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Article Writing: Road to PageRank
2007-05-20 04:05:00
Many people know of numerous ways to increase their PageRank, but ironically, because there are so many ways to do this, most don't know where to start. Of all the methods I've tried before to increase my PageRank, the most effective and least time-consuming method is - Writing articles. It is by far the most powerful PageRank increaser.My PageRank jumped from zero to one in a week, and to two in three weeks. Before I had started writing articles, I had mostly said to myself something like, "Yeah, yeah, when I get more knowledge about the topic, I will write articles."But eventually, still without a lot of knowledge, I tried writing articles. There was a month in which I didn't check the PageRank, because the Google Toolbar wasn't installed on that machine. One day, I used one of the online PR checkers and found out that there was PR2 on my website! I was shocked at the effectiveness of article writing.For those who aren't familiar with the whole business of article writing, he...
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Splash page tricks
2007-04-06 13:37:00
Here's another use of forms: many internet marketers use 'splash pages,' pages with a two-field form for signing up for their '$199 Value Internet Marketing Course. Sign Up Now!' newsletter. People who have become savvy in the internet marketing field will simply avoid all these splash pages, knowing that people are trying to get their email to sell them things. Making the visitor comfortable with sending you your info is the key to more sign-ups.Make your splash page 97% free of things you would see in other splash pages. Make your form and copy short. Make sure you don't use 'conversion-pulling, action-packed' words in your copy. People who've become acquainted with these words simply ignore these words and the page.Remember that a funny headline, a comical graphics work to bring more opt-ins! If they feel that you are not some professional web copywriter trying to sell them the latest great e-book, your will nearly double your chances of generating a productive lead!I re...
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Splash page tricks
2007-04-06 13:37:00
Here's another use of forms: many internet marketers use 'splash pages,' pages with a two-field form for signing up for their '$199 Value Internet Marketing Course. Sign Up Now!' newsletter. People who have become savvy in the internet marketing field will simply avoid all these splash pages, knowing that people are trying to get their email to sell them things. Making the visitor comfortable with sending you your info is the key to more sign-ups.Make your splash page 97% free of things you would see in other splash pages. Make your form and copy short. Make sure you don't use 'conversion-pulling, action-packed' words in your copy. People who've become acquainted with these words simply ignore these words and the page.Remember that a funny headline, a comical graphics work to bring more opt-ins! If they feel that you are not some professional web copywriter trying to sell them the latest great e-book, your will nearly double your chances of generating a productive lead!I re...
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Website Form User-Friendliness
2007-04-02 15:14:00
Here are some tips on form user-friendliness. A good rule of thumb is to ask, 'Will this form be inviting people to fill it in?' This article has a few examples of making your forms friendlier.Website forms can be convenient, but are also intimidating. A form should be as helpful as possible - try to clearly identify all your fields, so that all people, from 'dummy' to geek, can easily see specifically what the field is for.Text labels can be a great help when filling out forms. Try to direct the user to the field you want them to fill in. A subject field in a comments form can be used to nudge the user to help them say what they want to say. Of course, there would be more than five, but keep it to less than seven.Details for what is to be filled into the form can be placed inside the text field, like the AngleBracket Newsletter signup form to your right. This is a real space-saver, whether you're tight on it or not.A helpful form element utilizes Javascript to guide the visito...
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SEO Basics | Finding Keywords for Your Title
2007-03-31 10:33:00
The title of a page may be the single most important onpage factor that can boost your search engine rankings. When you make your webpages, make sure to include your keywords in your title. This is a must. If you don't know what you want to be ranked highly for, you won't rank highly at all.I had seen more than fifty times "research your keywords" but have never payed attention -- until I Googled 'AngleBracket.' AngleBracket is a relatively new site, so I had expected it to be far behind in the results. But no -- this site was ranked number one -- even though it has a Pagerank of zero. The reasons? AngleBracket is in the title, and the term 'AngleBracket' has virtually no competetion.The trick here is to come up with a bunch of keywords that will attract a small amount of visitors each, but combined, will provide a steady source of visitors.Here's how to come up with keyword (about your page) specific enough for the SEs to rank you relatively higher. If you were looking for t...
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SEO Basics | Finding Keywords for Your Title
2007-03-31 10:33:00
The title of a page may be the single most important onpage factor that can boost your search engine rankings. When you make your webpages, make sure to include your keywords in your title. This is a must. If you don't know what you want to be ranked highly for, you won't rank highly at all.I had seen more than fifty times "research your keywords" but have never payed attention -- until I Googled 'AngleBracket.' AngleBracket is a relatively new site, so I had expected it to be far behind in the results. But no -- this site was ranked number one -- even though it has a Pagerank of zero. The reasons? AngleBracket is in the title, and the term 'AngleBracket' has virtually no competetion.The trick here is to come up with a bunch of keywords that will attract a small amount of visitors each, but combined, will provide a steady source of visitors.Here's how to come up with keyword (about your page) specific enough for the SEs to rank you relatively higher. If you were looking for t...
