Comments on: Buying Websites for SEO - Who me?

By: Rick Astley

Rick Astley — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 12:14:51 +0000

I think you should let me know the finer points of your link building strategies and site buying. I won’t tell anyone, promise. I might use the info to sort some stuff out though…

By: zowoco

zowoco — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 01:53:59 +0000

SEO is THE hot topic in today’s online marketing world, I mean, everyone wants their site to be top spot in the search engine rankings, don’t they? But curiously enough, there is only ever that one top spot! Just talking about securing the top ranking or even a top twenty ranking is food for thought, but this…

Buying Websites for SEO - does that imply that you go out and pick a website that looks like a surefire website to quickly top the rankings? Or that you can link your current websites to it for more “authority” clout? I don’t personally see the need to buy a website: I believe ANY website can be improved and tweaked for maximum search engine optimization, and that it is really high quality relevant content that gets your website to climb the rankings.

I think it is vital to first be totally focussed on exactly what you want to achieve: what exactly are you promoting? What keywords or phrases do you want SEO in? Are these relevant mainly to your website or one particular product/service you offer? What do you want from your website visitors? Their repeat visits? Their email address? And what exactly can or should you be offering them? Who are they? What age? What interests? What income range?

The more you can target just who your website visitors are, and what they want, what they seek, the better you can tailor your offer to them. SEO can provide high rankings for competitive keywords: this brings high visitor volumes to your website. What will they find when they arrive? What do you give them?

If you attract 10,000 visitors daily only for them to click away without reading your content or acting on your command (such as opting in to your email offer) then you may as well go for a walk in the park. Give your visitors a reason to return, a reason to recommend, a reason to opt in, a reason to purchase.

SEO is only one link in the chain which is building your online business successfully. Your marketing may shine, but if your offer bombs, what good the SEO? Only YOU can create a truly unique website geared up to SEO and high sales so start today, from scratch! No need to pay inflated prices for someone else’s innovations. Be original, be daring, be observant, be inspirational!

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Thu, 17 Apr 2008 15:17:36 +0000

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By: Ankit

Ankit — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 10:24:30 +0000

I have been following your blog for quite some time now… a gr8 learning place, must say.

Although the topic of ” buying websites for SEO” is new to me but is interesting.

As u mentioned, ” but I’m not sure if, like link building, I’d feel comfortable talking about the finer points of this..”

I have always believed if someone is not comfortable doing some thing then he should not do it.

By: Renier

Renier — Sun, 13 Apr 2008 03:20:36 +0000

Well buying Seo for websites is a new topic to me but thanks for the post. I really like your blog and i learn so much.

Im going to take a look in this topic how it works.

By: Jamessyboy

Jamessyboy — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 21:19:33 +0000

Nooooo….don’t do it Jim - buying websites for SEO takes all the skill away from ordinary SEO dudes who can’t afford to buy up popular sites for ranking - think of the little people!

By: SEO Guide

SEO Guide — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 14:12:40 +0000

I understand Jim, unfortunately that’s the way it is, with Google’s “CIA or FBI” around, you’ve to be careful, even though I’m always expecting to pick up a few good tips on my daily reading about link building. I have made a commitment to assist to one of your Marketing ninja workshops this year or next: “I’ll find for sure all those link building secrets I’m looking for”

By: Gab "SEO ROI" Goldenberg

Gab "SEO ROI" Goldenberg — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 06:04:09 +0000

Heh, yeah, don’t do it - leave it to the new kids like me who had to pitch to speak on that panel lol! On a more serious note, I’d love to hear you address the topic Jim, especially if you can dish. It needn’t be stuff that you’ve done receeeently…

Speaking of which, did you catch my post a few months back on buying expired domains and cloning what used to be on them using archive.org?

By: Fionn

Fionn — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 16:44:29 +0000

Jim, dont do it. I never agreed with the link building sessions at SES either. I absolutely believe that it will hurt your business long term when Google tries to block it and make your job a lot harder to do.

By: Jim Boykin

Jim Boykin — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 13:52:15 +0000

Peter, for sure. Maybe sometime we should have a “ninjas of the roundtable meeting” and chat about these things….hum…maybe SEO Class in Edinburgh Scotland in June….and we can only talk about this in a castle…and what is talked about in the castle, stays in the castle…hehe