My BEST Threads 🧵
I've been actively marketing my account on Twitter for about 2 years now, and in that time I have dropped a LOT of SEO & digital marketing knowledge.
This thread is a continuous culmination of the best content I drop on this platform 👇
I Used ChatGPT To Build A SaaS In 15 Minutes 😳
I built a YouTube keyword research tool in ChatGPT using GPT4 mode to come up with:
- Branding
- Coding languages
- Code the algorithm + integrate APIs
- Design & code the HTML user interface
- Integrate Stripe payments
A 🧵
SEO Internal Linking Masterclass 🔗
I talk about internal linking a LOT on this account, but I haven't really gone into depth on my own thoughts and strategy behind one of the most powerful techniques we have at our disposal.
So, here's this 🧵
My haters don't like it when I show you how to rank in Google WITHIN 24 HOURS, they don't want me to show you the sites you need to be using or examples of keywords taken over by parasite SEO that I've developed into the most effective technique in the industry.
So, here's a 🧵
Google's propaganda worked! EEAT became the
#1
focus for most SEO folks because of industry influencers who would quote guidelines and update text verbatim, as if it was fact.
Most drank the kool aid, stopped focusing on analyzing the algorithm and moved to attempting to bolster
Google: DON'T SCRAPE!
Also Google: Scrapes Everything
Google: DON'T USE AI CONTENT!
Also Google: Immediately Implements Its Own AI Content Into SERPs
Google: JUST CREATE GREAT CONTENT!
Also Google: Favours authority over better quality niche content
2023 will forever be the year that Google asked the SEO industry for help, because they don't even know wtf is going on with their algorithm anymore...
SEO Audit Tools I Use
- Ahrefs Site Explorer (💰)
- Schema Markup Validator (🆓)
- SiteBulb Pro (💰)
- NetPeak Spider (💰)
- DupliChecker (💰)
- GTMetrix (🆓)
- Google Search Console/Analytics (🆓)
Chrome Extensions I Use
- Word Counter Plus
- Detailed SEO
- Keywords Everywhere
SEO Terms You Need To Know To Make Money:
- Topical Authority
- Money Hat SEO
- Buying Links
- Expired Domains
- Parasite SEO
- Exact Match Domains
- Holistic Approach
- Content Optimization
- Schema & Microdata
SEO Terms You Need To Know To Waste Time:
- EEAT
- Keyword Density
SEO Twitter decided that if you don't build in public apparently you aren't very good.
So, I spent ~10 hours:
- Deleted 30+ Pages/Posts
- Created 15 New Posts
- Fixed Site Speed
- Updated 5 Old Posts
- Fixed/Updated Schema
- Light Internal Linking Changes
2 weeks: 10x traffic
How to make $500/day with parasite SEO + 5 hours and $5.20 per day 🪱💰⏲️
- Find high ticket, high converting offers
- Create FREE accounts on: LinkedIn, Medium, Blogspot, Wordpress etc
- Setup niche blogs (same as offer) on each of these
- Setup an OpenAI Account
- Create &
Most Common SEO Quick Wins Right Now:
- Utilizing FAQ Schema
- Auditing Internal Linking
- Optimizing Title Tags
- Researching + Building Out Topical Clusters
- Optimizing Highest Traffic Pages Load Time
- Building Missing Foundational Links (Social Profiles, Citations etc)
Now that Reddit ranks for literally EVERYTHING, subreddits have become gold mines for keyword research...
1 - Find the most popular sub in your niche
2 - Put the sub path into Ahrefs, SEMRush or Moz
3 - Set niche dependant filters (KD<3, CPC>0.20, Pos<20)
4 - 💰💰💰💰💰💰
Want to make undetectable content? Here is my EXACT configuration ⌨️
Stop messing about with ChatGPT, get onto DaVinci 3 - I've been utilizing it to make SEO content since October.
Doesn't require complex prompts either.
Originality ✅
HuggingFace ✅
Google (w/ Small Edits) ✅
Google: DON'T SCRAPE!
Also Google: Scrapes Everything...
Google: DON'T USE AI CONTENT!
Also Google: Immediately Implements Its Own AI Content Into SERPs.
Google: JUST CREATE GREAT CONTENT!
Also Google: Favours authority over better quality niche content from real experts.
The Art of Link Building 🔗
Gone are the days of setting up automated tools to spam the most links.
Building backlinks these days is much more of an art, mixed with some maths.
