You know, almost everybody nowadays owns a website. But what good is it when NOBODY, and I mean NOBODY, knows about it?. You could tell your friends and familybout it and surely they way pay it a visit, but that will basically be all.
What you want is traffic, thousands of hits per day. Maybe you have some affiliate links on your site and hope to make a few bucks off it. Or maybe you got a blog and want loads of people to join in your discussion.
One option is to pay an advertising company a few hundred dollars to do the job, or you can join Adwords from Google Inc to help you out, but this all cost money. What I am about to reveal to you, will cost you absolutely nothing at all. It will only cost you your time and effort.
Ask yourself the following question. DO I REALLY, REALLY WANT TRAFFIC?. If your answer is YES my friend, you need to build backlinks to your website or blog. And not just backlinks. ONEWAY BACKLINKS. The search-engines will love you for it.
Why is it so important to have backlinks?
You see, when the search engine spiders crawl these websites, they will most definately find your link and crawl your site. So every website on which the search engine spider finds your link, it will basically be forced to crawl your site as the link on those sites points the spiders in your direction. Those backlinks are actually votes for your site from the other sites and in no time you will see that are starting to get more traffic to your site.
The higher the pagerank of a site, the better it will be for your website. Some people reason that you should not submit your site to websites with a low or zero pagerank. That's kinda funny, cause did'nt we all start at pagerank zero? The site with your backlink on it might be PR 0 today, but what about next week, next month, or next year? Then you'll feel sorry for yourself, because then they might not even accept links anymore, cause their PR0 went up to PR7!!
So what can you do to get these free backlinks? You just have to write one article about any topic you are good at. Then join as much as possible Article Directories and submit your article there. Rlly, it's free to join them. There's literally thousands of these directories on the net. Some will accept your article, while others might decline it. But the bottom line is, those who accept it, is giving you valuable backlinks to your website, which automatically creates free traffic.
My friend, act now ! It's never too late. Just google around for free submission directories. You will find thousands of them.
Monday, February 28, 2011
Thursday, February 17, 2011
Get 900 plus oneway links for Free
Dear entrepeneur. Perhaps we partake in the same trouble.
We have a smashing internet site, but little or NO visitants. Now what is a internet site without traffic?
It's similar to an old volume lying full of junk which nobody uses anymore.
What we require is traffic and dozens of it. And would it not be swell if we can get it for FREE?
So what must we do more or less to get this FREE TRAFFIC? You know, theres lots of Article Directories circulated in cyberspace which give Article Authors the chance to post their articles there for free with a free oneway to their websites.
All you have to do is to register with these Content Directories, activate your account, create a penname and then add your articles. And this is precisely what I used to do. But let me tell you (not that you are not mindful of it), IT IS A boring undertaking. I mean, to contribute one Article to ALL these directories manually can demand days or even weeks of difficult work.
I marveled if there was'nt a computer program at hand which could aid me with this project and found rather a few article submitters available. The only trouble was that some Article Distributors was not free and those that were had some limitation (like it will post to only a certain number of article directories). You'll have to buy the full edition to get the most out of them.
Others could not post to the right Categories at the Article Directories ( it will post an article about cats under business for example). Now that is very unproductive.
So commenced my travel to attempt and create a program that could just do everything the others lacked.
• POST TO 950 ARTICLE DIRECTORIES UNIVERSAL(list is developing).
• AUTO-CREATE YOUR ACOUNT AT ALL THESE DIRECTORIES.
• AUTO-CREATE YOUR PENNAME AT THESE DIRECTORIES.
• AUTO-POST YOUR ARTICLES TO ALL DIRECTORIES ON OUR LIST.
• HAVE THE POWER TO AUTO-DELETE YOUR PENNAME AT THESE DIRECTORIES
• HAVE THE POWER TO AUTO-EDIT YOUR PENNAME AT THESE DIRECTORIES
• WILL AUTO-DELETE A SPECIFIC ARTICLE AT ALL THESE DIRECTORIES SHOULD YOU CHOOSE TO DO SO.
• HAVE THE POWER TO EDIT YOUR ARTICLE AT THESE DIRECTORIES.
• HAVE THE POWER TO SHOW YOU STATISTICS OF YOUR ARTICLE AT ALL THE DIRECTORIES.
• WHILE CREATING YOUR LOGINS, YOU WILL BE SHOWCASED ONSCREEN WITH THE OUTCOMES.
• WHILE CREATING YOUR PENNAME, YOU WILL BE SHOWCASED ONSCREEN WITH THE OUTCOMES.
• WHILE POSTING YOUR ARTICLE, YOU WILL BE SHOWCASED ONSCREEN WITH THE OUTCOMES.
• WHILE EDITING YOUR ARTICLE, YOU WILL BE SHOWCASED ONSCREEN WITH THE OUTCOMES.
And guess what? I achieved it. And now I want to share it with you at absolutely NO COST.
Perhaps you imagine that you can't compose an Article? Let me tell you. YOU ARE incorrect!!!! I had the same opinion at first, but what are you reading now? My article of course. You can write about anything under the sun.
You can even write an article about how you created your first website, or how you struggled to get traffic.
The sky is the boundary. Below you will find a link to my site "Super Article Submitter" where you can Auto-Post your articles in no time ABSOLUTELY FREE OF CHARGE!!!
One more thing. You are free to use this article on your website provided that it stays unchanged and the links in the resourcebox is live, search-engine friendly links.
DO NOT STEAL. IT IS NOT WORTH IT.
We have a smashing internet site, but little or NO visitants. Now what is a internet site without traffic?
It's similar to an old volume lying full of junk which nobody uses anymore.
What we require is traffic and dozens of it. And would it not be swell if we can get it for FREE?
So what must we do more or less to get this FREE TRAFFIC? You know, theres lots of Article Directories circulated in cyberspace which give Article Authors the chance to post their articles there for free with a free oneway to their websites.
