Meet other people in the UAE who are interested in SEO (Search Engine Optimisation). Let’s discuss SEO techniques and strategies and other relevant issues to the industry within the region. Gather and share advice on better ways to work with search marketing as a whole and how to drive relevant traffic to your sites.

THIS GROUP IS INTENDED FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE INVOLVED IN SEO AND/OR INTERNET MARKETING IN A PROFESSIONAL CAPACITY. This is not training for beginners!

The purpose of the group is to provide information, advice, and assistance to fellow professionals with the hopes of promoting SEO and Search Marketing in the region.

Possible topics of discussion include:

- link building
- web analytics & tracking
- SEO Benchmark and KPI
- on-page factors
- kw research
- competitive research
- how to pitch SEO
- site clinics
- landing page conversion optimization
- SEO for CMS (Drupal, WordPress, Joomla)

If you’re interested, please fill up the form below and once we get an estimate number of participants we will contact you regarding the date, time and place for the meetup.

Do you want to rank your website in the search engine and don’t know how? this SEO resources will help you to get started.

In this article I am going to list some of the high quality SEO resources that I know.

The first in my list is the (1) SEO starter guide from google.com, this is the updated version that was published 2 years go.

The next one in my list is the (2)beginners guide to SEO of SEOMOZ.org. If you are really serious about learning SEO this website must be in your list.

Don’t forget to check their (3) search engine ranking factor surveyed from 72 of the world’s top SEO experts.

SEO is not just about ranking, if you want to learn how to measure your SEO success then (4) SEO benchmark and KPI

by Houmah.com should be in your list. Also known as SEO Dojo community, by joining them you can access a huge valuable SEO resource that is not available out there.

Search Engine Optimisation (SEO): (5) A beginner’s guide of econsultancy is another resource for you to check out, the SEO guide aims to be the first step in a journey that will see you become a fully-fledged expert in search engine optimisation (SEO)

If you are looking for SEO acronyms and abbreviation (6) SEO glossary of SEObook.com by Aaron Wall is another great SEO resource for you to check. This is the most complete SEO glossaries that you can see out there.

SEO local? Check David Mihm website, he compiled (7) local search ranking factors based in a survey from 34 prominent bloggers and practitioners.

You need to know about link building? According to wiep knoll, there is no 2 links are equally the same, based on his (8) link value factors survey, it includes the opinions of 17 well respected, international SEO and Link Building professionals on nearly 40 factors that possibly influence the value of a link.

Wait there is another one, SEO Video – (9) Reel SEO is a must read for techniques and advice about optimizing web videos for search.

More Resources:

Search Engine Webmaster Guidelines

• My site and Google
• Yahoo Search Content Quality Guidelines
• Bing Webmaster Guidelines

SEO News and Information

• search engine land
• search engine journal
• search engine watch
• web pro news
• bruce clay
• Copyblogger

If you still have questions don’t forget to check SEO Dubai Forum and let me know if you have  favourite SEO resources so I can add it here.

For people in Dubai, a day won’t pass without a 7days on their hand. Or should you miss one… you can have it in just one tick from your hand. Being an avid online reader of 7 days, I usually check their site for latest news.

There are things that a normal user didnt notice when they are looking on a website but as an SEO, most of the time we don’t just read what’s in front of us but  most of the time, we check what search engines see on that website. And 7days is a victim of what we called cloaking.

Cloaking means presenting a different version of web page or content. A human reading the site would see different contents or information than a search engine robot/crawler reading the site. This is what happened to 7days.

This is what a normal user see in 7Days website.

This is what Google search engine crawlers see on 7Days website.

Unfortunately, there are  a total of 126 hacked pages 7days website has.

How will you know if your site has been hacked?

1. Do a site search command in google. ( i.e. site:www.yourdomain.com). If you see pages that you think was not created by you and has words like Viagra or Cialis, then most probably your site has been hacked.
2. Check your Google Webmaster Tool. Checking your GWT from time to time will give you information of your site’s activities.

What will you do when your site get hacked?

Google recommends:
1. Take your site offline until you find the problem and fix it.
2.Once you fix the problem, submit a reconsideration request in Google Webmaster Tools so you can get back into the Google index.
3. Watch Google Webmaster Tools to see signs of improvements.
4. Once you are back, keep an eye in Google Webmaster Tools, as Google often notifies webmasters of issues early.

Cloaking can be a dangerous thing so you have to get rid of these links as soon as possible because Google will definitely penalize your site

More Resource:

New WordPress Hacking Strategy Using Cloaking to Target Google IP Addresses – SEObook.com
About malware and hacked sites - Google Help Support
Hacker Attacks That Can Damage Your Site & SEO