Five Quick Tips For Getting Your Blog On The First Page Of Google
December 13, 2009 by The Big SEO
Filed under Google Talk
It is so easy to make money with a blog. Whether the purpose of your blog is to get traffic to your sales page or to sell affiliate products or to get Adsense clicks, getting your blog onto the first page of Google can be done quickly and easily.
Using the following quick tips you could get listed on the first page of Google for some keywords within a month or two, depending on how competitive your niche is. A video game site that followed these tips got on the first page of Google, in the fifth spot, for a popular search term when the site was less than one month old.
Here are the five quick tips for getting to the first page of Google:
1. Put some original content on your blog. Post at least once a day but not more than every two to three hours. It doesn’t look good if you are posting every few minutes. Continue adding new content regularly. Some of the content can be duplicate content (from an article directory or private label rights articles) but the more original content the better.
2. When you have at least five posts with original content then submit your blog to Google’s sitemap. It’s not hard, and it only takes a few minutes. As long as you have a blog that looks authentic and is not filled with scraped content, this is a good start to getting noticed by Google.
3. Write some original articles and submit them to article directories such as EzineArticles, GoArticles, ArticleAlley, and SearchWarp. Do not submit more than one a day since it is better to not inundate the article directories or they might think you are spamming them. It is very important to have a good resource box with links back to your site.
4. Submit your RSS feed to at least fifty sites. This can be done in less than a couple of minutes using RSS Submit (RSSFeedsSubmit), a great piece of software that automatically submits your feed to more than fifty sites. The price is very reasonable (less than $50) but if you don’t want to spend any money and would rather do it by hand, Robin Good sells a list of 55 RSS submission sites for a very small fee.
5. Get your URL link listed in as many places as possible. Submit your site to directories like DMOZ. Answer questions at answers.yahoo and include your URL with your signature. Leave comments on blogs that are in a related niche to yours, again including your URL in the signature. Do a search with the phrase “keyword add url” and add your URL at sites that allow you to do it for free. “Keyword” would be replaced by one of your keywords for your niche. Submit your blog to Technorati. Submit your original posts to social bookmarking sites like Digg, Netscape, Redit, Plugim, and so on. Be sure to tell friends to vote for your submissions at the social bookmarking sites.
These five quick tips will give your blog a powerful boost and get your blog on the first page of Google in a very short time. Within days you should be getting traffic from Google as you rise in the search engines. And you did it with spending little or no money.
Build your Website Using Content Management Systems
December 2, 2009 by The Big SEO
Filed under Sitemaps
When you decide you want to make a site there are more options then you may think. You can code each page individually by using applications such as front page and dreamweaver or you can use a content management system (cms). These will make your life a lot easier, especially if your site has thousands of pages. A cms is basically a template which allows the creation of pages much easier then making it and uploading it to your server. A website is made through software such as dreamweaver and a cms is run through the browser making it accessible from anywhere, as long as you have an internet connection.
These are becoming very popular because you have full control of your website, when it comes to designing your website there are thousands of templates which can be freely downloaded, if your feeling confident you can even make your own which will add a sense of uniqueness as no one will have the same design. If you are not able to create a fresh template from scratch you can always download a free template and edit it to make it how you like it.
There are many plugins and additional components which you can use with ease, with most of them you simply download the zip file, upload it to your server in the relevant folder and then activate the plugins through the cms admin.
If you want to create a blog type site with a cms then wordpress is the most popular. You can add categories so that when you make east post you simply tick the relevant category you want it to appear in. If you want to avoid the blog style website then there a number of options which have been tried and tested. One of the bigger ones is called joomla, this will allow you to make a really complex site with ease. You can add functions such as a sitemap, contact us page and links page with the click of a button. Joomla allows you to create either static pages or sort them into categories and sections.
Be sure to read up on all of the cms’ to ensure it can cater for all your needs before you download and start making your website. See what optional features you can include to make sure your site stands out from the crowd and really impress the users.
Yahoo! 360: A Popular Social Networking Website
October 17, 2009 by The Big SEO
Filed under Yahoo Talk
Yahoo is one of the most well known companies in the entire world. They are often considered an internet giant. This is because Yahoo offers a wide range of different online services.
