About Himanshu
Hi! I am Himanshu and i am the founder of seotakeaways.com. I have more than 6 years of experience in SEO, PPC and web analytics in the UK and US online markets. I hold a bachelors degree in ‘Internet Science’ and also a Google Analytics Certified Individual with GAIQ Score of 95% 
I love reading, learning, traveling, body building and the internet. My aim in life is to become everything i am capable of becoming and to travel the whole world.
My Achievements
Run a popular seo blog seotakeaways.com . <<== This blog is excellent example of my SEO and writing skills. The blog is listed on AllTop which list only popular SEO blogs.
Founder of EventEducation.com which is one of its kind event planning and management portal in the world and get more than 20000 visits a month with average time spend of more than 3 minutes. <<== This website is one of the excellent example of my SEO skills and knowledge of web development and one that i can openly share with you without any fear of NDA (Non Disclosure Agreement).
Founder of EventPlanningForum.net which currently has more than 2100 members and is the second largest event planning forum in the world. <<== This is excellent example of my social media marketing skills.
Other live examples of my social media marketing skills:
- Founder of Event Planning Forum group on Facebook which has more than 600 members.
- Founder of Indian Association of Internet Marketers group on Linkedin which has more than 600 members.
Technical Skills
• Direct hand on experience in SEO and PPC
• Strong knowledge of technical SEO (canonical URLs, sever redirects, htaccess, site speed optimization, URLs rewrites, HTTP Headers)
• Strong analytical skills and ability to draw conclusions and determine strategies based on data.
• Experience of working in both in-house and SEO agency as well as independent consultant.
• Knowledge of HTML, CSS, Dreamweaver, Photoshop, MS Office (Word, Excel Power Point), Google Analytics, Google Adwords, Google Adsense, Yahoo search marketing, Microsoft advertising center and Basecamp (project management tool).
• Direct hand on experience in C, C++ and VC++ programming languages.
• A good reflection of my SEO skills is my seo blog seohimanshu.com and my contributions to the SEOmoz blog and SEOchat forum.
Work Experience
Search Marketing Consultant at Welcom Software ( E-Commerce and Online Marketing Agency)Jan 2011 to September 2011 (9 months)
Responsibilities:
o Plan, develop and implement SEO Strategies for prominent retail clients.
o Create detailed SEO recommendations for assigned sites (website audit)
o Work, track & report on PPC campaigns.
o Provide technical consulting and training to internal staff and clients regarding web analytics tools and tactics, as well as SEO & PPC strategies and best practices.
o Website Analysis
SEO Executive at Vortala Pty Ltd ( E-Commerce and Online Marketing Agency)July 2009 – August 2010 (1 year 1 month)
Responsibilities:
o Develop and implement SEO and Social media Strategies for websites.
o Provide detailed SEO recommendations for assigned sites (website audit)
o Provide technical consulting and training to internal staff and clients regarding SEO and Social media best practices.
o Website Analysis
SEO Analyst- EtechAces Marketing and Consulting Pvt. Ltd. (Online Insurance Aggregator)Dec 2008- July 2009 (8 months)
Responsibilities:
o Develop, implement and analyse SEO and Social media strategies.
o Conducting KPI analysiso Competitive Analysiso Manage a small team (developer, designer, content writer, link builders)
o Provide technical training to internal staffo Website audit.
o Website Analysis
Search Engine Optimizer - Interactive Education Ltd. (Information and Communication Technology services provider) Nov 2007- Nov 2008 (1 Year)
Responsibilities:
o SEO
o Social Media Marketing
o Web Analytics
o Manage a team (web developers, SEO copywriter, web designers)
o Provide technical training to internal staff
Assistant Manager (Sales and Marketing) - Dimensions E Services Ltd (e-Learning solutions provider)Oct 2005- Oct 2007 (2 Years)
Responsibilities: o Search Engine Optimization
o Social Media Marketing
o Web Analytics
o Generating leads and sales through websites
o Manage a team (web developer, web designer, content developers)
My Academic Achievements
- Got University Merit Scholarship in Bsc. (Bachelor of Science) Part-I, Part-II and Part-III examination
- Selected for National Merit Scholarship -2005 by Kurkushetra University, Haryana, India
- 1st Rank in Bsc part-I, part-II and part-III examination
- Topped my Event Management Institute
Education
- Bsc. (Bachelor of Science) in Internet Science from Kurkushetra University.
- PG Diploma in Event Management from National Academy of Event Management and Development.
- Google Analytics Certified Individual. <<== This is excellent proof of my Web Analytics skills.