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Creating the User-Friendly Website
2007-03-15 16:07:00
A site with lots of CPM ads covering the face of the website means it is a high-traffic site, but what do those ads say about your website? You care more about 'revenue' than about aesthetics.A site with lots of 'helpful' links and banners, scrolling marquees, blinking text (that works only in FF), and fancy logos and backgrounds: what do these tell about your site? You're a novice. Those add-ons don't necessarily equate with un-user-friendly; they're usually signs of web novices who don't have content for their website. When you have real content, you won't have room for those add-ons.There are uncountable gazillions of websites on the net, with reports popping up all over say that there are thousands of new websites every day. Which of those are considered user-friendly?Here are a few guidelines to give you an idea of what a user-friendly website should have:Keep every site within one to two clicks from your home page. Not only does this make it easier to navigate, it let...
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Creating the User-Friendly Website
2007-03-15 16:07:00
A site with lots of CPM ads covering the face of the website means it is a high-traffic site, but what do those ads say about your website? You care more about 'revenue' than about aesthetics.A site with lots of 'helpful' links and banners, scrolling marquees, blinking text (that works only in FF), and fancy logos and backgrounds: what do these tell about your site? You're a novice. Those add-ons don't necessarily equate with un-user-friendly; they're usually signs of web novices who don't have content for their website. When you have real content, you won't have room for those add-ons.There are uncountable gazillions of websites on the net, with reports popping up all over say that there are thousands of new websites every day. Which of those are considered user-friendly?Here are a few guidelines to give you an idea of what a user-friendly website should have:Keep every site within one to two clicks from your home page. Not only does this make it easier to navigate, it let...
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10 Free Ways To Get More Visitors
2007-03-06 07:38:00
Here are 10 ways either to increase or get free traffic.With these methods, you don't even have to be listed in the search engines!NOTE: As with any and all things, do not SPAM any service. Even if the Web 2 sites have no strict Terms of use, don't take advantage; all websites are made so that their visitors will benefit. If people do things that are not good for their user's experience, they will eventually ban the activity. What would you do if you had a website and hundreds, if not thousands of webmasters are taking advantage and using your site as a free classified ads section? You get the point.Using Forums1. Write helpful answers in forums and use your website as your signature. Better yet, write the helpful answer in your website, mention a little bit about the answer, and link to it from the post. This is guaranteed to bring traffic.Using Yahoo!'s Free ServicesYahoo! actually provides two extremely good sources of traffic: Yahoo! Answers, and Yahoo! Groups.2. First of al...
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10 Free Ways To Get More Visitors
2007-03-06 07:38:00
Here are 10 ways either to increase or get free traffic.With these methods, you don't even have to be listed in the search engines!NOTE: As with any and all things, do not SPAM any service. Even if the Web 2 sites have no strict Terms of use, don't take advantage; all websites are made so that their visitors will benefit. If people do things that are not good for their user's experience, they will eventually ban the activity. What would you do if you had a website and hundreds, if not thousands of webmasters are taking advantage and using your site as a free classified ads section? You get the point.Using Forums1. Write helpful answers in forums and use your website as your signature. Better yet, write the helpful answer in your website, mention a little bit about the answer, and link to it from the post. This is guaranteed to bring traffic.Using Yahoo!'s Free ServicesYahoo! actually provides two extremely good sources of traffic: Yahoo! Answers, and Yahoo! Groups.2. First of al...
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Website Magazine | The print magazine for webmasters
2007-03-02 08:20:00
This magazine has been running for a few years now; it's called Website Magazine . Topics include SEO, search engine marketing, web development, general Webmastery, and more! It has two versions, print and digital, and both are free if you are in the United States. Check it out now>>They also have an affiliate program that lets you earn money for letting people know about this great magazine! Visit their site
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Website Magazine | The print magazine for webmasters
2007-03-02 08:20:00
This magazine has been running for a few years now; it's called Website Magazine . Topics include SEO, search engine marketing, web development, general Webmastery, and more! It has two versions, print and digital, and both are free if you are in the United States. Check it out now>>They also have an affiliate program that lets you earn money for letting people know about this great magazine! Visit their site
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SEO Tips / High-Pagerank Web Directories
2007-02-26 14:40:00
Here's a note on just which sites to get links from.Google ranks pages by the quality of the sites which link to yours,by the quality of the sites you link to, and the PageRank of the two types of sites above.By this, I mean that if you get a link from, say, Yahoo!, your PR will leap up, because Yahoo! has a PR of 9.So, the conclusion is??Submit your site to high PageRank directories, and never, never,link to websites of bad quality. By bad quality, I mean sites with no real content (Just ads), and banned sites.You can tell which are high PR and which are banned by looking in the Google Toolbar. White means PR 0, while all green means PR 10,the best. Grey means that the site is banned.The Google Toolbar can be downloaded with Firefox to the right or on the bottom of this page.On to something else------------------------------------- ----------------Here are examples of good directories:www.maxlinks.orgwww.urlz.netw ww.botw.orgGetting a link from these directories like these not only ...