Those services include, but are not limited to, shopping, gaming, travel, music, movies, and more. In fact, it is also well known for their creation of an online social network. That network is known as Yahoo! 360.
To sign up, you must have a user id and password. If you already have an email account or participate in another program, you should be able to use the same information.
In the event that you do not have a user id and password, but you would like to get one, you easily can, all in a matter of minutes. You should be able to do this from the homepage or by visiting Yahoo’s main webpage.
Once you have a user id, the sign up process literally takes seconds. After that, you can begin to explore the site. To make the most out of it0, you are encouraged to explore the site before you begin making your own webpage.
You should read the help page because it will provide you with steps on how to use the social networking site, including making your own profile page. You may also want to quickly examine other member pages. This will give you an idea as to what is popular and what is not.
In addition to creating your own profile page, you can also start your own blog. This is a great way to start your own blog, free of charge. You also do not have to worry about signing up with another blogging program. With Yahoo! 360 you can do everything including, meet new people, chat with them, and create your own blog, all in one place.
As with most other online social networking websites, it allows you to meet new people. This is done by using the numerous search features. By searching with a keyword, such as a city, state, or hobby, you should be able to find a fairly large number of members that share the same interests with you.
If you wish, you could invite them to be one of your friends. In addition to inviting your own friends, it is likely that you will be invited as well. This is because as soon as you create your own page, your page can be searched by other internet users.
One of the many features that stands apart from the rest is your homepage. It defines your homepage as the page that you will first see when you sign into your account. While the homepage itself isn’t considered unique, what you will find on it can be.
Displayed on your homepage will be information on all of your online friends. This information will list or outline changes that were made to their pages. These updates will help to ensure that you do not miss a thing.
When it comes to this there is one thing that is important to note. This online social networking website is easier to use than most. As previously mentioned, you can be singed up for an account in as little as a few seconds.
The website is easy to navigate, really easy. You do not have to have any experience in HTML or web design to enjoy everything that Yahoo! 360 has to offer.
Adsense Turnkey Websites – Are Worth Their Money ?
February 18, 2009 by The Big SEO
Filed under Adsense
As it becomes more and more difficult to earn money with Affiliate marketing, earning money with Adsense is back. What is the most easiest way for a newbie to start an online business ?? Right: Adsense. You don’t have to deal with customers. Do you know why a lot of people are hesitant to start an online business? Yes, because they fear to handle customers complaints and refunds etc. What do you think is the second big hurdle people are having problems with making money online.
They think they need to sell and are not sure where to get inventory from. Guess what, with Adsense you don’t need to worry about inventory, storage, delivery etc. In simple words: Your write – You upload – You Earn ! You can simply start a blog, for example Blogger.com or Wordpress.com offer easy to use blogs. You can then start writing and adding content regularly. By doing this you will earn money from your Adsense ads you have incorporated into your site. Or you could start a directory, article or a big portal website. People add THEIR content to YOUR site and you are in business. But be aware that setting up those big directories is time intensive and costly. An alternative could be to purchase some Adsene-Ready Turnkey websites. You can simply modify one file with your Adsense code, and all article content pages automatically show Adsense ads with your code. You can then simply upload and advertise your article content pages. You will be surprised how easy it is to make money with Adsense.
And you don’t have to worry if you have chosen the right words, sales copy etc. If you funnel your traffic it’s almost impossible not making any money with Adsense. Some people might think that Ready-To-Go Adsense site are a problem for search engines as they could show some duplicate content. I have another opinion about duplicate content. If I look for a specific article I want to read and I search Google, do you think this article comes up only once? No way. For example: Some time ago I have written an article and submitted to huge number of article directories. If the myth of duplicate content would hold true I would only find my article on one site or directory. But this article has been distributed through more than 7,000 different sites all over the internet. So, does Google still index ‘duplicate content’. Sure Google does it – Big times. If Google would not index any duplicate content sites, thousands of article directories would be immediately out of business. And look at the trend !
Every day new article submission sites are born and all what they do is to show duplicate content. And do you think they earn with Adsense? You bet they are, otherwise they wouldn’t have started this business in the first place. So, if you use a combination of Ready-to-go Adsense Turnkey sites and an article directory, you simply can’t fail earning money with Adsense.