Kill Auto Spam Now!
December 27, 2009
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Kill Auto Spam Now!
I have written about spam many times in the past and I had read about the Bad Behavior plugin stopping auto spam. So I finally decided to give it a try a few months back and it did a great job. Spam comments were reduced from 350 a day down to about 15. I was thrilled.
Then I noticed that a new version had just come out so I happily upgraded. Well, there must have been some weakness with the upgrade because I was flooded with large volumes of spam from three specific email addresses. These folks found a weakness and were exploiting it while they could. As you might imagine I was not happy.
Then, About a week ago I had read about this great WP blog and web host. I checked out the site and was very impressed so much so that I hired him to secure our site. The gentleman’s name is John of WpBlog Host. We needed a security upgrades since the site had been recently hacked. So this so an easy decision for us, especially since our developer seemed to lack interest in securing the blog. He’s a great guy but he is not a WP expert.
As it turns out Bad Behavior was experiencing some of its own bad behavior and would not work. John replaced it with another program called Tan Tan Noodles. Now, I had read some great reviews on this plugin.Yet, I didn’t take it seriously because of its name. Wow, what a mistake that was.
This plugin has reduced spam to zero! That’s right zero auto spam! I haven’t seen any spam during the entire week that it has been on the blog. Yes, it’s that good. Now, if you want to lock down the security of your blog I would recommend using John.
I have been blogging for over two years and I had learned to loathe auto spam. Now, that the spam is gone I find that I am experiencing spam withdrawals. If you think about it, it make sense, For over two years part of my day involved cleaning out the spam filter and cursing to myself as I did it. That part of my day is gone.
It a very strange feeling to check for spam and not to find any. I had got so accustomed to spam that it had become part of my daily routine. It sounds so funny to say I’m going through spam withdrawals, but I am.
As for the security upgrades I am reluctant to go into specific details of how we are protecting WordPress as I don’t want hackers to be able to know what we have done and then exploit it. What I can say is that he removed all references to WP in our files and added some plugins. What he essentially accomplished was to add several layers of protection for our website.
What really separates John from the crowd is that he made a video of what he did and how he did it while he was doing it on my site. He didn’t settle for a generic demo video. This video was unique to your website.
He does all of this for about $50.00. When I explained everything that we did to my web developer he asked “How does he make any money?” I stated that I believe he does it not so much for the money but for the love of blogging and more specifically for his passion for WordPress. My developer is a billable hour’s kind of guy and he just didn’t get the passion part.
I want to also again thank Barbara Swafford of Blogging Without A Blog for bringing John to my attention. John also offers hosting and his site has lots of great tutorials. So please do go visit John and Barbara blogs, leave some great comments, and tell me that we sent you there.
I really do enjoy finding great resources and sharing them with you, my readers.
Isn’t it time that you quit talking about blog security and do something Now!
Here’s some valuable resources:
Would you like to find 192 Do Follow Social Bookmarking sites with a Page Rank of 3 or Higher? Then go here.
Would you like 66 Do Follow Backlinks from high PR sites? Then go here.
Would you like to download the Scratch My Back Marketing anti spam plugin? Then go here.
Would you like to learn more about the Scratch My Back Marketing (not the plugin?) Then go here.
Too learn more about our services please check out these links:
Sierra Vista – Green Valley SEO – Internet Marketing Services Niche SEO – Internet Marketing Services
Holistic SEO Local SEO Services Phoenix Niche SEO – Internet Marketing Services
Geo-Targeted SEO Solutions Yuma – Flagstaff Arizona SEO -Internet Marketing Services
Affordable Quality BackLinks Building Services Local Internet - Website Marketing Services
If your business is located in the US, Tempe, Phoenix, Glendale, and Scottsdale, Arizona or beyond and you would like to learn more about how your website can benefit from a blog, SEO, Niche SEO, Internet marketing, or our affordable website design/re-design services please call Tucson SEO at 520-777-6479 or 1-866-512-1230 Now!
Tucson SEO… Solutions that create probabilities out of possibilities.
SEO Doesn’t Take Forever Or At Least Not For Me!
October 30, 2009
I am tired of hearing that SEO takes a long time. I don’t believe this to be true, at least not for me. Now, I will agree if you are in a competitive market and you have 20 – 30 websites determined to be on the first page of Google for your targeted keywords you will have a difficult if not nearly impossible task on your hands. This is especially true if any of these sites are several years old and the keyword phrase appears in their url.
There is one thing to remember about SEO. The difficulty factor has very little to do with the number of search results that a particular search produces. Last year we created some Do Follow list of blogs and forums. At that time a Google search for “Do Follow List” Produced around 156 Million results. Yet, our page that targeted this search went to the first page in less than a month and stayed there.
