SEO - Google Link Analysis

October 28, 2006 | Leave a Comment

The “My SEO Tips” blog has a very interesting — and readable — SEO article about Google’s link analysis patent.

Rather than forcing you to read through a convoluted patent application, full of the esoteric gibberish of patent lawyers, this short article presents some basics from the article.

The most important point I picked up from the article is that Google doesn’t just look for inbound links, it looks for regular growth in inbound links…

Posted by Terry Stockdale | Filed Under Blogs, SEO, Traffic & Linking 

Why blog?

October 15, 2006 | Leave a Comment

There are a number of reasons that people create blogs.

They may want to share information. They may want to rant and rave in public. They may want to help others. They may like the ease of setting up blogs instead of more traditional web sites. They may use them as commercial tools to sell products. They may use them to make money from Adsense or some other pay-per-click advertising system. And, they may use blogs as a way of driving traffic to other web sites.

That last one is the most interesting at the moments. Bloggers, people who write blogs, often link to other blogs and to web site articles as a way to share information that they have located.

What happens when they do this? Their readers often visit the site to which they linked. That site, then, has an opportunity to share its information and to utiliitize its advertising and affiliate programs to make money.

And, search engines recognize and follow the links to the referred site! Not only that, the links usually go to focused information that otherwise is hidden deeply within the site — and, now, Google, Yahoo and the other search engines recognize and assign more value to that page.

So, what happens when you blog about your own sites?

Exactly the same things!

Start your blog today. I have a free WordPress blog at wordpress.com. I also have multiple WordPress blogs and Serendipity blogs in a single web hosting package at Powweb, who has a $5.77/month (25% off) October Special for new customers. Get a year’s web hosting for only $69.24.

Posted by Terry Stockdale | Filed Under Adsense, Affiliate Marketing, Blogs, Internet Marketing, Monetizing Your Site, SEO, Traffic & Linking, Web Hosting 

Giving Away the Empire!

October 10, 2006 | Leave a Comment

Today was the launch of Joel Comm’s new Instant Adsense Templates VRE Empire package. http://terryscomputertips.com/IAT

VRE is short for Virtual Real Estate — a.k.a. web sites for making money on the web.

So, I went to look at it out of curiosity. I bought the earlier release of IAT and was happy, and I just knew that I didn’t need this one…

Boy, was I surprised. This guy just kept piling on the features and more features, and then started adding bonuses, too! He’s setting a new “high” in quality and content and a “low” in prices for a package like this.
http://terryscomputertips.com/IAT

150 Niche Topics — HTML templates, WordPress templates, XSitePro templates, HyperVRE templates and phpBB forum templates for them all. Adsense integrated into all of them!

Plus 50 pre-built niche web sites. Oh, yeah — and private label content, too, so you don’t have to have author bio blocks with links leading off your site!

Plus, the graphics files in JPG and Photoshop formats. Plus 400 Private Label Articles, already formatted in three formats: plain text, HTML file and HyperVRE format.

Ebooks. List building information and 10 squeeze pages! 10 private lable reports that you can use, give away or sell — with matching graphics.

Who needs web traffic? The package includes three books on how to get more traffic to your site. Not enough? How about another 2 as a bonus?

Software — the CB Text Ads Generator package so you can embed Clickbank affiliate ads in your articles with ease. And, several more packages, too.

15 Tutorial videos!

When I saw what was in the package — and what I’d get as bonuses, too — I gave in pretty quickly. This deal was too good to miss…

http://terryscomputertips.com/IAT

Couldn’t find a reason not to buy, especially at that price.

And, that brings up a very important point — this is a limited quantity offer — and the price is going up $25 per day. Look quick and get it quick. If you’re interested in a web-based income, this can be a huge opportunity for you.

And, a bunch of other bonuses, including a copy of Joel’s “What Google Never Told You About Making Money With Adsense.” I’ve bought the 1st, 2nd and 3rd editions of it — it’s been that good and improved that much with each edition. And, it’s included as a package bonus.

http://terryscomputertips.com/IAT

Enough of that — the price goes up $25 per day for the next few days.

ON THE OTHER HAND, when the limit is reached, it comes off the market.

His earlier Instant Adsense Templates package sold out in only 36 Hours!
Check it out now… I did … I thought I didn’t want it — but I did, when I saw it. The package was just too good and the price couldn’t be beat.

http://terryscomputertips.com/IAT

Posted by Terry Stockdale | Filed Under Adsense, Affiliate Marketing, Blogs, HTML, Internet Marketing, Monetizing Your Site, SEO, Traffic & Linking, Visitor Experience 

The Power of (Mis-)Spelling

October 9, 2006 | Leave a Comment

In our early days at school, we were taught to spell words correctly. In the good old days, we “sounded out” the syllables of writen words in order to figure out the sound of the word. Then, we studied and were quizzed on the correct spelling of the words we learned.

Now, you’re older. What happens when you misspell a word in something you write?

Your friends may roll their eyes (or may not even notice). Your business associates may roll their eyes and you slide down a notch in their esteem. Your business competitors smile with glee.

