The Importance of Everyday Traffic-Building
Many internet entrepreneurs are having trouble getting their online businesses off the ground. Why? It is because they are not following a strict traffic-building regimen. In order to receive high quality traffic to your site you will need to put forth an effort. The following information should be used in your campaign every day. When it comes to traffic building hard work pays off.
I find that writing articles and submitting them to the major article directories can provide you with some high quality traffic. You will have to have a good grasp of the subject you write about in order to be able to produce worth while articles. At the end of your article you will need to write a short author biography that will entice the reader to follow your link to your site. Your articles will be picked up by hundreds of blogs and web sites resulting in many clicks to your site.
Hopefully when the reader clicks the link to your site they will be met with a squeeze page. This page will ask them to sign up for your mailing list. Once the visitor fills in the form they will be directed to your main page. The squeeze page will get you started on building your e-mail list. Your list will be a valuable tool to keep your visitors interested in your site and keep them coming back for more.
This is the first step for building high quality traffic. This is the first step because it is the cheapest. You must do this every day!
Just write the articles and build your mailing list before you go out and blow your budget on pay per click advertising. Give article writing a shot. Many experts swear by it. Who knows? It may work!
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Content is King... With Attention
I recently read an article all about page optimization and what some of the important factors are in developing a search friendly web site. They described all the pieces from the domain name to the coding elements like meta tags, keywords, the description, alt tags, good linking structure, but touted that "Content is King."
Now, I am not disagreeing with that statement. Content is certainly the largest block of the building. But what I felt was missing from their article was the fact that content should not be implemented then forgotten. If you have a great website, but it stays the same for months or even years it grows stagnant and will start to die over time.
Think for a second about www.cnn.com. How well would the site perform if they left news up on their homepage for a year? Now that is a very dramatic example, but the principle is the same even if it is on a much smaller level. Am I saying that everyone has to update their content every day to stay on top? No!
What I am saying is keep updated information on your site. Do you have events, sales, specials, holiday giveaways, or anything that you can add, especially to a homepage, that will show search engines your web site is a living document? How about new products, or asking a question to get feedback from site visitors, anything to show that you are vested in keeping your web site active and informative.
You have to take into consideration your market, your competition, and your own web site focus. Are other sites adding or changing content every 3 days? If they are most likely they are going to beat out any site that has had no changes in a long period of time. Do you run an informative site or e-commerce? Then fresh content, on a regular - frequent - basis is your lifeblood.
One good way to keep fresh content is by starting a personal or corporate blog and making a post or two a week. I tend to post a lot and I have search engines picking up my site every couple hours. Link those post titles to your homepage with some server-side code and see a huge jump in those bot visits!
There is so much you can do, and most of it can be something quick and simple. One or two hours a month even can show that you care about your web site. Write some content, share your news, sell a new product. Trust me, by giving a little, you will be gaining a lot.
About: Ironvine Search Marketing (http://www.ironvine.com/blog/)
Author - Steve Terjeson - Online Marketing Specialist for Sesame Communications with over 10 years assorted programming, marketing, sales, and computer related experience.
Semantic Search Engines - Forget the Way You Searched Before
The Internet community full of buzz about semantic search engines and what changes they can bring to Internet marketing and SEO.
This gave me an idea to make a testing comparison-research of Google.com and Hakia.com (semantic search engine, in beta version) to check the 'usefulness' of their search results.
Test Rules:
I have done testing search in different terms, usually going 2-3 pages deep (each page had 10 results). This means my research cannot be representing the fully objective picture. But as typical surfers usually don't go deeper than 2-3 pages, the rules for comparison are following the natural pattern of search. In any case, I tried to be very objective, because I am not working at Google or Hakia.
Search Query - Search Engine Optimization.
Google.com: displayed wikipedia link; gave some links to forums and to SEO companies; but it's important to mention that most of the results where - index pages of websites, as if Google was helping you to find industry leaders (SEO companies or forums).
Hakia.com: gave more links to the pages where educational info about SEO was published (usually article directories); also some communities (again, more to the pages where SEO basics are touched); also links news, but for some reason they were broken - maybe it's a problem of a beta version.
Summary: Google was showing more industry leaders (SEO companies or forums or communities), Hakia was more inclined to display content about what is SEO.
Search Query - Website Hosting Mistakes.
Google.com: mostly the pages with articles on all types of sites, popular article directories or nicely established niche sites with articles about this topic published.
Hakia.com: the same to Google, and many matches - links to the same content, sometimes on the same sites.
Summary: both search engines when it comes to the educational type of content were quite good and displayed the articles that really helped to explain typical website hosting mistakes; this can be a good sign that Google indeed cares about content and maybe already plays the semantic game.
