Hi.

I have a website and Im wondering if I should invest in SEO.

My site is at menogcreative.com - and it's mostly just images, I wonder if its worth investing in SEO services? What should I be looking for in order to screen people who can help me?

Ive interviewed some people who told me they'd get more words in my website, which is really not what I want, I dont want to clutter my portfolio with non essential text that's there just to work like hashtags work on instagram

Hello and welcome to r/kpopnostalgia's community project, Best Of Old Gen!

According to our voting thread results, we will start off with our "Best Of Artist" playlist.

The "winner" of the 1st gen (1992-2001 debut) category was Seo Taiji And Boys. Let's start with them!

This thread here is to list up to 25 songs by them that you think are essential to them and/or are your favourites.

Every song available on official streaming platforms except concert recordings (separate thread for those), OSTs and solo songs by the members after the group's disbandment are eligible.

So no "Smoke Of The Devil", folks...

Listening resources:

• Official YouTube channel : link
• YT Artist Topic with all 4 full albums: link
• Spotify page : link

You asked for it, you got it! Here's a mega-post of all the SEO tips we've covered so far on this sub. Enjoy!

Since there's a 40k character limit on Reddit posts, I'll just do the compilation of the first 40 tips in this thread, and then another when we hit the 80 tip-mark.

Let's go!

Tip #1. Take SEO With a Grain of Salt

A lot of the SEO advice and best practices on the internet are based on 2 things:

1. Personal experiences and case studies of companies that managed to make SEO work for them.
2. Google or John Mueller (Google’s Senior Webmaster Trends Analyst).

And, unfortunately, neither of these sources are always accurate.

Personal SEO accounts are simply about what worked for specific companies. Sometimes, what worked for others, won’t work for you.

For example, you might find a company that managed to rank with zero link-building because their website already had a very strong backlink profile. If you’re starting with a fresh website, chances are, you won’t be able to get the same results.

At the same time, information from Google or John Mueller is also not 100% accurate. For example, they’ve said that guest posting is against Google’s guidelines and doesn’t work…

But practically, guest posting is a very effective link-building strategy.

So, our tip is the following:

Take all information you read about SEO with a grain of salt. Analyze the information yourself, and make your conclusions.

SEO Tip #2. SEO Takes Time

You’ve already heard this one before, but considering how many of our clients keep asking, we thought we’d include it as a tip anyway.

On average, it’s going to take you 6 months to 2 years to get SEO results, depending on the following factors:

• Your backlink profile. The more quality backlinks you have (or build), the faster you’ll rank.
• Age of your website. If your website is older (or you purchased an aged website), you can expect your content to rank faster.
• Amount of content published. The more quality content you publish on your website, the more “authoritative” it is in the eyes of Google, and thus more likely to rank faster.
• SEO work done on the website. If a lot of your pages are already ranking on Google (page 2-3), it’s easier to get them to page #1 than if you just published the content piece.

That said, some marketing agencies can use “SEO takes time” as an excuse for not driving results.

Well, fortunately, there is a way to track SEO results from month #2 - #3 of

You might know him as the creator of Kpop, but did you ever actually listen to his music? His music is really versatile, he did: Pop, Hip hop, rock, ballads, nu metal, overall alternative music. He himself is also sooo talented, he can: sing, rap, dance, metal scream, play bass, play guitar, play keyboard. I mean is there anything he can't do????

It makes me kinda sad, that the west doesn't care about him. I know he ain't active anymore, but I listen to his music all the time and I hope he will never be forgotten.

Btw, I became a kpop fan in 2019, so it's not like I'm a biased 1st gen fan.

I recently rebuilt one of my websites in Next.js and Tailwind and thought I’d share it here to inspire others!

It was originally a static index.html landing page (with Bulma) for a React Native app I built. Things didn’t work out the way I wanted them to, so I tried rebuilding the site as a directory with a focus on SEO.

That was around this time last year, and since then the website has gone from < 50 search impressions to over 4.4M and counting!

I tweeted about it here: https://twitter.com/zaarheed/status/1342475724687605767

It was my first time using Next.js (v9 or v10 at the time I think) and less than a few months of dabbling with React. I’ve used PHP/WordPress in the past so SSR wasn’t a new concept to me. Still, I was massively impressed by how the framework gave me the flexibility to do as I wanted.

