A few questions before I start...

[Davezor]

Hey there!

I was just wondering a few things before I start...

Let's say I want to rank for the keyword (I'm just giving an example, not the actual keyword):
- "totally free psn codes"

Will Google only recognize this keyword if it's written like "totally free psn codes" or will my site also be ranked for the keyword if I type it like "Totally Free: PSN Codes" or "Totally Free - PSN Codes". Does Google ignore semicolons and dashes or are the two phrases above determinted as two separate keywords like "Totally Free" and "PSN Codes" for example?

Oh, and about building backlinks, I don't have money to purchase any SEO backlink packages so I decided to build links myself. Everyday 1 backlink and I should beat my competitor within 1 - 2 months.

However... I don't understand backlinks fully... for example... Let's say that I have my index page as a landing page where people choose which PSN card they would like, and then I have a blog section on my site too. For example:

Landing page: psncards.com
Blog: psncards.com/blog
Blogpost 1: psncards.com/blog/post1

What if I create backlinks to all my pages? Will the backlinks count for the inital domain too?
In this example, if I made backlinks for ...blog/post1, blog/post2 etc.... Will the landing page psncards.com also get ranked for it's main keyword? I mean, will the backlinks of those blog posts count for the ladning page located at psncards.com count too?


The question I have though is how to structure them? Is the below picture a good representation about how it should look or should I change it somehow?

 

[We Bring Rank]

Don't make all links to money site.. It leads to affect your site.. Just add the backlink of post URL to other site

 

[Davezor]

Don't make all links to money site.. It leads to affect your site.. Just add the backlink of post URL to other site

Thanks for your replay but I'm not exactly sure what you are trying to tell, can you explain it to me?

 

[validseo]

It is important to get your on page tuning right before going after backlinks. I have found that the better your on page tuning is the fewer backlinks you need to rank well.

Try to image the formula as being as simple as

RANKING SCORE = RELEVANCE * AUTHORITY

Where relevance is how well tuned your content is for the specific search term (which is why you should only target one search term per page)
Authority is made by the number and quality and context of the backlinks pointed at the page.

SEARCH: totally free psn codes

Qualified Match Words according to Google: (Google tells us these by making them bold in the search results)

code
codes
codes psn
free
free playstation
free psn
free psn code
free psn codes
freepsn
freepsncode
freepsncodes
playstation
psn
psn
code
psn codes
psncode
totally
totally free playstation
totally free psn
totally free psn code
totally free psn codes

It appears Google spans punctuation and additional words but may count the matches as slightly weaker and more broad in scope.

I like to think of search term matches in this context:

Exact Match - The whole string equals the whole search term - i.e. The whole title is "totally free psn codes"
Leading Match - A substring match starting at the beginning of the string - i.e. the title begins with "totally free psn codes"
Substring Match - A substring match within the string - i.e. the title contains "totally free psn codes" in the middle or end.
Partial Match - Some of the search terms matched - i.e. the title contained some or all of the words and/or was broken up by other words and punctuation.

Consider exact match as being the strongest and partial match being the weakest in terms of relevance.

Example: "mom's apple pie recipe"

#1 is broken up by punctuation... you can see the partial matches and leading matches and that results with weaker strength matches tend to rank lower.


Here are the factor correlations for your example terms:

 

[Fokordeme]

I would build links to other links not all aimed at your main website.

 

[Davezor]

It is important to get you on page tuning right before going after backlinks. I have found that the better your on page tuning is the fewer backlinks you need to rank well.

Try to image the formula as being as simple as

RANKING SCORE = RELEVANCE * AUTHORITY

Where relevance is how well tuned your content is for the specific search term (which is why you should only target one search term per page)
Authority is made by the number and quality and context of the backlinks pointed at the page.

SEARCH: totally free psn codes

Qualified Match Words according to Google: (Google tells us these by making them bold in the search results)

code
codes
codes psn
free
free playstation
free psn
free psn code
free psn codes
freepsn
freepsncode
freepsncodes
playstation
psn
psn
code
psn codes
psncode
totally
totally free playstation
totally free psn
totally free psn code
totally free psn codes

It appears Google spans punctuation and additional words but may count the matches as slightly weaker and more broad in scope.

View attachment 84449

I like to think of search term matches in this context:

Exact Match - The whole string equals the whole search term - i.e. The whole title is "totally free psn codes"
Leading Match - A substring match starting at the beginning of the string - i.e. the title begins with "totally free psn codes"
Substring Match - A substring match within the string - i.e. the title contains "totally free psn codes" in the middle or end.
Partial Match - Some of the search terms matched - i.e. the title contained some or all of the words and/or was broken up by other words and punctuation.

Consider exact match as being the strongest and partial match being the weakest in terms of relevance.

Example: "mom's apple pie recipe"

View attachment 84447

#1 is broken up by punctuation... you can see the partial matches and leading matches and that results with weaker strength matches tend to rank lower.


Here are the factor correlations for your example terms:

View attachment 84448

Whoa, thank you! Very detailed and I got the point, thanks!

I agree, I gotta get the on-page SEO right before I start building backlinks and I'll do that. I'm just trying to figure out things that I don't understand before I dive into creating and ranking a website.

How about the backlink structure? Is the diagram I provided okay?

What about the actual backlinks? For example, should all point to freepsn.com or should I diversify them to all pages on my domain like: freepsn.com/blogpost1, freepsn.com/blogpost2 etc...?

 

[validseo]

How about the backlink structure? Is the diagram I provided okay?

What about the actual backlinks? For example, should all point to freepsn.com or should I diversify them to all pages on my domain like: freepsn.com/blogpost1, freepsn.com/blogpost2 etc...?

As long as the links are valid and quality links that google won't complain about then point them at the main site where they will deliver the best value. If they are at all risky links then yes proxy them through intermediate sites you control so you have the power to remove them if you run amuck of google penalties.

 

[Davezor]

As long as the links are valid and quality links that google won't complain about then point them at the main site where they will deliver the best value. If they are at all risky links then yes proxy them through intermediate sites you control so you have the power to remove them if you run amuck of google penalties.

So the main site here would be: freepsn.com - if the links are okay, they should point exactly to freepsn.com, right?
But if the links are questionable, they should be proxied through other pages on freepsn.com like freepsn.com/blogpost1, blogpost2 etc or does that mean
that questionable links should point for example to a blogger blog that points to my main site like this:

Questionable low quality link -> Blogger blog with an article about free psn codes or something that links to freepsn.com -> freepsn.com?

Sorry for asking so much, I just want to get it 100% right which of course I probably won't but I'm trying to haha.

 

[validseo]

So the main site here would be: freepsn.com - if the links are okay, they should point exactly to freepsn.com, right?
But if the links are questionable, they should be proxied through other pages on freepsn.com like freepsn.com/blogpost1, blogpost2 etc or does that mean
that questionable links should point for example to a blogger blog that points to my main site like this:

Questionable low quality link -> Blogger blog with an article about free psn codes or something that links to freepsn.com -> freepsn.com?

Sorry for asking so much, I just want to get it 100% right which of course I probably won't but I'm trying to haha.

questionable links should point for example to a blogger blog that points to my main site

better safe than sorry...

 

[Davezor]

Thank you for clarifying everything for me, I really appreciate your help.