Blog Posting Service For Seo Purposes
Posted on | December 7, 2009 | No Comments
Building and promoting a new website isn’t easy. The first thing you need to know, is to learn how to drive organic search traffic using SEO.
SEO is short for search engine optimization. It is a process that combines off-site and on-site optimization to allow you to get higher search engine rankings.
In the search engine world, if you don’t rank on the first page of the search results, your site doesn’t exist. Visitors must be able to see your URL in the search results when they want to search for relevant information. So how do you ensure your site gets ranked at the top?
It will take a whole book to explain the entire SEO process properly. But for the sake of discussion, we will just list the most important component – which is off-site optimization. Off-site SEO sounds like a complex hi-tech phrase, but it’s actually very easy to implement. It involves building back links with relevant anchor texts.
Assuming that you have already done your keyword research, you would know what keywords to go for. For instance, if you are trying to rank for the phrase “seo guide”, then your links must contain the words “seo guide”. Don’t try to use phrases like “click here”, or “visit website”.
Problem is, since these links are posted in external sites, how do you ensure that the proper anchor texts are used?
One way you can do so is to use a blog posting service. A blog posting service allows you to pick your desired anchor texts. Here is how it works.
Step 1: Choose a high quality blog network. Sometimes, services that promise thousands of blog posts may be lacking in quality. After all, who is going to promote the thousands of blogs? Go for quality, then quantity.
Step 2: Once you sign up with the service, you will then post your blog entry. Most services require your article length to be at least 300 words. Just write naturally, and you will be able to generate that article length easily. Also, keep in mind that there is no need to resort to keyword stuffing. Write as if you are writing for a human reader.
Step 3: Make sure you insert your links properly with your desired anchor texts. Note that the service provider will not format the links for you. So you must remember to format all links properly with HTML tags. Most services will allow you to include between two to three links.
Step 4: Your article will then be approved for distribution. There is nothing more to do on your part. Just sit back and wait for the blog posting report to arrive. The report should contain the links to your blog posts, so you know where you links are.
Give the articles a few weeks to be indexed by the search engines. Once the articles start to age in the search engines, they will become more valuable. In a few months time, you will be able to see a boost in search engine rankings. For older sites, sometimes all it takes is a few short weeks.
Improve Your Seo Skills
Posted on | November 17, 2009 | No Comments
ou can find lots of information about SEO on the Internet. A lot of it is theory based. That means the information has not been tested in a real world situation. Here are some SEO techniques that have been proven to work.
1) Primary keywords in page title.
This is an easy technique that everyone can implement. Always include your target keyword phrases in your article title. That will help boost your search rankings. Don’t just use your company name or domain as the page title. If you really wish to include your company name, place it after the primary keyword phrase.
2) Use of unique Meta tags.
Although Meta tags are invisible to the visitor, search engines still rely on the information to rank web pages. Try not to use the same Meta tags for all the pages. The two most important Meta tags are the “keywords” and “description” tags. Use unique tags for each web page.
3) No duplicate content within the same website.
The search engines are coming down hard on websites with duplicate content within the same domain. Websites may be banned or penalized. If you have websites that require duplicate content (e.g. print friendly pages), always use canonical urls to specify the primary web page.
4) Back links!
Don’t forget to acquire as many relevant back links as you can for your website! Many webmasters tend to spend too much time generating content, and they forget to acquire back links. More traffic doesn’t guarantee more traffic. But more back links will get you more traffic for sure!
There are more that you can do. But the above techniques represent the bare minimum. In other words, you must implement these techniques for your site to rank well in the search engines. Here is how you can practice and improve your SEO skills.
1) SEO contests.
This is the number method for perfecting your SEO skills link in the current promo junkie contest: Oes Tsetnoc . In order to find out how good you are at SEO, you must pit your skills against other webmasters. Usually, those who compete are new to SEO, so the competition is fair. Besides, everyone can share their experiences and learn from one another. It’s a great way to put SEO into practice.
You can find out more about SEO contests from blogs, forums, and other webmaster communities. Word travels fast on the Internet. If you are well connected, you will hear about them sooner or later. The best part is, while practising, you stand a chance to win great prizes! For every contest, a few generous sponsors tend to sponsor prizes such as cash, gift vouchers, digital products, etc.
2) Webmaster forums.
SEO contests can take a month or two to complete. If you don’t wish to participate in such contests, you can join webmaster or internet marketing forums to learn more about SEO. Many members are more than happy to share real life experiences with the rest of the community. If you have questions, just ask. You will be surprised at the number of members who are happy to provide you with great answers. In time to come, you will become an SEO expert. Now it’s time for you to share what you have learned with the community.