All you have to do is to register with these Content Directories, activate your account, create a penname and then add your articles. And this is precisely what I used to do. But let me tell you (not that you are not mindful of it), IT IS A boring undertaking. I mean, to contribute one Article to ALL these directories manually can demand days or even weeks of difficult work.
I marveled if there was'nt a computer program at hand which could aid me with this project and found rather a few article submitters available. The only trouble was that some Article Distributors was not free and those that were had some limitation (like it will post to only a certain number of article directories). You'll have to buy the full edition to get the most out of them.
Others could not post to the right Categories at the Article Directories ( it will post an article about cats under business for example). Now that is very unproductive.
So commenced my travel to attempt and create a program that could just do everything the others lacked.
• POST TO 950 ARTICLE DIRECTORIES UNIVERSAL(list is developing).
• AUTO-CREATE YOUR ACOUNT AT ALL THESE DIRECTORIES.
• AUTO-CREATE YOUR PENNAME AT THESE DIRECTORIES.
• AUTO-POST YOUR ARTICLES TO ALL DIRECTORIES ON OUR LIST.
• HAVE THE POWER TO AUTO-DELETE YOUR PENNAME AT THESE DIRECTORIES
• HAVE THE POWER TO AUTO-EDIT YOUR PENNAME AT THESE DIRECTORIES
• WILL AUTO-DELETE A SPECIFIC ARTICLE AT ALL THESE DIRECTORIES SHOULD YOU CHOOSE TO DO SO.
• HAVE THE POWER TO EDIT YOUR ARTICLE AT THESE DIRECTORIES.
• HAVE THE POWER TO SHOW YOU STATISTICS OF YOUR ARTICLE AT ALL THE DIRECTORIES.
• WHILE CREATING YOUR LOGINS, YOU WILL BE SHOWCASED ONSCREEN WITH THE OUTCOMES.
• WHILE CREATING YOUR PENNAME, YOU WILL BE SHOWCASED ONSCREEN WITH THE OUTCOMES.
• WHILE POSTING YOUR ARTICLE, YOU WILL BE SHOWCASED ONSCREEN WITH THE OUTCOMES.
• WHILE EDITING YOUR ARTICLE, YOU WILL BE SHOWCASED ONSCREEN WITH THE OUTCOMES.
And guess what? I achieved it. And now I want to share it with you at absolutely NO COST.
Perhaps you imagine that you can't compose an Article? Let me tell you. YOU ARE incorrect!!!! I had the same opinion at first, but what are you reading now? My article of course. You can write about anything under the sun.
You can even write an article about how you created your first website, or how you struggled to get traffic.
The sky is the boundary. Below you will find a link to my site "Super Article Submitter" where you can Auto-Post your articles in no time ABSOLUTELY FREE OF CHARGE!!!
One more thing. You are free to use this article on your website provided that it stays unchanged and the links in the resourcebox is live, search-engine friendly links.
DO NOT STEAL. IT IS NOT WORTH IT.
Tuesday, February 15, 2011
Professional Traffic Building Tips
Let's face it; the Internet is cluttered with all sorts of guides about increasing traffic to your web site. Unfortunately, most of these guides are outdated or incomplete. In fact, many of the techniques being touted in them will get you in serious trouble. Wouldn't you like to build up quality traffic that will stand the test of time? The key phrase is "test of time". You don't want to be a flash in the pan.
FIRST THINGS FIRST
Before you rush out to tell the world that your brand new web site is open for business, set it up properly. Do not even start to think about traffic if your web site still has broken links, empty content, and other unfinished business. While patience can be a hard thing to control, having some will pay off later. Once your web site is completely operational from top to bottom, you are ready to flood it with traffic.
SEARCH ENGINES
While there are many web sites out there which claim to be search engines, you only need to be concerned with a few of the major ones like Google, MSN, etc. You do not need to submit your web site to these engines-they will find you on their own once your web site is being linked from other web sites. Never pay for a service or software that does this function because it will be a complete waste of money. Anyone who tells you otherwise is either trying to sell you a product or lacks real experience on the matter. The goal is to get your web site linked on other related web sites, which will cause the search engines to index your web site and visit somewhat often to look for changes.
DIRECTORIES
Your first step to building a solid traffic foundation is to submit your site to good directories. Doing so will increase your incoming links, page rank and traffic. Many directories charge a fee for a listing-most are one-time fees. Following is a breakdown of some of the more important directories to get listed in.
The ODP (Dmoz.org)
Submission to this directory is free and it is one of the best to be listed in. It is extremely important that you read their guidelines. All submissions are reviewed by an editor and the approval process can take weeks to months. Many web site owners have waited a long time before having their web site added. It is worth the wait.
Yahoo.com
Adding your web site to this very popular directory will cost $299 annually. Because of the price, you will want to think about this one. Experiences with Yahoo listings are on both sides of the aisle. The best thing to do is see where your web site will most likely be listed and evaluate the conditions for that section.
sbd.Bcentral.com
This is Microsoft's business directory and it will be a solid listing for you. The current listing fee is $50, which includes the use of their web site tuning service. This service will evaluate your pages and let you know if the page is ready to submit or contains errors such as under-optimization and spam alerts. It can help you optimize your pages for the keyword phrases you are interested in.
SevenSeek.com
This directory has a great page rank and many back links. As will all directory submissions, pay attention to the guidelines. The fee for submission is $40. Seven Seek is a general directory so just about any web site will fit here.
GoGuides.org
Go Guides is another great directory to get your web site into. Their web site is crawled by all the bots daily, which is a great plus. Submission is $40 for this general directory.
Wowdirectory.com
Wow Directory is a large general themed directory. Web site submissions are free but approval can take some time. They offer an express submit for $20 that will ensure your web site is listed within 24 hours.
There are many more directories out there but these are some solid ones to get into first. In time, your web site will begin to appear in the major search engines. Most directories that charge for submission have adopted the policy started by Yahoo where the fee is for "review" only. It is absolutely vital that you read over all the guidelines to be certain that your web site will be accepted.
