Work With Google Not Against

When people try to build a marketing campaign that leads to free web traffic they will sometimes make the mistake of thinking that the only way to gain this traffic is through beating Google. This is not the case if you work with whitehat methods to increase traffic not going up against Google or trying to trick the search engine it is possible to reach the top for many different key terms. One thing is certain those who get away with tricking Google using blackhat methods will reach the top and receive some traffic the problem with using the techniques is when Google realizes that the website has tricked them they usually will be banned. If you get banned the only way to be re-indexed by Google is to remove all black hat seo techniques and then submit a request which usually takes over a month and is not a guarantee for re-inclusion. If you spent years working on a website then implemented a dirty technique all the years of work could possibly go to waste and the income that you were making from the website would disappear.

When you start out building a website you should consider Google from the very first line. Include the title tag with the title or closely related keywords that represent your website then fill in the keyword and description meta tags. You should do this for not only the root domain, but also all sub pages. When writing content for your website make sure that you put keywords throughout the page and in headings. If your website is about fishing then putting the keywords “fish”, “fishing”, “learn how to fish”, “how to fish”, will not be hard to put in. If there is no room for the keyword then think about creating a sub page for that word or term. You should use Google’s adwords keyword tool to find the best keywords which have the most traffic. When you are putting keywords into your site there is a couple things you should keep in mind. The first thing you will want to do is make sure that you are not stuffing keywords meaning don’t repeat the keyword over and over make sure the density of the keyword does not go over ten percent. The second mistake many internet marketers make when trying to SEO a website is not worrying about the readability of the website. Never under any circumstances sacrifice the readability of your website for keywords or any other SEO technique your visitors should always come first.

The next thing you will want to do is build links slowly and naturally. Don’t jump into link farms they are a waste of time and will place your website into the spam category of the web. When link building stick with reputable websites that have a decent amount of time and page rank behind them. Some of these websites include digg, prlog, and v7n forums. All three of these allow you to build links and all have a good name meaning the links that they send out to websites will be of high quality. Articles are another great way to get links write plenty of articles and submit them to the free traffic system and Ezine articles. If you do these things regularly you will reach the top of Google and be able to make money online free.

A Little On Interlinking

Well for now I am going to get into the personal aspects of this blog. First and foremost I could not beleive the fact that this blog did not gain it's PR back with the newest update last week or the week before. I am not sure why or how, but the 1,500 links could not even provide a PR of 0. On the other hand my Internet Marketing Forum jumped up to a page rank of two and my website Make Money Online also jumped up to two page rank. My root domain kbeus.com jumped up to page rank of 1 without anything done to it. Yet this blog that had a PR of 2 months ago has had nothing the last two updates. I know some of you may be thinking that it got banned for some reason or another, but when I checked Google and Yahoo they showed that every post that I write and the main domain help their page rank. Personally I think that I have been marketing the hell out of my other websites not really having time to build links towards this page which is why. Either way I just wanted to catch you guys up if you have any suggestions please leave a comment on with the post.

Now when I say interlinking what I am referring to is the links from one of your websites to the others. This has been called a link wheel, but personally I like to only put websites in my blog posts or on my websites that I think will help the visitor to that presence. Now if I have a new website such as the one I have just began marketing which is called Free Web Traffic. This is going to be one of my bigger websites I started out with a four page website really basic just listing the ways to gain more traffic. It of course has links to the resources that I use, but what I am planning to do with it is add a few dozen tutorials covering the basics of SEO, Link Building, and Social Marketing. Now I wanted this website indexed quickly so I put links on everything I own and created a few different presences to support it such as a hub page.

Anyway all four pages are indexed though they don't come up for their keywords yet. The main income for this website will be Google adsense and now that is has been indexed I will be building backlinks very slowly for the next few months. If you are curious why slowly at first look at the post before this one called Overcoming Google Sandbox. I go over why they first few months should be a restful period only making sure that Google has indexed your website. Now after these months I will build a few hundred links and only continue building if Google drops the site. After these months I will then launch a full fledge internet marketing campaign to try and hit the top of Google. It is much easier to reach the top of Google with an older site and if the site does has age then it is much easier to hold a high SERPs position. I will with the link building be adding the tutorials to show Google the site is growing and becoming more useful to readers. After a while the traffic will stablize and I will know my set income. I am not planning on holding the top of Google for free web traffic or free website traffic since:



Has the number one spot and will not be going anywhere for a very long time. I will attempt to become second for the key terms. Anyway after I begin marketing hard I will remove the backlinks to the website that are from websites that are not in the same niche. If the website does not have anything to do with internet marketing or internet business I will not have a link to the free web traffic site. I only want relevant links that will actually help. Anyway I am going to attempt to gain upto PR 3 and the top of Google for this site with a constant supply of keyword filled backlinks. Please if you have questions on this matter such as when or how to link your websites leave a comment.

What Will People Search For?

Guys this is one of the most important topics of SEO and internet marketing. You should be on the constant look out for what people will be typing in to find your website, blog post, or sub pages. So how do we know what people are searching for? Well there is one great tool that I use ~ https://adwords.google.com/select/KeywordToolExternal You type in any keyterm and google will pull up how many times in the last month that term has been searched for. You can also use this tool~ http://www.google.com/trends (it is no longer in beta so I guess they decided to keep it) anyway this tool will tell you the popularity of a keyterm over an extended period of time. So let say you go to the adwords tool and type in the term "make money online" you find that last month there was around 200k searches for that term. Most people would stop there not concerned about how the term did a year ago, but not you. You go to Google trends and find that it has been riding very low and had a 1000X spike last month and if you go after the term it will fall back down to its average. Now this is not the case with the term make money online it is a very good term.

