website backup

nobi · #1 (**permalink**) 08-20-2008, 02:51 PM

1. If a website is getting traffic, is it possible to leave SBI after a couple of years? Why should somebody stay with SBI forever when traffic is running fine?
2. How do you transfer the whole website then, i mean the content (all pages)?
Do you have a backup of all pages on your PC so that you can upload the whole site in future somewhere else? Or do you have to create everthing new when you go to another webhoster?

I am just curios, I haven't joined yet.(but I might)

lisa · #2 (**permalink**) 08-20-2008, 06:57 PM

You could leave but from what I've read most successful sites stay with SBI!. Sure, some of the functionality is limited but you can't beat the additional tools and advice. I would love to be able to use PHP/MySQL on my SBI! site but I decided to leave it there because I like how Ken and the rest of the team keep us in the know on the latest marketing trends. For example when Google Knol launched, Ken promptly published a very thorough newsletter on how to get the most of it. What other host does anything like that?

But to answer your question, it is possible to transfer. My first SBI! site failed and I moved it to Powweb. I backed up everything on my PC and then re-uploaded it to my account.

webman · #3 (**permalink**) 08-20-2008, 10:07 PM

what was that site about.

lisa · #4 (**permalink**) 08-20-2008, 10:22 PM

website creation. Whaddya know? LOL I tried to take my 2create concept and re-do it with a slightly different spin. Bad idea. I got bored with the site and couldn't get motivated enough to add anything new and much different than what I'd already done for 2create. It was like working on two nearly identical sites at once. I guess I was trying to double the fun of 2create but realized I was having trouble trying to come up with double the useful content. LOL

Plus I completely ignored the Action Guide and went on my own. I figured since I already had a successful site, I could breeze through it all. Well I made a lot of mistakes. With my 2nd (flat stomach) site, I pretended I had never created a site before and actually read through everything and took it step by step. Boy what a difference.

Ya live and learn.

nobi · #5 (**permalink**) 08-20-2008, 11:03 PM

that's interesting to hear. And you got a good sense of humor too. Sometimes i have a good laugh at what you said (your funny remarks).

Another Question: When you write content, do you first have to find the best keywords before you write an article about something and use then the keywords and write the article around them, or can you write freely as you fell like it and put later on the keywords of your written text into the Meta Tags of that written site..?(when you bought SBI i mean)

ssmorgan · #6 (**permalink**) 08-20-2008, 11:33 PM

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Originally Posted by nobi

When you write content, do you first have to find the best keywords before you write an article about something and use then the keywords and write the article around them, or can you write freely as you fell like it and put later on the keywords of your written text into the Meta Tags of that written site..?(when you bought SBI i mean)

I understand you were looking for Lisa's input, but I wanted to chime in as well

So, my opinion is that you would have to do a little of both. The smart thing is to do good research and to always find good keywords (good demand and medium to low competition) and write articles about them.

However, somehow I feel that following the above-stated method only is a bit rigid. It is important to be flexible and keep in mind that ultimately your website's goal is to communicate with an audience... people who may be interested in hearing what you have to say about a topic (even though the competition for that keyword is fierce).

An interesting twist to this is that often times you will find pages created by people who know next-to-nothing about SEO that rank exceptionally well for very competitive topics. The key here is that the person created a comprehensive website about a topic that he/she is very passionate about, so he/she provided great quality content that people linked to, and ultimately got the great search engine rankings.

Hope that makes sense. Sorry I babbled

nobi · #7 (**permalink**) 08-21-2008, 10:36 AM

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Originally Posted by ssmorgan

I understand you were looking for Lisa's input, but I wanted to chime in as well

So, my opinion is that you would have to do a little of both. The smart thing is to do good research and to always find good keywords (good demand and medium to low competition) and write articles about them.

However, somehow I feel that following the above-stated method only is a bit rigid. It is important to be flexible and keep in mind that ultimately your website's goal is to communicate with an audience... people who may be interested in hearing what you have to say about a topic (even though the competition for that keyword is fierce).

An interesting twist to this is that often times you will find pages created by people who know next-to-nothing about SEO that rank exceptionally well for very competitive topics. The key here is that the person created a comprehensive website about a topic that he/she is very passionate about, so he/she provided great quality content that people linked to, and ultimately got the great search engine rankings.

Hope that makes sense. Sorry I babbled

thank you, that is interesting.
Is it possible to use brainstormer before you buy SBI, because I am unsure of my website-topic-ideas and like to know beforehand what I like to publish. If so, where can I download brainstormer even just for trial..would be ok.

lisa · #8 (**permalink**) 08-21-2008, 12:21 PM

Excellent, excellent advice Sherif. I couldn't have said it better myself. I'll be the first to admit, I used the brainstormer when trying to decide on a theme for my site and I do use it for my other articles, but my main focus when writing a new article is making my site useful for my audience and not stressing so much over my meta tags, etc. I know people who agonize over their meta tags and the brainstormer tool because they want to build the "perfect page". I do use it as a guide but my main focus is just trying to write a helpful article. It seems to have worked thus far.

No, you cannot try the brainstormer without buying SBI. That's a key component of the product and it's what sets it apart from other hosts. In my opinion, it's a big part of the cost for SBI!.

James · #9 (**permalink**) 08-21-2008, 05:22 PM

Instead of using this technique for the exact words which could be inserted to a degree at least in hindsight, it seems to me that it might be even more helpful in choosing the exact subject of individual articles a person might write. That is to choose the subject of articles, not just words to use.

If you know what words people are looking for, you have a pretty good idea what their needs are and what will keep them on your site when they get there. Just as you need some research, perhaps, to choose a niche, the same is true for specific content.