Search Query - Payment Solution.
Google.com: mostly the industry majors that provide all types of payment solutions.
Hakia.com: also some industry majors, but a lot less then Google gave; plus very often Hakia was showing sites that had no relations to payment solutions (e.g. some IT companies that in their list of products and services).
Summary: Google was really helpful as instantly showed the leaders of the industry for people to choose the best solutions, Hakia for some reason came into the trap when it was not showing much of the educational content about payment solutions and also gave many companies that had did not have real connection to the topic.
Search Query - BMW Z4 Coupe.
Google.com: many reviews, road tests and news from the nicely established niche sites (among them - car sellers); strange but the first link from official BMW site was quite low in the results.
Hakia.com: one of the top links was the one from official site where I could play with colors of this great car and had its review; also many niche news, forums, magazines and car sellers.
Summary: Hakia turned to be quicker in sending me to the official page, perhaps here the semantic content helped to find the car's official details, but on this very query the results can be estimated as pretty equal.
Overall Research Summary.
When doing the testing searches, I could not explain to myself what exactly is 'wrong' with Hakia, and then I got it...
Google seems to be binding us to the sites that fit the search demand, and Hakia binds us to the content. As we got used to Google's way, it was quite tough to get used to the new pattern of results. Especially this is evident when you want to see offers (industry toppers, service providers, sellers, etc.) and instead you see the "educational how-to" about this topic.
This is neither the drawback of Hakia, nor the advantage of Google. But this gives a really different experience of search. At some moment I thought that I completely lost my searching skills and had to start learning again.
Hakia needs to solve some problems. The display broken links of news is any easy one, I think they will solve it very quickly. But more of a problem was the example with 'payment solutions' where I did not get some educational info about what payment solutions are and how to use them, and did not get real help of finding the industry leaders. I thought that the semantic content approach will at least give me some educational stuff about payment solutions - nop.
Internet Marketing and SEO Future.
My opinion is that semantic search does not bring any danger and any big changes to those who have been working with their sites properly. Everything is like it used to be before - good content, some reasonable on-page optimization, trust in the eyes of search engines and backlinks from authority sites - and you have good and stable positions in search engines.
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Show Up on Google
Show up on Google and take your website to the next level. It's not as hard as it sounds and does not take a long time. Why is it important you ask? Google is by far the most relevant search engine, as it is estimated that 70+% of US searches are made there. More people use Google to do their searching than any other search engine. Period. The millions of searches made there translate into super targeted traffic for your website.
The most direct, yet least effective of the 3 methods I will present, is to submit your site to Google directly by visiting Google and searching for addurl. It may take a while as many site owners submit their urls there, and there is no guarantee that your site will be indexed. While this may work, it will not be a fast process. Having Google find your site on their own is a much better method.
The second method to show up on Google is to put your site in a position to be found by Google. By writing an informative article and submitting it to a popular article directory, you have an extremely good chance of being indexed in a relatively short period of time. Please keep in mind that the article must be unique and informative, providing value to the reader. You will be allowed to include a link in the author sig or resource box of the article, which Google's spiders (Google software that analyzes site content) will follow to get to your site. Assuming the site's content is unique and the site falls within Google's terms of service, Google will add it to their index.
The third and best method to have your site show up on Google is to have a website that is already listed on Google link to your website. The higher the page rank of the site linking to your site, the better. Google's spiders visit higher page ranking sites more often, so your wait to be indexed will be shorter if the page rank of the site linking to you is higher. For the ranking of your site, it also helps if the content of the site is in some way related to the content of your site. The more related the content of the 2 sites is, the more relevant Google will find your site and you will have higher search results rankings.
The best thing about Google traffic is that people finding your site will be looking for whatever it is you have to offer, resulting in much higher sales success than any other traffic could possibly offer. Put your site in a position to be found by Google spiders and your will site shall be found. Optimize your site for the right keywords, provide unique content and update it regularly, and Google will love your site. From that point on, it will be a lot of quality, targeted traffic.
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Increase Your Page Rank, Get More Back Links and Get That Top 10 Listing in Google
You would be amazed at what lengths people will go to get that coveted top 10 spot in Google. Some strategies are outright evil, while others are legit but on the verge of being considered morally wrong. So how do you increase your page rank to get a top 10 listing in Google and other major search engines without risking your name, reputation and business? This article will detail the best and ethical ways to get back links, mainly one way links, to your website.
First of all, before I delve into the details, I must stress the importance of search engine optimization. You may think that this is an overused term and that it doesn't concern you. Well, you couldn't be more wrong! Without optimizing your pages for the search engines you are setting your website up for failure. Nothing else I explain here will matter, or more importantly help you, if you don't optimize your website.
