SEO
September 29th, 2008 at 04:35pm
Under SEO
What is the Google Sandbox Issue?
Website owner uncovered that the new sites optimised and having a lot of inbound links has not ranked top for the aimed key words or phases. It was discovered that after being showing in the search result for two weeks, webpages ranking were either decreased from index or ranked low for the target keyphases.
The sites were not having the top SERPS positions, while low-ranking sites had the chance to rank close the top SERPS positions for their keyphases. This provided the evidence of the Google Sandbox that gave the chance to the Search Engine expert and Search Engine Marketing Specialist to understand what exactly the Sandbox effect was.
Possible explanations for the Google Sandbox effect
“Time Delay” factor is the most common factor of Google Sandbox effect. This ‘website aging’ theory has earned a lot of importance since the webmasters felt the effects of Sandbox after a certain period of time. However, it is an artificially imposed penalty on the websites.
As stated to the ‘Link threshold’ rule, a certain amount of quality and quantity and the history of the inbound links will avoid Sand box issue.
How to check out whether your web site is in ‘Sandbox’?
When your website does not appear in any of the SERPS for the desired keywords or if the results are not satisfactory though there are inbound links and proper on-page optimization then the website is definitely Sandboxed.
Google Search engines will provide most relevant website to their visitor. SEO researchs and design complex algorithms to conjecture relevancy of content for different keywords.
The Sandbox limited the new sites; the problem diminish on the basis of timing of the web sites but on the link URL history. According to the ‘Allegra' update websites that were continually being optimized when they were in the Sandbox began to rank quite high for desired keywords when the Sandbox effect ended.
- SEO technology strategies to minimize your website’s ‘Sandboxed’ time
- Start promoting the website the moment it is created.
- Follow low-intensity and long-term link building plan.
- Keep away from black hat SEO techniques.
By writer
September 29th, 2008 at 04:35pm
Under SEO
To read an updated version check out SEO Stomping Search Engines
In this article I am going to show you how to use free research to select a site niche and create a powerful community that your members will love you for and visit over and over again. Using this exact method I now have many sites that do this every day, and multiple sites that receive over 100,000 UNIQUES every single month all from search engine traffic.
For a 180 page free ebook that holds nothing and tells you how to build your own massive traffic pulling empire please see my resource box at the bottom of this lesson for your free guide. (Its Called the VRE Handbook) So how did I take a site from 0-450 visitors per day (on the weekend mind you, much slower) and earning over $5 per day in adsense alone AND on the first page of msn for its main keywords in less then 3 weeks.
The first step that I take when looking at building a new site is the keyword research, and topic research. There are many ways you can go about doing this. Using either the digial point forum free keyword tool, or alternatively you could use the yahoo keyword tool also.
Once there, start running your list ideas through the keyword tool and look for something which has a decent traffic count in overture. (I choose overture as an example because it is widely recognized). I usually target niches with 80,000 upward searches per month for the main keyword. This way you are bound to be able to drive some good traffic to your site.
The recent site I picked had 1,000,000 searches per month.
Then I would plug in some of the top sites into SeoElite or your favorite SEO tool and find out how much seo the main sites are doing and how hard or easy it is going to be to beat them.
Next thing I do is research affiliate products and check out some other sites on the topic to see adsense ads available for that keyword. And put in a keyword, it will show you the ads being displayed for that keyword.
Now that we have the basics to one site, presuming you have a nice traffic count. Some profitable affiliate programs and adsense is showing for those keywords. We are ready to rock and roll.
Next thing to do is obviously register your domain and set up your hosting. I personally use HostGator for my domain hosting needs, they are great.
I would then go over to elance and post a project on 30 articles for my topic (I supply the keyword list), usually between 400-500 words of decent quality. You can expect to pay between $3 and $5 per article. Once you find a good copywriter stick with them it will make your life much easier.
Alternative you could also use Rentacoder for outsourcing.
Next thing on the agenda would be to set up the actual site. I will usually do this whilst waiting for my articles to arrive.
I use either Wordpress or plain old html for all my content sites, but sometimes use dreamweaver if I want something a little more powerful. Just depends on your needs and what you have at hand.
For site templates I use free ones from www.oswd.org and customize them to what I need.
