Using the power of the internet is. Search Engine Optimisation helps get hits, but good quality content can do more. Are you a half full or half empty type person. Watch this video and tell me.
Sports Photography: Martial arts
Still at Wolves martial arts in Nelspruit, I was told about Brandon’s running on walls. So here I was expecting him to run at the wall take a couple of steps up and jump back. Brandon does it differently, a death defying run up to the wall, leaping into the air, running along the wall from one end to the other.
Martial arts it seems is more than just kicking and punching. There are all sorts of interesting weapons that look like sticks to the uninitiated. Well it seems that Martial arts and web design have a few things in common, There’s all the surface stuff that everyone sees, and then there are the things you don’t see that make it work.
Search Engine Optimisation can be as simple as just using the right keywords or key phrases in your titles. There is however a lot more to it than just the obvious. Guy McLaren beside being a good photographer is a skilled SEO practitioner. He built his first website in 1996. He has owned the search engines for many search terms over the years.
Sports Photography, Martial Arts
One of my clients Wolves Martial arts is having a website redesign. I went down to take photos and get a feel for what they do. It’s been a while since I showed any real interest in martial arts. They practice two brands of martial arts, there’s the “Karate” being the Korean Martial art Tand soo do. and then they also do the Korean sword art called Hae Dong Kumdo.
The site will be using wordpress as a base with a modified theme for the site. The site will be SEO ready and thus will depend on Zander to write the requisite articles and work on his back links
Building Backlinks is the fastest way to improve your authority on Google and the other search engines. Good quality content will get you recognition for the long tail keyword but building a reputation takes time. Google can and will index your site without any back links. This can only happen if you submit your site to Google.
The authority of backlinks
Factually if Google finds your site because of backlinks from other authority sites, Google will index your new site faster. We have proven this on many occassions with many sites. The thing is, how to build back links? There are different types of backlinks and Google will grade them differently.
One way backlinks give more juice
Today I want to discuss the best type of backlink, The one way link from another site to your site. It requires no reciprocal link. Google values links like this more highly than any others and thus you should spend more time getting this type of link.
There are two ways to go about getting this type of link.
Linkbait can get you loads of backlinks.
Writing a linkbait article can get you a lot of links quickly, but you may shoot yourself in the foot if you do it to well. Google likes links to grow organically, One today, two tomorrow, four the day after etc. A sudden influx of links can point you out as a spammer. This information is as I understand it, and may not be totally correct. But the sources I would trust as knowledgeable.
Linkbait is an article designed to get backlinks. Mostly they are contraversial or viral. Many linkbait articles have no real bearing on the site that places them and are written purely to get backlinks.
Tip to create your own backlinks one at a time.
Look for forums in your field, Search Google for “Woodworking Forums” and you will immediately find the forums that Google considers the most authorative. Visit these forums, but DO NOT POST ANYTHING YET. Sign up, Read the forums, Lurk for a few days and see what the rules are. Jumping in can lead to banning.
Free Backlinks for joining the conversation
Create your profile, make it good. Create your forum signature add a link to your website. Now go back to the forum and see if you can add to the conversation. Adding to the conversation is not I agree, or Nice Post. You will be accused of spamming if you do that no matter how good and pure your motives.
Answer a question with a good answer. Ask a question that you know will create discussion. Discuss other peoples issues in their threads. Every time you make a post you add a backlink from a site Google considers an authority. Oh if you are in the Medical aid business, don’t join woodworking forums, Join medical forums.
Guy McLaren is an SEO and webdesign fundi. He has been doing this since 1996. If you need help with your website visit his website about SEO here.