Why was this possible? The fact is that even though 156 Million pages included these three words on a page it still was not a competitive search at that time. This was not a search that was competitive. People wrote about the subject and that was about it. Since then the search has become much more competitive with many sites offering lists and Do Follow search capabilities and tools.
Several months ago I created a new page on the website that targets Holistic SEO. This search produces about 390,000 results. We were able to land that page on the first page within three weeks. This is not a highly competitive search by volume.
Last Month I re-titled my blog to include the keyword phrase Phoenix SEO. This search for Phoenix SEO only produced 304,000 results at that time. However, there are perhaps 20 companies actively targeting this phrase. Yet, in less than three weeks we were a regular on the first page of Google for this search. My advantage here is I have a blog that is regularly updated. It is mostly competing against static pages. Thus I have a huge advantage and the blog has gone as high as # 2.
Then on April 2 I created another yet another page That targets Arizona SEO Solutions. This is another low volume low but competitive search. After less than two weeks that page ranks # 2 in Google searches. Google often ranks new pages well. Staying there has proven much harder because it is competitive. There are about 20 companies that are actively pursuing this search. Now, I am no genius here. I don’t use any tricks and only I use good old basic SEO and basic ethical link building methods. I also pick my targets well. There is nothing automated here we manually acquire links . We earn links by adding value to other sites and by providing something worth linking too.
I shake my head when I read that SEO takes time.
So what do you think about this?
We at Tucson SEO Solutions are officially requesting that you join the conversation here. That is, if you found that this post was at all interesting, useful, or perhaps you are just looking for a useful link. Then, I would like to entice you to comment by providing you with useful backlinks as part of what I call “Scratch My Back Marketing.”
We are now using the Scratch My Back Marketing plugin. This anti spam plugin simply requires that your comment be at least 150 characters in length or it is automatically rejected. It’s that simple. We are now forcing commenters to do what we were requesting for months on this blog, leave a useful comments! The blog also uses Keyword and Comment Luv. Please note that if you only include keyword your comment may be used put you will not obtain a link!
The Scratch My Back Marketing requires you to scratch this blog by leaving a useful comment. We then will provide you with an anchor text Do Follow Link. It’s all about win/win marketing. I am willing to exchange page rank for the bump that a fresh comment provides.
Are you ready to exchange comments for links?
This is the part where I move link juice around the site and hope that someone might actually want to learn more about our local small business solutions and venture further.
Too learn more about our services please check out these links:
Local SEO Services Tucson Website Designs Tucson Search Engine Optimization Phoenix SEO
Holistic SEO Solutions Geo-Targeted SEO Solutions Niche SEO Solutions Arizona SEO Solutions
Ethical Link Building Training Affordable Website Designing Tucson
If your business is located in the US, Tempe, Phoenix, Glendale, and Scottsdale, Arizona or beyond and you would like to learn more about how your website can benefit from a blog, SEO, Niche SEO, Internet marketing, or our affordable website design/re-design services please call Tucson SEO at 520-777-6479 or 1-866-512-1230 Now!
Tucson SEO… Solutions that create probabilities out of possibilities.
Can You Meet Or Exceed These Search Results – October 2009
October 11, 2009
Recently, I had written about the fact that I have abandoned blogging for links to acquire higher search rankings. The reason was very simple spam filters. Many blogs have their spam filters set to catch any comment that includes the acronym SEO. I discovered that over half of my comments were ending up in the spam filters and never got published. These were not spammy comments. No, they adhered to the Scratch My Back Marketing philosophy thus they were useful comments.
About the time that I abandoned using blog to gain high search engine rankings I started reporting how well this site ranked for its targeted keyword phrases. At that time the site ranked on the first page of Google for 29 different phrases. Today, a just a few months later that number has grown to 63. Yes, that’s right we rank on the first page of Google for 63 Keyword phrases.
Update 10/12/2009 I can add another keyword phrase today I discovered that the site is ranking # 2 for Backlink Building Service. I just decided to go after this phrase last week. This page almost immediately went to the # 7 position. So I made a concerted effort and the targeted page is ranking # 2. I have also acquired the attention of one of the biggest players in SEO, Orange soda. I noticed today that they are now using AdWords advertising in my marketing to compete directly with me. I have been outranking them or very close to for several nation searches. More on this later.
All of these phrases are related directly to services that we offer in the SEO and internet marketing arenas. This trend continues this month. We saw improvement in our search rankings for 23 keyword phrases. The most significant move was for me was the phrase Geo-targeting SEO. We went from ranking both # 6 and # 7 to # 1 and # 2. Now, this is not a very competitive but it is one of our primary services. I had made a point of going after this phrase and it worked!