My work has been featured on:
Some good things said about me by other Industry Experts
You’re a really smart SEO! <– YES FATHOM SAID THAT! -fathom (seochat forum top member)
You have something special in you that few people possess. You are a very strong SEO. You understand the value of quality and you also understand strategy – EGOL (seochat forum top member)
Got open Invitation to write for seochat – The offer will always be open for you, though James is the person you’d have to contact. And if I can’t convince you to write for us immediately, I hope you won’t mind if I start turning some of your threads into SEO Chat articles?- Terriwells (administrator, staff writer/editor for Developer Shed )
Participation Recognition mail sent to me by Developer Shed team (people behind seochat.com)
Participation Recognition mail sent to me by SEOmoz.org
Participation Recognition tweet by SEOmoz.org
You can see 4 more excellent suggestions from seo-himanshu in the comments below- Danny Dover of SEOmoz.org
Segmenting Important Data through Advanced Segments – My first Post published on SEOmoz.org
4 Powerful CRO Tips – My second post published on SEOmoz.org
How I Built an Online Community From 0 to 1500+ Members – My third post published on SEOmoz.org
My Blog posts featured on the home page of Sphinn.com (popular internet marketing forum)
Source: http://twitter.com/avinash/status/22181443230
Feedback from world famous Analytics Guru Avinash Kaushik on my first analytics post on SEOmoz.org
Source: http://twitter.com/#!/avinash/status/14198564934647808
Feedback from world famous Analytics Guru Avinash Kaushik on my analytics post on how to unleash the power of the long tail keywords.
- Feedback on the analytics post: Google Analytics Account Setup Checklist
10000 Search Engine Queries for your Link Building Campaign listed in the Best Internet Marketing Posts of 2010 by Techipedia.com
Feedback from industry experts on my most tweeted post so far (250+ tweets):
12 Strong proofs to debunk SEO myths and educate clients about SEO
Post re-tweeted by Rand Fishkin (World famous Industry Expert on SEO)
This is a great list!! Definitely worth a read.
- Eric Valle (CEO of MyWisconsinSEO, Board Member at Milwaukee Interactive Marketing Association)
Great post, think I will use some of the models in future presentations
- Michael Kock (Director at 360 degree online)
Great compilation of myths and facts – very useful for responding to clients and supplementing FAQ’s. Well done!
- Jeff Petry (MD at Lanna Consulting Co., Ltd.)
Thanks for sharing Himanshu – very interesting stats
- Ivor Morgan (Head of Sales & Marketing at Morpheus Limited, UK)
This has some very interesting statistics, which can be used as convincers in an SEO proposal
- Steve Redden (Managing Director at 3wise Internet Solutions)
truly an excellent post. can’t thank you enough…
- Irakli Iosebashvilli (Business Development at Royal Loan Co.)
I mean… this post is the pure essence of your blogging style: exact, citing the sources and a reference. Great job Himanshu… I think I will steal the idea (with reference) to build up a series.
- Gianluca Fiorelli (Owner at ItaliaSEO)
By far the best article I’ve read online in a long time. It’s no wonder Rand did a tweet on it only moments ago. It amazes me how many companies still list Search Engine Submission as a service, thanks for calling them out.
- Steve Wiideman (owner at seosteve.com)
seo-himanshu,
I wanted to thank you for your participation in this community. It’s a pleasure reading your posts and here’s why. It’s partly because you seem to be a solid digital marketer. More importantly it is your thoughtfulness and ability to mentally build on a solid foundation. You build out scenarios and envision solutions on a moving timeline. It’s this projection of what we know and how to apply it for real, that separates the masters from the experts.
Bravo.
- Mike Feuti on my participation on SEOmoz Blog
[SEOmoz User Generated SEO Blog] SEOmoz | YOUmoz – Segmenting Important Data through Advanced Segments: Haha sorry to get everyone talking about Hootsuite and Avinash, SEO-Himanshu. You certainly deserve all the credit for a super post and for spreading the Analysis Ninja love.
Source: SEOFiles.com
Hi Himanshu,
I wanted to write to say thank you for posting such great content on your SEO blog. I have found your post interesting and informative. By the looks of your site, you appear to be a great professional in the SEO field with a prosperous future. I don’t know how many people write you to say thank you, but I wanted to make sure I did because I find myself frequently visiting your blog. I am an e-commerce owner in the USA. We are a small family business and I am a complete SEO newbie. I have learned basic things from books, forums, and websites (like yours!). The more I try to research and learn SEO, the more I realize that the landscape is constantly evolving, and that is what fascinates me about SEO. For now, I will just attempt to do the best I can with SEO until our business can pay someone like yourself! Thank you again,
– Mike Sopena (www.cruxsurf.com)
10. Himanshu Sharma
The founder and sole owner of SEO Takeaways, Himanshu Sharma is extremely awesome when writing posts on his blog. I commend him too when it comes to coming up and innovating strategies for link building using link baits and other content driven styles. Better follow him on Twitter @seohimanshu for updates on what things he does in the world of SEO.
