SEMeasy | The Future of SEO | Craig Ramsay | Activity https://semeasy.com/members/craig/activity/ Activity feed for Craig Ramsay. Thu, 30 Apr 2026 19:55:33 +0000 https://buddypress.org/?v=2.4.4 en-US 30 hourly 2 6cd4ebcc4ce83b4268e1e12eaf1ed3b3 Craig Ramsay started the topic One for the PBN guys in the forum SEO http://semeasy.com/forum/seo-1/one-for-the-pbn-guys/#p4807 Sun, 26 Apr 2015 15:25:36 +0000 Hey guys, I’d like your opinion. I’ve built some small PBN’s for local clients in the past and had good results but I bought the domains through brokers. I’ve been experimenting the past couple of days with scraping domains, and found a few with super clean back-link profiles, no spam at all.

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Would you say these metrics would be good enough…[Read more]

]]> 0 94a4b5811b9b13b9b96606da0d74bb3f Craig Ramsay changed their profile picture https://semeasy.com/activity/p/12538/ Tue, 07 Apr 2015 17:22:40 +0000 0 667b2b18fa073f8b13bf1e647f9668b7 Craig Ramsay started the topic Spyder Spanker Help Needed in the forum General http://semeasy.com/forum/general/spyder-spanker-help-needed/#p4772 Tue, 07 Apr 2015 17:09:41 +0000 Ok all you Spyder Spanker pro’s, I could really use your assistance. My sites have been getting hit recently with a ton of visits from semalt.com, buttons-for-websites.com, social-buttons.com etc. I’ve tried to block these in the .htaccess but it didn’t seem to work so I’ve installed Spyder Spanker in the hope that I’ll have more luck in keeping…[Read more]

]]> 0 9cf38384389e54ff3cb27d18d701fbb7 Craig Ramsay posted in the topic TLDs and subdirectories in the forum DoubleAgent (2x) http://semeasy.com/forum/doubleagent-2x/tlds-and-subdirectories/#p4709 Fri, 13 Mar 2015 17:37:10 +0000 I’ve got .website domains in the license manager… strange that you can’t add them.

]]> 0 3d5d000374e526c7c843044ecd1d4ab3 Craig Ramsay started the topic Last nights webby - 28th Jan in the forum General http://semeasy.com/forum/general/last-nights-webby-28th-jan/#p4531 Thu, 29 Jan 2015 09:09:24 +0000 Did anybody record it? I couldn’t get in for some reason.

Would really appreciate a copy if anyone has one?

Cheers!

]]> 0 c65d6ca97cb6fe93c64122f35a2ae114 Craig Ramsay posted in the topic Limestone Networks Group Buy in the forum General Discussion http://semeasy.com/forum/general-discussion/limestone-networks-group-buy/#p4530 Thu, 29 Jan 2015 09:07:33 +0000 Potentially interested too!

]]> 0 a403b2280a9d722657cf45e64d55a3bc Craig Ramsay posted in the topic UK town, county, structure format in the forum General Discussion http://semeasy.com/forum/general-discussion/uk-town-county-structure-format/#p4425 Wed, 07 Jan 2015 18:01:33 +0000 Adrian is selling a very comprehensive UK list here – http://semeasy.com/forum/service-offerings/serp-shaker-data-for-the-uk-market/

]]> 0 ca6744de6752f6e00fc776f397262ce4 Craig Ramsay posted in the topic Linking to other posts at bottom of article in the forum General http://semeasy.com/forum/general/linking-to-other-posts-at-bottom-of-article/#p4359 Thu, 01 Jan 2015 15:04:07 +0000 No, that’s just a built in function of the standard Wordpress 2012 theme.

]]> 0 1bbbae3a606e3ba29e6fd4c27700bca4 Craig Ramsay posted in the topic Are Bitly links still working since the last Double Agent upgrade in the forum DoubleAgent (2x) http://semeasy.com/forum/doubleagent-2x/are-bitly-links-still-working-since-the-last-double-agent-upgrade/#p4105 Tue, 18 Nov 2014 16:11:58 +0000 Good find! Guess I better start looking for another shortener that does 302’s

]]> 0 1ee5d6b2d025197495197bba7d0d2a61 Craig Ramsay posted in the topic Anyone using Squirrly WordPress plugin? Feedback or other on page SEO plugin ideas for on page SEO? in the forum SEO http://semeasy.com/forum/seo-1/anyone-using-squirrly-wordpress-plugin-feedback-or-other-on-page-seo-plugin-ideas-for-on-page-seo/#p4084 Sat, 15 Nov 2014 17:01:51 +0000 I bought SEO Blog Kahuna a while ago (http://www.seoblogkahuna.com/) That was really good but don’t really use it now. Pretty sure there’s discount codes kicking about on the net for it. 