It is not all about tools and anaylitcs when you want to know what people are searching for. Let say you own a website that offers a massive list of directories. You have a goal of listing every free directory on the web and quickly banning any that begin charging. Well you have a list of 2k solid free directories. The problem is you have not been building any links and have very little traffic even after months of work. You know the list will be extremely helpful to webmasters on a fixed budget and really want to get the word out. You begin the process of working the SERPs ranking high for keywords that are well searched for and explain your website very well. To begin choosing keywords you go through the tools checking what people search for when wanting a large list of free directories some of the test would probably include "list of directories", "directory list", "free directory list", "free directory", "free directories", "general directories", and on and on. Now the problem is you are looking at term after term putting them in software wanting to find the most traffic. You have not thought about the subject with common sense and picked at least two or three terms which fit your site the best and didn't worry about traffic just went after the keywords. If I had a big list of free directories the terms I would certainly rank for no matter what the search volume would be "list of free directories", "big list of free directories", "free one way links", and "free directories". This is what I would spend my time with at first making sure I was ranking well for the keyterms which best represented my website.

As you dig into the world of search engine optimization and keyword research you should be keeping one thing in mind and that is if it was easy everyone would do it. You can look at big terms in your niche all day long it won't help you rank well for them. If you want to rank well for the "bank" terms in your niche the ones that pay the bills then expect to be working for a very long time. I have just passed my second year as a webmaster and I just reached the top for a term with 20k monthly search. This has definatley grown my income, but I still can not yet sit home and do this full time I need to keep working on the bigger keywords 100k+ terms. The reason I will get there is I am willing to build a few hundred links each and every day. It also helps that I will not be giving up any time soon.

Anyway if you liked this post please leave a comment and tell me what you think.

The Core of Internet Marketing

When you join the online business world in the attempt to make money online it is important to understand the basics of internet marketing and continually revert back when lost in the internet marketing world. This article will cover some of the things that if you do each day your website will do much better. These are the basics which the majority of successful webmasters do over and over again and have been proven effective in almost every circumstance. One tip I would like to share with you about everything you read and learn about internet marketing and that is don’t think you will find the one big “answer” in any one spot it will take learning from tons of different sources before you can begin to master internet marketing. I have found there is no one true guide that will teach you everything, but the experience of many who have tried and failed where you will pick up your best knowledge.

The first way to stay in touch with internet marketing is by joining a few internet marketing forums. These are where webmasters come together and discuss what is and what is not working. I have learned the keys to basic and advanced SEO as well as branding and link building. These forums are great to review and see what the new webmasters are asking. Usually it will be things you know about and know quite well, but perhaps left deep in the back of your mind. You can of course help these webmasters and make a new online friend if they are in the same niche then you can work together to create a cross promotional campaign.



You should also look to the blogosphere for any new marketing concepts. There are many great internet marketing blogs that you can find by using Google. The best way to pick which blogs are best use the tactics the bloggers publish if they work keep reading the blog if they are junk ideas then delete the blog from you reader or favorites. If you read these blogs often and build the relationship between you and the blogger there will be a greater chance for the possibility of a guest post or link exchange.

The last thing every webmaster should be doing is creating content constantly as well as backlinks. These two things are the basic driving force behind the web and internet marketing. If you do not have new articles or backlinks on a weekly basis then you can expect to drop within the SERPs. Make sure to do your research on these two things since they will be extremely important in your internet marketing campaign. If you work hard on both of these two things as often as possible within a year you should be a competitive presence within your niche rather than just hitting a few hits daily. Remember the more you do the better your web presence will do.

Best Ways To Promote Your Blog

One mistake that many bloggers make is they market their blog the same way they would market a website. This is one mistake that can be avoided if you stick with the social aspects of the web rather than being strictly concerned with SEO, link building, and SERPs placement. Also after the creation of a website you are pretty much done with the content creation, but with a blog you will continue to create content on a regular basis especially if you are trying to make money online. I have found that blogging and blog promotion is much more time consuming compared to being a regular webmaster. Blogging takes quite a bit more ambition and a greater work ethic, but if you are willing to sit down every day and really work hard creating content and networking with other bloggers there is no reason you cannot succeed. You will need to set up a daily schedule which you write and write and write. One good thing with wordpress is you can create a post and schedule the publication of the post at a future date. Whether you write every day or spend a lot of time writing a few posts one day and scheduling them for release at future dates it is still necessary you take the time to write.

When you set up your blog one important thing to think about is the topic or niche of your blog. It is imperative that the niche you pick has people interested in it and you are very passionate about the topic. You should realize that if you want to be successful you should plan on blogging for the next year or two at least so don’t think just because you wrote a few posts your blog is going to explode with traffic. After you pick your niche begin posting personally I get around 50 posts up before I begin marketing my blogs. If you need help with post topics hit the forums and other communities within your niche. It is always a good idea to sign up and participate in a Internet Marketing Forum to learn new ways of promoting your blog. When you decide to begin building links a great place for blogs is the social websites such as twitter, facebook, digg, technorati, and the others. These websites usually have communities packed with bloggers so when you meet new people and they have a blog somewhat relevant to yours you can begin setting up guest posts and other cross promotional campaigns.

Even though you should spend the majority of your time on these social websites it is ok to do some basic link building. A few places that offer free one way links are directories, article directories, press release websites, and the free traffic system (which you can find with a google search). These are great for all web presences, but for bloggers social medias tend to be a bit more productive.