Some of my threads which have been made Sticky on SEOChat forum:
- Beginner’s Guide to identifying the Genuine SEO
- Frauds with In-house SEOs
- SEO Contract Guide for Smarter SEOs
You can find my contributions on seochat forum here:
http://forums.seochat.com/member.php?userid=54697
You can find my contributions on seomoz blog here:
http://www.seomoz.org/users/view/181053
If you like my profile then you should subscribe to my blog and follow me on twitter.
If you are a SEO consultant or an agency and are looking for affordable Linkbait Development and Content Development services then we can be the right choice. Contact us
Note: To keep up the quality, I generally add only one blog post every 2-3 weeks. Therefore it is highly recommended that you subscribe to my blog.
Ciao!
Hi! I am Himanshu and i am the founder of seotakeaways.com. I have more than 6 years of experience in SEO, PPC and web analytics in the UK and US online markets. I hold a bachelors degree in ‘Internet Science’ and also a Google Analytics Certified Individual with GAIQ Score of 95% I love reading, learning, traveling, body building and the internet. My aim in life is to become everything i am capable of becoming and to travel the whole world.
My Achievements
Run a popular seo blog seotakeaways.com . <<== This blog is excellent example of my SEO and writing skills. The blog is listed on AllTop which list only popular SEO blogs.
Founder of EventEducation.com which is one of its kind event planning and management portal in the world and get more than 20000 visits a month with average time spend of more than 3 minutes. <<== This website is one of the excellent example of my SEO skills and knowledge of web development and one that i can openly share with you without any fear of NDA (Non Disclosure Agreement).
Founder of EventPlanningForum.net which currently has more than 2100 members and is the second largest event planning forum in the world. <<== This is excellent example of my social media marketing skills.
Other live examples of my social media marketing skills:
- Founder of Event Planning Forum group on Facebook which has more than 600 members.
- Founder of Indian Association of Internet Marketers group on Linkedin which has more than 600 members.
Technical Skills
• Direct hand on experience in SEO and PPC • Strong knowledge of technical SEO (canonical URLs, sever redirects, htaccess, site speed optimization, URLs rewrites, HTTP Headers) • Strong analytical skills and ability to draw conclusions and determine strategies based on data. • Experience of working in both in-house and SEO agency as well as independent consultant. • Knowledge of HTML, CSS, Dreamweaver, Photoshop, MS Office (Word, Excel Power Point), Google Analytics, Google Adwords, Google Adsense, Yahoo search marketing, Microsoft advertising center and Basecamp (project management tool).
• Direct hand on experience in C, C++ and VC++ programming languages. • A good reflection of my SEO skills is my seo blog seohimanshu.com and my contributions to the SEOmoz blog and SEOchat forum.
Work Experience
Search Marketing Consultant at Welcom Software ( E-Commerce and Online Marketing Agency)Jan 2011 to September 2011 (9 months) Responsibilities: o Plan, develop and implement SEO Strategies for prominent retail clients. o Create detailed SEO recommendations for assigned sites (website audit) o Work, track & report on PPC campaigns. o Provide technical consulting and training to internal staff and clients regarding web analytics tools and tactics, as well as SEO & PPC strategies and best practices. o Website Analysis
SEO Executive at Vortala Pty Ltd ( E-Commerce and Online Marketing Agency)July 2009 – August 2010 (1 year 1 month) Responsibilities: o Develop and implement SEO and Social media Strategies for websites. o Provide detailed SEO recommendations for assigned sites (website audit) o Provide technical consulting and training to internal staff and clients regarding SEO and Social media best practices. o Website Analysis
SEO Analyst- EtechAces Marketing and Consulting Pvt. Ltd. (Online Insurance Aggregator)Dec 2008- July 2009 (8 months) Responsibilities: o Develop, implement and analyse SEO and Social media strategies. o Conducting KPI analysiso Competitive Analysiso Manage a small team (developer, designer, content writer, link builders) o Provide technical training to internal staffo Website audit. o Website Analysis
Search Engine Optimizer - Interactive Education Ltd. (Information and Communication Technology services provider) Nov 2007- Nov 2008 (1 Year) Responsibilities: o SEO o Social Media Marketing o Web Analytics o Manage a team (web developers, SEO copywriter, web designers) o Provide technical training to internal staff
Assistant Manager (Sales and Marketing) - Dimensions E Services Ltd (e-Learning solutions provider)Oct 2005- Oct 2007 (2 Years) Responsibilities: o Search Engine Optimization o Social Media Marketing o Web Analytics o Generating leads and sales through websites o Manage a team (web developer, web designer, content developers)
My Academic Achievements
- Got University Merit Scholarship in Bsc. (Bachelor of Science) Part-I, Part-II and Part-III examination
- Selected for National Merit Scholarship -2005 by Kurkushetra University, Haryana, India
- 1st Rank in Bsc part-I, part-II and part-III examination
- Topped my Event Management Institute
Education
- Bsc. (Bachelor of Science) in Internet Science from Kurkushetra University.
