Get to the top on Google by David Viney

Get to the top on Google by David Viney

I enjoy reading books about SEO and the ins and outs of Google and Get to the top on Google has been recommended to me many times so I decided to give it a try. David Viney tries to describe this as a seven step process that includes:-

  1. Phrases that pay
  2. Courting the crawl
  3. Priming your pages
  4. Landing the links
  5. Paying for position
  6. Making the map
  7. Tracking and tuning

I think the approach he has taken here is very methodical and it really does give you a very good insight into the process. The book kinda does feel tutorial in nature and you can almost apply the techniques as you move through the book.

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Towards the start of the book you are given links to a special forum that David has and for which he gives you a code in the book for six months free access. I thought this gave the book massive added value and was putting this in my very small pile of must have and must keep books.

To be fair though, the forum is pretty poor and i didn’t find many examples of where David was actually contributing by answering people’s questions etc and there did seem to be a fair few negative comments on that very subject as well. I think it’s a real shame as the book offers so much but even some of the links didn’t work either so it does lose a bit of it’s appeal.

If you’ve also read Get to the top on Google then why not give us your opinions in our comments section.

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  • http://www,moraywebsolutions.com Gordon

    I too have read this book and agree totally with what you have written above. The content is easy to follow and most of it makes perfect sense.

    The online ‘bonus’ is not anywhere near as useful as it sounds in the text, I cancelled the subscription payment before any money was taken!

    Overall an enjoyable read that explains many aspects of SEO in an understandable and straight forward manner. As with all books on SEO it will date quickly (even by the time it was published!), but many of the techniques will still be relevant and of use.

  • http://www.moovinonup.com kevin

    The problem I find with a lot of SEO books is once they have been published then a lot of info is out of date. Also check when the book was published before you buy if its more than 6 months then I would not bother. However most best practices to getting your website to rank well don’t really change much but its good to keep up to date with whats going on the search engine land have a great newsletter that I like.

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