Now, know this that these results fluctuate often. These results are likely to move throughout the day. These swings can usually be attributed to what data center that you land at. Today, when I searched for Local SEO that page was ranking at # 16. Yesterday, it was ranking # 6. Out of all the keyword phrases that I monitor this one moves the most.
The same is true for the search Niche SEO. For the last three weeks this site ranked both # 1 and # 2. Today, it ranks # 6 and # 7. It may change again later today. When I started this post we ranked # 19 for the search Local Internet Marketing Services. I just checked it and our # 1 position has been restored! The big amazing to me is that we rank both # 1 and 2 for Local Website Marketing Services out of 476 Million results!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Wow.
Some of these searches have very low usage volumes, but that are services that we provide. The site ranks well for affordable link building services and for affordable link building. My goal is to eventually rank well for link building or link building services. These will not be easy, as my competition is very good at link building and many have had many years to build links.
What gives me encouragement is this. I have noticed once a company gains high search rankings there business increases and this is a good thing. They then often scale back on what got them there. I struggle with this as well. I have used this down economy to grab market share. It is very easy to loose sight of what allowed you to be successful in the first place. I from time to time loose sight of the importance of blogging. Like link building, blogging is time intensive.
No the down side of things the site lost ground for three searches. However, nine other phrases appeared on the first page of the Google results and that’s a very good thing!
Update 10/12/2009 – I just discovered that we rank # 3 for Small Business SEO Services. What surprises me here is that we rank ahead of SEOmoz, an SEO authority site. Wow! That’s right up there with occasionally out ranking Orange Soda, another industry leader.
These results were pulled 10/01/2009 from Google
So here is the latest on how Tucson SEO Solutions ranks in our home market:
Tucson SEO we rank both # 1 and # 2
Tucson Search Engine Optimization we rank both # 1 and # 2
Internet Marketing Tucson # 1
So here is the latest on how Tucson SEO Solutions ranks across Arizona:
Arizona SEO we rank # 5
Arizona SEO Services we rank # 4
Arizona SEO Solutions we rank both # 1 and # 2
Internet Marketing Services Phoenix we rank # 6
Local Internet Marketing Phoenix we rank both #1 and # 2
Local SEO Phoenix ranks both # 1 and # 2
Local Website Marketing Phoenix we rank both #1 and # 2
Phoenix Search Engine Optimization both # 6 and # 7
Phoenix SEO we rank # 5
Scottsdale SEO we rank # 7
Flagstaff SEO we rank both # 2 and # 3
Website Marketing Services Phoenix we rank both # 4 and # 5
Yuma SEO we rank both # 2 and # 3
So here is the latest on how Tucson SEO Solutions ranks nationally:
Affordable Link Building we rank # 1
Affordable Link Building Services we rank # 1
Affordable Link Building Training we rank # 1
Affordable Link Building Solutions we rank # 1
Business Search Engine Optimization Solutions we rank # 2
Business SEO Services we rank # 1
Business SEO Solutions we rank both # 1 and # 2
Comprehensive Website Audit we rank # 1
Comprehensive Website Review we rank # 1
Detailed Website Audit we rank # 1
Detailed Website Review we rank # 1
Ethical Link Building we rank # 1
Ethical Link Building Services we rank # 1
Ethical Link Building Solutions we rank # 1
Ethical Link Building Training we rank # 1
Geo-targeted SEO we rank # 1
Geo-targeting SEO we rank both # 1 and # 2
Holistic SEO we rank both # 1 and # 2
Holistic Search Engine Optimization we rank # 2
Local Business SEO we rank both # 1 and # 2
Local Internet Marketing Services we rank # 1
Local internet Marketing Solutions we rank # 1
Local SEO we are not currently on the first page
Local SEO Services we rank both # 1 and # 2
Local SEO Solutions we rank both # 1 and # 2
Local Small Business SEO we rank # 2
Local Small Business SEO Services we rank both # 1 and # 2
Local Small Business SEO Solutions both # 1and # 2
Local Website Marketing Services we rank both # 1 and # 2 out of 476 Million results… Wow!
Ethical Link Building we rank # 3
Ethical Link Building Services we rank # 1
Ethical Link Building Solutions we rank # 1
Ethical Link Building Training we rank # 1
Local Website Marketing # 10
Local Website Marketing Services we rank both # 3 and # 4
Local Website Marketing Solutions we rank both # 1 and # 2
Niche SEO we rank we rank both # 6 and # 7
Niche SEO Services we rank # 1 and # 2
Niche SEO Solutions we rank both # 1 and # 2
Niche Search Engine Optimization we rank both # 1 and # 2
SEO Solutions we rank both # 1 and # 2
Small Business SEO Solutions we rank both # 1 and # 2
Small Business SEO Services we rank # 3
Do Follow Lists we rank # 1 out of 265 Million results.