- PG Diploma in Event Management from National Academy of Event Management and Development.
- Google Analytics Certified Individual. <<== This is excellent proof of my Web Analytics skills.
My work has been featured on:
Some good things said about me by other Industry Experts
You’re a really smart SEO! <– YES FATHOM SAID THAT! -fathom (seochat forum top member)
You have something special in you that few people possess. You are a very strong SEO. You understand the value of quality and you also understand strategy – EGOL (seochat forum top member)
Got open Invitation to write for seochat – The offer will always be open for you, though James is the person you’d have to contact. And if I can’t convince you to write for us immediately, I hope you won’t mind if I start turning some of your threads into SEO Chat articles?- Terriwells (administrator, staff writer/editor for Developer Shed )
Participation Recognition mail sent to me by Developer Shed team (people behind seochat.com)
Participation Recognition mail sent to me by SEOmoz.org
Participation Recognition tweet by SEOmoz.org
You can see 4 more excellent suggestions from seo-himanshu in the comments below- Danny Dover of SEOmoz.org
Segmenting Important Data through Advanced Segments – My first Post published on SEOmoz.org
4 Powerful CRO Tips – My second post published on SEOmoz.org
How I Built an Online Community From 0 to 1500+ Members – My third post published on SEOmoz.org
My Blog posts featured on the home page of Sphinn.com (popular internet marketing forum)
Source: http://twitter.com/avinash/status/22181443230
Feedback from world famous Analytics Guru Avinash Kaushik on my first analytics post on SEOmoz.org
Source: http://twitter.com/#!/avinash/status/14198564934647808
Feedback from world famous Analytics Guru Avinash Kaushik on my analytics post on how to unleash the power of the long tail keywords.
- Feedback on the analytics post: Google Analytics Account Setup Checklist
10000 Search Engine Queries for your Link Building Campaign listed in the Best Internet Marketing Posts of 2010 by Techipedia.com
Feedback from industry experts on my most tweeted post so far (250+ tweets):
12 Strong proofs to debunk SEO myths and educate clients about SEO
Post re-tweeted by Rand Fishkin (World famous Industry Expert on SEO)
This is a great list!! Definitely worth a read.
- Eric Valle (CEO of MyWisconsinSEO, Board Member at Milwaukee Interactive Marketing Association)Great post, think I will use some of the models in future presentations
- Michael Kock (Director at 360 degree online)Great compilation of myths and facts – very useful for responding to clients and supplementing FAQ’s. Well done!
- Jeff Petry (MD at Lanna Consulting Co., Ltd.)Thanks for sharing Himanshu – very interesting stats
- Ivor Morgan (Head of Sales & Marketing at Morpheus Limited, UK)This has some very interesting statistics, which can be used as convincers in an SEO proposal
- Steve Redden (Managing Director at 3wise Internet Solutions)truly an excellent post. can’t thank you enough…
- Irakli Iosebashvilli (Business Development at Royal Loan Co.)I mean… this post is the pure essence of your blogging style: exact, citing the sources and a reference. Great job Himanshu… I think I will steal the idea (with reference) to build up a series.
- Gianluca Fiorelli (Owner at ItaliaSEO)By far the best article I’ve read online in a long time. It’s no wonder Rand did a tweet on it only moments ago. It amazes me how many companies still list Search Engine Submission as a service, thanks for calling them out.
- Steve Wiideman (owner at seosteve.com)
seo-himanshu,
I wanted to thank you for your participation in this community. It’s a pleasure reading your posts and here’s why. It’s partly because you seem to be a solid digital marketer. More importantly it is your thoughtfulness and ability to mentally build on a solid foundation. You build out scenarios and envision solutions on a moving timeline. It’s this projection of what we know and how to apply it for real, that separates the masters from the experts.
