Administration
When will my monthly billing start?
The billing and setup of the service commences
on the date that you confirm the order with us.
Can I ever freeze my account?
Your
account cannot be frozen at any time. We can cease
billing on your renewal date to recommence when
you are ready to move on.
How long will my results take to
achieve?
The amount of time it will take is hard
to predict accurately. Unfortunately, we are at
the mercy of search engines efficiency in finding
the work that we set up. Changes to your site
(as outlined in your assessment) are found very
quickly. Linking information however, can be quite
slow to update.
Our SEO link building team is fully trained in
identifying web sites that will speed up the search
result listings for your site. If we can secure
some strong links early and the search engines
are quick to pick them up, then we should start
seeing results within 6-8 weeks from the commencement
of your link building.
If you have a new site your results on Google
will probably take 4-6 months to achieve. This
is due to Google's algorithm that now places web
sites in a holding pen for this period. When your
Google results do come through they should roughly
match up with the results that have been achieved
on Yahoo.
Why are other sites currently ranking
higher than mine?
The
reason other sites are ranking higher than yours
is mainly due to the quality of links they have.
Link quality is based on how relative the incoming
links are and how high the PageRank of the link
web page is. If the site has any expert links
from educational or government sites, this will
also enhance their quality.
Link quality tends to spread out over a site,
so just looking at the links that point to a certain
page is not an indication of how good the link
quality is for that site. In this way it is very
time consuming to measure the strength of your
competitors. Our best action to take is to continue
building up a good link network to your site.
The stronger this network is, the higher you will
sit in the search results.
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Networking
Why is link networking important?
Link building is vital to top search engine
positions. Finding and establishing these links
is a very tricky process. Once links are established
and search engines acknowledge them pointing
to your site, you will start to see your web
site climb in the results. On average we need
at least 5 good links recognised by search engines
to achieve results. Additional links past 5
will continue to improve your positioning.
What is the importance of adding a resource
links page to my site?
Your resource links page is important as it
is needed to build your link network. Our team
handles locating top quality links on your behalf.
Once the links are found, you are notified by
email. Some of the sites found will require
their link being added to your resource page
before contact is made regarding a link exchange.
By adding their link first, we greatly increase
the likely hood that they will link to your
site.
It is important for your resource page to have
the highest PageRank possible. To achieve this,
a small link to the resource page is required
from every main page on your site (especially
your home page). This link needs to be visible
and should appear as the other links do on your
site.
When will my link networking commence?
Link building will commence within 3-5 days
after we have received your notification that
your resource links page is available.
Will all links on my resource page be
reciprocal?
The links that will appear on your page will
not all be reciprocating. This is because we
first need to add links to your page before
requesting reciprocation from other sites. This
is the most successful method to use in link
networking.
Will you be linking to my competitors?
Sites that compete with yours will be suggested
by our link building team as being good links.
This is because they are in the same industry
as your site and therefore will carry the highest
strength when search engines are calculating
search results. At any time, we can remove links
that you are unhappy with.
Does adding too many low quality links
to my site get penalised?
Link networking needs to be very balanced to
be effective. Basically the number of outgoing
links should not be more than double the number
of incoming links. For this reason it is beneficial
not to add links to your site that will have
a low strength or will not reciprocate back
to you. In the first few months of link building,
we are building up your incoming links which
usually will be out of balance with the number
of outgoing links we place on your page. The
link balance will correct itself as we progress.
There is an exception to this rule of balance.
Linking to expert or highly prominent web sites
is OK if they are related to your site. Expert
sites are either government, educational or
sites belonging to large non-profit organisations.
Prominent sites are web site such as Microsoft
and Google.
Google
What is the importance of the Google
PageRank?
PageRank is important as it used by Google to
determine the quality of a web site. Having
a high PageRank will result in faster and more
successful search engine positioning. The basic
requirements of a high PageRank are:
1. Good Web Site Structure - Structuring your
site in a simple and user-friendly fashion will
add to your PageRank. The highest PageRank possible
for good structure is PageRank 3. To rank higher
than a 3, you need good quality links pointing
to your site.
2. Good Quality Linking - Links from sites that
are relevant to your industry and also have
a high PageRank will increase your PageRank.
3. No SEO Cheating - Search engines are getting
very clever in detecting those sites that are
attempting to thwart their system. Penalties
are allocated for sites suspected of cheating,
which impact directly on the Google PageRank.
How long does it take Google to re index
a web site?
The time it takes Google to index you site is
usually within 2 weeks. This time is quite variable
at time and may be up to 6 weeks. Once your
site is indexed, Google will collect information
to use when calculating search results. The
information that will be used to place your
site in the top positions, will be how many
and what is the quality of links pointing to
your site. To measure this takes a lot more
time than indexing web pages. Once links are
established, it can take anywhere from 6 weeks
to 6 months for them to be found. Links from
pages with high PageRank's will be found first,
which is why PageRank is important when locating
other sites to link with.
Is it possible to request Google to speed up
my indexing?
There is no way of requesting special treatment
from Google. They find their own information
in their own time. We are aware of what they
are looking for, so we make sure that we provide
you with the fastest way to get your web site
into the top positions.
Yahoo
What is the benefit of a paid listing?
Having a Yahoo listing will greatly improve
your sites ability to rank for high traffic
searches on Google. Google considers a link
from Yahoo to be a top quality link as your
site needs to be approved by a Yahoo editor
to be listed on their directory.
Hitslink Tracking Program
I already have a visitor tracking program
on my site.
The Hitslink program can work in conjunction
with other tracking programs. We highly recommend
adding the Hitslink tracker as it will help
the SEO process for your web site. |