A 🧵 on how to become an artisan link builder 👇
Most people in SEO think that link building is the most difficult activity, but I'm here to tell you it's actually one of the easiest! 🔗
Here is a step-by-step guide on how to build high quality, relevant links affordably:
Step 1 - Use Google search operators to find relevant
Setup in Thailand as an SEO Entrepreneur:
- No Foreign Income Tax
- 1gbps WiFi @ $25/Mo (Anywhere bar the islands)
- Monthly SEO Meetups/Events
- Full-Time Maid or Chef For $400-500/Mo
- Gated Community House or Brand New Apartment For $600/Mo
At 15 - Hacked the FBI
At 16 - Hacked the home office
At 18 - Got arrested
At 19 - Got away with community service
At 22 - Millionaire
Crazy how you can turn it around when you focus on taking your goals seriously.
Google gives you hints about your website's authority in the SERP, and it's often a great starting place for sites affected by updates - As Google is telling you exactly what they want more of.
A small 🧵
Every "Top SEO Blog" list I've ever seen is just clickbait BS with a load of the industries top news and Google preaching sites with
@Backlinko
somewhere in the top 3..
Here's a freakin BIG thread (In no particular order) of the industries ACTUAL TOP SEO Blogs 👇
In 2013, I earned about $115,000 the entire year.
8 years later and I make that on a good month.
But only because I've stuck to the same industry and have let my knowledge and skill stack compound over the years in that specific environment.
Lesson.
SEO Hacks That Google LOVES 🤭
- Table of Contents
- Deleting Your Entire Website
- Adding A Shopping Cart Button
- Pretending Affiliate Links Are EComm
- Using AI Images of Products
- Mass 301 Redirects
- Buying Links
- Expired Domains
Image SEO Be A POWERFUL Technique 📸
BUT, most of the SEO community gets it wrong and is using out-of-date, over-optimizing tactics that harm the quality of their pages.
So, here's a 🧵
4 Steps To Rank New Sites FAST & Safely 📈
My team and I started building a brand new ECommerce site in July and spent the last two weeks of August launching the SEO campaign.
This 🧵is a case study on how I've launched a brand new site and ranked it first page in 2 weeks 👇
I found a niche.
It took me an hour to:
- Find a domain
- Register it
- Setup hosting, WP, SSL
- Install theme+setup core plugins
- Research the first core content ideas
- Create initial pages, menu & sidebar
I have a brand new niche site ready to go, all in under 60 minutes.
How I Make $800,000/Year SEO Consulting 🔍
At 27 years old, I've been able to become one of the world's top consultants in search, charging over $1k/hr and working with brands from across the Fortune 500 & Inc. 5000 📈
A 🧵
Parasite SEO works for any keyword, in any niche, anywhere worldwide.
It beats every other style in terms of speed, ROI and efficiency...
Why aren't you using it yet?
Most people in SEO think link building is the most difficult activity to pull off, but I'm here to tell you it's actually one of the easiest! 🔗
Here is a step-by-step guide on how to build high quality, relevant links affordably and at scale:
Step 1 - Use Google search
Things that Google says don't exist or work, but actually they do:
- Negative SEO
- Toxic Links
- Buying Links
- Parasite SEO
- Exact Match Domains
- Redirects
- Reviews That Have Never Used The Product
- Spamming
The 3 core concepts in SEO for Google:
- OnPage
- Links
- Content
If you can get all three on point, you shouldn't have a problem carrying out SEO campaigns.
Stop overcomplicating things, there's no secret trick, just hard work in the right places.
My SEO Toolbox In 2024 🧰
- Google GSC+Analytics
- Ahrefs / SEMRush
- SiteBulb
- MarketMuse
- LowFruits
- SEOTesting
- Cuppa (Slight Bias)
And I'm currently reviewing the best indexing solution 👀
Browser Extensions 🖥️
- Keywords Everywhere
- Detailed SEO
- Word Counter Plus
-
My SEO career thus far:
12 - Started SEO
15 - Jagex tried to sue us for rankimg
#2
for "RuneScape" with a private server
@toddfosterSEO
launched
16 - First SEO Job ($25k/yr)
17 - Left A $80k/yr job and went Self Employed
18 - Arrested For Hacking The FBI When I was 14-16 (Got
MY BIRTHDAY GIVEAWAY 🎉🎂🏆
I turn 28 today, so I'm doing a special giveaway 🥳
To enter:
1 - Follow
@Charles_SEO
+ LIKE THIS POST
2 - Reply to this post w/ a comment
3 - I will choose a comment (random number generator) to win over $3,500 of SEO prizes!
REPLY NOW 👇👇👇
Backlinks were always the
#1
ranking factor, now they are just definitely the
#1
ranking factor... Authority beats everything in SEO for Google, including relevancy and user engagement.
SEO Terms You NEED To Know To Make Money:
- Topical Authority
- Expired Domains
- Parasite SEO
- Exact Match Domains
- Holistic SEO
- Content Optimization
- Schema & Microdata
SEO Terms You To Waste Time:
- Keyword Density
- Meta Descriptions
- SEO Hacking
Reddit is outranking you, even for your own content, because of THREE different factors, with the last being the one most people in SEO have NO idea about...
