Sorry for posting twice in a day, but I posted this in v7n and feel it is worth sharing to you guys it is the resources to get a website off the ground. Here you go:
1. Social bookmarking- http://marketing-a-website.blogspot.com/2009/05/top-55-social-bookmarking-websites.html
2. Starting blogs keeping them updated with good fresh unique content and then linking back to your site through these.
3. Blog Commenting on blogs in your nich both do follow and no follow-even if you don't get a backlink it is good to build relationships within your niche.
4. Press Release- http://www.webmaster-elements.com/submit-press-releases.htm
5. Guest Posting- Build a relationship with the webmasters and bloggers within your niche and sooner or later you will be asked to guest post.
6. Link Exchange- Be careful with this one you do not want to many outgoing links on your site.
7. Social networking sites - www.twitter.com, www.facebook.com, and www.myspace.com are some
8. Free directory submission- http://www.addurl.nu/ <900 free directories
9. Forum Posting- make sure to put your link in the signature if you don't know how here- www.bbcode.org/reference.php bb tag list For this forum I think there is still a 50 post min before you can add a link to your sig, stick it out get your 50 posts in it is well worth the effort.
10. SEO I will be posting about SEO both advanced and basic concepts if you would like a free tutorial then try http://www.seo-guy.com/tutorial.html
11. Article Marketing here is a list of over 450 article directories- http://www.masonworld.com/masonworld-article-directory-rank I also have an auto article submitter if your interested pm me I can't list here because it is an affiliate link, it is free of course)
12. Email Marketing-Personally I don't use this type of marketing therefore have no resources for you. If you have a resource you would like to share feel free.
13. Viral Marketing- Here is the definition http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viral_marketing
14. Traffic Exchanges- I really don't recommend these since the majority have been deemed link farms. Now if you have an affiliate link you would like to promote this may be a viable solution, be sure to check the affiliate sites rules and regulations before placing your affiliate link in one of these programs.
15. Classified ads- the two that come to mind are www.craigslist.com and www.inetgiant.com
16. Offline Marketing-If you are running a website meant for local people/business's then take out a newspaper ad or tv/radio commercial
17. Promotional Webpages- There are many services out there that like a blog will let you set up a free web presence one that I like to use is www.squidoo.com and http://hubpages.com/
18. Build a Newsletter- Here is a site that will help get you started http://www.freenewsletterideas.com/
19. Place your link in your email and ask your friends and family to do the same.
20. Network - Personally I have found this to be the most useful of all twenty. When you build relationships with other webmasters the ability to help each other promote expands exponentially. Remember the web has reached over a trillion unique URLs so it will be much easier to reach the top if you are willing to work with others to get there.
Well I hope you like these twenty I feel these are the cornerstone of any successful marketing campaign. Remember if you find this useful to give a link on your website or blog; of course a reference in an article or a forum is also very helpful. This blog does have the no follow removed so make sure to comment and get a free one way link. When commenting please comment about the post and not advertise your site unless it has something to do with this post. Also if you feel that I have missed anything then feel free to add it in a comment.
Saturday, June 6, 2009
How To Get Organic Traffic
Well this will probably be a pretty quick post today. I want to share with you some very valuable links that I use online I really hope you appreciate and use these links for your own success. Please If you happen to end up using these links make sure to share a link on your website/blog or give this post a refrence in a forum or article. Anyway onto the links.
The first link is for those new to SEO. I do cover alot on this blog, but it is good to get diffrent perspectives so here is the resources I go to when I want to see what is happening:
1st. http://www.seomoz.org/ Very solid resource for gaining a grasp of the concepts online. I use this resource frequently when I want to brush up on SEO.
2nd. http://www.seo-guy.com/tutorial.html It is a must that I give a shout out to this guy. This was the very first website that I entered on my quest to learn Search Engine Optimization.
3rd. http://www.v7n.com/forums/ Here is the best place to discuss SEO strategies. If you ask a question here in the marketing or seo threads there is a 90% chance you will see my reply (kbeus21) if you want you could even ask for my assistance.
Well these are some good places to start your journey make sure to read my first SEO post http://marketing-a-website.blogspot.com/2009/05/basics-of-search-engine-optimization.html which is an excellent place to begin getting a grasp of search engine optimization.
