Comments on: SEO For Normal People: It’s Only Getting Easier

By: Christine DeGraff

Christine DeGraff — Tue, 02 Jul 2013 02:06:00 +0000

Hi Richard,

Here is an interesting article written by Ben Weitzenkorn for Entrepreneur.com that you might find interesting: http://www.entrepreneur.com/article/227178

I think that a healthy mix of SEO and social media based around quality content is the way to go – and the links will build naturally.

By: Christine DeGraff

Christine DeGraff — Tue, 02 Jul 2013 01:58:13 +0000

In reply to nick.

Thank you so much Ruud. I am happy to be here and will write another article for you soon!

By: Ruud Hein

Ruud Hein — Thu, 27 Jun 2013 17:03:19 +0000

In reply to Josh Brancek.

The beauty of great content, I think, is that it encapsulate both organic SEO and inbound marketing. Content attracts and the right content attracts the right people. If you work on great content people will do your marketing for you; they will become your followers, your fans, your evangelists, and will share the message for and with you.

By: Ruud Hein

Ruud Hein — Thu, 27 Jun 2013 16:54:21 +0000

In reply to Christine DeGraff.

And may I say that we’re so proud to have you here. Thanks Christine!

By: Ruud Hein

Ruud Hein — Thu, 27 Jun 2013 16:53:29 +0000

In reply to Richard A. Lewis.

Richard, I think that on-site SEO has become a lot easier over the years. The whole “how should I write my content” is getting less important. Certainly when you compare with say 10 years ago when different search engines required different approaches.

Links remain important of course but I’d say that ranking through pure link building has become less of a long term strategy than it once was, no?

By: Richard A. Lewis

Richard A. Lewis — Tue, 25 Jun 2013 16:39:24 +0000

Christine,

Did you have any thoughts on how link building plays into your above strategy. If you do all of those on-site improvements without a base of authority (via links) it will not be as effective. I am just curious as to how you feel that has become easier for the average site owner. Thanks in advance for your response.

By: Christine DeGraff

Christine DeGraff — Mon, 24 Jun 2013 21:47:41 +0000

Hi Lena,

I actually have not used software to find sites like that and I would probably not recommend it. What you should do is look for quality blogs in your industry and look for opportunities to be a guest blogger (as I am here on Search Engine People); work with complementary businesses to recommend each others services; create a board on Pinterest and link to your blog posts, etc.

Another thing that I recommend highly is that you focus on building relationships with a group of individuals online in which you can promote each other on social media. This can help expand your reach tremendously.

I suggest that you and follow the link referenced in my article about attracting links and give some of those suggestions a try as well.

Good luck to you!
Christine

By: Christine DeGraff

Christine DeGraff — Mon, 24 Jun 2013 21:36:45 +0000

In reply to nick.

Hi Nick, I agree! This was my first guest blog post actually and one of the reasons I chose it was due to the quality of the site.

By: Lena

Lena — Mon, 24 Jun 2013 20:18:49 +0000

Hi Christine,
Thank you for your very helpful article which is great for an SEO-novice like myself. I think I have most of the pieces of the puzzle in place barr a blog (as I struggle to think of unique and interesting content for my line of business) and am now focusing on SEO to help drive more traffic to my site. I have been doing some online research and have discovered that there are various software packages which can also help, for example with identifying relevant high traffic sites to link with etc. Would you ever recommend a software package for a ‘normal’ person? Is it a waste of money or can they be useful if used correctly? I would be grateful for your views/advice on this.

By: nick

nick — Mon, 24 Jun 2013 19:20:31 +0000

Great article Christine, I would agree with most above this is a great article on the many basics to seo, and without hard work you will get no where! I think its also very key to understand the quality of the websites your putting work into, not knowing could limit the amount of RIO you can expect to get from your links, articles, or posts.

Great stuff!