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| srama3 Member
 
 Joined: 14 Feb 2009
 Posts: 71
 
 | # Posted: 16 Mar 2009 05:04 Reply
 
 Hi,
 I am writing articles that are search engine optimised with my keyword. I distribute the keyword around once every 100 words, and include it in the title, but my articles never appear in the search engines, even with me posting to squidoo and ezine. Any idea why I'm having trouble?
 
 Thanks,
 srama3
 
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| Vishal P. Rao 
   Joined: 23 Jun 2005
 Posts: 967
 
 | # Posted: 16 Mar 2009 06:26 Reply
 
 Just adding keywords will not do. Ranking depends on competitiveness of keywords you are using. That being said, it is relatively easier to get top ranking for long tail keywords.
 
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| CopynProfit Member
 
 Joined: 15 Mar 2009
 Posts: 32
 
 | # Posted: 16 Mar 2009 10:11 Reply
 
 And don't forget about backlinks from high PR sites.
 
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| samueldarwin Member
 Joined: 10 Oct 2007
 Posts: 266
 
 | # Posted: 16 Mar 2009 11:24 Reply
 
 Hi, what you have did is on page optimization. Here you will optimize for the keyword in title, and content. Now you have to do off page optimization.
 
 Do one thing. Just leave your keyword, url and other related stuff and I shall provide you personalized support.
 
 If you feel it is so private PM.
 
 Lets experiment and try out. I hope it will work for you.
 
 Sam
 
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| srama3 Member
 
 Joined: 14 Feb 2009
 Posts: 71
 
 | # Posted: 16 Mar 2009 18:02 Reply
 
 Hi samuealdarwin,
 my url is
 
 http://ezinearticles.com/?Legitimate-Surveys-For-Money---4-Crucial-Steps-to-Take-in-O  rder-to-Succeed&id=1981803
 
 They keywords is legitimate surveys for money. Actually, when I found those keywords in the google keywords tool, it seemed an alright keyword to optimise with, but I have just checked again and it seems to have disappeared. Any ideas?
 
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| samueldarwin Member
 Joined: 10 Oct 2007
 Posts: 266
 
 | # Posted: 16 Mar 2009 21:44 Reply
 
 
 srama3:  Hi samuealdarwin, my url ishttp://ezinearticles.com/?Legitimate-Surveys-For-Money---4-Crucial-Steps-to-Take-in-O rder-to-Succeed&id=1981803 They keywords is legitimate surveys for money . Actually, when I found those keywords in the google keywords tool, it seemed an alright keyword to optimise with, but I have just checked again and it seems to have disappeared. Any ideas?Hey srama,
 
 Here is what I understood.
 
 Url - Ezine articles
 Keyword to optimize - legitimate surveys for money
 
 You are already in #5. Thats a good position. Seeo for yourself.
 
 
  
 I think your problem is solved. If this is not your question please rephrase it once again and I will have a look at this.
 
 Thanks
 Sam
 
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| srama3 Member
 
 Joined: 14 Feb 2009
 Posts: 71
 
 | # Posted: 16 Mar 2009 23:33 Reply
 
 Hi samueldarwin,
 I have one more question. When I went to google and typed in my keyword in with the main words in capitals
 
 i.e. Legitimate Surveys for Money
 
 my article came up
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 However, when I typed  it in with no capitals it didn't come up.
 
 Any idea why?
 
 Thanks,
 srama3
 
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| profitweaver Member
 
 Joined: 28 Feb 2009
 Posts: 6
 
 | # Posted: 17 Mar 2009 08:18 Reply
 
 As others have observed, there is more to writing articles then just picking a keyword, optimising for that keyword and submitting it to hundreds of directories. This approach is fine if you want backlinks only, but if you actually want your article to appear in the search engines, you will need to do a lot more research, on competition for one.
 
 You should also focus your article on one directory only, and get some links to your profile. That should get you moving in the right direction.
 
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| samueldarwin Member
 Joined: 10 Oct 2007
 Posts: 266
 
 | # Posted: 17 Mar 2009 13:42 Reply
 
 
 srama3:  Hi samueldarwin, I have one more question. When I went to google and typed in my keyword in with the main words in capitals i.e. Legitimate Surveys for Money my article came up. However, when I typed it in with no capitals it didn't come up. Any idea why? Thanks, srama3Hey Srama3, this will not happen. As you see in the example above I have typed the keyword in small fond and the site is in #4. For the first letter capital it is #4
 
 Google has no discrimination between caps and small letters. Both will yield the same results. If you see some difference you might be using country specific domains for different searches. For eg: google.com in one and google.co.in in another.
 
 I hope I have cleared your doubts. Any more help, please feel free to ask me.
 
 Sam
 
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| srama3 Member
 
 Joined: 14 Feb 2009
 Posts: 71
 
 | # Posted: 18 Mar 2009 03:27 Reply
 
 
 samueldarwin:  I hope I have cleared your doubts. Any more help, please feel free to ask me.No more questions samueldarwin, thank you so much for your help. It's nice to know that I can come to this forum and get help like yours.
 
 srama3
 
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| samueldarwin Member
 Joined: 10 Oct 2007
 Posts: 266
 
 | # Posted: 18 Mar 2009 14:07 Reply
 
 
 srama3:  No more questions samueldarwin, thank you so much for your help. It's nice to know that I can come to this forum and get help like yours. srama3 Great to hear this from you. I will be continue to provide support to members. Have a great online ventures.
 