Affiliate Marketing Tips

After the creation of your website and some basic internet marketing you may be wondering how you are going to make money online with your website. One of the easiest and highest paying ways to make money with your website and the traffic flowing through is with affiliate marketing. If you are not sure where to begin amazon.com has an amazing affiliate program that caters to every niche on the web. They have books covering every topic all you need to do is sign up for their affiliate program then create your widget and copy and paste the code to your website or blog. Whenever anyone clicks on one of the books or products you are paid a commission the more people you have coming to your website or blog the more clicks on the products and the more money you will make. Now it is also important to investigate different places to put your affiliate adverts. On my website the top right of my blog seems to bring the most traffic. I have tried placing the ad in my header, in the middle of the page, and even after every post, but it became clear quite quickly that the best place for me to place the ad is on the top right of my blog. For you it could be completely different perhaps an ad in the header would be the best place or within your posts.



To make any money online you will need to have a decent amount of traffic to your website or blog. When trying to increase website or blog traffic you should focus on a few key elements of internet marketing. The first point you should focus on is fresh unique keyword rich content creation which will be the driving force of your website or blog. If you take the time to really write excellent helpful content you will drive traffic much faster than someone with low quality content. The second point of internet marketing is having an understanding of SEO. This is one the biggest separators between websites which webmaster knows more about SEO. When you SEO a website you should focus on four different things. The first two are on site and off site SEO. On site SEO is everything you do on your website whether it be content or meta tags. Off site SEO is backlink creation and brand building. You want to get everyone possible to link and talk about your website this has shown to greatly improve search engine placement. Now the last two types of SEO are sub types of on site SEO. The first is On page SEO and this is everything that a visitor sees when they come to your website. This includes content and headings. The last type of SEO is off page SEO and this is what the robots see when they come to your website such as meta tags and robot text files. Anyway if you would like to increase traffic Google all of these and learn all you can before the creation of your website. If you would like to learn more about affiliate marketing or internet marketing feel free to visit this internet marketing forum to ask any questions you might have.

Promoting Within Your Niche

One of the biggest mistakes that webmasters make when trying to make money online is not marketing towards their target audience and attempting to promote within their niche. When you create your website it is important to do research on the niche (category of website) that you are going to be joining. If you create a website within the fishing niche and spend all of your time within the webmaster niche your marketing efforts will be in vain. If you are willing to spend the time within your niche finding blogs, forums, and other web presence when you acquire backlinks from these websites they will be worth much more than backlinks acquired from non relevant websites. There are some exclusions when marketing which we will talk about later in this article, but for the majority of your internet marketing campaign you will want to stay within your category.

When seeking out different websites within your niche Google will become your best tool. I recommend finding at least 5 niche forums to participate in the reason for this is they give backlinks that are relevant as well as keep you informed of new information within your niche. You should also be on the lookout for the top blogs especially if they are do follow. Build a list of around 10 top blogs within your niche and begin commenting religiously in the attempt to build relationships with the bloggers. If you gain their trust and friendship it will not be a problem to find blogs to guest post on which could lead to a substantial amount of readers. If there are any news websites that cater around your niche keep them in your favorites so you know of any changes happening and if they allow you to submit press releases do so when you change your website and/or blog. One important point to remember is when you look at your competition and think partner rather than competitor marketing will be much easier.

Now there are quite a few general marketing platforms that every webmaster or blogger should be participating in. The first category of websites that all webmasters should be participating in is social networking. It is important for webmasters do be on websites such as twitter, digg, facebook, twine, and others. If you have been building relationships with webmasters in your niche when you digg one of your articles you should be able to rely on your online friends within your niche to digg the article as well. Another type of website that every webmaster can and should utilize is directories both article and general. These types of websites allow you to categorize your links into the most relevant category meaning that the link will be coming from a somewhat relevant link. It is good if google sees that your backlink is coming from a web page that has other backlinks of the same relevancy and the title of the web page is also relevant to your niche. If you have any questions about marketing within your niche feel free to ask on my Internet Marketing Forum.

How To Start A Forum

Hey guys I wrote this step by step on how to start a forum as you know I started a forum by doing this which you can find at Internet Marketing Forum. Anyway here is the how to guide:

This article will explain how to install a phpbb forum onto your webhost whether free or paid. You must make sure that your hosting company supports php and mysql before you begin the installation. If you run into trouble at the end of this article you will find links to phpbb installation guides. Also before attempting to install a forum you will need to know the basics of FTP and HTML. Let’s build a forum!

1. The first step is to sign up for hosting and download a FTP application. Personally I suggest two different hosting companies who both offer support for php and mysql. The first is free and you can find them at Free Web Host they do set limits for bandwidth and space so if your forum does grow large you may be forced to move it to a paid hosting website. Now the paid hosting website (which I use for my forums) is Hosting 24 either one of these should work fine for your needs. You will also need to download File Zilla which allows you to upload files to your server for free. You can find File Zilla here~ http://filezilla-project.org/.

2. Now that you have a host and FTP downloaded the next step will be to download phpbb. This is a free forum script which allows you to run a forum for free and without ads. It also allows you to change the source code which is extremely beneficial for experienced webmasters. To get the forum script/source go to phpbb downloads and click on “full package” then click on “Download phpBB 3.0.7-PL1 (zip)” which will download the files. After downloading extract all the files and copy the entire directory which will be called something like phpBB3 or something very similar.