ARTICLES
A great way to generate traffic and back links to your web site is by writing articles. Here is the general process of how it works:
1. You craft a great article.
2. You submit that article to web sites geared towards web site owners needing content.
3. Owners grab your article, which contains a link to your web site, and use it on their web site.
As you can see, the process is very simple. When other web site owners place your article on their web site, you will be generating incoming links all over the Internet with no work at all. This will not only lead to possible traffic but help to establish the value of your web site to the search engines-so better rankings.
It is very important that your article is written well. If not, quality web site owners are much less likely to use your article and it makes you look bad. Most web site owners skip this important step in traffic building because they can not craft effective articles. If this is you, do something about it-visit Jason A. Martin right now and click on the "Articles for your web site" link. For a small fee, articles can be generated for you-and you retain full rights. Once received, simply slap your name on it and submit to places like ContentTycoon.com, Ezinearticles.com, goarticles.com, etc.
This is perhaps one of the most important steps of all and after your article is written, it takes no work. The results can be extremely fast. Many articles out there are not crafted well so it is important to not formulate your writing style and perception blindly on the work of others. While many web sites that offer articles claim to "edit" them, it is more of a casual edit.
TEXT LINKS
The goal here is to increase the number of links from related web sites. For example, if your web site is about hot dogs, you will want to obtain links from web sites that are about such topics as: hot dogs, eating, hot dog buns, hot dog toppings, hot dog contests, etc. Obtaining a link from Joe's Engine Parts will not help much and may actually hurt in regards to search engine rankings.
After thinking up words and phrases that are related to your main topic, visit your favorite search engine and search for those items. Visit the web sites that come up and try to get your link on them. Some might exchange a link with you, some might offer a link on their web site in exchange for payment, and some might simply say no. Keep at it.
IN THE END
By completing these tasks, your web site will have established a solid foundation that will withstand changes the future holds. I invite you to read about ways to promote your web site, improve ad copy, and much more by visiting InternetBusinessEntrepreneur.com. Remember to always keep a sense of pride about your web site. Resist the temptations to do actions which will hurt your web site and build it with the future in mind.
FIRST THINGS FIRST
Before you rush out to tell the world that your brand new web site is open for business, set it up properly. Do not even start to think about traffic if your web site still has broken links, empty content, and other unfinished business. While patience can be a hard thing to control, having some will pay off later. Once your web site is completely operational from top to bottom, you are ready to flood it with traffic.
SEARCH ENGINES
While there are many web sites out there which claim to be search engines, you only need to be concerned with a few of the major ones like Google, MSN, etc. You do not need to submit your web site to these engines-they will find you on their own once your web site is being linked from other web sites. Never pay for a service or software that does this function because it will be a complete waste of money. Anyone who tells you otherwise is either trying to sell you a product or lacks real experience on the matter. The goal is to get your web site linked on other related web sites, which will cause the search engines to index your web site and visit somewhat often to look for changes.
DIRECTORIES
Your first step to building a solid traffic foundation is to submit your site to good directories. Doing so will increase your incoming links, page rank and traffic. Many directories charge a fee for a listing-most are one-time fees. Following is a breakdown of some of the more important directories to get listed in.
The ODP (Dmoz.org)
Submission to this directory is free and it is one of the best to be listed in. It is extremely important that you read their guidelines. All submissions are reviewed by an editor and the approval process can take weeks to months. Many web site owners have waited a long time before having their web site added. It is worth the wait.
Yahoo.com
Adding your web site to this very popular directory will cost $299 annually. Because of the price, you will want to think about this one. Experiences with Yahoo listings are on both sides of the aisle. The best thing to do is see where your web site will most likely be listed and evaluate the conditions for that section.
sbd.Bcentral.com
This is Microsoft's business directory and it will be a solid listing for you. The current listing fee is $50, which includes the use of their web site tuning service. This service will evaluate your pages and let you know if the page is ready to submit or contains errors such as under-optimization and spam alerts. It can help you optimize your pages for the keyword phrases you are interested in.
SevenSeek.com
This directory has a great page rank and many back links. As will all directory submissions, pay attention to the guidelines. The fee for submission is $40. Seven Seek is a general directory so just about any web site will fit here.
GoGuides.org
Go Guides is another great directory to get your web site into. Their web site is crawled by all the bots daily, which is a great plus. Submission is $40 for this general directory.
Wowdirectory.com
Wow Directory is a large general themed directory. Web site submissions are free but approval can take some time. They offer an express submit for $20 that will ensure your web site is listed within 24 hours.
There are many more directories out there but these are some solid ones to get into first. In time, your web site will begin to appear in the major search engines. Most directories that charge for submission have adopted the policy started by Yahoo where the fee is for "review" only. It is absolutely vital that you read over all the guidelines to be certain that your web site will be accepted.
ARTICLES
A great way to generate traffic and back links to your web site is by writing articles. Here is the general process of how it works:
1. You craft a great article.
2. You submit that article to web sites geared towards web site owners needing content.
3. Owners grab your article, which contains a link to your web site, and use it on their web site.
As you can see, the process is very simple. When other web site owners place your article on their web site, you will be generating incoming links all over the Internet with no work at all. This will not only lead to possible traffic but help to establish the value of your web site to the search engines-so better rankings.
It is very important that your article is written well. If not, quality web site owners are much less likely to use your article and it makes you look bad. Most web site owners skip this important step in traffic building because they can not craft effective articles. If this is you, do something about it-visit Jason A. Martin right now and click on the "Articles for your web site" link. For a small fee, articles can be generated for you-and you retain full rights. Once received, simply slap your name on it and submit to places like ContentTycoon.com, Ezinearticles.com, goarticles.com, etc.
