Lazy SEO guide for startup founders:
John Rush@johnrush
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Sep 07, 2024
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Lazy SEO guide for startup founders:
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1. Technical SEO.
Your site must be served via server-side rendering.
Every website builder does it out of the box (e.g. @unicornplatform ).
If you code your pages from scratch using nextjs, enable SSR.
Your site must be served via server-side rendering.
Every website builder does it out of the box (e.g. @unicornplatform ).
If you code your pages from scratch using nextjs, enable SSR.
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2. Domain extensions.
Go for these extensions only (from best to worst):
- com
- org
- ai
- net
- dev
- io
Go for these extensions only (from best to worst):
- com
- org
- ai
- net
- dev
- io
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3. Domain Name.
Research google trends and google ads planner for keywords to find high traffic + low competition keywords.
Try to go for exact match.
E.g. I bought "nextjsstarter .org" and it won SEO traffic with almost no effort.
Research google trends and google ads planner for keywords to find high traffic + low competition keywords.
Try to go for exact match.
E.g. I bought "nextjsstarter .org" and it won SEO traffic with almost no effort.
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4. Domain Rating.
This one is a must to start.
To grow DR you need good backlinks.
Either get them manually (from friends or pay for them or submit to directories).
Or get it done for you by using my listingbott.com.
I've used it for all my websites.
Here are few free backlinks you can earn
- product hunt
- devhunt
- dev .to
- hacker news
- hacker noun
- indiehackers
- any of my directories (they are all free, see them here johnrush.me)
This one is a must to start.
To grow DR you need good backlinks.
Either get them manually (from friends or pay for them or submit to directories).
Or get it done for you by using my listingbott.com.
I've used it for all my websites.
Here are few free backlinks you can earn
- product hunt
- devhunt
- dev .to
- hacker news
- hacker noun
- indiehackers
- any of my directories (they are all free, see them here johnrush.me)
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5. On Page SEO.
Spend more time researching keywords in Google keywords planner and make a list.
Go to your home page and other pages and insert it into
- meta tags(title, description)
- h1/h2
Spend more time researching keywords in Google keywords planner and make a list.
Go to your home page and other pages and insert it into
- meta tags(title, description)
- h1/h2
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6. Word count.
Make sure your pages have at least 2000 words.
Make sure your pages have at least 2000 words.
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7. Blog.
Write 20-100 articles.
My strategy:
- I generate them all quickly using seobotai.com
- I wait for few weeks to see which articles drive impressions
- I manually improve or rewrite those articles to make them great (often articles are great out of the box)
Write 20-100 articles.
My strategy:
- I generate them all quickly using seobotai.com
- I wait for few weeks to see which articles drive impressions
- I manually improve or rewrite those articles to make them great (often articles are great out of the box)
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8. Indexing.
Google is lazy. It doesn't index new sites/pages right away.
You have 3 options:
a) wait until it does (weeks/months)
b) manually force each page one by one
c) use indexing tools (e.g. indexrusher.com)
Google is lazy. It doesn't index new sites/pages right away.
You have 3 options:
a) wait until it does (weeks/months)
b) manually force each page one by one
c) use indexing tools (e.g. indexrusher.com)
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9. Social media backlinks.
Many don't believe in it, but I've proven it for all my sites: social media backlinks from banger X posts boost SEO a lot.
Try to make a banger with your URL in it.
Many don't believe in it, but I've proven it for all my sites: social media backlinks from banger X posts boost SEO a lot.
Try to make a banger with your URL in it.
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10. Inner linking.
Make sure you have lots of internal links.
Every page you have must have 3+ incoming links from your own website.
Make sure you have lots of internal links.
Every page you have must have 3+ incoming links from your own website.
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11. Directories.
I launch all these directories as a quick hack to boost SEO for my saas tools.
It's easier to get SEO traffic for a directory than for a saas tool.
So maybe try my strategy: build bunch of directories using unicornplatform.com and link back from them
I launch all these directories as a quick hack to boost SEO for my saas tools.
It's easier to get SEO traffic for a directory than for a saas tool.
So maybe try my strategy: build bunch of directories using unicornplatform.com and link back from them