3. The next step will to be placing the files onto your server. To do this open File Zilla and put in all of your ftp details which you can find in your web hosts user control panel. Once logged in to your host drag the phpbb3 directory wherever you want it. For this article I will assume that you are installing the forum script on your root domain such as forum.com rather than forum.com/directory.

4. Now that you have all the phpbb files on your host the next step is going to be changing the file permissions. This is an important step which you do with your FTP. I will explain step by step what to do with File Zilla if for some reason you use a different FTP you will need to investigate how to change the file permissions with your FTP. With File Zilla open up the main directory phpbb on your server by double clicking it. A long list of files and folders will come up the file you will first be changing is config.php. Once you find config.php you will right click on the file and at the bottom of the box click on “file permissions”. In the text box called numeric value: type the number 666 which makes everything writable. The next changes you will do is folders within the main folder phpbb. The folders you will be changing are store (right click on the folder and click file permissions then in the numeric value box type 777), cache which you will also be changing to 777, and files which you will be changing to 777. Remember just right click the folder name then click on file permissions then type 777 into the numerical value box. Now the next folder we will be changing is a sub folder. You will need to be in the main phpbb folder then double click on images then double click on avatars then right click on upload. You will click file permissions for this upload file and change them to 777. So here is a list of the files and folders we have changed file permissions for:

config.php phpbb33/config.php changed to 666

the folder store phpbb3/store/ changed to 777

the folder cache phpbb3/cache/ changed to 777

the folder files phpbb3/files/ changed to 777

the sub folder upload phpbb3/images/avatars/upload/ changed to 777

5. Ok now we have all the file permissions correct it is time to set up a database. This will be done within your hosts control panel under the option “create mysql database” or “install mysql database” you will see a button if your host offers my sql support which will allow you to create a database. Again I know about my host which you can find by clicking HERE. With my host I click on “my sql databases” then an empty box comes up for the database name. I enter the name of my database (which I/you will need later) then hit create database. On my host I also have to create a new user where I input the username and password for my database. The next step for me is to add user to database. Now what is important is keeping track of your database details. Here is what you will need:

The Database Type (TIP: it is a my sql database)

The Database server hostname or DSN (only some hosts need this one don’t stress if you don’t have it)

The Database server port (only some hosts need this one as well don’t stress yet if you don’t have this)

The Database name (A must you need the name of the database you created which you get to usually pick the name)

The Database username (Another must you need the username you picked for your database)

The Database password (Another must you need the password you picked for the database)

So you have WRITTEN DOWN the type of database (mysql) the database name, username for the database, and the password for the database. Now when you created the database if it gives you the server hostname or port write them down as well these are usually not mandatory, but if they give them to you go ahead and write them down.

6. Ok we have the file permissions done and the database created (tired yet?) it is time to begin installing your forum. To do this you will need to go to the URL of your forum. If you installed the forum on your root directory then it will look like yoursite.com/phpBB3/ if you uploaded the script to a sub directory it will look like yoursite.com/subdirectory/phpBB3/. If you are not sure where you uploaded the files I will explain how to get the address from File Zilla your ftp. Open file zilla and login to your server (where your files are) make sure you are in the public_html folder. This folder is what your domain yoursite.com points to. If you see the folder phpBB3 then the URL will be yoursite.com/phpBB3 if you installed the phpbb directory in a deep sub folder the address will look like yoursite.com/folder/deeperfolder/phpbb3 you can see the names of the folder in your file zilla. The point is in your web browser you need to put in the address to either the folder phpbb3 itself or the install folder phpbb3/install it may take some time, but with enough tries you will get it.

7. Once you bring up the phpbb3 in your browser you need to click the install tab. The first check it will run is the file permissions which is step 4. If all of these are right click continue and the next thing you will need to enter is your database details.

The first one it asks you for is what type of database this is usually a drop down box make sure it is on my sql.

The second thing it will ask you for is The Database server hostname or DSN like I said in most cases you do not need to worry about this.

The third thing it will ask you for is The Database server port this like the server hostname will probably not be needed (if these are needed you will need to contact your host to get the details).

The fourth thing it will ask is for is The Database name (which you should have written down from step 5. If you don’t login to your host go to your databases and find the name of the database)

The fifth thing it will ask you for is The Database username which again you should have written down if not go to your host and find it.

The six thing is the database password and again this should be written down.

8. Now hit continue and it will make sure your database is working and it can connect if not you may need to recreate the database on your server and re-enter the details. Once the database is accepted the next thing screen it will bring you to is the Admin details. This is where you will be entering your login details and email. Hit continue to the next step which is the configuration file. You changed the permissions in step 4. If you did not do this then go back to step 4 and redo the config.php file permissions. Hit next and it will bring you to Advanced settings which is all up to you. They will ask for stuff such as the URL your forum is on and some other settings. If you are not sure what to put then don’t change these it is fine to leave them blank. Hit next and finish up that is all there is to it. I personally set up a phpbb forum manually to write this article so I know for a fact that it works:) anyway the next couple steps is setting up threads for your users to post on as well as some basic marketing resources.

9. In your administration control panel click on the tab forums and create your first forum. Put the topic then the forum title. Usually I like my first forum to be “rules”, but you put whatever you want. It is a good idea to have a second window up to refresh when you make changes or additions to your forum. It takes a little while to get use to so spend plenty of time in the forum administration control panel looking around and learning. There are many different options that you can choose just try to get the hang of it (something that takes practice and can’t really be taught). Add a few forums and begin posting.