Publicize Your Business On News Sites
Posted on | November 13, 2009 | No Comments
Do you know that you can promote your own products and services using press release distribution services? It’s true.
When you issue a press release, think of it as an SEO campaign. (You can read more about SEO news here). What do you usually do when you are performing SEO?
You want back links from authority sites right? Well, when you distribute a press release, you are sending your PR out to many well established sites such as Cnet News, InboxRobot, EINNews, etc. These sites have been around for years, and links from them are very valuable.
Valuable in the sense that you can boost your search engine rankings. In today’s age, any marketing campaign must involve the Internet (read more about Internet marketing news here). For all you know, the bulk of your business will eventually come from the Internet.
As the major search engines own the lion’s share of web traffic, it becomes impossible for business owners to ignore this traffic source.
To perform SEO properly, your job is not just to get back links. Back links MUST come from authoritative sources. Otherwise, your site may get penalized for link spamming. In addition, make sure your links come from relevant articles. This isn’t too much of an issue since in a PR, you have full control over what you want to include in the release.
Note that a PR is different from an article distribution. You can’t use articles to promote your business directly. The article directories will reject your articles. But you can use PRs to promote your businesses directly. Talk about your new products, new shipments, new customer service policies, and so on.
Your PRs will help you attract targeted visitors from Google News, and other major news aggregators. They will also stay online indefinitely to help you gain more traffic in the long term.
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Article Submission Service Now Accepts Wordpress Blogs
Posted on | November 11, 2009 | No Comments
Article submission service provider now accepts Wordpress blogs.
The system was initially setup to post to Articledashboard and ArticleTrader scripts. However, more and more article directories are switching to the Wordpress script.
To keep up with the evolution of article marketing, we have decided to modify our system. We can now post content automatically to Wordpress article directories. From the publisher’s point of view, this is a great way to get free content on a daily basis.
Each article has the potential to attract hundreds of visitors per month. With thousands of articles being posted each month, publishers can only stand to benefit. This is truly an automated blog!
Articles that are posted are mainly published by industry experts. They come from diverse markets, so publishers can expect to receive a wide variety of expert articles. Each article will be at least 450 words in length, and will contain 1 or 2 links at the bottom. The links must be kept intact in exchange for the free content.
To allow automated blog posting, an account with admin rights must be setup for us. We will use XML-RPC to post articles to your Wordpress blog. As XML-RPC is disabled by default, webmasters need to go to their Wordpress admin control panel and enabled XML-RPC (Settings > Writing). Once XML-RPC is enabled, you will receiving quality articles from our end.
Publishers and webmasters are free to place ads on the blogs. For those want to own a Wordpress article directory but don’t have the resources to promote the site, this is a great way to get fresh content on a daily basis.
Of course, article directories are expected to be promoted. In time to come, the articles will be indexed by the search engines and the blogs will start receiving traffic. Link building is a must for the blog to have any chance of success.
Tags: automated blog > automated blog posting > automated blogging > free content
Blog Posting Service Now Has Six Live Networks
Posted on | October 26, 2009 | No Comments
To get good rankings in the search engines, you need back links. You don’t just want any back link, you want back links from well established websites. There are many ways you can build links to your website.
One of the most effective ways is to build links in the blogosphere. The blogging space has got thousands and thousands of blogs. Some of them have been around for years.
A year ago, we released a blog posting service for our clients. It started with just 1 network, and has expanded to include 6 live networks. Each network targets a different niche. This is to ensure that all clients get their links on targeted blogs. For example, if you are trying to promote a weight loss product, you can post links in the Food, Medication and Health network.
These networks consist of premium blogs only. The themes are all search engine optimized to ensure that clients get the most benefits by posting in these blogs.
Each article should contain at least 300 words, and not more than 2 active links. The articles will be posted simultaneously to all the blogs in the network.
To start building links, write an article that’s relevant to the website that you are promoting. Purchase at least one credit on the blog posting service website. You can use the credit for any network.
In the article, embed your links with HTML link code. Submit your article from your dashboard, and the article will be approved within 48 hours. Once approved, the article will be posted to all the blogs within the network. This is a great way to build high quality back links. As the blog ages, the value of the back links also increases.
Choose your anchor texts wisely. If possible, target long tail keywords with low competition first. Once your site becomes an authority site, you can try targeting more competitive keyword phrases.
More Expert Articles
Posted on | October 19, 2009 | No Comments
Do you enjoy reading the articles on this blog? If you do, check out more expert articles that are published on the Internet.
These articles are published by many industry experts. The articles are related to home improvement, internet marketing, seo, link building, and many other niches.
