be furious. Picking...
November Name Monetizer
The latest issue of Name Monetizer is out and is also posted Online. This issue covers the latest on the domain parking services, including the fact that income seems to be down across the board for many people.
