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Greetings,

I have had similar conversations about this subject regarding my site not showing up in searches, and now over two years later, it is still an issue. We follow all the basic guidelines, and yet the site does not show. So I tried yet another experiment, and would like you to do the same please.

The first action item I did was this: I copied a post title from our website and put it into google: Invest is not a 4-letter word

The result; pages and pages of search results and our site was nowhere to be found.

For the second test, I added quotes: "invest is not a 4-letter word"

This time resulted in two results from our site that had nothing to do with the post that I typed in:

Top 10 Pizzas in Austin | Best Pizza in Austin | Austin Pizzerias

Gypsy Picnic Food Trailer Festival | Local Austin  Food Trailers Gather

Sooooo, if I type in verbatim a post title from my site, with quotes, and google does not even see that, but brings up something else, my issue is not following seo protocols, the issue is that I still say something is terribly wrong with my site, that it still does not show up in search results. And if the site cannot even come up when typing a post title in quotes, then it certainly will never show up for anything else. Am I wrong here?

Also, another proof that something is very wrong is that I did a search for any old website and found a site on page 40 of the google search; I wanted an unknown site versus a page one search result. I went to the site, copied a blog post, went to google, pasted it in the search bar, and bam…, just like that, the site shows up number one of that article.

I wish someone could help us. There has got to be someone that can look at our site in the back-end to figure this out. We have all this original content, over two years of working on this thing and we have gotten zero return for all this work and nothing to show up in google search, not even when we copy and paste an article. And yes, we are very frustrated and disappointed. Especially when it seems that other folks have their sites show up in a shorter amount of time or when we copy and paste something from their site.

This is very good data that you have shared with me. I wonder since I have been using the same router, system, and from the same location to make these searches, that maybe something is acting a little strange too.

Either way, this is really good news regarding your results and insights regarding obscure phrases. You have lifted our spirits, as we went absolutley crazy this morning posting and asking anyone & everyone we could possibly think of for some insight. This is just good news overall then. Thank you so much again!

We will get back to it and keep creating more content then.

Take care!

-john & monica

Yes, we are reworking it and will implement from now on.

Thanks again.

(disregard my post on any other forums I submitted as we kinda lost it this morning and went crazy posting  )

Post edited 5:20 am – February 11, 2012 by Reece Morrel

John and Monica,

Thank-you for sharing with us your frustration.  If you will indulge me just a little, I would like to share with you my limited experience.

My primary website is http://www.LadyLuckDiary.com. (Not the best name for my website, but I didn't know that then.)  I sell a $3 book that lets slot machine players track their gambling activity for tax purposes.  Many people consider compare it to a mileage logbook.

Every so often, I will check the WP Site Stats that are available with JetPack.  I print the report that shows every search term that someone has ever used to find my website.  Then, I review that report closely.  Very closely.  This way I can understand the keywords that people are using to find me.

Moreover, I check the the part of WP Site Stats that shows what links refer back to my website.  Once, I found a discussion forum where someone posted a question, and someone else replied back with a "See this page on this website for your answer."  I quickly joined the discussion forum, and answered the question a little bit more thoroughly.  Next, I offered a free booklet to anybody that sent me a fax with their email and snail mail addresses.  To this day, I still get "link juice" from this site.

I also use Google Analytics.  It tells me about the people that are using my website.  For example, where they are from, what operating system/browers they are using, AND SIZE OF THEIR SCREENS!!!  If people are using smart phones with 4-inch screens, make sure your site looks good.

Recently I have started to use Google Alerts.  I have several terms that I watch.  One day I posted an article about a certain topic, and sure enough on the next day I got a "Google Alert" showing that Google had found my new post.

But you have to remember that SEO is all about "relevance" – what do other people think about you.  So I have also done some extra things to help.  I have taught seminars for several legal and accounting groups and written articles for several different trade magazines.  The credits say, "Reece B. Morrel, Jr. is a very handsome and modest fellow (just kidding), and the author of the Lady Luck Gambling Diary, etc."  This info gets posted on their websites.

As another example, I have a good friend that voluntarily posted a "glowing" recommendation on a major Wiki website.

Now, with FaceBook and Twitter we also have to worry about SMO (Social Media Optimization).

For my next trick, I hope to be more proactive with an email subscription newsletter like Aweber.com or MadMimi.com.

Sorry for the long post.  You are certainly welcome to call me, if you would like to discuss this further.  My telephone number is on the website.

Hope this helps.

Reece

I have also used http://www.PRLog.org for press releases.

They have a minimum requirement of 300 words or 5,000 characters. A pretty sizeable amount that shouldn't interest most spammers.

This is another technique used to build external links back to your website.