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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…

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.

This 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…

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…

There are many myths floating around Google in particular and SEO in general. Given here are the Google related myths as per the John Mueller’s “Frightening Webmastering Myths” presentation at “Tricks and Treats” webmaster event.

• Duplicate content will penalize your site. [Don’t worry too much about duplicates on/from your own site. But be reasonable while using content from other sites]
• Mixing HTML/XHTML will break verification
• Getting listed in 1000s of search engines and directories is important. [search engines can find you, no need for submitting to directories]
• Participating in AdWords, AdSense or Analytics will help or harm your site. [They won’t]
• If a keyword is important, it’s important to repeat it in important locations on important pages so that the page looks more important to important search engines. [Write only with your readers in mind]
• Using XML Sitemaps will make your site drop. [It doesn’t]
• PageRank is dead / PageRank is everything! [Its not dead, but is also not everything, there are 200 more factors]
• Resubmitting your site regularly is vital. [Not required]
• Once your site ranks high, don’t touch it. [People need fresh content also]
• Valid (X)HTML will make your site rank higher. [No]
• # Using “disallow” in your robots.txt will remove your site/page from the index.
• The more links the better.
• The only important goal when making a website is getting it listed first in search results.
• It’s best to let old URLs return 404 so that the new structure is naturally discovered.
• Using “Index, Follow” in robots meta tags is important.
• Hosting your site on a shared IP address will cause your rankings to drop.

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