How to Rank - A Quick Guide for Newbies

[jijoua]

Excellent post for newbies and for no newbies!

 

[lightningblitz]

Glad to help out everyone, and help pad post counts.

 

[mrlinguini]

Good info about the pumper sites. Something I'll start building for myself

 

[Comrade Luigi]

Super Easy: Top 10 Results have no On - Page Optimization for the KW and are not strong domains.

Easy: Top 10 have a couple On - Page Optimization for the KW but they are not authority sites.
Relatively Easy: Top ten are all Optimized for the KW but no authority sites.
Medium: Top 10 has full On - Page Optimization and a couple (Maximum) Authority Sites.
Hard: Top 10 has more than three Authority Sites Optimized or three sites with an excellent backlink profile.
Very Hard: Top Ten has Six or More Authority / Strong Backlink Profile Domains.

I've been doing keyword research. I've found keywords that aren't optimized for the keyword but are authority sites. Are they still considered "easy" keywords to rank for?

And, how do you determine if a site is authority?

 

[lightningblitz]

Authority sites to me are large sites which are respected in the niche (Forums and highly regarded and large blogs, for example) or massive 'authority sites' like Amazon, CNN, MSNBC, Wikipedia, ect.

What I tell people to do (A few people have PMed me about this very issue) and what I do is I go past the top ten results to the top 20 - 50 results and see if those sites are optimized for the KW. If no sites are optimized and in the top 20 - 50 some sites a single page sites not targeting the KW, that means you have no competition. If some of the top 20 - 50 sites in SERPs are targeting the KW and have some backlinks, the authority of the sites on page one may be strong enough to prevent you from ranking.

On the off chance you find sites in the top 20 - 50 are targeting your KW, I would suggest you check their backlink profile and see if you think you can beat them. If you think so and it would be easy, those are easy KWs you should give a go.

 

[Zshan]

Authority sites to me are large sites which are respected in the niche (Forums and highly regarded and large blogs, for example) or massive 'authority sites' like Amazon, CNN, MSNBC, Wikipedia, ect.

What I tell people to do (A few people have PMed me about this very issue) and what I do is I go past the top ten results to the top 20 - 50 results and see if those sites are optimized for the KW. If no sites are optimized and in the top 20 - 50 some sites a single page sites not targeting the KW, that means you have no competition. If some of the top 20 - 50 sites in SERPs are targeting the KW and have some backlinks, the authority of the sites on page one may be strong enough to prevent you from ranking.

On the off chance you find sites in the top 20 - 50 are targeting your KW, I would suggest you check their backlink profile and see if you think you can beat them. If you think so and it would be easy, those are easy KWs you should give a go.

How can i check the backlink profile of my competitors And what exactly i need to check i mean the number of backlinks or quality of the backlinks in order to outrank them?

 

[rajivsinghi]

It helps for experienced not for new bibes. I read your full detailed post really impressive and helpful. Can you please share some points about reciprocals i mean link exchange methods for us so that we can contact to other webmasters??

Thanks

 

[Fakkard]

Great post OP. Very informative. I have two quick questions.

1. You're classifying keyword competition based on number of authorities in top 10. So if a keyword has 70k+ monthly searches with no authority sites in top 10, still the keyword will be considered easy? (cuz I think 70k searches is way too high)

2. Can I use the same web2.0s for multiple articles targeting different keywords on my money site? or different set for each one of them?

Thank you!

 

[LACCEE]

great guild brother, really good

 

[Comrade Luigi]

How can i check the backlink profile of my competitors And what exactly i need to check i mean the number of backlinks or quality of the backlinks in order to outrank them?

Ahrefs, Majestic, Moz.

cuz I think 70k searches is way too high

Search volume doesn't imply competition. Low search volume can be high competition as well.

Can you please share some points about reciprocals i mean link exchange methods for us so that we can contact to other webmasters??

Check out Russian Link networks. One well known example is SAPE.

an I use the same web2.0s for multiple articles targeting different keywords on my money site? or different set for each one of them?

Test it.

 

[newuis]

Thanks for the guide, newbie here trying to learn more about black hat seo and its terms and your guide has been helpful. Pointed me in the right direction of things to consider before trying out some of the services offered here in the forums

 

[GwenGwen]

Great share. I don't understand every term, but will definitely re-read until I'm no longer a newbie.

 

[CeaseFireBlack]

i have a question about ranking KW, if you are in Health care niche you can work on ranking such words like "health.healthy..." but what about news website, how can he rank ?

 

[brooking]

Great share, I'll re-read it again multiple times later today

 

[GwenGwen]

I decided to make a short guide on how to rank, and how to learn SEO rather than asking the same pointless questions which have been answered a hundred times before.

If you ever offer a webinar about this, I would be glad to take a masterclass from you.

 

[f1br3opt1c]

Thank you for your effort. Its a good read.

 

[LoftPower]

Excellent post!

 

[nnahlee]

great share alot of detailed information very helpful

 

[lightningblitz]

How can i check the backlink profile of my competitors And what exactly i need to check i mean the number of backlinks or quality of the backlinks in order to outrank them?

Rushuna answered this very well, but I will add Semrush to the list.

It helps for experienced not for new bibes. I read your full detailed post really impressive and helpful. Can you please share some points about reciprocals i mean link exchange methods for us so that we can contact to other webmasters??

Thanks

If you offer another webmaster an amazing guest post odds are they will take it in exchange for a link. That is the only way I do it without paying. I figure I pay either way for content or a link. The choice is yours.

Great post OP. Very informative. I have two quick questions.

1. You're classifying keyword competition based on number of authorities in top 10. So if a keyword has 70k+ monthly searches with no authority sites in top 10, still the keyword will be considered easy? (cuz I think 70k searches is way too high)

2. Can I use the same web2.0s for multiple articles targeting different keywords on my money site? or different set for each one of them?

Thank you!

Rushuna answers point one as well. I would add that search volume means nothing. Look past the top ten and see if any sites are targeting the KW and make a logical choice if you think you can rank.

As for question two, I suggest new web 2.0s. I avoid as many footprints as possible.

i have a question about ranking KW, if you are in Health care niche you can work on ranking such words like "health.healthy..." but what about news website, how can he rank ?

You can rank if you have better backlinks than the people currently ranking. Odds are you can't without a lot of experience.

If you ever offer a webinar about this, I would be glad to take a masterclass from you.

Sadly I do not think I would ever sell a WSO style product. My 'secrets' are not that secret and I have shared most of them on a few threads. Another threads of mine, about treating SEO / IM like a business to bank, gives away one of my biggest ranking assets I use.

The information is available for free if you test and do some leg work.

 

[GwenGwen]

Sadly I do not think I would ever sell a WSO style product. My 'secrets' are not that secret and I have shared most of them on a few threads. Another threads of mine, about treating SEO / IM like a business to bank, gives away one of my biggest ranking assets I use.

The information is available for free if you test and do some leg work.

I'll definitely check this out