SEO expert here, Ask me anything (AMA) 👋

Adam Skrzypek
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Hi everyone, my name is Adam and I’m the Head of Product at Senuto. To celebrate our Product Hunt launch, I’ve decided to run an AMA session throughout the day 😁  I’ve been involved in SEO for over 10 years now and I’ll be happy to answer any questions that you might have - both about our launch and SEO/SEM in general. You can check out our product here: https://www.producthunt.com/post...

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how much time it takes to rank at 1st for new website organically?
Adam Skrzypek
@jeeiee It depends :) First of all, it depends on the niche you're in and how competitive it is. It also depends on the domain - whether you are starting completely from scratch or already have some history. On top of all this, the budget you have is important. If I were to try to estimate, on average you need about a year to start getting some results.
Jaroslaw Pidburskyj 🇮🇹Ï🇺🇦SEO
@jeeiee New websites will sit in Google’s Sandbox environment it’s a holding bay so your domain to age, when you leave and only you will know when searching for your keywords. When people say; it depends= they don’t really know but writing it this way makes them look un-expert so they’ll write "it depends" sounds better.
Maciej Zatorski
@jeeiee @noproseo "It depends" is a joke in the SEO industry haha 😁 With Google's updates coming out almost every week now, it's almost impossible to keep up 🤷
Georgiana Fitzjohn
How does one get started on effective SEO?
Adam Skrzypek
@gfcw A lot depends on the niche you're in, but if I had to choose one thing it would be to publish as good quality content (articles, highlights, news) as I myself would like to find on sites in a specific topic area.
Maciej Zatorski
@gfcw It would mean the world to us if you could spare 30s of your time and check out the product that Adam and his team built. The link is in Adam's post :)
Jaroslaw Pidburskyj 🇮🇹Ï🇺🇦SEO
There are 2 ways of doing onpage SEO, the normal everyday slow way and the faster way, so an expert Slavic guy should know how to do it the faster way
Rupin Mathur
With the constant change in the algorithm of Google search engine 1) how do you stay constantly updated? 2) what analytical metric do you focus on so that your content can remain ranked throughout all SEO updates?
Adam Skrzypek
@rupin_mathur Ohh, the only constant in SEO is change - that's a fact 😉 To keep up to date with the SEO of my domains, I track the visibility of keywords in the TOP10 and the traffic the domains generate. If I see any fluctuations, then I try to verify if there are any technical errors. Of course, I also follow announcements from google's website and threads on SEO portals such as https://www.seroundtable.com/ or https://www.searchenginejournal..... If I see announces about fluctuations I focus more on observing results. The main metrics for me are the number of ranking words in the top10 (overall), positions for the most important words (money keywords) and generated traffic.
Maciej Zatorski
@rupin_mathur Hi, It would mean the world to us if you could spare 30s of your time and check out the product that Adam and his team built. The link is in Adam's post :)
Rupin Mathur
@mzatorski I have already given it a try, it's an amazing product btw. I was wondering if our 2 products could synergies as well. Your content plan creation tool which could really benefit the users on my product Pink Paper, which is a decentralized content publishing platform.
Nuno Reis
How hard have you found it to be to rank in the first page? I find we have a lot of content that gets impressions with an average page position 70-80 in google search console which to us means we have content people are not looking the answer for in the first google search pages. Also, anything you can share that someone doing SEO for the first time could learn from would be very appreciated (we are just two in our startup and none of us is an SEO expert)
Adam Skrzypek
@nuno_ms_reis Tell me, what is your business and how long has your website been online? If the topics of your sector allow it, you should have a blog where you publish articles that answer people's problems. For example, if you have a fashion shop, you should write about how to choose the right style of dress for the occasion, about trends and so on. In this way, in the eyes of Google, you will be a kind of 'knowledge base' on the subject of dresses and it will treat you as a recommended source (in the search results). In fact, you should do research the topics you should cover. This is where our tool https://www.producthunt.com/post... can be useful to you, which identify the article topics that should be published in a given subject category. Along with the list, we show you SEO-relevant parameters such as searches, which will ensure that you know whether such topics are searched for at all by users. In additional to topic research, you should ensure that your website is technically optimized - that it is accessible to search engine bots and that your content contains keywords (money keywords) that define your business and services. If you have little knowledge of SEO, I would suggest that you read the tutorials available on the web, which tell you at least a little bit about what is important in SEO. Next, I would optimize the site technically to a basic level and then build specialist content using tools such as our Content Planner. Have a good day and high positions in Google!