Well these really help you cover basics of SEO, if you would like to get backlinks out free and quickly I recommend trying Auto Article Submitter. What this does is takes your article and after you place the %link1% into your article make sure you place the keywords for your link then the link itself into the appropriate boxes. The reason for this is if Google sees the exact same anchor text for every link it will be considered spam and you will not recieve the benifits. After you submit your article do a search for blogs within your niche which you can do at the bottom of the bottem of the submission page choose thirty blogs to submit your article two and it will be spread among them a over about two weeks so you won't recieve an unatural looking jump in backlinks. Anyways there is a PDF file and a video that shows you how to use this free system. I hope you take advantage of this it has helped me greatly within the SERPs.
Remember the no follow attribute has been removed so your comments will recieve a backlink make sure to input the name as so your name @ your keywords to take full advantage of the backlink. If this post has helped you I could really use your help in getting backlinks since website promotion is a very competitve niche any help would be appreciated. Thanks for reading and if you would like me to cover a specific topic feel free to leave a comment.
The first link is for those new to SEO. I do cover alot on this blog, but it is good to get diffrent perspectives so here is the resources I go to when I want to see what is happening:
1st. http://www.seomoz.org/ Very solid resource for gaining a grasp of the concepts online. I use this resource frequently when I want to brush up on SEO.
2nd. http://www.seo-guy.com/tutorial.html It is a must that I give a shout out to this guy. This was the very first website that I entered on my quest to learn Search Engine Optimization.
3rd. http://www.v7n.com/forums/ Here is the best place to discuss SEO strategies. If you ask a question here in the marketing or seo threads there is a 90% chance you will see my reply (kbeus21) if you want you could even ask for my assistance.
Well these are some good places to start your journey make sure to read my first SEO post http://marketing-a-website.blogspot.com/2009/05/basics-of-search-engine-optimization.html which is an excellent place to begin getting a grasp of search engine optimization.
Well these really help you cover basics of SEO, if you would like to get backlinks out free and quickly I recommend trying Auto Article Submitter. What this does is takes your article and after you place the %link1% into your article make sure you place the keywords for your link then the link itself into the appropriate boxes. The reason for this is if Google sees the exact same anchor text for every link it will be considered spam and you will not recieve the benifits. After you submit your article do a search for blogs within your niche which you can do at the bottom of the bottem of the submission page choose thirty blogs to submit your article two and it will be spread among them a over about two weeks so you won't recieve an unatural looking jump in backlinks. Anyways there is a PDF file and a video that shows you how to use this free system. I hope you take advantage of this it has helped me greatly within the SERPs.
Remember the no follow attribute has been removed so your comments will recieve a backlink make sure to input the name as so your name @ your keywords to take full advantage of the backlink. If this post has helped you I could really use your help in getting backlinks since website promotion is a very competitve niche any help would be appreciated. Thanks for reading and if you would like me to cover a specific topic feel free to leave a comment.
Thursday, June 4, 2009
Search Engine Optimization
Hello everyone I hope you enjoy today's post. I will be covering some of the more advanced concepts of search engine optimization if you would like to read the basics you can do so here anyway on with the post.
First off one important aspect that I notice alot of webmasters not utilizing in their html is the rel="nofollow" within their anchor tags. The reason this is a mistake is when Google is deciding the importance of a page it calculates the incoming verse the out going. Personally I promote a couple of make money programs on make money free that are displayed on my home page. I do this for the money these programs make me, but placing them on my front page drops me in the SERPs if I do not utilize the no follow attribute. When ever possible place the rel="nofollow" on any links pointing away from your page that you do not want to give link juice to.
The next thing I would like to discuss is when attempting to gain rank within the SERPs it is very important to anchor keywords within the text of hyperlinks. When I am on the webmaster forums and someone asks what am I doing wrong with my SEO when I go to their page I notice that they are still using the "home" button or text link to bring a user back to the index. Take a look at my site make money free which is in the paragraph above and on every page you will notice that rather than placing home I put the keywords which I wanted to rank well for which were "make money free". It is always a good idea to place the keywords that you would like to rank well for in your nav bar. Another thing you may want to consider is if you would like to rank well for more than one keyword place a link on the bottom of your pages for example if I did not want to only rank well for "make money free" I could place a link to my home at the bottom of each page with the keywords "make money online".
Anchoring on site links is only one aspect of utilizing anchor tags when trying to rank well within the SERPs. When you begin building links whether it be through articles, commenting, or forums you should be anchoring the keywords you wish to rank well for. Something I learned a little while ago that has helped me drastically in the SERPs was to rather than use the same keywords in every promoting platform it would be better to rotate 5 or 6. If we keep with the example listed above the keywords I would consider rotating within articles and other forums of promotion are make money, make money free, make money online, earn money, earn money free, earn money online, and others that follow along the lines within my niche.