Do Follow Blogs we rank # 5 out of 190 Million results.
Do Follow Blog List we rank # 1 out of 164 Million results.
Do Follow Forums we rank # 7 out of 194 Million.
Do Follow Forum Lists # 1 out of 135 Million results.
We at Tucson SEO Solutions are officially requesting that you join the conversation here. That is, if you found that this post was at all interesting, useful, or perhaps you are just looking for a useful link. Then, I would like to entice you to comment by providing you with useful backlinks as part of what I call “Scratch My Back Marketing.”
We are now using the Scratch My Back Marketing plugin. This anti spam plugin simply requires that your comment be at least 150 characters in length or it is automatically rejected. It’s that simple. We are now forcing commenter’s to do what we were requesting for months on this blog! The blog also uses Keyword and Comment Luv. Please note that if you only include keyword your comment may be used put you will not obtain a link!
The Scratch My Back Marketing requires you to scratch this blog by leaving a useful comment. We then will provide you with an anchor text Do Follow Link. It’s all about win/win marketing. I am willing to exchange page rank for the bump that a fresh comment provides.
Are you ready to exchange comments for links?
This is the part where I move link juice around the site and hope that someone might actually want to learn more about our local small business solutions and venture further.
Too learn more about our services please check out these links:
Local SEO Services Tucson Website Designs Tucson Search Engine Optimization Phoenix SEO
Holistic SEO Solutions Geo-Targeted SEO Solutions Niche SEO Solutions Arizona SEO Solutions
Ethical Link Building Training Affordable Website Designing Tucson
If your business is located in the US, Tempe, Phoenix, Glendale, and Scottsdale, Arizona or beyond and you would like to learn more about how your website can benefit from a blog, SEO, Niche SEO, Internet marketing, or our affordable website design/re-design services please call Tucson SEO at 520-777-6479 or 1-866-512-1230 Now!
Tucson SEO… Solutions that create probabilities out of possibilities.
SEO – Search Engine Optimization Is A Numbers Game!
September 7, 2008
SEO is as much a numbers game as anything else. Good basic SEO will only get you so far in the search rankings. We believe almost anyone with enough time and resources can obtain the first page of results for any search query. However, most companies do not have the funds or staff for such an undertaking. There are still many opportunities to reach the coveted first page of results.
Any successful SEO provider knows that if you go where the crowds aren’t you will be successful. That’s why so much effort goes into Keyword research. Keyword search, after all, is a billion dollar industry. You can look for long tail or obscure keywords to be successful. The huge benefit here is that using long tail search you have less sites competing for the keyword phrase that you have chosen, also your visitor is now highly targeted and ready for the sale.
A good example would be the search for “increased website traffic Tucson” There is no doubt that the person using this search query wants more traffic to their website and that it has a Tucson customer base.It just so happens that almost any day, if you did the search for “increased website traffic Tucson” you would find Tucson SEO Solutions in the #1 and #2 positions. We believe that you should practice what you preach or as we like to say if your going to talk the talk you have to walk the walk.
Many an SEO expert will read this and scoff, “That’s not a competitive search” and they are correct. However, it is the service that we provide and in our location. We should be at the top if we are any good at what we do. I am often amazed when I see companies offering SEO services and they can’t obtain first page rankings for themselves! This isn’t as uncommon as you might expect. We developed our keyword to reflect what we do and by our location. If you have a local business with a website you should be doing the same.
Do you need assistance developing your keywords to reflect your business and location?
Here’s some valuable resources:
Would you like to find 192 Do Follow Social Bookmarking sites with a Page Rank of 3 or Higher? Then go here.
Would you like 66 Do Follow Backlinks from high PR sites? Then go here.
Would you like to download the Scratch My Back Marketing anti spam plugin? Then go here.
Would you like to learn more about the Scratch My Back Marketing (not the plugin?) Then go here.
Too learn more about our services please check out these links:
Sierra Vista – Green Valley SEO – Internet Marketing Services Niche SEO – Internet Marketing Services
Holistic SEO Local SEO Services Phoenix Niche SEO – Internet Marketing Services
Geo-Targeted SEO Solutions Yuma – Flagstaff Arizona SEO -Internet Marketing Services
Affordable Quality BackLinks Building Services Local Internet - Website Marketing Services
If your business is located in the US, Tempe, Phoenix, Glendale, and Scottsdale, Arizona or beyond and you would like to learn more about how your website can benefit from a blog, SEO, Niche SEO, Internet marketing, or our affordable website design/re-design services please call Tucson SEO at 520-505-6024, 520-777-6479 or 843-882-7661 Now!
Tucson SEO… Solutions that create probabilities out of possibilities.