Comments on: Are the basics of seo being ignored by Google? http://www.seounique.com/blog/are-the-basics-of-seo-being-ignored-by-google/ SEO & Internet Marketing Fri, 21 Nov 2008 08:55:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 By: Wayne Smallman http://www.seounique.com/blog/are-the-basics-of-seo-being-ignored-by-google/#comment-285 Wayne Smallman Fri, 07 Dec 2007 20:23:40 +0000 http://www.seounique.com/blog/are-the-basics-of-seo-being-ignored-by-google/#comment-285 Without knowing more about the keywords you're ranking for, it's hard to qualify that aspect of your SEO activities. What's worth mentioning is that it's not just SEO itself that a website will rank for, which I suspect you already know. But if you're getting a lot of in-bound traffic that's not organic search traffic, but instead as a result of SEM, Social Media, or other link building tactics, then any SEO deficiencies will be "defeated" and overcome by those other traffic channels. You're dealing with a website that's a portal for unsigned musicians. I suspect the search traffic you're getting isn't for those guys by name. So in those instances, the best channels are word-of-mouth, links on other music portals, emails, Facebook et cetera, which may be as a result of the artists themselves. As I said, without knowing more, I can only make a best guess... Without knowing more about the keywords you’re ranking for, it’s hard to qualify that aspect of your SEO activities.

What’s worth mentioning is that it’s not just SEO itself that a website will rank for, which I suspect you already know.

But if you’re getting a lot of in-bound traffic that’s not organic search traffic, but instead as a result of SEM, Social Media, or other link building tactics, then any SEO deficiencies will be “defeated” and overcome by those other traffic channels.

You’re dealing with a website that’s a portal for unsigned musicians. I suspect the search traffic you’re getting isn’t for those guys by name.

So in those instances, the best channels are word-of-mouth, links on other music portals, emails, Facebook et cetera, which may be as a result of the artists themselves.

As I said, without knowing more, I can only make a best guess…

]]> By: Dan the Automator http://www.seounique.com/blog/are-the-basics-of-seo-being-ignored-by-google/#comment-248 Dan the Automator Wed, 07 Nov 2007 09:51:00 +0000 http://www.seounique.com/blog/are-the-basics-of-seo-being-ignored-by-google/#comment-248 The most obvious reason I'd come up with is that you haven't over-optimised your site... there's nothing worse than looking like a 'try-hard' ;) The most obvious reason I’d come up with is that you haven’t over-optimised your site… there’s nothing worse than looking like a ‘try-hard’ ;)

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