On Page SEO
This section will be short and is a just few tips to help you rank your highest. You should do these on every single post you do.
1) Have your keyword in the first 100 words. If you're doing best slow cookers 2018 you'll want to at least use the term "best slow cookers" in the introduction.
2) Link out to trusted websites. Not just Amazon either. I would try to link out to 4 to 6 known websites every post. This shows Google your active in the community and trustworthy.
3) Link to your own content. This is called internal linking and each post should have 3 internal links to your own content. This helps Google rank your content quicker and rank higher. So when you post "Best Slow Cookers 2018" go back to older content and create a link. Add a new paragraph somewhere when you do this to get Google's attention.
4) Make sure your content is visually pleasing and easy to read. Use bullets, pictures and short paragraphs. Make sure you sentences are concise as well.
5) Write naturally and don't keyword stuff. You don't want to use the term "best slow cookers" over and over over and over again.
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The last section is next and I'll show you resources that have helped me out over the past few years.
Please help on this also.
While analyzing competition for best of keyword what is most important. Is it Domain Authority or content length or relevance of ranking websites on SERP. If all the website ranking for a best of keyword in my chosen niche are high authority can we still try and beat them with longer post?
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So I bought a domain.
Thanks for everything.
1) I am ready to roll. I have my basic site set up and ready to start.
2) I am signed up with Amazon Associates. 80ish % will be Amazon products.
3) I was approved for the other two affiliate programs that I needed. Bad news is 20ish % can only be purchased through these two affiliates. Good news is they are higher commission than Amazon.
4) On-Line SEO Checklist Printed out from Backlinko so I don't miss anything.
Three questions if I may:
1) 300-400 minimum words per item on page plus intro and conclusion will keep me from being dinged by Google?
2) I get the internal links and why, but I am confused about adding external links (to whom and why would I do that). It seems that would send them off my page (even if opens new window) or distract them from buying right then if I sent them for some reason to another site. Could you elaborate on this please.
3) I understand with a new site, nobody will be reading these for a while..do I keep a constant check on the product links to make sure they are still active? I assume dead links to products would be terrible.
Thanks for everything. I sincerely appreciate it.
Craig
2) Link how to well known like wikipedia. It's good for SEO. I don't have an exact answer for why but everyone I respect in the SEO industry says do it so you should just do it.
3) Maybe once a month check no the links or when a post starts getting traffic check on them.
Does it have to be amazon products or could it be other affiliate links? If I want to have a travel blog for example could I do ‘best places to visit in Berlin 2018’ but, instead of products, have links to things like booking.com and Airbnb??
It’s more of a hiking/travel blog but I’d also like to do place reviews (as well as hiking gear).
Thanks! Stephen.
Also what if there is no traffic for a keyword with the year? For instance "Best Recliners" vs "Best Recliners 2018". No traffic for "Best Recliners 2018" but decent amount for "Best Recliners". Is it okay to just add 2018 to the title? Permalink would still be shortened.