I usually build my own simple graphics in Photoshop. But I am now looking at some warriors to see if I can get headers done for my sites (ps if you are a graphic designer and are interested in work. PM me) Once you get your articles back. Start adding them into your site. Each article on an individual page.
Be sure to take note of the most important parts of on-page optimization.
Example when you are adding in your articles. I use main keywords for that article in the file name. (Though this is not so important).
Then also develop an individual page title for each article around the article keyword. Include a title inside the page using H1 tags (tip for young players. Use css coding to make your h1 tags look much prettier and not so out there)
Also add in any adsense or affiliate adverts you need to, into your content.
When adding adsense, the best place to put it is high on your website above “the fold” or above the middle of the page. So a Banner ad up the very top.
Then a large rectangle further down he page. Seems to do best
And then follow basic common sense with your keyword density. Usually the articles are fine; they contain just the right balance in keyword density. Also when linking your article into the site. Link using the main keywords of the article (providing it makes sense). This will help with building your internal linking popularity.
So by now we should have the basics of our site set up. This is where we would move onto our off-page optimization.
Off-Page Optimization
From the second step you should know exactly what your opponent is doing in terms of off page optimization, and this is like giving you an insider’s look into their marketing.
Write an article on your topic to kick start things. If you are not a writer, then grab a few articles your copywriter wrote for you, and mix them together so they flow, make sense and provide something of interest.
Submit the article using your preferred method. This could be Isnare, Article Marketer, article announcer and article submitter pro.
Be sure that when you build your article to include your URL in the author’s bio and where you can, turn it into a link with the anchor text being the main keyword of your site.
You should also determine what the main keywords for your site will be, that we will target. SEO wise you probably shouldn’t target more then 4 – 6 keywords for your main page. Remember, every page has its own chance of ranking well in the search engines.
So I would break my keywords down into 2 main keywords and 2 sub keywords.
Example for dog training would be
2 main
Dog training
Dog obedience training
2 sub
Puppy training
Dog toilet training
By submitting articles you will already be starting to build some back links into your site and probably be getting your site crawled already.
The next step would be to start a linking campaign. There are many ways to do this; some people don’t even do it. Some people don’t like it some do. There’s only one small thing I have to say on it. IT WORKS
If you wish to start a reciprocal linking strategy. Then I personally use http://www.linkmetro.com (Brad Callen’s) for all my linking purposes. There are others around but I have found this to be one of the easiest. Plus you get a free reciprocal directory script, which is a bonus if you don’t have one or have never done it before.
Depending on how big your niche is, you can also purchase advertising space (aka text links) from sites to help.
I have used both before and both seem to offer a pretty good service.
Super-Tip
When buying links, be sure to run the site that you decide to go with, through seoelite or some other back link analysis tool. I have found some sites out there that are cheating the system in a big way. You would probably want to go with the site that has the most links from individual IP’s and has a more solid foundation.
If you are into tracking your sites rankings. Then http://www.digitalpoint.com also offers a free serp tracker. However I use Web Position Gold 3 for the purpose of finding where I rank.
And I think that about wraps up how I start and launch my sites.
I repeat the steps in off-page optimization as many times I need to get the rankings I desire.
Remember a number 1 position is not always best. You can get a page 1 result for a keyword, and then move onto the next keyword. This way you are diversifying your traffic, and not wasting un needed energy for the ego of being number 1.
Your business will thrive for it. Worry about the number 1 position only if it is needed for your purpose.
I hope this has helped some.
Please remember, you don’t need to run out and buy the software I mention in here. It is stuff I have accumulated over the last 2 years that greatly help my productivity. There are a few pieces I would consider a must. (SeoElite, Some form of website building software there are free ones,)
But if you are on a budget, don’t rush out, start of small and re-invest your profits later.
Using the exact above system is how I took just 1 of my sites to over 400 visits per day (all search engine) and over $5 per day just in adsense and in only 3 weeks.
By writer
September 26th, 2008 at 06:04pm
Under SEO
article marketing automation
It’s been about a week since the debut of Article Marketing Automation and I must say, I’m impressed at this service in the early going.
The super SEO team over at PLRPro, Marc Lindsay and Daniel Turner have launched Article Marketing Automation as their new service (f.ree and paid) aimed at helping blog owners with their article marketing.