This is perhaps one of the most important steps of all and after your article is written, it takes no work. The results can be extremely fast. Many articles out there are not crafted well so it is important to not formulate your writing style and perception blindly on the work of others. While many web sites that offer articles claim to "edit" them, it is more of a casual edit.
TEXT LINKS
The goal here is to increase the number of links from related web sites. For example, if your web site is about hot dogs, you will want to obtain links from web sites that are about such topics as: hot dogs, eating, hot dog buns, hot dog toppings, hot dog contests, etc. Obtaining a link from Joe's Engine Parts will not help much and may actually hurt in regards to search engine rankings.
After thinking up words and phrases that are related to your main topic, visit your favorite search engine and search for those items. Visit the web sites that come up and try to get your link on them. Some might exchange a link with you, some might offer a link on their web site in exchange for payment, and some might simply say no. Keep at it.
IN THE END
By completing these tasks, your web site will have established a solid foundation that will withstand changes the future holds. I invite you to read about ways to promote your web site, improve ad copy, and much more by visiting InternetBusinessEntrepreneur.com. Remember to always keep a sense of pride about your web site. Resist the temptations to do actions which will hurt your web site and build it with the future in mind.
Thursday, February 10, 2011
Choosing The Best Keywords To Drive Traffic To Your Website
Getting a website to appear in the first page of search engine results is a common goal for most webmasters, yet few possess the skills to actually achieve it. There are many steps to take in order to be found for terms related to your site, and taking your time to research the best possible phrases for your site is an important step on the ladder.
Many webmasters make the mistake of assuming that a ranking for one generic term related to their site will turn their website into a profitable success. Although that one generic term may provide a good stream of traffic and brand awareness, this doesn't mean the traffic will convert into sales or leads, and the costs of targeting that term will tower over your return on investment. It is best for the webmaster to target multiple terms that not only drive traffic, but also lead to that all important conversion.
First of all you need to consider who your target audience is and the purpose of your site. Do you sell products online? Do you offer services? Is it more content focused? There are all sorts of potential visitors which will have varying ways of finding your site, so understanding your audience, and the reasons they will visit, will help focus your efforts.
With this in mind, you can now consider those generic terms that you think people will use to try and find your site. It shouldn't just be one term - a trap that many webmasters fall into is assuming that one term will provide enough traffic to sustain business and are surprised that business doesn't increase if they do achieve that ranking. Consider all of the possible phrases and themes of your site, even using a thesaurus to find related terms or checking competitor websites for ideas. It can be surprising just what terms your potential visitors will be using!
Once you have put together a list of short generic terms, you can start using tools to gauge how popular and competitive those terms are, and also refine those generic terms to be more targeted to your site's purpose. The first step is to find out the popularity of terms, which can be done using various keyword suggestion tools.
Keyword suggestion tools tell you which terms were typed into searches, and how many searches were conducted on those terms. Typing a phrase in and will return a selection of alternative phrases that contain your generic term, alternative suggestions with a similar theme and also an estimate of how much traffic the phrase provides per month. These tools can be flawed as they query different search engines and the traffic estimations can be inaccurate, but they are still good for getting a ball park estimation of the amount of searches conducted, and for suggesting multiple terms you may never have thought of targeting.
The Overture Keyword Tool, located at inventory.overture.com/d/searchinventory/suggestion/, is free to use and gives you a list of suggested terms as well as the amount of searches conducted on the Yahoo! Search Marketing network during the last month (Yahoo! Bought Overture and rebranded it Yahoo! Search Marketing).
A similar tool is located at www.wordtracker.com. Wordtracker queries the meta search engine Dogpile so may not be representative of what is being searched on the web as a whole, but is still good for suggesting alternative phrases and related phrases. Wordtracker has a subscription service, with which you can order between one day and one year's access.
Trellian's KeywordDiscovery at www.keyworddiscovery.com is a relative newcomer to the keyword suggestion market. KeywordDiscovery can query multiple search engines across the world and provides similar results to Overture and Wordtracker.com as well as other services, but with subscriptions starting at $32.50 per month this premium option is geared more towards search marketing professionals.
The next step in picking the best terms is checking how competitive they are. Ideally you want to find terms that have high volume traffic but few websites competing to rank for that term, and you can use various tricks to judge this. Any page that is optimised for a term will at least have that term in the title tag and in anchor text of links pointing to the site, so by going to Google and using the queries intitle:"phrase here" and inanchor:"phrase here", you can figure out how many other pages have optimised for your chosen phrase. The lower the number for these searches, the less competitive the term is. For more information about what these Google advanced search operators do, go to www.google.com/help/operators.html.
Using these tools should have now provided you with a list of terms that are much more targeted than your original generic phrases. These can include breaking your term down by geographical location, or a specific product. You will be able to optimise your site for multiple phrases – remember that search engines index web pages and not just websites. That means all of the pages in your site can be found in search engines, which in turn means all of those pages can be optimised for different terms!
You may also want to consider the "long tail" of search phrases. These are obscure multi word phrases that are only searched a couple of times, but are so specific they can end up being the most targeted terms and carry with them higher conversion rates. The best way to target the long tail is to have a content rich site – the more content you have the more likely you are to be picked up for obscure terms that can be found in your copy.
So you should now finally have a list of the best possible targeted phrases for your website! As you can see, the process of choosing your keywords isn't something that should be taken lightly, and there is a lot of work to do if you want to maximise the ability of your site to attract natural search traffic. With your final list you will now be ready to optimise your pages to be found for those terms, but that is for another time...
Many webmasters make the mistake of assuming that a ranking for one generic term related to their site will turn their website into a profitable success. Although that one generic term may provide a good stream of traffic and brand awareness, this doesn't mean the traffic will convert into sales or leads, and the costs of targeting that term will tower over your return on investment. It is best for the webmaster to target multiple terms that not only drive traffic, but also lead to that all important conversion.
First of all you need to consider who your target audience is and the purpose of your site. Do you sell products online? Do you offer services? Is it more content focused? There are all sorts of potential visitors which will have varying ways of finding your site, so understanding your audience, and the reasons they will visit, will help focus your efforts.