In the end, I took the route of statically exporting the website and hosting on Netlify. At some point next year I’d like to change this to ISR with revalidate = 1. But thanks to me not knowing what I was doing the first time I used Next.js there’s a bit of rework required to achieve this.

Anyway, with the SEO stuff clearly working I needed to sort the UI. Bulma is great but not that much better than Bootstrap in my opinion (for devs with no artistic or design skills). The website was ugly and the bounce rate was high because the information wasn’t presented very well. Bulma’s row, multiline and column classes required a lot of thought and planning to work nicely with isolated components that were moved around a lot.

As an alternative, I had my eye on TailwindCSS. On the August bank holiday weekend (public holiday in the UK) I took the opportunity to reskin the site using Tailwind. I used Airbnb as inspiration and freestyled the rest.

Here’s a Twitter thread on the progress I made over the weekend:

https://twitter.com/zaarheed/status/1431258036375638017

Since the relaunch in August, average session duration is up 500%, bounce rate is down 15% and the website is just generally more pleasant to navigate.

As a developer there have been improvements too. It’s been super easy to add, remove and A/B test components thanks to the flexibility of React components and being able to rapidly prototype them with Tailwind.

Next.js has made it so easy to add pages without any routing configuration. Out of the box features like the Next.js router and <Head> component make building a website like this enjoyable because the concepts are so w

For me, it's Joshua Hardwick at Ahrefs. He gives insanely detailed advice on editorial, outreach, and technical SEO, and isn't preoccupied with building his "personal brand" like so many others are.

Edit: *facepalm* with the dumb spelling mistake in the title!

SEO is incredibly time consuming, often involves multiple people, involves difficult and in-depth technical skills, and even when done perfectly you may not see tangible results for 3-6 months.

And even when you do see results, they can be hard to attribute back to the marketing team.

Meanwhile you can do PPC and wham bam thank you mam you can get many results in a short time-frame, only needs 1 person to get up and running. And you can prove 100% attribution to the marketing team.

The only way I can see SEO being better than PPC is if you have a very low marketing budget. And if that is the case you probably just want to jump ship entirely.

In the real world, when you have to consider job security and a boss who demands results, why would anyone risk their job with SEO over PPC?

I literally misspelled Lloyd the entire last round

Had some big stuff pop up this week. But I should be able to post another next week on Monday/Tuesday. I am leaving for about a week next Wednesday to a con so if anyone wants to take over for a couple rounds, feel free to contact me on Discord @RealMonsterFrog#6389

Link to last Round

Results from last Round

Okaya-C: Ending up at a pretty high C-Ranking. Most ratings seem to say the start is pretty average and fine, but there's always something off. Whether it is the shading or the faces.

Okuma-A: Reaching a pretty middle ground A-Rating, Okuma was praised for his unique style and explosive detail that pops up. There were complaints towards some of the expressions and proportions of characters however, mostly the hands.

PenekoR-A: Landing also with a very solid A-Rating, praise was given to the unique style that's fitting for their characters, shading and outfits while some flak was given towards their character facial expressions.

Pikomario-C: Reaching a really borderline B/C-Rating, Pikomario reached a High C. Maybe the most split artist, with different praises/criticisms being placed everywhere really. Lloyd was definitely a large part of the criticisms.

Sachie-A: Really close to dropping to B, getting an A-Rating. Sachie has done art for one character, Julius. Praise was given to how much of the 90's style keeps Julius's FE4 Look. While the criticisms rated his art as mostly just average art.

The Ratings!

Fantastic Art! S - This rating is reserved for the best of the best artists! These artists really nail a character's design well, even blending in well with the character's personality!

Artists in this tier: Izuka, Kaya8, Kita.

Great Art! A - This Rating is reserved for artists who's art is great for the most part. There might be a bit of quality left out compared to those in S-Rank, but the art still gives a "Wow!" factor.

Artists in this tier: BUNBUN, Asatani, Cuboon, Akira, Fuzichoco, HACCAN, Haimura, Hidari, Homazo, Ito Misei, Kozaki, Maiponpon, Mayo, Meka, nabe, Haru, Okuma, PenekoR, sachie.

Good Art! B - These Artists give art pleasing to the eye, but might have art that might seem a bit off for the character in question once or twice.

