Why My Rankings Aren't Increasing? SEO expert needed

borsoisjc said:

I guess they mean sites like forbes, lifehacker, engadget and so on... problem is how to get them...

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They are people offering that service on BHW.

They could be DAMN expensive tbh

noormohd45 said:

Already did 10 links mate. As I said, Keyword is moving up and went back to previous position. stucked at #9. I'll add more content and through some social signals as well. thinking to do 10 web 2.0s with tier 2 and 3 links. What is your thought about it?



Site speed is Grade B a/c to pingdom (screenshot: http://prntscr.com/g6yt2v). Not sure about technical issues I'm very bad at all these web development things. Yes. All affiliate links are nofollow. and authority outbounds links are do-follow. Things to add more content and more web 2.0s with tiers. This might help a bit.
Do you suggest to go for web 2.0s or Editorial/legit links? You opinion would be appreciated.



Np. Will wait mate.



Thanks for contributing buddy.

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Here man look what I gat ya : http://www.blackhatworld.com/blackh...s-advice-inside-15-000-words.html#post8654225

kevin19x said:

what is strong editional link ?

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Try getting a link from Forbes, Yahoo and such. They tend to be expensive, but one maybe all you need to get to number one. Also, be careful using publicly sold PBN links, for all will leave a footprint regardless of what the seller says. Keep in mind we have Google spies on this forum! The biggest footprint is that the sites have too many outbound links.

Please check how many of your diversity links are actually indexed. If you've bought diversity packs from here or from some other service, I can assure you that most of the links aren't indexed unless you've done something to index them.

A majority of your links not being indexed could also mess up your anchor ratios. AHREFS and majestic show a LOT of links that aren't indexed by Google so you can't really rely on the anchor ratios they show. If you gave your main keyword as an anchor for a diversity pack, it's highly likely that you're over-optimised.

If you're at #9, you may not need any more PBN links. Another diversity pack with brand and naked URL anchors might give you much better results.

You could also try reducing your main keyword density and re-crawling your site to see if that makes a difference. I've seen major changes just by altering the keyword density.

Before spending any more money, check whether your links are indexed, try a different theme and alter your keyword density.

Just my 2 cents.

P.S. if you've already spent 1200 bucks, your keyword is NOT easy.

warriorsam53 said:

Please check how many of your diversity links are actually indexed. If you've bought diversity packs from here or from some other service, I can assure you that most of the links aren't indexed unless you've done something to index them.

A majority of your links not being indexed could also mess up your anchor ratios. AHREFS and majestic show a LOT of links that aren't indexed by Google so you can't really rely on the anchor ratios they show. If you gave your main keyword as an anchor for a diversity pack, it's highly likely that you're over-optimised.

If you're at #9, you may not need any more PBN links. Another diversity pack with brand and naked URL anchors might give you much better results.

You could also try reducing your main keyword density and re-crawling your site to see if that makes a difference. I've seen major changes just by altering the keyword density.

Before spending any more money, check whether your links are indexed, try a different theme and alter your keyword density.

Just my 2 cents.

P.S. if you've already spent 1200 bucks, your keyword is NOT easy.

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Hi Warriorsam53,

Thanks alot for share your valuable opinion. Yes I ordered diversity pack from here. but gave him my main keyword with a bit of variation. I'm not sure whether the links are indexed or not. most of them are however showing in ahrefs.

Yup, I'm currently checking the backlink profile of ranking sites and making links where possible. whereas, doing social signals from youlikehits as well. when finish, will improve content length and alter the kw density as you said.

One question, What indexation technique do you suggest? I have a 50% off coupon of onehourindexing ($9.9/mo) Should I go with them or do indexation work manually?

Once again Thanks for the tips man

mbreezy said:

Sounds like you're on the right track.

One technical thing I'd look at if you haven't already is if you only have one version of your URL that can be visited, ie:

http
https
www
or non-www

are all redirected to one version of your URLs is your preferred URL and match your canonicals, and your XML sitemap URLs match those too. So if you can load multiple version of your URL, consolidate them with your .htaccess file if you're on an apache server.

Web 2.0's, PBNs, and other links you mentioned are useful for passing PageRank/link juice. No doubt about that.

But the power of a good editorial link is impressive. I've had new pages with no traffic and rankings move up with one good, legitimate, high quality editorial link. I'm lucky enough to have the budget and team to acquire links like this, and they always have a good effect for me on a page by page basis. Also, having some high quality links like this will help balance out the lower links that you've already acquired. Some of us that are highly focused on link building tend to hold the opinion that a diverse and natural backlink profile is the way to go; and all PBN, Web 2.0 and etc tend not to tell a story of quality and diversity.