You can publish these articles on your blog or website if you like, but make sure that you include the live links in the author resource box. This is to ensure that you don’t violate the rights of the original authors.
Each article is between 300 to 500 words long. Sometimes, publishers may choose to publish articles that are over 1,000 words in length. But this is rare. Most writers publish short and concise articles.
You may also choose to publish your own expert articles if you like. Simply choose a subject that you enjoy writing about and start creating your own articles.
For each article that you submit, you are allowed to add 2 live links to your author resource box. Readers who enjoy reading your articles can click on the links and visit your website. This is a great way to get some additional exposure for your sites without having to pay a single cent.
How long does it take to write an article?
That depends on how fast you type, and how familiar you are with the topic. If you are writing about something that you are very familiar with, a 500 word article should take no more than 15 minutes. But if you need to stop to think about what you want to write about, 1 article can easily take up an hour or more of your time. Therefore, always take the time to think about what you want to write before actually sitting down to commence writing. This will ensure that you churn out quality articles easily and quickly.
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Benefits of Google News Submission
Posted on | October 17, 2009 | No Comments
Ever wanted to get instant exposure in the search engines? One way to do so is to get your press releases indexed by Google News.
Google News works a little differently from traditional search engines. On a traditional search site, once you get a web page ranked in the search results, it will probably retain its rankings for quite some time.
However, since news readers are always looking for the latest news, Google News is built to show only the most recent materials.
So what are the implications?
First, if you issue a press release and it shows up in Google News, it will move instantly to the top of the search results. However, after a few weeks, the PR will move down the rankings.
That means you will receive exposure and traffic almost instantly; usually within minutes once your PR has been distributed. For the next couple of weeks, your PR will continue to receive page views. After that, traffic will taper off.
This may seem like a short term traffic generation strategy. But don’t forget that after the first couple of weeks, Google itself starts to index the news articles and includes them in its main search index. Since your press releases remain online indefinitely, you get to receive long term traffic.
In every Google News Submission, you get to include two to three links back to your site in the PR. Visitors can contact you by emailing you directly based on the contact info in the PR, or they can click on these links and visit your website.
Your links are very valuable because you are actually performing search engine optimization (SEO). The more back links you get, the higher your search rankings will be. In other words, press releases can even help boost your search rankings!
As you probably already know, organic search traffic tends to be easier to convert into paying customers. A single press release can potentially earn you thousands of dollars if you know what you are doing.
Why Go Into Article Marketing?
Posted on | August 27, 2009 | No Comments
Have you ever wondered why there is so much hype about article marketing? Perhaps there may be some truths in the midst of all that noise.
Let’s take a look at why a marketer should go into article marketing.
1) Immediate traffic.
This is something that every marketer wants. Who has all day to wait for traffic to arrive? You want to be able to test your conversions immediately. Article marketing can provide you with instant traffic. The traffic comes from the RSS subscribers.
2) Mid to long term traffic.
As your article remains online for an indefinite period of time, you get to receive mid to long term traffic. New visitors may still find your articles a few years down the road, click on the link in your author resource box, and visit your website.
3) There is a cumulative effect.
When you are just starting out, you may see just a trickle of traffic as you have too few articles online. But as you progress, you soon find that you get more and more traffic. That’s due to having more and more articles published on the world wide web. The more articles you write, the more you grow your traffic levels.
4) More back links for SEO benefit.
You may not be aware of this if you know nothing about SEO. But you are actually doing it. By publishing more articles, you get more back links to your site. Each link is counted as a “vote” for your site. In other words, the more votes you get, the higher your rankings will be in the search results.
5) Ease of execution.
Article marketing is so easy that anyone can get started immediately. You don’t have to worry about complicated software or anything like that. As long as you can write in simple English and can express your ideas, you can get involved.
6) Position yourself as an expert.
Write and submit articles that are useful and valuable. When you do that, visitors tend to see you as an expert in your field. In other words, don’t ever attempt to submit crappy information in an attempt to make a measly sale. Always think about the visitor and share your best information. In time to come, they will come to trust you and start to do business with you.
7) Free traffic!
If you really think about it, there is no such thing as totally free traffic. Free here means that you don’t have to pay a single cent to start receiving traffic. But you do have to put in some time to make this work. Time then, becomes the only price to pay. That means everyone can jump on the bandwagon and get traffic to a website. This method is especially useful for those with a tight budget.
Darren Chow is a full time article marketer and SEO specialist who has helped hundreds of clients promote thousands of websites. Join the article marketing newsletter to find out more about how he gets sites to rank well in the search engines.
