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Understanding Google (video)

If you ever plan on getting traffic through Google then it’s crucial that as a starting point you understand how Google works.

In this video I run through:

  1. The difference between natural listings (SEO) vs paid listings or adwords (SEM)
  2. The importance of keywords
  3. The only way to win at SEO (and my 5 levels of SEO sophistication)
  4. 8 Myths about ranking in Google

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My top 3 SEO strategies and how I implement them

In this video below I outline my 3 favourite SEO strategies and how I am using them to get in excess of 30,000 free visitors a year to my site. A summary of the video is below. Watch it below using youtube or click here for the MP4 version.

Strategy 1 – High volume keywords

What are they?

Highly competitive terms that get loads of monthly searches in Google.

How to rank for them

  • Choose something you can realistically rank for
  • Build authority
  • Domain age
  • On-page content (body, titles, domain, URLs)
  • Build backlinks (ideally high authority and similar industry)
  • Create great content and get active in social media

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Intro to pay per click with Google Adwords

website design - dan Hi guys this week we welcome Robert Mirabito founder of Sydney FX for an introduction on pay per click advertising with Google Adwords.

Pay-Per-Click Advertising: The Basics

Of the various forms of internet marketing that are currently in use, pay-per-click advertising is one of the most popular. Here’s a rundown on some of the basics of the pay-per-click system.

What is PPC?

Pay-per-click advertising, or PPC, is a form of internet marketing in which the advertiser pays the host of the ad only when it is clicked. Cost per click, or CPC, is the rate charged by a host for every click an ad receives. CPC rates can be determined in a number of ways, from flat fees agreed ahead of time, to bidding systems through which
the advertising rights for search keywords are auctioned.

By far the largest hosts of PPC ads are Google and the other major search engines. Google’s sponsored search results (the ones that appear highlighted at the top of the list and on the right-hand side of the screen under the heading “Ads”) are perhaps the best known examples of PPC advertising. In this case, advertisers provide Google with a list of keywords, and when users search for these keywords under the right conditions, the advertisers’ PPC ads will appear.

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