The only problem is that high quality links from highly authoritative sites are not easy to get. So it'll cost you either a lot of time or money.

Best of luck to you.

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Mine is http://www . and when entering my url without www it redirect to www.site.com so I thinks its fine. is it?

Editorial links are indeed powerful and legit, but it require powerful pocket as well. Already spend $1200 on this site. Can't afford more . At least for now. Alternatively, I'll try outreaching to sites doing good in my niche. It might take more time and effort but I'll learn a new thing. Thanks for contributing. Cheers

borsoisjc said:

I am in the same situation and it has been so frustrating. I am currently at #6 for one keyword and in second and third pages for the rest.
Tried pbns, web 2.0 and cannot move. Been like that since april.
I got some guest posts on july, hope that gets me some improvements.

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Looks like we both are on same boat, so It might that we both are doing same mistake. It's my first site so If you won't mind PM me or connect me on skype. Would love to discuss more.

I think that over optimization may be one of my problems.
Do you really think another diversity pack with naked and branded anchors should fix it?

I also got 7 guest posts this month with anchors like see more, check this and etc.
How long do you think it takes for it to start showing results?
I would like to knkw if I should keep building them or just leave it and start another site.
Guest posts are too expensive. No one does free guest post anymore just "sponsored".

noormohd45 said:

One question, What indexation technique do you suggest? I have a 50% off coupon of onehourindexing ($9.9/mo) Should I go with them or do indexation work manually?

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Even if they pay you 9.9/mo, don't use them. Not even a single link will get indexed. Currently, the 2 indexing services that work best are LSI and IndexInject. Both have threads on BHW.

Since you haven't done anything to index your links, I assure you that most of your diversity pack links aren't indexed. You can do a quick check through Scrapebox to see how many are actually indexed. Like I said, your links not being indexed can affect your anchor ratios.

Once again, it doesn't matter what AHREFS shows. AHREFS will show you lots of links that aren't indexed. It's very hard to index Web 2.0, profile links, doc sharing links etc that are the the major chunk of diversity packages. Based on what you've said, I feel that you're not moving because you don't have enough anchor diversity and you've messed up your anchor ratios. I'm just making an assumption since I haven't seen your website. Based on what you've said, I think you barely have any indexed brand and naked URL anchors. This could be one of the major things holding you back.

You don't need to spend more than $300 - 500 to get to page 1 for an easy keyword. You've either got a hard keyword, messed up the off page or both.

Sure. PM me your skype.
I spent a little less then you. I spent around the same amount as you so we are pretty similiar in situation.

Try pointing PBN links at your already existing PBN links.

How is your keyword density? Maybe you are cannibalizing within your own page. Try to maintain a less than 1% keyword density and wait for a few days.

About the editorial links. What is the best approach: Link to homepage to increase DA or link to a WP post that you want to rank?

Something's clearly working to get you on to the first page. In my experience 80% of SEO is always about links in competitive niches. Check out the sites above you and try getting links from the same places where possible and just generally continue building more and more quality links. Some things just take time, especially when you're pushing up page 1

That is the hard thing, you know? My site completes one year this month.
I started wondering if its better to start a new one and just leave this to its own luck.
I have no problem to continue making backlinks as even in page two I make around 300 a month with the site. I just wouldnt like to keep it up for one more year wasting money.

warriorsam53 said:

Even if they pay you 9.9/mo, don't use them. Not even a single link will get indexed. Currently, the 2 indexing services that work best are LSI and IndexInject. Both have threads on BHW.

Since you haven't done anything to index your links, I assure you that most of your diversity pack links aren't indexed. You can do a quick check through Scrapebox to see how many are actually indexed. Like I said, your links not being indexed can affect your anchor ratios.

Once again, it doesn't matter what AHREFS shows. AHREFS will show you lots of links that aren't indexed. It's very hard to index Web 2.0, profile links, doc sharing links etc that are the the major chunk of diversity packages. Based on what you've said, I feel that you're not moving because you don't have enough anchor diversity and you've messed up your anchor ratios. I'm just making an assumption since I haven't seen your website. Based on what you've said, I think you barely have any indexed brand and naked URL anchors. This could be one of the major things holding you back.