And, you may have a runaway hit in the Search Engine Optimization (SEO) world!

I found one of those little gems on one of my web pages a few months ago. My first thought, when I saw the search term come up in my web stats, was to fix it quickly.

Read more

Posted by Terry Stockdale | Filed Under SEO, Search Engine Optimization, Traffic & Linking, Visitor Experience 

Getting Web Site Traffic, part 1

September 19, 2006 | 1 Comment

While there are ways to jumpstart your web site’s traffic flows, many web site owners don’t have the resources that others have to generate more visitors their sites.

Well, you don’t have to spend a cent; all you need is the proper mindset and a lot of eagerness. You also must have the drive and perseverance to do hard work and research to generate more traffic for your site.

How sweet it is to have more web site visitors without spending a single cent. Many sites have articles that offer tips and guidelines in how to generate traffic using only free methods. Because it is possible, you don’t need to speed a single cent, it may take time, to say honestly, I’m not going to beat around the bush with you.

You get better chances for quick traffic by paying for your advertisements, but at least you get a fighting chance with some free methods. Here are a couple to consider:

First, join online forums and online communities that are related to your web site’s topic.
The great thing about forums and online communities is that you can target a certain group that fits the certain demographic that you are looking for. You can discuss about lots of things about the niche that you represent or offer (read the caveat below!). Another great advantage is that you know what you are getting into and you will be prepared.

With online communities and forums you can build a your individual reputation — and through that, a reputation for your company.

Show them what you are made of and wow them with your range of expertise about the subject, with that you can build a reputation and build trust with the people in your expertise and knowledge.

However, be sure to review the content and rules of the forums and communities before you post. Many Usenet groups charters prohibit commercial posting, although some others will allow them. Most forums and newsgroups will allow short references in your “.sig” (signature).

If you just jump in and post an ad, they may be quick to ban you from the forum or community. They also may report you to your ISP and web host for spamming.

So, be careful. Establish your reputation as a poster in the forum (or community) with careful on-topic posts. Understand the style and content of the forum or community before you post.

Second, make use of newsletters. You can write your own or you can advertise in newsletters.
Provide people with a catalog of your products and interesting and entertaining articles. If you make it really interesting and entertaining, more people will sign up for your newsletter and recommend it to other people.

The more people who sign up for your newsletter, the more people there will be that will go to your site increasing your traffic.

Use your newsletter to drive traffic to the site. By using teaser articles, you can guide subscribers to visit your site to read the full newsletter or to read other articles on your site.

Impatient? Want to jump ahead? Get the ebook on how to get effective inbound links to your site, read it, and then do it!

Posted by Terry Stockdale | Filed Under Internet Marketing, Monetizing Your Site, SEO, Traffic & Linking, Visitor Experience 

Serendipity vs WordPress, day 1

September 15, 2006 | 3 Comments

All my other blogs are running the blog software Serendipity, rather than WordPress, which Drawing on the Web uses.

Both Serendipity and WordPress are free for use.

WordPress is released under the GPL. Serendipity has its own custom license, which also allows free use and redistribution.

As I started configuring and posting to Drawing on the Web, I immediately noticed the some differences between Serendipity and WordPress.

Themes

Serendipity is distributed with about 20 different themes (layouts), while more are easily downloaded and added from within Serendipity. WordPress, on the other hand, is distributed with only two themes.

With WordPress, you download themes via your browser, unzip the files, move them into the WordPress themes folder and then upload them to the web site.

Advantage: Serendipity

Interface

WordPress has a much smoother, more powerful interface than Serendipity. WordPress makes it easier to do the things it can do.

Advantage: WordPress.

Capabilities

Serendipity has a lot more functions built into it.

With WordPress, I’m still searching for plug-ins by visiting web sites and blogs — and don’t know if they exist or not.

Advantage: Serendipity

Distribution

WordPress is far more widely used. Many more people are developing plug-ins for WordPress and there are many more sites to use as examples.

Advantage: WordPress

Search Engine Optimization

WordPress uses a SEO-poor URL stucture for individual blog entries, for example, http://www.drawingontheweb.com/?p=5 .� Fortunately, although this is the default, it can easily be changed to one using the date and entry title as keys in the Permalink.
Serendipity uses Search Engine-friendly URLs like http://blog.terryscomputertips.com/index.php?/archives/334-My-new-PC-security-blog.html that include the title of the blog entry.

Advantage: Serendipity

Customization capabililies

If you can do HTML and CSS, modifying WordPress’ web pages is easy. Serendipity is more of a challenge, as it has been structured in a more obfusticated manner.

WordPress uses .php files. Serendipity uses .php files for programming and .tpl template files for all display functions. Unfortunately, .tpl pages can not include PHP scripting, just static HTML code.

However, Serendipity has a plug-in for SMARTY markup in templates, which will allow calls from the .tpl pages or from blog entries to PHP scripts in a special template file.

The Final Answer:

Advantage, ease of use: WordPress
Advantage, power: Serendipity

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Posted by Terry Stockdale | Filed Under Blogs, CSS, HTML, PHP Scripting, SEO 

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