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6 SEO Marketing Tips to Send You to the Top

June 19th, 2009 Vaidas 1 comment

SEO marketing tips can be found everywhere on the web. Unfortunately, many of these are outdated, are understandable only to experts, or are completely useless for your particular situation. These SEO marketing tips are based on current SEO trends and are applicable to every website.

1. Dismiss everything you thought you knew about SEO marketing. Things are changing rapidly, and unless you are in the loop our your information is less than a year old, you are probably behind the times.

2. Get rid of keyword and description metatags. These tags do not hold much sway, if any, with search engines anymore. Additionally, all your competition has to do is “view source” on their web browser and know exactly what keywords you are targeting.

3. Because description tags are not used or ignored, the first paragraph of your web content is crucial. This content is the first thing the search engines index, and it is the part of your site that comes up in the search results. Make sure it is keyword oriented.

4. Keywords and phrases are important for SEO marketing, but don’t overdo it. A keyword density of about 3-5% is enough to get the attention of the search engines, and will keep your content human friendly. If you spam your keywords and phrases all over your site, search engines can and will ban you from their listings entirely.

5. Buy a domain that contains your keywords. If you already have a domain that is not SEO oriented, you can buy a better one and point it to your existing site. The first sites to pop up in a search will be those that have the keyword in the URL.

6. Avoid duplicate content. If you place an article on an article directory, don’t use it on your website. Never copy content from other sites, either. Not only is it plagiarism, but the search engines tend to ignore duplicate content. Read more…

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Best Link Directories

June 17th, 2009 Vaidas 2 comments

Below is our list of the best link directories available for submitting your website. They are ranked by our calculated “SEO Value”, but you can sort the table by the other metrics listed.

This list will be updated every 2 to 4 months (as PR and linkscape metrics update).

Directory PR DmR DmT Linking FQDs SEO Value
DMOZ 8 7.88 8 24,062 8.1268
Yahoo! Directory 8 7.24 7.84 7030 7.6607
Business.com 7 6.45 6.81 7576 6.9142
WhatUSeek 7 5.62 5.86 2495 6.5590
HotVsNot 6 6.21 6.1 5764 6.2106
Aviva 6 5.76 5.81 3893 6.1321
Best of the Web 6 6.11 6.66 1503 5.9713
Family Friendly Sites 6 5.82 6.09 754 5.919
MultiMeta 6 5.47 5.73 1815 5.892
InCrawler 6 5.28 5.31 1187 5.8385
GreenStalk 6 4.71 4.91 573 5.453
SearchSight 5 5.56 5.56 1928 5.4316
Sphericom 6 4.89 4.85 172 5.4213
Sezza 6 4.5 4.46 888 5.3959
Arakne Links 5 5.45 5.33 3374 5.3539
GoGuides.org 5 5.35 5.51 1754 5.3208
Gimpsy 5 5.34 5.47 1670 5.3207
Joeant 5 5.28 5.31 1187 5.2938
GoonGee.com 5 5.17 5.3 1691 5.2671
Skaffe.com 5 5.12 5.22 950 5.2013
Internet-Web 5 5.19 5.3 681 5.1912 Read more…
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Easy Link Building Secrets Revealed

June 17th, 2009 Vaidas No comments

Links are very important to increase your search engine rankings. You should focus on getting as many links as you can through legal and ethical means. One of the ways you can find places to get more links from is by doing an analysis of your competitors’ websites.

Many people are in constant search of finding more places to get a link from. However not many people realize that their competitors can give them clue about where to look for new links.

The strategy I am referring to entails finding out the websites from where your competitors are getting their links. Chances are that you too can get some links from the exact same places.

Let me outline the strategy for you in simple step by step format:

1. Search in Google for a broad or long tail keyword related to your niche.

2. Make a note of the top 10, 20 or 30 websites in the search results. The fact that these website are ranking highly indicates that they must be having lots of back-links. Let us find out where they are getting their links from.

3. Go to *Yahoo site explorer by visiting the URL listed below this article.

Now, one by one, type the urls of the top ranked websites from step 1 and 2.

4. Immediately you will get a huge list of places from where these sites are getting their links. You can visit these sites one by one to find out whether you too can gain a quick link by making a comment or through any other means.

5. Note down one by one in an Excel or Notepad file any website where you too can leave a link. Read more…

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How to Make Money Online With SEO

June 16th, 2009 Vaidas No comments

Let me explain how to make money online using a method I started in September of last year: building a blog, putting an advertisement on it (I get paid a dollar or so every time the ad is clicked), and then getting traffic from a search engine.

searchenginesThis is also known as “SEO” – ranking your website on the search engines.

Does it Work? I know it works because I’ve been doing it less than a year, and I’ve already got my college paid for, and the income keeps increasing – meaning I’ll be graduating college with a fantastic income already. That’s more than most college graduates can say.

 

But don’t think I’m trying to build up a bunch of hype: this method of making money online will take a lot of hard work, planning and determination. If you’re willing to work hard to make money then this is for you – otherwise, you’ll have to find another way to make money on the Internet.

An SEO Income is a Passive Income
Ranking high on the search engines provides a steady source of traffic. For example, one of the keywords I’m result #2 for brings in about 800 visitors per day. These visitors consistently click on my advertisements, in the end making $40-50 per day. It’s not much, but it’s nothing to cough at.

The cool thing about this is that it’s a passive income – once you rank for a keyword, you don’t have to work every day to get paid. As long as your page is ranking for that search keyword, you’ll make the money. That’s why I’m a fan of SEOing for money. Read more…

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SEO Research Toolkit

June 15th, 2009 Vaidas No comments

I have a bookmark folder in my browser. I have a collection of links on it. I have named the folder as “SEO Research Toolkit”. It has some SEO and Research related toolkit which I use to create, manage and track my websites and competitors. I just thought that I will put them on my blog so that people can also get benefited from it. I will add some comments from my side

So here is the list:

  • Google Adwords Keyword Tool – The most famous and most used tool to find keywords and the number of search for the keyword.
  • FREE Wordtracker Keyword Suggestion Tool – I use it with Adwords Keyword suggestion tool and Overture keyword suggestion tool to find more keywords.
  • Keyword Ranking Monitor – I use this to monitor rankings for ALL of my sites on Google for various keywords.
  • SEOBook Keyword Tool – A great tool to find related keywords and competition on it.
  • Search Engine Spider Simulator – I use it to see how search engine spiders see my site. I use this to see whether I am using the right ratio of HTML and text in my page.
  • SpyFu – This tool can help you spy on your competition. I use it to see how many advertisers are available for each keyword and how much they are willing to pay.
  • Copyscape – I use this tool to verify that nobody is copying my content. Also to verify that the article writers I am using are not copying the content from any other website.
  • Google Trends – To find the latest keywords to create websites on. Read more…
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