1 - For the last ~9 months, Google has been on what feels like a god given mission to turbocharge UGC signals... You see
Common SEO Quick Wins Right Now:
- Optimizing Page Based on Analysis of SERP Intent
- Updating Old Content w/ AI
- Auditing Internal Linking
- Page Pruning
- Optimizing Title Tags
- Link Reclamation
- Analyzing Link Toxicity + Disavow
- Building Foundational/Entity Links
Things that Google says don't exist/work, but actually, they do:
- Negative SEO
- Toxic Links
- Buying Links
- Parasite SEO
- Exact Match Domains
- Redirects
- Reviews That Have Never Used The Product
- Spamming
People don't truly understand the value of SEO.
They don't know that Google's organic search is the
#1
source of traffic for ALL websites.
They don't know that you can grow on Amazon, YouTube & eBay with SEO.
SEO is the highest paying field in the digital marketing industry.
E-E-A-T / Trust Signals ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
There is no denying that Google has gotten considerably better at mapping and utilizing entities in the algo.
Understanding how to create this on your site will allow you to rank faster, safer and stronger than ever before!
A 🧵
SEO Terms You Need To Know To Make Money:
- Topical Authority
- Money Hat SEO
- Buying Links
- Expired Domains
- Parasite SEO
- Exact Match Domains
- Holistic SEO Approach
- Content Optimization
- Schema & Microdata
- SERP & Competitor Analysis
- It Depends
SEO Terms You Need To
There are literally HUNDREDS of people working in the SEO space living in Thailand...
Why?
- No Foreign Income Tax
- 1gbps WiFi or Sim @ $25/Mo
- Monthly SEO Meetups/Events
- Full-Time Maid or Chef For $500/Mo
- Gated Community House or Brand New Apartment For $700/Mo
For
Who wants my 100% working humanization prompt?
Still figuring out the word count differential, but it's passing EVERY output detector now w/ Claude 3 Opus...
Want to learn SEO? 🔎
Don't want to spend a fortune on courses?
I've dropped FIVE eBooks for FREE that'll help improve your SEO game no matter your experience level 👇
A lot of you have asked me what I am currently paying for the parasite SEO pages I've been using.
Here are the prices I am paying for individual posts on each site:
- OutlookIndia (DR88) - $400
- Hindustan Times (DR89) - $350
- Times of Israel (DR86) - $2,000
- Mens Journal
I learned ROI based SEO the hard way!
16 years ago my family got scammed by a web agency which ended up costing us nearly £30,000...
My mom told me to take a look at the site, gave me £500, some competitor sites to look at and a "I hope this works out" smile.
This year? We own
There are 3 core concepts in SEO for Google:
- OnPage
- Links
- Content
If you can get all three on point, you shouldn't have a problem carrying out SEO campaigns.
Stop over complicating things, there's no secret trick, just hard work and testing.
It only takes $15 and under 3 hours to:
- Find + register a domain
- Setup hosting, WP & SSL
- Install theme + setup core plugins
- Research the first topical cluster content ideas
- Create initial pages, menu & sidebar
- Create a Mailchimp account & CTA
- Setup one level of
Reddit ranks for more terms than any other site now, and that means subreddits have become gold mines for keyword research...
1 - Find the most popular sub in your niche
2 - Put the sub into Ahrefs
3 - Set niche dependant filters (KD<3, CPC>0.20, Pos<20)
4 - 💰💰💰💰💰💰
SEO is really simple!
You just need to know:
- Niche/keyword research
- Light coding
- Web + gfx design
- Domaining
- CMS
- Copywriting
- Content optimization
- Link Building
- OnPage optimization
- Organizational management
- Analytical analysis
You'll get rich in no time!
I want to see less posts engagement baiting that “SEO is simple”, “Niche sites are easy…” blah blah blah
All you gotta do are “these X things…”
This has brought a ton of people who don’t treat SEO as a business but a get rich quick scheme.
SEO is not easy. It requires
I did my final presentation at an SEO conference in March in Saigon.
I've got the full (59 min) presentation recording, which gives you a MASTERCLASS in link building with TWO 6-figure ROI case studies to close it out...
Who wants me to post it on YouTube? 🤔
This is what you get for playing by the rules...
Google doesn't reward real people or real content, it never has, that's just a made up white hat trope to make the industry feel better about itself.
It rewards semantically interlinked content and authority based on links.
One of the
#1
recommendations in the SEO industry is to "create unique content" but in my experience, this is incorrect advice.
Google not only wants you to match the predetermined intent it has for the SERP (Not user intent) but it also has consensus baked into the algorithm.
Want to know the secret to becoming rich w/ SEO?
Leverage the insane ROIs you get from SEO-backed digital assets to stack more wealth.