]]> 0 8c47cc56a2e837b4e070f6d1a045a3a3 Craig Ramsay posted in the topic New SEO courses in the forum General http://semeasy.com/forum/general/new-seo-courses/#p4082 Sat, 15 Nov 2014 16:16:27 +0000 I actually joined up for the SEO Mafia course. Some really good content in there and lots more to come.

]]> 0 bfce688902e4e78b95f568f815967a54 Craig Ramsay posted in the topic How are you going to use serpspike? in the forum General Discussion http://semeasy.com/forum/general-discussion/how-are-you-going-to-use-serpspike/#p4074 Thu, 13 Nov 2014 09:54:39 +0000 Really looking forward to get going with this. I signed up last night during the webinar so glad I didn’t miss it!

I’ve got big plans for this if it works as well as Andrew & Jake said it does, which I have no doubt about.

I’m going to be using this for a few different things –

1) I have a membership site that I’m just about finished, one…[Read more]

]]> 0 98cd6adbdee93b8b253d7f27fd01424c Craig posted in the topic Serp Shaker Multiple Tags/shortcodes in the forum General http://semeasy.com/forum/general/serp-shaker-multiple-tagsshortcodes/#p3843 Wed, 29 Oct 2014 20:51:37 +0000 Ah just skimmed the question, didn’t see the tag part. How did you get on with this Jay?

]]> 0 b81dfa6c3f0975b728d1f30125240fb3 Craig started the topic Semalt in the forum General http://semeasy.com/forum/general/semalt/#p3822 Tue, 28 Oct 2014 10:46:36 +0000 Anyone else having visits to their sites from Semalt? No idea what it is but all my sites are getting tons of visits from them and it’s messing up my analytics.

Already tried adding the following to my .htaccess file but Google Analytics is still picking up visits from them – 

# block visitors referred from semalt.com
RewriteEngine…[Read more]

]]> 0 e3908f132cd10e25e19a8f3f94d227ef Craig posted in the topic GodofSEO ARRESTED! in the forum News http://semeasy.com/forum/news/godofseo-arrested/#p3811 Mon, 27 Oct 2014 12:55:38 +0000 Not sure if he’s been charged yet but the other guy that runs blackhat.community was pretty quick to disassociate the site with the fella you’re talking about. Looks like it’s not just internet marketers he’s been pissing off! 

]]> 0 63c7732050391e0cc8f2ce4ea5126459 Craig posted in the topic Anyone else a Conflict between Semeasy framework adn serpshaker in the forum DoubleAgent (2x) http://semeasy.com/forum/doubleagent-2x/anyone-else-a-conflict-between-semeasy-framework-adn-serpshaker/#p3802 Sun, 26 Oct 2014 15:21:19 +0000

Staney said

Craig said
Hey Adrian, I have an SS (1.06) site running the Semeasy plugin and haven’t had any problems at all. Do you have the Semeasy plugin activated when you’re building your shaker pages or activate after they are all built out?

Hi Craig, Are you saying that SEMEasy DA has to be activated before build out? I never had to…

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]]> 0 535ca90dc15b984b2db73c15d7789b9b Craig posted in the topic Serp Shaker Multiple Tags/shortcodes in the forum General http://semeasy.com/forum/general/serp-shaker-multiple-tagsshortcodes/#p3765 Thu, 23 Oct 2014 11:12:37 +0000 Not quite sure I’m understanding what you’re trying to do but pretty sure you can do it, you just need to set up your shortcodes properly. Your spreadsheet would look something like – 

model number 1 | issue A | geo location A
model number 2 | issue A | geo location A
model number 3 | issue A | geo location A
model number 1 | issue B | geo l…[Read more]

]]> 0 00979ca5af69e4be51f0aa1ec9ff268b Craig posted in the topic Adsense Update - 23 October 2014 in the forum General http://semeasy.com/forum/general/adsense-update-23-october-2014/#p3764 Thu, 23 Oct 2014 08:44:10 +0000 Well done mate, that’s awesome :) SS FTW!