Artists in this tier: AKIRA, Amagaitaro, Aoji, Argon, Arai

Alright, so Google claims that Joe was born in 1990, and the Cobra Kai wiki and IMDB claims 1998. He was actually born in 1980 though. Proof? Visit his Facebook account, and you can see pics of him in 2006/2007, where is already a fully grown adult. He also appeared in Gridiron Gang and Freedom Writers (2006, 2007), looking like an adult. Also, he was a part of Crescenta Valley High School Class of 1998. Last, and final thing that almost confirms this, is this website: https://www.hancinema.net/korean_Joseph_Seo.php

This is a Korean cinema site. Prior to Cobra Kai, Joe moved to Asia for more acting roles, and he is sort of well-known there.

If you’ve got anything bad to say about Fidelity, refer to them by name and nothing else.

Sure it’s tempting (and funny) to call them fudelity, but what you’re inadvertently doing is disconnecting their corporate identity from absolutely any wrongdoing they’ve been involved in.

Name them, explain who they are & what they’ve done, and make it loud. That way, SEO will allow people on the outside of Superstonk to hear you too.

Hold them to the flame of the fires they lit.

I've always had a little bit of trouble grasping programming logic concepts, so I am feeling a little accomplished that I was able to make my script work! Fairly basic script, but works exactly how I need it to work for my use case. I've just done the freecodecamp and udemy stuff and while I understood basic theory and syntax, making something that I can actually apply in a real world use case to was another story.

And in case anyone is curious, since I am a marketer by trade, it was a script to extract certain elements off a page (with an unknown total number of elements) to load into Google Tag Manager variables which are fed into our advertising platforms when certain events/triggers happen (user reaches thank you page confirmation, etc.)

Hey Reddit, it's your favorite roaster here back for another episode of "drop your website and I'll tell you why it sucks."

Here's how this works:

1. You drop a URL to your website in the comments.
2. Give me roast scope - what do you want me to roast your website for? Design? SEO? Marketing?
3. Add any other relevant information that you think is important. E.g. "why isn't my website ranking on Google?" or "my conversions suck"

Q&A:

• Why should I care about your opinion?
  • Tons of digital marketing experience. Grown a SaaS to 7-digit monthly organic traffic. Really good at roasting websites. Last roast episode was pretty awesome.
• How can I show my love and gratitude?
  • Subscribe to my sub, /r/seogrowth <3
• When are you going to roast my website?
  • I'll be going through the websites in a chronological order. First come, first serve till I get too tired and go to play GoW (amazing game btw). There's a week-long roast thread starting tomorrow on my sub, so if I don't get to you, feel free to post there too!

So a while back, we grew a SaaS website from 0 to 200,000 monthly organic traffic in less than 2 years with zero active link-building. We ranked them for some very high-competition keywords (15 USD CPC and above), so thought you guys might appreciate the case study.

Tl;dr:

• Audited the client’s existing keyword sheet. Scrapped everything that wasn’t (at least loosely) related to the product (workflow software).
• Audited the content already published and marked a ton of the articles for a rewrite.
• Took over content operations. Established writing guidelines to make sure that the writing team created the right type of content from then on.
• Set up internal linking ops. Taught writers how to do internal linking right and made sure old/new content was linked together.
• Overhauled the blog visuals. Removed stock photos of “office people smiling” and added graphic CSS boxes that added value to the content.

Freebies: DM me for a link to our writer guidelines (as mentioned in the post below), an example of a content outline, site speed optimization checklist, and other free stuff.

Case Study - 0 to 200,000 Monthly Organic Traffic

Step #1 - Pick and Prioritize the Right Keywords

When we started working with the client, they already had a list of keywords they wanted to rank for, and some content pieces published on the blog.

There was, however, a major problem with their keyword strategy: it wasn't focused at all.

They were trying to rank for ALL sorts of keywords - computer science, workflow management, task management, and so on, without having any specific focus.

So, the first step was to revamp their keyword strategy (and practically start from scratch).

As a start, we decided to laser-focus on the following types of keywords:

• Workflow management keywords. These are self-explanatory - anyone that's interested in workflow management is probably also interested in workflow management software. Some keywords included: workflow improvement, workflow analysis, workflow system, and so on.
• Project management (PM) keywords. Workflow software is, technically, a substitute PM software. You can always use most workflow software solutions to manage tasks in addition to processes.
• Brand-jacking software comparison keywords. E.g. Asana vs Todoist, Basecamp VS Asana, etc. The reasoning here is that anyone interested in Asana might also be interested in the client's SaaS.