With this in mind, you can now consider those generic terms that you think people will use to try and find your site. It shouldn't just be one term - a trap that many webmasters fall into is assuming that one term will provide enough traffic to sustain business and are surprised that business doesn't increase if they do achieve that ranking. Consider all of the possible phrases and themes of your site, even using a thesaurus to find related terms or checking competitor websites for ideas. It can be surprising just what terms your potential visitors will be using!
Once you have put together a list of short generic terms, you can start using tools to gauge how popular and competitive those terms are, and also refine those generic terms to be more targeted to your site's purpose. The first step is to find out the popularity of terms, which can be done using various keyword suggestion tools.
Keyword suggestion tools tell you which terms were typed into searches, and how many searches were conducted on those terms. Typing a phrase in and will return a selection of alternative phrases that contain your generic term, alternative suggestions with a similar theme and also an estimate of how much traffic the phrase provides per month. These tools can be flawed as they query different search engines and the traffic estimations can be inaccurate, but they are still good for getting a ball park estimation of the amount of searches conducted, and for suggesting multiple terms you may never have thought of targeting.
The Overture Keyword Tool, located at inventory.overture.com/d/searchinventory/suggestion/, is free to use and gives you a list of suggested terms as well as the amount of searches conducted on the Yahoo! Search Marketing network during the last month (Yahoo! Bought Overture and rebranded it Yahoo! Search Marketing).
A similar tool is located at www.wordtracker.com. Wordtracker queries the meta search engine Dogpile so may not be representative of what is being searched on the web as a whole, but is still good for suggesting alternative phrases and related phrases. Wordtracker has a subscription service, with which you can order between one day and one year's access.
Trellian's KeywordDiscovery at www.keyworddiscovery.com is a relative newcomer to the keyword suggestion market. KeywordDiscovery can query multiple search engines across the world and provides similar results to Overture and Wordtracker.com as well as other services, but with subscriptions starting at $32.50 per month this premium option is geared more towards search marketing professionals.
The next step in picking the best terms is checking how competitive they are. Ideally you want to find terms that have high volume traffic but few websites competing to rank for that term, and you can use various tricks to judge this. Any page that is optimised for a term will at least have that term in the title tag and in anchor text of links pointing to the site, so by going to Google and using the queries intitle:"phrase here" and inanchor:"phrase here", you can figure out how many other pages have optimised for your chosen phrase. The lower the number for these searches, the less competitive the term is. For more information about what these Google advanced search operators do, go to www.google.com/help/operators.html.
Using these tools should have now provided you with a list of terms that are much more targeted than your original generic phrases. These can include breaking your term down by geographical location, or a specific product. You will be able to optimise your site for multiple phrases – remember that search engines index web pages and not just websites. That means all of the pages in your site can be found in search engines, which in turn means all of those pages can be optimised for different terms!
You may also want to consider the "long tail" of search phrases. These are obscure multi word phrases that are only searched a couple of times, but are so specific they can end up being the most targeted terms and carry with them higher conversion rates. The best way to target the long tail is to have a content rich site – the more content you have the more likely you are to be picked up for obscure terms that can be found in your copy.
So you should now finally have a list of the best possible targeted phrases for your website! As you can see, the process of choosing your keywords isn't something that should be taken lightly, and there is a lot of work to do if you want to maximise the ability of your site to attract natural search traffic. With your final list you will now be ready to optimise your pages to be found for those terms, but that is for another time...
Monday, February 7, 2011
Use Pictures On Your Blog To Boost Traffic Starting Now!
Studies show that readers are often much more interested in blogs that offer pictures. Blogs that use pictures are shown to be accessed more often than plain text blogs. If you are looking for an interesting way to boost traffic to your site, you might want to think about including pictures. Adding pictures to your blog is typically not a hard task. Most blogging programs will have areas in which you can quickly and easily add pictures. Keep in mind that if you are involved in a program such as Google Adsense, pictures won't always correspond as well for your ads as text will however. Overall pictures provide readers with a better understanding of what you are trying to convey over your blog. If you are wondering why pictures boost traffic, consider these explanations.
Scanability
One surefire way to boost traffic on your blog is to create a blog with a high level of scanability. When your blog can be easily scanned for content, viewers are more likely to want to visit your blog again. Experts say that it takes almost 25% more energy for the eyes and brain to read words on a computer in contrast with reading them on paper. Therefore, although readers may not know it, they are likely to read much less on their computer screen. This is because it takes longer to read the words and uses up more energy.
Sixty percent of the people who read your blog will not read it word for word. They will simply scan through it looking for your main points. They almost always read the headlines and also look at the pictures. Pictures always help make your blog more easily scanned because they offer a break for the eyes and the brain. The eyes and brain will look at the picture in a different manner than they look at words on a blog. Offering the eyes and brain a "break" will allow your blog to be scanned easily. In turn, when it can be scanned easily, the readers will keep coming!
Keeping the Interest
One thing that bloggers tend to do is go on and on about one thing endlessly. It is important to limit each post to a small amount of words because if you don't, your reader will get bored. To avoid losing a reader's interest you can shorten posts and bring your main point to the forefront. You can also add pictures to your blog. Adding pictures is the perfect way to keep the interest of your readers. If you are talking about a lovely plant you have grown in your yard or an unusual looking dog you just adopted, consider adding a picture of it to your blog.
You would be surprised at how much more traffic you can bring to your site. People will be able to connect more with you about the subject you are posting about. They will be able to laugh with you at pictures you find funny and admire those that you treasure. You will be maintaining a "friendship" through your pictures with your readers.
If you want to add pictures to your blog, you might want to consider investing in a digital camera, if you don't already have one. This will make putting the pictures onto your computer a much easier task to begin with. After you master this task, read the "help" information on your blogging software to understand how you need to add the pictures to your blog. Pay special attention to any size requirements or suggestions. Some blogs will only allow a specific amount of space for graphics, so you will need to be aware of that amount.