]]> 0 1060af61168b925cb50ada4b112da50b Craig posted in the topic Are Bitly links still working since the last Double Agent upgrade in the forum DoubleAgent (2x) http://semeasy.com/forum/doubleagent-2x/are-bitly-links-still-working-since-the-last-double-agent-upgrade/#p3763 Thu, 23 Oct 2014 08:33:54 +0000 I’ve been using http://app.x.co/

]]> 0 64f8558760293d8218eaeb744c3fac64 Craig posted in the topic Tracking/Forwarding Phone Numbers UK? in the forum General http://semeasy.com/forum/general/trackingforwarding-phone-numbers-uk/#p3746 Wed, 22 Oct 2014 20:07:07 +0000 Can you charge for calls that come through these numbers? Could be very handy for a site I’m working on :)

]]> 0 031cfe9db696897daa5826594ed5c77f Craig posted in the topic Anyone else a Conflict between Semeasy framework adn serpshaker in the forum DoubleAgent (2x) http://semeasy.com/forum/doubleagent-2x/anyone-else-a-conflict-between-semeasy-framework-adn-serpshaker/#p3745 Wed, 22 Oct 2014 19:57:07 +0000 Hey Adrian, I have an SS (1.06) site running the Semeasy plugin and haven’t had any problems at all. Do you have the Semeasy plugin activated when you’re building your shaker pages or activate after they are all built out?

]]> 0 853c8f0778ca3030c0e813d9ce9d4ad5 Craig posted in the topic New SEO courses in the forum General http://semeasy.com/forum/general/new-seo-courses/#p3744 Wed, 22 Oct 2014 19:52:25 +0000 Hey Chris, I did too. I did the Source ROI course and still reference it now and again. Jake Tanner did a few good videos in that course too. Will keep an eye out over the next few weeks to see what these courses are offering.

]]> 0 e5553b9e46b2ee7b3b58b5d93c5694a2 Craig posted in the topic 15,000 spiders, but no pages in site:mydomain.com search??? in the forum General http://semeasy.com/forum/general/15000-spiders-but-no-pages-in-sitemydomain-com-search/#p3732 Wed, 22 Oct 2014 13:21:06 +0000 What SEO plugin are you using? Maybe you’re blocking posts from being indexed

]]> 0 03c1ae7da4bc02561a88c38bacc1868a Craig started the topic New SEO courses in the forum General http://semeasy.com/forum/general/new-seo-courses/#p3725 Wed, 22 Oct 2014 08:30:40 +0000 So looks like Alex Becker will be releasing the Source Pheonix SEO course soon and “The SEO Mafia” too – (http://www.searchenginemafia.com/vip/)

Anyone seen any info on these ye? Just more of the same old?

]]> 0 82280c1c9550de6cb5e88910621bcf01 Craig posted in the topic Survey: What is your favorite theme to use with SerpShaker and/or Adsense sites in the forum General http://semeasy.com/forum/general/survey-what-is-your-favorite-theme-to-use-with-serpshaker-andor-adsense-sites/#p3724 Wed, 22 Oct 2014 08:22:40 +0000 I’ve been using 2014 but am about to try using some different themes… will keep you posted!

]]> 0 16edb2c82693d4b08f1f414d59db73e6 Craig posted in the topic NO Bots Visited after Index Assault - what did I do wrong? in the forum IndexAssault (IA) http://semeasy.com/forum/indexassault-ia/no-bots-visited-after-index-assault-what-did-i-do-wrong/#p3723 Wed, 22 Oct 2014 08:20:28 +0000 Hey Doug, how long have you left it? I’ve been sort of seeing the same thing with my last couple of SS sites, it’s taken 2-3 days for them to start getting crawled by Google after running IA.

]]> 0 3a364f5d2b49767624900f0971aafa21 Craig posted in the topic First Local Client - Contract? in the forum General http://semeasy.com/forum/general/first-local-client-contract/#p3720 Tue, 21 Oct 2014 15:10:46 +0000 Awesome, thank you!

