Comments on: Beating Them At Their Own Game – Outranking the Competition http://www.ecommercepartners.net/blog/beating-them-at-their-own-game-outranking-the-competition.html Ecommerce Partners blog Fri, 21 Oct 2011 22:44:29 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Shirley http://www.ecommercepartners.net/blog/beating-them-at-their-own-game-outranking-the-competition.html/comment-page-1#comment-96355 Shirley Sat, 06 Dec 2008 21:13:05 +0000 http://www.ecommercepartners.net/blog/?p=228#comment-96355 Good article. Unfortunately, by using these techniques you'll always be a step behind your competition. Instead, you should also be proactive and seek out your own linking partners, produce high quality link bait, and employ onsite search engine optimization as well. It's also a good idea to keep up with changing industry trends. For example, Google is always updating its algorithm and shifting the weight from factor to factor... So in addition to spying on your competitors, be sure to keep up with the latest news by monitoring SEO blogs and the Google webmaster blogs... After all, you might be able to finally beat your competitor at their own game, but it is a good idea to make sure that you are indeed playing the RIGHT game. Good article. Unfortunately, by using these techniques you’ll always be a step behind your competition. Instead, you should also be proactive and seek out your own linking partners, produce high quality link bait, and employ onsite search engine optimization as well.

It’s also a good idea to keep up with changing industry trends. For example, Google is always updating its algorithm and shifting the weight from factor to factor… So in addition to spying on your competitors, be sure to keep up with the latest news by monitoring SEO blogs and the Google webmaster blogs… After all, you might be able to finally beat your competitor at their own game, but it is a good idea to make sure that you are indeed playing the RIGHT game.

]]> By: Joel Sussman http://www.ecommercepartners.net/blog/beating-them-at-their-own-game-outranking-the-competition.html/comment-page-1#comment-94530 Joel Sussman Mon, 06 Oct 2008 18:54:19 +0000 http://www.ecommercepartners.net/blog/?p=228#comment-94530 The only thing I would add to your informative article is that all inlinks are not created equal. For example, one inlink from a dot-org, dot-edu, or a dot-gov site is a lot more valuable, from an SEO perspective, than your average dot-com link. (Of course, "average" is the operative word, there.) Google's "Page Rank" system may or may not be the gold standard for determining which incoming links offer the greatest potential to provide a rankings boost, but it still appears to be a key ingredient in the link popularity formula. The only thing I would add to your informative article is that all inlinks are not created equal. For example, one inlink from a dot-org, dot-edu, or a dot-gov site is a lot more valuable, from an SEO perspective, than your average dot-com link. (Of course, “average” is the operative word, there.) Google’s “Page Rank” system may or may not be the gold standard for determining which incoming links offer the greatest potential to provide a rankings boost, but it still appears to be a key ingredient in the link popularity formula.

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