You don't need to spend more than $300 - 500 to get to page 1 for an easy keyword. You've either got a hard keyword, messed up the off page or both.

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Lucky I have all the reports and separate spreadsheet of all the links I made. Noted all your advices. Thank you so much mate.

borsoisjc said:

I think that over optimization may be one of my problems.
Do you really think another diversity pack with naked and branded anchors should fix it?

I also got 7 guest posts this month with anchors like see more, check this and etc.
How long do you think it takes for it to start showing results?
I would like to knkw if I should keep building them or just leave it and start another site.
Guest posts are too expensive. No one does free guest post anymore just "sponsored".

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Keep going and wait for at least 15 days so see the results. Don't loose hope. All is well

why are you going for sponsored posts? their are hundreds of opportunities for free guest posts. I have few google strings in my mind. They them with your keyword and you might find some good platform to post for FREE. but content must have to be top notch. If you're like me (non-native) hire someone who can deliver pure quality.

The Google strings are:

Your Keyword “contribute”
Your Keyword “guest post”
Your Keyword “write for us”
Your Keyword “become an author”

Just brain storm some ideas and if you find more stings. let me know too

Hope it helps.

borsoisjc said:

Sure. PM me your skype.
I spent a little less then you. I spent around the same amount as you so we are pretty similiar in situation.

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its noor.mohammad837. knock me.

faithjhung said:

How is your keyword density? Maybe you are cannibalizing within your own page. Try to maintain a less than 1% keyword density and wait for a few days.

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Hi faithjhung, thanks for commenting.

Keyword density is betweek 0.8% to 1.2%.. These are exact match keyword density. some LSI and variation keywords are in the articles as well. Do you think I should have to reduce the keyword density as their are LSI and main keyword variation are present in the articles. avg word counts is 1500 and 22 articles are published.

yesyoucan1 said:

About the editorial links. What is the best approach: Link to homepage to increase DA or link to a WP post that you want to rank?

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So Far, I have built the links by following this pattern for guest post.

1 Article of 1000 words = total 3 outbound links. 2 links to my site = 1 link to homepage branded keyword + 1 link to the post targeted keyword (variation sometimes). and 1 outbound link to authority site.

Henry IV said:

Something's clearly working to get you on to the first page. In my experience 80% of SEO is always about links in competitive niches. Check out the sites above you and try getting links from the same places where possible and just generally continue building more and more quality links. Some things just take time, especially when you're pushing up page 1

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Posts like yours already motivate me to "never give up" ... There must be some mistakes I have done with the site which @warriorsam53 tried to pointed out. Will have to check them. I pray that I figured out the mistake and correct them asap.

borsoisjc said:

That is the hard thing, you know? My site completes one year this month.
I started wondering if its better to start a new one and just leave this to its own luck.
I have no problem to continue making backlinks as even in page two I make around 300 a month with the site. I just wouldnt like to keep it up for one more year wasting money.

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Hmm.. I can feel it mate. one tip even I'm a newbie myself . Try updating your content and anchor diversity. It plays huge role. I read a case study on one of the facebook groups just now. but, If you've planned to leave the site. Just don't leave it as it is. Sold it so someone. probably you'll get your 50-70% investment back. just a tip.

What would be a good anchor ratio?

what tool is that image in OP you use for checking rankings?

Make many contents and do interlinks also with that

Try lowering it down to 0.6-0.8% even for the LSI. I've had several consultations for websites where they were over optimizing their keywords.

Wait for another 10-15 days.

borsoisjc said:

What would be a good anchor ratio?

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It varies from from niche to niche and from keyword to keyword. What You can do is to check the anchor text radio of top 5 sites ranking on your keyword. and get an average idea from them. Alternatively, I've just created my plan for anchor text useage. Its:

1. 20% branded anchors (Your Site)
2. 20% naked URLs (i.e. http://yoursite.com)
3. 10% business owner name (Your name)
4. 10% generic anchors (click here, read more, visit this)
5. 20% LSI/related keywords (keywords similar to your main one, make sure not to include your keyword into this. use synonyms instead.)
6. 15% Partial Match ( use your keyword variation in this one)
7. 5% exact “money” keyword

hiamlegend said:

what tool is that image in OP you use for checking rankings?

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Its Serpbook. Free for first 30 days limited to 25 keywords. give it a try.

faithjhung said:

Try lowering it down to 0.6-0.8% even for the LSI. I've had several consultations for websites where they were over optimizing their keywords.

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Yup. Including it in my further plan. Thanks for reminding me.