One point that I feel is necessary to make is when you begin your link building campaign do not stray to far away from your base niche. If you notice in the example above I do not use online jobs, work at home, or other keywords that are to far away from my main phrase. You may argue with this, but let me show you the example of my work here is the copy and paste of the top ten keyword I rank well for and bring in the majority of my traffic:
1 make money free 6
2 make money online free 10
3 earn money online free 9
4 earn money free 8
5 make money free online 9
6 money free 9
7 free make money online 9
8 get money free 9
9 free earn money online 7
10 earn money free online 8
Now if you would like to test these out feel free go to www.google.com type in any phrase shown here and look for my website http://makemoneyfree.comuv.com. You will notice the results to be accurate, but since I am in such a competitive niche these results are always changing. Anyway this shows that if you stick with keywords that are close together you can rank well. Make sure you rotate them, personally I like to rotate the keywords for each forum I join here is a list of the top 5 webmaster forums for those trying to build quality backlinks. Anyway if you do this within your site and when link building you will rise in the SERPs.
I would like to go over some don'ts of optimization.
1st. Do not stuff keywords: I covered this when I went over the basics, but I feel that it is something that experienced webmasters sometimes forget. When doing the metas don't repeat any keyword or phrase more than twice. Within the content keep density below 10%, if you would like to test the density of your sites content here is a tool Keyword Density Checker. This will list any and all keywords that repeat and tell you how prevalent they are throughout your content.
2nd. Please and I mean PLEASE stop spamming forums, blogs, and other areas where webmasters are allowed to gain backlinks. You spammers are shutting the resources that webmasters have used for years to get backlinks. What is funny every hour I spend commenting on a blog is worth 100 of a spammers. I understand you want all the backlinks that you can get, but if you don't take the time to leave a interesting thoughtful remark more than likely your comment or post will be flagged and more than likely deleted. If your looking to spam use such sources as squido where spamming is fine, no body will go to your site if you don't offer any good comment, but at least you won't blow relationships with bloggers and webmasters (which are extremely valuable). Personally I can read a 1000 word post within 10 minutes and leave a 30-40 word response within 1 minute. So I spend 11 minutes posting on a blog whereas a spammer spends 1-2 minutes depending on how elaborate the comment is. My comment get accepted the spammers is rejected. My comment will lead to the blogger or webmaster comeing to my site and if they like it they may promote it the spammers comment ensures that if the blogger or webmaster ever sees that name no matter if they leave a good comment or not it will be rejected. So is it helpful to spam? I really hope everyone in the make money niche keeps it up letting me gain rank in the serps:)
Another thing that webmasters really should be doing is keeping track of there backlinks. Usually newer webmasters will not need to worry very much about this, but when your website begins showing up popular keywords such as what I showed you up above if you keep a good eye on your backlinks more than likely you will see some that you did not place and are placed on websites that allow auto submission and who's purpose if strictly for growing backlinks. You may ask what is wrong with that? If you have read Google's webmaster guidelines the site that I described above is the exact definition of a link farm and if the Google bot finds the majority of your backlinks coming from such places your site will be punished and you will lose SERPs position. Personally the only way I have found to combat such black hat techniques is first and foremost get as many natural high PR backlinks as possible my preference is using article submission. Second contact the webmasters of these link farms and politely ask them to remove your URL. Most of the times this will not work, but it is worth a try.
Well this post should help you rank well in the SERPs. Do not expect it to be the last I have plenty to say about SEO. Anyway if you found this useful I would really appreciate your help if you could give a link from your site or blog even a mention in a forum is helpful. Remember this is a do follow blog so leave a good comment (20+ words and is about the post) and you will get a free one way backlink. I hope you enjoyed this for my next post I will be building a list of do follow blogs.
First off one important aspect that I notice alot of webmasters not utilizing in their html is the rel="nofollow" within their anchor tags. The reason this is a mistake is when Google is deciding the importance of a page it calculates the incoming verse the out going. Personally I promote a couple of make money programs on make money free that are displayed on my home page. I do this for the money these programs make me, but placing them on my front page drops me in the SERPs if I do not utilize the no follow attribute. When ever possible place the rel="nofollow" on any links pointing away from your page that you do not want to give link juice to.
The next thing I would like to discuss is when attempting to gain rank within the SERPs it is very important to anchor keywords within the text of hyperlinks. When I am on the webmaster forums and someone asks what am I doing wrong with my SEO when I go to their page I notice that they are still using the "home" button or text link to bring a user back to the index. Take a look at my site make money free which is in the paragraph above and on every page you will notice that rather than placing home I put the keywords which I wanted to rank well for which were "make money free". It is always a good idea to place the keywords that you would like to rank well for in your nav bar. Another thing you may want to consider is if you would like to rank well for more than one keyword place a link on the bottom of your pages for example if I did not want to only rank well for "make money free" I could place a link to my home at the bottom of each page with the keywords "make money online".