With that said, let's continue. A commonly used form of marketing, and quite frankly the most effective, is article marketing. This is the easiest way I know how to get your website listed in the top 10 on the first page of Google, if not the number one spot, and at the same time increase your page rank. I have personally achieved this myself, all with just writing and distributing articles. Do a search on Google for "honest online income." At the time of me writing this my website is currently ranked number two on the first page. I'm not a professional writer by any means, so if I can do it, so can you.
The key principle behind article marketing is getting as many one way back links as possible. The more websites pointing to your site, the more relevant and authoritative it looks in the eyes of Google. This is where search engine optimization comes into play. You want your website ranking high for the keywords that you have chosen. If you don't know how to do this I suggest you do some research. I've written other articles that cover SEO and article marketing in more detail.
Now I will talk about other ways to get more one way links to your website. Again, remember that back links are what help your website to move further up in the search engines. In conjunction, this will increase your page rank at the same time. You want to get as many one way links as possible. With a top 10 listing in Google, your website will receive a lot of targeted traffic. This is essential for your business.
Other ways to get more one way links include social network sites. Sign up for a service like OnlyWire and when you post to your blog, bookmark the post with OnlyWire and your post will show up in all the major social network sites. This creates a lot of back links to your post. MySpace and Facebook are social sites that you can use to your advantage as well. There are places where you can advertise and place links to your website.
Become active in forums. Place a link to your website in your signature file. Every time you make a post, your signature will be at the end of that post. So, the more you participate and post, the more links you have pointing to your website.
Submitting your website is another way to gain more links. There are literally thousands of directories on the internet. Do some research. Find directories that have a higher Page Rank than your website. This will be very beneficial.
I hope by now you realize the importance of getting back links to your website and increasing your page rank. It is relatively easy to achieve. Start out small. Over time create more and more one way links. You can never have too many; the more the better. Eventually, your website will be in the top 10 listings on Google for your keywords.
Alan Mater makes an income online with his online business web site by ranking high in Google and other major search engines. He offers free online training with internet marketing strategies to generate website traffic and increase sales.
6 Free HyperVRE Targeted Traffic Sources
For anyone using HyperVRE, you know how fast it creates Google loving content rich laser keyword niche targeted monetized websites without any web programming experience required.
However, you may come to realize that HyperVRE is a website generation tool and what it doesn't do is drive traffic to the sites it creates. No other similar tool can. That's why this to the point guide was written -- to fill in the critical knowledge gap you need that will help you open up the traffic flood gates.
Here are six free sources of traffic for turning new HyperVRE generated sites into affiliate income money making machines...
Social Sites
Social sites rely upon their members or users, not the webmaster or editors to decide what content should be shared and discussed among their community. Examples of these sites include Digg.com, Stumbleupon.com and Propeller.com. The way to get traffic from these social sites is by submitting a link to the story or news item that's located somewhere on your site.
Article Directories
Article directories are sites where authors can submit their articles for publishers to reprint freely on their sites in exchange for a link back to their own. Traffic will come directly from the articles you submit to these directories and your articles that are reprinted on other individual websites or blogs. ArticleDashboard.com and EzineArticles.com are two of the most popular high traffic article directories on the web.
Link Exchanges
In a link exchange, you look for sites willing to put your website link on their links page and in return, you put their website link on your own links page. These arrangements are also known as reciprocal links or link partnerships. There are several software applications available that can help you find potential links partners, contact them, build the link pages and keep track of your progress.
Forum Sigs
Forums are websites that allow their members to post questions they may have on the topic of the forum. Then other knowledgeable members will post a reply or answer to that question. Some forums allow their members to include a "Sig" or "signature," under each post that lets them directly link back to their website. The big Internet Marketing or IM forums that allow sigs are Digital Point Forum and the Warrior Forum.
Classified Advertising
Classified advertising almost needs no explanation. Classified ad sites obviously let you post items for sale and some will allow you to link back to your website. Two of the most popular sites are Craigslist and USFreeAds.
Website Directories
Website directories list websites based on categories. Unlike search engines like Google, they don't crawl the web looking for sites. Website owners themselves go to these directories and submit their sites URL manually. Yahoo and ODP are the bigger directories. There are also many other smaller directories where you can add your site.
If you are an affiliate marketer or desire to become one, you don't want to waste your time on learning HTML, CSS, Javascript or PHP just to get a website running... HyperVRE was developed to meet the needs of the affiliate marketer in mind -- content rich monetized websites generated in mere minutes without web programming experience required... and now with this traffic source guide, you can look forward to having your own virtual real estate income generating empire.
