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EGOL,

If you think Shamanism has a shot I will try it. You are the master.

I have a second idea that has lots of ads in the niche but a lot of the suggested bids in Google Planner are dashes. A few say $2.50

Should I stay away from keywords with dashes?

Simple answer is fine.

Hello,

On one of our main sites, our backlink profile is getting cleaner. However, the mozbar still shows us stronger than where we rank for our main keywords.

My sense is that we are being penalized for backlinks, either now or Google hasn't forgiven us for the past. We cleaned up a bunch of link farms 2-3 months ago.

It looks like the link farms are all cleared up, now there's 2 things that might need attention.

1. A link from one of our other sites to this site (probably should take this off)

2. There's a lot of links from porn sites, but that's common in our industry.

Even if everyone else has porn linking to them in our industry, what should we do (if anything) to clean up all the porn backlinks? Do you think they could be causing problems? There's a lot of these links, and a lot in our industry (non-adult industry)

Thanks,

Bob

Hey Patrick,

Thanks as usual.

Money is an issue here. I see Google Search Console is free. Do I have to spend $78 to try out Majestic? And if you had to choose one other backlink checker to check bad backlinks besides Moz what would you suggest?

Thanks again,

Bob

Hello,

I've been studying shamanism (healing) for about a decade.

shamanism, shamanic healing, shaman healing

There's plenty to write about here, but people that are reading about Shamanism are much less likely than the average person to click on an ad. They still would, just they're not usually material oriented.

What is your feel? Is this still a possible informational niche? I would flood the niche with excellent content and sell some rare products.

Thanks

Hello,

I want to do a deep scan of our E-commerce store to clean up bad backlinks. Is Majestic really good for this? Is there better? Do I have to buy a $70 package at Majestic? I love Moz this is just for an additional tool.

Thanks,

Bob

EGOL,

Don't mean to stroke your ego, but you always give the best advice anywhere. You also have a similar background as me, though much more thorough.

Last Question: How do you make money on info sites? I'm assuming ads

Thanks, this helped with the web design aspect.

Incredible advice, thanks so much.

EGOL,

I'm going to ask you questions that you don't have to answer if they are your secrets, but I would need to know to do more websites for myself. I have my way but it's not enough.

How do you find a good niche?

How do you find the right suppliers for that niche.

Thanks, any advice is appreciated and your advice is always golden.

Bob

Hello,

I'm starting a web design company doing standard web design, E-commerce web design, and E-commerce SEO. I've been doing the nuts and bolts of an E-commerce business with four online stores, one very successful, for nine years. Since that's my main experience, I'm sticking with helping others with the nuts and bolts of their E-commmerce SEO. I also do the web design, which I've been doing since 2001.

What should I charge per hour for my web design and E-commerce SEO services? I live in Boise, Idaho. I'm thinking $100 an hour for everything, is that too much for web design or too little for SEO? The SEO would be billed exact but my web design estimates are more generous.

Looking for honest opinions. I don't want to over or under charge.

Thanks

Bob

Mariam,

You've got great points there! I will definitely network for E-commerce and bridging the gap.

What's the quickest way to be excellent at Local? I wouldn't want to do a Local SEO project for someone unless I could see clearly how it would be profitable like I can often (though there's no way to know for sure) see with E-commerce. How do I get there fast?

Thanks.

Hello,

I realize that in order to get business in SEO, you really need to specialize.

The most experience I have is with the nuts and bolts of small business E-commerce and and many types of small business web design. I've run several online stores for about 9 years and I've been doing small business web design (and a bit of development) since 2001. I've had several other SEO clients over the years.

I'm in Boise, Idaho at this site

What would be a profitable approach? I'm thinking I could mainly build and market small online stores for locals. Maybe something like 'Ecommerce Web Design and SEO in Boise, Idaho' for a home page title. Or I could learn Local, but I have less experience with that. Or I could try to get national clients in an even smaller niche. I'm trying to find a good approach. I only charge $75/hour and I give generous quotes when appropriate, so an 'affordable' approach would be good

Thanks,

Bob

Yes, a service-area business. Thanks

Can I ask you a quick question Patrick?

This all seems for businesses with a physical location. What about local businesses that have an address that changes often?

Thanks.

Hello,

I'm doing an SEO analysis for a company and they told me that they do not have their local SEO usernames and passwords that they have already done. They did about 20 local directories and switched business models and needs to correct them without the usernames and passwords.

I do not specialize in local SEO, and I would simply start from scratch, but what else can I tell them about doing a good job rebuilding with a new business model without the 20 usernames and passwords.

Thanks,

Bob

Hello,

We run an online store. The main content keyword for our niche is very competitive, but if I was going to go look up information and I was one of our customers, that is exactly what I would type in - this main general keyword. We have an expert in the field to write it and plenty of time.

Although the main keyword is competitive, there are many many subkeywords that are a lot less competitive that would be answered in the article. It's tough to find good topics in this niche.

We're thinking about doing a "Complete Guide to X". We would have far less backlinks and authority for about half of the 30 keywords it will cover than our main competitors.

Should we do this and spend the next couple of years working on it, or should we perhaps target a smaller topic?

Any advice is appreciated.

Hello,

How do you do a Youtube chanel right for SEO? I've never made one before and want to do it correctly to help our online store.

Lesley,

Thanks!

We have phones and tablets redirected to a mobile friendly version of our site, but just because it says "mobile friendly" in our search results, which I thought meant we're OK, will it still help to have a responsive design?

Hello,

My site owner has been having calls that our old HTML site needs to switch to HTML5. Is it really worth the ubgrade from an archaic HTML site? Please explain.

Bob

This is very helpful mirabile, there was just so much other stuff above you to give "Good Answers" to. Thank you.