10. Ok now we will get into the marketing aspect of a forum (once all the different forums are in place and you are ready for users). The biggest tip I can give is to set up hundreds of posts where you ask questions and post informative posts on how to do whatever your niche topic is. After you have a hundred or so posts and feel there is plenty for your users to do the next step is marketing. I will not go to in depth since I am already around 2k words, but I will give you some resources. Now if you want to talk to me and ask about the marketing please visit my Internet Marketing Forum which I created with PHPBB. I will happily answer any questions you have about marketing a forum. I also run a blog which teaches the basic-advanced aspects of internet marketing it is called Website Marketing the majority of topics discussed will apply to forum marketing.

Also if you are interested in affiliate programs to place on your forum I suggest the programs on my website Make Money Online

True Internet Marketing

Well as my readers have followed this blog I have spouted off how to gain rank in the SERPs. Now I would like to move into something a little more in depth I want to reach the essence of Internet Marketing. Now I am not the number one expert by any means I am a regular guy struggling like the majority of regular guys out there. I do get paid from my online adventures, but I still work my ass off every day. So let's move into some theories that may help those reading this.

The first big misconception behind internet marketing is you should only be worried about do follow links. Guys do follow is great for increasing SERPs position, but it is usually so saturated by links you will only get a small amount of juice. Personally when internet marketing you want your link all over the web whether it is no follow or do follow (without spamming of course). Lets really get into this lets say you do a search for a keyword related to your website. For example I search for "backlinks" in Google. Go ahead and follow along if you want make sure to use the real global Google not a local google.

Now this blog has a lot to do with backlinks and I want people interested in backlinks to either look at this blog or my website Free Website Traffic either one is fine. Now when I do the search I am really interested in the top ten positions really breaking them down. If you are lazy and don't want to go to Google and search here is what I see (I had to shrink the text down to fit all ten sorry):



Now I am sorry if you have a hard time reading it, but I will of course go over the position and what you can do. So this blog I want to be visible for people who are searching for backlinks. On this search I notice that wikipedia is number 1 like usual, but what sucks is that they offer no comments or anywhere to add your website. This is fine we can just move down the list. The second website that comes up for the word backlinks is a sub page of backlinksblackbelt.com. Now usually sub pages that rank well are either articles or blog posts so this is one I should investigate. Well it is a PR 2 blog post, but the comments are closed. So I look for something else there is backlink watch which will not help, then thirty minute backlinks, but then something happens I find a web directory that ranks very well for the term backlinks. I of course submit my website, but this is only the beginning. Close to the end position 8 I see squidoo someone of course built a ton of links to reach the top of Google for the term backlinks. It is a PR 3 lense with only 8 comments and still accepting comments? Am I the only webmaster who is running an internet marketing website that wants to be in front of their audience? I guess me and 8 other people.

Anyway I will be commenting on this squidoo page putting either my link or my squidoo profile in front of potential readers. I will be one of few that actually search my niche to find the true players and when it is ok such as the directory and the squidoo lense be placing either my name, site, or url in front of targetted traffic. Do I care if the backlinks are no follow? Hell no I want my name or site in front of potential readers/traffic don't you? I mean that is the point in ranking well for keywords, but why not place your name, site, or link on websites that are already ranked high? I no longer need to rank well for the keyword "backlinks"
and guess what I will be doing the same thing for building backlinks, build backlinks, how to build backlinks, keys to backlinks, on and on and on. Web comfs had the right idea with their backlink builder try it out~ Backlink Builder it searches google for keywords then pulls websites that have submit link and others. Anyway don't think backlinks are out of your reach you need to be online searching if you want to do well online.

Article Marketing Tips

The internet is driven by new information whether text, video, or pictures. People search for the newest product or for an informative article which fits their needs. Now with content creation comes a much more difficult process which is how to get people viewing the content which you have created. This is done by using the multiple social websites and article directories out on the web. If you spend a week researching and writing a large article it would be disappointing if only one or two people was able to enjoy your content. Article marketing when done correctly will increase your article views greatly. Personally I have had videos and articles viewed thousands of times. If the content is of great quality then after the first few hundred or so views the people viewing your work will begin sharing it with their friends and you will see a viral affect, but only if you implement at least basic article marketing tactics.



The first step in any article marketing campaign is the actual content creation. This is the most important part and should be done with great care. When you begin an article make sure you treat the creation as a representation of your web presence and nothing less. If you own a website full of spam and it holds no real usefulness to visitors then it is fine to spend 10 minutes or so writing down poorly written paragraphs and submitting the article to thousands of low quality directories. On the other hand if you have a web presence which you are truly proud of and holds unique and useful content for your visitors then try to take the time necessary when writing your article making sure you are writing a representation of your web presence. Keywords should also be taken into account when writing an article I usually use the google adwords tool to find the most searched key terms then use those key terms in my article titles. When you submit your article to high authority websites usually your website will rank on the top page of Google.

After you have the article written and you are ready to let the web/world read it then begin your article marketing. Personally I start with the web presences I own then branch out from there. Remember Google looks highly on websites that have been recently updated so use your article to update your web presence. The next step is submitting your website across the web into high quality directories and hubs. If you are not sure where to submit your articles search Google for “top article directories” or “list of article directories” and Google will bring up many lists which you can use in your article marketing campaign. The three article directories that I submit each and every article to is ezinearticles.com, buzzle.com, and articlesbase.com these seem to have the most authority and traffic.