Anchoring on site links is only one aspect of utilizing anchor tags when trying to rank well within the SERPs. When you begin building links whether it be through articles, commenting, or forums you should be anchoring the keywords you wish to rank well for. Something I learned a little while ago that has helped me drastically in the SERPs was to rather than use the same keywords in every promoting platform it would be better to rotate 5 or 6. If we keep with the example listed above the keywords I would consider rotating within articles and other forums of promotion are make money, make money free, make money online, earn money, earn money free, earn money online, and others that follow along the lines within my niche.
One point that I feel is necessary to make is when you begin your link building campaign do not stray to far away from your base niche. If you notice in the example above I do not use online jobs, work at home, or other keywords that are to far away from my main phrase. You may argue with this, but let me show you the example of my work here is the copy and paste of the top ten keyword I rank well for and bring in the majority of my traffic:
1 make money free 6
2 make money online free 10
3 earn money online free 9
4 earn money free 8
5 make money free online 9
6 money free 9
7 free make money online 9
8 get money free 9
9 free earn money online 7
10 earn money free online 8
Now if you would like to test these out feel free go to www.google.com type in any phrase shown here and look for my website http://makemoneyfree.comuv.com. You will notice the results to be accurate, but since I am in such a competitive niche these results are always changing. Anyway this shows that if you stick with keywords that are close together you can rank well. Make sure you rotate them, personally I like to rotate the keywords for each forum I join here is a list of the top 5 webmaster forums for those trying to build quality backlinks. Anyway if you do this within your site and when link building you will rise in the SERPs.
I would like to go over some don'ts of optimization.
1st. Do not stuff keywords: I covered this when I went over the basics, but I feel that it is something that experienced webmasters sometimes forget. When doing the metas don't repeat any keyword or phrase more than twice. Within the content keep density below 10%, if you would like to test the density of your sites content here is a tool Keyword Density Checker. This will list any and all keywords that repeat and tell you how prevalent they are throughout your content.
2nd. Please and I mean PLEASE stop spamming forums, blogs, and other areas where webmasters are allowed to gain backlinks. You spammers are shutting the resources that webmasters have used for years to get backlinks. What is funny every hour I spend commenting on a blog is worth 100 of a spammers. I understand you want all the backlinks that you can get, but if you don't take the time to leave a interesting thoughtful remark more than likely your comment or post will be flagged and more than likely deleted. If your looking to spam use such sources as squido where spamming is fine, no body will go to your site if you don't offer any good comment, but at least you won't blow relationships with bloggers and webmasters (which are extremely valuable). Personally I can read a 1000 word post within 10 minutes and leave a 30-40 word response within 1 minute. So I spend 11 minutes posting on a blog whereas a spammer spends 1-2 minutes depending on how elaborate the comment is. My comment get accepted the spammers is rejected. My comment will lead to the blogger or webmaster comeing to my site and if they like it they may promote it the spammers comment ensures that if the blogger or webmaster ever sees that name no matter if they leave a good comment or not it will be rejected. So is it helpful to spam? I really hope everyone in the make money niche keeps it up letting me gain rank in the serps:)
Another thing that webmasters really should be doing is keeping track of there backlinks. Usually newer webmasters will not need to worry very much about this, but when your website begins showing up popular keywords such as what I showed you up above if you keep a good eye on your backlinks more than likely you will see some that you did not place and are placed on websites that allow auto submission and who's purpose if strictly for growing backlinks. You may ask what is wrong with that? If you have read Google's webmaster guidelines the site that I described above is the exact definition of a link farm and if the Google bot finds the majority of your backlinks coming from such places your site will be punished and you will lose SERPs position. Personally the only way I have found to combat such black hat techniques is first and foremost get as many natural high PR backlinks as possible my preference is using article submission. Second contact the webmasters of these link farms and politely ask them to remove your URL. Most of the times this will not work, but it is worth a try.
Well this post should help you rank well in the SERPs. Do not expect it to be the last I have plenty to say about SEO. Anyway if you found this useful I would really appreciate your help if you could give a link from your site or blog even a mention in a forum is helpful. Remember this is a do follow blog so leave a good comment (20+ words and is about the post) and you will get a free one way backlink. I hope you enjoyed this for my next post I will be building a list of do follow blogs.
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