What this service does is essentially drips related content (that you choose) in sporadic intervals into your blog for your dominating niche. As a f.ree member, you can open an account and add your blog into the network to accept these articles. You’ve read the last statement correctly. You can actually sign up to ArticleMarketingAutomation.com at no obligation and include your blog instantly.
To add your blog into their network is literally child’s play.
- you log into your blog and register a new user as an Author in your settings. Author is the best option to choose as you don’t want to give anyone else Administrator access to your blog for security/tampering reasons
- in the AMA interface, enter the category of your blog, URL, the user login credentials you created as Author in your blog, click Add and you’re done
You can either choose to approve every article that is queued for your blog or have them automatically accepted for publication. I choose auto-approve option, as I have quite a few blogs of mine setup in the network, and manually accepting every article that comes along can be an impossible task after a while.
Though I must tell you…the meat of this system is in the seo article writing and submitting your articles to drip into other blogs within the network. You can either choose the number of blogs to accept your article, or leave an unlimited amount for all blogs to accept them at will. You can add up to three different links into each article. This is a big asset to this service. For instance, I had submitted a written article into the AMA queue on Aug.20 with two keywords linked to the article. So far, up to this writing, the article has been accepted and posted by 22 blog owners. With the two links in the article, the total accumulation would be 44 added on-theme links pointing to my site for my chosen keywords in only three days! These are natural white hat links that’s giving me high rankings in the search engines. I’m already in the middle of page 2 in Google for my chosen keywords. Of course, this is where you will have to join and become a member of ArticleMarketingAutomation.com in order to receive the seo article writing submission benefits. So why is it worth it for you to join?
In a nutshell, Google and other search engines love content and many related links pointing to your websites. Daily addition of new fresh content is great in it’s own right, but that will only bring some traffic to your sites. The trick in receiving monster traffic to your site is in submitting articles with anchor text links in them, maximizing your link building over time with many related links pointing to your blog. This service is essentially a “set-it-and-forget-it” system, with all the hard work being completed in the background, leaving you to concentrate on other tasks.
There are also two other BIG improvements that AMA have added to their system. A couple of hints, one involved YouTube, and the other involves adding more links to your articles!
At the very least sign up to article marketing automation review for f.ree and check out this system. If you’re truly serious about your business, then I would highly recommend you try out their article marketing system. I’m sure you’ll agree that it was well worth it.
By writer
September 26th, 2008 at 06:04pm
Under SEO
Many Search Marketing authorities now focus on the relevance of inbound links. This is an interesting signal because it seems to have an impact on your sites Pagerank (PR) as well. Previously, the back link strategy was linking in from sites with high PR no matter its substance. After the Google Pagerank massacre in 2007/2008 this view has shifted, now it is vital to get back links from web sites with relevance. In this article I will discuss some tactical assessment that can improve the site’s SERP significant and ensure that you receive more relevant visitors using:
- Blogs
- Web site Directories
- Articles
- Theme sites
above are the most common ways used in link building. In addition, I will pre-condition minimal cost and using the DIY (do it yourself) link building method.
Blogs
Within this segment there are almost unlimited possibilities, you can create your own blogs, or you can build links commenting in other’s blogs. This means that if you have a Web site devoted to Search Marketing you want back links, or create blogs within this theme. If you go for obtaining links by blog commenting, make sure that the Blogs offer Do Follow links. Contrubute with intellegent Blog comments that add value to the Blog Post. As long as you comment about something you are familiar with this is surprisingly easy. If you prefer to create your own blogs, you can use Google’s Blogspot or similar services unless you want buy domains and create blogs on them.
Web Site Directories
Look for niche directories that suits your site, select Web site directories about Search Marketing or synonymous in this case. This could be SEO, Search Engine Marketing, Niche Marketing, Online Marketing etc. The most significant aspect is that you are aiming up on the relevance of the directory and not necessarily the PR. Often it is free to submit links to niche directories and cheap to buy a featured link for better exposure.
Articles
Article marketing is great to use when you are deep linking your site. Deep linking is link building to several pages or all the sub pages for the entire Web site. As mentioned to boredom, remember relevance. Publish articles about Search Marketing for the Index page, about SEO for sub page 1, Link Building for anohter sub page, etc. Use the Articles resource box to link back to the respective web pages from the relevant Articles.