The Difference Between White Hat and Black Hat SEO

When someone steps into the online business world with the attempt to make money free they will need to learn SEO. The problem is when a webmaster tries to rank their website high the easy way is to use spam tactics which are in the realm of black hat seo. Things like link farms, building tons of blogs full of links, placing ads where they don’t belong, and hiding both links and tags internally all fall into the category of black hat seo. On the other hand working really hard creating masterful content and actually taking the time to seek out and build promotional relationships may be much harder, but the pay off for using these white hat techniques will be much more beneficial. If you are confused about the difference between black hat and white hat seo it is pretty simple. Black hat seo is using unethical techniques to rank well in Google whether it be spam or tricky link building. White hat seo is using both external links as well as internal content and keywords to rank well. Google is in a constant battle attempting to destroy black hat seo so even if you do acquire top ranking with these unethical techniques more than likely after a few weeks or months your website will be targeted and dropped from the SERPs (search engine results page).

I will not go in at length about black hat seo because I do not want to inspire poor internet marketers, but I will explain some of the white hat seo basics. First and foremost when you build and market a presence never let seo affect readability, the visual look, or the authority of a web page. If you find yourself questioning whether words or links should be added more than likely your website can do without them. You should also understand that seo is in a constant state of change and you should be keeping up with top sources such as matt cutts (Google him), seomoz.com, and seobook.com. These will keep you constantly updated on new seo techniques.

SEO is using onsite and offsite techniques to rank in the appropriate place within major search engines such as Google. The offsite techniques include link building, content marketing, and branding. The onsite techniques include internal link structure, keyword optimization, HTML, and meta tags. The internal link structure should be very clear and rather than have words within your anchor tags such as “home” and “page 1” you should have keywords you would like that page to rank well for. When I say keyword optimization this covers quite a bit. You should be concerned with the keywords in your content as well as the keywords in your title. The keywords in both should reflect your website fully and you should be using keywords that are popular (have a decent amount of monthly search volume). The HTML and meta tags are more for webmasters rather than bloggers. Your meta tags should be unique for each page that is suitable for a landing page and you should be aware of your HTML tags such as the headings and bold text. If you have questions about anything covered within this article feel free to ask at my internet marketing forum.

How to Optimize a Website for Google

Well I wrote this article and I think it will help those struggling with the basics of SEO. I know 4 posts in a day is over doing it and I should have spread these out, but i really don't care it will still be helpful to someone I am sure:) anyway here is my article:

This article is meant to be a basic guide for those who are not sure how to even begin optimizing a website for major search engines. If you have specific questions about the process of optimization then I suggest that you visit an Internet Marketing Forum. To begin SEO (Search Engine Optimization) you must first understand what exactly your trying to do. SEO is when a webmaster uses both on and off site tactics as well as on and off page tactics to rank well in the search engines. There are ways to rank well ethically called white hat SEO which is what this article will be focusing on as well as ways to rank well unethically called black hat SEO (I highly discourage any type of black hat optimization). SEO should never come before your website or blogs readability, visual look, or usability.

To begin optimizing your website pick the niche (category such as business or marketing) you would like to create your website in. Then choose between 10-20 keywords you would like to rank well for. When choosing keywords I recommend using the Google adwords keyword analyzing tool which shows you the amount of times monthly a particular term is searched for. Once you have found a few good keywords/terms which bring in enough traffic to make as much money as you want begin placing them in your meta tags and throughout your content. Make sure the terms are very relevant to your niche and to the website itself. Personally I am in the make money online niche and make sure to place the terms “make money online”, “make money online free”, “make money free”, “earn money online”, “earn money online free”, “How To Make Money Online”, ect. throughout my content and within the title meta tags and in my description meta tag. As google crawls my website they will notice that my website is about how to make money online.

Now you have your website up filled with terms that have large search volumes and the content with the terms makes since and does not repeat over and over it is time to begin building links. There are many different places to build links my favorites consist of article directories, general directories, the free traffic system, social bookmarking websites, blogs, social networking websites, and press release websites. Remember the backlinks which will push you up above the rest are going to be one way, on relevant webpages, and on high authority web pages. The links will also need to have the keywords you want to rank well for within the anchor tags. If you are submitting your site to general directories then placing your keywords in the title box will put the keywords between the anchor tags and help your search engine rankings for those keywords. Also when building links make sure to switch the keywords not building links for only one keyword or term.

10 Ways To Increase Backlinks

This article is for those who are having trouble within the SERPs and would like to reach the front page of Google. These 10 ways to gain backlinks are all whitehat and the majority will allow you to place keywords between the anchor tags therefore increasing your search engine position for that particular keyword or term. Remember that link building will only work if you have content that is worth looking at and the content on your website or blog has been optimized for search engines.

10. Social Networking- Websites like twitter and facebook allow you to easily place links to your website or blog, but also allow you to work out cross promotional campaigns with other webmasters and bloggers. If you would like to guest post and put a link to your website in the article why not ask your twitter friends if anyone is interested in having you publish an article on their blog.

9. Social Bookmarking- Digg, Stumble Upon, and Reddit come to mind. These websites encourage it’s users to submit URLs into their system to be rated by their visitors. This is a great way to begin a websites internet marketing campaign.

8. Press Releases- One of the biggest ways to increase backlinks that webmasters look over is writing a press release for your website. When your website is completed and you feel that it is news worthy then write a press release and submit it. If a reporter or news website thinks that your website is newsworthy then they will cover the story and you may find your URL on a top website such as cnn.

7. Reciprocal Link Exchange- Websites such as link market offer a platform which makes link exchanges extremely easy. You can always use the old fashioned way of writing an email to the webmaster and asking them to exchange links with you.

6. Directory Submission- The easiest way to gain one way links with your keywords in the anchor text is submitting your website to directories. I personally recommend only submitting your website to directories with a page rank over 2.