Adam Skrzypek
@nuno_ms_reis Unfortunately, SEO is a time-consuming process. If you want to do your SEO yourself - you have to be patient with the results. However, by publishing high-quality content that addresses user problems, they will definitely come. I am keeping my fingers crossed for you! All the best!
Nuno Reis
@adam_skrzypekv Yes, that's also what I'm slowly realising. Most article we find makes it seem like you make those small changes and everything improves over night making you an overnight success... Well, I guess reality tends to be more complicated than that :) But thanks a lot for the help, and looking forward to seeing you guys reach massive success. Best of luck with the launch! :)
Vinay Sharma
Firstly thanks Adam, great initiative! Would you suggest posting blogs/articles etc. on your own website mainly to increase SEO or are their other platforms for posting can could generate a larger amount of SEO or traffic. i.e. Quora/Reddit? Etc.
Adam Skrzypek
@vin_creatorstock Publish the most expert content on your blog. On external portals, post a sneak peek of these articles or shortened versions with a link to your blog. You can also test this two solutions you're thinking of, but from an SEO perspective, it's best to post the content on your site and get links to it from other portals.
Rupal Saini
I saw something on Google where all the blogs displayed on the first page had almost the same content, just paraphrased from the top original one. Is Google's algorithm really working effectively in today's time?
Wavezz
Any tools you would recommend for App Store Optimization for SEO on the Apple App Store?
Mustafa Aydemir 🌕
What kind of work are you doing for Google Maps?
Adam Skrzypek
@mustafa_aydemir I usual complete the company's full information, choose the right categories, add photos and educate my client on how to publish news in GMB. Finally, I recommend getting customer opinion with a detail of the services and build a NAPs.
Rowe Morehouse
what are the first top 10 steps to take when you purchase a brand new domain?
Ajay Pillai
can you help me with some on-page SEO techniques, I have been trying, even publishing quality articles, but not finding much success. your help would be greatly appreciated.
Adam Skrzypek
@ajay_m_pillai What business are you in and how long has the domain been online?
Ajay Pillai
@adam_skrzypekv we are in the business of SAAS. We provide marketing softwares. We have been online since almost 4 years.
Maciej Zatorski
Hi everyone! It would mean the world to us if you could spare 30s of your time and check out the product that Adam and his team built. The link is in Adam's post :)
Adhish
How often should I check and update the SEO for a site?
Jignen Pandya
What are quality backlinks and how do major them?
Adam Skrzypek
@expert_app_devs The best backlinks are links that have been added on other sites because you've published quality content on your page.
Anson Leung
If I am revamping my website, what are the critical SEO considerations of migrating from the old site to the new one? I am very tempted just to burn everything and build from scratch again
Adam Skrzypek
@anson_leung The biggest mistakes you can make when migrating is not implementing the right redirects to the new version of the page. Sometimes redirects are intentionally not implemented, but usually we should redirect 1:1 (with 301).
Antony
How do you call yourself an SEO expert?
Ste
How do you see SEO being relevant in the context of people using LLMs? How do you think it will shift current practices and on what timeline?
Michael Cho
Are there any guidelines for on page SEO? Ie number of words, number of internal or external links, number of H1 vs H2, how many images or videos etc
What are some common mistakes that website owners make when it comes to SEO?
AmazingSylvia
Is there any learning material you recommend to learn SEO?