Adding pictures to your blog is a great way to allow your blog to be easily scanned and to keep the interest of your readers. When you do use pictures you will see your improvements easily. Your readers will return to see what you have to say and new visitors will be interested and entertained. By connecting with those who read your blog via pictures, you will be building lasting relationships with your readers. Just be careful about what types of pictures you add. You should not post someone on your blog without their permission so if you are posting a photo of someone you know, be sure to ask them first.
Scanability
One surefire way to boost traffic on your blog is to create a blog with a high level of scanability. When your blog can be easily scanned for content, viewers are more likely to want to visit your blog again. Experts say that it takes almost 25% more energy for the eyes and brain to read words on a computer in contrast with reading them on paper. Therefore, although readers may not know it, they are likely to read much less on their computer screen. This is because it takes longer to read the words and uses up more energy.
Sixty percent of the people who read your blog will not read it word for word. They will simply scan through it looking for your main points. They almost always read the headlines and also look at the pictures. Pictures always help make your blog more easily scanned because they offer a break for the eyes and the brain. The eyes and brain will look at the picture in a different manner than they look at words on a blog. Offering the eyes and brain a "break" will allow your blog to be scanned easily. In turn, when it can be scanned easily, the readers will keep coming!
Keeping the Interest
One thing that bloggers tend to do is go on and on about one thing endlessly. It is important to limit each post to a small amount of words because if you don't, your reader will get bored. To avoid losing a reader's interest you can shorten posts and bring your main point to the forefront. You can also add pictures to your blog. Adding pictures is the perfect way to keep the interest of your readers. If you are talking about a lovely plant you have grown in your yard or an unusual looking dog you just adopted, consider adding a picture of it to your blog.
You would be surprised at how much more traffic you can bring to your site. People will be able to connect more with you about the subject you are posting about. They will be able to laugh with you at pictures you find funny and admire those that you treasure. You will be maintaining a "friendship" through your pictures with your readers.
If you want to add pictures to your blog, you might want to consider investing in a digital camera, if you don't already have one. This will make putting the pictures onto your computer a much easier task to begin with. After you master this task, read the "help" information on your blogging software to understand how you need to add the pictures to your blog. Pay special attention to any size requirements or suggestions. Some blogs will only allow a specific amount of space for graphics, so you will need to be aware of that amount.
Adding pictures to your blog is a great way to allow your blog to be easily scanned and to keep the interest of your readers. When you do use pictures you will see your improvements easily. Your readers will return to see what you have to say and new visitors will be interested and entertained. By connecting with those who read your blog via pictures, you will be building lasting relationships with your readers. Just be careful about what types of pictures you add. You should not post someone on your blog without their permission so if you are posting a photo of someone you know, be sure to ask them first.
Saturday, February 5, 2011
Never Underestimate The Power Of The Forum
If your traffic exchange has a forum, get comfortable using the exchange and then, join it! Forum posts are a way to connect with other marketers and just as in offline business, networking is what online marketing is all about. When people get to know you, they trust you and this may spark them to buy your product or join the program you're promoting. And, it's always a great way to make new friends.
The first thing you must do after joining a forum is to introduce yourself to the other members of the group. Usually, this will include information about the area where you live, what your interests are, and a blurb about being happy to be in the forum. Keep it simple and allow veteran members to welcome you. Then, respond to their comments or questions. It's a great way to get your feet wet and to satisfy the "getting to know you" requirement of most forums.
Then, just read posts for a while. Old-timers in a forum, those who have been members a while, can often be great sources of information. You can learn a great deal just by reading posts, especially if the forum is very active. Take advantage of the free tutoring. It's worth its weight in platinum.
Another advantage of posting to a forum is that you are usually able to use a signature file, meaning a link to a program or product you're promoting underneath your signature. This is a great way to advertise! Your link attaches to every post you make or will ever make and it will add up to a lot of free advertising over time. Just be sure to follow the rules about posting sig lines. Some forums allow several, while others may allow none at all, and the last thing you want to be is a forum rule breaker. The members will never let you forget, if you do it consistently over time.
Don't become a forum lizard, either. Posts that have no substance are generally frowned upon. These are the "Yahoo!" posts or the "Sure, I agree," posts with no relevant comments to legitimize them. Don't spend all your time in forums, either. Find a thread or two that interest you and post something important to those. Reading every post by every member can take up most of your day in large forums, if you allow it. Just be involved enough to become known as someone whose point of view holds interest by providing food for thought, interesting URLs on a topic, or especially humor, if you're able to write funny things without being corny. Forum members won't mind if you post once or fifteen times, if what you have to say resonates.
Traffic exchanges have many features, and you should explore all of them. If the exchange has a forum, get in there and make some posts, even if it's only to respond to what others have posted. First, read the terms and conditions of the forum and read some posts before you go barging into someone else's living room. Get a feel for the tone of its posters. And never post ads, unless the forum has a specific board for doing so. That's a big no-no and will get you into trouble. But don't be shy. People in forums are generally nice and very helpful, and networking is what n-e-t-w-o-r-k marketing is all about!
The first thing you must do after joining a forum is to introduce yourself to the other members of the group. Usually, this will include information about the area where you live, what your interests are, and a blurb about being happy to be in the forum. Keep it simple and allow veteran members to welcome you. Then, respond to their comments or questions. It's a great way to get your feet wet and to satisfy the "getting to know you" requirement of most forums.
Then, just read posts for a while. Old-timers in a forum, those who have been members a while, can often be great sources of information. You can learn a great deal just by reading posts, especially if the forum is very active. Take advantage of the free tutoring. It's worth its weight in platinum.
