Sorry, another SEO question.
Is there any feasible way at all that I can get my own business website up the Google rankings (ie on the first page) when faced with page after page of links to recruiters and jobs boards when I do a search like "Process Engineer", "Mechanical Engineer", "Civil Engineer" etc? I reckon this fact is probably (one of) the main reasons why I get virtually no inquiries from my own website despite having spent care and attention to all the info provided by Google about getting a good search engine rating. Interestingly, I get a far better rating in Bing (on the first page), but I guess nobody uses Bing. The only thing I don't actually have is my two most important keywords in the domain name, but then again, neither do the agencies or jobs boards. Thanks.
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Have you tried doing some keyword research?
https://adwords.google.com/select/KeywordToolExternal
There might be slightly different phrases that you can use that the agents have not picked. I'm currently reading SEO for dummies and "get to the top of google" and both say this is just about the first thing to do.
I just got the books 2 days ago so I'm not an expert but I did do the research as they said and it was quite intersting. -
Not sure what difference it makes but have you submitted your site via things like addme.com? One of the few bits of "spam" I often read is the addme.com newletter - it often has some very good tips and links on SEO.bloggoth
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Thanks, I looked at it but it wasn't entirely clear to me what I was looking at to be honest. I'll take another look. I'm making the assumption that if someone wants a civil engineer then they'll put those two keywords into Google.Originally posted by minestrone View PostPublic Service Posting by the BBC - Bloggs Bulls**t Corp.
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I haven't used that one but I've used similar. Thanks.Originally posted by xoggoth View PostPublic Service Posting by the BBC - Bloggs Bulls**t Corp.
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I've found with google that SEO isn't that important, what is important is the actual content (the amount of it and how often the site updates).Comment
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There is a thing called the 'long tail', I found a link to explain it better than me...Originally posted by Fred Bloggs View Post
http://searchengineland.com/the-deci...ong-tail-30640The long tail for the site is typical. In other words, 10% of the traffic goes to the head terms, 20% to the “chunky middle,” and 70% resides in the long tail.
I will know more about it when I finish the books this weekend.
I made a sitemap.xml up this week but I don't really know if it really makes that much of a difference, I mean the googlebot seems to be going through the pages ok so I do not know why it has to be there.Comment
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That is probably my biggest short coming but there's only so much content you can build around the theme of "Hi, I'm a really good freelance process engnieer please hire me." Thanks.Originally posted by krytonsheep View PostPublic Service Posting by the BBC - Bloggs Bulls**t Corp.
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Thanks for the pointers. My sitemap.xml has made no noticeable difference either.Originally posted by minestrone View PostPublic Service Posting by the BBC - Bloggs Bulls**t Corp.
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