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The State of TypePad SEO
Hey all--Could we get a sort of state of TypePad SEO? I read a number of articles in the Knowledge Base, but I think there was a lot of conflicting info from one article to another. I'm somewhat under the impression that the conflicting info is due to upgrades making the other articles out of date, but it's not completely clear to me what the upgrades do.
Specifically, I'd like to know how best to use the Keywords field on the compose screen. Some of the conflicting info left me wondering whether this field is only useful internally or whether it is actually used for search engine optimization. Could I get a more definitive answer on this?
Second, since we can determine our own URLs and fill them with appropriate keywords, how much is too much?
Third, how often is too often to change my meta Keywords? I write on current news and politics and am often inclined to change them to suit what's happening at the moment. Is that a good idea or a bad idea?
Fourth, I'm under the impression that I'm doing some really good things with SEO (although I don't know exactly what they are) because I will often show up in the top 10 or top 5 for many Google searches on timely subjects--even above some of the really big publications like HuffPo--but then I lose my status. And it's not just because I published before they did. Do you have any suggestions as to what I can do to help eliminate this and keep my spot more often?
Ok--that's all for now I think.
Thanks!
Allen
Specifically, I'd like to know how best to use the Keywords field on the compose screen. Some of the conflicting info left me wondering whether this field is only useful internally or whether it is actually used for search engine optimization. Could I get a more definitive answer on this?
Second, since we can determine our own URLs and fill them with appropriate keywords, how much is too much?
Third, how often is too often to change my meta Keywords? I write on current news and politics and am often inclined to change them to suit what's happening at the moment. Is that a good idea or a bad idea?
Fourth, I'm under the impression that I'm doing some really good things with SEO (although I don't know exactly what they are) because I will often show up in the top 10 or top 5 for many Google searches on timely subjects--even above some of the really big publications like HuffPo--but then I lose my status. And it's not just because I published before they did. Do you have any suggestions as to what I can do to help eliminate this and keep my spot more often?
Ok--that's all for now I think.
Thanks!
Allen
I’m ready!
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Inappropriate?Hello Allen, good day, let me answer some of your questions.
When you published a post. Typepad's system automatically send your post to search engines like google, yahoo and Bing. Adding keywords are plus factors for your articles to get high chance of getting index on SERP (Search engine results page). So whether you add keywords on your content or not. It will still be exposed on search engines.
On the third one, i guess you have to know what is really your niche or the topics on your niche so that you don't have to change it from time to time. Categorize your topics generally so that you'll come up with fix meta keywords.
If you think that you have already optimized your contents for search engines. then all you have to do is to maintain it and then add the plus factors which you haven't. Goodluck and more power. -
Inappropriate?I share all of Allen's questions, specially this one: "Some of the conflicting info left me wondering whether this field is only useful internally or whether it is actually used for search engine optimization."
Also, I'm having issues searching posts by keywords internally, but this may be a topic for another thread.
I’m ok
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Inappropriate?Y'all might want to check out the free seminar we did on SEO tips earlier this year:
http://everything.typepad.com/blog/20...
while we update the knowledge base, some of the information will change, and there's always the fact that people have differing opinions on what really drives SEO best.
I've had good luck with post keywords for refining my search engine traffic, but I'm all ears to hear how we could improve this.
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Inappropriate?Hi Ginevra-
Thanks for the reminder of webinar. I meant to attend it at the time, but had a schedule conflict and forgot about it since then.
I'm totally fine with the information changes because that means you all are continuing to develop TypePad, which makes me happy to say the least.
The webinar was a helpful reminder of a number of key points, but I'm not sure they answered my specific questions. I think Andy answered a number of important *general* SEO questions, but not ones that are specific to TypePad--especially the one that is on most of our minds: what does the Keyword field on the compose screen do? It was mentioned at the end of the webinar as a forthcoming feature, but that's it. It gives me some satisfaction that you have had positive results and am willing to try based on that, but would be happier if I knew how to prioritize that task.
As if this wasn't difficult enough, I'd like to add a couple of other questions:
-since there is a limitation to how many meta keywords we can enter, is there a good strategy for how broad or specific (or combination of both) we should get with those meta keywords?
-are there guidelines for bolding of text to draw search engine attention?
Can we ask Andy or whoever else might make sense to weigh in on the original questions and the ones I raise in this post? I'm certain you are all more than busy, but I bet there are tons of TypePad users who want to know this.
With much appreciation,
Allen
I’m happy we're getting somewhere.
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Inappropriate?Anything on this? It's been a few weeks....
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Inappropriate?Whats the deal with the <meta name="generator" /> tag? Why isnt there a description and keywords right in the source when I view it?
I’m waiting for an answer
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