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How to Get on Page One of Google - An Introduction to SEO and How to Get on Page One of Google
You go online. You go onto Google. You type in "new converse shoes". You get on page one of Google. You know that the stuff on the first page is usually the most relevant and interesting and you don't bother clicking on page two unless you really want those new converse shoes. The world of SEO just passed you by. Haven't you ever wondered how people get on page one of Google?
I mentioned something in the previous paragraph called SEO. SEO stands for Search Engine Optimization and it's exactly as it implies: optimizing your website so that it can get on page one of Google. Now, it obviously isn't just Google. It can also be Yahoo! or Live.com or any other search engine. There are heaps of benefits of knowing how to get on page one of Google. If you're an Internet Marketer or Webmaster, your site naturally receives more free traffic on the first page. This leads to more revenue from targeted traffic, or, in layman's terms, desperate customers who want to buy stuff. If your site is the first thing they see, wouldn't you agree that they're more likely to click on your link first?
It's an acquired skill that takes most people years of practice to hone and perfect. The main tenet of SEO is relevant, interesting content. A site that is one rank higher than another site has earned its place there because it's content is,
1. interesting: hence people want to leave comments about it on the site.
2. relevant: so people who look up the word in the search engine hit your site which has their keyword on it.
The key to get on page one of Google is by making heaps of backlinks. A backlink is typically a one-way link that that leads from one site to (preferably) your own. Ever heard of the saying, "all roads lead to Rome?" well you want your website to be like Rome. No one's going to want to go to Rome if it's boring, so make your content interesting! No one's going to want to build a road to Rome if there's nothing there that's relevant to them.
The secret to REALLY boost up your website ranking is in getting backlinks from other "Romes" in the neighborhood. Translated online, this means getting links from other important sites that have heaps of backlinks that go towards them.
So how do you go about getting backlinks from other Romes? There are a few things you could do. Write articles and submit them to article directories, leave comments on blogs with your link in them, even go as far as to e-mail the big companies asking them to link back to their site.
I never said that getting on page one of Google was easy. Straightforward? Yes. Easy? No. At least you now have the basics of SEO down pat. So, what are you waiting for? Try and get on page one of Google now!
How are you feeling now? Perhaps a little bit confused at all the new terms being thrown around. However, if you're a bit brighter than most, you might be getting excited at the potential that exists in your ability to write. It is in fact, quite methodical to make money online selling other people's stuff, if you have the right guidance. Some people are known to make up to 8K/month online just writing articles. If you are someone who especially loves writing, it is your chance to monetize your skill and learn how to make money online, right now!
Some Better Steps For Better Search Engine Ranking
Like in every sector the competition in the online marketing world is getting tougher and tougher every single day. This is because more than more website is entering the online marketing world everyday. Naturally it is getting difficult to get huge traffic. The search engine is the most popular resource to get the huge as well as quality traffic. But getting is traffic is not easy. You need to have better search engine rankings for getting huge and quality traffic in your site.
Below some steps are given for your perusal to understand how to increase the page rank.
- It is always advisable to create your website following the norms and criteria of search engine. This is the first and foremost important point to remember. If this is followed then it becomes lot easier for the search engine spiders of different search engines to locate your site and different pages of your site.
- The second step is keyword optimization. If you know it then it is good but there are lots of Search Engine Optimization companies who will do it for you. You can give them for keyword optimization. In order to improve your page rank you really need to give emphasis on some chosen keywords which can fetch you some quality traffic. You have to put this keyword in the content on the page in order to get good rank in the search engine. But remember it should look like a keyword stuffing.
- The third step is link building or building your website link popularity. More the number of sites refers to your site by adding your site link in their site more is the chance to get good traffic. This is because more the number of links more is your link popularity. So naturally many people will go your site which in turn increases the traffic. This will also help you to increase the rank in search engine also. You can also make your link popular by forum posting, blog comments and article submission in different article directories. It is also beneficial if you get one way back links from blogs for your site.
- The fourth step to improve search engine rank is to use free web directories. You must submit your site url to different free web directories in order to get large number of backlinks to your website.
- The fifth step is to increase page rank is paid directory submission. In this step you need to pay some amount of money to the directory owner. In return the directory owner will place your link on the top of the relevant category so that people could notice it easily. Google search engine gives lot of importance to paid directories. So getting a link from some of them will naturally help you to fetch got rank in different search engine. SO you should submit your url in the paid directories to get favor from Google.
- Try to target the local people. They will be more attracted towards your site than the other people. There are lots of local directories for submission. Even you will get some local business directories for submission.
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