| ♦ REFRESH to rotate MAAMAW'S CLICKY NOTES thru this space..... Timely Tips, Best of the Boards & More ♦ |
Be sure to visit the Current Message Board when you're finished here. We're very friendly, so don't be shy... just jump right in and post your question. Scams outnumber legitimate biz ops about a bzillion to one, so it's well worth your time. |
| | View Thread | Return to Index | Read Prev Msg | Read Next Msg | |
|---|
FIB - Scams 101 - Ye Olde Archives
Posted By: S. Tanna In Response To: SEO - What counts as "changed"??? (Tracy)
Thursday, 13 April 2006, at 5:34 p.m.
It's one of those myths that is going round, that isn't necessarily true. These things pass around like Chinese whispers.
If you are doing blog and ping, more pinging will help, because you will get spidered more often, and some NEWS type spiders intended for blogs, may not even visit properly without a ping.
But for a normal web site, and a normal search engine, forget it.
I'm #1 on several important, competitive, and expensive to advertise on, keywords at Google, for several different sites. I have been #1 or in the top few, for maybe 3, 4 or 5 years. And the sites that are doing it? They've been basically unchanged (in some cases unchanged at all until recently) for 3 years.
Another site I have, gets 4000+ uniques per day from search engines, principally Google, MSN and Ask. It has done so consistently for years, and does it by getting top 5 (sometimes #1) rankings on various terms. It competes on these terms with sites actually owned and on Yahoo and MSN. I didn't update this site significantly (just very minor edits, principally to change ads, perhaps once every 6 months to 1 year) for about 5 years, although I have done some updates (primarily additonal content) this year.
So, while I can't prove that frequent updates won't help - I can tell you that the idea you can not have decent SE traffic without frequent updates, is just baloney.
If I was you, here's what I'd do:
1. Create LOTS of content. It doesn't matter if you do it a bit at a time (given the impression of lots of updates), or you work your socks off for a short period, and then leave it up there (although for the latter it's important to pick a topic which won't quickly get outdated).
2. Optimize your on page factors. I've already posted about this many times on this board. It's not rocket science to do the basics. It seems at least one person, well known for her cookies, took some notice :-)
3. Work on getting links to your site. Preferably mostly from decent sites on related topics. There are many ideas at my site Traffic 4 me.
| | View Thread | Return to Index | Read Prev Msg | Read Next Msg | |
|---|
FIB - Scams 101 - Ye Olde Archives is maintained with WebBBS 3.11.
|
| PLEASE READ THIS LEGAL NOTICE CAREFULLY BEFORE YOU FILE A LAWSUIT OR EVEN WASTE TIME THINKING ABOUT IT. It has been done before, but never successfully. In fact, the last dodobird who tried it ended up being ordered to pay more than $77,000 in attorney fees ($65,000+ to my attorneys and $12,000+ to my co-defendant's legal advisor).
If your attorney is worth his salt, he's going to tell you that the expense of filing a lawsuit you can't win is a whole lot worse than any "damages" resulting from messages posted on this insignificant little chunk of cyberspace. NEWS FLASH: I didn't just climb down off that ol' turnip truck yesterday. I'm well aware that expressing a negative opinion, relating one's personal experience, and restating provable facts are all legal in this country and do not constitute libel, slander, or defamation -- so you don't want to play games with me, and you sure don't want to start something you aren't prepared to finish. I don't take threats lightly, and I don't accept bribes (or did you call it a "mutually-beneficial arrangement"?). I'll turn you in faster than you can yell, "ARREST ME, I'M SCUM!!" Do yourself a favor and turn your legal team loose in greener pastures. Although we may, from time to time, monitor or review discussions, postings and the like on the Friends In Business (Scams 101) Message Board, we are under no obligation to do so. We are not responsible or liable for any claim arising from the content of any such discussions or postings or for any error, defamation, libel, slander, omission, falsehood, obscenity, pornography, profanity, danger, or inaccuracy contained in any information contained within such locations on the Site. You are prohibited from posting or transmitting any unlawful, threatening, libelous, defamatory, obscene, scandalous, inflammatory, pornographic, or profane materials or any material that could constitute or encourage conduct that would be considered a criminal offense, give rise to civil liability, or otherwise violate any law. You are likewise prohibited from posting any false claims against any company or individual. We will fully cooperate with any law enforcement authorities or court order requesting or directing us to disclose the identity of anyone posting any such information or materials. By posting messages and/or content on the Friends In Business (Scams 101) Message Board, you give permission for Lesley Fountain/Friends In Business/Shoestring Success Publications to display, distribute and use the posting and content for publication, advertising, promotion, excerption or example. You grant Lesley Fountain/Friends In Business/Shoestring Success Publications complete, perpetual, but non-exclusive rights to use, archive, reproduce, adapt, modify, distribute, sub-license, repurpose, rework, compile, or offer for sale or resale the messages, postings or content appearing on this site in whole or in part, throughout the world and universe, on a royalty-free basis without remuneration. If you cannot accept or agree with the terms of service for this website and discussion board, you are advised not to post on this board. In closing, I would like to remind you once again that it is still legal, in this great country of ours, to express a PERSONAL OPINION, as long as it is presented as opinion and not as fact. And finally, all you scammers out there will do well to remember that TRUTH IS AN ABSOLUTE DEFENSE against charges of libel, defamation, and slander... so if you're operating just a hop, skip, and jump ahead of the law, you might want to think twice before doing anything stupid... (AND SHAME ON YOU!!). |