Comments on: SEO Challenge ’09 – Week 2 Update

By: Ajith Prasad

Ajith Prasad — Sat, 24 Jan 2009 18:14:45 +0000

@TechZoomIn, Thanks buddy and good luck!

By: TechZoomIn

TechZoomIn — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 14:49:14 +0000

I’m at 6th rank as of now

I travelled for the whole week and didn’t updated the blog..this could cause some considerable damage to my little TechZoomIn rank in next week.

Contest going great ajith..Rocking all you guys.

TechZoomIn’s last blog post… 5 Simple “Read More/Continue Reading” Tag Design Styles

By: Ajith Prasad

Ajith Prasad — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 09:23:35 +0000

@Kim, no worries pal. I will try to have more such competitions in the future… My available time is the only constraint

By: Kim Woodbridge

Kim Woodbridge — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 20:18:47 +0000

This is really interesting to observe - now I wish I had participated because my traffic has gone way up recently and I haven't done anything.Thanks for doing this Ajith.Kim Woodbridge's last blog post... Library Lookup Bookmarklet

By: Ajith Prasad

Ajith Prasad — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 17:30:29 +0000

@SBA, editing old post for SEO will definitely help though it take a few days to see the effect. Also it wouldn't be a good idea to further optimize already search-popular post.@Read2Know, keywords are the way to go buddy@Kurt, yep I had written about Google Insights and Trends sometime back I guess.

By: Kurt Avish

Kurt Avish — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 16:34:38 +0000

@Ajith: Yea I wish I could have participated lol.

Anyway am getting ready for the next competition I am trying something… with google trends these days… and believe me man… this really work!! I guess you already know about the tips am talking about.

Kurt Avish’s last blog post… Blogs That You Read – The Why And The What!

By: Read 2 Know

Read 2 Know — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 04:42:10 +0000

I need to do something about the Keywords that I use. Not in the list this time!

Read 2 Know’s last blog post… Work Online with ZOHO Personal & Business Applications

By: SBA

SBA — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 00:48:28 +0000

I started looking at the meta descriptions for most popular posts (will do others later) and refined categories and tags. Also more internal links to posts based on related keywords. Looking at searches but some just seem random — like ‘earning through music’ landed on ‘earning through your blog’ post—. You can’t really write a post with more ‘music’ words if that’s not your blog’s focus. Even if you ‘get into the heads’ of people who used ‘success’ to reach us, you see many were not looking for blogs! So you can guess they bounce right off… Very complicated! But we’re here to learn and improve.

SBA’s last blog post… The Importance Of Self-Mastery

By: Ajith Prasad

Ajith Prasad — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 15:56:07 +0000

@Shirley, Thanks for your strategies and I am sure they will take you to respectable levels in the next four weeks. As for the % increase it’s really possible.

Although 500% may sound crazy, it may be possible… Take a look at Techno Samrat and Otooo… One has started posting 2-3 times a day and another doing a lot of hot keywords job. The others also have some unique plans lined up. So why stop at 500%

@Kurt, I think they are all after keywords Are you missing it buddy?

@Samrat, You are welcome buddy…and I can see that you are all charged up with your posting frequency and keywords!

@Jawahar, some are already being shared… Perhaps, at the end I could ask one or two of them to guest post here.

@Raju, hey come on man… don’t be modest

@Forsaken, that’s the spirit… You can definitely catch up during the remaining 4 weeks

@Nihar, haha… that’s a good one. Were your teachers challenged by you?

@Donace, Yep Nothing is impossible! And the tech blogs definitely seem to be having a good time…

Good luck to all!

By: Donace

Donace — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 13:47:46 +0000

lol Nihar if you got 100% increase or hell even 80% like techpp and technosamrat (which is a brilliant achievement by the two) that would unbelievable!

Congratz for the people on the Top 5 especially the two tech blogs which have shown a great numerical increase as well as %

By: Nihar

Nihar — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 01:10:24 +0000

Congratulations to all the Toppers.

I am still at Rank no. 19

Need to do something soon, otherwise i will get the same rank as i was getting in the school

By: Domain Marvelous

Domain Marvelous — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 23:22:55 +0000

I am performing way way bad in this contest, mainly because I am not actively blogging and promoting my site. But there is plenty time left for me to catch up with the front runners. Keeping my fingers crossed.

Domain Marvelous’s last blog post… Get to know your ccTLDs

By: Raju

Raju — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 15:35:13 +0000

already dropped to the third place, but i expected not to be in top 5, I am sure I won’t be in top 5 next week around. Whatever the reasons be, scaling up the blog to the next level with the current strategy (as mentioned in the post above) is impossible. I am not considering this contest as a contest, but a chance to know more about SEO. I basically know “NOTHING” and all theory I used to read was meaningless. Hope to gain much more knowledge by the end of the contest. Other 4 strategies mentioned were really useful. Thanks guys

By: Jawahar

Jawahar — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 15:14:53 +0000

The strategies can be shared by the contestants.. Only then it will add real value for everyone

By: TechnoSamrat

TechnoSamrat — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 13:32:48 +0000

The ppl here are rocking.. all the best guys.. and thanks Ajith for this wonderful contest... (I know it's taking a lot of your time and effort...)TechnoSamrat's last blog post... Tune, Optimize and Increase Your Internet Connection Speed With TCP Optimizer

By: Kurt Avish

Kurt Avish — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 13:12:59 +0000

To all: Use this tool guys and girls https://adwords.google.com/select/KeywordToolExternal

Also dont forget about google image which also add to the juice! Best of luck to you all.

Kurt Avish’s last blog post… What is Time? What is the real time?

By: Shirley

Shirley — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 13:09:55 +0000

Well, my performance has a been a bit modest as yet, but beware, I am just waiting for the final lap!

Alright, strategies:
-better keyword targeting in urls and titles
-controversial titles are coming soon (to improve click-through rate)
-crafting better meta descriptions
-use of h2,h3,em,strong more liberally
-quickly fixing any errors that pop up in Webmaster Tools
-viewing statistics to see what keywords people are using to find me and using it to inspire new articles
-writing about more specific topics

As for people achieving 500% increases, that’d be crazy… and I’d be surprised if any of the larger blogs could do it. But anything is possible. I’d love to see it!

Shirley’s last blog post… Choosing the Best Location for Your New Blog