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| Ifindthebest Member
 
 Joined: 19 Mar 2009
 Posts: 3
 
 | # Posted: 19 Mar 2009 07:32 Reply
 
 The SEO experts like Brad Callen and Ross Goldberg agree that offsite work is much more powerful than onsite SEO.
 
 The key to onsite SEO is to use long tail keywords (3 words) and discovering them through Google's service, or the Rolls Royce of keyword analysis and empowerment:  SEO Elite by Brad Callen (no affiliation, just the best there is).  All the pros use it.
 
 For offsite work, Google likes links pointing AT your site from as many sources as possible.  And the higher that referring page's page rank, the more Google likes it.  Blogging (Wordpress and Blogger.com) works, Ezine articles and Squidoo all add up.
 
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| samueldarwin Member
 Joined: 10 Oct 2007
 Posts: 266
 
 | # Posted: 19 Mar 2009 08:08 Reply
 
 
 Ifindthebest:  The SEO experts like Brad Callen and Ross Goldberg agree that offsite work is much more powerful than onsite SEO. The key to onsite SEO is to use long tail keywords (3 words) and discovering them through Google's service, or the Rolls Royce of keyword analysis and empowerment: SEO Elite by Brad Callen (no affiliation, just the best there is). All the pros use it. For offsite work, Google likes links pointing AT your site from as many sources as possible. And the higher that referring page's page rank, the more Google likes it. Blogging (Wordpress and Blogger.com) works, Ezine articles and Squidoo all add up.I agree with you. Offpage optimization is the key to success. I have seen many pages with no keyword optimization but with good rankings. All because of off page works.
 
 I will put it as Onpage - 30% and offpage - 70 %. Do the onpage first (Don't over do it). Then push to high rankings by offpage.
 
 Sam
 
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| gridellas Member
 
 Joined: 19 Feb 2009
 Posts: 45
 
 | # Posted: 19 Mar 2009 20:41 Reply
 
 Congrats on your PR srama3. I have had the same problem trying to find my articles before on the search engines. Looks like you have it down. Keep up the good work.
 
 Nicely put Sam.
   
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| samueldarwin Member
 Joined: 10 Oct 2007
 Posts: 266
 
 | # Posted: 20 Mar 2009 11:17 Reply
 
 
 gridellas:  Nicely put Sam. Thanks Gridellas. One more suggestion to srama3 - If you could edit the 'click here' link in the resource box of your ezinearticle into your anchor text, you would get a good back link. And this would pass a good link juice to your site.
 
 Cheers !
 
 Sam
 
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| mikhelson Member
 
 Joined: 20 Mar 2009
 Posts: 1
 
 | # Posted: 20 Mar 2009 11:34 Reply
 
 Recently has found a site, has very much liked, about everything, basically cars. The design has very much liked, there is a link to a site of the designer and a hosting.
 
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| srama3 Member
 
 Joined: 14 Feb 2009
 Posts: 71
 
 | # Posted: 20 Mar 2009 18:19 Reply
 
 
 samueldarwin:  One more suggestion to srama3 - If you could edit the 'click here' link in the resource box of your ezinearticle into your anchor text, you would get a good back link. And this would pass a good link juice to your site.Thanks samueldarwin, I'll definitely give this a try.
   
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| Newbie Shield 
   Joined: 22 Sep 2007
 Posts: 1628
 
 | # Posted: 20 Mar 2009 18:53 Reply
 
 That's fine Sam.
 
 You should let others know that valuable content is what matters most. The mechanical stuff is way overrated and is very much secondary to success.
 
 Both types of SEO matter but they are barely the beginning.
 
 Always create newsworthy content above all else.
 
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| samueldarwin Member
 Joined: 10 Oct 2007
 Posts: 266
 
 | # Posted: 20 Mar 2009 22:03 Reply
 
 
 Newbie Shield:  That's fine Sam. You should let others know that valuable content is what matters most. The mechanical stuff is way overrated and is very much secondary to success. Both types of SEO matter but they are barely the beginning. Always create newsworthy content above all else. ~Newbie Shield~ Yes NS. This is true and worthy factor. May be I have missed to pronounce it a lot. Thanks for it.
 
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| VictoriaNTC Member
 Joined: 12 Mar 2008
 Posts: 383
 
 | # Posted: 21 Mar 2009 13:05 Reply
 
 Hello srama3,
 I just bookmarked your article to 15 sites for you.
 That should help too!
 
 Cheers,
 Victoria
 
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| srama3 Member
 
 Joined: 14 Feb 2009
 Posts: 71
 
 | # Posted: 21 Mar 2009 18:05 Reply
 
 
 VictoriaNTC:  Hello srama3, I just bookmarked your article to 15 sites for you. That should help too!Thanks so much Victoria. The people in this forum are so kind!
   
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