]]> 0 8e5bb9df8498757725b8803bbe61a3cf Craig posted in the topic First Local Client - Contract? in the forum General http://semeasy.com/forum/general/first-local-client-contract/#p3700 Mon, 20 Oct 2014 15:37:47 +0000 Thanks you very much Joe, and I appreciate the advice! 

]]> 0 d009ae2eef59f4c6729cb6e889d6f497 Craig started the topic First Local Client - Contract? in the forum General http://semeasy.com/forum/general/first-local-client-contract/#p3696 Mon, 20 Oct 2014 14:25:54 +0000 Hey guys! I’m rather excited – After doing SEO for my family businesses and doing really well, I’ve decided to offer SEO as a service and have my first meeting this week with a well connected recruitment agency :)

As I’ve only been doing SEO for family so far there’s been no contracts involved. I’m keen to look as professional as possible and…[Read more]

]]> 0 5e63f0b55056aef6fd139d677e854d80 Craig posted in the topic Used Index Assault - Google doesn't want to crawl my site in the forum General http://semeasy.com/forum/general/used-index-assault-google-doesnt-want-to-crawl-my-site/#p3518 Mon, 06 Oct 2014 20:05:15 +0000 Really appreciate that Andrew. Support ticket is on its way over.

]]> 0 bde42f85ef9f426a1e19a86d85e429d2 Craig started the topic Used Index Assault - Google doesn't want to crawl my site in the forum General http://semeasy.com/forum/general/used-index-assault-google-doesnt-want-to-crawl-my-site/#p3515 Mon, 06 Oct 2014 10:59:50 +0000 Hey guys, needing a bit of help getting a site indexed.

I’ve built a Serp Shaker site over the weekend that I need to get up and running really quickly. I’ve installed the StatPressV plugin as usual so I can see when spiders are crawling my site. I’ve added a sitemap plugin, made sure the site is visible to search engines in the wordpress…[Read more]

]]> 0 43e4cf7c91fd75f826550ba8ecfc8879 Craig posted in the topic Beware of SEO Optimatic and those that sell it: Rockstars and Walt Bayliss in the forum General http://semeasy.com/forum/general/beware-of-seo-optimatic-and-those-that-sell-it-rockstars-and-walt-bayliss/#p3451 Wed, 01 Oct 2014 08:36:44 +0000 Really glad I stayed up until 2am to watch the webinar, ugh! All my questions about it were also ignored.

Becker insisted he had tested this thing thoroughly and was getting great results. Real shame he’s backing such shit products.

]]> 0 218bdd547071281bb778e5f8b7f0a840 Craig posted in the topic Are Bitly links still working since the last Double Agent upgrade in the forum DoubleAgent (2x) http://semeasy.com/forum/doubleagent-2x/are-bitly-links-still-working-since-the-last-double-agent-upgrade/#p3179 Wed, 10 Sep 2014 12:34:03 +0000 So am I right in presuming that you can still use bitly links but you just have to use the 302 switch with it to avoid nuking your money/client site?

]]> 0 77a87a39b0b7e410ce2838a5d143edbb Craig posted in the topic Cloud PBN Plugin in the forum SEO http://semeasy.com/forum/seo-1/cloud-pbn-plugin/#p3081 Thu, 04 Sep 2014 08:50:07 +0000 Looks like I wasn’t the only person to realize that this could leave a massive footprint for Google –

http://linkboundmarketing.com/cloud-pbn-footprint/

Still not touching it.

]]> 0 fbdc72354bdf4c084eef94edf7784b04 Craig posted in the topic Cloud PBN Plugin in the forum SEO http://semeasy.com/forum/seo-1/cloud-pbn-plugin/#p3058 Wed, 03 Sep 2014 15:18:28 +0000 Looks awful and dangerous. So you have a plugin installed specifically designed to create and add content to PBN’s… sounds like a quick way to get all your sites de-indexed pretty damn quickly!

]]> 0 42b933a4aa2a3fee4c5a47bb1ec9f231 Craig posted in the topic ANY UK SITE BUILDERS IN HERE in the forum General Discussion http://semeasy.com/forum/general-discussion/any-uk-site-builders-in-here/#p2973 Fri, 29 Aug 2014 13:45:58 +0000 Yeah, it can take a couple of days, sometimes longer to start showing in the serps. Just need to give it a bit of time.