5. Article Submission- There are thousands of article directories on the web and quite a few allow you to place links within the actual content of the article. They also people to come and take your articles to publish on their websites which means your link from one article may find itself on many different blogs and other publishing websites.

4. Create Free Web Pages- Websites such as squidoo and hub pages allow you to create single pages for free and as long as the content is good you are allowed to place links to your websites and blogs. If you choose to use squidoo pages for backlinks it is a good idea to build backlinks towards the squidoo pages themselves.

3. Forums- Another easy way to gain one way backlinks is through the use of forums. All you need to do is know a little BB code and place the links in the signature. My Internet Marketing Forum allows you to place three links within your signature.

2. Free Traffic System- Do a Google search for the free traffic system and sign up. This is the system which I have used to gain thousands of backlinks for all of my web presences. Simply put you write an article and they publish it on blogs keeping your links intact.





1. Link Bait (Create Linkable Content)- This is the most important link building technique period. If you spend enough time making sure your content is top quality and worth linking to you will not need to build links. I have found when I write a really good article or blog post other webmasters and bloggers will link to it without me doing anything or asking for the link. If you are not sure how to create link bait I recommend doing a search for “how to create link bait” in google.

Well these are the ten which have pushed my websites up into the top ten of Google for every keyword I have ever wanted and I highly recommend you use them.

Increase Networking Whenever Possible

This post is for those who are in the web 2.0 and would like to expand their internet marketing campaign past SEO and link building into the world of viral marketing. As you begin your blog more than likely you will have a blank screen with big dreams driving the ambition to write. This will be fine for the beginning months, but to see your blog really grow into a well known name it will need recognition from many different industry leaders. For example everyday Pro Blogger has a guest post which is usually excellent. If you get your post read by 100,000 readers guess what you will see your new blog gain hundreds if not thousands of new readers depending on how well your post was written. This is seen time and time again new bloggers explode after networking with more established bloggers. The problem is new bloggers usually have no idea how to connect with these well established bloggers. This post will cover the different ways which I have gained guest posts and perhaps help you increase your chances of guest posting on a well established blog.

First things first when looking for a suitable blog to guest post on you want to make sure they have a large readership 20k + readers as well as decent PR (which suggests it is well liked and not brand new). You should also be check to see if the blog allows guest posts which you can check by going through its archives. So you have found a blog which is in your niche, well established, and allows guest posts. The next step to take is begin building a relationship with the blogger through connecting with twitter, facebook, and commenting on their blog. Be sure to tell them that they have an excellent blog and when the relationship is comfortable enough ask them if they would be interested in you guest posting. Then write up a post (make sure to make it one of your best) and send them a draft to see what they think. If they would like you to change a couple things be sure to oblige them.

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Now the usual rule for guest posting is one link back to your website or blog at the beginning of the article. You will usually gain quite a few hits and build readership if you guest post on a well liked and established blog. Like I said earlier it is crucial to post your best work when guest posting. Your readers are ten times more forgiving compared with readers who don’t know you so don’t make stupid mistakes. Anyway if you are looking for blogs to post on just do a search for your main keywords and type “blog” after the keywords. You will be able to find many different blogs in many different niches. Also being shy will not get you a guest post you must be willing to make the first move even if it means getting shut down. The worst thing that can happen is the blogger telling you to go to hell.

Nothing New In Internet Marketing

Well I am officially out of ideas when I type into to google free backlinks and free traffic the only thing that comes up is my videos, articles, websites I know and work with, crappy programs, ect. You know I started a couple years back never thinking my work online would be in a new niche. Internet marketing has no black and white it is in a constant state of evolution. There are great programs one you have heard me talk of before which is:




Which from one article gives you thirty backlinks published on blogs that you choose. Is it better than going from article directory to article directory? Heck yes and that is why I use this system rather than manual article submission. Anyway it is a great system, but what else is there. I have found something new which I think you guys will love it is called Comment Kahuna. Here is the link~ www.commentkahuna.com.

Now let me explain what this new program is about. Comment Kahuna is a browser and searches the internet just like your internet explorer or firefox. The diffrence is it was built for internet marketers and it's primary purpose is to search out do follow blogs. You can search for do follow blogger, typepad, keyword luv, comment luv, and more. They also offer an autofill feature so you no longer need to put your name, email, and comment though I highly recommend writing a comment relevant to the post since it will have a much better chance to get posted. Anyway go to the site and download the software it is good.

Now if you are missing some of the basics then ask questions on my Internet Marketing Forum. I have also created a good website to help those in need of internet marketing resources it is called Free Website Traffic.

Internal Linking and Networking

When you build your first website usually it is depressing when the stat counter you have pasted says 0 day after day. This will usually be the case for about 6 months until you learn how to build free website traffic. There are a couple basic steps which you will need to learn before having organic traffic will even be a possibility. The first step is creating a web presence that has good quality keyword rich content. The second step is a bit more tricky and that is creating keyword anchored one way backlinks. Remember having good SERPs position is key when trying to learn how to make money online. This article is going to go beyond the basics and reach into the more advanced aspects of internet marketing such as creating backlinks by creating a user generated website therefore not having to create any backlinks yourself. I have personally used several means when doing this the most successful being a forum and the second most successful being a wordpress blog submitted to the free traffic system.