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A Beginner’s Guide to Affiliate Marketing – Getting Started
Posted on | August 27, 2009 | No Comments
Are you a beginner trying to learn how to get into affiliate marketing? If you have been poking around looking for more information, you now know that success is not something that will happen for you overnight.
Perhaps you may even feel a bit overwhelmed due to the plethora of information that is out there on the Internet.
Let me just give you the big picture here so that you know what you are getting yourself into.
You need these various components for your affiliate business to work.
A) Traffic.
This is a must. Without traffic, you won’t see any sales. Don’t think that you can set up a website and customers will come. They won’t. You have to actively promote your business. There are many methods to drive traffic online. Pick up at least one or two methods like you like doing, and go on from there.
I highly recommend article marketing. This is a traffic generation method that anyone can use. You can use it to drive traffic to your site in the blink of an eye. As long as you can write in simple words, you can use article marketing to drive traffic. Of course, there are various tips and tricks that will help make your marketing efforts more effective. You need to learn the ins and outs of article marketing in order to succeed.
B) Products that convert.
These are products that you own, or they can be other people’s products. Strictly speaking, affiliate marketing is about promoting someone else’s products. But you make a lot more money if you have your own products. As a beginner, just try to promote other people’s products so that you get a better feel of what converts, and what doesn’t. You can easily come up with your own products later on, and they will have a higher chance of success.
Don’t just choose a product just for the sake of earning money. You will have to promote these products. So you are better off choosing a product that is related to a niche that you are passionate about. That will motive you to market the products. Your strong believe and conviction will also help convince potential customers to buy what you are recommending.
C) A list of customers.
List building should be the core focus of your activities online. On the Internet, everything happens at the speed of light (maybe faster?). When things change, you want to be able to go back to your customers and update them.
In addition, you also want to be able to sell them additional solutions after the first sales. Don’t just sell them once, and then go chase after new customers. Your affiliate business will grow with your your list.
From the above, you can immediately see that there are various aspects of the business that you need to take care of. Don’t make the mistake of just driving traffic, and then neglect the other aspects of your business. You would just be wasting time and effort.
Darren Chow is a full time article marketer and SEO specialist who has helped hundreds of clients promote thousands of websites. Join the article marketing newsletter to find out more about how he gets sites to rank well in the search engines.
Tags: affiliate marketing
5 Hot Tips For Beginner Internet Marketers
Posted on | August 27, 2009 | No Comments
So you have been exposed to all the hype about the newest money making product on the Internet. You bought the product, devoured the information, and you can’t wait to start. But before jumping on to the band wagon, here are a tips for you.
Tip 1: Choose your web host carefully.
This is your most basic utility. If your website goes offline, you can’t make any sales. So choose a reliable host. Very often, you will come across promotions offering unlimited bandwidth, unlimited domains, etc. You have to be a little careful here. Some hosting companies do go under because they simply don’t have the expertise and support resources to offer such hosting plans.
There are a few leading companies in the market that have been doing a great job so far. But there is no such thing as unlimited everything. Some limit you to the number of databases, while others limit you to the number of files per account. So read the terms and conditions carefully. If the plans don’t make sense to you, then head the opposite direction.
Tip 2: Choose a domain name with your target keywords in it.
You will be doing this for more search traffic. The search engines do rank sites with the primary keywords in the top level domain name. For example, if you are trying to target the golf niche, then choose a domain name like “golflessons” (without spacing) or “golfcourses”, etc. You get the idea.
Tip 3: Make up your mind about who you want to help!
Your business should always be people centric. In other words, making money is fine, but you have to know where you are adding value. Who are these people you want to help? Always remember, people are the main reason you are in business. Making money is just a by product. When you have a clear target market, it’s easier to maneuver.
Tip 4: Specialize in something.
Don’t be a jack of all trades and try to sell everything under the sun. That’s just unwise. Be a specialist. Specialize in just one or two key areas and you are in a better position to help others. For instance, I personally specialize in SEO and article marketing. So that’s what I talk about most of the time. You have to specialize so that you become really good at something.
Tip 5: Acquiring trust online.
So many new marketers make the mistake of not promoting themselves as experts. In order to gain trust, you have to let others see you as an expert. Share your knowledge and information. Provide solutions to other people’s problems. When others trust you, they are more likely to buy from you. You will experience much better conversion rates.
That also means that whatever you are selling should not be evil. Be honest and sincere. Others will be able to connect with you in a much deeper level.
Darren Chow is a full time article marketer and SEO specialist who has helped hundreds of clients promote thousands of websites. Join the article marketing newsletter to find out more about how he gets sites to rank well in the search engines.
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