Another advantage of posting to a forum is that you are usually able to use a signature file, meaning a link to a program or product you're promoting underneath your signature. This is a great way to advertise! Your link attaches to every post you make or will ever make and it will add up to a lot of free advertising over time. Just be sure to follow the rules about posting sig lines. Some forums allow several, while others may allow none at all, and the last thing you want to be is a forum rule breaker. The members will never let you forget, if you do it consistently over time.
Don't become a forum lizard, either. Posts that have no substance are generally frowned upon. These are the "Yahoo!" posts or the "Sure, I agree," posts with no relevant comments to legitimize them. Don't spend all your time in forums, either. Find a thread or two that interest you and post something important to those. Reading every post by every member can take up most of your day in large forums, if you allow it. Just be involved enough to become known as someone whose point of view holds interest by providing food for thought, interesting URLs on a topic, or especially humor, if you're able to write funny things without being corny. Forum members won't mind if you post once or fifteen times, if what you have to say resonates.
Traffic exchanges have many features, and you should explore all of them. If the exchange has a forum, get in there and make some posts, even if it's only to respond to what others have posted. First, read the terms and conditions of the forum and read some posts before you go barging into someone else's living room. Get a feel for the tone of its posters. And never post ads, unless the forum has a specific board for doing so. That's a big no-no and will get you into trouble. But don't be shy. People in forums are generally nice and very helpful, and networking is what n-e-t-w-o-r-k marketing is all about!
Wednesday, February 2, 2011
How to create a high traffic website
Ok, so your site is now live and you still haven't seen any traffic whatsoever to your website. Although getting your site in the search engines can be frustrating it is worth it. All you need is time, patience, and a little bit of preparation. Lets start of by talking about the meta tags. Although most major search engines don't look at the meta tags for keywords they magnify the title and description tags and base their entire categorization off of them. You will want to make certain that every page has both the title and description tags filled in and be sure to use you major keyword phrases in both the title and description. Every page in your website should have it's own unique title and descriptions.
When designing a site the first thing to always remember is to create the site for the user not for search engines, but as a disclaimer also be aware of proper search engine practices.
1. Content is king:
When developing a site keep in mind that search engines crawl sites for content. So your site has better chances of gaining more attention with mountains of original content.
2. Develop Strategic Relationships And Reciprocal Links:
Search engines rank a site by many methods but one of the most important pieces of criteria for any site is the number of websites that point back to it aka backlinks. Do you know of sites that are similar to yours but not a competitor? If so, you should contact the webmaster and see if they would be interested in exchanging links with you. Also you can join many free text link exchanges aka reciprocal links. Both of these methods will enhance your backlinks expediential, and since this is single handedly the most important part of receiving traffic you will want to take your time and do it correctly. Yet another way of achieving backlinks is through forums, and blogs. Join Email Discussion Groups, Forums, Ezines, And News Groups while placing your websites link in your signature can create a lot of attention and will also get spidered by the search engines. Although search engines are the ultimate goal with your back-linking you will be pleased to see traffic start rolling in from others sites that you have left links on.
It is believed by many that the major search engines use a tactic to prevent search spam called "sandboxing" this in short means a waiting period before they will index your site on their search engine. Although this is very controversial it is also one of the reasons why you need to find sites that are out of the "sandbox" who will link to you. Typically the sandboxing will last from 3 to 6 months
4. Watch and wait, only make one change at a time:
Measure the Progress of your site and how much traffic is coming in, and whenever you make any changes be sure to make them one at a time. If you make to many changes at once you could be undoing all your hard work and efforts and find your website slipping in the engines. The key to this step is definitely patience.
5. Add Fresh Content Often:
It may not appear that the search engines are watching your site but they probably are. Some of the things they look for in a site as time goes on is the activity level of your site. If you developed a site 1 year ago and have not made a single update or even added a new page to the site it will start to fall in the search engine as other sites take your place. In reverse if you continually add new pages to your site this can help your site rise in rank replacing the stale sites. This doesn't mean that you need to add a new page every day but try this even once a month and you will be surprised at the results.
6. Telling the media that you have a site:
Press Releases can bring in very targeted interest to your site as well as creating backlinks for you throughout high traffic sites. When you are writing a Press Release do not spam them with a cheap article loaded with links, it will only get thrown out. The best way to write a press release is to find something interesting in your business that has never been addressed by other companies. Some examples topics would be: do you have an interesting or dangerous job, does your website offer something strange or unusual, have you uncovered a way to make life more time efficient, easier, or do you have a product or service that will save others money. If you focus your Press Release on these criteria and only make a short reference to your site with only one or two links max you will see other news sites pick up your story and you may even gain enough momentum and popularity that television, radio, and newspapers want to interview you.
When designing a site the first thing to always remember is to create the site for the user not for search engines, but as a disclaimer also be aware of proper search engine practices.
1. Content is king:
When developing a site keep in mind that search engines crawl sites for content. So your site has better chances of gaining more attention with mountains of original content.
2. Develop Strategic Relationships And Reciprocal Links:
Search engines rank a site by many methods but one of the most important pieces of criteria for any site is the number of websites that point back to it aka backlinks. Do you know of sites that are similar to yours but not a competitor? If so, you should contact the webmaster and see if they would be interested in exchanging links with you. Also you can join many free text link exchanges aka reciprocal links. Both of these methods will enhance your backlinks expediential, and since this is single handedly the most important part of receiving traffic you will want to take your time and do it correctly. Yet another way of achieving backlinks is through forums, and blogs. Join Email Discussion Groups, Forums, Ezines, And News Groups while placing your websites link in your signature can create a lot of attention and will also get spidered by the search engines. Although search engines are the ultimate goal with your back-linking you will be pleased to see traffic start rolling in from others sites that you have left links on.
It is believed by many that the major search engines use a tactic to prevent search spam called "sandboxing" this in short means a waiting period before they will index your site on their search engine. Although this is very controversial it is also one of the reasons why you need to find sites that are out of the "sandbox" who will link to you. Typically the sandboxing will last from 3 to 6 months
4. Watch and wait, only make one change at a time:
Measure the Progress of your site and how much traffic is coming in, and whenever you make any changes be sure to make them one at a time. If you make to many changes at once you could be undoing all your hard work and efforts and find your website slipping in the engines. The key to this step is definitely patience.