Theme sites
Swop Links? No, I’m still talking about the one-way links to your Web site. Search for theme sites using the phrase Search Marketing, look for relevant niche web sites but not the most popular. When you’ve come up with an appropriate range, contact the webmasters and inquire for the price of a Search Marketing text link for one year. With a vast amount if offers to choose from, you can pick out the most affordable and relevant sites. I’m sure you will be amazed by the number of quality back links you can get for just a few bucks. This method works fine with Blog sites too if you don’t have spare time to comment or interest in publishing your own Blogs.
Link building according to the above tactics has a particularly positive side effect; the back links brings you relevant traffic. Visitors come because they’re concerned about what your Search Marketing web site offers, everyone knows that targeted traffic converts well and is good for business. One final advice, this is not something you should do overnight – let it be a natural and continuous process in the development of your web site.
By writer
September 26th, 2008 at 06:04pm
Under SEO
Are you sure that your website is being located in the major search engines and directories by surfers. By just submitting your website to the search engines for your web promotion does not guarantee your webpage to rank better or higher than others, this has been a big misconception about the SEO process about attracting greater website traffic to your website. Now don’t get me wrong, it does no harm by submitting your website to the major search engines, but it does no good as well.
If you want to move up in the search engine rankings, then look no further than link building. One of the most important parts of the SEO process is the linking strategies to consider about your promotion. Internal linking which means that within your page text you can refer other relevant information to other important pages of your website, what do I mean by this, you can make use of your keywords to the landing page for your hyperlink text and even use the keywords in the navigation bar. External Linking is where you can build external links by various methods. You can start by creating your own blog or write articles to submit to article directories so that other websites interested will link to you. You can ask other Webmasters to place your link on their websites for placing their link on your site. This is also known as reciprocal linking.
Quality back-links are the life blood of your website promotion. But actually getting these links to point to you is an extremely frustrating place to be, but bidding directories have a process which allow you to obtain relevant links, while making the decision to invest in your site first priority. Choosing to advertise with an online bidding directory should be a completely trusted source for directory traffic. These directories are constantly promoting their directory for maximum exposure for their clients. Using the services of a bidding directory complies with all guidelines of the search engines. Remember increasing the number of back-links to your Web site can get your site listed higher in search engine results, thus bringing more visitors to your site, and improving your site’s overall strength.
As the owner of a website, finding new ways to advertise your website is sometimes a mind blowing task. Link bidding is a terrific approach to getting the word out on your website. A bid directory offers webmasters the opportunity to bid on a sponsored spot. After you submit specific details about your website, your bid will also determine how much PR your website will receive along with back links from other listed websites.
SeoLinkMart
By writer
September 26th, 2008 at 06:04pm
Under SEO
I’m really excited because I have just joined the AMA ServiceT service that the guys
at PLRPro have just launched to help you get first page Google rankings
and distribute your articles to high quality sites.
This is the very largest breakthrough’s they have ever made in
letting you automate your marketing efforts.
Quite simply this is very, very big…. Really BIG – I know from experience
Its called Article Marketing Automation and you can visit them at
AMA.
It even lets you promote your YouTube videos as well as standard sites.
If you haven’t been hiding under a rock lately, you will know how
Well made YouTube videos can be.
AND if you have been watching the SEO scene you would have also seen
how You-Tube videos are getting first page rankings with EXTREMELY
competitive terms surprisingly easy.
See Google wants to add in extra media in its search results, it
also appears that YouTube videos are not competing on the same level
as the rest of the crawled index.
It is MUCH easier to get a first page ranking for your own YouTube video then it is for the main keyword.
So they have that entirely covered all within this new system.
In AMATT, when submitting an article you can include a YouTube URL (a YouTube video that you created, or another one if you just
want your post to look better).
Then you input some extra YouTube anchor text keywords (the terms you want your YouTube video to be in Google for)
And that’s it.
Now AMAT, when it submits your article, will also include your video as well as link back to YOUR YouTube video, with varying link text,
Helping you get better video rankings.
COME ON this AMAT innovation is huge.
Nobody is doing this right now, and certainly not as easy as this.
What a powerful feature for just a small part of what the system really does.
Help you distribute your high quality articles to real sites giving you an instant marketing benefits with your website.
articlemarketingautomotionT have already produced first page rankings for normal (not video) competitive keywords with over 400,000 competition.
What would it mean to you if you could do this exact same promotion to your very own money sites?
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