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SEO Tips / High-Pagerank Web Directories
2007-02-26 14:40:00
Here's a note on just which sites to get links from.Google ranks pages by the quality of the sites which link to yours,by the quality of the sites you link to, and the PageRank of the two types of sites above.By this, I mean that if you get a link from, say, Yahoo!, your PR will leap up, because Yahoo! has a PR of 9.So, the conclusion is??Submit your site to high PageRank directories, and never, never,link to websites of bad quality. By bad quality, I mean sites with no real content (Just ads), and banned sites.You can tell which are high PR and which are banned by looking in the Google Toolbar. White means PR 0, while all green means PR 10,the best. Grey means that the site is banned.The Google Toolbar can be downloaded with Firefox to the right or on the bottom of this page.On to something else------------------------------------- ----------------Here are examples of good directories:www.maxlinks.orgwww.urlz.netw ww.botw.orgGetting a link from these directories like these not only ...
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SEO Basics--How to rank highly in search engines
2007-02-25 12:05:00
This question is simple enough: how do I get free visitors?The answer is also simple enough: Search Engines .Q: How do I get into the SE's?A: Get a blog, write a post (w/ a link to your site), and submit it to Yahoo! (see related post Blog and Ping)Q: How do I get higher in the search results (rank higher)?A: Search Engine Optimization, or SEO.Alright, so here are the "secrets" of how to rank highly (forgetthose SEO softwares, "courses," and e-books)--what almostevery White Hat SEO expert will tell you, what nearly every SEOe-book mentions, what the SEO courses teach: 1) put the right keywords in your site, and 2) get people to link to your site.Stop here, let me tell you what you're thinking:Sure, I can do 1), but 2)?? It's easy enough for you to say-Before you start buying links on high-traffic, super-ranked website, or banging your head in despair, let me tell you the number one source for obtaining 100% free, legal, links to your site.Do a quick search on Google for "Web Dire...
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Important tips for email marketers
2007-02-24 09:40:00
I'm not an email marketer. In fact, I'm far from one.Needless to say, if you've clicked on the TrafficSwarm or InstantBuzz adsand have signed up for the average 'free offer,' your email is sure to be barraged with- "How this guy made 291239.23 in one month from Adsense alone" or "Mr X will be making a secret call exposing the secrets of Internet Marketing."-and the like.When you sign up, they say they "will not rent sell, give way, exchange your email address",which is good of course, but the emails from them alone are already cluttering every nook ofmy inbox. I unsubscribe quickly.Although I myself am not a email marketer, I do have a few suggestions:1. Keep the email short. Most people are BUSY. They will delete your email. (or worse, unsubscribe)2. Try very, very hard not to send emails every day. It kills the effect. Try to remember: It is annoying. Instead, try to send emails, every three or four days, with some free stuff occasionally.3. Don...
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Forums--Powerful source of free traffic
2007-02-17 16:45:00
What's the best source of targeted visitors?It's not Google Adwords, Yahoo! Search Marketing, link exchanges, or even Traffic swarm.It's the forum--and it's free.You've probably heard time and again that forums can be a great way of bringing traffic to your website; but have you implemented it?Yesterday, I went to a high traffic forum and did a simple post telling people to go to my website and boom, my number of visitors shot up.Take advantage of this "offer" and go post on forums.They are TARGETED; meaning the people that go to your website will be interested in what is there.
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How to use Yahoo Search's Site Explorer
2007-02-16 09:59:00
Yahoo! Search has a tool which allows you to authenticate you ownership of a site.Authenticated sites seem to be indexed faster. Feeds can also be submitted.It's called Site Explorer (Google has a similar tool which I will talk about in a later post).Just go to siteexplorer.search.yahoo.com and log in to you Yahoo! account.Add you sites manually, then authenticate them. This is done by adding a line of code,namely a meta tag, or a file with a specific name and text string, to your website.That's it! You site "will be authenticated within 24 Hours."
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Free Automatic Pinging Software
2007-02-15 08:51:00
Blog and Ping might really be a great thing, but, of course, you use some help.Pingomatic.com lets you ping over 20 different site to let them know you'veupdated your blog--for free!Click here--Blog and ping tool
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