Bravo.
- Mike Feuti on my participation on SEOmoz Blog
[SEOmoz User Generated SEO Blog] SEOmoz | YOUmoz – Segmenting Important Data through Advanced Segments: Haha sorry to get everyone talking about Hootsuite and Avinash, SEO-Himanshu. You certainly deserve all the credit for a super post and for spreading the Analysis Ninja love.
Source: SEOFiles.com
Hi Himanshu,
I wanted to write to say thank you for posting such great content on your SEO blog. I have found your post interesting and informative. By the looks of your site, you appear to be a great professional in the SEO field with a prosperous future. I don’t know how many people write you to say thank you, but I wanted to make sure I did because I find myself frequently visiting your blog. I am an e-commerce owner in the USA. We are a small family business and I am a complete SEO newbie. I have learned basic things from books, forums, and websites (like yours!). The more I try to research and learn SEO, the more I realize that the landscape is constantly evolving, and that is what fascinates me about SEO. For now, I will just attempt to do the best I can with SEO until our business can pay someone like yourself! Thank you again,
– Mike Sopena (www.cruxsurf.com)
10. Himanshu Sharma
The founder and sole owner of SEO Takeaways, Himanshu Sharma is extremely awesome when writing posts on his blog. I commend him too when it comes to coming up and innovating strategies for link building using link baits and other content driven styles. Better follow him on Twitter @seohimanshu for updates on what things he does in the world of SEO.
Some of my threads which have been made Sticky on SEOChat forum:
- Beginner’s Guide to identifying the Genuine SEO
- Frauds with In-house SEOs
- SEO Contract Guide for Smarter SEOs
You can find my contributions on seochat forum here:
http://forums.seochat.com/member.php?userid=54697
You can find my contributions on seomoz blog here:
http://www.seomoz.org/users/view/181053
If you like my profile then you should subscribe to my blog and follow me on twitter.
If you are a SEO consultant or an agency and are looking for affordable Linkbait Development and Content Development services then we can be the right choice. Contact us
Note: To keep up the quality, I generally add only one blog post every 2-3 weeks. Therefore it is highly recommended that you subscribe to my blog.
Ciao!
Hi Himanshu,
I want learn SEO From You… is it possible ? please email me on samirvohra1980@gmail.com
contact me ASAP ,i would like to give some work. send ur cell nos.
came to your blog through SEOMoz. Definitely would come back for more.
Himanshu this is for you – http://hubpages.com/hub/Is-the-Web-Directory-active
Hey thanks for the link Manu
Hi, this article is so good. Could i use these informations for my blog?. Greetings from the Speedy DNS.
You are talking about which article. I would prefer a small extract from my blog and a do follow link back to my site if you wish to use the information here.
Hi, I had just a started my career in these field. I have only 7 month of experience. I like your post very much. Could you given your Email then I will catch u whenever i need. There is lot more things I have to discuss with you.
Do you work as an SEO? Can I pay you to do SEO work for my company?
Hi there
I am looking to get SEO carried out on my website.
I was just wondering if this is a service that you offer, if not could you recommend a company.
I look forward to hearing form you.
Thanks
Hi Himanshu, I have gone through your portfolio, its really good, I wish, one day or the other I will be like you.
Nisha
Hi Himanshu, your profile looks pretty impressive, could you send me any resume format for applying for seo professional ? if yes please do send. I really need it.
Hi Himanshu,
I had asked regarding a doubt in google analytics.
I am getting more 404 error page, but most of them are same kind of 404 error page.
When i check in google analytics the links show like this
http://www.abc.com/page-a1/http://www.abc.com
http://www.abc.com/page-b1/http://www.abc.com
These pages are landing to 404 page.If you look at these links closely, the index part is concatenated to all links,though the first part works fine.i.e, http://www.abc.com/page-a1 ,http://www.abc.com/page-b1.
Does any one encountered these kind of error.
Can anyone suggest a way to track these pages like from where they are coming etc…
Have you applied any custom filter on your GA profile?
Hii >himashu as we all know you are the founder of Eventplanningforum me also Event Planner in Delhi ….i am trying to register in Eventplanningforum but …..forum denied me……….why …. currently forum accepting new request or not?
Hi!
I am sorry that you face problem in registering on the site. Can you please try again. We accept new requests all the time.
Thanks
Himanshu
I am looking for someone to handle link building for my ne Yahoo! Store . Please email me at your convenience.
Great tip on keeping up the quality of the blog. You have such amazing skills and work experiences. I too want to accomplish more with what I am capable of. Congratulations on your achievements!
Thanks Cath