Then, we did some competitor keyword research. Sure, you c

So a while back, we grew a SaaS website from 0 to 200,000 monthly organic traffic in less than 2 years with zero active link-building. We ranked them for some very high-competition keywords (15 USD CPC and above). The SEO sub really liked the case study so thought you guys might dig it too.

Tl;dr:

• Audited the client’s existing keyword sheet. Scrapped everything that wasn’t (at least loosely) related to the product (workflow software).
• Audited the content already published and marked a ton of the articles for a rewrite.
• Took over content operations. Established writing guidelines to make sure that the writing team created the right type of content from then on.
• Set up internal linking ops. Taught writers how to do internal linking right and made sure old/new content was linked together.
• Overhauled the blog visuals. Removed stock photos of “office people smiling” and added graphic CSS boxes that added value to the content.

Freebies: There's a bunch of free resources I mention in the post below (content outline examples, writer guidelines, and so on). You can grab them on this Google Doc here, no email opt-in or other BS required <3

If you find the resources useful, though, I'd really appreciate if you subscribed to my subreddit, /r/seogrowth. I post SEO tips and case studies on the daily and stuff <3

So, on to the post:

Case Study - 0 to 200,000 Monthly Organic Traffic

Step #1 - Pick and Prioritize the Right Keywords

When we started working with the client, they already had a list of keywords they wanted to rank for, and some content pieces published on the blog.

There was, however, a major problem with their keyword strategy: it wasn't focused at all.

They were trying to rank for ALL sorts of keywords - computer science, workflow management, task management, and so on, without having any specific focus.

So, the first step was to revamp their keyword strategy (and practically start from scratch).

As a start, we decided to laser-focus on the following types of keywords:

• Workflow management keywords. These are self-explanatory - anyone that's interested in workflow management is probably also interested in workflow management software. Some keywords included: workflow improvement, workflow analysis, workflow system, and so on.
• Project management (PM) keywords. Workflow software is, technically, a substitute PM soft

Hey guys,

I’m primarily a web developer, I dabble in SEO because it’s hard to separate the two these days, IMO. I instruct my clients on the basics but don’t have the capacity to offer true SEO services.

Several of my clients decide they need more advanced SEO services and hire outside agencies, or, in one case, an on-staff “SEO expert.”

I’ve been doing this for years and have yet to see any agency or hire offer any remotely decent services. I know that’s a broad statement, but this is just some of what I’ve seen in the past year:

• SEO/Marketing agency writing 300-word blog posts with a link-to-text ratio of about 1:30. Most links have one-word anchor text that means nothing, e.g. the word “blue” linked to a product on their website that just happens to have the color blue in the design.
• Keyword stuffing ALT text
• Deleting multiple pages at a crack with no thought to redirects
• My favorite: had a client request I add a chunk of hidden text, filled with keyword spam, on recommendation of their $1.5k+ per month SEO agency

It is amusing at best, infuriating at worst.

I know this isn’t true of ALL SEO agencies, but…what gives?

SEO Basics ✅

• Set up GSC and Bing Webmaster Tools

• Set up Google Analytics (GA)

• Install and configure an SEO plugin (Wordpress)

• Generate and submit a sitemap to GSC and Bing

• Create a Robots.txt

• Check Webmaster Tools for any manual actions

• Make sure the site is indexed

Keyword Research ✅

• Identify the competitors

• Find the main keywords

• Find long-tail keyword variations

• Create a keyword map

• Analyse the page intent of ranked results

• Make a list of questions being asked

• Check the target keyword difficulty

Technical SEO ✅

• Ensure the site is using HTTPS

• Check for duplicate versions of the site

• Check for crawl errors and fix them

• Improve site speed

• Check for broken internal and external links

• Find and fix HTTP links on HTTPS pages

• Use SEO-friendly URL structure

• Add schema markup

• Check the page depth

• Check for redirects (301 & 302)

On-Site + Content SEO ✅

• Check & fix duplicate or missing title tags

• Check & fix duplicate or missing meta descriptions

• Find & fix multiple H1 tags

• Improve title tags, meta descriptions and page content

• Perform a content audit and prune low performing content

• Add alt tags to images

• Improve internal linking

• Check for keyword cannibalisation

• Update content to ensure its still relevant

Off-Site SEO ✅

• Audit competitor backlinks

• Perform link intersect analysis

• Find and reach out to unlinked mentions

• Look for new link building opportunities

• Optimise Google My Business listing (GMB)