The reason I call this article networking and linkbuilding is I will be going over why you should be linking all of your websites together when trying to increase backlinks as well as providing your websites with a solid keyword anchored navigation. One mistake many webmasters make is after creating a website they think the work is done. I have personally found it is extremely difficult to be on top of Google with only one website especially if it is static. The most common websites on top of Google are websites within a network. There are many simple free web presences that you can build after the completion of your website that will help advance it higher in the SERPs. If you do not have a blog to help your website then visit blogger.com or wordpress.com and start one for free. If you don’t have the time to blog then squidoo.com and hubpages.com allows you to build single pages free and send backlinks to your website. Free scripts are also out there so even if you do not know php or other server side codes you can create interactive websites such as forums. I used the free script at phpbb.com to create my forum and found every single post that is made is another backlink towards a few of my websites since I placed links on the main template. The backlinks have really soared since I did this and my competition has to work overtime just to keep up.

The last topic I would like to cover is making sure to have an internal linking structure which promotes your website within the SERPs. Too often I have landed on a website and found they use the word home to point to their main index page. This is a huge mistake. When you create your navigation be sure to first have the link back to your index on all sub pages and replace the word home or index with your websites title or your most wanted keywords. You should also put the keywords towards your main sub pages in your navigation so they too will receive the SEO benefits.

Learn From Scammers and Spammers

I hate to say it, but simply the only reason that these two still exist is their ability to market. In this post I will be going over both and how to accomplish using their tactics without going across into spam or scams. First you need to understand the difference between these two and exactly what each one is. A scam or scammer is someone marketing a product or service which has no actual use or value. The best example of this is a pyramid scheme which is somewhat like a affiliate marketing website the only difference is the affiliate marketing website acquires income from either advertisers or some other external source whereas a pyramid scheme makes money from the downline of existing members. I don't know if any pyramid schemes still exist and to tell you the truth I really don't care, there is tons of affiliate marketing websites though. One popular affiliate website is Amazon. Now the big one which I market and make most of my money is:


It is a survey website which gains its income from advertisers who are looking for gaining insight from customers and they are willing to pay for it. Now the reason I really like this survey site rather than others is first it is free to join. When you are out on the web trying to gain referrals for affiliate programs it is important that the site is free. Remember what I said about pyramid schemes they gain income from their members internally rather than offering a worth while service or product. Cash Crate offers companies a chance to see what their customers want by running surveys.

So before working with a company find out where it gains income and how long it has been around. If it is still brand new then you may want to pass. I found out the hard way spending time with a new company can turn into a big loss when the company goes under. I sent hundreds of people to a ppc website where they were paid to click on ads and read emails. Well a couple months later they went under not paying me or the people I sent. Just remember it is important to check before you jump in head first.

Now spammers are the people who place ads anywhere. They are not bad people just really annoying since they lack internet etiquette. One thing they are decent at is getting links, but if they were more tactful their links would probably stick around a little longer. These are the guys who go to forums and rather than post useful content they post an ad about their company. It is important to learn from these people. They do work hard and got the right thing on their mind which is links. Now if you keep links in mind, but gain some etiquette you will be doing good. Go to a forum with the thought of getting links (this is fine), but rather than posting ads put some good content and place your links where they belong which is the signiture. I really try to teach people how to be good marketers at my forum~ Internet Marketing Forum, but I still run into those who go place their ads on my forum then leave. I of course delete any posts they have made making sure they do not gain any links.

One guy I warned about putting ads actually had the balls to put 30 or so more ads so rather than giving him a second warning I banned his email and IP. Don't let this happen to you forums are everywhere and are a great place to gain info and links as long as you put good content rather than crap. If you know nothing about the category of the forum then post a question and start learning. Once you have asked enough you will be able to post answers. Anyway watch these guys they both have something to offer don't follow in their footsteps, but keep their tactics in mind when marketing your website.

Now I haven't done this in a while, but I could really use your help in gaining links for this blog if at all possible please post a link on your web presence or mention this blog in a forum. Here is my linking code:
<a href="http://marketing-a-website.blogspot.com/">Internet Marketing Blog</a>

Thank you in advance.

Focus On Your Brand

One thing before we begin is branding does not mean you have to have a multimillion dollar corporation. Anyone can build a brand around there web presence or name. Bloggers usually specialize in separating themselves from the crowd so I will be using them as examples when discussing branding. Now the first blogger which built their name from their presence rather than name is Darren over at Pro Blogger. Most people in the blogosphere has heard of Pro Blogger, but not the blogger behind the blog. He focuses on making the name "Pro Blogger" bigger than his name for a reason. This is branding taking the website name and making it well known. Now let's move onto a blogger who has branded his name. The blogger who sticks out in my mind when I think of who made a brand out of his name is John Chow over at JohnChow.com. Everything including the domain has his name in it and that was his plan to brand his name then associate it with making money online.

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Now lets move onto my thoughts on branding. The first and one of the most important factors when trying to brand your web presence or name is gaining the trust of both visitors and competitors in your niche. If everyone hates you then expect to do poorly and have horrible things written about you within your niche. When the average Joe types in keywords for your niche and a post trashing you comes up. Guess what happens when that guy visits your website, they bounce. Well this is why making enemies may get you backlinks, but it is a much better idea to get backlinks from friends. If you get a circle of friends going rather than enemies then you will find backlinks left and right. So be careful when interacting.

Now gaining trust from your traffic is just as important. It can and will damage your brand if you get caught lying and refuse to retract your statement. Whenever possible double check the facts of your content attempting to come as close as possible to the truth. The next and last step I would like to discuss when it comes to branding marketing and networking are key. You will want to build backlinks everywhere and anywhere that are both relevant and high authority. Niche directories are a great start as well as niche forums. Anyway this should be a good start for those who would like to build a brand.