https://forums.modx.com/thread/?thread=86043 https://forums.modx.com/thread/86043/seo#dis-post-541424
1. Select the most relevant Keywords
2. Look what competitors are doing
3. Create a quality content that is linkable and sharable
4. Optimize title and met tags
5. Optimize headings and subheadings
6. Forum Posting
7. Link Building
8. Article Submission
9. Blog Posting
10. Press Release etc.
]]> kabirthapar May 12, 2016, 07:32 AM https://forums.modx.com/thread/86043/seo#dis-post-541424 https://forums.modx.com/thread/86043/seo#dis-post-504546
The algorithm has obviously changed because it's no longer there and is now often several pages down. I could be being penalized for having the site in my sig. (17,000+ links to the site may be a little suspicious). Or maybe the word MODX just appears too many times on my site. If you Google MODX followed by one of my extras, I'm usually right up there, but in searches for MODX information in general, I'm pretty much missing.

Luckily, I don't care.

I think people who need the information on my site eventually find it.


]]> BobRay Jul 25, 2014, 01:52 AM https://forums.modx.com/thread/86043/seo#dis-post-504546 https://forums.modx.com/thread/86043/seo#dis-post-504545 http://www.myoptimind.com/seo-philippines/]]> marsh03 Jul 25, 2014, 01:33 AM https://forums.modx.com/thread/86043/seo#dis-post-504545 https://forums.modx.com/thread/86043/seo#dis-post-475271 sottwell Aug 18, 2013, 06:26 AM https://forums.modx.com/thread/86043/seo#dis-post-475271 https://forums.modx.com/thread/86043/seo#dis-post-475268
This is slightly less manipulative and cynical than how SEO worked in "the good old days," when the client simply subscribed to link farms in order to bamboozle Google.

But all of this is ephemeral, as Google changes the algorithm and one social media service or another rises and falls in popularity. It's also risky, since Google reserves the right to blackball anything they consider abusive or unnatural with regard to the search user's experience.

So it seems best to start at the center, at the client's Web site, and work outward: Pick an appropriate domain name, get the meta keywords right, create and post truly useful stuff, provide a map for the spiders' use. Then guest-post and trade links with established opinion leaders and dive into the (sickening, IMHO) social media and video-posting morass. Oh, and if at all possible, get your sob story or 3.5-minute abs pitch onto daytime television. Ecchhh!

But seriously, folks .... A couple of young guys in my area are featuring Wordpress by name as a selling point in promoting their Web-marketing consultancy. I asked them why. Is it because Wordpress has helpful name recognition among potential clients? Well sometimes yes, they said. But they also cited Google's public-facing search guru, Matt Cutts, whom they reported says Wordpress automatically does everything right in terms of SEO. (If you accept that, good luck, guys.)]]> halfnium Aug 18, 2013, 05:38 AM https://forums.modx.com/thread/86043/seo#dis-post-475268 https://forums.modx.com/thread/86043/seo#dis-post-474474
I'm not sure I agree with your assessment I'm afraid. The amount of terribly poor architecture decisions made by developers indicates that there is a need for technical SEO, and unfortunately the days of just writing about a topic including the correct keywords faded away a long time ago.

The SEO process is more closely aligned with quality digital marketing now than it ever has been, and quality digital marketing activity that will be rewarded with strong search rankings certainly isn't easy if you're working in a moderately competitive market.

That said, it is true that SEO is full of snake oil sales people who do not have any real skill in the area... On reflection, this is very similar to the web development industry where poor coding practices are rife.

Steve]]> DangerMouse1981 Aug 08, 2013, 11:40 PM https://forums.modx.com/thread/86043/seo#dis-post-474474 https://forums.modx.com/thread/86043/seo#dis-post-474442
There are a few basic things to keep in mind - loading up your pages with keywords and phrases will actually end up penalizing your site, so make it a natural part of the content of the page. Think outline. A page should only have one H1 element, just as an outline has one title.

SEO has really been all blown up out of proportion, mostly by SEO consultants who want to make money.

Here's my favorite set of articles on the topic of marketing your site. http://impress-design.com/how-to-dominate-your-local-or-niche-market]]> sottwell Aug 08, 2013, 05:51 PM https://forums.modx.com/thread/86043/seo#dis-post-474442 https://forums.modx.com/thread/86043/seo#dis-post-474394 kristen Aug 08, 2013, 12:56 PM https://forums.modx.com/thread/86043/seo#dis-post-474394