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Often times you will rank decently right after launching a  site but then it will slip a bit. Part of the whole freshness thing I believe.

But can you share the domain or some other site details? Very vague here and the problem could be anything

OSE can be a couple months behind at times. I think this last one was through May? I also think I read that it has a smaller index than previous ones so your links may not appear.

But I would use a variety of tools. OSE is great but it often misses a bunch of notable links. WBT also has a great tool for checking site links

Where are the 30 visits a day coming from?

Also make a sitemap and submit and if the old site had a bunch of pages that do not exist then I would 301 all that you are aware of.

But also if its a new site why not a domain that is actually branded to you and your company and not some dropped thing?

I have a client who does not actively participate in the content writing or resource providing part of optimization or link building.

I want to build some more links to the site outside of content spreading and guest blogging.

I have read a lot of the recent articles on creative ways to build links but feel that most would not apply to this kind of site.

Any ideas on creative link building methods for a law services info site?

We came up with this idea at work for a client but before I initiate it I was wanting to get feedback on if this would be considered whitehat and alright to use.

It is for an ecommerce site. On the order confirmation and thank you page (not email cause they are on some old system that does not send out emails) we are wanting to put a thank you for your order message and continue with a statement about how they can save money on future purchases with a link that takes them to a page with info on how to do so.

That new page will have info about linking to the site from a blog or website. And will say if you link back to us and send us an email with that link as proof we will give you a promo code for your next purchase.

Is this alright?

correct me if i am wrong but isnt it incorrect practice to generate virtual addresses?

I have a client who serves multiple regions but does not have physical locations and operates out of only one.

Since he does business this way he only has one Google Places listing with the address hidden. However, he has a phone number on it that is localized to one of the regions.

Will this hurt him for ranking in the other regions? To clarify - he has a cincinnati phone number but also has indianpolis, columbus, dayton, and others listed as areas served.

Would it be best to just get him a 1800  number and put that in there?

Only once has a site I reported been penalized in any way. It will probably not happen for most people

I would use a landing page or a very short funnel process that you can track. But if the landing page is designed right and has the info people need then that would be the best bet

Thanks so much. That is all pretty much what I was thinking. I now get to try to convince the business owners to do things the right way. Wish me luck

I have a client who has 2 primary services in 4 regions

He does mold removal and water damage repair.

He then serves cincinnati, dayton, columbus, and indianapolis.

Before hiring my company he had like 30 domains (keyword based) and had tons and tons of fake google places listings. He actually got a lot of traffic that way.

However I will not tolerate that kind of stuff and want to do things the right way.

First of all what is the best site approach for this. He wants a site for each service and for each city.

indy mold

cincy mold

dayton mold

dayton water

etc etc etc

In the end he will have 8 sites and wants to expand into other services and regions.

I feel like this is not the right way to handle this as he also has another site that is more generic

To me the best way to do this is a generic domain with a locations page and a page for each city.

The for the Places he would get one account - an address that is hidden since he goes to customer locations, and just multiple city defined regions.

He does have an office like address at each city. So should I make him a Places listing for each city or just the one? And of course how should the actual sites be organized?

Thanks

I just read several more articles on that site. Overall junk. I would find a new blog to  get your info from.

The user is [redacted by admins]. We spoke through PM then he asked me to email him the article. When I did he emailed me back asking for money so I pmed him on the site saying no thanks I will use it elsewhere.

I pmed you again about your link. What you sent me was not working. Please resend.

Where did you hear this at? That makes no sense and I have never heard anything like that.

And do not stuff keywords or even try to see if you can get away with it. Thats poor optimization and does not look well for users. Write and design for your users and you should be fine.

I have only had one person ever decline a link. And he was on there looking for free content. When I sent him the article he said no links allowed unless I pay

Im going to take a look at your site tomorrow and get back to you

Feel free to send me over your link

There are no tools you NEED where you have to go out and buy stuff but of course it can make your life easier.

I will give you a basic process to go from.

1. Analyze your company - what kind of people you want to bring to your site.

2. Use the Google adwords keyword tool to do research on relevant keywords. I use the exact match setting. Look for keywords that get a decent amount of traffic, not a huge amount of competition, and would be a good keyword to bring in sales/visits.

Word of thumb is that broad keywords will bring in more traffic but less conversions where longtail less but more conversions.

To look at competition quality you should do an open site explorer run for the top 5 or so results for the keyword you think you would like to target. Check out their links, anchor text, linking domains, PA, DA, etc. See if you think you could match it or do better.

3. After you have selected a keyword (I usually say no more than 1 or 2 a page) begin to implement that keyword on your site's respective page. Write QUALITY content that is NATURAL. Do not keyword stuff. Do not use meta keyword tags. Put keyword in titles, headers, alts maybe a bold or italic, in url if possible...basically all your on page stuff. I love the seomoz on page term grader. Check that tool out and aim for an A.

4. After your page is properly optimized you should begin doing link building. Never buy links, do minimal link exchanges, do not spam forums or comments, or any spam. The best way to get links is to write tons of content to get published on sites that allow guest blogging. Those are great one way links. Just making quality content in general will get you links as people find it and post on their site to share.

This is just a basic process and there is of course a lot to it but this should give you a decent framework to go by.

Feel free to PM me at anytime with questions.

I have a free account there and have no problem getting my articles published with 1-3 links each, anywhere I want them at.