]]> 0 33ad23fbf3b54623decedcd6fa21802f Craig posted in the topic Double Agent Loading Time in the forum DoubleAgent (2x) http://semeasy.com/forum/doubleagent-2x/double-agent-loading-time/#p2946 Thu, 28 Aug 2014 13:51:49 +0000 Can someone explain how this [SEMdirectory] works and needs set up? Why we need it? I must have missed that bit of info.

]]> 0 7bdd0dc94b592ede4ff106ec8a9b187c Craig posted in the topic Is it me or serpshaker right now is like watching paint dry in the forum SEO http://semeasy.com/forum/seo-1/is-it-me-or-serpshaker-right-now-is-like-watching-paint-dry/#p2944 Thu, 28 Aug 2014 13:45:57 +0000 Also, forgot to add, depending on how many posts you’re trying to create, try splitting your list into chunks. Say you’re doing 30,000 posts… split your list into 6 chunks of 5,000, it will go much faster. 

]]> 0 766db806b3f728bdd94ed84591fa5ce4 Craig posted in the topic Is it me or serpshaker right now is like watching paint dry in the forum SEO http://semeasy.com/forum/seo-1/is-it-me-or-serpshaker-right-now-is-like-watching-paint-dry/#p2943 Thu, 28 Aug 2014 13:43:55 +0000 Agree with Tim. I’m building locally with WAMP – it’s not bad speed wise considering and I can quickly make clones. I wouldn’t give up on it as the software really is killer. I started indexing an SS site yesterday and it’s doing pretty well in the serps already. I have one county that my SS site is filling position 1,2,3 and 4… no b…[Read more]

]]> 0 8ba8d467307a311a1dbb050bbb49ea6f Craig posted in the topic Is it me or serpshaker right now is like watching paint dry in the forum SEO http://semeasy.com/forum/seo-1/is-it-me-or-serpshaker-right-now-is-like-watching-paint-dry/#p2929 Wed, 27 Aug 2014 20:12:37 +0000 Are you building locally or on a server? It is pretty slow but if you’ve got a decent machine that you can build on locally first then it’s not too bad. I found having an SSD has really helped… just finished up a 43,000 post site.

]]> 0 71ecef5debc8a8049651226b9a0a0c0e Craig posted in the topic Double Agent Loading Logo in the forum General http://semeasy.com/forum/general/double-agent-loading-logo/#p2717 Wed, 20 Aug 2014 22:20:05 +0000 Thanks for the quick reply Jake!

]]> 0 02983c45b7e17563f8986b97fbcfb457 Craig started the topic Double Agent Loading Logo in the forum General http://semeasy.com/forum/general/double-agent-loading-logo/#p2714 Wed, 20 Aug 2014 21:52:52 +0000 Just tried out Double Agent on a test site for the first time and really impressed. I’m planning a monster build this week utilising Serp Shaker and Double Agent :)

One thing that’s bugging me is Double Agent’s loading icon with the wee things spinning around… it’s not really in keeping with the style of my new site so I wondered if there’s a…[Read more]

]]> 0 ef7748f557bc8603282ab4ceb98c8330 Craig posted in the topic Do/would you ever do free SEO work? in the forum General http://semeasy.com/forum/general/dowould-you-ever-do-free-seo-work/#p1920 Thu, 24 Jul 2014 08:51:20 +0000 Thank you very much for the advice guys. I’ve let them down gently but left things open for if they can find a budget in the future as I would really like to work with them.

]]> 0 293ee185788cb9760c916281562d9eb2 Craig started the topic Do/would you ever do free SEO work? in the forum General http://semeasy.com/forum/general/dowould-you-ever-do-free-seo-work/#p1902 Wed, 23 Jul 2014 15:49:46 +0000 So I’ve only recently got into SEO after taking the Source ROI course. I’ve been in the same industry for 15 years and looking for a change so hopefully at some point I’ll be able to replace my income with doing SEO for clients and renting out sites, we’ll see how that goes.

At the moment I’ve only done SEO on 3 sites, all of which I’ve built…[Read more]

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