5. Add Fresh Content Often:
It may not appear that the search engines are watching your site but they probably are. Some of the things they look for in a site as time goes on is the activity level of your site. If you developed a site 1 year ago and have not made a single update or even added a new page to the site it will start to fall in the search engine as other sites take your place. In reverse if you continually add new pages to your site this can help your site rise in rank replacing the stale sites. This doesn't mean that you need to add a new page every day but try this even once a month and you will be surprised at the results.
6. Telling the media that you have a site:
Press Releases can bring in very targeted interest to your site as well as creating backlinks for you throughout high traffic sites. When you are writing a Press Release do not spam them with a cheap article loaded with links, it will only get thrown out. The best way to write a press release is to find something interesting in your business that has never been addressed by other companies. Some examples topics would be: do you have an interesting or dangerous job, does your website offer something strange or unusual, have you uncovered a way to make life more time efficient, easier, or do you have a product or service that will save others money. If you focus your Press Release on these criteria and only make a short reference to your site with only one or two links max you will see other news sites pick up your story and you may even gain enough momentum and popularity that television, radio, and newspapers want to interview you.
Tuesday, February 1, 2011
5 Ways to Get a Flood of Targeted Visitors
Just a few months ago I received a mail from one of my subscribers describing launching of his new site. He was really very excited and thought that this site really bring him a handful of money. When I visited his site I was also surprised by the creative designing, easy and quick navigation, graphics, etc. but what I came to know by his second email after some time that he is not earning a single penny.
In fact he has not earned that much amount that he spend on developing the site. He was really very upset and sounds dull. What the reasons is that his mind blowing site not earn a single paper money? The answer is his site didn't get targeted visitors which really want to buy the products he is offering.
The back bone of internet based business is Traffic. Traffic is first need for success of any e-commerce business. If you don't have traffic on your website, you can't make even a single penny, no matter how beautiful and attractive your site is. Even if you have the best product in the world but don't have traffic, you can't make any sale.
Traffic is the most essential thing to a successful e-commerce business. Every book you will find about internet marketing would always include the importance of generating traffic.
If you are reading this article, I am sure you already have a site and you are not getting enough traffic that you're supposed to be getting.
To help you out in generating more traffic for your site, here are some ways to get a flood of targeted traffic.
1. Link exchange with similar sites
Link exchange with similar sites is a great way to increase traffic to your site because both sites get benefited. The more you exchange links with different sites, the more traffic you'll get. One thing you should remember that always exchange links with compatible sites not competitor sites.
2. Write Articles and submit to article directories
This is a sure and proven method for targeted traffic. Writing articles and submitting to article directories can give massive exposure to your site. Not only your site's page rank and search engine ranking will increase, you will also become as an expert in your field. You can write articles yourself or get it written by freelance writers for a small fee.
3. Start your own Newsletter
If you want life time traffic to you site, it's time to start your own newsletter. It's a proven fact that only 5% visitors buy from any site at first visit. If you get them in your opt in list, you can follow up with valuable content and they will come back again and again to your site.
4. Participate in Online Communities and Forums
Forums and online communities can became huge source of traffic to your site. It requires only your time and nothing else. All you have to do is sharing your knowledge and expertise. It'll also build your reputation as an expert and people always want to work with experts.
5. Viral Marketing
Viral marketing is the fastest way of getting traffic. Do you know what the reason behind the grand success of Hotmail is? It's viral marketing.
Viral marketing allows you to spread the word about your company and product without any costs or low costs only. You can create a short report or tiny software and allow others to pass it to their friends and relatives. You can also attach your link to a funny video or entertaining game.
In fact he has not earned that much amount that he spend on developing the site. He was really very upset and sounds dull. What the reasons is that his mind blowing site not earn a single paper money? The answer is his site didn't get targeted visitors which really want to buy the products he is offering.
The back bone of internet based business is Traffic. Traffic is first need for success of any e-commerce business. If you don't have traffic on your website, you can't make even a single penny, no matter how beautiful and attractive your site is. Even if you have the best product in the world but don't have traffic, you can't make any sale.
Traffic is the most essential thing to a successful e-commerce business. Every book you will find about internet marketing would always include the importance of generating traffic.
If you are reading this article, I am sure you already have a site and you are not getting enough traffic that you're supposed to be getting.
To help you out in generating more traffic for your site, here are some ways to get a flood of targeted traffic.
1. Link exchange with similar sites
Link exchange with similar sites is a great way to increase traffic to your site because both sites get benefited. The more you exchange links with different sites, the more traffic you'll get. One thing you should remember that always exchange links with compatible sites not competitor sites.
2. Write Articles and submit to article directories
This is a sure and proven method for targeted traffic. Writing articles and submitting to article directories can give massive exposure to your site. Not only your site's page rank and search engine ranking will increase, you will also become as an expert in your field. You can write articles yourself or get it written by freelance writers for a small fee.
3. Start your own Newsletter
If you want life time traffic to you site, it's time to start your own newsletter. It's a proven fact that only 5% visitors buy from any site at first visit. If you get them in your opt in list, you can follow up with valuable content and they will come back again and again to your site.
4. Participate in Online Communities and Forums
Forums and online communities can became huge source of traffic to your site. It requires only your time and nothing else. All you have to do is sharing your knowledge and expertise. It'll also build your reputation as an expert and people always want to work with experts.
5. Viral Marketing
Viral marketing is the fastest way of getting traffic. Do you know what the reason behind the grand success of Hotmail is? It's viral marketing.
Viral marketing allows you to spread the word about your company and product without any costs or low costs only. You can create a short report or tiny software and allow others to pass it to their friends and relatives. You can also attach your link to a funny video or entertaining game.
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