Lisa, I remember you saying something about changing the emphasis on your content on 2Create after you found what people were looking for.

lisa · #10 (**permalink**) 08-21-2008, 09:30 PM

Right James and Nobi, that's what SBI!'s brainstorming tool will instruct. Research keywords people are searching for in relation to your topic and then write articles that focus on these keywords.

Keep in mind you don't have to use SBI!. There are free Keyword tools out here like the AdWords Tool https://adwords.google.com/select/KeywordToolExternal and a free trial of wordtracker.com SBI! uses a combination of these tools and their own data to generate more conclusive results, but you don't absolutely have to use SBI! to research keywords.

nobi · #11 (**permalink**) 08-21-2008, 11:12 PM

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Originally Posted by James

Just as you need some research, perhaps, to choose a niche, the same is true for specific content.

Thank you all for those very instructive answers.

I must find a niche and I have used the google tool already, but each time I get a few keywords with a certain amount of numbers I don't know how to relate those numbers to the supply when I use google search before.

Lets say I do google search and get a number like 250 000.(supply)
After that I do Adwords research (demand), put a theme in like travel and get about ten keywords and each keyword has a different number for the last month and another additional number as totals.

Question: How do I relate to the supply of 250 000.
Must I use only the numbers for the last months and add up all numbers of all keywords or must I use just the numbers of the totals.
And how do they relate to the supply of 250 000?
Which relation of supply to demand is good and which is bad?

ssmorgan · #12 (**permalink**) 08-22-2008, 01:47 AM

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Originally Posted by nobi

Question: How do I relate to the supply of 250 000.
Must I use only the numbers for the last months and add up all numbers of all keywords or must I use just the numbers of the totals.
And how do they relate to the supply of 250 000?
Which relation of supply to demand is good and which is bad?

So here is a tip, when you are searching for the number of pages available on Google when you type in a keyword (supply), make sure to type the keywords in quote in the Google search. This way, it will give you the number of pages optimized for that exact same keyword.

As far as using the average monthly search volume vs last month, there is really no right or wrong answer. I think I would stick to the average monthly search volume, because it represents the average demand for the whole year, whereas if you are focusing on the last month search only, there may be some biases. For example, next month if you search for "Olympics" you will get a huuuuuuuuuuuge demand, but that's because the topic is seasonal. These numbers will not represent the average demand you would get in any other month, let's say in April 2009. Does this make sense?

Unfortunately, I am not aware of a good way to incorporate search volume vs supply. Personally, I go with gut feeling on that. However, here is a nice tool I like to use sometimes: http://www.wordtracker.com/gtrends/ it gives you some useful estimations, including whether it's a good keyword or not (as far as supply vs demand).

So type a keyword, then click "Hit Me" - you will get a list of related words. Make sure you click on the little bar graph next to the keyword, and it will give you some estimations. Let me know if you need help with this.

Sherif

nobi · #13 (**permalink**) 08-22-2008, 11:00 AM

yes, that tool is nice..a few questions to make sure that I understand it.

1.if it cannot find the typed in keyword at all, does that mean that absolute nobody is searching for it?

2.what does it mean if there is a red mark (gross) in Google Competition? Is then the supply to high (high number)?

3. Actual Visitors From #1 in Google/day - Is that the number of searches on average per day for the given keyword?
and if this is red there are not enough searches I guess?

4.so if both are red you used a bad keyword as well?

So a good keyword must have a low number in Google Competition and
a high number in Actual Visitors From #1 in Google/day
Is that correct?

What does #1 mean?
Where is the difference between this tool and the tool they offer to buy?

I tested a lot and realized that my website ideas are all useless because of no demand. (very low numbers) (I put in chess lessons for example)
That seems to be hard work to find a topic at all.

ssmorgan · #14 (**permalink**) 08-22-2008, 05:01 PM

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Originally Posted by nobi

yes, that tool is nice..a few questions to make sure that I understand it.

1.if it cannot find the typed in keyword at all, does that mean that absolute nobody is searching for it?

2.what does it mean if there is a red mark (gross) in Google Competition? Is then the supply to high (high number)?

3. Actual Visitors From #1 in Google/day - Is that the number of searches on average per day for the given keyword?
and if this is red there are not enough searches I guess?

4.so if both are red you used a bad keyword as well?

So a good keyword must have a low number in Google Competition and
a high number in Actual Visitors From #1 in Google/day
Is that correct?

What does #1 mean?
Where is the difference between this tool and the tool they offer to buy?

I tested a lot and realized that my website ideas are all useless because of no demand. (very low numbers) (I put in chess lessons for example)
That seems to be hard work to find a topic at all.

1. No. So here is the thing about keyword tools (even the Google Keyword Tool). When they say "not found" or "not sufficient search volume" - all this means that the keyword did not meet the requirements for the keyword tool. So keep that in mind as you interpret results from any keyword tool.

2. Yes... so that means that are a lot of other websites theoretically optimized for the same keyword.

3. Yeah, so this is an estimation of how many visitors actually visit your website per day if you ranked #1 in the Google search results for that keyword. Again, refer to #1, because with any tool/estimation, there are bound to be limitations on how accurately a tool can predict these things.

4. and 5. According to that tool, yes, if both are red, then it's not an ideal keyword.

I have never bought the subscription based tool, so I am not sure the exact differences.

Important: Always use data from tools like this in conjunction with other research of other tools and your gut feeling/knowledge about a particular market or niche. This tool is aimed at giving you an idea/insight, so do not base your whole website/market/niche research on any one tool.

nobi · #15 (**permalink**) 08-23-2008, 03:06 AM

thank you very much.

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