Example: Spend $5,000 (and 18-24 months) to build a site you can sell for $100k, then use 50% of that to build 10 more sites! 📈
How To Do High ROI Parasite SEO In SIX Steps 🪱
1 - Find a good offer with search volume
2 - Reverse engineer free parasite sites (e.g. LinkedIn, Reddit, with topical authority in your niche
3 - Create an optimized piece of content (I use Market Muse) with a clear CTA to your
Monday Night GIVEAWAY! 🎁
ONE Winner Will Recieve:
- A Copy of ALL My SEO Courses
- A Copy of ALL My SEO eBooks
- A 20 Minute Video Audit
All you have to do is: Like, RT + REPLY to THIS Tweet 🐦
(Make Sure You're Following Me Too!)
Winner Announced: 10th of June, 2023
A brand new site (launched at the end of last month) using 100% unedited, bulk AI content w/ Cuppa - Already seeing page 1 rankings and daily traffic ticking up!
Looking at a $1000+/mo site with 2 hours worth of work 👀
NEW SEO Tools You Probably Haven't Heard Of 🔍
These tools are great, and I recommend trying them out if you haven't already!
- Keyword Insights
- LinkDetective
- SEOTesting
- Keyword Cupid
- Market Muse
- SiteBulb
- LowFruits
AI Tools: Harpa, Cuppa, Descript, and Synesthesia
Setup Your Website With SEO In Mind:
- Get A Good Domain
- Use A Good (And Fast) Host
- Create A Good User Experience
- Create A Logical Site (+ SEO-Friendly URL) Structure
- Build + Execute An Editorial Calendar
- Foundational Links On Launch (Socials, Profiles, Citations etc)
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The beauty of SEO is that it can pay off for years to come if implemented properly.
Forget stocks, NFTs and real estate.. You can get a potentially unlimited recurring income from your investment in SEO.
As well as unlimited niches, languages and countries to choose from!
If your income relies on SEO, you need to be careful this & next year.
Google's
@JohnMu
has admitted there are serious issues with the algorithm, and that it will NOT be fixed anytime soon.
We are also likely in for a recession for the next ~18 months.
It will not be easy.
20 Tips To Improve Your Link Building 🔗
Whilst some may say otherwise, link building is still the
#1
ranking factor. So here are 20 tips to improve your link building and outreach game.
A 🧵
Most Common SEO Quick Wins Right Now:
- Updating Old Content w/ AI
- Researching + Build Out Topical Clusters
- Audit Internal Linking
- Optimize Title Tags
- Stealing Keywords From Lower Authority Sites
- Entity Stacking (Trust Signals)
- Optimizing Structured Data + Schema
4-Step Blog Post SEO ✍️
I see a LOT of bloggers making the same mistakes over and over again, or simply lacking the correct SEO knowledge to prosper in Google and get that sweet, sweet organic traffic.
A 🧵on how to optimize your blog posts, rank higher and make more money.
Here are my predictions going into 2024 for the SEO industry:
- Google will release SGE and it'll affect at least 40% of English SERPs, slowly roll out into other languages and seriously disrupt content based publishers and will be fully integrated into the SERP rather than a
No SEO I've ever met is JUST an SEO!
They're also a:
- Graphic / Web Designer
- Copywriter
- Researcher
- Developer
- Social Media Marketer
- Email Marketer
- Tech Support
- Googling Things Expert
- Video Expert
- Analyst
- Therapist
And many, MANY more things too!
LinkedIn Pulse and Quora are hitting all time traffic highs according to Ahrefs! There are a LOT more free sites you can use for parasite SEO since the recent algo updates...
Huge ROI opportunities at scale to be had here if you can utilize AI content + FREE parasites. I'll
My -100 Day SEO Strategy For NEW Websites 🚨
My latest video takes you through one of my most utilized strategies to date, which allows new sites to rank in Google in NO time! 👀
Watch on YouTube Now 👇
Things people don’t care about when doing a Google search:
- Logos
- Branding
- Pretty websites
Things people care about when doing a Google search:
- A relevant page
- Solutions for their problems
- How fast they can find them/get them
Prioritize what matters FIRST!
Here are examples of the best niches to approach for each type of SEO business 🥂
Agency or Freelance SEO:
- Lawyers
- Private Healthcare (Cosmetic, Dental etc)
- SaaS & Startups
- Accountants (Insane Referrals Too)
- Construction
- Contractors (Plumbers, Electricians etc)
-
wow! 50k 😳
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Will pick the winner: 17th April 2023
Use Ahrefs to find new keywords and content ideas for your site in 6 steps:
1 - Search your site in the Overview
2 - Click "Organic Competitors"
3 - Select 3 w/ The Highest % Keyword Share
4 - Go To "Content Gap" & Input The 3 Sites
5 - Select 2 or 3 Intersects
6 - Keyword Gold